That’s when I quit too.
I was actively negotiating with a track for a corporate sponsorship deal with my employer.
Such negotiations also stopped.
Honestly... I know what NASCAR is, but I probably have never watched the entire race. In fact, maybe just clips period I had a friend- she was totally into NASCAR. Her parents ran a concession at Talladega. And the Merch she had collected over the years was pretty darn impressive. Personally I became an F1 fan with the movie Grand Prix, the camp classic with James Garner came out in the early 60. I still love that movie. I saw it in a palatial Bangkok theater when I was about 11 and have been a fan of F1 ever since.