After reading I Need To See Your ID Please by HotfootLori
And Underage Driving by Fevr3fan
And Young Drivers by MichaelLoos
I decided to add my perspective. (And possibly some rambling)

This is my personal take on the subject
and anecdotal evidence does not create fact I know.

My BFF when I was a teen, was a racin' man.

He raced ON THE TRACK.
When it came to cruisin' on the street, he was much safer that the other yah hoos because of his Saturday night outlet.

The city kids with their fast cars that 'played' on the city streets were a very dangerous crowd, without the discipline achieved ON THE TRACK.
(we had a good friend wreck and die squirreling around on the street)


Trust me, if you make a bone head move and push a geezer (seasoned veteran) into a wall or a spin, your happy butt WILL hear about it in the pits.


My son grew up around us racing .
As soon as he was old enough to 'not get too hurt' he was out there wrenching right beside us.

As soon as he was tall enough, he was THE tire guy in the pits. Sometimes 3 or 4 different drivers would holler at him to help.
Friday night and Race day were GREAT.

Changing engines (two hours before the race) Changing all four tires (mark that left rear one would you) Pull that crank, Charge my battery, Tighten this, Bend out that, Find me a piece of sheet metal (this size) Where's that extra radiator hose Why is that still leaking?

(man I love those days)

Heck half the 'grown men' had him use the tire machine, cause he was quicker at it.
By this time he knew as much about the cars as the owners/drivers.


But I digress.

I had no problem with him driving ON THE TRACK.
(I think he was 14 the first time -he had to wait till he could reach, we wouldn't change the set-up of the car from the primary driver) [practice]

He knew every risk, and had seen what the cars COULD do. We had seen a few fellows carted off to the hospital through the years.




He is 21 now and off to Fort Benning in 2 weeks.

Granted, what sparked this comment (it started out as a comment for one of the above blogs and grew to this) was the possible changing of the minimum age for CUP drivers.
I don't agree with the 21 rule.

Now if you were to tell me that Richie Rich was going to drop a bunch of bucks and buy a car and try to qualify the next day, it wouldn't matter what age he was.(I assume the PTB would put a stop to it)



To sum up and try to achieve topic.

*When they learn it they earn it.

* NO ONE lets a STUPID Rookie on the track without testing their metal. The other driver WON'T let it happen.

*If they can't drive it, they won't stay.

*Track experience makes a street driver safer and more aware.

*This blog has very little to do with the blogs referenced above.

Again ---this persons opinion



Note: Still my BFF and still racing.
(the blonde is the trophy girl)

Thank you Fox Funhouse for including me on your hot list today!