While it is my opinion that Non-Wing racing isn’t dying, I am concerned about its overall health and for that matter all of open wheel racing, esp. at the weekly level. Outside of the Chili Bowl and the Badger organization, it appears midget racing in general is struggling to attract participation. Indiana, which has always been the stronghold of weekly non-wing sprint cars in the country has seen car counts drop from around 100 cars/Saturday night pre-COVID to around 50-55 in 2023, spread across 3 tracks. PA., which has long been the regarded as the stronghold of weekly winged racing has seen car counts drop over the last few years as well, despite paying what is generally regarded as the largest weekly purses in the country.

I know that historically, car counts have run in cycles, and I hope that we are just seeing one of those cycles.