>How can you not understand NASCAR? When the announcers say things like, "The number 20 car is passing the number 3 car to take the lead"? Give me a break. If they want to really build an audience, use the driver's name, not the car number. The way they do it now is like announcing a basketball game like this, "Number 4 passes to number 13. Number 13 shoots, but it's blocked by number 58."
That's probably because the announcers can't memorize (or pronounce) the names :).