My kid lost interest in cars at about age 10... Now after 6 years of college he works part time at a nursing home and spends the rest of his time on his laptop computer...not sure he could even find the garage anymore!!! Oh well, year's ago I had to decide it was his life and he was going to live it the way he wanted and make a lot of mistakes along the way in spite of being told what not to do...I was probably the same at his age...

As for a daughter helping out in the garage, I think it's great!!! Friend of mine has 3 girls that are all dang good drag racers now! They all started out sweeping floors and washing parts, raced their way through the jr. dragsters, and now all run their own bracket cars....good racers with great lights.... my lone outing as a driver last year and I got trailered by one of them...she chose that run to cut her very first .000 light! Dang kids anyway!

PS---I have a sister who is 63 now...As always last summer she came to the drags with us once just to borrow the Mustang and make a lap!!!! She was a heck of a tom boy when we were kids. When nobody in town would race me for money anymore I'd say "Oh well, my sister could beat ya anyway." No guy could take that, so I'd put Judy in my car and the race was on...she whooped most of them!!!!and took her half of the bet!!!