darnall (Offline)
#27
4/16/11 4:43 PM
I agree that the worst thing you could do would be put any of the following words in the name...MINI, COMPACT, HALF SIZE, or any word that translates to little. It is damn near impossible to get people to pay to watch anything with the word "mini" in the title. When they changed the name 'Mini sprint" to "Lightning Sprint" in Missouri they saw a significant increase in ticket sales and participation just from dropping the word that makes people think "go kart".
Speedcars would be good but if you seriously want people to know what you're referring to you need to incorporate "Chili Bowl" in the name somehow. Most casual race fans (especially stock car fans) know what the Chili Bowl is but still don't know what a midget is.
But if you want to give them a name that is deserving enough to replace midget it should be "THE SHOW" or maybe "SHOW SPRINTS" or "SHOW CARS" because 99% of the time if you go to a midget race with multiple classes on the card the midgets are THE SHOW hands down!!
Or just call em MUD SLINGING ASS KICKIN WHEEL STANDING FIRE BREATHING SLIDE JOBBING 3WIDE MEGA BUCK SUPERCARS. That may be hard to fit on a poster but it's the best descriptive name you could get.....hahahaha