My mistake. Rich Chesavage. My role in the midget community? Almost zero. About the only time I touch the things is at the Chili Bowl which is more of a social event with noisy races in the background. I'm a sprint car guy. As a matter of fact, I can't stand to work on midgets. In a sprint car, it would be unusual to open the hood at the racetrack. In a midget, it's unusual to NOT open the hood at the racetrack. There's enought to do at the racetrack without having to screw around with the motor. You should try it sometime, you might find it refreshing. I have several British sports cars. Why several? Because you need several to have one running. I find the little brit cars to be more reliable than a midget.

Now that I've bagged on the things a bunch, I have to say that I love watching midget races. It seems like the only time I get to watch them is while waiting for the sprint car feature and you know what?, the midgets are often more entertaining that the sprints. Years ago when they were running the winter TV winged Slick 50 races at manzanita, they ran the midgets earlier in the day. I looked forward to traveling all across Robin Hood's Merry forest to watch the midgets run when I had nothing to do with them. If I'm spectating, give me midgets over sprints at Putnamville or the old Kokomo.

With that, it saddens me to watch these things die. It's also getting boring to listen to people ***** about problems without offering solutions. Yes, I've read the solutions offered and a lot of them either don't make sense or just pick at the problem. I'm not normally a throw back kind of guy but it seems like these cars need to go back to the stone age to be saved.