{"id":460129,"date":"2004-03-01T06:30:56","date_gmt":"2004-03-01T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=103343"},"modified":"2024-02-18T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T15:30:11","slug":"where-are-the-renaissance-racers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/where-are-the-renaissance-racers\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are the Renaissance Racers?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The other evening I watched a panel of motorsport reporters on a TV show name their \u201cdriver of the year.\u201d It was an interesting discussion, and I learned a lot. It also made me realize\u2014once again\u2014how much racing has changed in the past few decades.<\/p>\n

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Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For one thing, it\u2019s harder these days than ever to single out one \u201cdriver of the year.\u201d There\u2019s just so much racing going on, and it\u2019s all so compartmentalized. The awards panel had to weigh performances across many very different, very separate kinds of the sport. How can you judge CART or IMSA or F1 drivers, say, against NASCAR or SCCA or USAC drivers? Drag racers and rallyists and all the many motorcycle competitors have to come into it, too. But scarcely any of these different breeds ever take to the track against one another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n