The thrill is gone?

I don't have the desire to go race like I used to mainly because all the guys I looked up to when I was a kid, or raced with are all long gone now, not very many of them left.

Tracks don't have the crowds they once did, so there is less money for track operators to keep them in great shape. I grew up racing on Friday and Saturday nights. I hate day racing.

Also driving around in a non air conditioned, poor radio, B-body, 4.56 gears, on the street doesn't have the appeal it once did, but I do it a few nights a month.

While the racing aspect has waned a lot the desire to build and make things is stronger than ever. I got into making carbon fiber parts a few years ago and I absolutely love doing that.

Hopefully by this time next year I'll have built a carbon fiber body of my Hornet Hatchback. An old friend told me this several years ago, "I get up every morning and I hurt. I have two

choices. I can sit in the recliner all day and hurt, or I can go out in the shop and hurt while I do something. The idea with life is to live a well used life. You can rest after you die."

When I was younger I was always away from home and couldn't do things in the garage nightly. Nowadays you can't hardly get me away from home. You can't buy time, but you sure

can change how you use it. If cars aren't your thing anymore OP then find something else that makes you happy and keeps you busy. You'll live a lot longer staying busy.

Tom