INDIANAPOLIS — Ryan Newman, Tyler Courtney, Justin Grant and Thomas Meseraull are among the latest drivers to file their entries for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 Powered by NOS Energy Drink Aug. 18-19 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
There are now 43 confirmed entries for the two-night USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget event.
Newman will compete in one of four Clauson Marshall Racing entries, alongside Courtney, Corey Day and Cole Bodine. Newman, an 18-time NASCAR Cup Series winner, captured the 2008 Daytona 500 and the 2013 Brickyard 400 on the 2.5-mile paved oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was a USAC National champion earlier in his career with the Silver Crown series in 1999.
Two-time USAC National champion and recent Kings Royal winner Courtney returns for a third BC39 start after finishing fourth in 2018 and charged from 20th to second in the 2019 event. CMR teammates joining Newman and Courtney include the series’ youngest ever winner, Day, along with series veteran Bodine.
Also new to the 2021 BC39 entry list is the RMS Racing team of reigning USAC Silver Crown champion Justin Grant and Thomas Meseraull, a two-time winner in the USAC National Midget division this year. Â
Terry Klatt and Bob East have entered a car for multi-time USAC National Midget feature winner Jason McDougal.
Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott, IndyCar veteran Conor Daly and NASCAR Cup Series rookie Chase Briscoe have all entered the BC39.
USAC’s three-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion and 2018 inaugural BC39 winner Brady Bacon will be on hand, plus four-time 2021 USAC National Sprint Car feature winner Kevin Thomas Jr.
USAC titlists are in abundance with USAC career Triple Crown champion Jerry Coons Jr. entered along with 1989 USAC National Midget champion Russ Gamester, who is making his third consecutive appearance in the event.