This subject has been beat to death so many times I've lost count. Midget racing is not on the upswing. Don't blame the economy, That's not the problem. Until all the midget orgs, tire company(s?), engine builders get together and start over with a clean sheet of paper, nothing is going to change. The national midget forum that meets once a year in Oklahoma is a complete failure and a total waste of time. The hand writing is on the wall when one of the oldest orgs in the country that used to draw 35-40 cars weekly has a car count now in the teens. The only ray of sunshine that I have seen recently is the rumored Emmett Hahn proposal that maybe could get things back into prospective. Just as soon as I post this though, someone is going to get on here and rave about 48 cars showing up for midget week. That doesn't mean $%^t. That's like saying the same for the 300+ cars show up for the Chili Bowl. Five midgets races in Indiana for a week. That's about it for 1/4 and 1/3, 3/8 tracks where midget racing belongs. Why do 70-80 mini sprints show up for a POWRi race and only 25-30 midgets? Well.. one is affordable and one is not. Plain and simple or you would see 70-80 midgets there also.