It is great to see them race cars there again rather demolish them. I know there are plenty of open wheel fans in Illinois, but this area is mostly late model/modified types. I know Joliet has a long history of midget racing but from my observation it was a niche crowd. The late Sante Fe speedway, while having some great open wheel races, was a legendary late model track and nearby Kankakee speedway the same. While I don't claim to know anyone of the new promotion team other than by name, it should be noted that they have deep LM roots. That being said, if the powri show up with the type of program they are capable of, it won't matter who gets top billing, the show will speak for itself. I just hope enough midget teams are up to running a track bigger than a sixth mile.
Originally Posted by Aces&Eights:
What? I'm not sure how to take that. The D2's will be running in Georgia in February on a fast 3/8 and the Midgets go to Belleville, which is a very fast 1/2 mile. Midgets race more & bigger places than the Chilli Bowl... Geez.
Your 78 posts are showing your newness to this board. This is another item that always gets a lot of emotion.
You are correct Belleville is a very fast 1/2 mile, but until a recent effort to help with the starting money. It was having a very hard time getting cars.
The Gold Crown at Tri-City was another high paying midget event that struggled to get good car counts.
While USAC will book the bigger tracks, it appears that POWRi has traditionally stayed away from the larger tracks.
Aces, that was a bit of sarcasm from me as there has been plenty of our esteemed brethren on IOW who advocate midgets on tracks that are dinky. I say to them, you're wrong, and must not have ever been to the Hut Hundred back when they started 33 cars. A lot talk about engine strain, but back in the day I made the 4 crown ran the whole race, and blew it up at Angell Park.
Originally Posted by mscs20:
Look for some of the Badger guys to come across the border. Sun Prairie is PowrI sanctioned.
"Sun Prairie is PowrI sanctioned"; or "promoted"? There is only one POWRi ("national") midget race there (this year & at least 2016...idk if any websites go back much further than that nowdays...lol)
