From the Pulpit
So has NASCAR become the new trend for F1 drivers? Or just for those left without an F1 contract?
Formula One drivers don't do NASCAR, do they? Well, they don't, do they?
Okay, yes, Christian Fittipaldi did. But Christian Fittipaldi was different. Yes, Emerson's nephew had been a Formula One driver (1992-1994) before chancing his arm in NASCAR - but he'd also tried his luck in Champ Car (1995-2002), and not done that well, before opting for the Winston Cup in 2003.
So he'd tried everything that his uncle had breezed through before him, and had serially given it up, series by series, because it hadn't proven quite as easy as Emmo had made it look.
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