Today is my 50th birthday, and as I contemplate my life as a racer and a gearhead I have to wonder where our sport is going to go next. We've seen this sport go from a bunch of good old boys and farmers building cars in sheds and barns to multi-million dollar corporations with billion-dollar sponsorships. NASCAR is finally getting fuel injection - 35 years after it was introduced on passenger cars. The cars are no longer "stock" - instead of buying bodies in white and working with what the manufacturer gave you for that particular model, we have "progressed" to tube chassis cars that are all the same. Very little opportunity for innovation. Everyone has to be politically correct or you get fined for having an opinion. No more "Run What Ya' Brung". Pretty boring stuff anymore - at least it is to me.