Starter/direct drive

[Rajflyboy]

I just can’t get used to the modern era

[over4T]

Nor can I Raj and that goes for most all classes.

The Sprints, of various versions, seem to be one of the worst with a lot of wealthy daddies thinking Junior is going to be the next (pick one) Larson, Swindell, Kinser, Hewitt, etc. Kids that don't even shave yet walking around in $2,000 custom fit firesuits, all buttoned up even in 100 degree heat without a smudge of dirt or grease on them as they never touch the cars. For most a few years in and not the offers from WoO, NASCAR or the Penske's of the sport they expected and daddy's 401K is broke and Junior moves on to something he's more suited for, like I Racing.

The full bodied classes, at least on the Saturday night level may not be quite as bad as it tends to be more a family thing and, generally, the driver works his way through the lower divisions before hitting the DLMs or A Mods. They also tend to be more of a hands on thing as far as the younger drivers work on their cars.

The simple rule I've worked with my son since he started right off with an A Mod 2 1/2 decades ago as a 16 year old was that you work on the cars or you don't race. The couple of times that he failed that rule I'd drive, he got to be the track grunt, and the point was learned very swiftly. The rule, however, is still in effect.

The big league stuff where some of the beginners start in ARCA is best explained by Ken Schrader after a recent win in that series. " I beat one other AARP member and a bunch of high school kids."

[Rajflyboy]

So true over4t. I bet you are a very good dad👍. The average racer out here is busting tail at a job during the day and then building race cars and spending a lot of time and money going to race on the weekends. True good hard working folks ( then you got these rich kids rollin in full time racing with daddy’s cash). Ticks me off too.