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Indy Mile, Hoosier Hundred Have Secure Place in Automotive History By Jay Hardin Track Enterprises Staff Indianapolis, Indiana-May 7, 2019 By now many race fans have heard the news that the 2019 Hoosier Hundred could be the last one run for some time, or even permanently, on the historic one-mile dirt track at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. However, that does not stop the mile of dirt from coming alive one more time for the annual running of the Hoosier Hundred as part of the “Week of Indy” which includes the Hulman Classic at Terre Haute and the Dave Steele Carb Night Classic at Lucas Oil Raceway Park. Race fans should soak up as much of the 116 year history of auto racing at the Indiana State Fairgrounds as they can during the May 23 Hoosier Hundred. Auto racing first came to the Indiana State Fairgrounds in the spring of 1903. During a June meet legendary Barney Oldfield made automotive history by laying claim to the first one mile per minute lap on a closed course. One of his fellow drivers was none other than Carl Graham Fisher, future father and owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fisher was present for a November 1905 meet on the mile held in cold conditions and featuring a 100-mile and 24 hour event. The 24 hour event had Presto-Lite lanterns placed around the dirt course and it has been said that while huddled around a campfire Fisher contemplated the race course later built at 16th and Georgetown in Speedway, Indiana. For the next four decades auto racing competition was sporadic at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. “Big Car” events were even held during World War I all the way through the end of the 1920’s. The famous “Gold & Glory Sweepstakes” ran ten times between 1924 and 1936. Just before World War II the track hosted AAA Sprint Cars with Duke Nalon winning a 25-mile event. 1946 saw the first and almost the last 100-mile championship race at the fairgrounds. Rex Mays won the event in the Winfield V-8, but driver Al Putnam was killed in qualifications which led to the fair board essentially banning the sport from the track. That would change in 1953, as two Indiana men truly put the “Hoosier” into Hoosier Hundred. Influential Indiana businessman and racing enthusiast Roger Wolcott teamed with Jo Quinn, Safety Director at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and bought racing back to the Indy mile with the first Hoosier Hundred. Quickly it became the second highest paying event on the championship trail and the richest dirt event in the nation. The first race might have been the most competitive with a blanket over the first four finishers and only one car dropping out of the grind. Jim Bryan, Eddie Sachs, Jud Larson, Rodger Ward were winners during the 1950’s as local media blanketed the event with radio and television coverage. The Indianapolis Star put out a special Hoosier Hundred edition for nearly 30 years as well. Eventually national media took notice as ABC covered several races as part of the popular “Wide World of Sports”. A.J. Foyt should have secured the title to the grounds after winning 6 times in 10 1960’s races. Not only did Foyt’s victories increase his name recognition it helped pad his bank account. A.J won over $161,000 in the Hoosier Hundred averaging nearly $8,000 every time he made the starting field. Al Unser had a good record on the Indy mile as well winning four consecutive races from 1970-1973, a feat equaled last year by Kody Swanson. Andretti, Gurney, Hewitt, Carter, Jones and Bigelow are all names that are in an auto racing hall of fame in America, and all won at least once on the Indiana mile. In recent seasons, Coons, Yeley, Leffler and Swanson are just a few of the names who added themselves to the Hoosier Hundred win list. If the list of chief mechanics such as Watson, Brawner, Bignotti and Hampshire or car owners such as Dean, Hopkins, Granatelli, Patrick, Kurtz and Stewart wouldn’t be enough to raise eyebrows then the list of celebrities who made it out to the fairgrounds might do the trick. From Tony Hulman giving the command to start engines, to Sid Collins and Paul Page on the microphones, to TV and radio personalities, the Hoosier Hundred was a big attraction. The first one mile per minute lap, Carl Fisher in the dim light planning his track, the richest dirt track race in the nation, and a hall of fame list of participants and spectators the Indiana State Fairgrounds race track has a secure place in automotive and auto racing history no matter the final outcome of the latest decision by the fair board.
