The Mighty Midgets of the American Racing Drivers club have announced an aggressive schedule of 22 races for theseason. The season opens at Big Diamond Raceway on Sun March 28th where the midgets are part of a two division card along with the Big Block Modifieds. The ARDC will return to the Minersville, PA 3/8 mile oval on Sun May 2nd, also part of a 2 division card, this time with The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars. The Diamond Nationals will wrap up the season on at Big Diamond on October 2nd and 3rd. On Sun April 11th the 3 wide wingless midgets will contest a Twin-20 program at The Susquehanna Speedway. This show, which is shaping up to be an Open Wheel fans dream, will also include the long anticipated return of the 410 Sprint Cars to the oval in The Sprint Car Spring Classic. The second appearance of ARDC at Susquehanna will be Sun June 13th in another event that has Open Wheel fans attention, when they will share the spotlight with the popular Pennsylvania 358 Sprint Cars. The third and final appearance at Susquehanna will be Sat October 30th. This is a must see event for the younger Open Wheel fans of Central Pennsylvania. The Candy Bowl VI. Fans will be invited to the speedway to Trick or Treat and meet the drivers. ARDC will again be part of the East Coast Invasion of the USAC Sprint Cars. The first race of the swing will be June 1st as part of the Thunder on the Hill Series on the high banks of The Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, PA. Day 2 will be the following night, June 2nd at the Historic Lincoln Speedway in Abbotstown, PA The midgets will be part of 2 Thunder on the Hill events as they will return to Grandview, Sat October 16th. The third event at Grandview on Sat May 15th, should prove interesting as they will be on the card with the speedways regular 358 Modifieds, Late Models and the SpeedSTERS. This will give fans their first opportunity to compare the upstart SpeedSTERS with the established veterans of the ARDC. On Fri April 30th ARDC will return to Williams Grove Speedway along with The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars. A little over a week later the midgets will be back at The Grove with the Super Sportsman and the 305 Sprint Cars in a Sat Night Series open wheel program and on Sat July 10th ARDC will show the Super Sportsman and 358 Late Models what it is like to race without the overhead sheet metal in Topless Night. Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey will present 2 unique programs, one on Sat June 19th and again on Sat September 11th, when their regular divisions will race on the big 5/8th mile, while the midgets will spin their excitement on the smaller ¼ mile inner oval. Open wheel racing will come to stock car country on Fri August 6th as the traveling band of gypsy midgets head south for their annual Southern Swing into North Carolina when they race at Dixieland Speedway in Elizabeth City. This years Western Swing will mark a return to Vern Wasson’s, Clinton County Speedway on Fri July 30th where they will share the card with the Patriot Sprint Car / 410 Express Challenge and the following night at Mercer where they are part of the Sprint Slug-Out, along with the Dirtcar Sprint Challenge Series. The ARDC will also have single race dates at Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, PA on May 28th and at New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey on as part of the Tri Track Modifieds Summer Sizzler 40.