Kickapoo/Daugherty Midgets
 

Full Racing Program including Midgets, Modifieds, Pro Late Models, Pro Stock Cars, Scrappers and Mini Wedges

Daugherty/Kickapoo
Battle at the Border
Midget Championship

10 Races Trophy for the top 5 overall at the Banquet - 6' trophy to the Champion

May 11 Daugherty
May 12 Kickapoo
Jun 21 Kickapoo Thurs fair race
Jun 22 Daugherty
Jul 7 Kickapoo
Jul 27 Daugherty
Aug 18 Kickapoo
Aug 31 Daugherty
Sep. 7 Daugherty
Sep. 8 Kickapoo

Rules: Midgets

Appearance
All cars shall appear and fit the guidelines of a “traditional” midget

Weight
Minimum Weight – 1,050 Pounds (Including Driver) – Cars powered by Fontana, Esslinger, Stanton, Gaerte, and other purpose built engines are legal and will fall under this guideline.

Midgets Powered By Spec Engines, Honda/Ford Focus, Volkswagen, Entirely Stock Production Block and Head, Chevy II, etc… – No Minimum Weight

Tires
Open Tire Rule (Compound and Brand) ALL 4 Corners.A maximum 10″ width right rear rim may be used.

Mini Sprints (May run with Midgets)
Appearance
All cars shall appear as a “traditional” midget

Engine/Drive Train
All 1000CC and greater Upright Mini Sprints (Non Wing) are eligible to compete in the midget class. Cars falling under Mini Sprint rules will be motorcycle engine powered and may be chain driven or utilize a traditional drive-line and quick-change rear end. All cars under caution and restarts shall maintain an idle speed as great as the full production midget. Cars that fail to do this will be sent to the tail.

Weight
No Minimum Weight

Tires
Open Tire Brand/Compound ALL 4 corners with a maximum 12″ width right rear wheel rim.

Payout:

Less than 20 cars
1. $700
2. $500
3. $350
4. $275
5. $225
6. $200
7. $180
8. $165
9. $150
10. $145
11. $140
12. $135
13-20 - $125

20 or more
1. $1000
2. $700
3. $500
4. $350
5. $275
6. $225
7. $200
8. $180
9. $170
10. $165
11. $160
12. $155
13-20 - $150

https://www.facebook.com/events/200160303935577/?ti

This is a gaurenteed purse and so far we have gotten a great response from teams and drivers throughout the Midwest.

I plan on running it but as much as i have tried i will miss the 2 first races. Can be hard at times when theres no sponsors to get behind a person

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I like track for the most part,,,,but 6 classes of cars...sorry no....

The mini wedges and scrappers just run a feature so it goes pretty fast . There hasn't been any B mains either. It is not as bad as it sounds.

Last weekend the races started at 7pm and was done by 930 maybe a little earlier that's just 2.5 hours so even adding the midgets it won't be that late of a night .

Tow money for those not making the feature will be $50 if we get 20 or more cars it goes up to $75.

Promoter has option to start more than 20 cars it will be based on car count

First two races are next weekebd

For those that would like to camp out with Daugherty both tracks allow camping Daugherty is free but no electricity or water . No water or electric. If they go to Kickapoo. Kickapoo you can fill up with water but electric is $25/night charged by the fair board.

OPEN WHEEL FANS!! Who is ready for Night 1 of Battle at the Border Midgets?? We have a great response from Midget drivers for this 10 race Championship. Night 1 starts this FRIDAY at Daugherty Speedway!

National Midgets, UMP Modifieds, UMP Pro Late Models, Pro Stock Cars, Scrappers and Mini-Wedges will all be in action on Friday night!

Gates open at 5pm. Draw closes at 7pm. Drivers meeting at 6:45pm Hot Laps at 7pm. Racing starts at 8pm.

We are going to do something a little different with our sharing game. We will still draw four winners for a grandstand ticket randomly to anyone that shares this post and comments SHARED. In addition, if you go to the EVENT we have scheduled, and invite your friends to the event, we will give the person that invites the most people a 4 pack of grandstand tickets.

