At its best, auto racing doesn't just translate via television -- it bursts through the screen and into your living room, leaving little bits of rubber on the sofa. That's often certainly the case with NASCAR, whose sound and fury and kaleidoscopic colors have made for compelling viewing ever since CBS cameras caught Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison slugging it out at Daytona in 1979. Analysts, like Darrell Waltrip and Kyle Petty, are like the uncles we argue with across the dinner table. Oh, do race fans love their television analysts.
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