by Jane Smith

 

Life is very funny.  We all have roots, everything has roots.  What happens when we forget our roots??

 

Money is important but money is not everything.  And yet, how did we come to the point that our sports heros are worth more than the common man??  A basketball player, a baseball player, a football player, a stockcar driver can make millions for playing or driving.  And yet before those millions, where did that sport come from??

 

NASCAR came from our local tracks where on Saturday night, drivers and fans went for some good "ole" fun watching cars go round in circles chasing each other.  It was not built to be a money making sport, it was built for weekend fun and alittle self glory when you won.

 

Football has grown over the years but neither college football or NFL football take away from those Friday night high school games.  For if it was not for those Friday nights, there would be no college players or pro players.  College and pro know where they came from, those Friday night games so they respect that.  But what happens when a sport stops respecting it's roots.

 

NASCAR was born out of every weekend local Saturday night racing and yet they disrespect it totally.  They could care less if the heart of racing lives or dies as long as they make money.  Roots don't matter, money does.

 

NASCAR is not stupid, they know the more night races they add, the more they take away from their roots.  Do they care - obviously not.  But without that every weekend local racing, where would they be??  Broke and non-exsistant.

 

Will NASCAR ever wake-up and smell the coffee and see that they are hurting their roots??  Not unless those fans make them wake-up and say hey, our local racing counts also.  Stop stepping on our toes and let us race our Saturday nights and you take Sunday and we will all win.