Hey Track Junkies....I need a sanity check here. I waste some time down in Off Topic at work and I recently posed this same question to that audience. Much to my surprise, a large percentage are not able to legally buy a beer in this country. Any grey hair in this section?....:)....Bob

46 on Sunday.....:(

38 going on 18 :D

49 now, fully gray/silver at 33.

21.

Began motorsports at 18 :)

Been racing since I was 12, and just recently turned 21.

I'm in the yearly physical to renew race license group. Will receive my 1st SS check in a month. Thanks to you all for contributing :cool

Jay

19 ^^^ 20 in 4 months

Will receive my 1st SS check in a month. Thanks to you all for contributing :cool

Any chance you can send my portion back to me since I'll never see any of it? :help

23, first time on track was 2 yeas ago.

I'm in the yearly physical to renew race license group. Will receive my 1st SS check in a month. Thanks to you all for contributing :cool

Jay
Since I'm sending you SS, does that mean I have a 2 car team?

40. It's the new 20, you know.

26 and my first time out on the track was 2 years ago. Now I'm looking at buying a race car. Good thing I'm single with no kids.

26 and my first time out on the track was 2 years ago. Now I'm looking at buying a race car. Good thing I'm single with no kids.

Married with kids is not a problem if you race. As long as they don't need to eat.

21.

Began motorsports at 18 :)

Same and same. Although I wish it would have been 8. :(

Married with kids is not a problem if you race. As long as they don't need to eat.
or shoes, clothes, etc. (depending on class)

39 on Friday. The road to 40 in the next 367 days will be long gory and littered with the remains of my children's college fund.

Any chance you can send my portion back to me since I'll never see any of it? :help

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

Since I'm sending you SS, does that mean I have a 2 car team?

Not sure you'd want to be part of this one..... but if you'll bring the Ensure.

Jay

or shoes, clothes, etc. (depending on class)
And if you can get them used to the refrigerator box it goes a long way to being able to do events

Yeah, I'm with Bryan Jay. You guys are the "arrive and drive" retirement generation! Can't blame you guys for the chuckleheads across the river from me falling asleep at the wheel though. But still bitter! :)

Keep the votes up, my team is winning! Ugh, driving a desk all day really does make one rather pathetic. Wonder what the client would think about logitech forcefeedback wheel screwed down in front of my keyboard. The sound it makes working the wheel back and forth quickly during a tank slapper gets the dog all rilled up at home; wonder what how our quiet, church lady admin would react.

I'm the only teenager here...

28 married and racing. I'm getting SERIOUS pressure to grow up and have kids though. . .

Married with kids is not a problem if you race. As long as they don't need to eat.

Married is fine...second income pays for upgrades...kids will be rough once that hits...having to buy karts and all

Married with kids is not a problem if you race. As long as they don't need to eat.


Ditto....just have them spend a lot of time at friends and family, especially grandma and pa, so they get fed there.:D

33

Married is fine...second income pays for upgrades...kids will be rough once that hits...having to buy karts and all

Second income? What's this you speak of?

could u make it 18+ becuase i dont wanna be grouped with 13 year olds. im 19 btw

Oh god...... I hate all of you! Oh well, all I can say is that PLN is my idol. =) I'm one of only three so far in my catagory.

could u make it 18+ becuase i dont wanna be grouped with 13 year olds. im 19 btw
So I guess no one tells you where the shift and apostrophe keys are until your 20th birthday?

-tammer, a crotchety old 27-year-old who was once fiscally responsible

So I guess no one tells you where the shift and apostrophe keys are until your 20th birthday?

