Midget car

AJ Foyt in a midget car

A 1946 Midget Racing Car by Vic Edelbrock based on a Kurtis Kraft with a Ford Flathead V8.

Midget-Car ( also Speedcar in Australia ) is an originally American racing car class. The name Midget (English: dwarf ) refers to the very compact design. The type of vehicle comes from the oval course races customary in America , the modern variant is mostly used today on unpaved dirt track courses.

history

The first regular weekly races with midget cars started on August 10, 1933 at Loyola High School Stadium in Los Angeles . This was the first officially hosted championship, for which the Midget Auto Racing Association (MARA) was founded. On December 15, 1934, the first Australian run took place in Melbourne. Early races took place on oval courses built for track cycling . Later these races were held on unpaved and paved automobile racetracks.

Many IndyCar and NASCAR drivers like Tony Stewart , Sarah Fisher , Jeff Gordon , Kasey Kahne , Ryan Newman have moved up from this class.

Current midget car class

Brandon Waelti at the 2006 season finale, Charter Raceway Park .

Midget Car Racing at Angell Park Speedway

The midget cars used today have 300 to 400 hp and 450 kg and are equipped with roll bars.

Organizers / associations

Australia

• Speedcars Australia
• Speedcar Super Series - Australia's National Midget Racing Series
• NSWspeedcars.com - Speedcar Association of NSW (Sydney Club)
• wasda.com.au - Speedcar Racing in Western Australia (Western Australian Speedcar Drivers Association Perth Club)
• VSDA - Victorian Speedcar Drivers Association Inc
• QSRA - Queensland Speedcar Racing Association

New Zealand

• Speedway New Zealand
• New Zealand Speedway Directory Links to New Zealand Speedway websites

United Kingdom

• Grand Prix Midget Club

United States of America

• AMRA - Arizona Midget Racing Association
• ARDC - American Racing Drivers Club
• BCRA - Bay Cities Racing Association
• BMARA - Badger Midget Auto Racing Association (the oldest sanctioning body)
• NEMA - NorthEastern Midget Association
• ATQMRA - American Three Quarter Midget Racing Association
• STARS - Short Track Auto Racing Series
• USAC - The United States Automobile Club
• POWRi - O'Reilly POWRi National Midget Series
• RMMRA - Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association
• SMRS - Southern Midget Racing Series
• IRS - Illinois Racing Series
• USSA - United States Speed ​​Association
• WMRA - Washington Midget Racing Association

Web links

• "Midgets of the Roaring Road" Popular Mechanics , October 1934 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Racing Midget Cars" Popular Science, May 1934
2. ^ Speedway Australia: A brief, chronological history of Speedway Racing in Australia. . Speedway Australia. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
3. ↑ Tim Miller: Chili Bowl flavor catches hold, even Down Under . Hamilton Spectator. January 10, 2008. Archived from the original on March 1, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2008.