COTD: Richard Petty for president edition

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There'd be a lot of advantages to having Richard Petty as president, aside from all the political cartoons about "The King." New fuel economy rules would require Superbird wings on all midsize cars. Moustaches would have their biggest resurgence since "Magnum P.I." And cabinet members would have to endure team-building exercises based on Nascar pit stops. A real-life Nascar political story allowed Dr. Watson to win the weekend with his poetry:

shocking it may be
drivers who only turn left
are prone to look right