March 6...Brad Loyet won Saturday night’s 35-lap City vending “Cowtown Midget Championships” USAC/SMRs Great Plains Midget feature at Cowtown Speedway. He piloted the Beaver Stripes & Custom Graphics/Bell Helmets Spike/Esslinger Ford to the victory over Chett Gehrke, Zach Daum, Matt Sherrell and Don Droud Jr.. A post-race technical inspection resulted in the disqualification of the car driven by Danny Stratton, who had taken the checkered flag first after winning the 35-lapper.

March 5..Danny Stratton drove Wayne Simmons' Iowa Speedway F5Twister/Esslinger Ford to victory in Friday's night's opening event of the 2nd Annual City Vending "Cowtown Midget Championships" at Cowtown Speedway. Stratton battled with Brad Loyet for the early lead and eventually won the 30-lap race over Don Droud Jr., Zach Daum, Loyet and Kevin Bayer.  

February 28...Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 30 laps of Sunday night’s “Sokola Shootout” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at the Perris Auto Speedway after starting from the front row in his Club Sport Ford Racing Beast/Esslinger Ford. Brad Sweet took second ahead of Chad Boat, Bryan Clauson and Jerry Coons Jr.
 
February 27...Alex Bowman of Tucson, Ariz., who was injured during Thursday night's "Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic" USAC Midget program at the Las Vegas Motor Speeway dirt track, remains in University Medical Center in Las Vegas after suffering a broken clavicle, fractured rib, bruises and swelling. He is under doctors' obervation and will undergo further tests but it is expected he will make a full recovery.
 
February 26...Due to the forecasted rain in Perris, Calif., track officials have postponed Saturday's "Sokola Shootout" until Sunday, February 28. Gates will open on Sunday at 10 am.
 
February 25...Brad Sweet won the 30-lap USAC Mopar National/Western feature victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s dirt track Thursday night. Sweet passed Chad Boat on the final lap for the victory. Boat finished ahead of Brad Loyet, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines.

February 21...Brad Sweet took the lead with two-laps remaining to win the USAC Mopar National/Western Midget Series season opener Sunday afternoon at USA Race Park. Bobby East, Tracy Hines, Dave Darland and Brad Kuhn completed the top five.

February 13...The Washington Midget Racing Association (WMRA) has announced their ten-race 2010 schedule, and is posted on the schedule page. 

February 12...The Badger Midget Auto Racing Association is pleased to announce that Mid-State Equipment will be joining our organization as the title sponsor for the 2010 racing season.  Mid-State Equipment is Southern Wisconsin’s Headquarters for Agricultural, Commercial, Light Industrial, and consumer Equipment. Mid-State Equipment is locally owned and has been serving southern Wisconsin for 36 years and looks forward to serving you in the future. 
         They are your dealer for John Deere, Bobcat, Kubota, and Kuhn Knight products. Mid-State Equipment is your source for Sales, Parts, service, and rentals. From Stihl Power Equipment to John Deere Agricultural Equipment Mid-State has the equipment to meet your needs. Stop in and see them in Watertown, Jackson, Janesville, Prairie Du Sac, and two locations in Columbus. Check their website at www.midstateequipment.com. for more information and a complete listing of their rental products and their pre-owned equipment inventory.

February 11...The scheduled 2nd Annual “Cowtown Midget Championships” at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, Texas featuring the USAC/SMRS Great Plains Midget Series have been “weathered out” due to heavy snow.The races originally scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday have been rescheduled for early-March. Details regarding specific racing dates will be announced when firm.

February 10... Beaver Dam Raceway is extremely pleased to announce a contract has been reached with the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association to add to its already successful Saturday Night racing program. Open wheel race fans will be thrilled to find the exiting midgets join the five division Saturday Night racing program.  General Manager Carolyn Mueller was Quoted as stating “We believe the Badger Midgets are an exciting form of racing and know we can successfully add them into our Saturday race program. We continue to look for ways to provide the very best in motor-sports entertainment to our loyal fans.”  A nine race schedule of Saturday night racing programs including the Badger Midgets is May 22, May 29, June 12, July 3, July 24, July 31, Aug 21, Aug 28^, and Sept 4. These will be added to the date already reserved for the open wheel season opener scheduled for May 1. Badger will be joined with the IRA sprints cars for an all open wheel program

February 8...The Cowtown Midget Championship presented by City Vending, National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels will now take place on February 13-14 at 1/4-mile dirt oval- Cowtown Speedway (Ft. Worth, Texas).  Impending weather concerns will now see the event run on Saturday Night, and Sunday Afternoon.

