I have never understood the popularity of sitting in the squelching heat and watching noisy cars drive in circles for hours at a time. But recently, an Alabama murder suspect/fugitive's obsession with NASCAR got him caught.
Michael Lynn Sherer, age 51, escaped the Winston County jail where he was being held on charges of murdering Thomas Lynn Smith, age 52 on August 24, 2010. (Lynn? Really?)
Once free, he made his was to the Atlanta area and the Atlanta Motor Speedway where he proceeded to barter a .22 caliber pistol for 2 tickets to the NASCAR race there.
Ticket vendors alerted the police because of the strange barter request.
He managed to get the tickets and trade the gun before police found him. When questioned, he identified himself as Thomas Lynn Smith (the murder victim), but flubbed up the birthdate. Suspicious, the police held him and were able to properly identify the fugitive.
So, reason #1 to like NASCAR: It is apparently so addictive that murder suspects will risk capture to get inside the speedway. I don't get it, but I'm glad.
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