To say that it was only recently that Midgets started running bigger tracks isn't really accurate. Miles and half miles have been apart of midget racing since nearly the beginning.

Yes they ran the bull rings, but they also ran the miles as well.

According to the USAC schedule; this year they will have run on 8 tracks .500 mile or greater with no 1.0 mile tracks being run. Only 3 of those venues are larger than a half.

As i have said before....I just really don't think people give enough weight to the fact that Sprint Cars now race regulary where at one time Midget would only Run.

USAC didn't run it's first Sprint race on a track less than a Half Mile was at Kokomo in I believe 1982. As Sprint Cars have become seen less as "Widow Makers" and more as a Hobby sport, they have grown and midgets have not.

Face it...Sprinters are louder and sound more impressive to say you drive than a midget is.