We started the mini sprint thing in Indianaback in the 80's, so perhaps it is ingrained in or minds a little stronger. Most of your groups came along later like about 5 years ago when this guy was was calling for a change. You can probably find his post on IOW. I am just saying he got it wrong too. Can you name me one thing on your car that came from a sprint car? We are very closley related to a full midget. We could race midgets and the crowd would not know the difference. However if we got on a track with sprint cars we would stand out like T%$#@ in the punch bowl.

Mini really doesn't bother me I have been using the word for most of 20 years now and it makes sense to me. Now LIGHTNING what the hell does that apply to. The sad part of it is people have also been looking for a replacement name for MIDGETS. In my eyes they are the ultimate race car bar none. Any one who is an open wheel racer would probably testify to that. Put 20 of those things on a 1/4 mile track and the good cars and drivers rapidly come to the top. Racing 1/4 midgets make kids better drivers and racing midgets make adults better racers. I think mini sprints has a place there also.