Though not necessarily fans of the sport, we have followed NASCAR on the periphery for years in no small part because of Tom Wolfe’s epic “The Last American Hero is Junior Johnson, Yes!” that we read nearly 25 years after it first appeared in Esquire magazine in 1964.
Wolfe’s innate ability to provide his subject a context within the broader American cultural experience was a perfect fit for this curious Southern phenomena that has gone Main Street, particularly in the past 10-15 years.
And though, open-wheel racing is more visually appealing and appears to take far more driving skill, they can’t seem to get organized here state-side, so it’s NASCAR for our intermittent auto-racing jones.
We’ve never been to a NASCAR event but we aim to. These races have the feel of an NFL or major college football tailgate on HGH. And when it comes to completely unabashed, bold-typed, in-your-face American culture experiences, it doesn’t get any better than a tailgate. Tailgates make our list of the 10 places/events to which we would take a foreigner that would best describe/define this country.
An outdoor sporting event, cold beer, grilled meats, unapologetic flag-waving and halter tops. How could it get any better?
The boys will be racing under the lights on the high banks of the short track at Bristol, Tennessee this evening.
Wolfe’s innate ability to provide his subject a context within the broader American cultural experience was a perfect fit for this curious Southern phenomena that has gone Main Street, particularly in the past 10-15 years.
And though, open-wheel racing is more visually appealing and appears to take far more driving skill, they can’t seem to get organized here state-side, so it’s NASCAR for our intermittent auto-racing jones.
We’ve never been to a NASCAR event but we aim to. These races have the feel of an NFL or major college football tailgate on HGH. And when it comes to completely unabashed, bold-typed, in-your-face American culture experiences, it doesn’t get any better than a tailgate. Tailgates make our list of the 10 places/events to which we would take a foreigner that would best describe/define this country.
An outdoor sporting event, cold beer, grilled meats, unapologetic flag-waving and halter tops. How could it get any better?
The boys will be racing under the lights on the high banks of the short track at Bristol, Tennessee this evening.
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