Midget cars
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- This article is about midget race cars. For the small Champcar style youth racer, see Quarter-midget. For the brand name automobile, see King Midget.
Midget cars are very small race cars with a very high power-to-weight ratio and typically using four-cylinder engines. Despite the name, they are fully capable of being driven by average-sized drivers. They are intended to be driven for races of relatively short distances, typically 2.5 to 25 miles (4 to 40 km), often staged inside arenas. These sorts of events are sometimes held on weeknights so that popular and famous drivers from other, higher-profiled types of motor racing will be available to compete. Many famous drivers have driven in these cars including Tony Stewart the 2005 Nascar Nextel Cup Champion, Jeff Gordon and others. The high power and small size of the cars combine to make midget racing quite dangerous; modern midget cars are fully equipped with roll cages and other safety features.