From another forum:

You have to remember the south created NASCAR, and holds it close to their hearts and heritage, it is the closest they got to "Rising Again", and as the article mentioned, unfortunately there is probably still a strong sense of racial elitism that plagues the sport in certain circles, which in part is why they get stereo-typed as just a bunch of booger eating good ol' boys.

The truth is any one of those engineers and mechanics could probably give the average MIT graduate a run for his money. Or should I say many are probably alums?


http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=471742