NASCAR representing the south??

Well Mike in response to your question I would like to pose you a question. Do you or do you not associate Canada with Hockey or England with Cricket? Further, do you not associate Italy with Pizza or China with Noodles? I would be highly surprised if you said no. Every sport, food , dance, in fact any form of entertainment always carries with it a piece of history. Not only does it remind one of the place where it came from but also where it was most cherished. Coming down to NASCAR. NASCAR started fifty years ago in the South. It gained popularity there first and that's where people started associating it to. In fact it became a sport so addicting that people made it their lifestyle. Then came the best part. They made it their own. It became so famous that is started being counted with the Gone with the Wind houses, White trash and all other stereotypes. How can one then not associate it with the South. Like every other field nowadays, entertainment grows in all directions. This is how it got to all around the country. It is now the largest sanctioning body of stock car racing in the US. Everybody knows about it, just like your article said people not even from the South have actually started enjoying it, but it always carries with it it's history. It's reference, it's representation, the South.
Also attached with this blog I give an article in the Washington Post on how people are accepting to be an all country sport but still associating with the South.[1]