in defense of NASCAR fans

NASCAR fan types often get sold short by the uppity set.

NASCAR started informally as races between bootleggers and evolved into what it is today. It is truly an American sport. The fans are generally basic Americans and most likely there are a larger percentage of them from the south than from the north.

The original cars were basic off the shelf cars that had been modified to both carry the extra weight of moonshine and go like hell to get away from the revenue agents. It wasn't long before the drivers of these bootlegger rigs started racing against each other and the sport took off. I'd bet the first generation of races were pretty wild informal events and I would like to have seen the circus that must have been.

The fans quite often get a bad rap as being a bunch of hillbillies and other uncivilized types.

While I am not going to charge in and rush to the defense of the stereotype NASCAR fan as there probably enough that fit the stereotype. Besides, I am really not much of a race fan.

On the other hand the other end of the so-called social spectrum impresses me a whole lot less because of their lack of courage, moral fiber and basic decency because they are always willing to bite the hand that feeds them.

The average NASCAR watching redneck type gets up in the morning and goes to work making something or fixing something or doing some kind of thing to make a living. These are the basic working people of this nation of ours. They provide us with an awful lot of goods and services.

These are the people that fix the limosines of the rich because the rich do not know how fix their own. When a redneck's 20 year old pickup dies he stuff it into his garage and breaks out the wrenches and fixes it. Many of them can easily rebuild an entire engine or transmission in their garage.

Over the years an awful lot of things that have made outr lives a little easier have come out of the garages of some of the more creative members of the NASCAR set, too.

I really have a lot more respect for a person like that can take care of himself and his machinery then I do for some hifalutin' muckety muck in a Ferrari that has to have it taken to the dealer to have his oil checked.

While an awful lot of so-called polished people of the white wine set spend an awful lot of time playing the politically correct game, there are an awful lot of rednecks that simply do not have time for that kind of happy horse $hit. They'll tell you what they think in a New York minute and if you don't like it, that's just too damned bad. Truth is, I admire that kind of blunt, brutal honesty. A person knows where they stand right off the bat.

There's a lot to be said for that.

There's also an awful lot to be said for the NASCAR set in other ways, too. These are a pretty damned good sized segment of the country that supplies manpower for just about everything, including the armed services.

You don't hear of a lot of members of the white wine set putting their lives on hold for a hitch in the service, they think they're too good for that, yet I'd bet that the percentage of NASCAR fans that have served in the military is a wole lot higher than you'll find in the white wine set.

If you dig a little deeper, these NASCAR types that have served generally have not taken administrative jobs, either. Nope, when a redneck serves he generally signs up for a job where he does something and probably winds up in harm's way. Rednecks generally don't supply the services with a whole lot of clerk-tyists.

Truth is I get pretty sick and tired of people making fun of the people that are the grass roots of this country.
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I wrote this a couple of hours ago and just had a thought about the snoots that look down their noses at the NASCAR set.

I'd bet that Prince Harry would get along pretty well with an awful lot of NASCAR fans. He's a Harley-Davidson sort of a guy and by all accounts a pretty good soldier. He's also been known to pull a cork once in a while. If word got out that he was in Afghanistan giving support for US troops the fans there would probably like him back.

He'd probably get a warmer greeting than Michelle Obama and Jill Biden did.



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