USAC Returns to Action Packed IndyCar Event at Milwaukee Mile in 2011

Indianapolis, Indiana, December 6, 2010 – USAC racing returns to the Milwaukee Mile on Father's Day 2011. The Silver Crown Championship and Mopar National Midget Series will cap Saturday race and IndyCar qualifying action on the IZOD IndyCar Series weekend, June 18-19, 2011. The IZOD IndyCars race on Sunday, June 19, 2011.

The USAC Mopar Quarter Midgets will also compete on a temporary track that will be constructed in the Fan Interactive Zone west of the grandstand. The event will be part of USAC’s 2011 “Generation Next” National Championship Tour, featuring drivers from 5 to17 years of age. Drivers from across America are expected to compete in the Quarter Midget events, which will be streamed live on usacracing.com.

Chris McGrath, CEO of event promoter AB Promotions: “With seven series of racing over two days, the Father's Day event at Milwaukee features more racing than any other event on the IZOD IndyCar schedule, and Milwaukee is the only place that fans can see every single series on the Road to Indy. We are excited to have the stars of today and tomorrow at our event.”

“The Milwaukee Mile has been the site of historic USAC racing since the inception of USAC in 1956,” says USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. “Our participants have always enjoyed competing at this marquee facility, and we are more than delighted to be able to return there after a five-year hiatus. We anticipate some of the most intense competition of the year in what certainly will be memorable races for Midwestern race fans.”

The last appearance of the USAC Silver Crown and Midget series at Milwaukee was in 2006 when Bobby Santos III (Midget) and Wayne Reutimann (Silver Crown) sped to victory. Santos holds the existing track qualifying record for Midgets, set in 2006 at 128.576 mph. Dave Steele posted the 1-lap Silver Crown qualifying record of 129.459 mph during qualifying in 2005. A total of 177 USAC races have been held at the legendary Milwaukee Mile. Pat Flaherty won the 100-mile IndyCar race in June of 1956.

Tickets for the Milwaukee 225 IndyCar weekend, June 18-19, can be purchased online at www.milwaukeemile2011.com, or by calling the AB Promotions ticket office at 1-800-722-3840.

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AB PROMOTIONS, LLC
AB Promotions is joint venture between Avocado, LLC and BMG Event Productions formed specifically for promoting and managing the 2011 Milwaukee Mile IndyCar race and associated weekend entertainment and activities. Named for the first letters of its corporate namesakes, AB is comprised of the complementary resources and talents of key personnel from Avocado Motorsports and BMG Event Productions.

Avocado, LLC

Founded in 2008, Avocado designs and implements custom motorsports marketing programs for businesses, race teams and drivers, using the three principles of accountability, momentum and results to drive business. This individualized strategy permits clients to participate in producing exactly what they want. By controlling the executables, Avocado ensures those expectations are met. Avocado is located 20 minutes north of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Carmel, Indiana.

BMG Event Productions

BMG Event Productions is a division of Business Media Group, Inc., a certified Woman Owned Corporation, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. BMG specializes in strategic event management, logistics and execution for large-scale corporate, association and entertainment events hosted in locations throughout the world. Race related event management experience includes promotion and event management for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 500 Festival, Indy Racing League, IZOD, Andretti Autosport and Speed TV.

Contacts:

R. Christopher McGrath, Chief Executive Officer
AB Promotions, LLC
Phone: 317.490.6370
chrism@avocadoamr.com
www.avocadoamr.com

George Sechrist, Chief Operating Officer
AB Promotions, LLC
Phone: 317.652.5276
gsechrist@bmgep.com
www.bmgep.com

Allentown, PA: CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Welcomes Larry Foyt, Omar Martinez, Brian Brown, Jake Blackhurst and Greg Collins To Monday Night's Show
By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show cranks up the airwaves on Monday evening with another fabulous edition of their show on Monday evening, December 6th as they play host to another blockbuster lineup of talented racing stars and personalities who join the Gang for the fastest, funniest, and most informative racing show in the country today. The show airs from 6 to 8 PM every Monday evening on channels 103 and 137 and worldwide on the Internet. The Gang has been serving the racing world for the past eight years on the airwaves and is well noted for their well noted "theme" show format and will host the 503rd edition of their show since they hit the airwaves and their 291st show since joining forces with the party channel at WALN Digital Cable and "Happy Jack" Burns on Channels 103 and 137. The Gasoline Alley Team of Ed and Steve Pados is looking forward to more of the same great format they have been following since the inception of their show back in 2002.

