Originally Posted by terrehautian:
Thank you Jerry. Yes it sucks to not work out of your trailer, but back when, there wasn't closed in haulers. Racers showed up with a sprint car on an open trailer.
As for pitting on the infield, Jerry says my thoughts. There needs to be new fans in this sport. If a driver interacts with a kid, they might not really know who they are, but for that moment of playing catch with them, they are a fan of him. Years later, when the kids know drivers, they might remember the interaction and will then be a fan of them.
As much as I love having our enclosed trailer to work out of, I really miss getting to see the cars on their way to the track pulling in open trailers. I grew up right off of US 40 about 10 miles west of Plainfield. I used to love seeing all of the cars heading to LPS. I remember looking up from my yard and saying "Ooooh, there goes so and so. It's gonna be a good night with that team at the track."
