In response to “Go to hell, NASCAR (and stay there)” (IDS, April 3):\nMr. Shaffer, there are so many aspects of the sport of NASCAR that could have been editorialized in a thoughtful and insightful manner. You could have talked about how many tires or gallons of gasoline are used up in a single weekend or the controversies surrounding the Car of Tomorrow and the points system. However, you don’t talk about any of this in any depth if you even mention it at all, which really begs the question: How much do you actually know about any of these things? Instead of addressing anything which might be considered a legitimate concern, you take a low and base approach by attacking of all things, the fans.\nTo attack a sport for its fan base is simply irresponsible writing on your part. It’s rude and cruel and a low blow to say the least. You lump 75 million American fans into one of two types. Either we’re Brick Tamlands or indulging in incest in the infield. Yes, thank you so much for your oh-so-creative linking of NASCAR to white trash. We’re all so glad someone’s finally found a new way to make fun of us. How clever.\nI’m not entirely sure that America’s “problem” has much of anything to do with NASCAR, sports or reality TV at all. Maybe the problem has more to do with indulging in stereotypes as if they are facts and the “my way or the highway” mentality, which you sum up so well in the title of your column. I suppose I could tell you to take your column on with you to hell (and just stay there), but I won’t, and that’s giving you a heck of a lot more respect than you’ve given me.
Sonya Huser\nSenior