With this edition of the show the Gang will welcome a very diverse and talented group of driving stars and personalities who help make up the latest racing news in the world of motorsports. Joining the Gang for the show will be former IRL and NASCAR driving talent Larry Foyt who is now the Team Manager for the race cars coming out of the famed AJ Foyt racing shops. Larry will bring everyone up to speed on the latest developments from Texas and talk about his involvement with helping students who are seeking to make the world of motorsports part of their goals in life. Urban Force Racing Team member Omar Martinez rejoins the show to talk about being selected as the first student from the Urban Force Racing Team to step into a major racing program in the country to make his mark in the world of motorsports with the AJ Foyt Racing Team. Gifted Sprint Car sensation Brian Brown makes his initial visit to the show to talk about his winning of the Knoxville Raceway 410 Sprint Car title and the success he has enjoyed being an owner and driver in the fast paced world of sprint car racing. Jake Blackhurst, one of the top young guns in the country, joins the Gang for the first time to talk about an incredible season in racing that included capturing the USAC Ford Focus Midwest pavement title and capturing the Focus portion of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Irwindale. Jake still has some racing left to do before the end of the season and will touch on the 2011 season that will seee him pairing with USAC Champion Bryan Clauson. Harmony Speedway historian Greg Collins, the Vice President of the IRCO group that headlines the sponsorship of the Dirt Track Heroes show at the Phillipsburg Mall in March, rejoins the Gang in studio to share some views regarding the fourth edition of the popular off-season show that has become larger with each passing year and is sure to break additional records with the upcoming event..

Miss WALN Cable Radio Vickie Kidd will join the Gang for this edition of the show.

The popular award winning TV/Internet show offers a live internet video feed to all of the Internet subscribers to view the wide assortment of the many racing videos that are played while the show is in progress and to enjoy the chat sessions with the many great personalities from within the racing community who pay the Gang a visit to discuss racing. As always, a surprise or two will be expected as the Gasoline Alley Gang continues to bring the racing community the fastest, funniest and most informed racing show on the airwaves today. All shows produced by GA Motorsports Media are carefully researched, authenticated and fully scripted to produce for our loyal sponsors, guests and racing fans the best show on the airwaves today.

CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Radio/Internet Show continues with its outstanding line-up of talented guests with this week's edition of the show. The Show's programming on WALN Digital Cable Radio, Internet www.walncableradio.com for the Audio portion and: livestream.com/walncableradio/old for the video portion. The Show is available on Service Electric Digital Cable TV, Channels 103, and 137 and is live from 6 to 8 PM and later tape delayed on Channel 50 at 11 PM.

Join the Gasoline Alley broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados every Monday evening December 6th as they take you on a two-hour circular journey with their well documented, very informative and extremely funny show.

Should you have questions on how to be a part of the show through advertising, appearances or remotes, please contact Steve Pados at: 610 573 9706; Ed Pados at: 610 739 0391; or the WALN Studios at: 610 791 1818. You may also email: steveswp@ptd.net

RACING NEWS THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Contact: Dick Jordan

USAC AND ARCA TO JOINTLY COMPETE DURING THURSDAY NIGHT OF 2011 KROGER SPEEDFEST

INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 2, 2010) O’Reilly Raceway Park officials in conjunction with key personnel from the United States Auto Club (USAC) and the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards announced today that both series will be featured during Thursday night of the 2011 Kroger SpeedFest on July 28th. The evening will be called the ‘Thursday Night Triple Header’ and will feature the, USAC Mopar National Midget Series, the USAC Silver Crown Series and the ARCA National Stock Car Series. This will be the first time in history that all three series have raced at one venue on the same night.

