Originally Posted by DaGuy:
The problem I see with the badger formula is that there is no way of controlling cost. Parts cost money. The stock port will keep some equality. But the more you can throw dollar wise the more you can get out of it. This hurts the us little guys. It is nice to see the popularity the production stuff is getting. As long as the cost is kept in check more people can afford to do it and maybe midget racing can grow in numbers! Just the thoughts of an old timer.
The way I see it, regardless of the rules, you'll never contain costs. The money just goes somewhere else. Patrick Bruns is now three for three in feature wins with Illini. If you want the same motor as what's in his house car, you can buy it from MWR for $15,000 and win you some $300 dollar races with it. Or you can buy new tires every week, double adjustable mono shocks, ti bolts, carbon fiber.... It's like an article I read that Matt Kenseth wrote years back about crate racing- the big money teams would buy 5 or 6 crate engines, dyno them all, and find the 'ringers' with a few more hp and sell the rest.
If I was two hours closer to Badger territory, I'd build a midget. As it is, I'm 90% sure we're going back to micro racing next year. I need a series where I can get my hands dirty as a car owner, trying to out fox the competition, even if I can't outspend them. Micro rules and Badger rules both give me that opportunity. I'm willing to do the homework, turn some wrenches, try new stuff. I'm just not the customer for the 'pull it out of a junkyard' series anymore than I am the 'write a big check to the engine builder' series.