There is a lot of science that goes into modern racing in the stock car and Indy car level. Further, the competition made automobiles safer over the years for the general public.

I guess is the competition that really hooks me. Each race is a like a political campaign. There is preparation, money, strategy, guts, stamina, and just plain dumb luck that gets factored in. Like a campaign works to makes sure its candidate wins, a race team works to make its driver win. But, instead of a handful or competitors, there are forty six week in week out. If you watch not how those drivers drive around a track, but how they move against one another, racing in any league becomes very interesting indeed.

Take Mark Martin. He is older. He is lowkey. He is not out clubbing with Dale Jr. or flamboyant. He will not bash other drivers. Yet, he works out with weights, eats healthy, studies race tracks and their tendencies and knows how and why his car works and is stubborn on his patience and moves on the race track. Sort of reminds me of Mark Sanford in that regard back in 2002 when you were on the Sanford “pit crew” in politics. I am guessing your IQs are a little above 40. :)