January 25...The 2010 O’Reilly POWRi presented by Lucas Oil National Midget calendar has 31 events on its schedule. There are 12 tracks in 5 different states slated with 2 new venues which include Shepp’s Speedway in Alexander, IL and Solomon Valley Raceway in Beloit, KS.  

January 23...The Cowtown Midget Championship presented by City Vending, National Health Care Advisors and Sunoco Race Fuels will take place on February 12-13 and will certainly provide a weekend of wild racing action once again at 1/4-mile dirt oval at Cowtown Speedway (Ft. Worth, Texas). The midgets will compete for $1,000 to win on Friday and $3,000 to win on Saturday. Each of their feature events will start 24 cars.
          The race in 2009 also resulted in the largest field of midgets in the state of Texas in recent memory, as over 40 teams assembled. With the Copper on Dirt scheduled the following weekend (visit www.USAraceway.net for more info), it is possible to see more touring teams take on the USAC/SMRS series drivers, as was the case in 2009.
          The ASCS2 Series will be on hand to kick off their 2010 season with the Winged Outlaw ‘Multi’ and Non-Winged ‘A’ classes. Plus, the first ever visit of the ASCS2 Restricted 600’s will take to the brand new 1/6 mile “Action Track” at Cowtown. The always exciting Cowtown Modifieds will race their traditional Feb Fast 50 for $2,000 to win and $400 to start (24th). The race will be sanctioned by NCRA.
         With a staggering $60,000 weekend purse posted, another huge field of 200+ cars is expected. Drivers are urged to pre-register for this event at the track website on or before 2/7/10 to receive pre-entry discounts. Pre-entry also allows you to receive a reserved parking space for your hauler in the pits. And it allows the track to publicize drivers that will be attending.
          There is a online pre-entry discount for all race divisions that will save $25 off of race week pricing. Details are on the track website. Midgets do not have a pre-entry fee but must pre-enter to receive a reserved pit parking space.
        Race fans, you can enjoy the entire weekend’s action by purchasing your 2-day tickets in advance at the track website by 2/11/10. 2-day adult grandstand passes are just $30, a savings of $5 off of race night pricing. And the extremely popular “Fan Fest” returns to Cowtown Speedway on Saturday, February 13th from Noon until 1:15pm. Ticket holders for that day’s race will be allowed into the pit area during that time to meet with the race teams, get autographs, apparel, pictures and much more. The main ticket booth will be open at noon as well.
     Just click www.CowtownSpeedway.com for the event flyer, driver pre-entry, advance 2-day passes, track information and more.

January 21...Angell Park Speedway has announced that they will not be sanctioned by Badger Midget Auto Racing Association for the 2010 race season. Angell Park Speedway and Badger Midget Auto Racing Association have been engaged in negotiations since October of 2009. Neither party has been able to come to an agreement as to the direction of midget racing at Angell Park.
        Angell Park Speedway will continue to have a weekly midget show each week scheduled to kick off the season May 16, 2010.  The representatives of Angell Park Speedway would like to take this time to thank the Badger group that also dedicated a great amount of time to the assignment. We also recognize and would like to extend great thanks to Badger for their time and effort in the past.
        The new series at this time will be referred to as The Angell Park Speedway Auto Racing Association (APSARA). Angell Park Speedway will continue to provide the best weekly midget show in the country and has already released new programs to attract more cars on a weekly basis. Angell Park Speedway is currently looking for a director of competition, a flagman, 1 -2 score keepers and a tech person. All interested people shall call the track at 608-837-5252 or e-mail a letter of interest to angellpark@spwl.net.

January 19....The NEMA And USAC Western Midget Schedules have been added to the Schedule page. 

