What happened to NASCAR's road-course ringers?

Boris Said (Getty Images) SONOMA, Calif. — There are some familiar sites at Sonoma Raceway. The beautiful rolling hills that permeate the Napa Valley. Sheep grazing on the hillsides around the track. The Ferris wheel on the hill behind Turn 8. Colorful stock cars curb-hopping over the hairpin curve in Turn 11.

But there is one familiar site missing this year.

Boris Said, the tall, lanky driver with the curly hair and trademark goatee. The personable driver and colorful character who had such a following that Saidheads showed up wearing Boris wigs.

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Said, a longtime sports car star, would show up nearly every year…