You know you have been in racing for awhile when:
You have ever made the statement – “I miss the good old days of racing”.
When you remember Matt Kenseth racing at I-70 Speedway.
When you remember Clint Bowyer or Carl Edwards racing at local tracks.
When you remember Jamie McMurray racing at I-70 Speedway or other local tracks.
When you know John Hunter Nemechek, current 18 year old Camping World Truck series racer, is named for his uncle who lost his life in 1997 in a Craftsman Truck race when his head hit the wall at Homestead Speedway. Note: that is why some tracks do not allow the mesh window nets because they allow a person’s head to stretch outside the vehicle.
When you make the statement you have been doing this for over 30 years, 40 years or more.
When you remember the original Daytona races were on the beach.
When you remember there was only one level of seats at Daytona.
When you remember there were grandstands on the back straight at Daytona and they were all full.
When you remember the garage area at Daytona was nothing more canopy.
When you remember Union 76 was the fuel for NASCAR.
When you remember Sprint Cars did not have wings, period!
When you remember truck races at I-70 Speedway.
When you remember I-70 Speedway.
When you know James Ince and who he was crew chief for both locally and in NASCAR.
When you remember Rusty Wallace or Mark Martin racing at I-70 Speedway.
When you remember Tony Stewart or Jeff Gordon racing at I-70 Speedway or the other local track.
When you remember Tony Stewart and Kenny Irwin driving the pace cars at I-70 Speedway trying to dry the track and then they started racing among all the others drying the track.
When you remember Adam Petty coming from laps down to win an ASA race.
When you remember ASA or ARTGO or NDRA?
When you remember Kenny King winning all the big shows.
When you remember NASCAR sanctioned local tracks.
When you remember Rick Beebe racing in ASA.
When you remember the Saturday night hangout was Riverside Stadium.
when you remember the first Daytona 500 shown live and what happened at the end of the race.
When you remember Davey Allison racing locally.
When you remember a young Doug Richards.
When you remember Emmaline Hill and her number.
When you remember the Claxton rule and who and why it was made.
When you remember Olympic stadium and what famous Indy racer won his first race at the track.

If any of these are familiar to you then you know racing and you have been around for awhile.