28 cars entered for USAC Midget race at THR

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 4, 2007

Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER

 

28 CARS ENTERED FOR SATURDAY’S “ALLSTATE LIGHTNING 100” MIDGET RACE IN TEXAS

 

Kyle, TX (April 4, 2007) - A tremendous field of 28 cars is pre-entered already for Saturday’s “Allstate Lightning 100” USAC National Midget race presented by Toyota at Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle, Texas. It’s the second appearance of the series at the track which hosted last October’s USAC debut, won by Dave Steele.

 

Steele, of Tampa, Fla., is among the strong field which will attack the 3/8-mile paved oval located between Austin and San Antonio. He’ll challenge Josh Wise’s 1-lap track qualifying record of 13.981 seconds.

 

Steele and teammate Dave Darland will pilot Toyota-powered cars entered by Nine Racing on Laguna Beach, Calif. That team has won 10 of the last 14 USAC National Midget Car Owner Championships!

 

NASCAR vet Bobby East is also entered, along with USAC Triple Crown Champion Tracy Hines, who won USAC’s inaugural Silver Crown race at Homestead, Fla. March 23. Hines and Levi Jones will team in Chevrolet-powered cars entered by Tony Stewart.

 

Defending series champion Jerry Coons, Jr. and two-time National Midget Driver of the Year Brad Kuhn are also entered, along with a bevy of talented drivers. They include the winningest female driver in USAC history – Stephanie Mockler, plus 2006 USAC Kenyon Midget Champ Chris Windom, 2006 National Midget Most Improved Driver Brad Loyet and his teammates Brady Bacon and Donnie Ray Crawford, National Rookie of the Year Bryan Clauson, Western Midget and Sprint Rookies of the Year Chase Barber and Bradley Galedrige, Regional Midget Rookie of the Year Brian Olson and two sons of famous racers – Kevin Swindell and Chuck Gurney, Jr. Swindell’s father is Sammy Swindell and Gurney’s father is Chuck Gurney, a two-time USAC Silver Crown Champion.

 

 

“ALLSTATE LIGHTNING 100” (Presented by Toyota)

 

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES - THUNDERHILL RACEWAY – KYLE, TEXAS - APRIL 7, 2007

 

CAR # _DRIVER/HOMETOWN ENTRANT/SPONSOR/CHASSIS/ENGINE

 

4 BOBBY EAST/Brownsburg, IN, Klatt Enterprises/Ford Racing/Beast/Esslinger Ford

5 TOM HESSERT III/Cherry Hill, NJ, Hessert Motorsports/Maaco, America’s Body Shop/Beast/Esslinger Ford

6 STEPHANIE MOCKLER/Westfield, IN, Janice East/Clorox – Ford/Beast/Ford Esslinger

9 DAVE DARLAND/Lincoln, IN, Nine Racing/Toyota Oakley – Performance Racing Industry/Beast/Pink Toyota

10 MIKE MURGOITIO/Meridian, ID, Gary Murgoitio/GM Land & Cattle/Beast/Esslinger Ford

11 JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ, Wilke-Pak Racers/Speedway Motors – K & N Engineering/Spike/Stanton Mopar

17 CHRIS WINDOM/Canton, IL, Windom Motorsports/Central Abrasives – Keith Kunz Motorsports/Beast Esslinger Ford

20 LEVI JONES/Olney, IL, Tony Stewart Racing/Chevrolet – Bass Pro Shops/Beast/Chevy

21 TRACY HINES/New Castle, IN, Tony Stewart Racing/Chevrolet – Bass Pro Shops/Beast/Chevy

26 ALFRED GALEDRIGE JR./Los Altos, CA, Alfred Galedrige Sr./Tri-Valley Excavating – Galedrige Construction/Beast/Ford

29 BRADLEY GALEDRIGE/Los Altos, CA, Alfred Galedrige Sr./Tri-Valley Excavating – Galedrige Construction/Gerhardt/Mopar

32 DARREN HAGEN/Riverside, CA, RFMS Racing/Liberty Village – McGladrey & Pullen/Beast/Esslinger

36 JIM ANDERSON/Joliet, IL, Guess Racing/Ryan & Company – Alexander Lumber/Predator/Mopar

38 MIKE MARFIA/Rio Rancho, NM, John McGerigle/Hilltop Goodyear – Gazan Engines/Beast/Chevy

43nz BRAD KUHN/Avon, IN, Quin Motorsports/Quin Buildings – Stanton Race Engines/Beast/Stanton

51 CHUCK GURNEY JR./Livermore, CA, Team Gurney Racing/Red Line Oil – RaceFanRadio.com/ Beast/ Fontana

67 BRYAN CLAUSON/Noblesville, IN, Keith Kunz Motorsports/Advanced Racing – Fontana/Beast/Fontana

77 BRIAN OLSON/Puyallup, WA, Brian Olson/Olson Brothers Excavating – Ford Powertrain Applications/

Beast/Ford

79 KEVIN SWINDELL/Germantown, TN, Kasey Kahne Racing/Mopar – Team ASE/Beast/Mopar

90 CHASE BARBER/Brownsburg, IN, Bret Barber/Alpinestars – The Hot Setup/Beast/Pink Ford

91 DAVE STEELE/Tampa, FL, Nine Racing/Toyota Oakley – Performance Racing Industry/Beast/Pink Toyota

97 DONNIE RAY CRAWFORD/Broken Arrow, OK, Keith Kunz Motorsports/Advanced Racing – Fontana/

Beast/Fontana

99 BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK, Kasey Kahne Racing/Mopar - SageOpen Joist/Beast/Mopar

05 BRAD LOYET/Sunset Hills, MO, Loyet Motorsports/Loyet Landscape Maintenance – Puma/Beast/Pink Ford

05L Loyet Motorsports/Loyet Landscape Maintenance – Puma/Beast/Pink Ford

111 DUSTIN MORGAN/Owasso, OK, Walker-Morgan Racing/Ark Wrecking – Simpson/Spike/Esslinger

132 RFMS Racing/Liberty Village – McGladrey & Pullen/Beast/Esslinger

321 ADAM KRAMER/Shelbyville, IN, Chris Kramer/Kramer Motor Company – Indiana Vette/Beast/Esslinger Ford

 

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR TRACK RECORDS at Thunder Hill Speedway

1 Lap* 10/14/06 Josh Wise 13.981

8 Laps 10/14/06 Tracy Hines 1:54.47

100 Laps No Record Yet Established