“I Miss This Version of NASCAR” – Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Throwback Has Nostalgia-Drowned Fans Thinking About “Something That Is Missing Today”

There has been a lot of chopping and changing in NASCAR. The sport is no longer the way it was; the cars are wildly different (and faster), and the drivers have a unique aura about them. Dale Earnhardt Jr falls into the sweet spot – those who have the privilege of seeing two distinct versions of this sport.

Dale Earnhardt Jr began full-time professional racing around the 1990s. Obviously, that wasn’t his first introduction to the sport, having been around one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time. His father, a 7-time Cup Series winner, had reigned over the sport for decades, and Dale Jr didn’t know any other version of the sport than that. 

But in all these years, among all those changes, there has been one that Dale Jr detests the most – the culture of drivers working on cars. Earlier, drivers being the controllers of their destiny on the track, took things into their hands and actually worked on the performance of their cars.

As time has passed, cars have become increasingly complicated. They have far more electronic components as part of the car for which superior, specialized technical knowledge is required. Cars also have computers on board – again, something that requires specialized technical knowledge to deal with. That could be the reason behind this change in tradition, or way of functioning.

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But Dale Jr. is not the only one who looks back to the past with regret.

Fans join Dale Earnhardt Jr in his nostalgia fest

Dale Jr posted a picture of Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace, titled “A couple of Hall of Famers turning wrenches.”

A lot of fans echoed that picture’s sentiment on the microblogging site –

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A different era – but definitely a beautiful one.

Which era of NASCAR do you prefer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.