Indy Lights and USAC Silver Crown and Sprint Car driver Jacob Wilson of Crawsfordsville, Indiana will make his return to the Allen County Exposition Center for the upcoming Rumble Midget Series December 30-31. Wilson will be piloting a car entered by Moore Racing Enterprises of LaGrange, Ohio. Wilson, who has been absent from the series for several years, will be subbing for Geoff Kaiser of Fort Wayne, Indiana who is still recovering from a freak racing accident a few months ago. Kaiser will take over managing the team along with mechanic Clint Wilson, Jacob's younger brother.
Wilson is no stranger to the Moore Racing stable as he has two outdoor victories the past two seasons driving for owner Don Moore. "When Geoff Kaiser had his accident, it was a no brainer to put Jacob in the car. He and Kaiser are two of the best pavement specialists in the country," said Moore.
Wilson will be behind the wheel of a Beast midget that was built for Kenny Irwin, Jr. in the early 90's. The car won the Mel Kenyon Classic at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1993 with a Pontiac engine. That race can be viewed on YouTube. That same car also won the 2002 Fort Wayne event.
I thought is was going to be one of those famous Lights drivers like Gustavo Yacaman or Jorge Goncalvez honing their open wheel talent by running a midget at Ft Wayne.
What engine is in the car, now? There's a video kicking around on Youtube taken with an in-car camera of another of Jacob Wilson's visit to Fort Wayne.
Nice work Don...any connection between midgets/sprinters and the speedway makes me smile... So how much midget experience does
jacob have? the story said he was making his RETURN to the Rumble...SOmebody give me some background please.
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Disregard the above question....I was mistaking Jacob for Stephan Wilson, Justin Wilsons brother...sorry to show my dumbassedness so early in the week...hahahaha
Originally Posted by Midget 89:
What engine is in the car, now? There's a video kicking around on Youtube taken with an in-car camera of another of Jacob Wilson's visit to Fort Wayne.
We have a Stanton Mopar in the Beast for this year's race.
Just out of curiousity, what kinda gear do you have to run in a midget at Ft Wayne? For a VW or for an inline pushrod motor? is it even possible to get geared deep enough to turn the R's you want with a modern pushrod motor or an esslinger? I've been to Ft Wayne with a 600cc car and I now own a midget so my curiosity is really peaked about gearing
Originally Posted by darnall:
Just out of curiousity, what kinda gear do you have to run in a midget at Ft Wayne? For a VW or for an inline pushrod motor? is it even possible to get geared deep enough to turn the R's you want with a modern pushrod motor or an esslinger? I've been to Ft Wayne with a 600cc car and I now own a midget so my curiosity is really peaked about gearing
For a 3.78 rear you want to run a gear set somewhere in the low 30's.
