INDIANAPOLIS – The entry list for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 powered by NOS Energy Drink at the Dirt Track at IMS has neared 40 entries as of Wednesday afternoon.
Among the latest stars to commit to the second running of the race, scheduled for Sept. 4-5, are the point leading and winningest team in the NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midget Series this season, an international racing star, an electrifying talent, a Western States Midget champion and a car owned by the winningest driver in series history.
Clauson/Marshall Racing has entered their core group of four full-time USAC competitors for the event, including Tyler Courtney, Chris Windom, Zeb Wise and Andrew Layser.
Defending AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series champion Courtney leads all drivers with six USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature wins this year and has led the standings since the start of the season.
His CMR teammate, Chris Windom, runs second in the standings behind him after a strong showing during Pennsylvania Midget Week.
Windom, the 2016 Silver Crown and 2017 National Sprint Car titlist, has won his first two National Midget races over the past two months.
Wise runs fourth in the standings with two recent victories to his credit during Pennsylvania Midget Week. He was victorious in last year’s Stoops Pursuit race at the BC39.
Andrew Layser is in his first year for CMR and tops the series’ rookie points by a commanding margin. He seeks to make his first BC39 feature start.
Michael Pickens, the winningest driver from New Zealand in the history of the USAC National Midget Series with four wins, will roll with the RMS LLC team at the BC39 alongside teammate Thomas Meseraull.
David Prickett, the 2012 USAC Western States Dirt Midget champ, will drive for Neverlift Motorsports in his second BC39 appearance. Meanwhile, Trey Osborne – a veteran of Kenyon Midget racing and the Little 500 at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway – will drive the famed yellow No. 61 for Mel Kenyon, a 111-time USAC national midget victor.
Those drivers join a talented list of entries which also includes 2017 USAC National Midget champion Spencer Bayston; 2018 Jason Leffler Memorial winner Tyler Thomas; USAC National Sprint Car feature winners Brent Beauchamp and Matt Westfall; and past USAC Western States Midget champion Shannon McQueen, among others.
Driven2SaveLives BC39 Entry List (as of Aug. 7)