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5/30/16 12:34 PM LARSON, ABREU AND BELL RETURN FOR INDIANA MIDGET WEEK

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LARSON, ABREU AND BELL RETURN FOR “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK”

Three former USAC stars are returning to their roots for this week’s 12th annual “Indiana Midget Week” series.

Current NASCAR Sprint Cup competitor Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, California, makes his comeback to the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports stable in the seat of the number 97K for the first two races of “Indiana Midget Week” on Tuesday at Montpelier Motor Speedway and Wednesday’s show at Gas City I-69 Speedway.

Among Larson’s 12 career USAC National Midget victories are three “Indiana Midget Week” wins.* In 2011, Larson won the IMW round at Bloomington Speedway, which also served as his first career USAC triumph.* He then won again in IMW at the Kokomo Speedway in 2012, with his most recent coming in 2013 at Gas City.

2014 USAC National Midget titlist and 2014/2015 “Indiana Midget Week” champion, Rico Abreu of St. Helena, California, takes advantage of an off-weekend from his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series duties and will compete in the last three races of IMW in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports number 97K: Friday at Bloomington, Saturday at Lawrenceburg Speedway, where his two lone IMW victories came in 2014 and 2015, before winding up IMW at Kokomo Speedway on Sunday.

Norman, Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell also takes a break from his NASCAR Truck Series schedule to take on three “Indiana Midget Week” races in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports number 71w.* Bell, the 2013 USAC National Midget champ, plans to hit the first two races at Montpelier and Gas City along with Friday’s event at Bloomington, the sight of two of his four career IMW victories.

Those three along with other series stars hope to join the list of “Indiana Midget Week” champions starting Tuesday at Montpelier. *Fremont, California’s Shane Golobic leads the USAC National Midget points after winning the season opening race in March at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, Ill.*

In the current standings, series rookie Golobic leads 2005 and 2006 IMW champ Shane Cottle, Brady Bacon, Spencer Bayston, Tanner Thorson, David Budres, Zach Daum, Anton Hernandez, Chad Boat, and Tyler Thomas as well as former USAC National Midget champion Dave Darland and “Indiana Midget Week” champs Jerry Coons, Jr. (2007) and Bryan Clauson (2009 & 2011).

Six straight nights of “Indiana Midget Week” 2016 gets underway Tuesday, May 31 at Montpelier Motor Speedway before hitting Gas City I-69 Speedway on Wednesday, June 1, Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway on Thursday, June 2, Bloomington Speedway on Friday, June 3, Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday, June 4, concluding on Sunday, June 5 at Kokomo Speedway.

[open_wheel_outlaw]

So the way this reads none of the three will race at LPS, any reason why? Bummer as LPS is the only night I can make, still will be hell of a show with or without those guys in midgets, plus sprints!

[richie]

Originally Posted by open_wheel_outlaw So the way this reads none of the three will race at LPS, any reason why? Bummer as LPS is the only night I can make, still will be hell of a show with or without those guys in midgets, plus sprints!

Things have changed in the last day. Rico will now run all of the "Midget Week" races, including LPS.