Has anybody thought of a winter indoor series in conjunction with monster jam? It was just a thought I had and was just seing if anybody has tried it or thought of it also? It would be a great way to expose a lot of fans to midget racing. What do you guys think?
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We have done it for several years with minisprints down here in Louisville at Freedom Hall, always a lot of fun.

I see the the indoor midget show at the Southern Illinois Center on the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds the weekend before Christmas is gonna' happen again this year. That's a neat deal to have that time of year and last year the fairgrounds were decked out for Christmas which was pretty cool, too. Unfortunately, according to the Du Quoin State Fair website there is no mention of the "light up the fairgrounds" deal this year. Hopefully they just don't have it listed yet.

I'm curious to know what the Steve Nace Racing deal consists of.

We ran Dwarf cars on the dirt at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta this past Feb. They only had about 10 minutes of racing between the heat and the "feature." They were a blast to watch, but anything faster than them would probably be frowned upon. I work for Monster Jam as a tech official and if any one has any ideas or questions feel free to ask me and I can put the idea in the right hands.

what about maybe tqs and minis they would be more something different? I know i wold love to run our TQ indoors somewhere on dirt would be fun. talk to MTQRL they can put on a good show and include 600 minis? just an idea.

steve nace promotes flat track motorcycles and karts

Cool....where did you find out about this race?

The Rumble In Fort Wayne is coming up Dec. 30 and 31. Here is an article on the second night of racing last year. Jimmy Anderson won the first night.

13th annual Rumble in Fort Wayne
Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 and Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 ● Memorial Coliseum Expo Center ● Fort Wayne, Ind.

SATURDAY STORY

Darland barges way past teammate for victory

By RON WARE
Classic Motorsports

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Car owner Rick Daugherty saw a probable 1-2 finish vanish just five laps from the checkered flag, but that couldn’t burst his bubble.

“This is a contact sport,” a grinning Daugherty said after Dave Darland banged his way past teammate Jon Stanbrough to capture Saturday’s midget race that capped the final night of the 13th annual “Rumble in Fort Wayne.”

“That’s what I love about indoor racing. It’s kind of exciting.”

After hounding his teammate for several laps, Darland got a run coming off turn two, then bolted to the inside as they reached turn three on the racy, 1/6-mile concrete track in the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center. Darland nosed ahead and the cars touched, with Stanbrough spinning to a halt and Darland speeding away.

Darland held off fast qualifier David Gough by 2½ car-lengths following the restart, giving him his second career Fort Wayne victory and 10th top-three finish in 17 career starts. Derek Bischak of nearby Angola, Ind., settled for third after leading nearly half of the 60 laps. Adam Wilsdon, a 15-year-old who’s headed back to high school, and Jim Anderson, who won here on Friday, rounded out the top five. Stanbrough, who did not restart, settled for eighth.

In the pit area afterward, Darland greeted a long line of well-wishers as Stanbrough stewed a few feet away.

“My car was just real good, and his car was just too tight,” the 44-year-old Darland said. “I got into him. I gave him as much room as I could. He just came down into me.

“It’s bad when that happens with teammates. Indoor racing has a lot of contact. I’m sure there are a lot of people not happy with me tonight.”

Stanbrough couldn’t hide his disappointment but minced his words.

“My car was starting to pick up a push a little bit,” he admitted. “I just didn’t get it through the corner as good as I was earlier in the race.

“I don’t know,” he said, pausing. “What is it to say? It’s disappointing the way it happened. That’s two nights in a row (that an accident took him out).”

Daugherty, who operates a Peterbilt dealership in Findlay, Ohio, called it “just a racin’ deal” after collecting his third Rumble Series victory as an owner – and first at history-steeped Fort Wayne.

“Jon sort of opened the door for Dave,” he said. “His car got a little tight.”

Bischak, who started from the pole, set a torrid pace until tangling with Billy Wease as he tried to lap him on lap 28. That put Stanbrough in front, but Darland took over second on lap 46 when Cory Setser of Fort Wayne clipped a tire barrier in turn four, then mounted his charge. Within five laps, he was on Stanbrough’s tail, testing him outside, then inside. He got a run when Stanbrough went high in turn two, setting up the drama one turn later.

Ryan Smith won the accompanying winged outlaw modified feature, leading all 40 laps in beating John Ivy and Larry Joe Sroufe for his second victory here in two years. Kris Knox emerged as winner of the Rumble Series’ unique indoor-outdoor championship for the 600cc cars, which opened with two races on dirt at Miami County Speedway in Peru, Ind.

http://www.rumbleseries.com/

It is listed on the Du Quoin State Fair website, here's the link http://www.agr.state.il.us/dq/?pg=140 It's shown as POWERi National Midgets. The POWERi website makes no mention of it, though. Don't know what to make of that. I'm sure someone here knows the details.

It was broadcast on the internet as a PPV event last year. It was a pretty good show and not much else in the way of motorsports is going on throughout the country at that time. It's a nice little dirt track they build in the SIC. We went to some midget races in this building during the Du Quoin State Fair several years ago and those were pretty good shows as well. Wish they still ran the indoor midgets during Fair, we really enjoyed those, too.

Hopefully we'll be able to make it down to Du Quoin again for this years show, it was worth the drive. If not I hope they offer it on PPV again. Either way it's good entertainment on a cold December night.

Ya I went to duqoin for the first time for that race and loved it. It would be sweet if they had a couple more shows in the winter and maybe havea little points series. Just a thought. I'm hoping to make duqoin my first race in a midget. Hopefully we have our stuff ready or even have a car by then.
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