NASCAR shot itself in the foot when it required racers to build cars based around the same design.
Gone are the classic battles of Chevy vs. Ford vs. Mopar.
It used to be that the cars racing at the track actually were based on the cars people could buy: not any more.
I can understand the need to change: race cars are rear wheel drive, and fewer and fewer American cars are rwd these days.
The loss of interest is not limited to NASCAR; auto racing is suffering across the board, including Indy car and Formula 1.
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