Carolina Hurricanes fans have long endured potshots from fans of other teams, bemoaning the lack of hockey history in the southern United States, dismissing them as unworthy and unable to appreciate the complexity and long history of hockey in general and the NHL in particular, and suggesting that they have better things to do and should go enjoy college basketball and NASCAR while leaving the fastest game on ice to the True Fans.
But what if I told you that counted among those fans of the Hurricanes were...wait for it...actual NASCAR drivers and crew members?
Ty Dillon is a name you may not know.