-tammer, a crotchety old 27-year-old who was once fiscally responsible

no, im partially mentally retarded because im not 20....** off u understood what i meant

no, im partially mentally retarded because im not 20....** off u understood what i meant

Perhaps being grouped with 13 year olds is appropriate? :rolleyes

I have come to the realization that I'm old enough to be a parent to 50% of the voters :help

42, 43 next month... The OT section is for teenagers. hang out here for lively adult and mature discussion... :rolleyes

23

Perhaps being grouped with 13 year olds is appropriate? :rolleyes

:lol:lol:lol

I am 20, and hopefully starting racing next year...:alright

65 Just completed SCCA race school and going to bmwcca cr race school in December. I am old enough to be father 0f 90%.

28 married and racing. I'm getting SERIOUS pressure to grow up and have kids though. . .

holy crap, same boat... just compromise... you two have kid(s), as long as she understands there is no way in hell that you are ever going to grow up!

Win WIN! I'm living proof!

12

Just turned 26 this month.

You guys are the "arrive and drive" retirement generation!

Arrive and drive my a$$! :nono Besides installing the cage, I've done almost all the work on my car. I can't afford to pay someone to do it.

Jay

My goal when I was 38 was to be racing W2W by my 40th.
I started racing last year with a few months to spare...

28 married and racing. I'm getting SERIOUS pressure to grow up and have kids though. . .

think of them as a future pit crew :stickoutt

65 Just completed SCCA race school and going to bmwcca cr race school in December. I am old enough to be father 0f 90%.

Not me (unless you were extremely precocious).

Neil - 53

21 in a month.

Longest month ever. :shifty

Not me (unless you were extremely precocious).

Neil - 53

You are just two years too old to fit.

I'm 32. Wish I would have started this madness back when I was 16.

Arrive and drive my a$$! :nono Besides installing the cage, I've done almost all the work on my car. I can't afford to pay someone to do it.

Jay
:werd: By the time I'm your age, I'm hoping to be able to afford to pay someone to do everything for me, that is after I pay off my vet school loans. :rolleyes


I'm 25, first went on the track at 20 or 21 (it was sometime around my birthday). I have since graced tracks like Buttonwillow, Willow Springs, Thunderhill, Sears Point, Laguna Seca, and Cal Speedway with my presence.

I am trying to convince my boyfriend that he doesn't want kids, and that the two of us can just have race cars. :dunno

I am trying to convince my boyfriend that he doesn't want kids, and that the two of us can just have race cars. :dunno


^^^^^:lol

19..... going on 20 in 2 weeks

Arrive and drive my a$$! :nono Besides installing the cage, I've done almost all the work on my car. I can't afford to pay someone to do it.

Jay

Was referring to "showing up" to retirement and having SS there. Like Bryan pointed out, our generation will likely not have any SS funds left to get. Unless these under 19 folks on the poll get workin!

I hear you on not being able to afford it. I own part of a shop and can't afford to have someone do the work! Can't complain about having a nice lift, compressed air, complete sets of tools, autologic to work the abs/ews and individual wheel valves to simply bleed my brakes though. ;)

too old to be in school for bs

Was referring to "showing up" to retirement and having SS there. Like Bryan pointed out, our generation will likely not have any SS funds left to get. Unless these under 19 folks on the poll get workin!


I get it. Reading comprehension on my part :help

Don't worry, they'll print more.

Jay

I have come to the realization that I'm old enough to be a parent to 50% of the voters :help

Dad, can I have a race car for Xmas? :alright



Young enough to not need to nap during HPDE lunchtime; old enough to want to.

Young enough to be psyched that I get to instruct an Elise; old enough to regret it at the day's end.

Young enough to borrow my brother's race car; old enough to realize I'd been had after driving back into the enclosed trailer and trying to get out through the window.

Young enough to read this forum; old enough to avoid forum arguments ... ... ... ... not. (Borat would be proud.)

Young enough to not worry too much about lab tests at the doctor's office; old enough to consider the diameter of the doctor's fingers which selecting a primary care physician.

Or, 49.

22. Started in karts when I was 12, only to get pulled out of it by my worried mother. I would be light years ahead of where I'm at now if she wouldn't have done that. But I also wouldn't have been able to start my solid career like I did, to afford this hobby...

27 now. Started Auto-xing when I was 19. :D

29, only been having this much fun for 2 years.....all that earlier time wasted.:(

Dad, can I have a race car for Xmas? :alright



Young enough to not need to nap during HPDE lunchtime; old enough to want to.

