J.J. Yeley Confirms Cowtown Midget Championships Entry & Autograph Session
2/9/09, DarinShort.com. Fresh off of a 5th place finish at the 281-car Chili Bowl midget field; USAC, IRL & NASCAR Sprint Series veteran driver J.J. Yeley of Plainfield Indiana has confirmed his entry into this weekend’s City Vending Cowtown Midget Championships. The event will be held on the ultra fast banks of the Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale (D/FW) Texas on February 13-14.
An autograph session will be held from 3-3:30pm under the track grandstand on Saturday. There you can meet J.J., get his autograph, and even purchase team apparel. The races start at at 4pm.
Joining J.J. in the autograph session will be fellow USAC standout, Bryan Clauson of Noblesville Indiana. Bryan recently picked up the $10,000 to win “Twas The Midgets Before Christmas” indoor event championship in Kansas City. He will be piloting the #39h midget sponsored by Bryan Clauson Racing/All Star Performance/DMI/Gaerte Racing Engines, owned by Cory Tucker Racing. Bryan also drives for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and competes in select NASCAR Nationwide series events.
There will be live remote driver interviews broadcast on the track PA system by ‘Big Chris’ Wright as well. Make sure you arrive early so you don’t miss out on all of the extra off-track action.
32-year-old Yeley picked up his first victory in a non-winged sprint car in 1995 in Chico, CA. From there he became the USAC Rookie of the Year in 1997. In 1998 he finished 9th in the Indy 500 after running a limited schedule with the Indy Racing League. Returning his focus to open wheel racing, Yeley won his first USAC Sprint Car championship in 2001. In 2002, he won the USAC Silver Crown Championship.
In 2003, J.J. reached a record only duplicated by Tony Stewart (in 1995) by winning all three USAC titles (Sprint, Midget and Silver Crown) all in the same season. During that year, he also broke the single-season USAC win record, previously held by A.J. Foyt.
Yeley was chosen to drive a limited NASCAR Busch series schedule in 2004, which led to a full-time driving contract with the Joe Gibbs Interstate Battery NASCAR Sprint Cup series team in 2006 and 2007. And 2008, he continued with the NASCAR Sprint Cup series with the #96 DLP sponsored Hall of Fame Racing team based in the D/FW area.
In 2009, you will find Yeley competing at various NASCAR Camping World Truck and Nationwide series events, with plans to hit as many sprint and midget events as possible. Next weekend you can catch him in action at the USAC sanctioned Copper on Dirt event at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona.
For complete Cowtown Midget Championships event information, please click
www.CowtownSpeedway.com there you will find complete details, including a 2-day grandstand ticket sales promotion, which ends Thursday.
Don’t miss your chance to meet these legends of open wheel racing, this weekend, at the Fastest Li’l Dirt Track in Texas – Cowtown Speedway!
