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The American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) is happy to announce their 2023 racing schedule. Racing starts on May 12th with a long awaited return to Linda’s Speedway, then to fan-favorite Lincoln Speedway, to an action packed weekend with 2 individual shows at the Shellhammer Dirt Track, before returning to the Bloomsburg Fair Raceway, and rounding out June at the high banks of Path Valley Speedway. ARDC has co-sanctioned an exciting week of racing with the Xtreme Outlaw Series midgets from August 8th to 12th. The latter part of August will see the ARDC midgets back at Path Valley Speedway and the Bloomsburg Fair Raceway. The season will end in September at Legion Speedway in Wentworth NH for the New England Midget Nationals. ARDC is looking forward to an exciting 2023 season. Check out our social media and ardcmidget.com for more information.

5/12 Linda’s Speedway
5/23 Millbridge Speedway NC (opt)
5/24 Millbridge SpeedwayNC (opt)
5/27 Lincoln Speedway
6/3 Shellhammer Dirt Track
6/4 Shellhammer Dirt Track
6/8 Bloomsburg Fair Raceway
7/29 Path Valley Speedway
8/8 Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway (Xtreme)
8/9 Action Track USA (Xtreme)
8/10 Linda’s Speedway (Xtreme)
8/11 Path Valley Speedway (Xtreme)
8/12 Bridgeport Speedway (Xtreme)
8/18 Path Valley Speedway
8/31 Bloomsburg Fair Raceway
Sept ? Legion Speedway NH (New England Midget Nationals)

Congrats to Michael Markey on winning our 2022 ARDC Points Championship.

Congrats to The Chief Shannon Mausteller on finishing P2 in the 2022 ARDC Points Championship.

Congrats to Zach Curtis Racing on finishing P3 in the 2022 ARDC Points Championship.

American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC. Midgets…Fans were awarded with an action packed schedule of midget racing with their first race at the new Bloomsburg Fair Raceway on Thursday followed by a return to the fabulous Lincoln Speedway on Saturday.

Kevin Woody of Rochester, NY won his first ARDC midget race on Fan Appreciation Night in a shortened 15-lap ARDC Midget race at the Bloomsburg Fair Raceway driving the Steve Buckwalter Racing owned #0. Woody would start on the pole of the feature and never look back in a caution free race.

In addition, Kevin Woody took home the BDB Graphics Heat Race Win, JR Booth took home the Hilltop Farm Market Triple-T-Camp Hard Charger, and John Heydenreich and RF Heydenreich took home Saturday Night’s Product Special Awards from Benic Enterprises, Pancho’s Racing Products, and Blud Lubricants

Feature Finish: 1. Kevin Woody (0) 2. John Heydenreich (22) 3. Michael Markey (29) 4. JR Booth (5A) 5. Mike Bittinger (7) 6. Shannon Mausteller (21M) 7. RF Heydenreich (11) 8. Mark Sokol (50) 9. Miles Geffken (21)

Shawn Jackson of Bear, DE won last Saturday night’s 20-lap ARDC Midget race at Lincoln Speedway during the Barry Skelly Memorial race driving the Betts Racing owned #22. Starting 5th due to the inversion, and with only 1 caution to slow the pace, he wasted little time getting to the front.

In addition, Brian Carber took home the BDB Graphics Heat Race Win, Shawn Jackson took home the Service Pro Auto Hard Charger, and Mike Bittinger and Zach Curtis took home Saturday Night’s Product Special Awards from Benic Enterprises, Pancho’s Racing Products, and Blud Lubricants

Feature Finish: 1. Shawn Jackson (22) 2. Michael Markey (29) 3. Shannon Mausteller (21M) 4. Zach Curtis (75) 5. JR Booth (5A) 6. Scott Lawrence (09) 7. Mile Geffken (21) 8. Brian Carber (75) 9. Mike Bittinger (7) DNS

Keep up with the ARDC 2022 racing schedule at ARDCMidget.com and on the American Racing Drivers Club facebook page. The race originally scheduled for August 27th at New Egypt Speedway has been postponed. Updates will be posted as soon as they are known.

American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) Midgets……..Garrett Mitchell of Washington, WV survived constant pressure to win last Saturday night’s 20-lap ARDC Midget race, presented by Carlisle Cement Products. From the drop of the green flag there was racing throughout the field on a very racy 1/4 mile banked clay oval. Garrett fended off early challenges from Kevin Woody on the bottom groove and JR Booth around the top, then late race challenges from Mike Bittinger and JR Booth.

