Born: Hometown: Height: Weight: Driving Experience: April 23, 1983 Vincennes, IN 5’7” 170 Lbs. 19 Years
Indiana is considered the home of auto racing, having given the birth of the Indianapolis 500. So many young Indiana children always say while watching the 500 race, “that will be me someday.” Here is one of those kids who made that same statement. At age three, Jonathan’s racing desire began when his parents purchased his first racing go-kart. At age six, he was already competing at dirt tracks in the area, mostly regional go-kart competitions, winning his first race at age seven, at the Winslow Indiana GoKart Complex. In the youthful career he has had so far, he has managed to achieve a long list of accomplishments. Jonathan first sat behind the wheel of a eight hundred horsepower sprint car at age thirteen. After a two-year learning curve, he immediately began showing much promise for the future. One highlight of his youth was during his fourth trip to victory circle. As a child, Jonathan watched races at Tri-State Speedway in southern Indiana. During his second visit, he won the main event, after setting quick time, and winning the trophy dash. When he took the checkers the track champions from the two previous seasons were in tow. In 2003, Jonathan finished ninth among a field of two hundred and fifty competitors at the Eldora Speedway’s Mopar Million. Jonathan came close to two Payless Supermarkets Little 500 victories, finishing in the runner-up position twice in the prestigious event. Jonathan has amassed a total of seventeen feature victories at several of the same Indiana and Illinois tracks that TCR will be competing upon. Jonathan is the kind of racer who always will be looking for something new and exciting to bring more fun to the sport, along with more interest from the fans. Believing that fans don’t just come out to see the cars’ high speeds and sometime scary crashes, Jonathan has a strong drive to bring more showmanship into the sport. Hopefully this showmanship will not only make the show better for the existing fan base the high powered open wheel machines attract, but will create a base for new fans to follow. He understands that nothing will make him and his supporters succeed in this sport more than fan base.
1993 Memphis Indoor Nationals Winner 1994 8th in W.K.A. National Championship Points 1994 & 1995 W.K.A. National Competition included 3 wins and Top 10 finishes in 16 of 20 races. WKA Ocean Thunder @ the Daytona Ocean Center Winner/Dual Class Champion 1995 S.I.R.A. Points Championship, which included 12 wins of 14 races. All 6 years of Go-Kart competition added up into a combination of 79 wins and 53 other top five finishes. 1998 Tenth in Paragon Speedway Points 1999 Bloomington Speedway Jeff Gordon Rookie of the Year 1999 8th of 74 competitors @ the NWWC Terre Haute Nationals (Fastest Hoosier of the race, 16 years old) 2000 consisted 48 starts producing a combination of 28 top 10 finishes,19 top fives, and 1 win. 2000 USAC competition consisted of 19 starts, totaling a combination of 7 top tens and 1 top five. 2000 Tenth in USAC National Sprint Car Points (Rookie Season) 2001 13th in USAC National Sprint Car Points 2001 Six Feature Victories Coming Tri-State Speedway & Redhill Raceway 2002 Little 500 Runner-Up 2002 Labor Day Classic Winner @ Tri-State Speedway 2002 Three Consecutive Top Ten Finishes Weld Racing Silver Crown Series 2003 Won Heat and Placed Ninth @ Eldora Mopar Million (140 Competitors) 2005 Four Feature Victories — Finished 2nd In King Of Indiana Sprint Car Series Final Standings 2006 Two feature victories and once again runner-up in King Of Indiana Sprint Car Series 2007 10 Top Ten Finishes — Only Raced 14 Events
Born: Hometown: Height: Weight: Driving Experience: April 23, 1983 Vincennes, IN 5’7” 170 Lbs. 19 Years
Skip Matzcak 860.559.7200 Silver Crown Driver 2002-2003
J.J. Yeley 317.289.5819 USAC National Sprints 2007
Joe Devin 317.481.1626 Chassis Manufacturer of the Year 2007 & 2008
Joe Seeling 419.230.0402 USAC National Sprints 2004
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