Originally Posted by dfish:
Buckley obviously knew that his blog post was going to be read, debated and discussed when he wrote it, just as myself and every other poster on this site knows their posts will be. So, I am not surprised in the least that people have stepped forward to disagree or agree with my statements about Turkey Night and Tim Clauson.
I guess the reason I agreed so whole-heartedly with Buckley and added my own two cents was because I am sick of the current state of sprint car and midget racing. I am sick of NASCAR money in the sport. I am sick of rich kids with rich fathers using the dirt as a mere stepping stone. I am sick of watching 15-year-old boys and girls drive machines that have been killing grown men for over 50 years. I am sick of the sprint car pit area looking like a summer camp/fashion show/trend contest. I am sick of people who know very little about the culture act like they're grizzled veterans.
Why do I keep watching, even though all this pisses me off so much? Because, like most of you, I am addicted and have been since birth. And Mills is right -- this board is like an alternate universe sometimes, but we know that when we log on. Rest assured, though, what I've just typed is nothing I'd be afraid to put into words, to anyone. That's how strongly I feel about it and how sick of it all I am.
Gee - sounds like you just dont like racing anymore - you and quite a few others... Whats wrong with "NASCAR" money in the sport? Whats wrong with using NASCAR drivers to support the sport? Not many ACTIVE IRL or CART drivers will anymore. You arent naive enough to believe that this is new? In the 70's Mario Andretti and Parnelli Jones, Aj Foyt and the likes were used to promote premier USAC events. Would you rather have no big-dollar drivers intersted? Where would that leave the sport? If thats what it takes to pack the stands - so be it. It will be the same at the PRI show; though I guess if you bathe regularly and wear clean clothes you have not earned the right to be a fan??? 15 year olds driving machines that have killed adults for 50 years? You must mean Kenyon or Focus "Sportsman" midgets??? You must be at least 16 to drive a Focus or national midget in USAC - and 18 for anything over half a mile - and as far as these 16, 17 18 year olds go - most of them have been racing since they were 5 or 6 years old.... how many stars from the "heyday" had 10 or 11 years of experience by the time they were 16? And before you degradate kart racing in the US - did YOU ever go 66MPH at 11 years old in a pack of 20??? A TRUE racefan would embrace anything that helps the growth of the sport and allows an avenue for it to be passed on - you should be estatic that youth is reflected in the sport.....