By Eric Bunn
(Lebanon, IN) The 2014 Sprint Car Challenge Series Built by the UAW is set to start its second season of racing on Sunday April 27 at Anderson Speedway. The race will feature the USSA sprinters in the 100-lap Glen Niebel Classic along with a 30-lap feature for the USSA Mel Kenyon Midget Series. The Glen Niebel Classic is the annual warm up for the Pay Less Little 500 as well as the traditional 1st race of the pavement sprint car season.
2013 Sprint Car Challenge Series champion Aaron Pierce is looking forward to the Niebel Classic. “I’ve won the ‘Niebel’ for the last two years and we’re bringing the same car with the same guys this year, so I want to make it three in a row,” Piece said. “Everybody else better bring their best stuff,” the Sam Pierce Chevrolet driver continued.
“The Glen Niebel Classic is a great tradition here at Anderson Speedway honoring a great competitor” said Rick Dawson, President of Anderson Speedway. “Interest for this year’s event and The Pay Less Little 500 is huge as the fans will be treated to great racing by the best drivers and teams in the country.”
For the second year the Sprint Car Challenge Series will be “Built by the UAW”. Danny Ernstes, of the Marion County CAP Council and UAW Motorsports said “We are looking forward to the series opener at Anderson Speedway. The men and women of the UAW are behind the efforts USSA and Anderson Speedway are making to build this great American sport.”
Practice for the Glen Niebel Classic will begin at 11:30 AM with qualifying to follow at 12:20. A fan appreciation autograph session will begin at one and the racing action will start on the high banks of Anderson Speedway at 2:00.