I’m not going to make fun of NASCAR fans for liking NASCAR or engage in any kind of elitist sneering.

Instead, I’ll observe that the ‘Stock Cars’ raced in NASCAR these days are racing frames with a fake body on top that pays homage to some actual car, rather than actual cars you could buy that were then tweaked by the teams.

When I was a kid, Mopar sold hundreds of Dodge Daytonas and Plymouth Superbirds to run on the street, just so they could race them. You could get them with the legendary 426 Hemi, the street version of the motor that Richard Petty et al. raced with.

Now? Not even remotely “stock cars”. Feh.