CALLING ALL MODIFIEDS!!! The DIRTcar Modifieds are set for two events next week as part of Track Enterprises Week Of Indy. On Wednesday, May 22, the Modifieds will run along with the USAC Sprints at the Terre Haute Action Track. Full Terre Haute Modified schedule attached. Then on Thursday, May 23, the final race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds will be held. The Modifieds will be running for $2,000 to win and $200 to start in their final event at the Indy Mile. Entry form is attached. https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...b7&oe=5D5BD273 https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...43&oe=5D58C040
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HOOSIER HUNDRED CAR COUNT EXPECTED TO BE LARGEST IN 14 YEARS By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Indianapolis, Indiana (May 21, 2019)………A bustling pit area with Champ Cars, trailers, haulers and people milling about as far as the eye can see is a sight to behold, especially when it comes to the “Hoosier Hundred.” You’ll see that once again this coming Thursday, May 23, in the final USAC Silver Crown Champ Car race that will be held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds one-mile dirt oval with 43 cars and drivers now entered for the prestigious race that’s been held annually since 1953. Throughout the past 63 runnings of the event, the car count has varied from a high of 57 in 1981 and 1983 to a low of 22 in 1964, 1966 and 2012.* In recent years, the car count has rebounded and the series is at its strongest, most competitive point, from top-to-bottom, in a number of years. This year’s anticipated car count of 43 is above the average of 38-39 cars between 1953-2018.* It’s expected to be the largest number of cars on hand since 45 machines graced the pit area in 2005, 14 years ago.* Interestingly enough, it wasn’t until the 25th running of the “Hoosier Hundred” in 1977 that the car count reached above 43.* In fact, only 17 editions of the Hoosier Hundred have had more cars than this year's field will have, and 46 races with less. With only 18 cars starting in most of the early years, the competition was cutthroat to make the show.* The competition remains cutthroat and drivers are as hungry as ever now with 30 starters usually making the call to start the 100-lap main event. With the field bigger than its been in nearly a decade-and-a-half, and with the emotional sentiment of finality in the air, this will be one for the record books – a sweet sendoff for one of America’s most legendary races featuring the stars of today with the presence of the ghosts of yesterday’s Indy Mile legends looking on. * HOOSIER HUNDRED CAR COUNTS BY YEAR 1953: 35 1954: 37 1955: 36 1956: 35 1957: 33 1958: 32 1959: 31 1960: 37 1961: 32 1962: 29 1963: 29 1964: 22 1965: 30 1966: 22 1967: 30 1968: 27 1969: 32 1970: 31 1971: 36 1972: 37 1973: 35 1974: 38 1975: 40 1976: 42 1977: 44 1978: 45 1979: 43 1980: 39 1981: 57 1982: 56 1983: 57 1984: 40 1985: 46 1986: 52 1987: 48 1988: 40 1989: 39 1990: 55 1991: 51 1992: 53 1993: 41 1994: 56 1995: 50 1996: 43 1997: 49 1998: 37 1999: 38 2000: 46 2001: 45 2002: 39 2003: 40 2004: 39 2005: 45 2006: 37 2007: Rained Out 2008: Rained Out 2009: 28 2010: 36 2011: 31 2012: 22 2013: 24 2014: 26 2015: 29 2016: 33 2017: Rained Out 2018: 38 * 2019 HOOSIER HUNDRED ENTRY LIST (43 CARS) # / DRIVER / HOMETOWN / TEAM 07 JACOB WILSON/Crawfordsville, IN (Wilson Brothers Racing) 08 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Louis, MO (Kyle Steffens) 2 PATRICK LAWSON/Edwardsville, IL (Patrick Lawson) 4 ®CHRIS PHILLIPS/Plainfield, IN (Phillips-Nolen Racing) 6 BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Klatt Enterprises) 7 KYLE ROBBINS/New Castle, IN (KR Racing) 8 JOHNNY PETROZELLE/Denton, NC (Cornell-Petrozelle Racing) 9 ®CHRIS DYSON/Pleasant Valley, NY (Chris Dyson Racing) 10 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (DMW Motorsports) 12 BRIAN TYLER/Mt. Pleasant, NC (Galas Motorsports) 14 DAVE DARLAND/Lincoln, IN (Dennis & Dave McQuinn) 15 ®CHAD KEMENAH/Alvada, OH (Bob Hampshire) 16 AUSTIN NEMIRE/Sylvania, OH (Nemire-Lesko Racing) 17 CHRIS WINDOM/Canton, IL (Goodnight-Byrd Racing) 18 TRAVIS WELPOTT/Pendleton, IN (Travis Welpott-Ernie Gorman Racing) 20 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Gene Nolen Racing) 21 JEFF SWINDELL/Germantown, TN (Mark Swanson Encore Team) 22 BILLY PUTERBAUGH, JR./Brownsburg, IN (Robbie Rice-PBR Motorsports) 24 MIKE HAGGENBOTTOM/Levittown, PA (John Haggenbottom) 25 ®JOEY SCHMIDT/Ellisville, MS (Sam Pierce) 26 AARON PIERCE/Muncie, IN (Sam Pierce) 27 ®JASON McDOUGAL/Broken Arrow, OK (Phillips Motorsports) 30 CHUCK LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Chuck & Tammi Leary) 31 ®DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing) 39 MATT GOODNIGHT/Winchester, IN (Goodnight Racing) 40 DAVID BYRNE/Shullsburg, WI (Byrne Racing) 43 JOHN HEYDENREICH/Bloomsburg, PA (A.J. Felker) 47 ®AUSTIN MUNDIE/Dallas, TX (Les & Patty Butler) 51 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN (Gamester Racing) 53 STEVE BUCKWALTER/Royersford, PA (Five Three Motorsports) 56 KEVIN THOMAS, JR./Cullman, AL (Foxco Racing) 57 ®DALLAS HEWITT/Troy, OH (Dallas Hewitt) 66 BILL ROSE/Plainfield, IN (Bill Rose Racing) 71 SHANE (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)RUM/Benton, IL (Hardy Boys Motorsports) 74 ®CASEY BUCKMAN/Chandler, AZ (C-Buck Motorsports) 77 CHRIS URISH/Elkhart, IL (Chris Urish) 78 ERIC GORDON/Fortville, IN (Armstrong/Slinkard Racing) 81 SHANE COTTLE/Kansas, IL (Curtis Williams) 91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing) 97 TYLER COURTNEY/Indianapolis, IN (Hans Lein) 99 ®KOREY WEYANT/Springfield, IL (Scott Weyant) 118 KENNY GENTRY/Henderson, KY (Kenny Gentry) 123 ®JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Two-Three Motorsports) ® = USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender * "Hoosier Hundred" activities get underway with pits opening at noon eastern, grandstands at 3pm, drivers meeting at 4pm and practice from 4:45-6pm, with qualifications and racing to immediately follow.* Tickets are $25 for advance adult general admission and $30 the day of the event.* Infield tickets are $20, while general admission for children 11 and under is $10.* Pit passes are $30 for members and $35 for non-members. A great deal is available for those who don't want to miss a single lap of "The Week of Indy.”* A Superticket is being sold for a savings of 25% off of the regular three-day prices for the Wednesday, May 22 “Tony Hulman Classic” for USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars at the Terre Haute Action Track, the Thursday, May 23 “Hoosier Hundred” for USAC Silver Crown at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and on Friday, May 24 for the Dave Steele “Carb Night Classic” Silver Crown race at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. For just $60, a savings of $20, a fan will receive general admission at Terre Haute and Lucas Oil Raceway as well as a reserved seat for the Hoosier Hundred.* To purchase a Superticket, visit https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/2...y-ticket-sales For more information on any of the events, visit http://www.trackenterprises.com/, http://www.usacracing.com/, or call the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.
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IT IS 64th Annual Hoosier Hundred RACE DAY! Day 2 of the 2019 The Week of Indy! The Month of May is chock full of rich traditions, pagentary, history, and of course a need for speed. People of all ages from around the world flock to the heartland to come Back Home Again to Indiana. Tonight is most bittersweet as we are writing not just another chapter in the history books of the Hoosier 100, but the final chapter of a story that goes back 63 previous chapters. The Champ Cars of the USAC Racing Silver Crown Champ Car Series will thunder around the Indy Mile for the final time and after tonight, the rumbling echo of race cars will be silenced forever here. A stout field of DIRTcar UMP Modifieds will be on hand for what is going to be a special event for them as well, as their main event will be a prelude to the Big Cars. There has been a lot of interest in drivers wanting to get one last chance to race at what has been only 1 of 3 active 1 mile dirt tracks in the United States racing automobiles. After we are finished this evening, only 2 in our neighbor to the west, Illinois, will remain with Springfield and DuQuoin. Let's make this a night to remember! This time, after we are done, it is truly goodbye. But let's not focus on that now. Let's focus on the excitement and energy that make the Hoosier Hundred so special. Let's make chapter 64 of this saga one of the best ever! LET'S GO RACING! Program Information: Thursday May 23 64thrd Annual Hoosier 100 Divisions Racing: USAC Racing Silver Crown Champ Car Series DIRTcar UMP Modifieds Times (ALL TIMES EASTERN): Pit gates will open at 12:00 Grandstands at 3:00 USAC Drivers Merting 4:00 Crossover Gate Closes 4:40 USAC Silver Crown Hot Laps 4:45-6:00 DIRTcar UMP Modified Heats 6:00 Silver Crown Fatheadz Eyewear Qualifying 6:15 Vintage Cars 6:00 Silver Crown Consi 7:15 (If needed) DIRTcar UMP Modified Feature 7:30 Hoosier 100 Opening Ceremonies begin 7:55 64th Annual Hoosier Hundred is scheduled for an 8:30 green flag. Prices: Grandstands – Presale $25/Day Of $30 Infield – Adults $15/Children $5 (Tickets Available At Gate On Raceday) Pit Prices: $30 For USAC/UMP Members $35 For Non-Members Hotels: Quality Inn & Suites Brownsburg, IN (317) 852-5353 More information: For more information about Track Enterprises check them out online at their website www.trackenterprises.com, like them on facebook (www.facebook.com/TrackEnterprises), and follow them on Twitter (@TEIRacing). More information is also available by calling the Track Enterprises offices at 217-764-3200. For more information on the United States Auto Club (USAC) visit their website at www.usacracing.com, Like them on Facebook (www.facebook.com/usacracing), and follow them on Twitter (@USACNation) https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...c3&oe=5D6354F9 https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...bd&oe=5D5650B4 https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fe&oe=5D544FAE
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