Good post.
Bill France (”Big Bill”) was a huge, violent, ruthless man, who started NASCAR so long ago. He was not a nice guy. Look him up.
The France family has an iron tight grip on NASCAR, and are fabulously wealthy from it. They are not known for being nice, either.
I hope the teams succeed.
Being a prick might have been necessary in the 60s and 70s when the sport was a bunch of shade tree mechanics and good ole boys driving like maniacs in real stock cars.
Now the Team Owners are sophisticated and hugely successful business owners, people like Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske are not fools, treating them like the hired help is not a good idea.