Young enough to be psyched that I get to instruct an Elise; old enough to regret it at the day's end.

Young enough to borrow my brother's race car; old enough to realize I'd been had after driving back into the enclosed trailer and trying to get out through the window.

Young enough to read this forum; old enough to avoid forum arguments ... ... ... ... not. (Borat would be proud.)

Young enough to not worry too much about lab tests at the doctor's office; old enough to consider the diameter of the doctor's fingers which selecting a primary care physician.

Or, 49.
I'm sorry son, There is no Santa Claus

23. Been at it since 16.

21, first track day was when I was 18?

Just turned 28. Been racing BMW's since I was 17, karts and dirt bikes before that.

49.99 I refuse to give in....:D

25 and already going gray, am I too young for just for men?:)

Started AX's at 19 (fresh year in college)

24 now, and i never want to leave undergrad ;)

anyone want to tell me how you can buy car parts and a ring for the woman? :stickoutt

11 here.


Ok here's part 2 for the guys with some experience under their belt: When were you your fastest, or are you still getting faster?

think of them as a future pit crew :stickoutt

Most expensive pit crew ever!
You can spend your time and money on driving as fast as you can on world class race tracks, or you can spend your time and money on cleaning up little kid slime and driving to soccer or whatever parents do.

I'm sorry son, There is no Santa Claus

What??!!? You're kidding, right?

Ok here's part 2 for the guys with some experience under their belt: When were you your fastest, or are you still getting faster?

My ability for increasing speed is inversely related to my bank account balance.

Ok here's part 2 for the guys with some experience under their belt: When were you your fastest, or are you still getting faster?

There are old drivers and there are bold drivers.... but there are few old, bold drivers.


Jay

39 on Friday.
1. Happy Birthday!
2. Holy sh*t - I'm older than Holder!?! Damn.....

41 - looking forward to my "HHGTTG birthday" next year.

:)

Started the "driving thing" when 33 and already married. Started racing at 35 and right around the time Nikolas was born. Number on the race car is his birthday (April 4th).

23 and doesn't feel bad about beating old guys :D

I'm the only teenager here...

make that 2

Oh god...... I hate all of you! Oh well, all I can say is that PLN is my idol. =) I'm one of only three so far in my catagory.

PLN is my boss :)

22 here

38 and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up...

20, started autox when i was 16d did my first DE when I was 18 or 19

22, Got into the racing scene when I was 17.

46 on Sunday.....:(

Hey..me 46 on Monday...:)

24 almost 25, on track first at 16, three days after I got my license and E30!!! That E30 is gone to another enthusiast, I am now driving the 05 E46 325i around the corners with a 2002ti waiting for some work and I have big plans once my new garage is built.

Having a wife is great by the way she helps pay the bills while Im saving for more toys!! I am in the process of building a three car garage behind my house to keep my cars safer and have a dedicated place to work on the cars other then under the tent they currently sleep under!!!

receeding hairline at 21...

Arrive and drive my a$$! :nono Besides installing the cage, I've done almost all the work on my car. I can't afford to pay someone to do it.

Jay


Ditto Jay! (I installed my cage) but I had to wait till the kid moved out. Oh wait she's back. Oh wait she is out again. Heck with it I am racing!:redspot

PLN is my boss :)
Then tell him he is my idol. ;)
Seeing him climb into a 700 hp GT1 car is when the reality of it really hits home. He's a cool dude! :buttrock

Hey..me 46 on Monday...:)

Marco -

Happy Birthday:redspot

Neil

Marco -

Happy Birthday:redspot

Neil

thanks!!!...:)

There are old drivers and there are bold drivers.... but there are few old, bold drivers.

Jay

The older I get the faster I was... (right?)

Carlos
(a very immature 38)

23 and doesn't feel bad about beating old guys :D

:lol:lol:lol :buttrock

The older I get the faster I was... (right?)

