Originally Posted by AJ_Engines:
I agree with all that has been said so far and have been thinking along the same mind frame as DAD has for a little while now. I have just bought my first Upright / Mini Sprint / Lightning Sprint / 1200cc Sprint / Modified Midget a couple of months ago. I found the following in the Illini Racing Series Sportsman Midget rule book.
Motorcycle powered cars – No intake restriction necessary.1200 cc max with RPM limited to 10,500
Chain drive allowed on the motorcycle engine. The chain must be enclosed for safety.
The seat height minimum is 10 inches on the chain drive motorcycle midgets. Measured from the bottom of the frame rail to the lowest part of the seat.
So with these we are already classified as a Sportsman Midget as well.
We can be called Sportsman Midget, Motorcycle Powered Midgets (or like Steve said Moto-Midgets), my favorite of Chain Driven Midgets, a Chained Midget, or a combination of these like in the Seat height rule above.
Papa, you are probably right. Most groups have already changed to Lightning Sprints and wouldn’t want to change again. I agree with DAD, however, and feel that because we have so much more in common with a FULL midget that the name should reflect that. Midget's have a history of having a diverse field of engine sizes and manufactures, whereas Sprints and Stock Cars have been dominated by small block Chevys. This diversity could allow our engines to be ran in a Midget but the chain drive still set us apart thus the name Chain Driven Midget.
AJ
I hear ya AJ, the unfortunate thing is I have spent thousands of $$$ this year promoting LIGHTNING SPRINTS here in Florida and I would be shooting myself in the foot to change my series now specially in it's infancy stage....I know to the racer it is not that big a deal but the way I am promoting my series Lightning Sprints are just a Division of Southern States Sprints Series...next year I will be starting a new Division call SW600 which is the Sidewinder 600 Micro Sprints. You guy's in Indiana need to think a lil outside the box as a promoter and not just a racer and what everyone else across the country might be doing...I have to cause my Winternationals bring several different groups together in Feb.