Originally Posted by cbaumeyer48:
Ok..... First, lets ease up on the uncle statement..... Mine passed away 2 yrs ago from a heart attack (still rides on the side of my hood, looking down on me from time to time). Good points , yes we are midgets! So how do we name the series? Midwest Division Two Winged Midget Series?? (Too Long) ....Midwest Winged Midget Series?
I agree, as a kid, when we drove up hwy 41 headed to Haubstadt , I got excited to see an open trailer with a car on it at the petro station. But in today's market, just not feasible. You want to get some fans to notice us and come watch the show..... Be the show!.... PR is where it's at! We did 2 car shows (one at Viking Assaults event, one at Shriners fest), I also set up a display at the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival on the day of the Tri State Speedway race. Each event we placed over 100 children and even some adults in the seat of the car while the parents/friends snapped a pic or two. Many of those people asked when and where we raced these cars. Some of those people came and talked to me in the pits after that nites event. If we all get out there and spend a few hours with the public, it's amazing the results!.... But we need to come up with a more simple name for those people to remember us by!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>"MIDGET">>>>>>>>>>>"WINGED MIDGET">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
We don't have to be trick with the name. All we have to do is name the darned product with an accurate name. A name that has been around a long time and has "T.O.M.A." Top of Mind Awareness (a term that the TV guys used to say I had because I spent so much "MONEY" with them.) If a person said DAD's in Louisville Kentucky everybody answered "No Muff Too Tuff" TV worked well for Mufflers but that slogan became synonymous with Dad's>
Maybe in the outside world Midget is not a well known term in fact in these days of political correctness it is even frowned upon. In the racing community in general every body and every promoter knows what a Midget is. Much easier to sell a Midget Race than sell a "Something almost kind of like Sprint car" Race. If promoters like Wings then we are "Winged Midgets". If we need more cars include the shaft drive guys. I think we can co exist and have a lot of fun racing together. I bet if they tried wings they would also enjoy that form of Midget racing also.
Simple is always better. Engineers call it "Elegant"
I hope you guys will be able to make the D II Midget Race at Du Quoin? The D II is Wayne's from down in Florida Idea. I had nothing to do with it, I simply borrowed it for a short time until people get used to Midget by itself with no or few qualifiers in front or behind it.
Honest Dad himself