Carlos
(a very immature 38)

You betcha Red Ryder! :buttrock

22 and loving it

33 here, married with 2 kids and an awesome wife that supports my "habit" although constantly worries about my safety. The last DE she went to with me an M3 barrel rolled and a Mini when into the tires at about 100mph....

Married is fine...second income pays for upgrades...kids will be rough once that hits...having to buy karts and all

......this couldn't be more true, my oldest just turned 7 and I just bought his first kart for Christmas. Next season he'll move up to cadet and my 4 year old will take over that kart. Yes, yet another expensive habit.....

21 and instructing, started at 16.

17 now, started at 16, and I've been hanging around at the track since I was 13.

29. I've got a lot of time left to continue doing what I love...

Christopher

12

You tell your (large) dates that?

23 and doesn't feel bad about beating old guys :D
21 and doesn't feel bad about beating 23 yr olds :devillook

EDIT-First DE 3 days after I turned 16.

20, been doing HPDE's since I was nearly 18 and started autox at 17.

Edit: Kinda cool seeing the majority of trackers are young. It's nice to know there will be some great upcoming drivers. :)

49 and holding for two more weeks anyway. Wife still expects me to give up this racing thing. Kids college fund never got started!

Ran my first autocross in 79, my first Pro Rally in 81. Stayed with the Pro Rally stuff till those damn kids (4 of them, all conceived at a motorsports event!) cut into travel and car prep budgets. Ran my first BME DE in 2000 and stayed on pavement ever since. My son wrecked my ITB POS-318i back in April. We finished up his RX-7 and just completed breaking it in at an SCCA race and a BMW race school the last few weekends.

Looking frantically for an E30 318is or 325 of some sort for me to get back in a Bimmer race car. Wife really wants to punish me for this now! Crap, ANOTHER trip to the jewelry store for Christmas. There goes a set of tires!

Bud Scott, I have a few E30's sitting at the shop that NEED to be turned into track rats but I can't do it as I am building a car right now, the other mechanics I work with both have one, and my boss's son has one as well (everybody at the shop).

Also, I'm 22 and have been tracking for a year and a half.

22. Being in the military and deployments, etc make it hard to get into racing right now, but hoping to start doing DEs next year, with aspirations of getting into SPEC E36/club racing shortly afterward. Getting the M ready to handle the abuse in the mean time. :)

I'll be 56 tomorrow........ Wanted to do this stuff since attending CanAm races @ Laguna in the early 70's, but life got in the way. Finally started up at 50 and ran my first races last month!! And, yes, still getting faster!!! Not bad for a big, mostly bald, old guy......

-CKKrause

Happy to say I am 63.5 years old. Only regret is I didn't find out about getting my street car on the track until I was 55.5. Plan on doing this until I'm at least 80 (or as old as Hudson).

Plan on doing this until I'm at least 80 (or as old as Hudson).

:lol :lol :lol :lol

Very low blow.

36.....damn...

23

24 in a little over a month!

Almost 10 events under my belt. Excited for next season with R Comps!

make that 2
3
I'm 18

Ok here's part 2 for the guys with some experience under their belt: When were you your fastest, or are you still getting faster?

Easy to answer: I was fastest when I was spending more time in a race car. Now that I only race 4-6 times a year, I've slowed significantly from when I raced 10-15 times a year and ran test days and DE's in between.

58, BMW CCA instructor for 8 years.

A friend of mine, an old SCCA racer and still damn fast, was instructing well into his 70's. That's my idea of aging gracefully!

Neil

The older I get the faster I was... (right?)

Carlos
(a very immature 38)
Well Carlos, you'd better start racing before you get any slower. You got a license now, what's stoppin' ya?

-tammer (needling, needling ...)

Since we're talking about age and driving performance, someone coined this motto after I had a elderly student with a short-term memory deficit:

Alzheimer's Racing League: Every lap a new track.

(It was a looooong day in the right hand seat.)

Hey..me 46 on Monday...:)

Hello Scorpio...:)

[quote=ohiobimmer;11217187]33 here, married with 2 kids and an awesome wife that supports my "habit" although constantly worries about my safety. The last DE she went to with me an M3 barrel rolled and a Mini when into the tires at about 100mph....


