Peter Gazinya said:
When Earnhardt died, he took everything that was exciting with him. :crying:
The demise of any person should have a diminishing effect on all of us, but we have to be objective about things, and acknowledge that the untimely death of Mr. Earnhardt Sr.
did bring about a sizable amount of highly-profitable interest in to the "Nascar" sphere.
Not being insensitive here, just making an observation that I'm certain can be verified statistically. And let us also acknowledge that the "Nascar" regime did exploit this avenue for their own benefit. Don't have the particulars handy here, and perhaps one of us can provide them for our perusal, but it always seemed a little suspicious to me that Dale Jr. would be the one to ring the victory bell at the next meet at the same track where his father met his demise. Misty-eyed, poetic justice in action, my friends, and the "Nascar" regime wrung out of it all that they could; notice how in the past season Dale Jr. had rescinded from prominence from the upper-tier level of drivers? For one reason, to make way for the contrived drama regarding Rusty Wallace in his final year of driving, and amazingly enough, too, that he (Rusty) ascended to the top ten ranking among drivers that "qualified" for what ever illustrious tournament they and only they were suposedly entered in (while the balance of the 33 drivers went through the motions about the track, so as to not disappoint the interests of their sponsors). "Veteran old driver in his last season" the headline might read; let's wring all the public sentiment we can out of him, too!
There was also a related type of melodrama that had been heavily promoted by the media in the upcoming weeks to a particular "event", with I believe Jeff Gordon, who was destined to attain a jubiliant victory at a specific track which he was purported to "own." Sure enough, he did, and right on cue. If anyone can provide those particulars of this
"victory appropo," I would appreciate the opporotunity to review them.
Contrived. Orchestrated. Scripted. Pre-destination. Even, yes, even
intelligent design. Those have been my points all along.
(as an aside, it will be of little value to advise me to rescind my spectatorship of this "event" if I persistantly find it so disturbing, as I have never seen one single "Nascar" "race," in person or otherwise, and are aware of it only through the media and from those who are so culturally mesmerized by its well-crafted siege of the public cognizance. To wit: I know of some people who converse about it endlessly, as well as wearing the related promotional paraphenalia on themselves and the own vehicles, lunchboxes, etc.; even
Tommy would know of its existance and overwhelming influence on popular culture! But my purpose here is to bring to the cognizance of an easily influenced public some aspects of this cultural phenomenon they may be unlikely to admit, but perhaps had harbored some private suspicions about.)
