[Mike Pearson]

Things are totally different now than they were when I started hot rodding and racing. In my area there were several places that the motor heads went to hang out and do some street racing. On a friday or saturday night there would be at least 150 cars at the parking lot where we gathered. Steve Cohen and Corky Markwart were regulars there. That type of thing would not be allowed to happen in todays world.
Kids today barely know what a muscle car is or was. There are a few who have learned from their dads of friends.
Like Ed said the kids today like the electrinocs and games.
To attract the younger crowd first you have to get them to the events that run our type of classes. The entry fees have to be affordable. Then you need to have an anouncer that can actually inform them on what is happening on the track with the different classes and explain how the competition works in the different forms of racing with in our class structure.
There will be fewer and fewer new faces in our type of racing in the future due to the cost and the dedication that it takes to participate on a divisional and national event level.
We have the Southern Stock Super Stock assn down here in Florida which gives us a more cost effective and user friendly venue to race. This is where the new blood could come from if promoted properly. Some of these associations have been pretty sucessful.They just need the support of the racers.