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I will be really sad if the Midget Nationals has ended. I always looked forward to this weekend. Belleville had an energy about it that no other track has. Watching the drivers go as fast as they were, running inches away from each other and the wall, and then throwing extreme sliders separated it from all other tracks. Midgets are my favorite class, and I have never seen anything like them at Belleville.
I think we need to start separating what we know as fact, and what we are just speculating on.
Facts: BC lost his life at Belleville in 2016. in 2017, Ryan Robertson was in a crash that caused him vision problems and he had to miss some races because of it. Both of these drivers were in the best equipment in the business.
The community has done a great job of raising the purse to increase the car count of the event which should be applauded. However, many of the teams that they are attracting do not have the equipment/experience to be competitive. Thus, as another poster stated that many cars in the A-Main could not remain the minimum speed.
USAC worked with three other promoters in this area to re-arrange the heartland schedule. All of these promoters would have known that USAC was not going back to Belleville.
Belleville knew that they did not have a signed contract with USAC.
POWRi had disassociated itself with Belleville many years ago and had been actively scheduling it against for several years.
One of the new venues (Sweet Springs) is a tiny facility with a tiny grandstand, but they can afford the sanction fees.
These things are all facts. Everything is just speculation. I wonder if there is something that we have not thought of. Did the insurance company play a part in this? Did the national owners play a part in this? Did they finally agree that the cars were going to fast and the risks were too high?
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