#GYATK NIGHT” WEDNESDAY BEGINS 4-STRAIGHT USAC SPRINT RACES AT KOKOMO

By: Richie Murray Kokomo, Indiana……… Kevin Thomas Jr.Rich Forman photo The August 23rd non-points, special event features FREE general admission tickets for all fans in attendance at Kokomo and provides a different format than is used for the majority of USAC-sanctioned sprint car events. In lieu of qualifying, drivers will draw a pill for their groups in which they will hot lap and qualify with. Instead of a six-car invert for the heats, a four-car inversion will be used. The night concludes with a 27-lap feature celebrating each of the years of Bryan Clauson’s life as well as the number of feature wins he scored during his final season in 2016. The event carries on after last year’s event coincided with Clauson’s Celebration of Life. Kevin Thomas, Jr., the 2016 Kokomo track champion, led the final 25 laps to score the victory over Justin Grant, Dave Darland, Brady Bacon and Shane Cottle on a night in which 47 drivers entered. #GYATK is an acronym that has become synonymous with Clauson after he proudly displayed the decal on his ride in the Indianapolis 500 each year and, since this weekend last year, the BC Victory Lane now awaits each race winner [...]