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m4a1mustang · 03-16-2010, 11:27 AM

Yup.... those we're the glory days for sure. Drivers were drivers and would race anything... there was none of the elitism that there is today. Jimmy Clark used to run some Nascar when he had time, heck, Jackie Stewart was a Nascar broasdcaster for ABC for a long while. They used to come over and run the Indy 500... ah man.

Really, its the same now in all top level motorsport. Corporate sponsorships limit what drivers can do, so there aren't anymore Foyts or Andrettis or Clarks. Though some guys like Tony Stewart are throwbacks to that era when a racecar driver would race anything because its what they loved to do. You don't see much of that anymore.

03-16-2010, 11:27 AM	#57 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Yup.... those we're the glory days for sure. Drivers were drivers and would race anything... there was none of the elitism that there is today. Jimmy Clark used to run some Nascar when he had time, heck, Jackie Stewart was a Nascar broasdcaster for ABC for a long while. They used to come over and run the Indy 500... ah man. Really, its the same now in all top level motorsport. Corporate sponsorships limit what drivers can do, so there aren't anymore Foyts or Andrettis or Clarks. Though some guys like Tony Stewart are throwbacks to that era when a racecar driver would race anything because its what they loved to do. You don't see much of that anymore. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!