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Originally Posted by Paradise City
As for NASCAR, many of the races of the 80s/90s are some of the most without-pause thrilling races ever committed to film. Substantial men, in dangerous cars, driving on a tight rope for an endurance length at utter break neck speeds. The bottom fell out of it when Old Earnhardt died and it's particularly tough for those who used to know what it was like to see such a grand sport fall to the spears of marketing mediocrities.
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Pretty good description of Nascar in the days before management started messing around with the series via the playoff type of racing.. I attended the first "practice" that was held under lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Previously, all races were in daytime. I remember that the drivers were a little anxious of how it would be racing under lights.