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Okay...I'll start by saying I'm old. I'm 61. I went to my first dirt Sprint/Supermodified race in 1964 or 1965 at Tri-State Speedway. I went to my first USAC Sprint race at Salem in 1967 and my first dirt USAC sprint race at Terre Hate in 1969. Since then I've been to at least one sprint car race every year. This year we attended 15 sprint car races, 10 non-wing USAC Sprint car events and 5 WoO events.
While we have attended several Silver Crown events at Terre Haute, ISF and Eldora in the past, the truth is that they just aren't our favorite events to attend. While I agree they are graceful on the miles, the races we have attended have usually been races of attrition or tire saving exercises. I understand that strategy is part of the attraction for some, I just prefer the all out aspect of sprint car racing.
As to some of the comments/concerns regarding the average age of those attending open wheel races, this is something that I've been concerned about for some time, and have posted about on this forum before. I certainly don't have the answer, and I believe some of the causes have been noted in the previous comments. I will say that having attended both winged and non-winged events this year, the average age at winged events APPEARS to be younger than that at the non-winged events we have attended. My perception as to why this occurs is that typically WoO events are better promoted than a typical non-winged event.
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