Anyone know about this racecar?

[Cobra5150]

[kbs2244]

In the early 1950’s there was a “Quarter Midget” dirt track class.
Most of them ran Crosley four cylinder engines.
They were popular because they ran on one eighth mile dirt ovals that a track owner could sneak into some pretty small lots.

I am guessing it might be one of those cars.

[Stuart in MN]

Looks like a quarter midget to me, too. They used a number of different engines, some of them used the little V8-60 flathead Ford.

[zoomzoomjeff]

I think it might be a regular Midget, with hand brake lever on outboard left side, IIRC.

1/4 Midgets of that era were much smaller I thought, like modern go-kart size.

[383]

Originally Posted by Stuart in MN

Looks like a quarter midget to me, too. They used a number of different engines, some of them used the little V8-60 flathead Ford.

Ford flathead was my guess, with the 3 header pipes.

[john300k]

I was at RK Motors on Saturday and they had one of those midgets there. It had a Ford 60 flathead V-8 with 2 two barrel carburators on it.
1939 AACA Grand National Champ Trophy Winning Midget Racer

[Cobra5150]

Thanks for the reply's. It does look like a midget racer. In some of the pics there's a small trailer with fold up ramps. The owner has one of those too. He pulls it with an immaculate 1953 F100.

[MO-Iron]

My dad raced Sprints, Midgets, and 1/4 Midgets back in the late 50's and early 60's. According to him the car looks like a Midget. He said that his car had a Ford engine, but the one that he usually ran was powered by an Offenhauser.
If he can find it, I will post a picture of me riding on his lap during a pre-race warmup(the rules were a little lose back then).

[theoldwizard1]

It is a midget.

They were built as small versions of (USAC) Sprint cars. Offy's were 220 cid (IIRC), typically injected, running methanol and naturally aspirated. That could be 1/2 of a flat head.