What are Sprints?

Sprint Car Racing is a popular form of auto racing that involves high-speed, short-track, oval racing. The cars used in Sprint Car Racing are specially designed for this type of racing, with powerful engines and lightweight bodies.

These cars are incredibly fast, with the ability to reach speeds of over 140 miles per hour on straightaways. They have large wings on the top of the car which help to provide downforce and improve handling at high speeds. The lightweight bodies also help the car to accelerate quickly and handle sharp turns with ease.

The races typically last for a few laps around a dirt or paved oval track with a length of a quarter to a half-mile. The tracks are usually banked, which means that the outer edge of the track is higher than the inner edge, allowing the cars to maintain high speeds while turning. Sprint Car Racing is known for its high speeds, tight turns, and close-quarters racing, which make for exciting and thrilling events for both drivers and spectators.

Sprint Car Racing is popular in many parts of the world, with notable events such as the Knoxville Nationals in the United States and the Australian Sprintcar Championship in Australia. The sport has a long history, with roots dating back to the early 1900s. In fact, it is one of the oldest forms of auto racing in the world.

The drivers who compete in Sprint Car Racing are some of the most skilled and daring in the world of motorsports. They must have lightning-fast reflexes and nerves of steel to be able to handle the intense speeds and close proximity to other cars. But for those who are up to the challenge, there is nothing quite like the thrill of Sprint Car Racing.

What are Midgets?

Midget cars, also speedcars in Australia, is a class of racing cars. The cars are very small with a very high power-to-weight ratio and typically use four cylinder engines. They originated in the United States in the 1930s and are raced on most continents. There is a worldwide tour and national midget tours in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

Typically, these four cylinder engine cars have 300 horsepower (220 kW) to 400 horsepower (300 kW) and weigh 900 pounds (410 kg). The high power and small size of the cars combine to make midget racing quite dangerous; for this reason, modern midget cars are fully equipped with roll cages and other safety features. Some early major midget car manufacturers include Kurtis Kraft (1930s to 1950s) and Solar (1944–46).

Midgets are intended to be driven for races of relatively short distances, usually 2.5 to 25 miles (4 to 40 km). Some events are staged inside arenas, like the Chili Bowl held in early January at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are midget races in dirt track racing and in asphalt (paved tracks).

There are three-quarter (TQ) midgets which developed from “midget midget” cars of the late 1940s. Quarter midgets are the one quarter the size of a full midget car.