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Eldora Speedway's Old Spice Prelude to the Dream may have an additional driver. Besides a bottle of frosty milk in victory lane, the Indianapolis 500 winner will also receive an invitation to race a Dirt Late Model against the likes of Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne at Eldora Speedway's June 4 Old Spice Prelude to the Dream.
“We’ll have a car waiting for him or her, and we’d love to have whoever puts their name on the Borg-Warner trophy at Indianapolis come about two hours east and compete in a Dirt Late Model to raise money for charity," said Stewart, Eldora's owner who has three top-five finishes in five Indy 500 starts.
The Dirt Late Model provided for the Indy 500 winner will feature logos from this year’s 500-mile race, as well as the famous wing and wheel logo of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Last year, nearly 20,000 fans at Eldora watched Carl Edwards hold off strong charges from Kyle Busch and Gordon to take his first win at the half-mile clay oval. Thousands of others watched live on HBO Pay-Per-View, with the collective audience raising $800,000 for the Victory Junction Gang Camp and the Tony Stewart Foundation.
Those three drivers and more will be back for this year’s event, as will HBO Pay-Per-View, with the goal to raise $1 million to support construction of Victory Junction Gang Camp II in Kansas City, as well as the Tony Stewart Foundation.
The Indy 500 winner wouldn't be the first to compete at Eldora. Many past champions have competed at Eldora since 1954, including A.J. Foyt, Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Al Unser Jr., Tom Sneva and Gordon Johncock. Juan Pablo Montoya, who won the 2000 Indianapolis 500, made his Eldora debut in last year’s Prelude.
A few thousand general admission tickets are available (call the track at 937-338-3815), or for pay-per-view information, go to www.hbo.com
“We’ll have a car waiting for him or her, and we’d love to have whoever puts their name on the Borg-Warner trophy at Indianapolis come about two hours east and compete in a Dirt Late Model to raise money for charity," said Stewart, Eldora's owner who has three top-five finishes in five Indy 500 starts.
The Dirt Late Model provided for the Indy 500 winner will feature logos from this year’s 500-mile race, as well as the famous wing and wheel logo of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Last year, nearly 20,000 fans at Eldora watched Carl Edwards hold off strong charges from Kyle Busch and Gordon to take his first win at the half-mile clay oval. Thousands of others watched live on HBO Pay-Per-View, with the collective audience raising $800,000 for the Victory Junction Gang Camp and the Tony Stewart Foundation.
Those three drivers and more will be back for this year’s event, as will HBO Pay-Per-View, with the goal to raise $1 million to support construction of Victory Junction Gang Camp II in Kansas City, as well as the Tony Stewart Foundation.
The Indy 500 winner wouldn't be the first to compete at Eldora. Many past champions have competed at Eldora since 1954, including A.J. Foyt, Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Al Unser Jr., Tom Sneva and Gordon Johncock. Juan Pablo Montoya, who won the 2000 Indianapolis 500, made his Eldora debut in last year’s Prelude.
A few thousand general admission tickets are available (call the track at 937-338-3815), or for pay-per-view information, go to www.hbo.com