USAC
Record Purse for Charlotte Midget Race
ENTRIES MAILED FOR $51,100 CHARLOTTE MIDGET RACE Entries have been mailed to participants detailing the largest single-day payout in the 66-year history of the sport of Midget auto racing! The USAC National Midget race scheduled July 24 at the ...
Edited: May 8, 2001, 12:19 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
ENTRIES MAILED FOR $51,100 CHARLOTTE MIDGET RACE
Entries have been mailed to participants detailing the largest single-day payout in the 66-year history of the sport of Midget auto racing!
The USAC National Midget race scheduled July 24 at the Charlotte (NC) Motor Speedway offers $51,100 in prizes as well as points toward the 1998 USAC National Midget Championship and is expected to attract a field of top open-wheel racing talent from across the United States.
The winner of the 50-lap feature race on Charlotte's 1/4-mile "legends" oval will earn a paycheck for $9,000 and all 24 starters are guaranteed at least $1,000 just to start. The race will be run in conjunction with Charlotte's VisionAire 500 Indy Racing League activities, which also include the US Formula 2000 Championship Series.
Ricky Shelton of Huntington Beach, Calif. currently leads the National Midget Series in search of a third consecutive USAC driving championship in three different series, something no driver has ever accomplished in the 43-year history of USAC racing. He won the 1996 TQ Midget title and followed with the 1997 "Western States" Midget crown.
"It's a big deal," says Shelton, "especially with the IRL weekend. It'll definitely be an interesting race. I've never seen the track but I've watched legends races on it and it reminds me of the old Saugus Speedway in California. It's a great payoff and one I'd like to win." Shelton has already won races this year at Winchester, Indianapolis and Anderson, Ind. in his Willoughby Stealth Esslinger.
The timetable of Midget events at Charlotte finds practice from 4-5 p.m., qualifying from 5:15-6:15 and the first race at 8:15.
Entry blanks and race information can be obtained from the USAC headquarters at 4910 W. 16th Street, Speedway, IN 46224 of by calling (317) 247-5151.
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article IRL: Wattles feels at home in New England
Next article ASTC: Lakeside Practice
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Ricky Shelton
Over 200 entries so far for the 29th Annual Chili Bowl
Midget
Midget
Over 200 entries so far for the 29th Annual Chili Bowl
74th Turkey Night has USAC championships on the line
USAC
USAC
74th Turkey Night has USAC championships on the line
Series pre Anderson July event news 2009-05-01
USAC
USAC
Series pre Anderson July event news 2009-05-01
Latest news
M-Sport’s 2027 WRC Fiesta Kit car breaks cover
WRC
WRC WRC 41 min
M-Sport’s 2027 WRC Fiesta Kit car breaks cover
‘I’m sideways all the time’ – How Alpine’s feral F1 car plagued Pierre Gasly in Singapore
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Singapore GP
1 h
‘I’m sideways all the time’ – How Alpine’s feral F1 car plagued Pierre Gasly in Singapore
Pedro Acosta proposes new idea for monitoring tyre pressure in MotoGP
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP 2 h
Pedro Acosta proposes new idea for monitoring tyre pressure in MotoGP
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe