Sorry Shadow but I don't fully agree with your idea on the mini race vehicles.Originally started out for kids 8-16 to give them a place to race and learn and find out if they wanted to race. Yes there was a few dirt tracks in london area where the adults raced 440 sprints for fun and one is still going. They started a kids division as well and that is where we began before cascar jr came about. Not everyone has the time/finances/garage space/crew help to be able to run a full size car but this gives them a division where they can still get their adrenillan rush. More power to them. I don't think it takes away from the car counts at the full size tracks but probably complements them. Without the mini divisions I don't think we would have advanced into our present day race program. Just my opnion.
I get what you're saying Matt, and I don't begrudge the little cars, particularly as a training ground for kids. Its a great program.
Simply pointing out that the options for the motor racing dollar for adults are varied and not restricted to full size cars. Quite frankly, I'd like to see Delaware build a little oval or something (back by the campground maybe....something you can park on when not in use?) and run some of those mini cars/sprints/trucks there....get the adults that are running them working a little closer with the speedway instead of racing in a field somewhere.
Just a thought.
Sorry Shadow but I don't fully agree with your idea on the mini race vehicles.Originally started out for kids 8-16 to give them a place to race and learn and find out if they wanted to race. Yes there was a few dirt tracks in london area where the adults raced 440 sprints for fun and one is still going. They started a kids division as well and that is where we began before cascar jr came about. Not everyone has the time/finances/garage space/crew help to be able to run a full size car but this gives them a division where they can still get their adrenillan rush. More power to them. I don't think it takes away from the car counts at the full size tracks but probably complements them. Without the mini divisions I don't think we would have advanced into our present day race program. Just my opnion.
100% agree. Not all of us can move up. How many weekly classes in Ontario right now boast fields between 20-27 vehicles per night, with 10 than can win on any given night? Mini-trucks can 😀 (and I'm not saying this to try and advertise the track or division, this is JMO.) Trust me, I have spent a few years looking at other divisions, options for moving up, but I lack the fundamentals: garage space and cold hard cash! As much as I would love to run a SS or truck at Delaware, because they look like a lot of fun, I simply can't.
In response to Shadow, there is a lot of half scale racing going on in the London area, but it is all concentrated at two or three tracks: Chestermans, Tilsonburg, and Grand Bend. Build another track, and you will pull from those tracks, especially since the vast majority of those guys racing at the Bend are from the London area. Perhaps Delaware should start working a little more closely with the micro racing people, not just their own Junior program, and try and strengthen scale racing as a whole.
Wow, how did we go from Modifieds to NASCAR stars to Junior Late Models? 😀
I noticed you have a few sponsors for your mini-truck so would they not move up to the truck or ss series at Delaware and help you out with a ride...it'd would be more exposure for them...