Let's Go (to Los Angeles) Brandon: NASCAR hits California
Los Angeles (AFP) - Red state America descended on liberal Los Angeles Sunday as NASCAR roared into town. Tens of thousands of petrolheads gathered in the LA Memorial Coliseum to watch the sport's top drivers thunder around a temporary track. For 150 laps of the quarter-mile course, the two dozen competitors jostled for position; acrid fumes from their machines thickening the yellow-brown haze that hangs permanently over the city. The stadium -- home of the 1984 Olympic Games -- acted as a funnel for engine noise, amplifying the already-deafening sound into something physical. Fans were thril...