With simply days till the inexperienced flag waves for the SpeedTour All-Star Race at Lime Rock Park, much more celebrities have been added to an already star-studded lineup. Parella Motorsports Holdings (PMH) has confirmed modified and NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine because the Grand Marshal for the occasion, whereas two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. will function the colour commentator for the nationwide TV broadcast that can air dwell on MAVTV and the SpeedTour TV YouTube Channel. As well as, Hailie Deegan has been confirmed to drive within the race, partnering with All-Star driver Ken Schrader in a Crew SLR-M1 Racecars entry.
“I can’t wait to get to Lime Rock Park for this weekend’s SpeedTour All-Star Race,” stated Tony Parella, Founder and CEO of PMH. “The motive force lineup is past spectacular, each with the All-Star drivers and Trans Am execs. Then, including in much more legends like Geoff Bodine and Al Unser Jr., that is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime occasion.”
A 3-time champion within the Lucas Oil Off Highway Professional Collection, Deegan is the one feminine driver to perform the feat, and can also be the one youth driver to win the Lucas Oil Off Highway Professional Collection Driver of the Yr award, an honor she took on the age of 15. Since 2018, she has been climbing up the inventory automobile and sports activities automobile ladder. Successful within the ARCA Menards Collection West, Deegan recorded high fives and high 10s as she moved via the ranks within the ARCA Menards Collection and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection. She kicked off the 2023 season by main laps en path to her first sports activities automobile podium within the IMSA Michelin Pilot Problem. By 2024, she moved as much as the NASCAR Xfinity Collection, the place she’s recorded a career-best Twelfth-place end at Talladega Superspeedway.
Serving as Grand Marshal for the SpeedTour All-Star Race, Bodine made his identify in modified racing earlier than shifting to NASCAR’s top-three nationwide collection. Acknowledged as considered one of NASCAR’s All-Time Prime 10 Modified Drivers, he holds a Guinness World File for probably the most wins in a single season with 55 modified function wins in 1978. Named as considered one of NASCAR’s 50 Best Drivers, Bodine was the 1982 Cup Collection Rookie of The Yr and went on to win the 1986 Daytona 500. In 1987, he received the IROC Championship whereas competing towards a few of the finest racers on the earth.
Becoming a member of Bodine within the pre-race ceremonies will probably be Reverend Heidi Truax from close by Trinity Episcopal Church, delivering the invocation. The Connecticut Nationwide Guard will current the Nation’s colours, whereas native singer Katie Weiser, who additionally occurs to be an ICU nurse, performs the Nationwide Anthem.
Unser Jr. will function a shade commentator for the nationwide tv broadcast on MAVTV, in addition to for the dwell stream on YouTube.com/SpeedTourTV. Unser Jr. is a two-time IndyCar champion (1990, 1994), in addition to a two-time winner of the famend Indianapolis 500 (1992, 1994). A flexible racer, he’s stood atop the rostrum in every single place from the Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix (six occasions), to the Rolex 24 at Daytona (twice), the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, and in World of Outlaws races. Along with his two INDYCAR titles, his championship accolades embody the 1981 SCCA Tremendous Vee Gold Cup, 1982 Can-Am Championship and two IROC Championships (1986, 1988).
The SpeedTour All-Star Race takes place this week, July 19-20, with spectator gates open each Friday and Saturday.
Friday’s schedule options two on-track periods for the All-Stars, with follow at 11:10 a.m., and qualifying at 3:50 p.m. ET. Followers could have an opportunity to fulfill their favourite drivers with each an IROC Panel Dialogue from 1:30 – 1:45 p.m., and the All-Star Race autograph session at 2:10-3:10 p.m. ET. Each occasions will probably be held in the primary paddock on the IROC Tent.
On Saturday, followers could have two extra alternatives to fulfill the drivers. The day will kick off with one other All-Star Race autograph session at 9-9:30 a.m. on the IROC Tent. Then, followers are invited to return to Pit Lane for a particular Pre-Race Fan Stroll, the place drivers will probably be signing autographs beginning at 12 p.m. ET.
Tickets for the SpeedTour All-Star Race can be found at LimeRock.com. Children 12 and underneath will probably be admitted free with the acquisition of an grownup ticket, and all activity-duty navy and veterans with a sound navy ID may also achieve free admission to the occasion.
