NASCAR: Listening to the Roar of Fans

On Sunday, October 25, 2009, I sat in the stands at the Tums Fast Relief 500 at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia with my eyes glued to the scene unfolding before me as the roar of 43 super-charged, racing machines circled the short-track 500 times, traveling at speeds of 90-plus miles per hour, much [...]

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