Mid-America Speedway, located on Indianapolis' southeast side at the Marion County Fairgrounds, is just over three weeks away from hosting their premier event of the season, the 'Night After the Indy Mile' on Saturday, August 9.
In a schedule change over the course of last years off-season, the big night of racing at Mid-America swapped nights with the AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship round at the Indy Mile, which used to run on Saturday, with Mid-America's event formally known as the 'Night Before the Indy Mile.' With Family Events, the promoters of the Indy Mile, requesting a date and night change to better coincide with the Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP weekend August 8-10, the changes to the schedule were put in place. The legendary Indy Mile will now run on Friday, August 8 with Mid-America Speedway's 'Night After the Indy Mile' to follow it the next evening on the southeast side of town.
In the shot above, eventual winner and former AMA Grand National rider Steve Morehead #42, Tom Morgan #91F, 2013 AMA Grand National Championship-winning tuner Dave Atherton #15X, Bill Snyder #4 and former AMA Grand National rider Garth Brow #15 line up on the front row for the Bultaco Astro Race in August 2013 at Mid-America Speedway. All are expected to do battle again in round 10 of the 2014 AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship event at the Marion County Fairgrounds-hosted track. Photo by Mike 'Stu' Stuhler/Stu's Shots.
This year's event again will see Mid-America host round 10 of the AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship, which will also feature the Bultaco Astro Race (formerly known as the Bultaco Astro Cup) as well as several classes of vintage racing, set to go along with the track's hosting of the Open Pro Class, which again will draw undefeated track champ and 2012 AMA Grand National Champion Jared Mees to come back and protect his winning record at Mid-America.
Check out our full press release below that we helped track president and promoter, Jim Terhcila put together for this year's great night of racing, and be sure to put this on your calendar for those of you that will be in town for all of the other great racing that weekend. You WON'T be disappointed!
Mid-America
Speedway in Indy to Host Round 10 of the 2014 AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship Along with Open Pro
Class in Annual 'Night After the Indy Mile' Event on Saturday, August
9
Night's
racing to include Bultaco Astro Race featuring a host of former AMA
Grand National Champions and racers
Indianapolis, IN. –
July 16, 2014 – Mid-America Speedway in Indianapolis is
ready to gear up for another of our premier events in August as the
track will feature many returning racers from the AMA Pro Flat Track
Grand National Championship, some retired AMA Grand National
Champions and the 2nd annual hosting of round 10 of the
AMA Vintage Dirt Track National Championship featuring the Bultaco
Astro Race (formerly known as the Bultaco Astro Cup race) over the
Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP weekend.
'The Night After the Indy
Mile' sponsored by Harley-Davidson of Bloomington, IN. will see many returning stars of AMA Pro
Flat Track including defending Bultaco Astro Race winner Steve
Morehead, 2000 AMA Grand National Champion Joe Kopp (who for the
first time in his career straddled a two-stroke Bultaco at
Mid-America last season), former AMA Grand National racer Dave
'Bones' Aldana, Zanotti Racing & Grand National
Championship-winning tuner Dave Atherton, Indy west side resident Dan
Ingram, and newly announced rider and former 7-Time AMA Grand
National Champ Chris Carr.
2012 AMA Grand National
Champion Jared Mees will be on-hand to defend his unblemished winning
record at Mid-America in the Open Pro Class race along with defending
AMA Grand National Champion Brad Baker, Rob 'Bugs' Pearson, Henry
Wiles and a host of other greats from AMA Grand National Championship
racing who will be racing for a share of the $1500 to-win purse in
the Open Pro Class.
2012 AMA Grand National Champ Jared Mees #1, 2-Time AMA Pro Flat Track Singles Champ and 9-Time Peoria TT winner Henry Wiles #17 and eventual 2013 AMA Grand National Champ Brad Baker line up for the Open Pro Class main event at Mid-America Speedway in August 2013. All will be returning to action on August 9 to try to keep Mees from extending his winning record in the Open Pro race at the Marion County Fairgrounds-hosted track. Photo by Mike 'Stu' Stuhler/Stu's Shots.
Dave Aldana, among other
returning racers, will be returning to do battle in the AMA Vintage
Races, which Aldana triumphed over in last year's inaugural event in
the Vet 60+ Class. A 500 Speedway class, 80-200cc 2- or 4-stroke
class, Open Quad class (entrants already filled), and a 250cc Money
class will also accompany the AMA Vintage classes, Open Pro Class
race and Bultaco Astro Race for the evening.
Tickets are only $10/each,
children aged 5-9 only $5 and under 4 free with a paying adult.
Riders meeting starts at 4:00 PM, first practice at 4:30 and the
first heat rolls off the line at 7:00 PM EDT. Pit passes are
available for $10/each up until 5:00 PM and for $25/each after that
time. More info can be found by visiting our schedule page at
www.midamspeedway.com.
Mid-America Speedway,
located at the Marion County Fairgrounds on Indy's southeast side,
will also be hosting the RIDE Academy on Monday, August 11 featuring
class instructors and owner Mike Hacker, Johnny Lewis, Brad Baker,
Jared and Nichole Mees, Kenny Coolbeth, Jr. and a handful of other
AMA Pro Flat Track riders. More info on this great day of instruction
can be found at
www.rideacademy.com.
Press release prepared by:
Mike
'Stu' Stuhler
Stu's
Shots
Indianapolis,
IN. 46234
317-299-2072-H
317-373-0522-C
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