“We feel the Thursday Night Triple Header will be an incredible night of racing and will be a tremendous addition to the storied history of Kroger SpeedFest,” said Wes Collier, acting general manager at O’Reilly Raceway Park. “All three of these series will add to what is already some of the best racing in the country during the course of three evenings.”

USAC has a rich and storied tradition at O’Reilly Raceway Park with 292 races run at the facility with a list of winners including A. J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon. USAC and ARCA have raced together in the past with the Silver Crown Series in 1998 at Memphis and the Mopar National Midget Series at South Boston in 2003.

“Our long relationship with our friends at ARCA has produced some memorable racing weekends,” adds USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. “We are pleased that we can offer this tremendous tripleheader event to the race fans at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, one of the nation’s premier racing facilities. It’s been seven years since the Midgets and ARCA shared billing and a dozen years since ARCA and the Silver Crown cars were on the same bill. We are extremely excited about this program and look forward to what we expect to be one of our season’s signature events.”

This also marks the first time that ARCA has returned to O’Reilly Raceway Park since the 1985 season when Bob Schacht won at the facility. Schacht has the most ARCA wins at the track with two victories.

“USAC and O’Reilly Raceway Park have provided us with a tremendous opportunity to join what is already a great night of racing during the Kroger SpeedFest,” said ARCA President Ron Drager. “We hope to add to the energy and excitement of all the racing taking place in Indianapolis that week.”

The 2011 Kroger SpeedFest triumphantly returns to O’Reilly Raceway Park on July 28 – 30 and will once again feature the NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ARCA National Stock Car Series, USAC Midget and Silver Crown series during the course of three thrilling nights of racing.

More information on ticket prices, schedule of events and event information will be available at www.oreillyracewaypark.com, www.usacracing.com and www.arcaracing.com in the coming months.

One of five drag racing facilities owned and operated by the National Hot Rod Association, O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis was built in 1960 and has presented organized racing events since 1961. From March through October, the facility hosts more than 120 dates of racing on three tracks, a quarter-mile drag strip, a .686-mile paved oval and a 2.5-mile road course. Home to drag racing’s biggest event, the NHRA U.S. Nationals over Labor Day weekend, the drag strip runs more than 50 days of point-to-point action, from national events to street legal community programs. The oval track draws racing’s biggest events, including annual visits from the NASCAR Nationwide, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and annual USAC races. The road course provides a home for several racing sanctions, while providing an ideal resource for driving schools, corporate outings and open-road tests for professional drivers.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 29, 2010
DICK JORDAN

Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. has earned a $300,000 scholarship for oval-track competition in the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights Series plus a $40,000 cash bonus as USAC’s 2010 National Drivers Champion.

Clauson completed the season with a victory in Thursday night’s 70th “Turkey Night Grand Prix” Mopar National Midget race at Irwindale, Calif. and ended with a 14-point margin over runner-up Levi Jones, who did not compete at Irwindale.

Clauson will accept his season-ending awards at this Friday night’s “Night of Champions” USAC National Awards Dinner in downtown Indianapolis, Ind.

Jerry Coons Jr. took third in the final NDC standings ahead of Tracy Hines, Damion Gardner, Dave Darland, Bobby East, Chris Windom, Shane Hmiel and Brad Kuhn.

Clauson’s best 25 scores included 10 feature victories, nine seconds and six thirds! Only the best 25 scores in National feature events counted toward the 2010 USAC National Drivers Championship totals.

2010 USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS

1-Bryan Clauson-1,108, 2-Levi Jones-1,094, 3-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,044, 4-Tracy Hines-1,030, 5-Damion Gardner-1,001, 6-Dave Darland-969, 7-Bobby East-960, 8-Chris Windom-918, 9-Shane Hmiel-886, 10-Brad Kuhn-856.

