Assignment 1-4
With the raise in the popularity of NASCAR over the years hundreds of thousands of fan gather around their televisions or the race tracks to watch cars go round and round a track. This culture of race fans has been changing from what it started out to be. Also the sense of community has grown and even has created subcultures within the community.
On any given Sunday from mid February to mid November race fans gather to watch their favorite driver try to win the race of the day. These fans are some of the most loyal fans that any sport could have. Some would say that these fans are racist and sexist males because most of the fans consist of white working class males. This might be true for some of the fans but as the sport continues to grow there are more women and other races becoming fans of the sport.
Also among these fans is a sense of community that is broke down by the type of car and driver. So in other words the fans are actually broken down into subcultures. First the fans are divided by the type of motor in the cars. Such as; a Chevy, Ford, Dodge or the newest Toyota motors. After the culture has been divided by motors then the culture is divided by drivers. These fans of the drivers are extremely loyal to their driver and would do about anything for their driver.


Work Cited
Browne, Ray.(2005). Profiles of Popular Culture. (pp. 38-45). The University of Wisconsin Press.