I was glad to be there. You didn t have to fly the right colors to be adopted. A Mark Martin fan would take in a homeless Mikey Waltrip fan. A Bobby Labonte fan would offer a Dale Junior fan a beer. And Wallace, Burton and DJ fans would cover for a completely inebriated Tony Stewart fan, to keep him out of jail on Race Day.
Hippies can say what they want about watching out for their fellow man.
But I saw Woodstock 99. And I saw the Pontiac Excitement 400. If you want to see peace, love and understanding in a group of 250,000 people, you re better off taking in a Cup race.