Sunday, December 27, 2009

Midget Racing




















The winner: Billy Wease


Cuzzin Ricky and I went to Fort Wayne yesterday for the Rumble Series midget races and a good time was had by all - they could have opened the outside doors a little bit more to get the fumes out and they had a few more go-karts than I needed -but everyone needs to start somewhere and all in all, a darn good show. Besides seeing some great racing, I got a chance to see Mel Kenyon run his last event and to get a couple of nice photos of him as well. The "King of the Midgets" made the feature and finished 6th or 7th. Not bad for a guy that's 76 years old!
















The Kenyon Brothers #61




The video gives you an idea of how tight the track and the racing is.
It doesn't take long to make a lap.






















The Hooter girls were absorbed in the action.





















The King of the Midgets, Mr. Mel Kenyon, taking off his special driving glove. Mel doesn't have any fingers on his left hand due to a fiery crash way back when but it sure hasn't stopped him from racing:

  • More than 1000 USAC Midget feature starts - more than 500 top 5 feature finishes
  • 10 National Championships
  • 8 Indy 500 starts
Great way to close out a great year.

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