Rumble Series

Cuzzin' Rick and I went to Fort Wayne for the midget races at the Coliseum on Saturday. This is turning into an annual tradition. The races are part of the Rumble Series and feature various classes of carts, Micromini sprints and midgets. The track is a short oval but the racing is top notch. The program is run like clockwork with very little downtime between races. The only hold up this year was when a cover plate for the utilities came loose on the floor and came shooting out at us. Fortunately, it hit the concrete barrier just below the catch fence. They were initially going to weld it in place but swapped it out for one in the infield. I was thinking the little 110 volt MIG they drug out there wasn't really going to do the job on a piece of 1/2" plate, anyway.

















Many of the midgets have to be push started so they have this Hemi powered hot rod with a big wooden bumper to do the job. It's got big sprint car tires on the back to get traction on the concrete floor and the guy driving the rig really know his stuff. It's worth the price of a ticket just to watch this guy at work.

















The fan favorite was Tony Stewart. He won the last two events we went to and we expected pretty much the same this year. He spun in one of the qualifiers and as a result didn't get a very good starting position in the main. He put on quite a driving exhibition just the same and finished third, I believe. It's hard to keep track of the placings on the little track. Lou Cicconi won, that much I know for sure.





















Marvin the Martian didn't qualify for the show but there were little guys driving karts that were not much older out there racing. I think you can get started in kart racing when you're four. Some of the karts really fly.