photos from my, at times, disastrous TQ Midget racing career
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So what's a TQ Midget?

A TQ (or three quarter) Midget is a single seat, open wheel, purpose built racecar. Power is supplied by a carbureted, gasoline burning, 750cc 4 stroke motorcycle engine, typically the Kawasaki ZX-7, or, as in my case, the Suzuki GSX-R, producing approximately 120hp. All cars have offset engines, with a driveshaft connected to a quick change rear end. Coil-over or torsion bar suspensions are equally popular. A wheelbase of only 66", a minimum weight of 650lbs., and slick tires make these rockets real handfuls. All races are run on short, asphalt ovals (no dirt! dirt's for growing vegetables), ranging in size from one fifth of a mile to a ½ mile.

Learn more at the official Can-Am Midget Racing Club website, the home of the ATQMRA, Rodgers Racing Page, or David Balych Racing

 

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low resolution shot of the day I ran out of talent; Lancaster Speedway, Buffalo, New York 1994; click here for hi-res jpeg
upside down again; Niagara Falls Convention Center, 1996; hi-res here
more mayhem on the indoor dance floor
similar shot, slightly different angle
Lancaster Speedway, 1995
Sauble Speedway, Ontario, 1997; it was the best of times...
...it was the worst of times. apologies to Charles Dickens. more small ones here
Peterborough Speedway, Ontario 1998
Sunset Speedway, Ontario 1995
Peteborborough Speedway, 1994; this is the car which was destroyed in the Lancaster flip
wheel to wheel with Steve Siraguse during the rookie season; Lancaster 1993
time to pose in the Sunset pits 1998
unloading at Peterborough, 1998; my ace wrench, Terry, is seen on the right
strapping in
the #72 midget, looking somewhat tattered; this shot helps to illustrate the engine offset
         finally! for those who really care what I look like

 

 

 

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