09/04/2026
Tech Friday.
Quarter midget rear bumper. The best drivers start bumper to bumper. They are tight in the pack at the start, and the trick is to push but not look like you're pushing. This push keeps the car spun up and ready to pass into the first turn. Push too hard and spin the car out in front of you, and you'll be going to the back. But in the rules, two cars have to go to the back. So opponents will take themselves out knowing they're taking someone with them.
Here's where the triangle bumper comes in. It's hard for opponents to push the triangle while someone is pushing you because the car won't stay square, and the two cars behind you will go to the back.
Ask the kids pushing; they hate the triangle bumper, and the kid running the triangle bumper loves it because it reduces the push on their own car.
It's not that they just look cool; they have a purpose and a function that creates an advantage.
The cars we ran were all G17's; they came with square bumpers, and the triangle was not an option. Sometimes you have to make your advantage. It can't be bought.
Next we will look at the thickness of the bumper 😁