I am totally amazed once again at the mindset of almost all of the posters in this thread falling into the same trap that has lead to the decline of midget racing over the past few years. Reading these posts is clear proof that almost all of you "don't get it."

My question I posed has still not been answered. Did the midget race car fans petition the sanctioning bodies that they wanted these hoods, more cubic inches for certain engines, titanium parts, cage panels etc etc? If not, then why are we doing it?? This is real simple IOWheelers and at the heart of the survival of midget racing.

A few years ago, I did some research on the car counts of a very well known not for profit midget org. ( not USAC) I documented it from 1999 on. The research showed and proved that this club was about to head for the graveyard if they didn't do something about it. Just reporting the facts on here. Facts don't lie, people. Right after I posted the decline in car count facts, I was blasted into orbit by a race official from that group. Now this person was so close to the situation the person couldn't see the forest for the trees. My prediction came true and now this club is scrambling to survive. Wakeup people and get real.

Yes, I can well afford one of the dished hoods. DUH. It's the direction behind the idea that is frightening, actually beyond freightening, it's reality right now.

We are at a very critical turning point in midget racing. There are going to be some showdowns coming up soon and time will tell where the midget community is headed. Buying a dished hood may not be an issue at the end of this season if you have very few or no races. We will see.