Bob Tasca III, driver of the Motorcraft Ford Mustang, lives in Cranston, Rhode Island, a mere stone’s throw from Epping when injecting southern terminology into a northern atmosphere. And for Tasca, the greatest part of racing before a hometown crowd is the ability to speak the native lingo.
Yes, as Tasca puts it, every word which ends with an ‘r’ has been changed to an ‘ah.’
“They just don’t get it, you have all of these Rs and harsh letters,” Tasca said, with a proud New England accent. “We just kind of smooth things out.”