Setting on the creek bank watching
General
On any given Sunday you could go to the Big track and enjoy a real good day of racing . But those days have gone by the wayside.General admission is ridiculous to say the least and the cars,well the cars all look alike and drivers are different over what they once were? You just cant access them anymoreNow seriously think about this,Your car you have now has more creature comforts than anything produced in the past.You are living a lifestyle that in only dreamed about in other countries.When you graduated from the school of hard knots you said the future is mine now,right?Well the future is here now and do you have a grip on your percentage? If not better get it while you can!If you are part of a group of concerned citizens who want things,lets say certain things,back to the way we had it when life was really good. Lets even get more critical here,life in general now is better than it was ten years ago,but now we are getting down to the nitty gritty.Our sport has went from the world class that it was to a play of power or rather its my way or no way.Racing has to have limits or else it will do two things,the rich get richer and the poor,well they go home.To me this is where we are at today. If you or I had a car running in todays Sprint Cup most assuredly we could not afford more than Two cars much less a jig setup like is required to meet the tolerances that is bestowed on the teams.Motors are another major item,lest you have an engine room with dyno you are hit or miss at the best.Testing is another item,most all of us have a five day wok week that allows us quality time only under that twenty watt bulb hanging in the carport or at best a garage out back.So here you are wanting to chase the dream you grew up watching,but you are having a tough time deciding what kinda car you want to build. If you playing in the big time gang your choice is easy,all the cars are alike. Just change a few stickers and go from a Toyota to a Dodge or even a Chevy.Engines are what you can afford,no junk yard has these to rebuild.So now the delima is what to do on a set budget,chasing Tony or even Dale Jr on a budget??Ok now you can back off and go fishing with that twelve pack of crying power suds--------------O RBuild yourself a Stocker and run all around your house on any given weekend. Now the rules there are cut and dried and if you cheat real good they just add to the wicker on top of your car,plain and simple, it keeps the field close for good action.Not your bag of chips you say? Well then there is another class thats out there with only two rules,its got to be safe and its got to look the era.Yup Vintage racing and Racers Reunion has the best Bang for the Buck.You want to honk on it on dirt? Well there is a club or two within driving distance for you.Ok you dont want to exactly fly low but rather ride around and throw a little mud and pull in and wipe the mud off your baby. They there too.But the bottom line is this, Nascar is not what we cut our baby teeth on and you will surely wear out a few dentures,if you got them, trying to keep up with the happenings there.This brings us down to the bottom line, M O N E Y , most of us dont have the capitol to run out and just flash that plastic card to buy our ride and if you tried that umbrella setting behind the door will be a bow tie for you complements of the other half.So going racing is still feasible to us oldsters and you youngsters too. You just got to play carefully and see what you can afford. A good vintage car should run for you all year providing you dont get a piece of the fence or collect another car in the rush.A figure Im not throwing out there but it can be done from nearly nothing to the skys the limit.I wrote this as my feelings towards what I grew up on has changed so drastically Im not even interested in it but rather the cars of yesteryear play in my mind daily and I go to sleep thinking of the next reunion we have and maybe the first race of next year.So in closing you have a choice tomorrow,you can participate in the show, watch the show or---take that twelve pack down to the creek and watch the itty bitty fishes play.
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
