I am somewhere in the middle. I am 47. I grew up in west Texas where we had a few sprint cars and a little more late models, but most of the time the races were either modifieds or stock cars. I didn't see my first real midget race until I was in me early 30's and instantly fell in love with them. I started trying to see more and more midget races, and I moved a couple of times for my job and each time the areas had good midget racing.

For my 40th birthday, my big gift was a race weekend for the Indy 500. I did all of my research and was excited to go see a bunch of different races at a bunch of new tracks. I was very excited to go watch the SC race at the Indy fairgrounds. It was my first time to see them race, and it was the first time for me to be a mile racetrack. I was going to be able to cross both of these off of my bucket list. As the night went on, I found myself caring less and less about the race. I thought the track was too big, the cars were two spread out, racing action was limited, and I found the cars to be a little boring. This was especially true since I had been going to more and more midget races.

So on the other thread, I stated that unless you grew up with SC races, it is hard to be a fan. Now, you have the background of my comment. I knew dirt track racing, I knew open wheel racing, I had fallen in love with midget racing, and was not impressed with SC races. Thus, when people talk about growing the SC racing, I shake my head. If it is difficult for a SC car to capture my attention, how is it going to capture the attention of someone who has never been before?