Having only previously seen it on TV, I approached the idea of seeing a Winston Cup race with the same enthusiasm I would ordinarily reserve for a trip to the dentist. I envisioned it as being something as exciting as watching clothes go around in the dryer in the laundromat. This spectacle would be witnessed by a crowd, who, after the race, would go burn a cross on someone's lawn. However, when I moved to Florida for graduate school, I was visited by friends who insisted on dragging me to Daytona. "You've only seen it on TV?" one asked. "That's like watching a rock concert on TV." Nonetheless, I was completely unprepared for the delicious noise, incredible speed and the astonishing skill in driving that characterized the event. I have since moved to the great Northwest, hardly a NASCAR hotbed, but I will always have good memories of what I saw at the high bank oval.
Any AudiogoNers Winston Cup fans?
Do any of you follow the NASCAR Winston Cup? Do you have any favorite driver? I've been following it over the last 10 or 12 years myself. Got into it while living for a short time in South Carolina in 1990 - 1991. Some friends took me to the tracks at Talladega and Darlington. Got into following Mark Martin. Watching the dance of a 200 mph traffic jam and pit stop strategy is pretty cool.