Club have announced a partnership that begins in 2017 with a 19-race slate scheduled at a bevy of traditional stops for midget racing in the east .
The USAC Eastern Regional Midget Series presented by ARDC will ensure that midget racing remains a stronghold in the east . The clubs are two of the most storied in the history of midget auto racing with ARDC ' s roots dating back to 1940 and USAC ' s to 1956 .
The USAC Midgets ' renewed presence in the east over the last couple of seasons has created new opportunities for the famed series to add on to its long-standing Western States Midget Championship with the Midwest Midget Championship , which debuted last year , and its new partnership with ARDC in the east .
ARDC ' s 75th year of competition is highlighted by high-profile events including six
that share the stage with USAC ' s national series . In fact , the series will share the event card with all three of the national divisions in 2017 .
On June 15 and 16 , the USAC / ARDC Midgets will race on back-to-back nights at the historic Williams Grove Speedway half-mile in Mechanicsburg , PA . The first of the two events , which are both part of the 11th annual Eastern Storm , takes place on Thursday , June 15 with the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship . The following night , Friday , June 16 , the midgets compete on a docket that also features the USAC Silver Crown Championship ' s " Horn-Schindler Memorial " 100- lapper .
Amid the month of August , the third edition of Pennsylvania Midget Week comes to the Keystone State for four races at four different tracks in a span of five nights in a battle for