POWRi Champ Racing Speedcar Midgets in Australia

dirtracingreport · 10/17/12, 10:23 AM

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Andrew Felker will be racing this Saturday at Archerfield Speedway in the POWRi Australian Speedcar Super Series.

His father, who is also his crew chief, will also be making the trip.

Alex Bright from Collegeville, PA is the only other American racing.

Midget 89 · 10/17/12, 11:51 AM

Whatever happened to A.J. Felker? Is he still racing? Is he related?

8000RPMS · 10/17/12, 12:29 PM

Whats a "Speedcar midget"? Variation of a midget?

wobbler · 10/17/12, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 8000RPMS

Whats a "Speedcar midget"? Variation of a midget?

Here in Australia Midgets are known as Speedcars and are no different to what is raced in the USA.

Midget 89 · 10/17/12, 12:40 PM

"Speedcars" are midgets. That's just the name for them down under. Many midgets were built in the United States and shipped to Australia and New Zealand. Drivers and owners took cars there and sold them before they returned, some making a handsome profit.

8000RPMS · 10/17/12, 1:04 PM

Thanks for the info.

darnall · 10/17/12, 1:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Midget 89

Whatever happened to A.J. Felker? Is he still racing? Is he related?

A.J. builds FSC chassis for midgets and upright mini sprints. They seem to be really really good cars. His house cars have won or ran up front in some pretty big races in the last couple years, and the guys with his mini sprints swear there is no other way to go. To my knowledge he does very little if any driving these days, and I am 99.9% sure there is no relation between he and Andrew.

Midget 89 · 10/17/12, 2:24 PM

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Originally Posted by darnall

A.J. builds FSC chassis for midgets and upright mini sprints. They seem to be really really good cars. His house cars have won or ran up front in some pretty big races in the last couple years, and the guys with his mini sprints swear there is no other way to go. To my knowledge he does very little if any driving these days, and I am 99.9% sure there is no relation between he and Andrew.

Thanks for the reply.

Andrew S. Quinn · 10/17/12, 5:58 PM

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Originally Posted by wobbler

Here in Australia Midgets are known as Speedcars and are no different to what is raced in the USA.

We dont race anything that looks like this in the USA !

racer5c · 10/17/12, 11:25 PM

they don't race anything that looks like that in Australia anymore either, that was George Tatnell and that was from the 70's

10/17/12, 10:23 AM	#1 POWRi Champ Racing Speedcar Midgets in Australia
dirtracingreport Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 109	www.dirtracingreport.com Click link above for full article. Andrew Felker will be racing this Saturday at Archerfield Speedway in the POWRi Australian Speedcar Super Series. His father, who is also his crew chief, will also be making the trip. Alex Bright from Collegeville, PA is the only other American racing.

10/17/12, 11:51 AM	#2 Re: POWRi Champ Racing Speedcar Midgets in Austral
Midget 89 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,022	Whatever happened to A.J. Felker? Is he still racing? Is he related?

10/17/12, 12:29 PM	#3 Re: POWRi Champ Racing Speedcar Midgets in Austral
8000RPMS Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17	Whats a "Speedcar midget"? Variation of a midget?

10/17/12, 12:40 PM	#5 Re: POWRi Champ Racing Speedcar Midgets in Austral
Midget 89 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,022	"Speedcars" are midgets. That's just the name for them down under. Many midgets were built in the United States and shipped to Australia and New Zealand. Drivers and owners took cars there and sold them before they returned, some making a handsome profit.

10/17/12, 1:04 PM	#6 Re: POWRi Champ Racing Speedcar Midgets in Austral
8000RPMS Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17	Thanks for the info.

10/17/12, 11:25 PM	#10 Re: POWRi Champ Racing Speedcar Midgets in Austral
racer5c Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 360	they don't race anything that looks like that in Australia anymore either, that was George Tatnell and that was from the 70's