From Must See Racing
Former IZOD INDYCAR Series regular Jimmy Kite will return to his sprint car roots as he competes with the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series (MSRXSS) full-time in 2013.
Winged asphalt sprint car racing isn’t new to Kite. Kite began his open wheel racing career running AWOL, TBARA, and USCS winged sprint car events in the southeast while living in Stockbridge, GA. The thirty-seven year-old Kite, who now calls Speedway, IN home, stepped away briefly from sprint car racing to compete in the IZOD INDYCAR Series from 1997-2003. Kite has five career Indy 500 starts on his resume.
Kite will be aboard the Mike Blake owned Dynamite Chassis with sponsorship from NT Supply and Kercher Engines.”I’ve known Mike (Blake) for a long time” explained Kite.”Blake gave me an opportunity to run this year for him. We plan on running the whole
Must See deal although we don’t have sponsorship for the whole season. Our plan is for the whole season, but really, its a race to race situation without full sponsorship”.
Kite has been away from sprint car racing the last several years, but has followed it closely.”When Must See Racing first started, I knew I wanted to run in the series at some point. I like running asphalt sprint cars and I like all the tracks the series goes to. It’s gonna be a fun year running the Must See Racing schedule for Mike Blake”.
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The Xtreme Speed Challenge at Winchester
Speedway May 19 is the next event Kite will
put his focus on.”I love running Winchester.
It’s a lot like Salem where I won a midget race
at once. I’ve run a midget at Winchester a couple
of times too. The thing about Winchester is that
when you’re going fast there, your doing good.
I like thebig fast tracks. Driving for a guy like
Blake should make it easier for me as far as
getting the car good. He’s won there before”.
Kite may have the most laps this season of any
driver entered in the upcoming Xtreme Speed
Challenge. Kite is a driving instructor for the Richard Petty Driving Experience.”I go all over the country for them. We do several of the tracks on the NASCAR schedule. I gave them the Must See Racing schedule and told them I can’t work these weekends because I’ll be racing” laughed Kite.
Kite could possibly be a sleeper to win the Xtreme Speed Challenge. Kites does have a lot of experience going fast at big tracks with down force in play. Don’t be surprised if Kite rolls into victory lane in Mike Blake’s famous “Orange Pumpkin” at some point in 2013.