Open-wheel racing will return to the Indianapolis Speedrome this Sunday (May 3), with the national midgets -- co-sanctioned by the Rumble Series and Wolverine Outlaw Midget Series -- running a 50-lap feature. Modifieds, quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints also are on the program.

Pit gates open at 10 a.m. and front gates at 11:30. Quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints will run their preliminaries in the late morning and early afternoon. Practice for midgets and modifieds will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the first heat race scheduled for 5. Promoter Tony Barhorst aims to have the program over by 8.

This is the first of four events the Rumble Series is promoting at the Speedrome, which last hosted the midgets in 2005. The other dates are May 31 (midgets), July 19 (HOSS sprint cars and midgets) and Aug. 30 (HOSS sprint cars and UMRA TQ midgets). We'll hope you will be able to support the races.

For more information, visit www.rumbleseries.com, www.speedrome.com or e-mail Tony at tbracefest@aol.com.

Here is the preliminary entry list for the midgets (note the wide variety of chassis and engines!):

WOLVERINE / RUMBLE NATIONAL MIDGETS

Car Driver/Hometown Entrant/Sponsor/Chassis/Engine

0 Doug Dietsch/Vicksburg, MI DDR LLC/B-D Enterprises – DougDietsch.com/Hawk/Gaerte Ford
3 Mike Schenker/Shelbyville, IN David Fuhrman/Fuhrman/Kenyon/Yamaha
4b Brian Buttler/Pickerington, OH Buttler/Central Ohio Open Wheel Fan Club – Classic Craft Motorsports/Hawk/Ford Focus
5 Dan Vander Molen/Grand Rapids, MI WOMS/Van’s Pattern Corp. – Wife & Dog/Edmunds/Fontana
5 Jared Marks/Napoleon, OH 3-K Racing/TMT/Kenyon/Yamaha
06 Mike Larrison/Coatesville, IN American Dream Racing/The Rush N OB – McLaughlin Motorsports – Spy Optic – Davis Tool & Gage/Beast/Stanton Mopar
6z Kim Hughes/Maybee, MI Steve Lefere/Alro Steel – Melling Engine Components -- Technique Inc./Hawk/Ilmor Mopar
7a Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle, IN C&A Motorsports/Beast/Mopar
14 Dillon Welch/Carmel, IN Welch Racing/St. Vincent Sports Performance Center/Kenyon/Yamaha
15 Rich Corson/Markham, IL Corson-Savage Racing/RFMS Racing/Hawk/Fontana
19 Matt Westfall/Ludlow Falls, OH Dave & Bonna Ryder/Dave Ryder Racing – Bordner Welding – Klotz Lubricants/Vogler/VW
20d Dave Troyer/Jackson, MI Dave Troyer/Troyer Distributing Inc./Stealth/Ed Pink Ford
27 Deano Lennon/Indianapolis Lennon Racing/Busby’s Collision & Customizing/Dynamite/VW
28 Joe Liguori/Tampa, FL Margaret Owen/C&R Racing/Stealth/Ford
28s Travis Young/Franklin, IN Wally Sexton/Sexton Group – Matlock Ford/Jacobs/VW
29 Ed Hair/Indianapolis Hair/A Pallet Co./Butler/Esslinger
32 David Fuhrman/Roachdale, IN David Fuhrman/Fuhrman/Kenyon/Yamaha
33 Kyle Hamilton/Danville, IN Hamilton Motorsports/Curtis Motor Sales – Lucas Oil – Earls Indy– Wright Motor Co. – Big T’s Auto Parts/Beast/VW
36 Jim Anderson/Joliet, IL Guess/Ryan & Co. – Mr. B’s Bar & Grill – The Hot Rod Barn – Turk Collision – Brown & Brown Insurance – RHO Chemical – Hoosier Tire – Artistic Signs/Beast/Mopar
41 (To be assigned) Eddie Griffith Racing/Gould Body & Paint – Keco Coatings/Beast/Ford Focus
48 Aaron Shroad/Edmore, MI Shroad/Shroad/Hettinger/Esslinger
56 Charlie Schultz/Lorain, OH Chuck Rencurrel/Kalamazoo Packaging/Streicher Munchkin/VW
57 Jeremy Warren/Noblesville, IN Ultimate Welding Fabrication/Ultimate Welding Fabrication – Warren Automotive/Beast/Chevy
58 A.J. Lesiecki/Lorain, OH Chuck Rencurrel/American Hood Systems Inc./Edmunds/VW
61 Sondi Eden/Crawfordsville, IN Tom Hayworth/Impact Racing/Hawk/Stanton Mopar
77 Brian Olson/Puyallup, WA Brian Olson/Olson Brothers Excavating – Pro-Vac Clean Systems/Beast/
Esslinger/Ford
99 Billy Wease/Noblesville, IN Randy Burrow/Burco Molding – Wease Masonry/Fedorcak-Burrow/VW

Schedule of Events
(Subject to modification)

10 a.m. – Registration and pits open
11 – Drivers meetings for quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints
11:30 – Practice begins for quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints (Order: Senior Medium, Junior Heavy, Junior Honda, Heavy Honda, Jr. Sprints, Senior Heavy, Senior Honda, Senior Caged, Heavy 160, Clones, Light 160, Outlaws, Kid Karts)
1 p.m. – Racing begins for quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints (two rounds of heats; same order as above)
3 – Consolation races as needed for quarter midgets, karts and Jr. Sprints, followed by features
4:30 – Practice begins for midgets and modifieds
5 – Racing begins for midgets and modifieds (four midget heats, up to three modified heats, two midget consolation races and modified consolation race), followed by Wolverine/Rumble midget feature (50 laps) and modified feature (35 laps)

Eddie Griffith's car is open for a rental. His contact info is eddieg41@aol.com

Mike Nigh also has a Focus open- mar51racer@aol.com

David Fuhrman may have one of his Kenyon Cars open cars open for future races. I will post his contact info later..or send me a P.M. and I will forward it. We are going by Wolverine rules..So Focus and Kenyon Cars geta weight break.

http://www.wolverinemidgets.com/09WO...ESOFFICIAL.pdf

Also note that the VW powered cars have no minimum weight rule.

Another note of interest is American Racer Tires are allowed to compete with Hoosier.

Where is Don Moore's entry?

POWRI Friday and Saturday.

All systems are go for Sunday..only a 20% chance of rain...Modified and midget heats start at 5 p.m.

what time it the drivers meeting for the midgets?

Joe,

It won't be until after 2:00 P.M at least. You have plenty of time. Anyone that just wants to see midgets..can come in around 4 pm in time for practice.

One new thing we are doing is having split sessions. Fans can come to the pits ( kids allowed) for $10.00 until 4 pm.

They can elect to upgrade to a full pass (30.00) or go to the grandstand for $5.00 extra.

This will be a good chance to get autographs and visit the teams.

Best,
Tony Barhorst
www.rumbleseries.com

thank you tony, i will see you 2marrow around 1:00pm then.