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A race car driver does not play a race thus he races and is called a driver. But I know that you made this question to get people riled. It is an old joke meant to attack NASCAR drivers and their fans because they are normally White Southerners who participate in racing.
It is very shameful that Americans have not matured much over the generations. We seem to be doing a lot of adult things earlier and earlier but our maturity has not come any faster.