{"id":5815,"date":"2023-03-21T10:13:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=5815"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:13:50","slug":"i-love-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/","title":{"rendered":"I love NASCAR\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg 936w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Timothy Chapman \/ Vaquero Radio<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">For as long as I can remember I have been a NASCAR fan. I can\u2019t explain exactly why, but there\u2019s just been something about this motorsports league that has grabbed my attention better than any other sport out there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the earliest memories of my life was my third birthday only because of the cake I had, which was a NASCAR themed Jeff Gordon cake. Jeff Gordon was my favorite driver up until he retired in 2015. Again I don\u2019t know why I picked that driver, I can\u2019t explain why I feel so much joy seeing these colorful loud cars going around the race track but it makes me so happy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My dad watched just about every sport you could watch on TV and I tried them all with him, but none of them kept my eyes glued to the TV like NASCAR, we played as many sports as we could to have fun but nothing was more fun to me than when my dad bought me a go cart and I was instantly hooked getting drive as fast as I could.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always been known around school from people who know me as the NASCAR guy due to my NASCAR wardrobe always wearing a different drivers t-shirt every day to express the motorsport I love so much. To most people they look at me as if I\u2019m an alien from another planet enjoying something that they thought wasn\u2019t actually possible to enjoy. Apparently there was a time in the early 2000\u2019s when NASCAR\u2019s popularity was as big as the NFL but now it\u2019s fallen down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I love about NASCAR is the noise, the smells, the sights. There is nothing like hearing the absolute eardrum blasting sound of the engines and sweet smell of the racing fuel along with the bright colors of the cars blasting by at dangerous speeds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competitiveness of NASCAR&nbsp;&nbsp;is unmatched by any other motorsport. Currently Formula 1 is gaining huge popularity all across the world and sorry but I just don\u2019t understand why, it seems like the same two drivers win every week and races don\u2019t have much passing whereas in NASCAR last season there were 19 different drivers who won a race out of 36 races. The level of competition is so great that you really can\u2019t predict who will win every week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I get geeked out when I see people wearing NASCAR merchandise in public but it seems like nine times out of ten the person is just wearing the clothing due to the aesthetic which I get because the jackets and t shirts look nice, but I wish the people wearing the Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt merchandise knew who these legends are and take the time to appreciate NASCAR for what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know NASCAR has a bad stereotype around it being a redneck only sport but I can assure you that it\u2019s not. I just think that NASCAR is currently in a state of misunderstanding and people need to tune in on Sundays to give it a chance and truly pay attention to the fact that it\u2019s not just about drivers going around in ovals but it\u2019s rather a highly competitive and entertaining form of motorsport that brings people together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as I can remember I have been a NASCAR fan. I can\u2019t explain exactly why,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":5816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I love NASCAR\u00a0 - The Valley&#039;s Student Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I love NASCAR\u00a0 - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For as long as I can remember I have been a NASCAR fan. I can\u2019t explain exactly why,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-21T16:13:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-21T16:13:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"936\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"526\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Timothy Chapman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Timothy Chapman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Timothy Chapman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2da52bdf5f0076c2cc03f145e4b6d894\"},\"headline\":\"I love NASCAR\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-21T16:13:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-21T16:13:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/\"},\"wordCount\":572,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Columns\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/\",\"name\":\"I love NASCAR\u00a0 - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-21T16:13:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-21T16:13:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg\",\"width\":936,\"height\":526},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I love NASCAR\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":946,\"caption\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2da52bdf5f0076c2cc03f145e4b6d894\",\"name\":\"Timothy Chapman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c56b439674a156149b7f34b841595e662d503e28fdc0df714d14487f50c2bcf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c56b439674a156149b7f34b841595e662d503e28fdc0df714d14487f50c2bcf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Timothy Chapman\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/timothy-chapman\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I love NASCAR\u00a0 - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I love NASCAR\u00a0 - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","og_description":"For as long as I can remember I have been a NASCAR fan. I can\u2019t explain exactly why,","og_url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/","og_site_name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","article_published_time":"2023-03-21T16:13:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-21T16:13:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":936,"height":526,"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Timothy Chapman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Timothy Chapman","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/"},"author":{"name":"Timothy Chapman","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2da52bdf5f0076c2cc03f145e4b6d894"},"headline":"I love NASCAR\u00a0","datePublished":"2023-03-21T16:13:48+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-21T16:13:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/"},"wordCount":572,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg","articleSection":["Columns"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/","name":"I love NASCAR\u00a0 - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-03-21T16:13:48+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-21T16:13:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.jpeg","width":936,"height":526},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/i-love-nascar\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I love NASCAR\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":946,"caption":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2da52bdf5f0076c2cc03f145e4b6d894","name":"Timothy Chapman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c56b439674a156149b7f34b841595e662d503e28fdc0df714d14487f50c2bcf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c56b439674a156149b7f34b841595e662d503e28fdc0df714d14487f50c2bcf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Timothy Chapman"},"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/timothy-chapman\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5817,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815\/revisions\/5817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}