NASCAR Stars Larson, Bell Join Driven2SaveLives BC39 Field at The Dirt Track at IMS
August 01, 2018 | By Paul Kelly, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell are the latest NASCAR stars to join the stacked field of 54 cars – and climbing – for the inaugural Driven2SaveLives BC39 presented by NOS Energy Drink dirt track race on Sept. 5-6 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race winner Larson and NASCAR Xfinity Series leader Bell will return to their United States Auto Club (USAC) roots at The Dirt Track at IMS, a new quarter-mile clay oval located inside Turn 3 of the famed asphalt oval. Larson and Bell are leading a nine-car entry from the Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian team, for which they both drove during their full-time USAC careers. Bell won the 2013 USAC P1 Insurance Midget National Championship for Kunz.
The two-night event honors late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson and increases awareness of the Indiana Donor Network and its Driven2SaveLives campaign. The 39-lap feature event will be the richest in Midget racing, with more than $70,000 in purse and incentives, including a $15,000 winner’s purse.
Tickets for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 presented by NOS Energy Drink are available now at IMS.com.
Joining Larson and Bell on the Kunz team are 2017 USAC National Midget champ Spencer Bayston, current National Midget point leader Logan Seavey and series regulars Tucker Klaasmeyer, Holly Shelton, Ryan Robinson, Tanner Carrick and Sam Johnson.
NASCAR standout Ricky Stenhouse Jr., another former full-time USAC competitor, is part of the four-car team previously entered for the BC39 by Clauson Marshall Racing. Chase Briscoe, who won the Eldora Dirt Derby NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race this year, is driving for Briscoe Racing.
Also entered are USAC Triple Crown champions Tracy Hines and Jerry Coons Jr., two-time USAC National Sprint Car champion Brady Bacon, series front-runner Tyler Thomas and 2012 USAC Western States Midget champ David Prickett.
The BC39 starts five consecutive days of racing at IMS, leading into the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered by Florida Georgia Line weekend Sept. 7-9 on the 2.5-mile IMS oval. Larson and Stenhouse also will race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event Sunday, Sept. 9, while Bell also will compete in the Lilly Diabetes 250 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Saturday, Sept. 8.
DRIVEN2SAVELIVES BC39 Presented by NOS Energy Drink Entry List
(54 cars as of July 31)
1 KYLE LARSON/Elk Grove, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
1K BRAYTON LYNCH/Springfield, IL (Rusty Kunz Racing)
1ST SHANE COTTLE/Kokomo, IN (Daryl Saucier)
2D MATT SHERRELL/Owasso, OK (Dan & Patricia Harris)
2ND JEB SESSUMS/Burleson, TX (Dan & Patricia Harris)
3 TBA (Ray Racing)
3N JAKE NEUMAN/New Berlin, IL (Jim Neuman)
4D ROBERT DALBY/Anaheim, CA (Ken Dalby)
5 CHASE BRISCOE/Mitchell, IN (Briscoe Racing)
7 BRIAN PETERSON/Mukwonago, WI (Brian Peterson)
7BC TYLER COURTNEY/Indianapolis, IN (Clauson-Marshall Racing)
7CG TBA (Seven, LLC)
7CH CRITTER MALONE/Pittsboro, IN (Seven, LLC)
11 TRACY HINES/New Castle, IN (Leader Card Racers)
11L AARON LEFFEL/Springfield, OH (Chuck Taylor)
11T TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (Chuck Taylor)
11Y TRAVIS YOUNG/Casey, IL (Travis Young)
15 ®JASON McDOUGAL/Broken Arrow, OK (Petry/Goff Motorsports)
15c CARSON GARRETT/Littleton, CO (Broc Garrett)
17BC JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Clauson-Marshall Racing – Matt Wood)
17D DAKOTA JACKSON/Elizabethtown, IN (Koontz Racing)
17K MICHAEL KOONTZ/Bloomington, IN (Koontz Racing)
17s RICKY STENHOUSE JR./Olive Branch, MS (Clauson-Marshall Racing)
21 CHRISTOPHER BELL/Norman, OK (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
21D JUSTIN DICKERSON/Pittsboro, IN (Justin Dickerson)
24 LANDON SIMON/Tipp City, OH (Landon Simon Racing)
24x DAVID PRICKETT/Fresno, CA (Neverlift Motorsports)
25 JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ (Petry/Goff Motorsports)
25p DYLAN PETERSON/Sioux Falls, SD (Vance Peterson)
25s ALEX SCHRIEVER/Sioux Falls, SD (Jeff Davis)
27 TUCKER KLAASMEYER/Paola, KS (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
27z ®ZANE HENDRICKS/Stillwater, OK (Tucker-Boat Motorsports)
35 TBA (Petry/Goff Motorsports)
35x ANDREW LAYSER/Collegeville, PA (Alex Bright Racing)
39 KYLE MAY/New Palestine, IN (Kyle May)
39BC ®ZEB WISE/Angola, IN (Clauson-Marshall Racing)
46 KENNEY JOHNSON/Bethany, CT (Jeff Johnson)
46x ROBBY SPINO/Wallingford, CT (Robby Spino)
49 ANDY BRADLEY/Bloomington, IN (Andy Bradley)
57D DANIEL ROBINSON/Ewing, IL (McCreery Motorsports)
57K KEVIN STUDLEY/Brownsburg, IN (Kevin Studley)
63 KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (Joe Dooling)
67 ®LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
67K HOLLY SHELTON/Sacramento, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71 RYAN ROBINSON/Foresthill, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71K TANNER CARRICK/Lincoln, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71x BRYAN DROLLINGER/Lomita, CA (Drollinger Racing)
72 ®SAM JOHNSON/St. Peters, MO (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
76E TBA (FMR Racing)
76m BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (FMR Racing)
88 TYLER NELSON/Olathe, KS (Tyler Nelson Racing)
91 SHANE COCKRUM/Benton, IL (Harris Racing)
91T TYLER THOMAS/Collinsville, OK (Brian Thomas)
97 SPENCER BAYSTON/Lebanon, IN (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)