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Wayne, beware, if you already haven't, I'd expect you will get a PM from this convo. It appears you've exposed much more than the average IoW reader is to know.....lol. Keep on keeping on. Hope you have a stock motor high paying race in Northern IL or Southern WI some day!

I gota say; quite the dossier on the behind the scenes of the forms of midget racing, we could call: "OEM based" - how dare we call ALL forms of "non-national midget engine racing" (well, except for those couple shows that DO allow OEM based engines and "national" engines to run together...I'm confused...) as "D2"; we will quickly be corrected...(lol)

But anyway, am I correct in my thoughts that the LAST "OEM" powerplant that WON in USAC "National" midget racing was the Pontiac in the early 90s? It was before my time, really, but I gather that was the last of what has kind of come full circle; as in, still using many "production" parts. I could be very wrong...might it have actly been the Potter car Tony drove in 94? I actly forgot what that really was...

There is only one type of affordable racing for the average working man and that's motorcycle racing. Go to your local mx track and odds are there will be over 300 entries on any given sunday.
As long as setup and money are the overwhelmingly most important part of the racing the racing will always be expensive, there is no such thing as a poor mans class. Guys spend more money cheating then building their program to begin with.
Racing a bike is the only way to go if you aint got bunchs of extra money, the rider is way more important to the ride then the bike, just the opposite of a race car. You can buy a used mx or speedwaybike and inless your a very good expert rider you cant come close to using all the performance of a stock bike much less a built one.
D-2 midgets exist mostly in the imagination.

Wayne Davis your idea is the best thing to racing that I have seen in years for the average working man who loves open wheel racing many have tired to keep the cost down but it still gets out of hand I raced lightning sprints for years I would love to go in your direction but in Ohio most everyone likes the wings it seems around I would love to see your idea take off in Ohio you can buy a junk yard engine and freshen it up for a fraction of the cost to buy a motorcycle engine then every time you get a newer model or switch models you have to fork out more money on fuel injection again witch wont fit on your older models keep up the good work and the guy comparing mx to midgets there is no comparison he needs to go back to his mx chat lines lol just my 2 cents for what is worth have a great day everyone

Uh, no; D-2 midgets are, slowly but surely, gaining a foothold here in the Midwest; we have a distinct advantage over Wayne's situation in that open wheel racing, including Midget racing, has a firm tradition here as well as a ready inventory of used rolling chassis to build from. I may be biased but I predict this will be a watershed year for USAC MTM and IMRA competition, and I wish Mr. Davis nothing but the best in his continued efforts to grow the division and the sport in the South.