NASCAR no more ridiculous than golf, reader says

Reader Rey Kadon took this shot of the Miller High Life 400 in Brooklyn, New York, in 1989. “Who wouldn’t have fun on a charter bus with a bunch of your coworkers and kegs of beer?” he recalled. (Rey Kadon/Provided)

An apology is in order.

I’m so inured with the toxic free-fire zone that pops up around controversial issues, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that most people are decent and sensible. When I invited readers Wednesday to write in explaining the allure of NASCAR, I didn’t really expect that people would then actually, you know, write in explaining the allure of NASCAR.