Next up, the ARDC Midgets will compete alongside the USAC 360 wingless sprint cars, 305 winged sprint car, and FWD 4 cylinders at the newly built Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Raceway in Bloomsburg, PA on Friday August 5th for their Fan Appreciation Night. Grandstand admission is just $5.

Heat Race 1 and Heat Race 2 $150 bonus money went to Michael Markey and Kevin Woody thanks to Path Valley Speedway, BDB Graphics, and Blud Lubricants.

Hard Charger $100 went to Mike Bittingers, special awards to Brent Rumberger, Scott Lawrence and Greg Mitchell thanks to Path Valley Speedway, Benic Enterprises, Pancho’s Racing Products, and Blud Lubricants.

Feature Finish: 1) Garrett Mitchell 2) Michael Bittinger 3) JR Booth 4) Greg Mitchell 5) Michael Markey 6) Shannon Mausteller 7) Scott Lawrence 8) Zach Curtis 9) Kevin Woody 10) Brent Rumberger DNF 11) Randy Mausteller DNF

American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC. Midgets)…Jeff Champagne of Westfield, MA won last Saturday night’s 20-lap ARDC Midget race at Lincoln Speedway during the Steve Smith Tribute race. Jeff won driving the Joe Thomas owned #19. Instead of heat races there were 2 timed warm up sessions, followed by two 10 lap features. The second feature inverted the finish of the first feature. Champagne would sweep the night setting fast time, winning the first feature, and winning the second feature after the invert. The crowd would get to witness his excitement as he flipped his mount in turn 2 while celebrating the win, forcing him to walk to victory lane.

Keep up with the ARDC 2022 racing schedule at ARDCMidget.com and on the American Racing Drivers Club facebook page.

In addition to the feature, Champagne also took home the Hilltop Farm Market Twin Feature “Bandit” Bonus, the Ideal Auto Group Fast Time, and Triple-T-Camp Hard Charger awards. Zach Curtis took home a Triple-T-Camp Hard Charger award for the other feature. Wayne Koehler and Shawn Jackson took home Saturday Night’s Product Special Awards from Benic Enterprises, Pancho’s Racing Products, and Blud Lubricants

Feature Line up: 1. Jeff Champagne 2. Mike Bittinger 3. Michael Markey 4. Eric Heydenreich 5. Shawn Jackson 6. Zach Curtis 7. Shannon Mausteller 8. Randy Mausteller 9. JR Booth 10. Wayne Koehler 11. John Heydenreich

Feature Finish: 1. Jeff Champagne (19) 2. Michael Markey (29) 3. Eric Heydenreich (11) 4. Zach Curtis (75) 5. Shannon Mausteller (21S) 6. Mike Bittinger (7) 7. John Heydenreich (21R) 8. Shawn Jackson (7J) 9. JR Booth (5A) 10. Wayne Koehler (91Z). DNS: Randy Mausteller

American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) Midgets……..Brian Carber of Pipersville, PA won last Saturday night’s 20-lap ARDC Midget race at New Egypt Speedway. Heat Winners were Kenney Johnson and Jeff Champagne, both cars out of the Kenney Johnson Motorsports stable. With a #6 pill drawn to determine the invert it would place Carber starting outside the second row in the fourth place. At the drop of the green he would make quick work of the front row and have clear sailing until the checkers. With Carber clearly out front, the Kenney Johnson team cars would fight amongst themselves for the second spot with Kenney winning that battle over Jeff Champagne. The action was exciting throughout the field on a smooth slick track provided by New Egypt Speedway.

Next up, the ARDC Midgets will compete at the historic Bedford Speedway, in Bedford PA on Friday May 20th alongside the Late Models, Late Model Sportsman, and USAC East Coast Sprints with all cars being topless.

Heat Winners: Kenney Johnson, Jeff Champagne

Feature Line up: 1.) Mark Sokol 2.) Trevor Dunn 3.) Michael Markey 4.) Brian Carber 5.) Kenney Johnson 6.) Jeff Champagne 7.) Randy Mausteller 8.) JR Booth 9.) Shawn Jackson 10.) Zach Curtis 11) Mike Bissinger 12) Steve Buckwalter

Feature Finish: 1.) Brian Carber 2.) Kenney Johnson 3.) Jeff Champagne 4.) Michael Markey 5.) Mark Bittinger 6.) Trevor Dunn 7.) Zach Curtis 8.) Steve Buckwalter 9.) Mark Sokol 10.) JR Booth
DNS: Shawn Jackson, Randy Mausteller

