[BrentTFunk]

Originally Posted by DAD Well>>>not trying to sound political>>>> But who was president back then. I know if I would have had just four more years of that one guy I would have been able to retire. Most racer type folks have taken a serious hit to the hip pocket since 1990. Pavement takes Horsepower and lots and lots of tires, both cost money. The DII concept may bring back some limited shows but nothing like the the 80's and 90's. Honest Dad himself

Remember Bill's number one pet peeve was ********. He said there was no place for it on this site. Please show some respect for the moderators and Mrs G.. The problems in racing are not the fault of any President. These problems develop over a long period of time.

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The VW era of the late 70s and throughout the 80s was the mighty Midgets' hay day! Great car counts on pavement and dirt! Cost was reasonable!

Yes the good old days. Lets see, I had a chevy II engine in a midget. Then I had to get a chevy V-8 engine with the one side cut off of the block. The VW was better, so I had to buy a frame and VW engine. Then it was the mazda rotary engine powered car was better. Then the VW turned in a scat/auto-craft cash burning time. Rebuild that thing ever couple of races. MMM lets get a over head cam engine out of a Ford rally race car. Lets turn a ton of RPM's and send that thing back to England to redo every few races. Ok now let's make a special VW car (hello munchkins) Ok now lets have the sprint car engine builders make special inline 4 engines. Now lets deal with a guy out west that races off road trucks that needs to make some cash to pay for his off road racing team. Yeah if my Dad pays way to much for everything to race on Thursday night USAC midget race. I can get to race in NASCAR. Lets get a INDYCAR mechanic to make a special long track pavement car. You know what, lets get a sprint car and race one of the number of new classes that are racing on dirt. OK what happen to all the midget cars. Did I miss something?