I don’t need that service, of course, because I can see all these quite clearly in my mind, but in the future, maybe I can share them with you. If this article hangs around in the dark corners of the Internet long enough, maybe somebody will run it through that mental-images-to-computer-screen process once its perfected. That being the case, I’d like to ramble on a bit here and present some mental images that collectively form part of my mental library of racing highlights. I suspect that might be coming, although I likely won’t be around to experience it. The one thing it can’t do, though – at least not yet – is retrieve and reproduce images from the mind. Over the years with Pure Thunder Racing, Race Fans Forever, and other sites, I have illustrated my writings in ways that wouldn’t have been possible without Google Images. The algorithms aren’t perfect some of the images are inconceivably miss-selected, but sometimes they hit the nail squarely on the head (something my carpentry un-skills never permit me to do). I love being able to look up anything/everything that comes to my mind, then have an array of visual possibilities laid out in front of me.

I know it creates copyright nightmares, but I can’t help it.

Whenever I read about governments criticizing and attempting to break up “Big Tech,” at some point I mutter, “Don’t mess with Google Images.” WARNING: The article below contains NO prescriptions for what ails NASCAR or racing in general, NO explorations of the sport’s past glories, and NO criticism of NASCAR.

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