Sports At Politics

This is the first time that I can recall a Democratic congressional candidate receiving an endorsement from a NASCAR driver, but Hailie Deegan, who drives in NASCAR's K&N Pro Series West, one of several regional NASCAR series that form the fourth tier of NASCAR-sanctioned automobile racing, publicly asked people in the 4th Congressional District of California to vote for Democratic candidate Jessica Morse: So inspiring to meet @HailieDeegan before her race at the @AllAmericanSpdy tomorrow! Hailie is 17 years old & the first female winner of a @NASCAR K&N West Series race. Good luck, Hailie & thanks for sharing your important message to #CA04 ! pic.twitter.com/pNP2CH49cp — Jessica Morse (@Morse4America) October 12, 2018 This can be thought of as one rising star endorsing another. Hailie Deegan is a rising star in NASCAR. Deegan, 17 years of age, recently won a race in NASCAR's K&N Pro Series West, one of the regional NASCAR series forming the fourth ...

Earlier this week, news broke that the France family, the family that founded and owns a majority stake in the stock car racing organization NASCAR, is looking to sell the sanctioning body to another company , and that Goldman Sachs intends to facilitate such a sale. Very little is known about any individuals or companies that might be interested in buying NASCAR, although, depending on what might be sold along with the sanctioning body (it's not clear if ARCA, a stock car racing organization recently acquired by NASCAR, and/or the sports car racing organization IMSA would be included in the sale, for example), the sale could be valued as much as several billion dollars. On a related note, Brian France, the grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr., has been rumored as a possible buyer of the NFL's Carolina Panthers, although I doubt that a member of the France family will buy the Panthers. NASCAR has been in decline in recent years for a couple of major reasons. First, sup...