I came up thru the Jr program right when it first came out. Most of the kids I raced against either their parent or grandparents raced and that's the reason they got into the sport. Maybe half the those kids moved up into big cars for a few years, but very few still race anymore due to having kids, mortgages, etc. The sport def isn't cheap. The kids that run in the Jr program at my local track very few of their parents ever raced and when most age out, they don't continue on. Most seem to think that if you raced a 7.90 Jr for years you NEED a 7 sec 1/4 mile dragster to run in super and most aren't satisfied with a 11-12 sec door car and don't race again...