January 16....Kevin Swindell topped Saturday night’s 50-lap Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals main event that wrapped up a full slate of Rockstar Energy Drink championship feature events atop the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway.  
        The 20-year-old from Germantown, TN, led the final 26 rounds to become the youngest winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history, adding a sixth Golden Driller from the prestigious Midget racing event to the Swindell family collection that already includes hardware from his father’s unmatched five wins. Cole Whitt finished second followed by Sammy Swindell who started last, Jerry Coons, Jr., finished fourth in the finale for the second year followed by Chris Windom racing from 20^th to a career-best event finish of fifth.

January 15....Cory Kruseman proved that he hasn’t forgotten the way to victory lane at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway by winning Friday night’s 25-lap E3 Spark Plugs Qualifying main event at the 24^th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.  
          “The Kruser” held off the challenges of Jerry Coons, Jr., for the win, with Danny Stratton knocking off the rust of an idle year by battling past Chris Windom on the final round for the third and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s 50-lap Chili Bowl championship main event. Windom settled for fourth with Chad Boat rounding out the top five.

January 14....Riverside, California’s Darren Hagen, paced the final three laps atop the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway clay oval to top Thursday night’s 25-lap Bully Dog Qualifying main event at the 24^th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals. Chasing Hagen to the stripe was the unheralded Tony Roney of Herculaneum, MO, with New Zealand’s Brad Mosen taking the third lock-in position to Saturday night’s main event.

January 14 (11:30a.m.)....Robert "Bob" Higman, whose lifelong devotion to the sport of midget car racing was legendary, passed away in a Lafayette, Ind., hospital on January 13, 2010. Born on January 29, 1925, he was 84.      Already heavily involved with the American Automobile Association (AAA)-sanctioned midget car events by the early 1950s, Higman's career continued through the entire span of the United States Auto Club (USAC), basically from the organization's formation in late 1955 up through to the present time. 
          But Higman's career as a participant is rather difficult to define, because not only was he a front-runner as either a chief mechanic or a car entrant-or both-for several decades, but his closest competition was often himself inasmuch as he typically prepared and maintained cars for several owners. It is estimated that one year in the Hut Hundred at Terre Haute, Ind., 12 of the 33 starters were Higman-prepared.Higman, who was inducted into the National Midget Racing Hall of Fame in 1995, is credited with three USAC Midget car titles as a chief mechanic/team manager, the drivers being Bob Wente in 1963, Mike McGreevy in 1966 and Larry Rice in 1973. He also masterminded no fewer than six runner-up seasonal finishes, Wente's title coming during a phenomenal five-year run in which he also placed second in 1960, '61, '62 and '64. Higman was both owner and chief mechanic for the first three, and mechanic for the latter, his other runner-up finishes coming with Dave Strickland in 1970 and Dana Carter in 1975.
            Bob served on the USAC Board of Directors between 1961 and 1970, and thereafter on the safety board and a variety of competition commissions. In 1973, he was presented with USAC's Jim Blunk Award for contributions to midget car racing, only the third year in which the award had been in existence. In 1998, he was honored with the prestigious Eddie Edenburn Award for lifetime achievements in auto racing, an award presented each year since 1939 with the exception of those during WWII.  

January 13....Kevin Swindell snared his first taste of Chili Bowl glory by wiring the field in Wednesday night’s 25-lap River Spirit Casino Qualifying Showdown main event at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway. outdueled Cole Whitt for the lead in the opening rounds and led all the way to the checkered flag with Whitt in tow, as tenth-starter Brad Kuhn nipped Tim McCreadie at the stripe for the third and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s championship main event.

January 12....Zach Daum put the finishing touches on a spicy Chili Bowl opener with a dramatic last-corner pass of New Zealand’s Michael Pickens to win Tuesday night’s 25-lap Warren CAT Qualifying “A” Main event at the QuikTrip Center's Tulsa Expo Raceway. Daum and Pickens swapped the point several times along the way before “The Dauminator” crossed underneath the Kiwi shoe exiting turn four and surged into the lead to take the checkered flag that closed out the first of four qualifying nights at the 24^th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.  
        Also on Tuesday night, Missouri’s Brad Loyet backed up a 21-win season in 2009 by wiring the field in the 20-lap Vacuworx Race of Champions that featured past event winners and perennial contenders. While Daum and Pickens took the top two positions in the nightcap, California teen Shane Golobic snared the third and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s championship main event.