Thanks to Powri and Lucas Oils Australian Speedway fans will get the chance to see best Midgets Speedcars from Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
In an announcement today the US team member to tour the Shaky Isles and Australia was released. Heading the tour party will be Christopher Bell the youngster from Norman Oklahoma who along with fellow Kunz /Beast/Toyota team mate Rico Abreu has been the pace setter during the current USAC and Powri season
Bell has wins this year in the Belleville National and only last week end at Tri City in the final of the Gold Crown National.
Bell and Clauson racing for the at Belleville
Joining Bell will be Bryan Clauson from Noblesville Indiana who currently leads the USAC Sprint Car Series after being the Champion for the past two years. At Tri City Clauson beat Bell during the second night feature of the Gold Crown National and is the winningest driver in 2013 with 6 wins in various USAC series.Clauson was the USAC National Midget Champion in 2010 and 2011.
The third member will be the veteran Jerry Coons Jr the former USAC National Midget Champion in 2006 and 2007. Coons has raced regularly in Australia and New Zealand in the past.
Earlier in this year Coons won both the North Island Championship and then the Barry Butterworth Classic over 40 laps from Michael Pickens , both at Western Springs
Jerry Coons Jr at Western Springs
The final member of the contracted US team is Darrell Hagen the defending USAC National Midget Champion and currently running in 5th position behind Bell and Clauson. The four US drivers touring currently are in the top five in the charge for the National USAC Midget Dirt Championship.
Hagen gets into it
The Americans all full time professionals will race in New Zealand at Western Springs in the first leg of the Powri World Midget Championship. After the four races at Western Springs the team will airlift their race cars direct to Brisbane for two meetings January 24 and 25 before their final assault at Lismore for two night of racing on January 31st and February 1st.
Joining the quartet will be the 2012 US Powri Champion Andrew Felker who will be racing in Australia on a separate contract .A New Zealand squad , yet to be named will come across the ditch to compete against the USAC Champions and the Australians.
Surely the New Zealand team will include Michael Pickens, Brad Mosen and Hayden Williams.
The Americans and New Zealanders will have to overcome the Australians which will include Adam Clark, Nathan Smee and Matt Smith. The local Queensland and NSW driver will add to the excitement of the series , expect some surprises in the race results !
Adam Clarke
The World Midget Championship will concludes with a mid-western American swing in 2014.
The full race schedule for the World Midget Championship in New Zealand and Australia:
The New Zealand rounds of the POWRi World Midget Championship will be held at Western Springs
26/12/13 – Western Springs Speedway, NZ
28/12/13 – Western Springs Speedway, NZ
01/01/14 – Western Springs Speedway, NZ
04/01/14 – Western Springs Speedway, NZ
The Australian rounds of the POWRi World Midget Championship will be held at Brisbane and Lismore Speedways:
24/1/14 – Brisbane International Speedway, QLD
25/1/14 – Brisbane International Speedway, QLD
31/1/14 – Lismore Speedway, NSW
01/2/14 – Lismore Speedway, NSW
The chance to see the very best in Speedway should not be missed.We will be on hand to catch all the action and share our experience .Aussie,Kiwi or American do your best to get to at least one of these meeting , you will not be disappointed .
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