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AS LABOR DAY WEEKEND APPROACHES,
SO DOES ONE OF INDIANA'S LARGEST
MOTORSPORTS EVENTS, THE
CHEVROLET U.S. NATIONALS DRAG

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RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LUCAS
OIL RACEWAY IN BROWNSBURG.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.

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>> THANKS, GERRY.
WE ARE JOINED BY THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF TRACK OPERATIONS,
AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE NATIONAL

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HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, LOCATED AT
LUCAS OIL RACEWAY, AND A BIG
TIME COMING UP, WITH THE 65th
U.S. NATIONALS THE AT LUCAS

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RACEWAY.
>> WORLD'S BIGGEST DRAG RACE IN
THE WORLD.
NOT JUST DOMESTICALLY, IN THE

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WORLD.
FOLKS COMING FROM ALL OVER
AUSTRALIA.
WE HAD A TEAM COME IN TODAY,

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SWEDEN, THEY ALL MAKE
INDIANAPOLIS IN BROWNSBURG THEIR
HOME FOR ABOUT SEVEN DAYS, WHILE
WE PUT ON THIS BIG FANTASTIC

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EVENT.
>> I THINK PEOPLE, THIS -- WE
THINK ABOUT THE SPEEDWAY AND THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500, THE SECOND

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LARGEST MOTORSPORT EVENT IN
INDIANA.
>> YES, OVER 100,000 FANS WILL
COME OVER THE COURSE OF THE

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LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
DOING IT ROUGHLY 62 YEARS IN OUR
BACKYARD.
AND IT IS, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE

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THAT THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST
MOTORSPORTS EVENT IN THE STATE
OF INDIANA.
>> ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT

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GOING TO THE NATIONAL DRAGS IS
EVERY TICKET IS A PIT PASS.
YOU CAN STAND RIGHT NEXT TO THE
MACHINES AND THE DRIVERS.

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>> MEET YOUR FAVORITE DRIVERS,
GO UP, SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
WORKING ON THE CARS.
REMEMBER, THEY MAKE MULTIPLE

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PASSES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THY BRING THOSE CARS DOWN, TEAR
THEM APART, PUT THEM BACK
TOGETHER.

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YOU GET TO MEET THE DRIVERS, SEE
WHAT THEY'RE DOING UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL.
EVERY TICKET IS A PIT PASS, LIKE

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YOU SAID.
>> ONE OF THE AMAZING STORIES
EVERY YEAR IS JOHN FORCE.
HE'S 70 YEARS OLD, AND HE JUST

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WON HIS 150th RACE, HE'LL HE'LL
BE A FAVORITE THIS YEAR.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
HE HAS THE ENERGY OF A

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18-YEAR-OLD OUT THERE.
JUST WINNING HIS 150th OUT IN
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, A FEW WEEKS
AGO.

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AND INDIANA AND INDIANAPOLIS IS
SPECIAL TO HIM.
HE OBVIOUSLY HAS A SHOP HERE
WITH ALL OF HIS TEAMS.

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THIS EVENT MEANS A LOT TO HIM.
>> AND YOU MENTIONED THE SHOP
BEING HERE, BROWNSBURG AND
CLAREMONT, IT'S A NATIONAL HUB

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FOR DRAG RACING.
>> REALLY, THIS IS THE HOME OF
DRAG RACING.
WHEN YOU THINK OF IT, THE U.S.

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NATIONALS, MOST OF THE BIG
TEAMS.
PROBABLY 90% OF THE BIG TEAMS
ARE BASED HERE.

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QUITE A BIT OF INDUSTRY, IN
TERMS OF MANUFACTURERS, CHASSIS
MANUFACTURERS, CARS, ALL OF THAT
STUFF IS COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE

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BACKYARD OF INDIANAPOLIS.
>> SPORT IN GOOD SHAPE?
>> DOING REALLY WELL.
WE MADE A CHANGE ABOUT THREE

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YEARS AGO OVER TO FOX.
AND THIS EVENT WILL BE ON FOX,
BIG FOX WITH FOX 59 CARRYING IT
ON LABOR DAY.

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WE'VE SEEN GREAT GROWTH ON BOTH
OUR TELEVISION, BUT THE LIVE
EVENT SIDE, SOMETIMES IT'S A
CHALLENGE, BUT WE'VE BEEN

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FORTUNATE WHERE WE'VE SEEN
ATTENDANCE GROWTH.
>> AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET OUT
TO LUCAS OIL RACEWAY, HOW WOULD

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THEY GO ABOUT THAT?
>> THE EASIEST, GO TO NHRA.COM,
GET YOUR TICKETS, INFORMATION,
OR YOU CAN COME OUT TO LUCAS OIL

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RACEWAY OUTSIDE OF CLAREMONT,
INDIANA, IN BROWNSBURG, AND
WE'VE GOT SEVEN DAYS OF ACTIVITY
GOING ON, STARTING NEXT

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WEDNESDAY, ROLLS RIGHT THROUGH
LABOR DAY MONDAY.
A LOT OF FUN STUFF GOING ON.
>> FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS NEVER

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BEEN TO THE NATIONAL DRAGS, IT
IS, I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT
LIGHTS, ACTION, POWER, SENSORY
OVERLOAD, IT'S AMAZING.

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>> A SENSORY EXPERIENCE.
TASTE, SMELL, NOISE, I MEAN,
IT'S ALL OF THAT COMBINED, AND
THEN SOME.

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>> ALL RIGHT, CASEY, WE
APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THE
SHOW.
HAVE A GREAT EVENT.