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One-Month Break For Coons & Wilke-Pak Before Season Hits Stride

Keenly, NC.—Jerry Coons Jr., and Wilke-PAK Motorsports currently find themselves in seventh place in the Mopar USAC National Midget Championship points after the first three events of the season. Coons is try for a record-tying third straight drivers championship, while Wilke-PAK has won the car owner championship for the 2005 and ’07 seasons.

After missing fast time by .086 seconds, the team overcame some difficulties in the feature and finished in 15th place in the first ever USAC event at the 1/3-mile paved oval, Southern National Raceway near Raleigh, NC. The previous weekend at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway Coons finished 14th after starting in the last row of the event. A one month break in the 30-race schedule will occur before action continues with two straight home state events for the Wilke-PAK Team.

Friday Night May 16 features the first ever appearance for the USAC National Series at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway, followed by the Stan Fox Memorial at Slinger Speedway. Fox drove midgets and Indy Cars for the Wilke team in the mid 80’s. The Slinger event will be the first midget race at the suburban Milwaukee track since 1989, the first for USAC since June 1984. The tripleheader weekend is capped off on Sunday afternoon at Rockford Speedway, site of two previous USAC National Midget victories for the Wilke team.

The current schedule shows thirty events in ten states, with twenty events slated for dirt tracks and ten for pavement. Sponsorship packages are also available for the season and selected race events.

TEAM INFO
Team: Wilke-PAK Motorsports, Milwaukee,Wis.
Driver: Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, Ariz.

Chassis: Spike
Engine: Gary Stanton Mopar

Sponsors: Gary Stanton Mopar, Speedway Motors, K & N Filters, Schoenfeld, Kwik Change, BMRS, Fuel Safe, Spike, Safety Kleen, Autometer, DMI, Rod End Supply, Advanced Suspension,Sanders, Kenny?s Components, Hepfner Racing Products, Behling Racing Equip.

UPCOMING EVENTS
May 16 LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway (West Salem,Wis.)
May 17 Slinger (Wis.) Speedway
May 18 Rockford (Ill.) Speedway

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