When dirt tracks were taken off the championship trail back in 71' time started running out for the sprint and midget drivers being the choice of car owners. Then the death of Mr. Hulman, and the creation of CART and road circuits, teams figured you could teach a road course ace to drive an oval easier than you teach a dirt guy to do road courses. Tony George tried to go back, but the media (you know who I mean) wouldn't support a return to the past and the golden era of the Big Cars and just Ovals, dirt or other wise. So here we are wanting to relive the past but sadly it ain't going to happen. I'm 60 now and going to my 35th 500 I started listening as a an 11 year old in 65' went to the track for the 1st time in 69' and I'm grateful for what I've experienced. You don't have to embrace change but you can't live in the past.