11/29/2004

MICRO SPRINT RACERS READY TO ROLL THE DICE

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Steve Buckwalter, Nathan Hauck and Jack Spence are ready to roll the dice in Atlantic City. The three Micro-Sprint standouts have posted their ³gambler¹s fee² and will chase a $5,000 top prize for winning the Atlantic City Indoor Race ³Gambler¹s Classic² at Boardwalk Hall on Sat., Jan. 22.

The 40-lap TQ Midget/600cc Micro-Sprint feature, which caps off two days of indoor racing action on the Hall¹s concrete-surfaced oval track, offers a $2,000 first-place check. But drivers are eligible to run for a $5,000 payoff if they submit a $100 ³gambler¹s fee² when they enter--and Buckwalter, Hauck and Spence have all taken that challenge.

Buckwalter comes to A.C. hot off a superb 2004 season. He won 15 Micro-Sprint features and was also victorious on the ARDC Midget trail. The Royersford, Pa., standout will compete at A.C. as a teammate to York, Pa.¹s Hauck, who has flashed some speed in the 2003 and 2004 installments of the Indoor Race.

HR Motorsports of York, Pa., will field 600cc Micro-Sprints for both Buckwalter and Hauck. Bear, Del.¹s Spence, meanwhile, will take a third crack at victory in the A.C. Indoor Race. He¹s shown flashes of brilliance in each of his two previous appearances, but his runs were marred by spectacular accidents.

The entry list continues to grow for the A.C. Indoor Race, which offers complete racing programs on Jan. 21 and 22. Several other Micro-Sprint drivers have already submitted entry forms, including Dan Biggs of Seaville, N.J.; Charles Chance Jr. of Port Elizabeth, N.J.; Dan McMahon of Cape May Courthouse, N.J.; Bob Maxwell Jr. of Elizabethtown, Pa.; and Jack Arute of Suffield, Conn., who is best known as an ABC television auto racing commentator and football sideline reporter.

Also entered is Micro-Sprint standout Michael Carber of Pipersville, Pa., but the young driver will be driving a TQ Midget in the event. The two-day program commences on Fri., Jan. 21, with time trials for the TQ Midgets/600cc Micros at 6:45 p.m. The evening¹s main attraction will be the ³Roaring 20s²--triple 20-lap events that transfer the top-four finishers directly to Saturday night¹s feature.

After the ³Small Car Nationals² for Micro-Stocks, Young Lion Slingshots and Mini-Cup cars is run beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 22, the evening card--headlined by the ³Gambler¹s Classic²--kicks off at 7:15 p.m. For more info call 609-888-3618 or visit www.aarn.com.

Sources:  Danny Sammons/AARN PR
Posted:  December 1, 2004