[cicero819]

Generation Y's lack of interest in cars. This is the headline most newspaper carry everyday, they're right but unfortunately many NHRA and IHRA executive have decided to ignore it. How many business you know will overcharge and have but contempt for it's customer base. Let's go back to the beginning of organize drag racing, 98.9% of cars we're jalopies or nearly used vehicle(not abused) where you had no choice but to learn how to fix it or leave it in the lane-way(if you had one) Unfortunately man being man, we can't stop improving on a good thing. We cannot ask young men and women or should we expect them to make the hyper jump to race in a top notch set-up right out of the box with their first meager paychecks, remember how it was for you, this generation have been brought up on McLife(everything done in two minutes) and Toyotas,Hondas(these are their Camaros and Mustangs of our times, even their 55's is the Civic) we don't even have a place for them to race with us, we call them rice burners and poo poo them away. So come on and give them some slack. I've written to Div1 Director and spoke about a new class to allow new style cars that allows all type of performance cars to participate at Division level(much better that having snowmobiles in the middle of summer, no matter how well they're put together it's still a snowmobile) this might bring some new blood back into the sport. Like so many of you know and I hope you remember that it was hard as a young person to separate yourself from your disposable income(why do you think it was called SCRATCH after-all). Next time you're in the lanes at a bracket race at your local track, try approaching that new racer and passing on some of that incredible experience that you possess. We the Bald, the White hairs better get with the program because our legacy will be I pods and Apple androids drag racing games for our grandchildren. Claude Ruel