I've been a drag racing fan since 1964, when Big Daddy Don Garlits broke 200 mph in the quarter mile at Island Dragway in New Jersey.

Drag Racing was born in America, mostly from the Southern California Dry Lakes racing post WW2. The world has been racing in circles since the early 20th Century. They been racing in a quarter mile standing start straight line in America since perhaps 1949.

So, as a drag racing fan I'm "more American" than a typical NASCAR fan.

I'm just being facetious. Top Fuel and Funny Car's the drug for me.

-90% Jimmy

PS - It's been mostly progressive and open and tolerant of diversity at the Drag Strip since the inception. The Bean Bandits, Stone, Woods and Cook, Shirley Muldowney, Malcolm Durham and Barbara Hamilton, to name some, were all women and minorities that were out there without fuss and muss since the fifties. Shirley won the Top Fuel World Championship three friggin' times, starting in the mid 70's, when there were still bra burning wimmens roaming in their packs in America. frank Pedregon, the southern California Fuel Coupe driver from the 60's, AKA "The Flamin' Mexican" has three son's that drive Fuel Funny Cars today. Cruz and Tony are out there as of today. Frank Jr. has a hard time getting a ride and is currently parkled.

The middle eastern based Al Anabi team currently runs about three nitro cars, including a Top Fuel driver from the middle east.

a far more moderate country, just 12-15 years ago.