INDIANAPOLIS (March
23, 2009) The United
States Auto Club (USAC)
returns to O’Reilly
Raceway Park
for the first time
in 2009 with the
running of the Night
Before the 500
Midget race on May
23rd.
Tickets for this
yearly tradition are
currently on sale to
the general public
and are $20.00 for
general admission
and $25.00 for
reserved.
Tickets can be
purchased at any
Ticketmaster outlet,
online at
www.ticketmaster.com
or at the O’Reilly
Raceway Park offices.
The Night Before the
500 has featured
racing legends
proving their
driving skills on a
stage in front of
racing purists since
the 1960’s. Past
winners of this
historic event have
included
Jeff Gordon,
Tony Stewart,
Ryan Newman
and last years
champion,
Bobby East.
Group tickets are
offered for groups
of 21 and more. If
you are interested
in group tickets
contact Michelle
Sieradzki available
for this event call
her at
317-387-7342.
O’Reilly Raceway
Park is now on many
social media web
sites. To find our
pages on
MySpace,
Facebook and
Flickr search
O’Reilly Raceway
Park.
One of five
drag racing
facilities owned and
operated by the
National Hot Rod
Association,
O’Reilly Raceway
Park at Indianapolis
was built in 1960
and has presented
organized racing
events since 1961.
From March through
October, the
facility hosts more
than 120 dates of
racing on three
tracks, a
quarter-mile drag
strip, a .686-mile
paved oval and a
2.5-mile road
course. Home to
drag racing’s
biggest event, the
NHRA U.S. Nationals
over Labor Day
weekend, the drag
strip runs more than
50 days of
point-to-point
action, from
national events to
street legal
community programs.
The oval track draws
racing’s biggest
events, including
annual visits from
the
NASCAR
Nationwide, NASCAR
Camping World Series
and annual USAC
races. The road
course provides a
home for several
racing sanctions,
such as
SCCA, while
providing an ideal
resource for
driving schools,
corporate outings
and open-road tests
for professional
drivers.
