A RECORD 25 SANCTIONING AFFILIATES COMMIT TO
KNOXVILLE’S BRODIX TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
by: Thomas J Schmeh

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (March 9, 2006) - A record twenty-five (25) winged 360-cubic-inch sprint car sanctioning affiliates have committed to the $5,000-to-win Brodix Tournament of Champions (ToC) at the Knoxville Raceway on Sunday, August 6. Eight of the affiliates are American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) related, including its national American Sprint Cars On Tour (ASCOT). The one-day international invitational for the ‘best of the best’ in 360 sprint car racing utilizes one common set of technical rules, including use of the ASCS Brodix spec head. Eric Baldaccini of Keller, Texas, representing the ASCS Sooner Region, is the first official entrant for this year's event aboard Harry Baldaccini's Maxim sprint car number B4.

According to Knoxville’s director of racing Ralph Capitani, “I can’t tell you how excited I am about this year’s Brodix Tournament of Champions. Fans will have a chance to see the best drivers from eastern Canada, western Canada, eastern Australia, Western Australia, the Pacific Northwest, the Northeast, the Southeast, the Southwest, and the Midwest all take on our storied half-mile dirt track. Last year’s North American 360 Sprint Car Poll ‘top ten’ included Gary Wright, Kenny Adams, Curt Michael, Darren Stewart, Jake Peters, Travis Rilat, Lance Yonge, Terry Gray, Danny Martin, Jr., and Bryan Howland. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t see that same caliber of drivers at this year’s Knoxville 360 Nationals and Brodix Tournament of Champions. And I’ll guarantee you that we’ll give the teams a better track surface than we did at last year’s ToC!”

The twenty-five sanctioning affiliates that have confirmed participation in the eighth Brodix Tournament of Champions are as follows:

Alberta Sprint Tour (AST),
American Sprint Cars On Tour (ASCOT),
ASCS – Gulf South Region (ASCS – GS),
ASCS – Midwest Region (ASCS-M),
ASCS – Mid-South (ASCS-MS),
ASCS – Northern Plains Region (ASCS-NP),
ASCS – Rocky Mountain Region (ASCS-RM),
ASCS – Sooner Region (ASCS-S),
ASCS - Sprints On Dirt (ASCS-SOD),
Empire Super Sprints (ESS),
Knoxville Raceway (KNOX),
National Championship Racing Association (NCRA),
National Racing Alliance (NRA),
Northern Sprint Tour (NST),
Patriot Sprint Group (PSG),
Sprint Invaders Association (SIA),
Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS),
United Racing Company (URC),
United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Dirt Cup,
USCS – Carolina Tour (USCS-C),
USCS – Mid-South Tour (USCS-MS),
USCS – Southern Tour (USCS-S),
Western Australian Sprintcar Drivers to America Series (WASDAS),
Winged Outlaw Warriors (WOW), and Premier-Avalon-SpeedwayCity Series (PASS).

Past Brodix ToC winners are as follows (year, driver, affiliate, number, hometown; all races at Knoxville unless otherwise noted):

2005 - Garry Lee Maier, NCRA, 11x, Cimarron, Kansas
2004 - Loren Langerud, WISSOTA, 56, Harwood, North Dakota
2003 - Terry McCarl, SIA, 86, Altoona, Iowa
2002 - Josh Higday, KNOX, 24, Des Moines, Iowa
2001 - Not Held
2000 - Not Held
1999 - (Limaland Motorsports Park) - Kyle Sauder, NRA, 2s, Archbold, Ohio
1998 - (Eldora Speedway) - Phil Gressman, ASCS-Challengers, 8h, Clyde, Ohio
1997 - Greg Coverdale, URC, 63, Milford, Delaware


The technical rules for the Brodix Tournament of Champions will be dictated by the Knoxville Raceway, and they will be the same for the Thursday-Friday-Saturday, August 3-4-5 $10,000-to-win ASCS-sanctioned Knoxville 360 Nationals. Those seeking more information are urged to visit the track’s web site at www.knoxvilleraceway.com.