The world of Nascar and motorsports at large were flabbergasted today to learn that a race fan thoroughly enjoyed last weekend’s Cup race.
“I thought it was a good, solid race”, said race fan Herman Blanche of Springfield, Pennsylvania. “I’ll admit that I haven’t been able to catch every single Cup race this year, but I made some time today, and I liked what I saw.”
Blanche’s positive reaction to a Nascar event stands in stark contrast to the majority of race fans’ online complaints, which tend to criticize Nascar for such failings as predictable racing, inability to pass the leader, late start times, and lack of fans at the track. But none of these theoretical issues bothered him at all.
“Its great to see some live sports considering everything that’s going on right now”, Blanche said. “I was a really big Dale (Earnhardt) Jr. fan, and I used to go to every race I could up in Pocono. Now I kinda root for Martin Truex Jr., although really I just like to see some good on-track action.”
Blanche’s positive remarks also contained more-specific kudos for the sport.
“What I like best is how there’s almost always something going on on the track”, Blanche said. “Sure, the leader might’ve checked-out, but there’s almost always a good battle somewhere in the top-ten. And thankfully there’s some good ‘new blood’ in the sport—I really like what I’m hearing and seeing about this Tyler Reddick kid.”
Blanche said that he plans to catch as many races as he can for the rest of the season.
“I kinda fell ‘off the wagon’ with Nascar a year or two ago because my job had me working Sundays”, Blanche said. “But now with a relatively free schedule, I hope I can catch every race I can.
“Unless baseball finally comes back—I can’t wait to see how the Phillies screw things up this year by pouring all their money into Bryce Harper.”