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Unsolicited sanctimony (but it does have slot cars)

Growing up, one of the big events of the summer was the running of the Indianapolis 500. I grew up going to the Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals every August, it was (and still is) the biggest Sprint Car race of the year. One of the compelling aspects of the race (besides the vendors selling gaudy t-shirts and the awesome arcade) was that it was spring board for the careers of many open-wheel drivers. Drivers such as Parnelli Jones and A.J. Foyt had come to the Nationals in the past and raced, and usually returned home without much success, as the Nationals were no joke. One weekend a year of sprint car racing was not going to win the crown.

The Nationals and Sprint car racing were the feeding grounds for the racers that went on the big race