| I grew up in Indianapolis and my Dad was a big Indy | | | | American cars racing on American tracks. I am not |
| 500 fan. As a child I remember Memorial Day as | | | | thrilled at all about Toyota participating in Nascar |
| family picnics and listening to the 500 on the car radio. | | | | races. Next thing you know we will have Mercedes |
| The old front engine roadsters with the 4 cylinder | | | | and BMWs running and asking for a race in Germany. |
| Offys had a sound all there own. | | | | Then you will have drivers with names I can't |
| As I grew up I stayed an Indy car fan for a long | | | | pronounce, driving cars that I do not really relate to. |
| time but then as if over night front engine roadsters | | | | Of course if you are sitting in one of those very |
| were gone and so was the sound of the | | | | expensive skyboxes you might relate to Mercedes |
| Offenhouser. Replaced by rear engine cars with | | | | and BMW but what about the other 150,000 fans |
| exotic power plants that were fast but just did not | | | | sitting in the grand stands. |
| stir the Indy car fan in me the way it use too. As | | | | The bad thing, is this whole concept of racing outside |
| time went on the drivers that I had grown up with | | | | the US, is just about greed!! Nascar is already making |
| were gone, replaced by drivers that had names I | | | | money hands over fist, how much do they need and |
| could not spell let alone pronounce. I guess that | | | | at who's expense? Nascar wants world wide market |
| signaled the end of the attraction that I had for Indy | | | | share and they could care less if I like the product |
| cars. | | | | they offer or not. Indy car racing had the same |
| While up to this point I had not been an avid Nascar | | | | aspiration at a time when they were extremely |
| fan. I still had listened to a few races and recognized | | | | popular. Now their market share is right up there with |
| names like Petty, Waltrip and Parsons. Then it hit me, | | | | Ladies Professional Basketball. Please Nascar don't |
| American muscle cars and good old boys from down | | | | lose what got you where your at! I really don't think |
| home...now that was racing I could really relate to. | | | | I can get into watching Drag Racing on TV...but that |
| That as it turns out, is what Indy car racing lost, and | | | | might be about all that's left! |
| why they lost me as a fan and Nascar gained a fan!! | | | | Does anybody make fantasy Drag Racing software? |
| Now you can call me silly, stupid or patriotic, but I like | | | | Just covering my bases. |