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Just for laughs.
Who has the same opinion as I do that we are not living in a car culture similar to what it was like in the 50'-70s?The point being that we'll never see a resurgance in fan interest in sportsman racing.
Just a simple yes or no.And post your age.I'll bet if you re over 50 you'll agree with me.

My vote:Yes 64YO

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yes 46

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Sportsman racing as it currently exists in vintage muscle cars - no way.

Sportsman racing in imports and front wheel drive cars - maybe.

I'm 50 just like the Winternationals!

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yes 66

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Yes 64:cool:http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/a...ette04/008.jpg

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yes 38 ( half the people I work with think a Civic is a performance car! )

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Yes-62

I know you only wanted a yes or no. But.
Back then we built our own stuff. We went to junkyards got parts, made them work.
Now people just take their cars to the dynoshop. Fork over a ton of cash and they have a fast car. It's just not personal any more.
I think we have moved on from our love affair with cars

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Yes, 54

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Yes 48

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Yes.....62

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yes, 54

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Yes...43

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yes58

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YES 485

Ron Ortiz
U/SA plus or minus a few years

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Yes 51

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YES = 57 (in November)

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YES..........64....OOP's, I mean 29 and holding...LOL.

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Ed -- Mark this day on your calender -- we're agreeing -- my vote is yes and I'm over fifty .......

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Yes 63 Veteran racer since 1963

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Yes 62, but if I may add something else....you knew I would. LOL

There is still a car culture out there. We just do not see it because the new (read as young) fan base is not wrapped up in our type of sportsman racing. Our type centers around Stock and SS that we grew up with. That is why we frequent forums such as Class Racer.

The new car culture is centered around much faster cars than we race. It is not imports as a lot of us would like to think. The imports fans have moved on to drifting or bolted-on body parts at car shows. What I am talking about is the large fan base that follows the fast streetcar group. From the stands, these cars look like your normal late model Mustang, Camaro, etc. That is until they actually make a run down the track. The cars I am talking about get their horsepower from nitrous, turbochargers or pro chargers.

A high percentage of rollcages that I certify today at chassis shops are these type cars. And I am talking about freshly built cars, not re-certifications. If you want to see where young fans are going today, go to one of the fast streetcar races at a local track. You will be amazed at how the young fans of today remind you of when you were young yourself. They have the same passion for racing as we did years ago. We had musclecars off the showroom floor that we bought and modified. They have cars they have bought and modified with stuff that puts out a lot more horsepower than we ever thought possible. They want to see something fast. Our Stock and SS cars just do not tickle their fancy.

Travis

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

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Yes, 63.5

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Yes-56

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YES 27

I love listening to the stories about the good ol days and sometimes wish I was around back then to see them. One thing to remember is that most people my age are going to the faster cars like Travis said. They are making their good ol days as we speak. Most are working just as hard as all of you did, just in a different way.

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Yes, 64.5

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Yes - 60+ but I still refuse to grow up!
I have had a race car off and on since 1969 that was not street driven.
In the sixties we pulled the stocker to the track with a tow bar and rear spindle bearings to keep the rear end from turning. We kept the slicks in the trunk.

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Yes....58

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yes 58

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Yes. 68
In 1959 we drove the stocker to the track. Even the milder "gasser".

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yes 67--As my wife says I may be getting older BUT I will never grow up!!!!

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Growing older is mandatory, growing up is strickly optional :)

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Yes,63,as long as we keep shoe polish on the windows. And I agree with Travis about the young people in super fast street cars. One close to me is a mid 60s corvette that is streetable, street legal and runs mid high 6s-low 7s. Big engine lots a laughing gas.

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I posted this to confirm that we pretty much agree that times change,no matter how hard us old timers try to hold on to the past.S/SS is changing,some say for the better some say for the worse.In the end we should just try to enjoy the time we have left trying to go some rounds,win a race, set a record,in spite of the way our sport is being manipulated.
Like the guy with the bald head standing on the box says: Let's race................................

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Yes, 57.....but that's only 55 US!

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LOL, thats funny. :-)

Yes......56.

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Yes 70

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Yes 64

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Yes 66 How many remember racing on active airports without towers or communication. The plane buzzed the track, the racing shut down, a large flag was waived, the plane landed and taxied off, back to racing. You gotta love it.

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Yes, 63.....And I ran at the old Orange, Mass. airport, a sanctioned 1/4 mi. NHRA strip, run by the New England Timing Assoc., which was still a active multi-runway airport at the time, although no planes were using the same strip on the Sundays we ran, sometimes sport parachutists would land on or real close to the track, holding things up at least once or twice during a event....Tasca Ford's F/X Thunderbolt, along with many other heavy-hitting GM, Chrysler, and Ford dealer- sponsored -east coast stock and superstock teams ran there often....Orange drag strip has been gone since the mid-late 60's, but it's still a fully operating, quite busy airport, w/a number of long runways... Anyone here remember it? ;)WJ

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Yes 60
York PA
Had to stop racing for the planes to land.