Songs mean different things to different people, and not to minimize Rodan2000's interpretation, but to me this song clearly refers to open-wheel racing, mostly the CART series with some IRL thrown in (artistic license, I guess), and has nothing to do with Dale Earnhardt or NASCAR.
First, Dale Earnhardt died in the first NASCAR race of the year in February 2001 in Daytona, before springtime and the first race mentioned in the song.
Second, there's only one race in Indianapolis, Indiana in May, probably the most famous race in the world, the Indy 500. In 2001 that was an Indy Racing League (IRL) race, in which CART racers were allowed to compete, and one won the race.
NASCAR does race at Indy, but in August.
The other track locations in the song hosted CART races (except Arizona) in 2001, most also NASCAR. Toronto has a CART race but never NASCAR.
For non-racing fans, the Brickyard is a nickname for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a reference to a time when it was actually paved with bricks. Gasoline Alley is the garage area.
"So we came to Road America where we burned up the lake" - The Road America race runs at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Just a coincidence, but the winner of the 2001 CART race at the Speedway at Nazareth was Scott Dixon. Interesting (to me, anyway) on an album that features a song about the surveyor Jeremiah Dixon.
@Glenn1963 EXACT. In all communication there is SENDER and RECEIVER.Th
@Glenn1963 EXACT. In all communication there is SENDER and RECEIVER.Th
higher skilled in THE ART OF LIVING the quieter the mouth and the more open the mind...and fine-tuned and multilayered the outgoing message. We might have experienced that putting some quiet Bouddhism into our splendid
lives...COMMUNICATION reaches topquality...and we become BETTER RECEIVERS.
higher skilled in THE ART OF LIVING the quieter the mouth and the more open the mind...and fine-tuned and multilayered the outgoing message. We might have experienced that putting some quiet Bouddhism into our splendid
lives...COMMUNICATION reaches topquality...and we become BETTER RECEIVERS.
Songs mean different things to different people, and not to minimize Rodan2000's interpretation, but to me this song clearly refers to open-wheel racing, mostly the CART series with some IRL thrown in (artistic license, I guess), and has nothing to do with Dale Earnhardt or NASCAR.
First, Dale Earnhardt died in the first NASCAR race of the year in February 2001 in Daytona, before springtime and the first race mentioned in the song.
Second, there's only one race in Indianapolis, Indiana in May, probably the most famous race in the world, the Indy 500. In 2001 that was an Indy Racing League (IRL) race, in which CART racers were allowed to compete, and one won the race.
NASCAR does race at Indy, but in August.
The other track locations in the song hosted CART races (except Arizona) in 2001, most also NASCAR. Toronto has a CART race but never NASCAR.
For non-racing fans, the Brickyard is a nickname for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a reference to a time when it was actually paved with bricks. Gasoline Alley is the garage area.
"So we came to Road America where we burned up the lake" - The Road America race runs at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Just a coincidence, but the winner of the 2001 CART race at the Speedway at Nazareth was Scott Dixon. Interesting (to me, anyway) on an album that features a song about the surveyor Jeremiah Dixon.
@Glenn1963 EXACT. In all communication there is SENDER and RECEIVER.Th
@Glenn1963 EXACT. In all communication there is SENDER and RECEIVER.Th
higher skilled in THE ART OF LIVING the quieter the mouth and the more open the mind...and fine-tuned and multilayered the outgoing message. We might have experienced that putting some quiet Bouddhism into our splendid lives...COMMUNICATION reaches topquality...and we become BETTER RECEIVERS.
higher skilled in THE ART OF LIVING the quieter the mouth and the more open the mind...and fine-tuned and multilayered the outgoing message. We might have experienced that putting some quiet Bouddhism into our splendid lives...COMMUNICATION reaches topquality...and we become BETTER RECEIVERS.