Actually up from last year.Look for it to rise even more next year,then drop again in 04-05.
Aside from the current drivers aging,the talent coming in is really a slight bit older than a few years ago.The current crop of BGN/CTS prospects are all nearly age 30 or above.A few notable exceptions,true,but until Kyle Busch,Jon Wood,Ricky Hendrick,etc.start arriving later in the decade,the field will be a bit 'grey'.That is if you consider 36.8 grey!lol