kdobson

Those darned things are contagious. People harp about national rules but when one thinks how big this country really is a one size fits all thing is not always the best policy. Racing at the grass roots has always been local running what is available in the neighborhood. Most weekend racers like to stay close to home and race at the most several different tracks. Glad to hear you guys are doing good up their. PowrI is working on a standardized set of rules and that is a good thing if it is a good set of rules it will be emulated my many other smaller racing groups all over.

The original concept of D II midgets began when an old guy down in Florida was racing Mini Sprints and was having problems with chain wear while racing in that sand that they live in. He wanted to turn the motor around and install a drive shaft just like the Kenyon Midgets. Well about that same time USAC was racing Focus Midgets (a bit under-powered for a race car) and the ECOtec midgets were just coming on line. I had watched the ECOtec's at the shootout that year and suggested that the Ecotec Midget, Focus Midget and the 1200cc Mini Sprint were all very compatible and could race well together.

All of this started over a discussion right here on IOW. Every body including this guy down south wanted to call Mini Sprint a Lightning Sprint. I thought then and still think so today that that was a dumb name for our cars. Well I finally convinced him that the only difference between a Midget and Mini Sprint was the power plant and drive system. He agreed with me finally and he then came up with the name D II Midget, applied it to all 3 classes of cars and it looks like it is going to stick too. Now they call him the "Grand Father" of D II Midgets>>personally I think "God Father" would be more appropriate. "Don" Wayne


Honest Dad himself