It was noosegate that sealed the deal for me.
Both my wife and I had been decades long NASCAR fans of/for various drivers, been to more races physically then we have fingers and toes, and have spent tens of thousands of dollars on a sport we both thoroughly enjoyed. Accordingly, we have not watched NASCAR since, and to be frank, after a week or two of ‘withdrawals,’ have not even remotely considered looking back. We will keep the memories we have and have moved on.
NASCAR failed miserably in realizing that the large portion of the fan base was them very same deplorables Hitlery, etc. have ridiculed, belittled, etc., etc. to their own slow death.....and neither my wife or I are giving one sh*t about its death. Again, we will keep the memories that we do have....
I got to go to Talladega back in the 90’s. Fun couple of days. Too bad the libs had to ruin another institution.
Same here in a general sense but I started to leave NASCAR about 15 years ago and it was gradual. All sports in a way so I watch none of them anymore. I might watch something if my interest was piqued even NASCAR but nothing in years has done that. I think its mostly burnout from a lifetime of involvement. The political stuff is just icing on top.