I completely agree with everything you've said Don. Midgets were built back in the day to run on the 1/4 miles, sprints on the 1/2 miles, and silver crown on the miles. Tracks make a lot of the difference about racing. I just got back from Pennsylvania last week, and am extremely happy we race in Indiana, the tracks are smaller and racier. Out there, they are so used to running on big tracks that you almost lose sense of a good race. The people there went absolutely crazy, for a race that I don't even think 6 cars passed each other. Just depends if you want to see a high speed freight train, or something that is an actual race with cars from top to bottom.

I don't see why this has gotten away. Well, actually I do, because nobody is building new quarter mile tracks anymore. Everybody is making them bigger, faster, scarier, and farther out of reach for the weekend racer. I've only been to the Burg once since it was redone, and honestly, was impressed with the facility, but the racing left much to be desired. It was still a decent race, and I left pleased, but I'd still rather go watch a race at Gas City or Kokomo, just because the racing is closer. No, it's not as fast, but racing isn't ALLLLLLL about speed.

These are changes that aren't going to happen overnight. You can easily do these things by allowing time to use the motors, tires, carbon fiber parts, titanium parts, specialty cars, etc... They don't last forever. You work it out over time, and you know what, you'll even have people get into the sport because of those changes probably before they even need to in order to get their feet wet.