I went to one when I was a kid. It was awesome. I got to meet several drivers, and even sit in one of the cars. Everyone back then were hardcore patriotic American guys.

It's been ruined by communist infiltrators like everything else in our society. It's a systematic campaign of demoralization and destruction. Target every institution which helps define a nation's identity and culture, infiltrate it, control it, and then destroy it. Boy Scouts is another prominent example.