CUMMINS GAINS INDIANA MIDGET WEEK RIDE WITH YELEY
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (June 3, 2019)………Kyle Cummins, a veteran of 117 career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car starts and three victories, will attempt to make his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget start this week during the 15th annual “Indiana Midget Week” mini-series June 4-9.
Cummins, of Princeton, Ind., will take the wheel of Jack Yeley’s Ohsweken Speedway-sponsored car in at least five of the six events during IMW, which begins Tuesday, June 4 at Montpelier Motor Speedway, then carries on to Gas City I-69 Speedway on June 5, Lincoln Park Speedway (Putnamville) on June 6, Bloomington Speedway on June 7, Lawrenceburg Speedway on June 8 and Kokomo Speedway on June 9.
Cummins drove for Yeley in this year's Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Okla. where he finished 9th in the A-Main on his qualifying night, then advanced as far as the B-Main on the final night. Cummins piloted a midget in USAC competition as recently as March of 2017 in the “Shamrock Classic” indoors at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, finishing 10th in the semi-feature and missing the transfer aboard a car for Chase Briscoe Racing.
Cummins’ trio of USAC National Sprint Car wins came in 2016-17, two of which came in another weeklong USAC racing event, “Indiana Sprint Week.” He won his first during ISW in 2016 at Kokomo, then scored again that fall at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., and again during ISW in 2017 at Tri-State, all for Rock Steady Racing, with whom he recently won twice with in MSCS competition at Tri-State in May.
Cummins has made three USAC Sprint Car starts in 2019, all in Ocala, Fla., where he finished 8th, 10th and 12th in his three appearances.
Tuesday at Montpelier, pits open at 2pm (Eastern), front gates open at 3pm and cars hit the track for hot laps at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Sprint Cars and UMP Modifieds are also on the event card. Adult general admission tickets are $25, kids 12 and under are free with a paid adult. Pit passes are $30 apiece.
Wednesday at Gas City, pits open at 3pm (Eastern), front gates open at 5pm and hot laps begin at 6:30pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Sprint Cars and 600cc Non-Wing Micro Sprints will also be racing. Adult general admission tickets are $25, kids 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.
Thursday at Lincoln Park, pits open at 3pm (Eastern) and hot laps begin at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Sprint Cars and MMSA Mini-Sprint will also be racing. Adult general admission tickets are $25, kids 10 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.
Friday at Bloomington, pits open at 3pm (Eastern), front gates at 5pm and hot laps begin at 6:30pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Sprint Cars and MMSA Mini-Sprints will be on hand as well. Adult general admission tickets are $25, students with valid ID are $10, kids 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.
Saturday at Lawrenceburg, pits open at 3pm (Eastern), front gates open at 5pm and hot laps begin at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Sprint Cars and UMP Modifieds will join the Midgets. Adult general admission tickets are $25, kids 7-12 are $7. Children 6 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.
Sunday at Kokomo, pits open at 3pm (Eastern), front gates open at 3pm and hot laps begin at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. It’ll be a true doubleheader with Sprint Cars and Midgets on the docket. Adult general admission tickets are $25, kids 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.
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