David, post #6 well said.

Don Moore as a race fan for 50 plus years I really don't care what tire the cars run on, as Seadog pointed out I don't think the average fan can tell the difference. As a former supermodified car owner I know quite a bit about the tire wars between Goodyear and Hoosier. Goodyear was the only tire you could run when I first started following the supermodifieds. Once Goodyear became the dominate tire in the Nascar divisions it opened a door for Hoosier to bring all of the open wheel divisons under their umbrella, so to speak. The supers have probably ran Hoosier rubber for about 20 to 25 years now.

In your original post you were looking for Sun Prairie and Rumble Series fans to respond, unfortunately I have never attended either. The only things I know about them I have learned from the IOW members posting on this site. However, like David midget racing has been one of my favorite forms of auto racing for the past 50 plus years. The supermodifieds have run at Thompson, Oswego, Star and Lee Speedways with the NEMA midgets for special events; just recently I learned Joey Payne a very successful NEMA midget driver will step away from the midgets and concentrate on running supers this year. That decision wasnn't made because of the high cost of running a midget, it was made because of the number of Thursday night races NEMA has booked this year. In todays economy Joey felt he cann't take the time away from his 9-5 job, the job that puts the food on the table and a roof over his families head to go racing on a Thursday night. Feeling it was unfair to the car owner he has driven for to only run select races he stepped away from the midgets. TQ midgets were one of my other favorite forms of midget racing, the Can-Am TQ midgets held a winter series at the Niagara Falls Convention Center for years until the place was turned into an Indian Casino, I attended every race ever held there.

The recent Thursday night practice at Manzy saw 29 midgets take to the track, more than the sprints or SC, on Friday Rob announced there were 44 midgets, I think I counted 41 actually take to the track for racing action. I thought that was a strong showing for hauling half way cross country to run.

This race fan feels you need to channel your energy into building the midget series up, get over the fact that you have to run Hoosier Tires or go play with the divisions that run the cheaper tire. All divisions of auto racing are loosing car owners, drivers, sponsors and race tracks to run on this year more than ever. My experience with Hoosier Tire Co. has always been if they have a tire deal with a racing organization or track they do put money back into the point fund, etc.; if this doen't make you happy play some where else.

This race fan and IOW member is tried of you starting new thread after new thread simply to express your dislike for Hoosier Tire Co.. Midget racing is expensive, all forms of racing are expensive my theory on that Nascar single-handedly drove the cost of auto racing sky high. All forms of auto racing are paying the price for Nascar's success.

Pull your midget out of your garage an go racing at the track that makes you the happiest, support your local track and be thankful it is still there to race on.

Good Luck in 2009!

Patti