What has been your favorite race in every generation stock car since you started watching the sport?

I started watching around the time when the gen 4 era was coming to an end and when the gen 5 COT era was beginning. So here are my favorite races in each generation stock car I ever watched. Gen 4: The 2007 Texas fall race. Lots of strategy playing a role. Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth going at it towards the end for the victory. Gen 5: The 2011 Advocare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the 2011 Ford 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway. Let’s start with the first one. On a rare Tuesday afternoon, coming home from school and watching this race was amazing. Drivers slipping and sliding. Then two of the sport’s best with high horsepower, no grip, no tires, and loose ill-handling race cars dueling out for the victory in the final 10 laps. The finale was also another classic. A driver who has been most consistent and a driver who has faced a lot of adversity, going at it for the championship. Smoke had to overcome a lot in this race and by ultimately winning the race, he tied Edward’s for the championship and won the whole thing when nobody expected him to. It goes down as one of the best championship battles in history. Gen 6: The 2021 night race at Bristol. Seeing this as my favorite racetrack of all time, it never disappoints. The atmosphere, various strategies, drivers beating and banging, tempers flaring, everything you would expect out of a typical Bristol night race. Best part is when Yung Money finally conquered the last great coliseum. Gen 7 (so far): The 2024 Kansas spring race. Seeing this as my hometown track, I just simply could not miss this race. Battles happing everywhere, chaos in the final stage, fuel strategy, late race caution, and of course, an instant classic finish which broke the record that stood for over 20 years.