Midgets Ready To Battle at Montpelier Sat., May 9

The Montpelier Motor Speedway Midget series will be back in action Saturday, May 9th for round #2. The first 2015 Midget race at MMS found a photo finish between Shane Hollingsworth and Chett Gerhke with Gehrke picked up first his first career Montpelier feature win.

The Montpelier Motor Speedway, which began racing in 1903 and hosted its first automobile race in 1915, is one of America’s oldest remaining racing facilities. Sprint car racing first came to Montpelier in the late 1940’s in the form of “Big Cars”. While the east central Indiana ¼ mile clay oval has a historic past, the facility has seen many major modern upgrades the past four seasons including new restrooms and bleachers along with the addition of many safety features such as a new catch fence system along with a new front stretch wall, lighting system, and runoff area. The Montpelier Motor Speedway commonly competes weekly on Saturday Nights with its popular Modified and Stock Car divisions, and is also the host to the popular Montpelier Motor Speedway Midget series..

General Admission will be $12 with Kids (12 and Under) – FREE!

Full Event Information can be found on our website at:
www.MontpelierMotorSpeedway.com

Classes
Midgets
UMP Modifieds
Super Streets
Thunder Cars
Mod Lite Nationals

Times
Gates Open – 3:00 PM
Hot Laps – 5:00 PM
Racing – 6:30 PM

Admission
General Admission – $12
Kids (12 and Under) – Free
Pit Pass – $25

MSCS Current Top 10 – Points Standing
1) Chett Gehrke
2) Shane Hollingsworth
3) Gage Walker
4) Isaac Chapple
5) Nick Speidel
6) Justin Dickerson
7) Nick Speidel
8) Robby Parish
9) Mitchell Davis
10) Michael Koontz

Racer Information
- RaceCeivers – Default frequency 454.000

- Westhold Transponders- will be used On Midgets – Transponder and mount will be provided to the first 45 entries not already possessing a yellow Westhold unit.

- Pit Parking – Sprint cars teams will park on the south end of the pits near the track. Sprint cars will be started near this area and will enter the track on the backstretch and exit on the front stretch.

- Work Area – The Montpelier Motor Speedway has a work area located near the track exit. The car must not exit the area and all work must be completed in the chute indicated by a red barrier. The work area is only available during the A/B Mains.

Facility Information
– Size – ¼ Mile Clay Oval
– Built in 1903 – First Auto Race 1915
– Total Montpelier Motor Speedway seating – 3200
– Family Seating Section (located behind the flag stand) – Consumption of alcohol not permitted in this area.
– Fully stocked souvenir stand (includes MMS T-Shirts, Hoodies, Pictures, and MMS Programs)
– Fully stocked family/kid souvenir stand (includes kid’s toys and novelties, racing flags, safety glasses, hearing protection, etc… Items starting at .50/$1.00)
– New Men and Women’s restroom located behind the main grandstands. Pit side restroom is men only.
– Concession stand (wide range of food and sides and cold/hot drinks) located behind the main grandstands. Duel lines to purchase food available from spectator area. Picnic tables spread throughout the facility.
– Beer garden – Wide range of cold adult beverages and Coke/Pepsi products. ID required. The carry-in of coolers or alcohol is prohibited due to insurance and state regulation codes.

Location
East Central Indiana (I69 Exit 264)
Montpelier Motor Speedway
700 South Jefferson
Montpelier, Indiana 47359
Track Phone – 765-728-8210

Web & Media
Official Website: www.MontpelierMotorSpeedway.com
Facebook – “Home of the Montpelier Motor Speedway: www.facebook.com/MontpelierMotorSpeedway
Twitter (@MontpelierTrack)- www.twitter.com/MontpelierTrack
MSCS Website – www.mscssprints.com

Upcoming Montpelier Motor Speedway Sprint Dates:
June 6th – NRA VS SOD – Winged Sprint Cars
August 1 – NRA VS SOD – Winged Sprint Cars
September 12th – BOSS – 410 Non-Wing Sprint Cars

Upcoming Montpelier Motor Speedway Midget Dates:
May 9, May 23, June 20, June 27 (with Fireworks!), July 25, August 15, September 5, September 19

Rained out :/

There were 12 midgets on the grounds when they cancelled.

Tyler

3 more in the parking lot if your just counting the pits

Man, we hate to lose another Midget show! We will start to look at some dates for make up in the future. I believed I had 23 Midgets confirmed for tonight's race before the showers started to come through, and I'm sure we would of had some surprise drop-ins. We've had rounds of dry followed thunderstorms all evening. We appreciate everyone who traveled to race with us. We were hoping we could get one over on mother nature and get another Midget race in.

Our next Midget race will be Saturday, May 23rd.

We were on the way when we got the call. Thanks for considering makeup dates, that ten race season goes by quick when you lose a few to rain.

Greg Watson
3W Racing (midgets #3W and 41)

Montpelier is the best thing to happen to midget racing in a long long time, folks. The promoter was willing to stick his neck out and run midgets when there wasn't another promoter anywhere in the Midwest willing to do so. He stuck with it through thick and thin and now there are usually over 20 Montpelier dedicated midgets that have allegence to his promotion. Hip hip hurray for his willingness to see this through!!!!! Instead of scheduling Montpelier midget dates around the big box races, the big box guys should be scheduling around Montpelier dates. The racers that show up there for the most part are not going to show up for the big box events and compete against the factory backed big box motors. Total waste of time and money and you're forced to buy the purple tires while Montpelier has an open tire rule and, folks, we the participants can run tires a lot cheaper with tires that last a lot longer and furthermore Montpelier has the least expensive pit pass fee around. And it's a very friendly atmosphere.. quite a bit different than many midget events with a corporate gimmie everytime you turn around.