Most Prestigious race : Sprint & Midget
 

JUST PICK 1 EVENT FOR EACH CLASS, SPRINT & MIDGET :

EXAMPLE : The Monaco Grand Prix (Grand Prix de Monaco) is a Formula One race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile race in Formula 1.

INDY cars it is the Indianapolis 500

NASCAR it is the Daytona 500

Pick a race rich with history and tradition, and one that is regarded as the most prestigious race for that Division of cars. A race that ALL car OWNERS and DRIVERS want to say that they have won.


What is the most Prestigious Sprint Car Event ? _____________


What is the most Prestigious Midget Car Event ? _____________

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Sprint Cars - Knoxville Nationals
Midgets - Belleville Midget Nationals

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Sprints - Knoxville Sprint Car Nationals :

Midgets - Belleville Midget Nationals:

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midgets -- Turkey Night, has been for years and wil continue to be

Re: Most Prestigious race : Sprint & Midget
 

Pick a race rich with history and tradition, and one that is regarded as the most prestigious race for that Division of cars. A race that ALL car OWNERS and DRIVERS want to say that they have won.


What is the most Prestigious Sprint Car Event ? _____________


What is the most Prestigious Midget Car Event ? _____________

Great Question !


Sprint Cars - Old Days THAT Hulman Classic LIVE on ABC & ESPN

Today ?
Osky Big Money

THAT Hulman Classic
Kokomo Bob Darland Sprintweek USAC
Bloomington Kinser
Eldora in the Spring
Lawrencerburg Robbie Stanley
Gas City Hastings Doubler Purse Night
Mscs at Haubstadt $10,000 to win.
Perris & Manzy in the Fall.


Midgets - Old Days THAT Hut 100 with A.J. after the Hooiser 100 that was LIVE ABC.
Turkey Night at Ascot.
Belleville Midget Nationals Tripp, Flock, Fox, The Fairground Days

Today ?
Chili Bowl on LIVE $25 Pay per

Belleville Midget Nationals
Turkey Night
Sun Praire Fireman's
Kokomo Hewitt Classic.


:pissonwings:

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Sprint Car Pacific Coast Nationals Ascot Park!
Midget Turkey Night Ascot Park
Winged Sprints The Gold Cup of Champions, West Capital Speedway:rolling::applaud:
Joe

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Sprintcars Knoxville Nationals

Midgets Chili Bowl

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Midgets: Chili Bowl
Sprints: Tony Hulman Classic

Jerry

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Midgets: Belleville Nationals

Sprints: Little 500

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Midgets - Turkey Night Sprints - Little 500 :eek:...OMG, they're both pavement races!:doh:

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Midgets Belleville Midget Nats
Sprints The Knoxville nats

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Midgets - Chili Bowl

Winged Sprints- Knoxville

Non-winged - thats trickier, but I'd have to probably say the Oval Nationals is the biggest non wing race these days...

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Sprints - Knoxville Nationals
Midgets - Belleville Nationals

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Sprint Cars - Joe James-Pat O'Connor Memorial - Salem Speedway

Less so these days, I'll reluctantly admit.



Midgets - Belleville Midget Nationals

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Winged sprints: The Knoxville Nationals

Traditional sprint cars: Oval Nationals (a newer tradition)

Midgets: (Three way tie)

Chili Bowl, Belleville Midget Nationals, Turkey Night Grand Prix

(one of the above Midget races needs to separate itself from the pack with a substantially larger winner's check)

DM

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Sprint Car: Knoxville Nationals - The purse alone sets it apart. Plus it generally takes years of experience to win.

Midgets: Belleville Midget Nationals - It takes a ton of courage just to get around the place.

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Midgets: Bellville Midget Nationals/ Night Before the 500/ Copper World (OLD STYLE AT PIR)/ Turkey Night

Sprint Cars: Sprint Week Champion/

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Sprint Car: Little 500

Midgets: Chili Bowl
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Brent Elmore

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Knoxville & Turkey Nite (wherever it is)

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Sprints-Western World-4Crown
Midgets-Bellville or Night Before 500 , I think this Chilli Bowl thing has done got out of hand. How can a 1/5 mile, dusty, putt-putt for 3 nights waiting for the track to be good for the 2nd half of the feature Saturday night even compete with any real race!

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Sprints: KISS @ Paragon....you know its a big race if there is only 1 feature at Paragon

Midgets: Rushville Natls....because the Goffs are truly the last elite family in open wheel racing as we know it

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Midgets....Belleville Nationals and Hut 100,when it happens at Terre Haute.

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Thanks everyone for your selections of your most Prestigious race events!

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Fans vote with the wallet and if it isn't the Knoxville Nationals and the Chili Bowl, I'll eat my hat...

Now if you are talking about the best racing, some years that's another thing, but every sprint driver wants to be on top of the podium at Knoxville, and every midget guy would love to take home the Golden Driller (with Belleville a close second)...

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Sprint Cars...Oval Nationals
Midgets...Belleville for now, but hopefully the Hut Hundred will regain it's prominence.

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The one I see next. Because it might be the last. :rolleyes: