I used to keep up with the CART series but like David I quit whenever Tony George made the split, went to a couple of the first IRL races at the Disney World one mile track and enjoyed them but not as much as the CART races in Miami, I never knew who the drivers were and didn't keep up after that except for watching one every now and then on TV.
NASCAR was a different story. Back in the 80s and 90s myself along with a couple of buds used to load up my airplane and hit several races a year ... we met a lot of the owners, drivers and team members by flying in like that, it was fun.
