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12-11-2013, 05:01 PM
CHRISTOPHER TO TEST, RACE NEW THREE QUARTER MIDGET AT ATLANTIC CITY AND TRENTON INDOOR RACING EVENTS
Ted Christopher, who has been the most prolific
winner of Indoor racing events since Len Sammons Motorsports
Productions brought indoor racing back to life in 2003, revealed that
he and Donnie Preece, co-owner of the nearly invincible No. 13 Three Quarter
Midget, have built a new car for 2014 action.
The car is scheduled for a test session at Borgers Speedway on
Saturday, December 14 pending weather issues and the completion of the
car.
“It’s a copy of the other car but lighter,” Christopher said.
“Bob Fill, who does a lot of the Late Models and Pro Stocks at
Thompson and Stafford, helped with the building. It’s nothing crazy,
some new ideas and some new angles.”
Christopher and Preece have retained their existing car as well and
may field it as a second car in the Atlantic City or the Trenton TQ
races.
“ The one big difference between the cars is that this one has power
steering,” Christopher said. “It should make it a little easier to
wheel.”
The newly designed car will have a lot to live up to. Since 2009,
Christopher has won an outstanding 7 of 16 Indoor Races he has
entered. Christopher also won the overall Indoor Series title in 2011
and 2012.
Christopher won the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship in
2008. He has 42 career wins on that tour alone.
For 2014, Christopher will look to dethrone Anthony Sesely of
Matawan, NJ who won the Fatheadz Indoor Series title last year on the
heels of his first career Atlantic City Indoor Race victory.
Fatheadz Eyewear will be returning as the series sponsor and will
pay bonuses to the top three overall TQ Midget drivers from the two
race series. Drivers will receive points based on their qualifying
efforts and feature finishes from Friday and Saturday night at both
events towards the overall series crown.
The NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race Weekend will be followed
by the first ever Battle of Trenton two-day, indoor racing event at
the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, N.J. Both races will feature
top drivers from at least ten different States and Canada competing
for the Fatheadz Eyewear TQ Midget Racing Series overall title.
John Blewett, Inc., of Howell, N.J., a prominent auto and steel
scrap recycling dealer, has posted bonuses for the two Saturday TQ
Midget feature races totaling $1,000. At both Boardwalk Hall in
Atlantic City and Sun Bank Center in Trenton, Blewett’s has posted
$100 in added prize money for each of the top five finishing spots.
Jimmy Blewett, third generation family business owner, will be among
dozens of TQ Midget drivers hoping to collect the bonus bucks.
Entries for both events have been filed by Sesely, New Egypt
Speedway’s all-time Modified event winner Billy Pauch, 2013 ISMA
Supermodified champion perennial fan favorite Lou Cicconi, Jr. of
Lester, Pa., past ARDC Midget champion Tim Buckwalter from
Royersford, Pa., Bridgeport, NJ Speedway past Modified champion Mike
Iles from Medford, N.J., past ISMA Supermodified champion and Indoor
TQ race winner Mike Lichty, Valenti Modified Racing Series reigning
champion Rowan Pennink of New Egypt, N.J., and three time ATQMRA TQ
Midget king Ryan Tidman of Levittown, Pa.
NAPA AUTO PARTS, the nation’s leader in automotive supplies, has
signed on for the second consecutive year as the title sponsor for the
Atlantic City Indoor Auto Races.
The indoor racing inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall is now in
its 12th consecutive year of competition. Dates are Friday and
Saturday January 24 and 25. 2014. The races will be preceded by a
closed to the public, practice session on Thursday, January 23.
The Battle of Trenton Indoor Race schedule set for February 7 and
8, 2014 calls for Twin 20 lap features for the TQ Midgets and a
complete program of Slingshots on Friday and a compete program for TQ
Midgets and Champ Karts on Saturday.
The two race meets will be extensively promoted at Sammons’ 29th
annual Motorsports Show, scheduled for the three-day weekend of
January 10-11-12, 2014 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in
Oaks, Pa.
