Phoenix grumbling shows how spoiled NASCAR fans have become

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Christopher Bell won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Phoenix by nearly 5½ seconds. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Reactions

Christopher Bell won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Phoenix by nearly 5½ seconds.It has been a few days since the checkered flag waved over Christopher Bell's victory at Phoenix International Raceway. From my social media timelines to my email inbox to that guy at the gym who always corners me by the water fountain (you know who you are), the post-PIR refrain has remained the same.

"Hey, man, that race sucked; didn't it suck?"

After so many days stuck on racing reaction repeat, my refined response has landed squarely in one place, and it has been…