Quarter Midget Racing is a family oriented sport for children ages 5 to 16. Children race in Quarter Midget cars that are a scaled-down (approximately 1/4 scale) version of an actual midget-racer on oval tracks that are approximately 1/20th of a mile. The sport focuses on family participation, safety, improvement of mechanical and driving skills, sportsmanship, and competitive fun.Quarter Midget Racers are built around a tubular frame and are fully suspended with springs or torsion bars and shocks. The bodies are fiberglass and can be painted to the driver's preference. Surrounding the driver is a full chrome-moly roll cage and nerf bars. Other safety features include multi-point seat harnesses and full-face helmets. The engines are single cylinder and are manufactured by Honda, Continental, Briggs & Stratton, and Deco. In the motors stock configuration they produce between 2.5 & 4 horsepower. Modifications in the upper classes allow these engines to reach several times the stock horsepower. These air-cooled 4-cycle engines are reliable and can produce as much as 10,000 rpm's in their more highly modified forms.The cars, rules and safety procedures are designed specifically for quarter midget racing and are dictated by the Quarter Midget Association (QMA… http://www.quartermidgets.org/). QMA constantly reviews and evaluates safety rules to ensure that quarter midget racing remains a safe and competitive sport. This attention to safety has resulted in a sport with fewer injuries than little-league football.

Quarter Midget Racing was started to develop sportsmanship in the children while also providing a family oriented racing activity. In recognition of the drivers, trophies are awarded at Regional, State, and National events. No cash prizes are awarded.

Quarter Midget racing is not a "drop off your kid" kind of sport, but an involved family sport. Few other sports permit all members of the family to participate. The kids do the driving while other family members serve as pit crews, chief mechanics, scorers, timekeepers, and operators of concession stand or novelty booths.

It teaches the meaning of sportsmanship, fair play by following rules, how to be a good winner or a gracious loser.

It develops coordination, and a sense of timing and independent thinking.

It teaches self-reliance. Once a green flag has dropped, they are on their own.

The spirit of competition also comes along here. They learn to drive hard, but that rules must be observed. Rule infractions may result in disqualification.

Development of knowledge and an appreciation for mechanical devices.

It teaches safe driving skills that are carried on in their teen years on the road. Very few people develop the skill that these children acquire. We believe this level of skill is valuable when they become adult drivers. They learn that there is a place to race an automobile— which is NOT on the public highway systems where so many young adult drivers lose their lives.

It develops a sense of responsibility. Alertness and concern for the safety of others is acquired.

It gives drivers a well-earned right and a sense of pride and accomplishment. They stand taller and are more confident after becoming a proficient Quarter Midget Driver. This confidence and sense of "belonging to a group", along with our Race for Drugs Program, could someday be a factor in helping these kids "Say No To Drugs".