Comment on this post SHARED plus how many peole you invited to the event.

We will see you on FRIDAY!!

Just one day away from the 1st race. This is open to all midgets D2 or National. The purse is also guaranteed and solid from top to bottom with additional purse money if we reach 20 cars. Even have tow money for anyone who doesnt start the feature. No entry fees or membership and open tire rules so hope to see a great turnout for both races this weekend.

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It is race day at Daugherty Speedway and weather is looking great for tonight and tomorrow night at Kickapoo Speedway.

Ok, so why in the world would you schedule the race in Danville tonight?
Talk about a bad first impression to a promoter willing to try Midgets (assuming avon open wheel fan has a hand in this).

First off, I don’t know of a lot of cars to draw from in the east central Illinois/west central Indiana area? With that said, you might look for an open date to attract some cars from elsewhere.

But. You pick a night to run against the worst possible track to schedule against, Montpelier, which takes up the usual national cars AND USAC MTM.
Even if your schedule came out first, that’s a bad move and should have been changed.
Then add in the fact that POWRi is just 90 miles away at Macon. MMSA is at North Vernon. BADGER is at Sycamore. USAC/IMRA at Spoon River, and the last remaining Midgets on the planet will be putting on a super exciting 6 car feature at South Bend (also courtesy of avon open wheel fan).

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A little harsh don't you think...

I don't understand why there are never any results to be found. All links I have searched are dead ends...how about some results from last night ?

7 midgets

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I hate to pile on to this thread, but I see Crankin's point. Looks like Kickapoo is bound and determined to race on Saturday nights. This Saturday just has so many races running against it. They probably would have had better luck trying to establish a Sunday night schedule, when only one track races, Kokomo.

I don't wish any track bad luck, but here were the car count at Kickapoo from Sat, April 28th. I saw this on the 4M message board:

From looking at the points on the track website for the 1st week of racing there
Kickapoo car count:

7 - UMP Modifieds
7 - UMP Pro Late Models
4 - Pro Stock Cars
2 - 6 Cyl. Scrappers
2 - Mini Wedge
22 - Totals cars among 5 classes

Sad for the fans, and for that matter, the racers. How can a track survive when you have no cars entered to race. I wish them well.

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There were 7 midgets last night. But the quality of the racing was surprisingly good. In the heat race Gage Walker and a black 33 last name of Jones ran the side by side the whole heat trading sliders every corner. The 33 prevailed in the end. In the feature Walker claimed the win with the black 33 on full bonzai trying to get to him. Got up to his bumper a few times then lost ground trying different lines. The Irwin racing 7k ran third.
I expect a better car count tonight with Montpelier cancelling early today. :22::22::22:

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I think as long as the promoter is patient this battle at the border midget series will take off. If memory serves Montpelier's car counts weren't that great when they started there midget series.

I believe they had to redo their dates bc most conflicted with montpelier. It took a while for peliers to take off, but the cars you got over there would have been at montpelier tonight. I hope it takes off for them.

Tk

We picked up a few cars at Kickapoo had 11 it was some great racing again. The purse is guaranteed so where else can a D2 car for this kind of payout. In fact we had a D2 car finish 3rd. Payout $350 dollars for third had two Lightning sprints join us they finished towards the back due to some mechanical issues but they each collected around $140 dollars each that's still a very decent payday. We raced the midgets first they was paid cash just minutes after the feature was over. Not too many tracks would risk this so hopefully we continue to pick up a few cars each at each race. The crowd was also way bigger than what we have had this season so overall things went well. Like to thank all the teams, drivers and fans who supported us at Daugherty and Kickapoo this past weekend

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That promoter reminds me an awful lot of Dave Allison. His interactions with racers and fans through social media are disgraceful.

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I don't know the promoter or anything about him. All I know is what I read on the 4M late model board, which is very similar to what Hoosier Race Fan is saying. The 4M fans constantly blister him, which is really sad for race teams and fans. Daugherty Speedway has a big two day late model show over Memorial Day weekend paying $10,000 to win, so time will tell if he can present a good program for all involved.