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This year\u2019s third edition of USAC\u2019s Driven2SaveLives BC39 Powered by NOS Energy Drink will be comprised of at least 68 entries when drivers take to the track for the August 18-19 competition on The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The deadline for entries isn\u2019t until Thursday, August 12th at the crack of noon EDT and more are expected, according to USAC.<\/p>\n
After turning laps on the dirt oval located inside the Brickyard oval\u2019s third turn, five-time and inaugural Brickyard 400 race winner Jeff Gordon has been named honorary starter for the first night of competition and will take some exhibition laps before he climbs onto the flag stand to begin the two-day race that celebrates the life of the late racer, Bryan Clauson. Appropriately, Gordon will take his exhibition laps in a white United States Auto Club Midget prepared by Clauson Marshall Racing.<\/p>\n
Gordon, of course, is the 1989 USAC National Midget Series Rookie of the year, 1990 USAC National Midget Series titleholder and 1991 USAC Silver Crown Series champion. \u201cWhen Jeff said he wanted to run laps on a race-prepped IMS Dirt Track, my immediate thought was to get him here to do it for the BC39,\u201d noted Tim Clauson, Clauson Marshall Racing co-owner. \u201cAlthough it\u2019s only exhibition laps in nature, I am really excited to get to share with the fans the enjoyment of watching Jeff back on the dirt,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s third BC39 midget race isn\u2019t being held in conjunction with this weekend\u2019s cooperative NASCAR\/INDYCAR triple-header, where both the Xfinity Series and NTT IndyCar Series occupy Indianapolis Motor Speedway\u2019s unique interior road-course on Saturday and NASCAR\u2019s Cup Series has control of the same road course – for the first time since coming to Indianapolis in 1994 (hint: winner of that inaugural race was Jeff Gordon, at that time called \u201cWonder Boy\u201d) – this coming Sunday for its initial appearance on the former Formula One circuit. Last year\u2019s Xfinity road-course competition was a roaring success, and NASCAR decided its premier Cup Series should race the road course too.<\/p>\n
As a stand-alone event, the Driven2SaveLives BC 39 promises more than USAC racing, as USAC\u2019s own champions, together with NASCAR and INDYCAR competitors will hit the dirt track on Wednesday for hot lap sessions and heat races on the evening Gordon conducts his honorary starter duties. After Gordon lights up the crowd, a selection of drivers from the large entry field is scheduled to take part in the Stoops Pursuit race.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s USAC field is set to run hot lap practice sessions before qualifying races set the lineups for the five main races that devolves the field to its feature event. USAC National Midget champions Chris Windom, Logan Seavey and Spencer Bayston are recent additions to the stacked field. Inaugural BC39 winner Brady Bacon, the three-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprit Car champ, is on the entry list, as is newly-crowned 2021 Indiana Sprint Week champion Kevin Thomas Jr. Zeb Wise, who won the second BC39 race is also entered this year.<\/p>\n
Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott is scheduled to race as is Cup racer Ryan Newman, set to drive one of four Clauson Marshall Racing entries. NASCAR\u2019s Chase Briscoe, who got his start in the dirt, much like Jeff Gordon, is on the entry list.INDYCAR pilot Conor Daly continues his dirt-track education in his third BC39 (he\u2019s entered the Chili Bowl the past couple of years too). A late entry from 2019 BC39 winner Zeb Wise came through on Wednesday as the cut-off loomed. A big surprise on the entry list is the absence of current Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR star and points leader Kyle Larson, who won the Stoops Pursuit Race in 2019 – he still has a day to tick his entry.<\/p>\n
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