The NASCAR world has been having a lot of challenges during the last little while. Obviously the biggest challenge is the auto industry’s difficulties. There are buyouts and bankruptcies and all kinds of other things that cause regular people to lose their jobs. Crews and teams are starting to downsize as well, because that’s how the terms work. How can the auto industry eliminate people while the company is paying millions of dollars to sports team branding? Also, some of the attitudes of some NASCAR people are starting to bug folks. There is Kyle Busch’s smashing of a custom guitar given to him as a prize. There’s the drug problem that a few of the racers have had recently. NASCAR is and always will be fun to watch, but I personally identify with the more normal kinds of guys rather than the ones who seem out of touch sometimes.