NASCAR Gets Its Own Seniors Tour

Some years ago the PGA set up the Seniors Tour for golfers 50 and over who could still play well but not competively against the young guns. That tour has been very successful and has not only given a new career to some famous but aging golfers, but has given careers to some guys who never made it in the PGA but play well enough to make a name for themselves on the Seniors Tour.

Somebody in NASCAR got the same idea and a new circuit has been created to bring back retired racing legends:

Racing legends David Pearson, Dave Marcis, Harry Gant, James Hylton, Geoff Bodine and more have signed up to race in The Old School Racing Champions Tour (OSRCT) in 2008. Scheduled to run ten races in 2008, starting on May 18, 2008. Driver safety is priority number one with the OSRCT. All tracks on the schedule are ¾ a mile or less and include such venues as two-time Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway, the Music City Motorplex, Southside Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, South Boston Speedway, Flat Rock Speedway and the Springport Speedway. (OSRCT) is a new racing series debuting in 2008 that will have retired and semi-retired champion drivers competing in a 10 race regular season schedule followed by a “Last Chance Race” and a “Championship Race”.

A lot of today's NASCAR fans have never seen guys like Marcis, Gant, Pearson and others race. It could be fun (as long as nobody gets hurt).