I am slowly coming to the conclusion that more people need to do something like Jeff Kohler is doing or nonwing sprint car racing (and wing for that matter) will continue to see smaller and smaller fields at most races. I just wish I was smart enough to come up with a brilliant plan. One thing I remember from the late 1960s at the Sun Bowl (I think that was its name) in El Paso, Texas was that a collection was taken up from the grandstand crowd any time someone crashed. While the amount was probably rather small, especially if there were several crashes that night, I am sure that it helped. While the racing community has pitched in when someone gets hurt, I don't remember seeing anything like a "crash fund" for a long time.

We all have one or more favorite drivers. If promoters would figure out how to let a group of fans prepay a driver's pit pass for a race, a few races, or a year, I think that would help. I am sure that there are any number of affordable things which a group could do which would help. I hope that some of us on this board can come up with ways to help support teams and drivers that is affordable to the average fan.

Frank Daigh