CAR IQ FAB FOUR DRIVERS TO BE CO-GRAND MARSHALS AT THE BATTLE AT THE BRICKYARD
Speedway, Indiana (June 26, 2023)………The Car IQ Fab Four will serve as the official Grand Marshals for the NASCAR Youth Series at the Battle at the Brickyard, taking place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on June 28 through July 2.
It’s a monumental step as the first ever female Grand Marshalls for the series. The Fab Four drivers will be recognized and announced at the Yard of Bricks at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Car IQ Fab Four drivers will get a chance to talk to NASCAR Youth Series drivers, giving a word of encouragement before the esteemed Battle at the Brickyard event gets underway.
Sixteen-year-old Jade Avedisian from Clovis, California is the current leader in the Car IQ Fab Four points standings with an average finishing position of 8th place. In what was her Rookie year in 2022, Avedisian set fast time on four occasions, becoming the all-time series leader in the category at the age of 15. In racing action, she has been a star. At the Belleville (Kan.) Short Track in May of this year, she finished second, equaling the best series finish by a female and also became the first female to lead the USAC National Midget standings.
Currently second in points is 23-year-old Taylor Reimer. During her first full year of USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship competition in 2022, her season was a success as she finished 10th in the final series point standings. Fellow competitor Kaylee Bryson took seventh, making this the first time that multiple women have appeared inside the top-10 of the final standings. Back in May of 2023 at Missouri’s Sweet Spring Motorsports Complex, she earned a career best series finish of fourth.
Tied with Reimer in the second position in Car IQ Fab Four points is 22-year-old Kaylee Bryson from Muskogee, Oklahoma. No woman has reached the heights in USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship racing than Kaylee Bryson. She led 18 laps and finished as the runner-up at Gas City (Ind.) I- 69 Speedway in October of 2022, equaling the best result by a woman in series history. In October of 2022 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, she became the first woman to lead a lap in the history of the USAC Silver Crown series.
Taylor Ferns, 27 years old, is currently fourth in the Car IQ Fab Four points standings with an average finishing position of 13th place in the USAC Silver Crown Series. The Shelby Township, Mich. Native made her historical mark on the 2022 USAC Silver Crown season by becoming the first woman to finish on the podium of a USAC Silver Crown event, and she did it twice with a pair of third place finishes at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Winchester Speedway. Earlier in her career, Ferns captured USAC’s D1 Midget championship.
Car IQ Fab Four Drivers can be found here: https://www.cariqfabfour.com/drivers
Car IQ Fab Four Points Standings can be found here: https://www.cariqfabfour.com/standings
ABOUT THE FAB FOUR COMPETITION:
The Fab Four competition begins with a preliminary qualification period that runs from April to June. Each driver will compete in their respective series with results calculated based on their average feature finishing position. These results will determine the top four drivers that will be invited to participate in the Fab Four Finals competition which will run from July to November. In order to be eligible for the competition, drivers must complete a minimum of five feature finishes over the course of the season.
The Fab Four competition also invites motor enthusiasts to support their favorite athletes through participation in The Fab Four voter sweepstakes. The winner of the Fab Four will be determined by a combination of racing results and fan votes. Each racer’s 2023 season's average feature finishing result will account for half of their competition standing with the other half coming from fan votes.
Fans will be able to cast their votes on the USAC website under the Fab Four landing page. Voters will be entered into a sweepstakes with a chance to win an all-expense paid trip to the Turkey Night Grand Prix on November 25 at California’s Ventura Raceway to watch the final race and meet each of the Fab Four drivers.
For more information about the competition, please visit the Fab Four standings page on the USAC website.
ABOUT USAC
Since 1956, United States Auto Club (USAC) has proven itself as being the most diversified motorsports sanctioning body in the world. It is the official sanctioning body of many of today’s largest racing series including its own suite of circle track series in Sprint, Silver Crown, Midget and Micro, NASCAR Youth Series, Porsche Spring Challenge North America, Pirelli World Challenge, American Rally Association, International Snowmobile Racing, Robby Gordon Stadium Trucks, Radical Racing, Ultra 4 Racing, Formula Race Promotions, Road to Indy, and Karting. USAC has over 18,000 competitors racing at more than 500 sanctioned events globally.
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