outsider
#1
1/17/10 9:05 PM
Robin Miller just said that Mopar, Chevy, Ford and now Toyota are out of factory teams in midget racing.
If this is true maybe we can get back to having reasonably priced midget engines.
darnall (Offline)
#2
1/17/10 10:12 PM
Problem is that now too many people are used to paying 32 grand plus
sc96 (Offline)
#3
1/17/10 11:29 PM
So does this mean that getting engine parts for a toyota is going to dry up.
buck2 (Offline)
#5
1/18/10 3:43 PM
It could very well be that Ford's subsidy to Esslinger allowed the development of the $20K engine that won Saturday's Chili Bowl A main. If that's true, then factory support may not be a bad thing. Racers wind up paying just the hard cost of the engine rather than R&D costs being added to the price of each engine. Ford gets naming rights...and I do see some cars with engines called Ford Esslinger...and we racers benefit.
Lucky161 (Offline)
#7
1/18/10 8:01 PM
I can't think of a single series in either open wheel or stock cars that benefitted from factory interference, err, I mean support. The factories are NOT race fans. They care about one thing, making money. Not that there is anything wrong with a business making money, but let's not kid ourselves, they aren't in racing for our benefit.
Hawker (Offline)
#8
1/18/10 8:34 PM
Read the article in NSSN on rev limiters for USAC Midgets... Personally, I think that they're FINALLY starting to wake up.
mortboyz
#10
1/19/10 8:36 AM
....and TSR parked the Midgets 2/3 of the way through last season.