Darrell Wallace, Jr is the first fruit to be harvested from the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program as he won the Kroger 200 truck race at Martinsville, winning a race that Gannett’s USA Today described as a sport dominated by “lily white men”.<\/p>\n
NASCAR’s origins go back to an era where moonshiners (untaxed alcohol) would soup up cars so they could outrun and evade police on windy mountain roads up around North Wilkesboro. I doubt that Junior Johnson would in a million years have considered himself to be “lily white”, although I suspect he would accept the description of redneck.<\/p>\n
NASCAR decided that it will no longer publish crowd estimates. Race attendance has been declining since 2007. According to a show I heard Saturday morning, even some of the good drivers aren’t sure they will be able to find sponsors for their cars next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Darrell Wallace, Jr is the first fruit to be harvested from the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program as he won the Kroger 200 truck race at Martinsville, winning a race that Gannett’s USA Today described as a sport dominated by … Continue reading