Contact Tony Barhorst
(317) 418-3216 or
[email protected]INDIANAPOLIS -- Fans can take home restaurant gift certificates and other prizes when they attend “Christmas in July” at the Rumble Series midget race on Sunday, July 19 at the Indianapolis Speedrome.
Promoter Tony Barhorst of Classic Motorsports said the event gives families a chance to enjoy a day of racing at specially reduced ticket prices while also having the opportunity to win special prizes.
“My main goal is to make it more than just a race,” said Barhorst, who is patterning the day after his annual Rumble in Fort Wayne indoor event, which takes place just after Christmas.
“The goal here is to have a lot of fun in the summertime. We’ll mix in Beach Boys Christmas music during the breaks and create an atmosphere of having fun in the sun while watching the races. We’ve gathered quite a few gift certificates and prizes to be given away to the fans and teams alike.”
Barhorst is getting in the spirit by dropping ticket prices to just $10 for adults and $5 for kids 6-11. There is no charge for children 5 and under. Parking is free.
Midgets and MiniCup stock cars will top the program, with practice at 4:30 p.m., time trials at 5 and racing at 5:30. Fans can come out early and watch quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints from 1-3 p.m.
Michigan International Speedway has provided these tickets for prize drawings. A NASCAR weekend package of:
August 14- Sprint Cup qualifying-August 15- Nationwide Series race- August 16- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Michigan 400. A grand prize of 2 Fri, Sat, & Sunday tickets to be given away together. Runner up prizes of 2 Sat. Nationwide tickets.
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon has donated 800 free kids meal certificates that will be given away to everyone entering the spectator gates or pits as long as supplies last. They are valid at participating locations, including 10087 E. Washington St. in Indianapolis and 1721 E. 60th St. in Anderson.
Kids also will receive a Wolverine or Iron Man superhero mask, suitable for autographing.
Other prizes include two pit passes for the Rumble in Fort Wayne (Dec. 26-27); a $50 gift certificate to Houlihan’s Downtown; two $25 gift certificates to Lord Ashley’s Pub & Eatery, 11703 Pendleton Pike; a $45 gift certificate good at any Outback Steakhouse presented by the Post Road location; a Pep Boys car wash and wax kit presented by the 7201 E. Washington St. store; Lone Star free appetizer certificates; Danica Patrick, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne posters; and Rumble Series souvenir hats.
Drivers and teams also will share in the festivities. Outback Steakhouse, 7525 U.S. Highway 31 South, will present the “Hungriest Driver Award,” a $25 gift certificate, to the top qualifier in both the midget and MiniCup divisions. Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon will award $15 gift certificates to the top three finishers in each division. And each team will receive a free 8 by 10 color photo of their car or kart on the track compliments of photographer Dave Gansert and the Rumble Series.
Chucker Rader's CUSTOM WORKS will offer...a custom detailed kart body to be drawn for during the July 19 at the Indianapolis Speedrome race... The drawing can be from all the kart classes of Senior medium, Senior Heavy, Senior Honda, Senior caged, Clones, Outlaws, and Kid karts
The quarter midget classes are Junior heavy, Junior Honda, Heavy Honda, Heavy 160, and entries will be taken at the door.
Companies that wish to have their prizes featured may contact Barhorst at
[email protected].
The July 19 event will be the third of four open-wheel races this season at the Speedrome. The series wraps up on Sunday, Aug. 30 with UMRA TQ midgets, MiniCup cars, quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints.
Barhorst has brought open-wheel racing back to the fifth-mile paved track on Indianapolis’ southeast side for the first time since 2005.
“We need to have the fan support of midget racing in order to be able to grow the sport,” he said. “Hopefully, fans will come out and support the event, and maybe they’ll come out of it with a prize. We need to grow the sport in order to get the prize money up for the teams. We hope to make this a yearly event.”
Further information is available at
www.rumbleseries.com or by contacting Barhorst at (317) 418-3216 or
[email protected].