I guess you WERE at Gingerman.....Paul was a dumb ass for letting his pads go the whole way through...so much for Kermit...:(

I'll be 56 tomorrow........ Wanted to do this stuff since attending CanAm races @ Laguna in the early 70's, but life got in the way. Finally started up at 50 and ran my first races last month!! And, yes, still getting faster!!! Not bad for a big, mostly bald, old guy......

-CKKrause

Congratulate yourself for not giving up on your dreams !!...:)

Easy to answer: I was fastest when I was spending more time in a race car. Now that I only race 4-6 times a year, I've slowed significantly from when I raced 10-15 times a year and ran test days and DE's in between.


Maybe its just me (at my age!) but I find If I apply this logic to my performance with the spouse during "special Mommy and Daddy alone time" it appears to be inversely proportional. The less I do it the faster I get. That's good, right?

Sorry Mr. Watts, my drugs for this bitch of a headache are kicking in. I better back away from the keyboard!

Paul was a dumb ass for letting his pads go the whole way through...so much for Kermit.

He already has a new "Kermee."

Neil

Maybe its just me (at my age!) but I find If I apply this logic to my performance with the spouse during "special Mommy and Daddy alone time" it appears to be inversely proportional. The less I do it the faster I get. That's good, right?

Sorry Mr. Watts, my drugs for this bitch of a headache are kicking in. I better back away from the keyboard!
Hilarious!

-tammer

Will be 34 next week. Have been driving fast my whole life, but just started doing it on the track this year. Just finished my first club racing school and I'm definitely hooked.

20 started when I turned 18 I think.

Just waiting for the rainy season to be over and the track to be repaved then its go time again.

Just waiting for the rainy season to be over and the track to be repaved then its go time again.

Right with ya Dan, Only a few more months to go! :stickoutt

29, been around the tracks since I was about 7 or so.

no option for
"old enough to know better...young enough to do it again" ???

He already has a new "Kermee."

Neil

He has a LOT more money than I do......:(

I wish him the best though, he is a nice fellow.

There are old drivers and there are bold drivers.... but there are few old, bold drivers.


Jay

Jay, Ray Korman!!! That guy is awesome. Hope to be having fun like he is when I'm in my 70's AND competitive:buttrock

44, married 20 years, 2 kids...one driving. I can honestly say to all you 20 somethings...the best is yet to come:alright

and Scott Hughes does pretty good for a white haired fellow...:)

Going on 20, first auto-x and HPDE when I was 19.

Jay, Ray Korman!!! That guy is awesome. Hope to be having fun like he is when I'm in my 70's AND competitive:buttrock

44, married 20 years, 2 kids...one driving. I can honestly say to all you 20 somethings...the best is yet to come:alright

Paul Newman

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6915611/

For a long time his car number has been his age. Like the article says, "+1".

39.5...Having to sell all the toys to "grow up" and run my business ...:( Oh well...Its been fun so far...I can buy new toys later...BETTER TOYS!!!!

autocrossing since 16, it was down hill from there:D First BMW 23... I don't count the 320i we took on trade in 1984 for a 1980 924...

Racing bicycles, on and off, since 1988...

who is "HUGO" ?

the only thing that has caused me to forget my age and has destroyed my will to live is my wife. Al Bundy is my hero. 47 (3 years)

22. I've had a comp license for 2 years.

28 will be 29 later this month. Started doing autox and hpdes when I was 24. Can't decide whether to strip my car and turn it into a dedicated track car or get something cheap and build it.:help

Amazing! Only 6 of us out of 266 replies are over 60! I guess we are a 'Rare Breed Indeed'! The next poll will have to add Over 70 as a category so Hudson can reply (although he might be younger than me)!

Amazing! Only 6 of us out of 266 replies are over 60! I guess we are a 'Rare Breed Indeed'! The next poll will have to add Over 70 as a category so Hudson can reply (although he might be younger than me)!

