{"id":7979,"date":"2004-02-07T00:28:13","date_gmt":"2004-02-07T00:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/oh_and_about_that_nascar.html"},"modified":"2004-02-07T00:28:13","modified_gmt":"2004-02-07T00:28:13","slug":"oh_and_about_that_nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/oh_and_about_that_nascar.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, and about that NASCAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, before I actually ever went to a NASCAR race or knew anything about racing, my husband spent time disabusing me of any stereotypes I might have of those I would see in the stands. You know, really not that raucus, more sedate than I&#8217;d expect, really just a bunch of people sitting in the sun for three hours watching intently as cars go around in circles and listening to their headphones.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a short time later, he went to a minor league hockey game down in South Florida.<\/p>\n<p>He called me and said, <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know all those people you thought you were going to see at the race?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were all at the hockey game.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, before I actually ever went to a NASCAR race or knew anything about racing, my husband spent time disabusing me of any stereotypes I might have of those I would see in the stands. 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