[DonMoore10]

My cars are available and I have an unbiased driver(s) in mind.

In terms of the lack of interest in the Chicago area, what about the lack of interest at Sun Prairie? A 50% decline in participates since 1999. We are down to one dirt race track in Ohio presenting midgets and that's a once a year half mile support class race. Midgets used to be popular all over northern Ohio and that has been wiped out completely. There are a total of 6 short track dirt races left in Indiana, and four of those are within one week. I guess park your midget for the rest of the summer.

Fans love large car counts. I'm not talking about 50-60 cars but 30-40 cars for a race. Now, what promoter is going to turn down a proposal to race midgets if that many cars show up? I can tell you that there are a couple in Indiana that would schedule midgets on a regular basis if that many cars would show up and that there also could be races promoted at several tracks in Ohio with that guarantee.

In my opinion, it has not been a lack of fan interest. It has been the greed of the midget orgs that has caused midget racing to be looked at as a high dollar sport, along with the super millionaire teams that have endless dollars. That is the perception that we have presently. The fans didn't mandate the extra cubes for the $37,000+ engines, nor the titanium and carbon fiber parts, or the biased weight rule that gives an advantage to the tiny drivers, etc etc etc etc. It was the midget orgs that did it!!!!!!!!!!! If the current trend continues, we are looking at midget racing gradually becoming extinct unless this trend is reversed. It's already happening, people. You are all in denial if you think otherwise.

BTW, Scott, I did not connect on the 1 second off lapping in 30 laps statement. Hey, I've seen tons of racing with the present equipment with the leader lapping a good percentage of the field.

And finally, I am proposing this: I would be glad to show up with my two midgets at a dirt short track, in front of race fans, and have my two cars race against each other for 10 laps with the current mandated purple tires. Bring the cars in, change the tires and wheel configuration to what I am proposing and then have them race another 10 laps. For that matter, how many other midget owners would be interesting in joining me with this experiment? Now forget about all the people in the pits... ask the fans what they thought about the racing!!!! Was one race better than the other?? Did the tires and wheel size make any difference to you as a fan?????? and I'm wondering after the racing was over if the fans could tell you which race was demonstrating the purple tires???????? BTW, I already know the answer!!!!!!!!!!!

And to make it even more interesting, I will pick out a track in Ohio where the fans haven't seen midgets race in a long time and let's see if the fans can pick out the purple tire racing!