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

So where does that put you? :eek:

Jay

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

So where does that put you? :eek:

Jay

6 1/2 years from the 70 mark. And you?

Been racing since I was 12, and just recently turned 21.

Highly jealous.

-Serge

6 1/2 years from the 70 mark. And you?

62.1 Waiting for my 1st SS check next month.

Nanner nanner ;)

Jay

I'm the only teenager here...
number 4 checking in.
17, and I've been racing karts for 2 and a half years. I hope to have my e21 track ready by this time next year, then I can have it for some racing down here and then up in VA when I go to school (30 miles from VIR:redspot)
Jake

62.1 Waiting for my 1st SS check next month.

Nanner nanner ;)

Jay

If I wasn't making too much money I would have been drawing my SS for a year an a half now. I'll start drawing mine in May of 2010 when I turn 66.

Don't tell me I'm the oldest person in this poll. Come on, someone 'fess up' and admit you were born before May 31, 1944.

well my dad was born in 42......

well my dad was born in 42......

The only part of being 63 1/2 that bothers me is that I realize I probably won't be able to drive on track 25 years from now (athough I plan to be driving at 80). I drove my first Sports Car when I was 16 (my Dads brand new 1960 TR-3) and was fortunate enough to have a brand new 67 AH-3000 in 1967. But I was going on 56 before I ever got on a track (too busy raising a family). I'm making up for lost time with 112 track days completed and day 113 Monday at Infineon.

If I wasn't making too much money I would have been drawing my SS for a year an a half now. I'll start drawing mine in May of 2010 when I turn 66.

Don't tell me I'm the oldest person in this poll. Come on, someone 'fess up' and admit you were born before May 31, 1944.

1-9-42 here.

1-9-42 here.

Well, Les, we War Babies know how to roll.

6 1/2 years from the 70 mark. And you?

John,

no way.....I thought you were like 40 or something...well, you are as old as you feel. 113 days is amazing, Im just geting close to 30.


Mario

Well, Les, we War Babies know how to roll.

43 track days, 8 in a 02 M Roadster, 28 in a 02 M3 and the rest in a Spec E36 (94 325is) build. 1/2 SCCA Rookie License and hopefully BMWCCA CR license December 7 & 8.

Does that make me the oldest?

43 track days, 8 in a 02 M Roadster, 28 in a 02 M3 and the rest in a Spec E36 (94 325is) build. 1/2 SCCA Rookie License and hopefully BMWCCA CR license December 7 & 8.

Does that make me the oldest?

Until someone beats 1-9-42 you can claim to be the oldest. when did you start doing track events? I started 2-12-00 and have done 112 since then. All in my 98 M Roadster. Maybe I'll start racing when I turn 65. LOL!

John,

no way.....I thought you were like 40 or something...well, you are as old as you feel. 113 days is amazing, Im just geting close to 30.


Mario

I am like 40. Just stuck in the 63 1/2 year old body.

My hat is off to all the older guys out there. I hope to be doing this when I am that age.

I'm 27 and started doing auto-x's and DE's last year. I hope to be racing in another year. I am looking forward to it.

That's why I love going to the track.

21 here...started autox-ing when I was 18 and just started DE this year. Hope to be doing this for a while (cough cough Jay :D).

Until someone beats 1-9-42 you can claim to be the oldest. when did you start doing track events? I started 2-12-00 and have done 112 since then. All in my 98 M Roadster. Maybe I'll start racing when I turn 65. LOL!

My first track event was at Summit Point FATT the first time the public was allowed to run Shenandoah Circuit, late winter early spring 2004. In 2006 I did, Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Shenandoah, Summit Point, VIR, CMSP, Barber and Sebring.

I'm 25, looking to get my license next year.

Started with autocross at 18, been doing a lot of track events the last couple years, working on getting faster.....MUCH faster. ;)

30....mainly autocross for last 10yrs. Never got much into track because something always came up....marriage, work, school, divorce. Now that most of those things are out of the way, I hope to see more seat time. Just a few more years overseas:evil2