Well, you impressed me this time. You do know your motorsports. I agree, NASCAR is based on those legends. As are most sports in this country. Young (racers) may look up and aspire to be like, emulate and accomplish as much as those legends. So yes, someone who wants to race professionally, someone who wants to be a NASCAR driver, will respect and admire those legends when they are on Reality Racing TV. Just like the American Idol contestants were awed by Tony Bennett. But..and this is the big but... The viewer, the person who is not 'into' the sport. The one who watches the TV show for "entertainment value" and has no plans to be a NASCAR driver or do any more racing than he can from his couch, well he does not care. To that viewer, and hopefully 1000's like him, will give RR some great ratings, "its the who you are "now" not who you were then. As an example. The lowest rated American Idol was the Tony Bennett Show. The highest rated J-Lo.
Now to answer you about my racing experience. I raced 41 foot B-Class Offshore Power Boats for Team Coca Cola in 1987 thru 1989 winning a World Championship. I was a factory racer for Sea-Doo Watercraft winning a National Championship. I earned a very nice living in both sports. Sea-Doo sent me to the Boundurant School of RACE CAR DRVING in Phoenix and to the START MERCEDES RACE CAR SCHOOL in Orlando, where I was "certified" to race Indy Light Cars. As a professional racer, I can tell you the only interest I had was crossing the finish line first, not who did it 1 year, ten years or "oh my god" 30 years before me.
