The Mighty Midgets

This wonderful book traces the history of midget racing from the early days of the 1930’s to the middle 1970’s. Loaded with at least 1000 pictures of drivers, cars and action shots it’s a walk down memory lane from the times of cloth helmets and shirtsleeves to full face helmets and roll cages. The text is well written and the pictures speak for themselves of a time when the drivers were either fearless and reckless or just plain foolish. The book itself is beautifully produced with semi gloss paper stock, dust jacket and substantial cover material. Some of the shots are absolutely frightening with some unfortunate driver hanging out a car flipping in mid air. Others are fine portraits of these iron men and their machines. Included at the end are listings of winning drivers through the years at different tracks, prize money paid and what I found most interesting….a list of the many types of engines used in midgets during this period. If you at all interested in open wheel racing of this era you won’t be disappointed in this book.