Its headed for extinction. All auto racing is really.
And I say that being the former ED at a motorsports publication - www.Off-Rod.com for those that don’t know.
The young men today do not know how to change a tire. In the past, boys were largely mechanically inclined. It was a guy thing with shop classes and go karts and dirt bikes and a million other things.
Today there are no shop classes, dirt bikes are banned from many areas and hotrodding is so legislated that its a rich man’s pastime.
There are too many other options young men CAN participate in far cheaper and with less hassle. And it saddens me.
” It was a guy thing with shop classes and go karts and dirt bikes and a million other things.”
Yep. I grew up with this(early to mid 60’s)
I raced go carts at the Michiana Speedway complex. (We used West Bend & McCulloch 2 stroke engines back then). I had a REAL (Wren)mini- mini bike with a WB motor on it. Today, CPS would have removed me from my parents : )
I am hardly Sam Melomo but I can work on a fair amount of my own vehicles. Seeing how a lot of people who can’t reason basic problems such as changing tires is sad.
Even sadder being an IT person and seeing the total lack of sense on the fundamentals of using a computer.