By Bryan Gapinski
Belleville, Kan., July 21—Current Chili Bowl Champion Kevin Swindell is among the latest enteries for the 33rd annual Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals on Aug. 6-7 at the Belleville High Banks. Other new enteries for the NCRA Sanctioned event include: Darren Hagen, Chad Boat and Murray Erickson bringing the total to twenty-eight cars.
Swindell in his brief career has already claimed victories in some of the sport’s biggest races including: Chili Bowl (2010), Knoxville Midget Nationals (2009), and the 2007 Night Before the 500 Classic. Swindell will drive for Texas’ Murray Erickson using a Spike Chassis with Ford-Esslinger power. Erickson has also filed an entry for himself driving the teams backup car.
Hagen will again drive the familiar Black and Gold Leaf Number Three for RFMS Racing, after finishing fourth in last years race. Also coming off his career best Belleville performance Chad Boat returns driving for his father, 1995 Belleville Champion Billy Boat. Boat finished seventh in last years event.
General Admission tickets for all events are sold first-come first-served on race day at the ticket gate. Reserved Seating tickets are available. General admission available only if the event is not sold out, and available only on the day of the race at the track ticket office (bottom 3 rows only). For tickets, contact: Jensik Insurance, 1309 18th St., Belleville, KS 66935, Phone: 785-527-2713, Fax: 785-527-2125. Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CST).
BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS ENTRY LIST
CAR# DRIVER/HOMETOWN CAR OWNER/CHASSIS/ENGINE
2 Terry Goodwin/Laveen, AZ Misty Goodwin/Spike/Fontana
2R Levi Roberts/Bloomfield, CO Bryan Clauson/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
3 Darren Hagen/Riverside, CA RFMS Racing/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
3T Julee Jamison/Highlands Ranch, CO Bryan Jamison/Stealth/Ford-Esslinger
4 Bobby East/Brownsburg, IN Terry Klatt/Beast/Ford-Esslinger
4x Chad Frewaldt/Kansas City, KS Chad Frewaldt/Bullet/Chevrolet
5D Zach Daum/Pocahontas, IL Dan Daum/Beast/Ford-Esslinger
05 Brad Loyet/Sunset Hills, MO Loyet Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
06 Mario Clouser/Auburn, IL MCW Motorsports/Beast/Mopar
8 Kevin Swindell/Germantown, TN Murray Erickson/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
8e Murray Erickson/Odessa,TX Murray Erickson/Spike/Mopar
11 Jerry Coons Jr./Tucson, AZ Wilke-PAK/Spike/Toyota
11c Chett Gehrke/Broken Arrow, OK Skip Mattison/Stealth/Fontana
11h Garrett Hood/Concordia, KS Hood Racing/Stealth/Fontana
11x TBA Wilke-PAK/Spike/Toyota
12 Gary Taylor/Snohomish, WA ABC Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
12 Josh Pelkey/Peoria, AZ ABC Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
14 Tony Rossi/Brighton, CO Tony Rossi/Spike/Mopar
17 Brad Kuhn/Avon, IN RWB Motorsports/Beast/Fontana
19 Patrick Stasa/Kingman, KS Stasa Racing/SBR/Gaerte
22 Brian Postle/Keensburg, CO Brian Postle/Stealth/Ford-Esslinger
26 Shane Golobic/Fremont, CA Doug Bock/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
30 Chad Boat/Phoenix, AZ Billy Boat/Spike/VDS-Ford-Esslinger
39 Bryan Clauson/Noblesville, IN Corey Tucker/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
49 Brad Sweet/Grass Valley, CA Kahne-Curb/Spike/Mopar
85 Matt Johnson/Oklahoma City, OK Central Motorsports/Spike/Mopar
91 Jeff Stasa/Kingman, KS Stasa Racing/Beast/Gaerte