re: 2024 NASCAR Season Thread

Different era especially on the superspeedways vs the last 40 years. In Pearson's lone 500 win he and Petty were 2 laps up on 3rd place, they wrecked and Pearson crossed the line after restarting by driving the length of the tri-oval going under 30mph. Meanwhile Petty had to be pushed by his pit crew and they still managed to get his car across the line before third place had completely unlapped himself. Not to detract from that era and the drivers of the era, but four cars at most would unload able to win and most races only one of those would survive until the end. I'd argue the 80's and 90's were they heyday of the sport and especially at the superspeedways and Big E was the king during that era.