Charles
I am not a big believer in purpose built race cars, but on a big track nothing beats a Crown Car. Midgets work great on Bull Rings but a Crown car would have to use reverse to negotiate some of them tight little turns. A midget at Raceway park looks a little squirrley to me. I don't really enjoy them there because to me they are out of their element. Generally on those big old tracks instead of 5 abreast you get an old freight train type race.
Sure they could get tires like Fi and get great life out of them but that would necessitate a FI suspension system and best I can remember they outlawed independent suspension before it could get off the ground. That is probably a good thing because who would want to watch a Mini Indy race unless it is a 1/4 midget little indy race.
Sure these new motors Toyota are powerful. They do it with a really big bore and bigger valves than the competition. Better breathing means more power. But the motor in the car you drive to the race probably breathes almost as good as that $40,000.00 race motor in those expensive little midget cars.
Race cars are supposed to be on the cutting edge of today's technology not on the cutting edge of 40 year old technology. There are not a lot of people that would want to buy a brand new Pinto today?
Honest Dad himself
