Mahoning Valley Champion Earl Paules Readies for Three Quarter Midget Indoor Racing Debut at NAPA Know How Atlantic City & Battle of Trenton; Slingshot & Kart Fields Are Filling Up Quickly
ATLANTIC CITY & TRENTON, NJ — Talented Earl Paules Jr., who raced his way to a second consecutive Late Model championship in 2013 at Mahoning Valley (PA) Speedway, looms large as a dark horse in a talent-laden field of TQ Midget drivers ready to race indoors in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall and Trenton’s Sun Bank Center.
The twelfth annual NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Races on Friday and Saturday Jan. 24 and 25 and the first ever Battle Of Trenton Indoor races presented by PRC Industries/ Angela House Charity on Friday and Saturday Feb. 7 and 8 will feature TQ Midget, Champ Kart and Slingshot races with the TQs class the fastest of the lot by far.
“I’ve been working hard at getting ready for these indoor TQ races. I’ve been in the gym every night and as much as I can because I know how physical these cars are and those races as well,” said Paules.
Paules won twice in 2013 in outdoor TQ Midget action and will drive the same Drinan chassis car fielded by veteran TQ owner Mike Roselli, Sr. Roselli’s race-driving son Matt will be among Paules’ rivals.
“Everybody who’s someone will be there and I don’t know what to expect. I’ve watched a few times but to now to actually be in it and on the track, it’s going to be an experience,” Paules admitted.
The pair of Indoor events are produced and promoted by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions and make up the Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Series.
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.
PRC Industries/Angela House Charity have come aboard to sponsor the first Battle of Trenton Indoor events.
Fatheadz Eyewear will pay bonuses to the top three overall TQ Midget drivers from the two event, four feature 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.
Anthony Sesely of Matawan, N.J., is the defending champion of the NAPA KNOW HOW Gamblers’ Classic Saturday night Atlantic City Indoor race.
Canadian Can-Am TQ midget stars Mack DeMan and Rob Neely, ATQMRA kingpin Ryan Tidman, veteran Keystone State asphalt Modified and Late Model standout Zane Zeiner of Bath, Pa., exciting Midget driver Carl Medeiros of Westport, Mass., former Bridgeport, N.J. Sprint Car champion Tim Iulg of Bridgeton, N.J., Can-Am Series perennial contenders Todd Hoddick of Cheektowaga, N.Y,, and Erik Musto of Lockport, N.Y.; Indiana travelin’ man Jason Ormsby of Warsaw, Ind., dirt track Modified specialist Richie Pratt, Jr., of Woodbury Heights, N.J., rising Sprint Car star Kyle Reinhardt of Neptune City, N.J., and past Atlantic City Indoor race winner Mike Tidaback of Little Falls, N.J. are among the top drivers entered for both races.
The NAPA KNOW HOW Indoor racing events inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall will be preceded by a closed to the public practice session on Thursday, January 23.
The PRC Industries/ Angela House Charity Sun National Bank Center schedule calls for Twin 20 lap features for the TQ Midgets and a complete program of Slingshots on Friday, Feb. 7; and a complete program for TQ Midgets and Champ Karts on Saturday, Feb. 8.
The always exciting, identically prepared built Slingshot division’s roster for both the Atlantic City and Trenton races has been boosted dramatically in the past two weeks.
The Slingshot field is in fact filled for the NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City event and nearly packed to capacity for the PRC Industries/ Angela House Charity Indoor races at the Battle of Trenton.
Mark Sensenig of Lebanon, Pa., Ryan Raidline of Pen Argyl, Pa., Mark Hartman of Flemington, N.J., and Nick Shaw of Chatham, N.J., are among the recent Slingshot entries and potential contenders.
The blindingly fast Champ Kart class has filled the entry list at the Atlantic City Indoor event; though slots still do still exist to be part of the Trenton action. New England standout driver Ron Midford Jr., of Tolland, Ct., Virginian Todd Crenshaw of Winchester, Danny Bouc of Plumsteadville, Pa., Andrew Swisher of West Chester, Pa., and Justin Gumley of Howell, N.J. are among the kart favorites.
The Atlantic City and Trenton 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.
Visit aarn.com for details on all Len Sammons Motorsports Productions events. Sponsorship programs are available by calling 609-888-3618.
Sources: Ernie Saxton Communications, Inc.