Seems like the blame game comes along 2-3 times a year when we start pointing fingers at everyone and everything about the lack of interest in racing. There are those that are ate up with racing, those that believe the world will end if they are not at a race track every time an engine firers! I have seen guys that sit in the stands and take down every lap of qualifying and keep record on the entire event! People that will put their job in jeopardy before they will miss a race.But these people are but a blip on the radar. How about this for an idea, the population continues to increase at the same time race tracks and spectator attendance continues to drop?
Why, ?..The world has slowly changed and the general population of people know 0 about motorsports! I teach in a High School of 2000 students in Indianapolis (The Capital of Racing) and this year I have seen 1 open wheel t-shirt, 1...ONE out of 2000 students. I ask the student "do you go to sprint car races?"....He replies "what is a sprint car?"...I say "your wearing a Robert Ballou shirt" ...He replies "Who" ...so I tell him Ballou is a USAC sprint car champion...he says "what is U , what ever you said, I got this shirt at a garage sale because it fit me"

2000 kids, I can not find one to talk racing with, ZERO...You can blame whom ever, what ever, you can say we need to get kids to the race track...The ship has sailed, we missed the boat with the young people that are now parents of the little ones. The technology area has the market on the youth (40 and below) and the youth want a different kind of entertainment!

I refer to short track fans of open wheel as a "cult following" and they are in 100%, so for the foreseeable future it will survive... Long Term ??

Since this message board is the place for race fans most of you will not agree with me, I understand...I myself look forward to ever telecast of Indy Car, watching Chilli Bowl week is the highlight of my winter...I just have an opinion on why attendance is dropping from a realistic perspective.