I think there is a place for a run what you brung type of deal. I don't believe it has any place in USAC or Powri, but there isn't any thing wrong with it.

I watched the Mini's take it to the Midgets at an All Star show in the early 90's, but as they say:That was then and this is now. The Mini's haven't really changed much since then and the Midgets are at least twice as good today as they were then.

Like anything else; perception is what it is. If you percieve the Minis are as good as the standard midget, then that is your reality.

My personal belief is that if you ran a series combining both in a run whatcha brung style, the midgets will assert themselves fairly early and it will be hard for a Mini to win more than 10 percent of the shows.

In todays world of car counts over quality mentality and the state of Indiana being as Sprint car heavy as it is, then if you want to have a Mini/Midget combo group; I say go for it.

My question is: How many races will it take if one type of car is dominant over another style before those with the style of car that is being beaten starts to complain that it isn't fair and they go off and start running somewhere else because they can't take it.

At this point it is starting to appear that Don is the Steve Lewis of this type of racing. C'mon Don; stop bringing you're superior cars over and picking on these low buck guys who just want to have fun. You have a whole stable of cars verses these guys who just have what they brought to the track. (Amazing how quickly the tables are reversed)

I don't know who had the Esslinger there, so I may be wrong; but without seeing the full results it appears that the team with the best funding won the race and runs upfront at every show such as this. Seems to be a common story in racing.