A few years ago, a very famous driver stepped out of the Beast that I run at Fort Wayne, so I went driver hunting. I had a short list, but the driver who kept coming to the top was Geoff Kaiser of Fort Wayne, IN. I met Geoff many years ago and we kept in touch when he would volunteer as a crew member for some of the dirt races we would run. One of the best decisions I ever made since I've owned midgets was to hire Geoff Kaiser. No drama, no nonsense, no hissy fits, no finger pointing, a laid back individual that gets the job done. Geoff is one of the unsung heroes of open wheel racing today that not only knows how to drive, but builds his own cars, maintains them and is an encyclopedia of how to make things work. He has recommended quite a few changes for the indoor car, some expensive and I've listened and made them. He turned the third quickest lap in TT's Saturday night which is a testament about taking a mediocre car a few years ago and bringing it to what is now.

The surprise of the weekend was 14 YO Adam Wilsdon. For those that were not there, he almost won the Sunday midget feature... in an older narrow body Stealth 34 inch dirt car with Chevy power. Yes... you are reading this correctly... a Stealth dirt car. If fact, he was so fast he made the Munchkins and VW's look silly by putting almost a 3/4 lap on the field. So for all you potential midget racers at FW, no need to go out and buy something special. All you need is some good setups and a driver that knows how to get it done. This kid was amazing to say the least!!!!

And finally a thank you to Tony Barhorst for keeping indoor pavement racing alive. For the record, Barhorst has been studying some rule changes over the past year. He's talked and listened to a lot of people and made some bold decisions to even the competition and it worked. The 14 YO kid driving a narrow body Stealth dirt car is certainly the proof. Hats off to Tony for stepping out of the box ( one of the few in the country, maybe the only one at this point) and standing firm on some rule changes that needed to be made.