Average Age - Page 2

Mike Gray · 09-04-2018, 07:28 PM

Car counts should be going up as more baby boomers retire. I was able to race when I was younger because I was single. After marriage and kids there was no way to afford the time off let alone the car cost. Now that the kids are older I have the means to build a car just not the time. I'm purchasing parts now and slowly putting together a new stocker. After I retire I should be able to get it finished and join the gray haired crowd at the races and nudge the average age more toward 65.

Wade Mahaffey · 09-04-2018, 07:36 PM

It's scary and a shame .... but the only new blood in NHRA Drag Racing ... IS FAMILY! If you said racers who's Grand Fathers/ Fathers/ Uncles/ Brothers/ Mothers/ Sisters, raced are not eligible for a race. THERE WOULD BE NO RACE ! There's no 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 year olds in Stock, Super/Stock, Comp, Alcohol, Pro/Stock, Funny Car, Top Fuel that paid their own way, or are there as a first generation and out of their own pocket. Now there's always a exception to the rule ... maybe three or four, but you get the idea. Not that being fortunate is a bad thing, it's just the way it is in the big time NHRA. Not many young folks can afford that game. That's why it's all gray on top LOL The most scary part of it all is the big, big money is all very old. What's it gonna look like in another 5-10 years when the big money dries up, and it looks like it's drying up now ... did you see the stands around 600 feet on ... during the Pro Eliminations. I love it, and am an exception to the rule. I build my own car (all of it), transport it, pay for it, drive it, and drag it back home ... so I love it, even at 62, and will till I'm gone ... I paid dues !!!

09-04-2018, 07:28 PM	#1
Mike Gray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 617 Likes: 312 Liked 689 Times in 198 Posts	Re: Average Age Car counts should be going up as more baby boomers retire. I was able to race when I was younger because I was single. After marriage and kids there was no way to afford the time off let alone the car cost. Now that the kids are older I have the means to build a car just not the time. I'm purchasing parts now and slowly putting together a new stocker. After I retire I should be able to get it finished and join the gray haired crowd at the races and nudge the average age more toward 65. Last edited by Mike Gray; 09-04-2018 at 07:36 PM.

09-04-2018, 07:36 PM	#2
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 17 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Average Age It's scary and a shame .... but the only new blood in NHRA Drag Racing ... IS FAMILY! If you said racers who's Grand Fathers/ Fathers/ Uncles/ Brothers/ Mothers/ Sisters, raced are not eligible for a race. THERE WOULD BE NO RACE ! There's no 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 year olds in Stock, Super/Stock, Comp, Alcohol, Pro/Stock, Funny Car, Top Fuel that paid their own way, or are there as a first generation and out of their own pocket. Now there's always a exception to the rule ... maybe three or four, but you get the idea. Not that being fortunate is a bad thing, it's just the way it is in the big time NHRA. Not many young folks can afford that game. That's why it's all gray on top LOL The most scary part of it all is the big, big money is all very old. What's it gonna look like in another 5-10 years when the big money dries up, and it looks like it's drying up now ... did you see the stands around 600 feet on ... during the Pro Eliminations. I love it, and am an exception to the rule. I build my own car (all of it), transport it, pay for it, drive it, and drag it back home ... so I love it, even at 62, and will till I'm gone ... I paid dues !!!