Media Contact: Steve Williams
E-mail: swilliamsardc@gmail.com
Phone 570-473-8878
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STEVE BUCKWALTER FETED AT ANNUAL ARDC AWARDS BANQUET

The American Racing Drivers Club concluded its 71st season on Saturday Night their annual awards banquet held at Lobitz’s Catering Hall in Hazleton, PA.

The highlight of the evening was the crowning of Steve Buckwalter as club champion. Buckwalter accrued 10 wins on his way to his first ever ARDC title, scoring 2435 points to 2347 for runner-up Ryan Smith.

Buckwalter’s wins came at, Williams Grove, Penn Can, Grandview, Central Pennsylvania, Mercer, Dixieland, New Egypt, Big Diamond and two at Susquehanna. Buckwalter also led the club with 13 heat race wins.

Steve’s car owner / father, Brian Buckwalter Sr. was also presented with the car owners championship trophy.

The Buckwalter 0 completed a sweep of the awards when Crew Chief Eddie Heffline was named the Ken Hickey Crew Chief of the year.

Ryan Smith and car owners, Jerry and Karen Steward both received 2nd place awards in the driver and owners chase respectfully. Smith garnered, four wins at Williams Grove, Big Diamond and two at Bridgeport.

Don and Cindy Heistand were on hand to pick-up third place trophies for both driver and owners points. The Heistand’s were representing their sons, Drew and Dusty, both of whom were unable to attend.

In all plaques were given to the top 15 in points in both car owner and driver standings. In addition the top three in points also received a package of fasteners from Fastener Specialties.

The other special awards were picked up by Dusty Heistand as the Most Improved Driver, Tim Buckwalter won the Dutch Schaefer / Jiggs Peters Rookie of the Year while ARDC President, Bruce Buckwalter Sr. presented PJ Gargiulo with the Galen Halteman Presidents Award. Dave Shirk’s RAACE Foundation #16 was presented with the Best Appearing Car award and in addition to his plaque, received a leather jacket from PPG Paints.

Special guests on hand included former club champions, Hank Rogers Jr, Bryan Kobylarz and 2011 National Midget Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Leigh Earnshaw. Former competitor and Club President, Ron Lauer. Former competitor, Jim Maguire and former mechanic and vintage car enthusiasts, Dick & Marian Briggs.

Contingency Sponsors on hand included representatives from, Fastener Specialties and BDB Graphics.

Members of the press on hand included, AARN photographer Kris Keath and Hoseheads.com, Dino Oberto.

The crowd was entertained by the stories and memories of Hank Rogers Jr. and Jim Maguire.

The evenings fun activities included a Trivia Contest and a test of the pit crews including a tire mounting, gear changing and spark plug replacement contests.

A silent auction of donated gifts was held with the proceeds being donated to the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing to help defray the costs of their recently announced museum expansion.

BANQUET NOTES: Steve Buckwalter is preparing 2 cars for January’s Chili Bowl Nationals. He will drive one car. The other driver will be named later. Joining Buckwalter on the trip west will be car owner, Greg Fitzpatrick who will also take two cars along. One for his regular driver Steve Drevicki and one for Bruce Buckwalter Jr. Drew Heistand was unable to attend the banquet after having a procedure performed on his foot. Drew’s brother Dusty was also absent as his wife Jen, recently gave birth to their first child. Grandpa Don Heistand accepted the awards for his sons while Grandma Cindy kept Don straight on the babies important statistics. Steve Buckwalter's 2011 plans include Midget racing as well as possibly more Sprint Car racing. Ryan Smith and owner Jerry Steward announced that they will mount a full out attack on the points championship. Rookie Steve Bull is looking forward to a full schedule of Midget racing in 2011 if additional sponsorship can be procured. ARDC had a total of 11 rookies compete this year and has already received commitments from at least 4 drivers for next year.