You can't swing a dead Jaguar in the infield of Daytona International Speedway this weekend without hitting half a dozen cars that cost more than my house. And just because my house is in Gastonia, N.C., that doesn't mean that any car built during the Clinton administration falls into that category, either. If you had the chrome polish concession this weekend, you would have been rich enough to go crazy at the classic car auction held Friday in the infield. You'd also be quite well off if you were the one selling these folks golf carts, motor scooters and virtually any other kind of motorized conveyance you can think of. They're all over the place.
Some teams have golf carts pulling other carts.
The Earnhardts, along with Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins, are driving a Chevrolet Corvette C5-R. More to the point, they're driving a 'Vette. Driving a Corvette under any circumstances automatically means major cool points. Even then, it's not as pathetic as it would be if he'd used the retirement fund to buy a Miata. I have driven a 'Vette exactly once in my life, but I made it count. I got to take one around the track twice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.