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I'm so sick of hearing all this shet about how good the "good ole days" were. Yesterday is a memory, good or bad, it is behind you. Let me tell you a story that taught me one of lifes greatest lessons.
Sitting on the living room floor one evening ,my sons were playing with there race cars, if memory serves me correctly it was the 144th running of the Living Room Nationals. The race was held on an oval rug directly between me and the TV! During the 4th red flag I made the comment that I was bored with racing, and it was time to look for a new hobby. My oldest son was stunned by this idea and asked WHY? My reply was simple, there just wasn't any talent left anymore, all the great driver I had grown up with were gone, names like Sheldon Kinser, Rich Vogler, Tob Bigelow, Bruce Walkup, Rollie Beale , ect... Oh how I longed for the "good ole days" BAM Thats when I learnt what may have been the greatest lesson of my life from a 6 yr old boy. He said "Daddy, todays drivers are just as good as the ones you named ,aren' they? Isn't it just who ever you watched when you were a little boy with your daddy that you miss? If these guys aren't as good then how can they break the track records ect.. ? It was then that i realized that i didn't miss the talent, I missed being young, I missed my father, that when I look back on some of those dusty days they really were no dif. then today. What I missed really had nothing to do with the racing!
*Just in case you are wondering who won the 144th running of the "Living Room Nationals", it was a photo finish between Kenny Irwin jr, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, and Stevie Reeves. Boy did I know what I was talking about "there sure wasn't much talent left"
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