I was an avid follower from the mid-50’s until about the mid-70’s and then the magic just seemed to go out of it.
F1, Can-Am, Trans-Am, NasCar, Indy, you name it, and it was pretty much over for me.
But, those were the days.
Stirling Moss, Fireball Roberts, Yunick, Jones, the chicken farmer, to name a few.
now the Howmet Turbine car was a real node melter if you followed too close until they turned the exhaust up 45deg