Steve Barrick
Ted Christopher, who has been the most prolific
winner of Indoor racing events since Len Sammons Motorsports
Productions brought indoor racing back to life in 2003, revealed that
he and Donnie Preece, co-owner of the nearly invincible No. 13 Three Quarter
Midget, have built a new car for 2014 action.
The car is scheduled for a test session at Borgers Speedway on
Saturday, December 14 pending weather issues and the completion of the
car.
“It’s a copy of the other car but lighter,” Christopher said.
“Bob Fill, who does a lot of the Late Models and Pro Stocks at
Thompson and Stafford, helped with the building. It’s nothing crazy,
some new ideas and some new angles.”
Christopher and Preece have retained their existing car as well and
may field it as a second car in the Atlantic City or the Trenton TQ
races.
“ The one big difference between the cars is that this one has power
steering,” Christopher said. “It should make it a little easier to
wheel.”
The newly designed car will have a lot to live up to. Since 2009,
Christopher has won an outstanding 7 of 16 Indoor Races he has
entered. Christopher also won the overall Indoor Series title in 2011
and 2012.
Christopher won the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship in
2008. He has 42 career wins on that tour alone.
For 2014, Christopher will look to dethrone Anthony Sesely of
Matawan, NJ who won the Fatheadz Indoor Series title last year on the
heels of his first career Atlantic City Indoor Race victory.
Fatheadz Eyewear will be returning as the series sponsor and will
pay bonuses to the top three overall TQ Midget drivers from the two
race series. Drivers will receive points based on their qualifying
efforts and feature finishes from Friday and Saturday night at both
events towards the overall series crown.
The NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race Weekend will be followed
by the first ever Battle of Trenton two-day, indoor racing event at
the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, N.J. Both races will feature
top drivers from at least ten different States and Canada competing
for the Fatheadz Eyewear TQ Midget Racing Series overall title.
John Blewett, Inc., of Howell, N.J., a prominent auto and steel
scrap recycling dealer, has posted bonuses for the two Saturday TQ
Midget feature races totaling $1,000. At both Boardwalk Hall in
Atlantic City and Sun Bank Center in Trenton, Blewett’s has posted
$100 in added prize money for each of the top five finishing spots.
Jimmy Blewett, third generation family business owner, will be among
dozens of TQ Midget drivers hoping to collect the bonus bucks.
Entries for both events have been filed by Sesely, New Egypt
Speedway’s all-time Modified event winner Billy Pauch, 2013 ISMA
Supermodified champion perennial fan favorite Lou Cicconi, Jr. of
Lester, Pa., past ARDC Midget champion Tim Buckwalter from
Royersford, Pa., Bridgeport, NJ Speedway past Modified champion Mike
Iles from Medford, N.J., past ISMA Supermodified champion and Indoor
TQ race winner Mike Lichty, Valenti Modified Racing Series reigning
champion Rowan Pennink of New Egypt, N.J., and three time ATQMRA TQ
Midget king Ryan Tidman of Levittown, Pa.
NAPA AUTO PARTS, the nation’s leader in automotive supplies, has
signed on for the second consecutive year as the title sponsor for the
Atlantic City Indoor Auto Races.
The indoor racing inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall is now in
its 12th consecutive year of competition. Dates are Friday and
Saturday January 24 and 25. 2014. The races will be preceded by a
closed to the public, practice session on Thursday, January 23.
The Battle of Trenton Indoor Race schedule set for February 7 and
8, 2014 calls for Twin 20 lap features for the TQ Midgets and a
complete program of Slingshots on Friday and a compete program for TQ
Midgets and Champ Karts on Saturday.
The two race meets will be extensively promoted at Sammons’ 29th
annual Motorsports Show, scheduled for the three-day weekend of
January 10-11-12, 2014 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in
Oaks, Pa.
Steve Barrick