Bob maybe most of the members like the free or discount race dates and care little or none for any other HARF event. ******** of officers (a very important event) normally has 30-35 members attend and Monte Carlo as you stated about the same this year. Awards celebration in January is always well attended by fans, but drivers seem to ignore the banquet even though they are being honored for their achievements by HARF and the fans.

I first attended a HARF banquet in the late 1970's when George Seats asked me to come as his guest and sit at his table. My wife, Mary, and me have supported HARF in some way ever since then. I can recall seeing many drivers that raced at Indy, USAC and local tracks attend HARF events on a regular basis. The current generation of drivers don't seem to care about attending HARF events to mingle with the fans (the people that buy the tickets, hot dogs, popcorn and drinks at the race tracks) that allow these drivers to make a few bucks doing something they enjoy.

If the fans or drivers, car owners and team crew members have suggestions as to how to make HARF a better club, please feel free to reply to this post or contact Bob Black or other HARF officers (you can see the officer list on www.harf.vpweb.com) and fire away.

Well enough of my rant.