The reigning Driven2SaveLives BC39 winning team and driver have filed their entries to compete in the fifth running of the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship events from Sept. 27-30 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

** The price for a team filing an entry for the BC39 increases from $75 to $150 on Sept. 11. The final cutoff for all BC39 entries is Sept. 25. **

Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, winner of the 2022 running of the BC39, has entered seven cars for the event for drivers Ryan Timms (Oklahoma City), Jade Avedisian (Clovis, California), Gavin Miller (Allentown, Pennsylvania), Taylor Reimer (Bixby, Oklahoma), Mariah Ede (Fresno, California) and a yet-to-be announced entry are part of the team’s lineup.

The 2022 BC39 winner, Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, California), is among the seven entries for KKM and will be participating during Wednesday and Thursday of this year’s edition in car No. 67K. 

Kofoid, the 2021-2022 USAC National Midget driving champion, captured the 2022 BC39 in a riveting duel with Cannon McIntosh for the victory.

Also among the latest BC39 entries are 2022 main event starters Kyle Cummins (Princeton, Indiana) and Ethan Mitchell (Mooresville, North Carolina).

Previously filing their entries to compete in this year’s BC39 were Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma), the 2018 BC39 winner, plus current USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget point leader and 2018 series champion Logan Seavey (Sutter, California), two-time USAC national champion Justin Grant (Ione, California) and 2019 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car national champion C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Indiana).

The always-exciting Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, California) is entered after contending for the win in each of the past two editions of the BC39 in 2021 and 2022.

Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama), who led the first laps in BC39 history during the 2018 event, also is entered, as is top USAC Silver Crown rookie Kaylee Bryson (Muskogee, Oklahoma), who owns the best finish by a woman in BC39 history with a seventh-place effort in 2022.

USAC Triple Crown champion Jerry Coons (Tucson, Arizona) is entered for the four-night event, as is three-time USAC National Midget winner Jacob Denney (Galloway, Ohio), 2023 series winner Zach Daum (Pocahontas, Illinois) and USAC National Sprint Car feature winner Matt Westfall (Pleasant Hill, Ohio).

The 2022 USAC National Midget Rookie of the Year Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, California) will make his second BC39 appearance this year, along with two-time USAC National Midget feature winner Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma) and first-time 2023 USAC National Midget feature winner Bryant Wiedeman (Colby, Kansas).

Driver Registration Is Open

Driver registration is open for the fifth running of the Driven2SaveLives BC39. 

Teams can file their entry for the event at usacracing.ticketspice.com/2023-bc39, where they may also purchase grandstand tickets, pit and parking passes for the event.

The price for a team filing an entry for the BC39 increases from $75 to $150 after Sept. 11. The final cutoff for all BC39 entries is Sept. 25.

There are three options for viewing the racing action and also having pit pass access. You can purchase a competitor-only pit pass, where no seat is included, and there’s limited viewing of the track.

Secondly, you can purchase a competitor pit pass with reserved seating included, which are available in the lower level of the main grandstands.

You may also purchase a grandstand seat from the IMS ticketing site with a pit pass upgrade. Competitors must enter IMS via the 16th Street tunnel.

Each entry filed will come with two VIP parking passes for inside parking at IMS, intended for driver and entrant. All others must either purchase inside parking or park outside of Turn 3 or Turn 4 of the 2.5-mile paved oval track.

Spectator tickets are also available TheBC39.com. Spectators are to enter the Indianapolis Motor Speedway via 30th Street.

The event on the quarter-mile dirt oval inside Turn 3 at IMS will continue to honor late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson and increase awareness of and participation in the Indiana Donor Network and Driven2SaveLives.

Bacon (2018), Zeb Wise (2019), Kyle Larson (2021) and Kofoid (2022) have captured victories in the first four editions of the BC39.

The BC39 officially gets underway on Sept. 26 with team parking at 3 p.m. Eastern, followed by a BC39 Welcome Party at USAC Headquarters at 6 p.m.

On-track action begins Sept. 27 with the drivers’ meeting in the IMS Media Room at 3 p.m. Eastern. 

Public gates will open at 4 p.m., cars will hit the track for practice at 7 p.m. and the incredibly exciting Stoops Pursuit feature race will conclude the night’s racing action at 9 p.m. 

In the Stoops Pursuit, 25 cars will start and compete in five, five-lap segments. If a driver gets passed in any segment, he or she is eliminated.

For Sept. 28-29, the field will be split into two, with half the field competing on Night 1, and the other half competing on Night 2. 

On both nights, public gates will open at 4 p.m. Eastern, with hot laps starting at 6 p.m., followed by qualifying, opening ceremonies, heat races, the C-Main, the semi-feature and feature event.

The finale, on Sept. 30, will have the public gates opening at 4 p.m. and cars on track for practice at 6 p.m. The opening ceremony will be at 7 p.m., followed by the main events, starting with the D-Main, multiple C-Mains, semi-feature and 39-lap feature event paying $20,039-to-win.