On previous threads, I have suggested that banning power steering would go a long way to solving the problem. :-)

My own kids saw many midget races as a result of being forced to accompany me (they were too young to be left home alone) and, perhaps as a result, have absolutely no interest in it. Two of them are Cup fans, but that came later.

My chief objection is that it has lowered the sport in my eyes. Instead of being 10% car and 90% driver, it's now the other way around. Up through at least the seventies, there was no way a 14-year-old was going to beat Hinnershitz or Bettenhausen or Jones or whomever. There was too much skill required, and that skill had to be learned in many hours of seat time. While I still enjoy the spectacle, it's not the same. That's one reason I don't attend as many races as I once did, and I don't think I'm alone.