The Rise And Fall Of Indy Automobile Racing
In his essay The Altar of Automobility,” a young Martin Marty, later destined to be considered one of America’s preeminent theologians, recorded his observations after visiting the 1958 Chicago Automobile Show. Marty argued that the passion and passions surrounding the automobile had created a real, universal, and sensible faith that was directed towards the dinosaur in the driveway.” For Marty, passions for automobiles in America had been fueled by more than simply sex; fairly, the automobile was worshiped by true believers. And during the nineteen fifties the church of the automobile, just like the Protestant Church in America, had an unprecedented variety of followers. Only later would allegiances start to wane.
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the leading advocacy group for the auto industry, represents seventy seven{ce761d482549002b5adf7aa9016c2f9f16cea69c7d1df7ae365c4a52b17ff19d} of all automobile and light-weight truck sales in the United States, including the BMW Group, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors …