This is an interesting discussion. It seems the guys who blew huge amounts of money with Esslinger and Stanton are a little on the salty side. How dare you call your car a midget, even though it's the same Spike, Beast, DRC or Bullet that they have. Same wheels, tires, rear end, steering, axles front and rear. But, and this is a big But, you put an Ecotec in there that only cost $10,000 new and will last for years. They went out and spent over $25k + on that reverse head Esslinger so only they can call their race machine a midget! I don't want to hear how the fans will feel ripped off. It seems to me that plenty of fans enjoyed the races up through the 70's when guys were running VW's that were not pumping out 350-400hp. If E. Hahn told everyone that next years Chilibowl was an Ecotec only race and the same 325 guys showed up to race, I would bet the stands would continue to stay filled all week.

Someone told me once that It takes a real man to wheel a sprint car around a dirt track. It's starting to look true as those guys could care less if anyone or thing with 4 open wheels calls themselves a something something Sprint car. I don't see them getting all bent out of shape about a 270cc two stroke being called a sprint car.

Just get over yourselves. And for the chain drive cars, who really gives a #%*€. It's a race car, who cares. I saw someone bring up insurance and the danger of the chain. Please, 100's of tracks run with them with no issues. You would think they are flying into the stands on a weekly basis and maiming women and children.

And no offense to sim racers, but has it really gotten to the point now that sim racers are telling us the subtle differences between a 1000cc car and a powri/usac midget? I knew the day would come when everything we do and experience will be done on our computers, I just thought it would be long after I was gone.

If it's a certain size, its a midget. Stamp it.