How young is too young to drive a Late Model?

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https://insidedirtracing.com/how-young-is-too-young-to-drive-a-late-model/

A veteran driver, a crew chief and the dad of a young racer offer their views in this story

[JerseyRaceChaser]

They should have a drivers license before getting into a slm jmo..

[Barbecueboy]

They should have a drivers license before getting into a slm jmo..

That's pretty solid.....like it.

[fastford]

i dont have that big of a problem with age so much , but , if the driver is under 18 , then the parent has to take responsibility ....

[Barbecueboy]

Another excellent point of view.......

[james777777]

Didn't a 12 year old just win a late model race? But yet he shouldn't even be driving the car? LOL... Now that's funny.

[B_K]

Didn't a 12 year old just win a late model race? But yet he shouldn't even be driving the car? LOL... Now that's funny.

Ability and maturity are two different things. A very few kids under 16 are talented enough to win a legitimate super late model race. Even fewer are capable of processing and handling adversity behind the wheel at that age. 15-16 is fine, but dad and crew better be ready to take some lumps as well. You start taking money out of pockets no matter what age you are, there will be consequences.

[Highside Hustler25]

Didn't a 12 year old just win a late model race? But yet he shouldn't even be driving the car? LOL... Now that's funny.

Don't believe everything that Chris Smokey Madden claims. He has to be older than 12.

[kazual]

Kinda surprised that track and sanction insurance company guidelines don’t address this stringently.

[0_VodooChild_0]

A 12 year old won a crate race in Florida

[84wedge]

Didn't we just have this discussion?