"Lukewarm" August Nights....

Hot August Nights is here again and once again I'm disappointed. I know I sound like a broken record the last few years, but the organizers have got to get their act together or this cash cow is going to wither and die. Up until a few years ago it was really cool. You got great entertainment-People like Jerry Lee Lewis, the Righteous Brothers, Fats Domino,Chubby Checker,Little Richard, John Kay of Steppenwolf. You'd get Paul Revere and the Raiders, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, The Guess Who, Herman's Hermits, Davy Jones.  I realize some of these people have died or retired, but the organizers make no effort to replace them. '70's Bands like REO Speedwagon, Journey, Credence Clearwater Revisited, Def Leppard, Three Dog Night, etc are still touring. Music snobs can gripe that they don't have all the original members-but their still professional musicians that play music people want to hear and put on a great live show.  Nope. We don't even get recognizable local bands Like-"Rain" who were awesome Beatle Impersonators.  The big casinos have "Show-n-Shines", but I remember when you'd see thousands of cars driving around. Not anymore. They must all be "Trailer Queens".  And the sad thing is you dont see the really cool stuff anymore. No Superbirds, no Thunderbolt Fairlanes, no Hemi Darts. The GM section is all Camaros, Chevelles, GTOs and Firebirds. No 442s or Rallye 350s,or W31 Cutlasses, no Super Duty Catalinas, or 2+2's, no Buick GSX's or even Rivieras, no 409 Impalas, very few Corvettes. The Ford section is all Mustangs. A few Shelbys, a few Boss 302s. a few '55-57 T-Birds. No Torinos, no Cougars, no Montegos, or Cyclones, no 427 Galaxies, no Boss 429s.  Mopars are all Chargers, Road Runners and Challengers. No Max Wedge cars, no '50's Hemi 300s, very few GTX's and Super Bees. Hell, I'd jump for joy if I saw a 340 Demon!!!  And 1/16 mile drag races???!!!!  330 feet?? In a Casino Parking lot!! Most of the big-block cars can smoke the tires that far!!!!  Cheap bastards that own the casinos won't spring to rent either Reno-Fernley Raceway or Top Gun Raceway both of which have full-service, real 1/4 mile dragstrips!!!   Ugh!!  Come on guys, get with it. Mastermind