May 15 'Early Bird' Entry Deadline Nears for Midgeteers
Saturday, May 7, 2005
The May 15 ‘early bird’ entry deadline for the June 3-4 multi-sanctioned Pepsi/Mt. Dew Knoxville Midget Nationals is fast approaching. To date, forty-one (41) midgeteers have paid the $30 early entry fee, including eighteen from Badger (BMARA), eleven from Gateway (GRI), five from Rocky Mountain (RMMRA), four from Midwest (MARA), and three from American Racing Drivers (ARDC), respectively. After May 15, the entry fee is $50 per team.
Amongst the latest entrants are Ray Bull of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Andy Mason of Westminster, Colorado, Joey Montgomery of Fredericktown, Missouri, “Big Al” Murie of Kansas City, Missouri, Rick England of Wichita, Kansas, Cody Brewer of Choctaw, Oklahoma, Matt Hummel of Brownsburg, Indiana, and Donnie Lehmann of Springfield, Illinois. They join such stars as Danny Stratton of Fontana, California, Chad DeSelle of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Wally Pankratz of Orange, California, Scott Hatton of Roscoe, Illinois, Craig Carey of Carlinville, Illinois, Johnny Rodriguez of Wilton, California, Mike Hess of Petersburg, Illinois, and Brandon Waelti of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
The Pepsi/Mt. Dew Knoxville Midget Nationals is two separate nights of (non-winged) midget car racing, with the preliminary night’s feature being the $1,500-to-win Pepsi/Mt. Dew King Doodlebug Midget Classic. The Saturday night $3,000-to-win feature is the national championship event for the five midget car sanctioning affiliates, and will be run in conjunction with the track’s weekly $3,000-to-win winged 410-cubic-inch sprint car class. The Friday night show will include a full program for drivers age fifty and over in the winged 360 c.i. sprint car division, with the feature being the $3,000-to-win Hoosier Tire Midwest Masters Classic. Jimmy Sills of Elverta, California, is expected to defend his Masters Classic title this year during the sixteenth annual National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) induction weekend. Talented drivers Gerry Robison of Pennsylvania, Rick England of Kansas, and Jerry Potter of Missouri are all looking for quality rides for the Hoosier Tire Midwest Masters Classic.
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame induction banquet will be held on Saturday afternoon on the Marion County Fairgrounds. For more information on the midget and sprint car racing, visit the track’s web-site at www.knoxvilleraceway.com. For more info on the induction weekend, visit www.sprintcarhof.com.
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