TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR "JUNIOR KNEPPER 55" USAC MIDGET RACE IN Du QUOIN
Tickets are now on sale for the “Junior Knepper 55” USAC Midget Special Event on Saturday, December 17, 2016 indoors at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, Illinois.
Discounted advance general admission tickets can be purchased now at www.usactickets.com. No reserved seating will be available for the event.
At checkout, you have the choice of either printing your ticket or having your ticket texted to you. Please present your ticket at the gate or be ready to present the barcode on your phone. Look for the “Advance Ticket Holders” entry at the main doors.
This is second annual “Junior Knepper 55” race after last year’s spectacular event. A star-studded field of midget racers from coast-to-coast as well as stars from across the racing landscape are expected to compete in the race that will take place on the 1/6-mile dirt track located inside the building adjacent to the famed Du Quoin State Fairgrounds one-mile dirt oval.
One year ago, in the “Knepper 55,” 60 midgets were on hand and NASCAR regular/2007 USAC National Midget “Rookie of the Year” Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. scored the victory in a thrilling, classic late-race duel with Bryan Clauson after making the winning pass with just four laps remaining.
The 55-lap event honors the memory of one of USAC’s most accomplished car owners – Walter “Junior” Knepper of Belleville, Illinois – whose famed yellow number 55 midgets and sprint cars raced to 58 career USAC feature victories, including 34 in Sprints and 24 in Midgets, with drivers Bob Wente, Tom Bigelow, Mel Kenyon, George Snider, Dana Carter, Rich Vogler and his son Steve Knepper.
For the second consecutive year, Nick Knepper, grandson of Junior and son of Steve, will promote the event along with Derek LeMaster.
Hot laps for the “Junior Knepper 55” are set for 4pm with the evening’s events getting underway at an earlier start time to get race fans back on the road after the conclusion of the racing events at a sufficient time.