🚀 I Didn’t Love NASCAR — I Loved Chasing the Edge. Now That’s Drag Racing.

Been a NASCAR lifer for most of my days. Sundays meant beer, burgers, and 500 laps of sheer noise. But somewhere along the line… it got tame. Stages broke up the flow. Aero packages neutered the thrill. Engine rules boxed everyone in. It was still racing — just not extreme anymore. Then a buddy dragged me (pun intended) to an NHRA national event last summer. Holy hell. The stands shook. My chest felt like it was gonna implode from the nitro thunder. I realized then: I never actually loved “NASCAR.” I loved the pursuit of the limit, the point where machines almost break trying to go faster. That’s what drag racing is today. Still pushing 11,000 horsepower. Still rewriting the rulebook on physics. No stages, no fake cautions, no coasting to save fuel. Just violent acceleration until it either sticks or explodes. So yeah, NASCAR will always have my heart for nostalgia. But NHRA? That’s where my soul sits now. #NHRA #DragRacing #NASCAR #Goodbye #RealMotorsport