Car counts have declined throughout the sport. We just notice the pros parking their stuff because they are the big show. From sportsman and class cars, brackets at the local track, it's not the 1990s or even 2005 anymore. It was not uncommon to have 120 cars in our class years ago. Now they can't get 50. Just to run a competitive car is a lot more money now, economy is in the tank, people are trying to stay solvent. A lot of these guys are small business owners who are struggling for any number of reasons. Signs of the times.

So true but yet Daddy Dave is racing at (at least) 3 different tracks on Thursday, Friday, and at Keystone Raceway Park on Saturday. So whats that tell you??? The interest is still there and the stands will be FULL, and in those stands will be a mixture of Sons, Daughters, Moms and Dads, racers and non racers. Sometimes track support helps comes from a direction least expected.


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Myself I dont get to the track much as I wish I could go a little more but I have to live within my budget and health. I do enjoy T & T races when some friends go and we can race each other. But I do love the competition and the last two times I went to the track I bracket raced in the NSS class and had alot of fun. I figure even if I loose in the 1st round I still get 3 passes in. Honestly I dont go enough to have the best odds of winning the race but I got past the first rounds the last two times out and I do enjoy the thrill of trying to get the win light with the car in the other lane right next to you. Ron

Translation: "I never win".