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Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

Larry you would be the student body hero of the campus when word spread you missed a week to go racing!

In our day, yes. Today his classes might get picketed for his wonton destruction of the environment. Not going political, just making the point that today’s youth are largely indifferent to the car culture. My soon to be 14 YO grandson is a baseball enthusiast, great kid with a unbelievable work ethic. When I asked him about getting his driver’s permit he was largely ho-hum about it. His free time is absorbed by baseball, PlayStation and an electronics fixation that requires a set daily time limit. I haven’t given up, have him moving vehicles around but don’t see the trend reversing.