The quarter mile drag race. It only took about 3 microseconds for the franchise owners to cave in to those demands. Pete Roselle is still turning in his grave over that one. And ten years before that it was basketball.
Basketballs are now seasick green in color.
We all know what happened to Baseball. But for some reason, the classic National Hot Rod Association drag race has changed little since it s inception in the early 1940 s. It remains a unique anachronism that never tried to leave its native soil. Perhaps that s what ultimately saved it. The essence of drag racing is based on rugged individualism.