The American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) Midgets are happy to announce their 2022 racing schedule. Racing starts on April 10th at BAPS Motor Speedway, then makes long-awaited returns to New Egypt Speedway, Bedford Speedway, Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Raceway, and trips to Lincoln Speedway. The season will end on October 15th at Bedford Speedway. Each race will feature a $100 Hard Charger Award sponsored by Hilltop Farm Market, Triple-T-Camp Racing (Wayne Triplett), Service Pro Auto, Gardy Enterprises and Ideal Auto Group; a Special Award pick sponsored by Blud Lubricants, Benic Enterprises, BDB Graphics, and Pancho’s Racing Products; and a $100 Highest Finishing DMA, D2, Badger, Lightning Sprint Award sponsored by Hilltop Farm Market. ARDC is looking forward to an exciting 2022 season.

ARDC would also like to announce that Gaerte and Fontana type engines will continue to be legal for competition for the foreseeable future. These engines have been found to be comparable in speed to Badger engines so this will save current midget owners the expense of having to transition engine types while providing new teams the opportunity to compete in the midget ranks with either engine type.

4/10 BAPS Motor Speedway
4/30 New Egypt Speedway
5/20 Bedford Speedway
6/2 Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Raceway
6/4 Lincoln Speedway
6/18 New Egypt Speedway
8/20 Lincoln Speedway
8/27 New Egypt Speedway
10/15 Bedford Speedway

We are no longer scheduled to race Friday June 25th at Big Diamond Speedway, sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Our next scheduled race is July 17th at Lincoln Speedway.

American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) Midgets……..Shawn Jackson of Bear, DE led all 20 laps to win last Friday night’s 20-lap ARDC Midget race at Big Diamond Speedway. Jackson won using a production-based Honda powerplant. Jake Winters, driving Jimmy Glenn’s second entry, was also powered by a Honda engine and finished 4th overall. This may be a good sign that the switch in engine rules will be the resurgence ARDC needs. Heat Winners were Shawn Jackson and Jimmy Glenn. From the drop of the green in the feature it was Shawn Jackson leading the way. He would have to hold off charges from Michael Markey in his Fontana powered midget, but would come out victorious.

Next up, the ARDC Midgets will compete alongside the winged 600cc micros at the newly built Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Raceway in Bloomsburg, PA on Thursday May 27th. Prior to the race there will be a meet and greet at Marley’s Brewery and Grille from 1-3PM.

Feature Finish: 1) Shawn Jackson 2) Michael Markey 3) Jimmy Glenn 4) Jake Winters 5) Steve Craig 6) Joe Thomas 7) Shannon Mausteller 8) Randy Mausteller 9) Kenney Johnson 10) JR Booth DNF 11) Eric Heydenreich DNF 12) Zach Curtis DNS

The American Race Drivers Club is looking forward to an exciting 2021 season of Wingless Midget racing with an 8 to 9 race schedule. Visits to Big Diamond and Lincoln are already scheduled, other tracks to be announced soon and will most likely include the recently announced Bloomsburg Fair Speedway.

“We are still firming up the dates with the tracks.” Said Shannon Mausteller, ARDC President. “ We are excited to hopefully return to the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds and to make up for missed races in 2020.”

Rule Changes

ARDC will also implement a set of engine rules using production passenger car engines to align with the Badger Midget Racing Association and other Midget racing organizations. The engine change will be effective immediately, but will allow current purpose-built engines (Gaerte, Fontana, etc.) to compete for a 3 year transition period.

“The cost of these OEM based engines will make midget racing more affordable and enable others to experience just how much fun midget racing really is.” said Mausteller.

The rules allow all production car engines, with a maximum displacement of 2.4 liters. Engines must be four cylinder, inline and have no more than four valves per cylinder. All engines will have OEM blocks, cylinder heads and crankshafts. Engines currently in use by other organizations are Chevrolet, Ford, Honda and Mazda.

Currently these engines are being built by many engine builders as well as competitors building their own. Below is a short list of builders with engines in use by Badger Midget Racing Association:

REV Motorsports (https://revmotorsportsllc.com/index.html https://www.facebook.com/revmotorsportsllc

MWR Technology ( http://www.mwrtechnology.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mwrtech-),

Mark Ray (https://www.facebook.com/rayracingent) and

Level 5 Motorsports,Rick Kippley 608-345-8209.

The ARDC rule book already has these rules in place. A full schedule will be released as soon as possible.