Heard in the Stands at the Indy

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OUR SPORT IS IN TROUBLE!!!
No sponsors.
:Fans" that don't get it and never will.
Think about this;how many young kids do you know that TRUELY give a dang about old cars, or drag racing.(not many for me)
Now however; the latest cell phone or Xbox GAME....why heck ya!!! They are all over that stuff.
When I was 12 I would beg to go to car shows, drag races, anything to do with cars.
I was drawing sketches of old cars.
Sketching things on my "PAPER!" note book like..
427 RAT!
426 HEMI,
Bow Tie logos,
Spinning tires with smoke.
The list goes on...
And of course I always had the latest copy of Auto Trader "PAPER!" magazine to fuel day dreams of having a hot rod of my own.
I would think to my self....
( I sure wish I had the money to buy that 1969 Z28 for $4,600 Boy! that's
a lot of cash!)
I know, you guys know what I talking about.

Today; text message your buddy in the same room, play Xbox with someone you have and never will meet on the internet, instead of asking what size engine you have I get questions like (How do you know what size a bolt is???).

Like it or not I'm afraid we are on the path of the Dinosaurs.
IT'S AMAZING!

Glen

Originally Posted by MFR440

I heard some good ones today:

During Super Stock CLASS Eliminations:
A Fan: "Whoa! He just ran waaay under his dial! But it's OK, the other guy was under by more....so, HOW did he win?"
His Buddy: "The other guy musta redlit."

During Funny Car:
Young Boy: "Daddy, why do those things flip up like that?"
Daddy: "To let the exhaust out of the driver's area. They don't have a firewall between the motor and the driver, and they get all kinds of oil and exhaust on them, so they have to let the exhaust out."

At the start of PRO eliminations,
Slightly Inebriated Dude #1: "Dude! Where's the Finish Line?"
Slightly Inebriated Dude #2: "Where those orange flags are is the 1340 Ft. Mark. That's the finish." (Yes, he said thirteen-forty!)
Dude #1: "Naw, that's the 1000 Ft. Mark."
Dude #2: "No! THAT's the 1000 Ft. Mark (Pointing to 1/8 mile timers)."
They argued for a while....until they agreed where the 1000' finish line was...
Dude #3 jumps in, pointing to the 330' block: "So, what the H#!! is that?!"
Dude #2: "That's half track!"
And then the fight started up again...

No offense intended to the Throttle Stop Guys, I'm a fan!
During a track checking moment between classes:
Fan #1: "They've run out of cars! Everybody go home. Yuk yuk yuk!"
Fan #2: "They oughta run the cars in the parking lot!"
Fan #3: "That would be more fun than watchin' the throttle stop cars."

So, what did YOU hear in the stands at Indy?