SPEEDWAY, Ind. — USAC Triple Crown champion Jerry Coons Jr. is among the latest entries for the Driven2SaveLives BC39.
A total of 21 cars and drivers are now set to compete in the fifth running of the event, which features an extended four days of USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship racing on Sept. 27-30 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The BC39 regularly presents the highest USAC car counts of the year.
The 2022 event produced 85 entries, fifth most in the 68-year history of USAC national midget racing.
Coons has captured all three of USAC’s national championships in his career in midgets, Silver Crown and sprint cars. Also new to the BC39 entry list is three-time USAC national midget winner Jacob Denney, who currently sits second in series points.
Denney’s Tom Malloy teammate, rookie Jake Andreotti, will make his BC39 debut this year, and he’s joined by USAC national feature winner Matt Westfall.
The first class of BC39 entries arrived last week and featured USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature winner Zach Daum, plus three entries from Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports — two-time series winner and 2022 series rookie of the year Mitchel Moles, two-time USAC national midget feature winner Daison Pursley and teammate Hayden Reinbold.
A familiar name to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, “Andretti,” has posted his entry for the BC39.
Adam Andretti recently competed on the IMS Road Course with the Trans Am Series Presented by Pirelli. Andretti is the younger brother of 1983 USAC National Midget Rookie of the Year John Andretti, the son of Aldo Andretti and the nephew of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner, Formula 1 champion and four-time IndyCar champion Mario Andretti.
