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Racing has always been and will always be expensive. Keeping in mind that "expensive" is a relative term. An Indycar team owner would look at Midget and Sprint Car racing and say its cheap by comparison.
However, I argue that the engine costs, particularly in midget racing, have gotten out of hand.
There is absolutely no reason for $70,000 four cylinder midget engines. In the Badger Midget Series, the cars at Angell Park have turned laps at 14.4 seconds around a 1/3 mile oval with production based engines. The USAC track record is 14.3 and the Badger record with purpose built engines is 14.1 set by Jerry Coons, Jr. How much is .1-.3 seconds a lap worth? Badger engines are so much less its incredible and yet turn virtually the same lap times. Why spend more when you don't have to?
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Last edited by Ray3; 4/27/22 at 10:55 AM.
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