O n the other hand, to the diehard educated racing fan, racing is people, strategies, perfection, hard work, family, culture, history, stories, luck, bad luck, winning, loosing, tradition, and most important once again, people. Could you imagine football or baseball on a differently configured field each week. One week banked the next flat. One week big the next small. Ok, I am getting off the topic, so let's get back to the point.
Perspective is what defines the interest level of a sport or an event.
Today, more than ever, the real diehard race fan can dive deep into their favorite driver's serial of events. This is done through the vast amount of media such as magazines, weekly newspapers, television shows, the internet, and books. I can still remember the days just a short ten years ago, when the starting line up at race time was new news. On monday mornings, if I was lucky enough, the Miami Herald would show the results of all 42 drivers and I would then know how Richard Petty finished. Today, the media mentioned above, tunes real fans for each weekend of events.