Bryant Heating and Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome®
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 25, 2011
This Friday night July 29th is a big one at the Bryant Heating and Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome®. We are proud to welcome back the USAC Mopar National Midget series on that special evening. They will be competing in the Pure Power Technologies & UAW 100 Mel Kenyon Classic. Former winners of this honored event include familiar names Irwin, Stewart, Bliss, Newman, Hines, and Leffler. Looking to join this impressive list are three drivers racing for Bob East and East Enterprises. Former National champion Bobby East along with rising stars Kyle O’Gara and Jarett Andretti are set for this century-length event. For the first-time in over 6 years, the best and brightest open wheel stars from around the country will compete on the famous fifth-mile. This will be that National Midgets 43rd appearance at the Speedrome dating back to the inaugural on August 3, 1958.
Bobby East has dazzled fans with his hard-charging driving style at the Speedrome and tracks all across the country. The 26-year-old Brownsburg, Indiana driver has 3 feature victories on the famous fifth-mile in USAC Mopar D1 Midget competition. East earned the USAC National championship in 2004. His victory resume includes some of the biggest open wheel events around. The younger East has taken his talents to other motorsports successes too. Over the past half decade, he has made many starts in ARCA, NASCAR Camping World Truck, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Of those, he was most successful in the trucks finishing a best of 8th twice for Roush Fenway Racing.
Teenage sensation Kyle O’Gara has been sharpening his racing skills at the Speedrome the last couple of seasons in USAC Ford Focus and now USAC D1 Midgets. The Sarah Fisher Racing development driver has been under the tutelage of the legendary Bob East as well. Kyle won his initial Speedrome feature on June 1, 2011 in the tough D1 division. O’Gara began his racing career at just four years old racing karts at Whiteland Raceway Park. In his young age, he has participated in several .25 Midget events, National Karting events, captured three karting championships, and finished third in points in his first season racing in the USAC Midwest Ford Focus Midget Series just last year.
The name Andretti is one of the most familiar in all of motorsports. The next generation family racer is Jarett, the son of 1983 Speedrome track champion John Andretti. Jarett will be making his very first USAC Mopar National Midget Series start this Friday in the Mel Kenyon Classic. This young gun has been rising through the ranks of USAC’s Ford Focus Midgets in 2011. He has 3 feature wins this year and a plethora of podium results. His point totals are currently good enough for 2nd in the Eastern standings, 5th in the Midwest listings, and is in the hunt for overall National honors. Jarett is also aiming to achieve victory on the same track as his dad.
Tickets are on sale now for this tremendous event. Adult general admission tickets are just $15 with children ages 6-11 just $6 while kids 5 & under are free. You can charge by phone at (317) 353-8206 or stop in the Speedrome pit office on the night of any racing event. This ticket price is the best price in the country to see these USAC Mopar National Midget series speedsters in action. We are very excited to have them here. The Indianapolis Speedrome has hosted nearly 500 USAC sanctioned events which is far and away more than any other track in the world.
The Bryant Heating and Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome® is located at 802 South Kitley Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana 46219 and proudly in the community and the historical district of Irvington. To view more, log on to our web site http://www.speedrome.com/ or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. The track hotline is (317) 353-8206 or you can e-mail us at info@speedrome.com.