OK, We have proven that 1000 cc winged midgets can perform on a big 1/2 mile dirt track like Eldora and not do too much damage to themselves or others.. Is that where they perform the best? From watching the video of the feature race at Eldora I would have to say it looked a little boring to the crowd. I know it wasn't boring to the drivers trying to keep their cars straight at 100+ mph on a dirt track with their eyeballs shaking out of their head. But like full midgets this track was really not designed for them to race on. One downfall of the USAC National midgets is trying to race on these larger tracks. Poweri is doing quite well racing on the smaller tracks. They have large car counts and fill the grand stands. Short track motors are cheaper to own and operate. And the richer racers can't out spend and overpower their competition as easily.

These are small cars and they work best on small tracks, "BULL RINGS" in particular. The best 1000cc race I have watched in a long time was at the Madison Indiana Fairgrounds last year on that little skinny race track designed for 3/4 midgets.

Terry Eaglin and Bill May presented the first 3/4 midget/1000cc midget showdown. Not a lot of cars showed up, maybe 14 or so, but those that did show up showed up to race. It looked kinda of like a Nascar show there was not anyone anywhere at that race track that was sitting down during the race. There was just too much action going on and I for one was shaking at the end of that thing, almost caused sensory overload, I was worn out and I know the drivers were too.

Eldora is a great place to get exposure but not the best place for us to race on. We seem to race best on 1/4 mile and smaller tracks. My favorite track would be Little Salem followed very closely by Brownstown Indiana and Montpelier Indiana. Three very different tracks but all of these track allow for close wheel to wheel racing and present our cars at their best. There are a lot of these smaller tracks around in Indiana and Ohio and we should be looking at them as possible race sites. All we have to do is convince the promoters that we have a good product and we can draw front gate fans and get the race ran and over with without a whole lot of yellow flag laps. You know it's kinda of neat to watch race cars race that close together and not run over one another all the time.

Honest Dad himself