Mini sprints on asphalt?

chop · 9/3/11, 5:04 PM

They tried to race them awhile back in the Michigan area on pavement. A micro sprint (600) is not a midget frame. A mini sprint is a basic midget frame. The normal track for a 600 is a 1/6 1/8 mile track. A problem with running them on pavement is the loads in the corners. Hubs-wheels-bearing. do not hold up to the loads. For ever brand new-state of the art 600 that would show up to race you would have ten minis that are old and a little long in the tooth. So before you say go out and buy all new parts to race on pavement. Remember most racers -spend more then they can--or right at the limits of what they are doing. A street stock racer has a street stock because that is what he can race. Its not like he could have a indy car but just likes steet stocks. Its what he can do with what he has. Same for mini sprints. They have million dollars in the bank--just race 600 because they do not want to move up the ladder.I have gone around on a 1/2 mile dirt in a 600. fast-fast -fast

short track scott · 9/3/11, 8:54 PM

Too fast is usually determined by the insurance underwriter who says whether or not they will cover a given event. Any racer still in his senses will not race at a track that does not have insurance, and insurance companies spend a lot of time looking at the safety of speedway and their potential of (financial) risk if a driver, fan or official is injured racing a given car at a given track.

Just because a car CAN go around a track does not always mean it SHOULD go around a track.
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PatrickMead#13 · 9/7/11, 6:09 PM

Good responses and I'm glad to see there is/was a little flame to it. I grew up watching Thursday Night Thunder on ESPN and loved Midgets and I was told a 1200 mini could hang with one. It's too bad that there couldn't be some kind of semi-local series. I'm just a small guy so I can't afford to run a Midget but my 1200 is more affordable for me and trying it on asphalt has been something to shoot for. I remember Shadybowl Speedway running the NAMARS Series there in 99. It's a 3/10 mile track. Anderson would be cool too, but I've just always like the track there...lol

9/3/11, 5:04 PM	#11 Re: Mini sprints on asphalt?
chop Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 318	They tried to race them awhile back in the Michigan area on pavement. A micro sprint (600) is not a midget frame. A mini sprint is a basic midget frame. The normal track for a 600 is a 1/6 1/8 mile track. A problem with running them on pavement is the loads in the corners. Hubs-wheels-bearing. do not hold up to the loads. For ever brand new-state of the art 600 that would show up to race you would have ten minis that are old and a little long in the tooth. So before you say go out and buy all new parts to race on pavement. Remember most racers -spend more then they can--or right at the limits of what they are doing. A street stock racer has a street stock because that is what he can race. Its not like he could have a indy car but just likes steet stocks. Its what he can do with what he has. Same for mini sprints. They have million dollars in the bank--just race 600 because they do not want to move up the ladder.I have gone around on a 1/2 mile dirt in a 600. fast-fast -fast

9/3/11, 8:54 PM	#12
short track scott Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 365	Too fast is usually determined by the insurance underwriter who says whether or not they will cover a given event. Any racer still in his senses will not race at a track that does not have insurance, and insurance companies spend a lot of time looking at the safety of speedway and their potential of (financial) risk if a driver, fan or official is injured racing a given car at a given track. Just because a car CAN go around a track does not always mean it SHOULD go around a track. Posted via Mobile Device

9/7/11, 6:09 PM	#13 Re: Mini sprints on asphalt?
PatrickMead#13 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 954	Good responses and I'm glad to see there is/was a little flame to it. I grew up watching Thursday Night Thunder on ESPN and loved Midgets and I was told a 1200 mini could hang with one. It's too bad that there couldn't be some kind of semi-local series. I'm just a small guy so I can't afford to run a Midget but my 1200 is more affordable for me and trying it on asphalt has been something to shoot for. I remember Shadybowl Speedway running the NAMARS Series there in 99. It's a 3/10 mile track. Anderson would be cool too, but I've just always like the track there...lol