End Of A NASCAR Era

[Bartruff1]

To the beach, to before NASCAR. I remember when Bill France and his nemesis Curtis Turner raced a bathtub Nash in the Mexican Road Race where a 17 year old Hershel McGriff beat all the European Sports Cars with a stock 1950 Olds 88. IMHO the Trans Am Series in the mid 60's was the pinnacle of stock car racing. Today, I would't walk across the street to sit in France the Younger's suite to watch a "race". For me, stock car racing died nearly 40 years ago. Today the races are boring and the drivers (with a few notable exceptions) are even more boring. The post race interviews are painful to watch and appear to be scripted. My fondest hope is that this economic crises will bring back cars that are at least similar to the one's available in the showrooms. And yes, I know the cars have never been actually stock but spec racing is for the SCCA.