In my opinion, as someone who started selling goodyears to USAC midgets in the late 80's to owning a midget in the early 00's, the midgets (and sprints for that matter) have been pushed onto tracks and events that aren't really for them. Outside of an occasional PIR (Copper World) or Belleville, the entire concept of a midget really belonged on bullrings. When they were pushed to 1/2 mile tracks and beyond, they pushed people out. Now they were pushed to those places I believe because the purses (in theory) could better support them.

The entire economy of racing is so upside down that ANY class at ANY track has a hard time getting large participation. At Flat Rock and Toledo Speedway we cringe at running the Late Models for fear of their purse - even though we get some of the larger car counts in the area - and this is with an anemic purse!

Risk vs. Return is a big reason you don't see either larger counts or smaller tracks running them. I don't see many classes around me open wheel or otherwise that asks someone to spend even as "little" as 10,000 on a motor that "may" make an entire season...if that season is under 10 races... Also, I can't see convincing my track owner to book a midget show for $10,000 with the hope of enticing 13-15 midgets to come out...