I love todays racing, I am amazed many times a year by the intensity of it. I also am a huge fan of 1920's-1980's sprint car racing. But my favorite will always have to be 1990-1999, that is when my cousins snuck a then 12 year old me into the pits. It was so cool getting to work on cars that raced against some of the guys who were my heros. Guys like Dave Darland, Kevin Thomas, Bob Kinser, Joe Roush, Brad Marvel, Gary Fisher, Tony Elliot and Jack Hewitt to name a few. I also got to know some of todays racers who were there doing the same thing I was. We were very lucky in my opinion to be allowed somewhere we weren't supposed to be. I feel getting to go in the pits has lost some of its aura now that just anybody can get in.


Bob Shutt