HICKORY MIDGET TICKET DISCOUNT AVAILABLE

From Dick Jordan

Tickets for the March 24-25 USAC Mopar National Midget and Eastern Ford Focus Midget races at the Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway are now available and race fans can take advantage of a $5 discount by purchasing tickets on line at www.usacracing.com, by calling the USAC Headquarters at 317-247-5151 or by accessing the following link: http://www.usacracing.com/store/hickory-motor-speedway.html. Tickets are priced at $20 each night but a two-night ticket is available at the price of $35.

Fans attending the March 24-25 Hickory races will also have the opportunity to win a free “Richard Petty Driving Experience” in a 600-horsepower NASCAR-style stock car at Charlotte Motor Speedway!

The Hickory races continue a tradition of USAC racing in the Carolinas which stretches back to 1956 when the USAC Championship Cars raced at Darlington, S.C. The Hickory oval hosted Ford Focus races between 2004 and 2006 but the March 24-25 program marks the debut of USAC National racing at the .363-mile paved oval.

Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. Won USAC’s last National Midget race in the Tarheel state, at Kenly in 2008. Previous National Midget winners in the state included Mel Kenyon at Asheville in 1968, Jim Hettinger at the Charlotte Coliseum in 1990, Tony Stewart at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1998 and Bobby Santos III at Concord in 2006.

Each night of racing includes a 40-lap feature for Midgets and a 30-lapper fot the Ford Focus Midgets. Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif., who pilots the Kasey Kahne Midget entry, leads the 2010 USAC Mopar National Midget standings after wins at Tucson, Ariz. And Las Vegas, Nev., while Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. is the defending USAC Carolina Ford Focus Champion.