Formula One's Star Spangled Paddock
As American as apple pie America loves motorsport. It just does. If you can make it go fast and race it then America seems to have an audience for it. Whether it's NASCAR, Indy Car, Truck Racing, Demolition Derbies, Drag Racing, Monster Trucks, and even Tractor Pulling. Lawn mower racing....yes, it's real So why is F1 not automatically in that list? Formula 1 feels like it has been loitering around the edges of the US motorsport scene like the awkward new kid at the disco who wants to dance but isn't sure the others will let them. The one who has spent a lot of money on their outfit to look flashy but still isn't sure they are doing it right. Miami's fake waterfront was the equivalent of wearing sunglasses indoors and everyone is just conjuring up mental images of what over-the-top fashion horrors await us all in Vegas. But this is very unfair on America's relationship with F1. It's not a recent gimmicky interest in the sport. F1 has a long history with the...