NASCAR - A Stand-out Sport For Human Beings

NASCAR is probably the first sport in this country where the popularity isn't based around gambling. You can say all you want about golf, but golf has been in the past fifteen years or so a one person sport. With the failure of Michelle Wie to really make any sort of impact, I imagine that golf will remain as popular as Tiger remains. Sure, a lot of people enjoy to golf. But, how many people do you know really want to watch golf?

NASCAR is different. The fact that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is riding for Hendrick is amazing in itself as a sort of familial in fight story. It's downright amazing in terms of a sub-textual definition. The sub-text of NASCAR is that it isn't about fast cars at all. The definition of that sub-text is that it is, and this is where some might say I'm making a stretch, about human beings. And, it's a sport that's specifically about human beings.

One of the things we need to remember about NASCAR is that, if anything, it's about family and good old American values. Those American values, on some level, represent humanistic values. The values of self-sacrifice, so eloquently shown in Talladega Nights where the "shake" character makes way for the "bake" character, and the value of family is ever present in the form of gas pumping and tire-changing crewmembers. The bottom line of course is that NASCAR is a "team" effort.

Yet, out of those teams, there's one big winner. NASCAR has owners who create teams yet have no preference, I would assume, as to who becomes the big winner at the end. Now, NASCAR has a sort of House of Windsor supra-team with Jeff Gordon (who also owns a few of these fast cars) as the Queen, Jimmie Johnson as Prince Charles, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the now deceased Princess Di. Wow. To me, that's fascinating. I mean, did anyone ever dream that America's most American sport would ultimately be best represented by The Queen?

Of course, the rant is why Vegas, and the numerous sports books out there, haven't found a way for gamblers to legitimately wager on car racing events. By legitimate, I'm not speaking of legalities here. I'm talking about gamblers making money.

There are enough car racing events and probably enough tracks throughout the country for a Saturday of light wagering.

Let's find a way to get it on!

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