I just watched some of the 1969 Daytona 500 and was surprised by the way the racing was decribed. They talked of how these cars run 190 MPH, a yard apart. The drivers and teams today have learned much about how to get speed out of their cars, inches apart. Now with the tandmem racing of toady, I wonder how much the racing of the 60's and 70's could have been different with the same understanding. What effect on the growth of the sport would it have had? Would the fans have turned on the sport? I find that I'm more critical today than in years past, so I think I would have loved NASCAR racing when I was young just as much, but I'm so grateful I witnessed some of the greatest racing in the sports history. I miss those big cars.
updated by @bumpertag: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM