Just What We Need!

[KennyAnderson]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Mr. Anderson & Mr. Snowball, if you chose not to run the SSSSA Races because I voice the questionable decision to let five year olds race, then so be it. That's some pretty silly reasoning if you ask me. You really aren't hurting anyone but yourselves.

My whole point for starting this thread was to make it known about NHRA's decision to allow five year olds to race in Jr. Dragster and to voice my opinion (yes I am allowed to have one as are you) in regard to said decision. Both of you being veterans of the Jr. Dragster program are aware of the many problems associated with the decision making capabilities of drivers of the younger groups in the program. I have see three Jr. Dragster accidents and almost been involved in one on the return road. Not every kid is a rocket scientist or a John Force at age five no matter what you think. All it will take is for ONE kid to make the wrong decision one time and they could be killed or badly hurt. And that is my point. Five years old is TOO young to give a kid an 60 or 80 mph rocket and allow them to drive or tow through the pits with no adult supervision. We all know they do both so don't say they don't. Our sport is dangerous enough with some of the idiot adults we race with. Why compound it and risk our babies to a situation that could risk their life?

I'm glad to say I met Dan Young and his family and he has done very well racing with the SSSSA and I think he is a talented driver. He will do well as an adult racer. My prediction is you will hear more about him in the future.

This thread has nothing to do with the SSSSA. To infer that it does, as I stated before, is just silly. If either of you would like to discuss this with me in person, please feel free to. You both know how to get ahold of me. Jim


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You COMPLETELY missed my point. I somewhat agree with you about the 5-7 year olds. What got me fired up is YOUR BLANKET STATEMENTS REGUARDING JR RACERS AND PARENTS IN GENERAL. My guess is you really dis-like the JR program and this topic is your chance to air out your distain.

Like it or not YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SSSSA and its MOUTHPIECE! How well do you think you are motivating todays JR racers to come race with the SSSSA?

60-80 mph rockets?!? You really have NO clue do you? 12.90 cars go upper 40 mph and maybe 50 mph MAX! Kids cant go faster till the age of 10. The 5-7 year olds will be slower.

Towing/driving through the pits? Once again its right in the rulebook. The car is shutoff at the exit from the track and the car is towed back to the pits. If its not being done at any race you attend AND you feel like its a safety issue, PLEASE feel free to report it to a race official. Since YOU are a sanctioning body official yourself I'm sure you bring these safety issues to the managements attention, don't you???

Oh you'll see plenty of me. I'll be finishing the season in stock then jr takes over. I'm going back to my "real" race car. I do plan on attending as many SSSSA races as possible. I need the cash. You see being one of "those" JR parents, its EXPENSIVE running my lil John Forces all over the country! LOL!

PS; My 13yo lil John Force spent this evening dis-assembling his motor (broken crank). Both my kids do all their own maintenance and at race track servicing. Pretty impressive even to me. They both can put together .00something packages with their two feet and a lawnmower engine. Just wait..........

PPS: We are very good friends and BIG FANS of the Young family. I know you wont believe it but there is a majority of families, like the Youngs, the Snowballs, the Ferraros, the Bouldrys, the Tolisanos, the Brannons, the Miles, the Penningtons, etc, etc. These people are the NORM. Are there problem JR parents?? ABSOFRIGGINLUTELY!!!! BUT they are the exception! NOT the NORM.

PPPS! One REALLY good thing is going to come out of this thread Jim. Snowball says he is putting the yellow car back together and he is sending Bradley up to follow you to the lanes every race!! LMAO!!