How about calling them primordial dwarf cars? LOL
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Anyone old enough to remember when NEMA tried calling them "Formula M"? Of course, that's when some of their cars looked like little supermods. :-) I was the PR Director charged with getting the word out. I did articles, brochures, etc., but I obviously did a terrible job, because it sure didn't stick. :-)

you could call them compact sprints

Dirt Champ Cars, thats not a bad one.
I dont like anything with the word small or mini in it. Most people assume it's a toy. They assume my minisprint is a toy intill I tell them it'll lap as fast as the bigblock mods. By the way when did people start calling 600 micro's minisprints ? I got all exciting thinking I found a nonwinged race for my minisprint and I found out they were micro's.
Midgets they will be always to me, although I dont really like the name that much.
Midgets are the badass of the bad.
Ever been to a Midget race and a dwarf throwing contest broke out ? Thats what I wanna see

Why try to change history, let it live as long as it will, as I recall, there were a lot of names for as many types of cars that raced, Midgets, I believe, were named that, because the only other cars like them at the time, were called/named Big Cars, and we all know where that went. People who don't know what you are talking about, won't know anymore after you try to explain it to them, because they haven't been to a race, or may have seen just a glimse on TV, and it was so brief they didn't identify with it, I too find it frustrating, that our favorite form of racing, is unknown to so many people, but ya gotta remember, most of the folks you run into, are not as old, and educated in racng, as you are, how often do you get to hear a good sounding engine, in a street car anymore, it's all high dollar stereo crap under the deck lid, not a real sound under the hood. My vote, leave it as it is, if you change it now, look at all the old folks you'll have to re-educate! Bob

Charles..this doesn't add up...a three quarter midget would be a .75 midget...lolol.....

Just call em Speedcars when talking to the lame people who make the "what are they, little people?" quips..whenever I hear that..it's like UGHHHHH...what a moron

I agree that the worst thing you could do would be put any of the following words in the name...MINI, COMPACT, HALF SIZE, or any word that translates to little. It is damn near impossible to get people to pay to watch anything with the word "mini" in the title. When they changed the name 'Mini sprint" to "Lightning Sprint" in Missouri they saw a significant increase in ticket sales and participation just from dropping the word that makes people think "go kart".

Speedcars would be good but if you seriously want people to know what you're referring to you need to incorporate "Chili Bowl" in the name somehow. Most casual race fans (especially stock car fans) know what the Chili Bowl is but still don't know what a midget is.

But if you want to give them a name that is deserving enough to replace midget it should be "THE SHOW" or maybe "SHOW SPRINTS" or "SHOW CARS" because 99% of the time if you go to a midget race with multiple classes on the card the midgets are THE SHOW hands down!!

Or just call em MUD SLINGING ASS KICKIN WHEEL STANDING FIRE BREATHING SLIDE JOBBING 3WIDE MEGA BUCK SUPERCARS. That may be hard to fit on a poster but it's the best descriptive name you could get.....hahahaha

[QUOTE=HRI99;221884]"Fun sized" sprint cars

Good stuff. Has my vote!
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SPEEDCARS!

" Pound For Pound The Most Powerful, Responsive Cars On The PLANET!

actually, we might as well pick a new name for sprint cars, as well. when I tell the average joe that we are involved in automobile racing, they will inevitably ask "what kind?" when I tell them sprint cars I always get a blank stare or, the question "those ones that look like a dune-buggy?????"