Originally Posted by har59:
Midget shaft drive, MSD
Midget chain drive, MCD
The word sprint should not b included.....
Two classes of midgets
shaft drive
Chain drive
har
I don't think we had a single "Lightning fast Sprint Car chassis" car entered for the "Du Quoin DII Midget Race For The Golden Pumper" race at Du Quoin Mini Magic Mile race track. They will all be race cars based off of the standard Midget chassis.
Thank God because we would have had to position a tow truck at each turn to help them big cars navigate those tight turns.
I've seen full up sprints, both wing and non wing on a 5/10ths track. You'd be amazed. In fact the track had longer straights than the mini magic mile. It was the old Portsmouth grey clay track. Full up All star show that Keegan won. They hauled em in. backwards and shot down the other straight. Then I seen a NW practice on it. Same thing.
It was probably the wildest and non flatfooted winged racing I'd ever seen for Sprint Cars.
If we reduce 5/10 mile to the lowest common denominator we get 1/2 mile right? I know I am just being an a-hole. I work at it. They also ran the big cars up at the Hoosier Dome one year.
Luckily not a single sprint car was confused by the title "Lightning Sprint" that Steve used on his poster for the race, but it could have happened. These cars are nothing like a Sprint Car but this name "Lightning Sprint" could confuse a less enlightened Sprint car team. Then what would we do, let them run also since they showed up to race??
Why hasn't anyone thought of calling these cars by this name?:
Outlaw Midgets!! The majority of our events are winged (thus outlaw in orientation).... And then we get to utilize the chassis name. (Thus making those who want us known as a midget class happy!)..... This will also allow marketing to be easier (ie, USOMS= US Outlaw Midget Series or MOMS = Midwest Outlaw Midget Series, ect) JAI
We need someone to step up and start another poll with polling experience. I am not too good at it and appears Jim is not also.
I did come up with another name "AAA Midgets" (a name once Synonymous with racing). Triple A has been out of the racing business for what I guess is 60+ years now. Since Google map has kind off taken over their trip planning service and their major roll is the Towing business and Insurance, maybe we could entice them back into the racing game on a limited basis as our Sponsor.
Honest Dad himself
ALL MIDGETS ...WERE CHAIN DRIVEN.....FROM DAY ONE !!
Sprint cars... never ran chains......
lack of knowledge on Midget Racing is the problem....
68-72 inch wheel base... is a Midget.... regardless of motor or drive line... geeeez.....
Originally Posted by cbaumeyer48:
Why hasn't anyone thought of calling these cars by this name?:
Outlaw Midgets!! The majority of our events are winged (thus outlaw in orientation).... And then we get to utilize the chassis name. (Thus making those who want us known as a midget class happy!)..... This will also allow marketing to be easier (ie, USOMS= US Outlaw Midget Series or MOMS = Midwest Outlaw Midget Series, ect) JAI
That would be great; except this isn't just about what has been called Mini/Lightning Sprints, it was intended to be a poll about what to call the amalgam of Motorcycle AND stock-base Automotive-powered, primarily non-wing competition...
I think this may be an issue why many didn't vote. 
