Originally Posted by fasster23:
So if I'm understanding this right the Champ cars came first, then the sprints, then the midgets. If that's correct then the sprints would've been smaller than a Champ car and midgets weren't invented yet so they had to have got the name "big car" after the invention of the midget. So what did they call a "big car" or sprint car before the midget came along? Was it just considered a smaller Champ car at the time and eventually the sprint became its own class? Thanks for the replies. I've been curious of this for awhile and couldn't come up with an answer.Posted via Mobile Device
I think, if you go back and read old newspaper reports, they were all "racing cars" through the 1920s. The Indy Cars were also run on the miles. The cars run on shorter tracks were much the same; they just shortened the wheelbase. I think the term "Champ Cars" is post-WWII.