I think the big problem is the rule that allows active drivers to be admitted at age 50. That was ok when hardly anyone survived that long, but not now. I don't disagree with any of the recent admissions, but they could have waited, while some of the older guys took their places.

And, it's true about the lack of interest in history. I was part of a group that gave a couple of annual historically-based awards at the NEMA banquet a few years ago. Everyone else in the group is dead, leaving me as seemingly the only person who cares, except for the descendents of the original donors, so I keep doing it. But, I've been unable to find anyone to help, or to carry on after I can't do it any more. I understand that today's racers are interested in today's racing, but you'd think a few would care about the great history we're part of. I'm sure part of it is that, even though I didn't get involved with NEMA until it was about 15 years old, most of the original crew were still around, so I knew them all. Now, they are just names in a book to the current crop. The same is true of the bigger names. I've talked to many of the stars (and even more of the non-stars) of the 50s & 60s, and once spent an afternoon with Johnny Thomson. Again, they're just names in books to the current fans.