CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Nhra strikes again

Tom P · 03-16-2017, 06:49 PM

At Seattle a few years ago I was sitting in the stands with a whole group of young girls and three lovely moms in front of me. The half dozen or so girls ranged from maybe seven or eight years old to mid teens. Two of the moms seemed to be reading Danielle Steele novels rather than watching the races. I assumed they were racers family.
I asked one and nope, her daughter wanted to go and she wasn't going to just drop her at the gate. Her daughters friends and their mothers all came as group.
The daughters watch the races on TV and root for the women. They would disappear and come back with signed stuff from the Force girls and Erica Enders. I pointed out to them they missed a bunch of ladies, that Jackie Alley and Ashley Sanford and half the Super Comp drivers were around too.
I think they thought there may be just a few female drivers.

When I was that age I wasn't aware of any girl who would have decided on their own to go to the track. Good for them, we need more like them. It sometimes seems that even with a bunch of Jr Dragsters the average age of everyone at the track is still 50! If the Jr's left it's over 60!

03-16-2017, 06:49 PM	#85
Tom P Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 707 Likes: 30 Liked 239 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Nhra strikes again - must read for stk/ss at ned nat eve At Seattle a few years ago I was sitting in the stands with a whole group of young girls and three lovely moms in front of me. The half dozen or so girls ranged from maybe seven or eight years old to mid teens. Two of the moms seemed to be reading Danielle Steele novels rather than watching the races. I assumed they were racers family. I asked one and nope, her daughter wanted to go and she wasn't going to just drop her at the gate. Her daughters friends and their mothers all came as group. The daughters watch the races on TV and root for the women. They would disappear and come back with signed stuff from the Force girls and Erica Enders. I pointed out to them they missed a bunch of ladies, that Jackie Alley and Ashley Sanford and half the Super Comp drivers were around too. I think they thought there may be just a few female drivers. When I was that age I wasn't aware of any girl who would have decided on their own to go to the track. Good for them, we need more like them. It sometimes seems that even with a bunch of Jr Dragsters the average age of everyone at the track is still 50! If the Jr's left it's over 60!