NASCAR’s appeal

is “unique”…

it’s “perplexing’

to people who

cannot understand

the “magnetism” of

cars with

slick, creative

paint jobs”---AND “great

splotches of advertising”---

making LEFT TURNS for

three hours to decide

if “the 48 car” wins---

or “the 14 car”---

”the 24”---“the 99”…

or the long-tormented

“88 car”…

HERE’S “the key”

to NASCAR appeal---

the DRIVERS…

men with names like

Johnson… Gordon… Stewart…

Harvick… and

“the Brothers Busch”---

as a GROUP---they

are “more

affable” and

“reachable” than

jocks in football…baseball…

or basketball…

The “biggest love-fest”

between a NASCAR

guy and his cheering

multitude involves

Dale Earnhardt Jr…

He’s ‘the 88” car…

Junior is the son

of an auto-racing

legend who DIED

on the track at Daytona…

Young Earnhardt

almost never

wins a race---but he’s

the runaway NASCAR

leader in

“popularity” and

“endorsement earnings”…

NASCAR’s “Super Bowl”

is “the Sprint Cup Series---

10 races… it’s

an “ever-moving

CIRCUS’ --- last week

“Chicago”…Sunday

in “New Hampshire”…

then Delaware…

They’ll go to Texas…

and traditional NASCAR

venues in “the Carolinas”…

“Alabama”… and “Florida”…

Sprint Cup “competes

vigorously” in AUTUMN

with “football” and

“baseball” telecasts…

WHY?---it’s

“the drivers”…

I’m Hubert Mizell, and

that’s what I think.