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I just love how they call them stock cars and the ones that that race cars are actually based on wouldnt beat a fucking Vtech Civic Si in "stock" form.
Gotta call them stock cars so all the rednecks go and buy the production "counterpart" and feel like they are part of some exclusive club
NASCAR is a spectator sport. It puts 40,000 to 80,000 fans in the stands. You can see all the way around the track. On road courses you see the cars every minute or so from one corner. As a spectator sport NASCAR mirrorrs the demographics of the fans. The days of rednecks in the stands and in the cars are a thing of the past. The younger drivers are from all over the country and started in go carts at about six years old. Jeff Gordon is one of the old guard. Almost 50% of the fans are women and NASCAR has done a lot of research on them. They are attracted to the drivers because they aren't macho thug types and place an importance on family. A young US driver with talent goes into NASCAR because he can make a good income. In F1 and below the driver has to bring a chunk of change in the form of sponsorship deals in his back pocket. In NASCAR the money goes to the team and they look for the best driver they can get.
Growing up on a pig farm in Pennsylvania is about as redneck as you can get but it was from there that Mario Andretti became the only driver to win the Daytona 500, Indy 500, and F1 World Driving Championship.
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