06:58 Aug 28, 2019
A man called Daedalus. He was the first person who built machines with the power of the gods. The word "fan" is a derivative of fanatic, which is a focus, a belief, and a worship. You can see going down the front straightaway, all the arms in the air, they're just cheering you on. It's just so exciting. The track becomes, in many ways, a religious experience itself. People have seats where their families always sit, it's kind of like the pew in church. The South, we didn't have Major League Baseball, we didn't have the Yankees or the Dodgers, we didn't have the Green Bay Packers. So Richard Petty became your guy. David Pearson became your guy. Buddy Baker became your guy. And Dale Earnhardt, Sr. is still a mystical, mythical guy to a lot of people. Our fans fight for us every day. They feel like they're part of this club, this family. Every Sunday, they put on their hats, they put on their shirts, they will buy a ticket and drive 600 miles to a race. It is their calling to be there. We're going up the mountain, into that place in the mountains. And my whole family is from a town on the other end of this mountain over here called Ellijay. |