Restrictor plates, roof blades, androgynous body shapes, etc., may delight the goobers in the grandstands, but only the largesse of the Almighty presented yet another hellacious, multi-car wreck or, worse yet, a repeat of the Earnhardt tragedy involving another star driver.
Motor racing is one of the last supreme tests of audacity remaining for the human race.
The boldest and most skillful ought to be the winners, not the craftiest, the cleverest and the most cautious. Let the best man win. Let's stop fiddling with aerodynamics in search of a chimerical equalization factor and let the stallions loose. While dealers in the Southeast like the program, those in other parts of the nation - especially the Far West, see little or no impact. Insiders report that ticket sales and suite rentals at Germany's Lausitzring EuroSpeedway and at England's Rockingham Motor Speedway are notably soft.