Unfortunately, his car no longer can run with the leaders, and when he, Rich Bickle and Dick Trickle are fighting for 39th place, excitement tends not to abound. Excitement tends not to abound when most drivers talk because they guard their image as carefully as televangelists guard theirs, albeit more effectively. Many grew up working class, are grateful for the opportunity to race and do not want to jeopardize it. Also, they don't want to offend the sponsors they represent. So they talk nice and drive nice and force fans to boo a guy with a milk mustache.
Fans have to boo somebody.
It's great when the good guy wins. But when the good buy beats the bad guy, the enjoyment is doubled. The shame is that being bad is easy. Because race fans want their heroes to look and talk like they do, drivers are expected to conform to a specific mode of behavior. To be bad, all they have to do is step outside those narrow boundaries.