More Zoom Zoom added to the Heartland Sprint Series!!!!

THE MAZDA HEARTLAND SPRINT SERIES!  >>> UPDATED 4-01-11 <<<

We told you there was more big news coming, well here it is....

BP Motorsports Group is proud to Announce "The Mazda Heartland Sprint Series" for 2011.  Yes, that's right it's now "The Mazda Heartland Sprint Series" and they've increased their level of participation to include other classes as well.  Not only is there $5,000.00 up for grabs in the Tag Senior Class and a shot at a ride in a USF2000 car as part of the IZOD IndyCar Series Scouting Combine, but Mazda just upped the ante for drivers in other classes as well!


The Tag 60 class, Tag Jr. class and the Shifter S2 Class will all have prize money on the line for "The Mazda Heartland Sprint Series".  The prize money breaks down this way:


1)  Tag 60:  $500.00
2)  Tag Jr.:  $500.00
3)  Shifter S2:  $750.00

Voting has ended and the drivers elected, by nearly a two to one margin, for the Top 3 Positions to get the prize money!  Thanks for your input, we appreciate it!!!!


Tag Senior Class  $4,000.00 + $1,000 Bonus if the same driver wins race 2 - 3 and 6!!!
1st place:  $2,500.00
2nd place:  $1,000.00
3rd place:  $500.00


Tag 60 and Tag Jr.  $500.00 (each class)
1st place:  $250.00  
2nd place:  $150.00   
3rd place:  $100.00


Shifter S2 Class  $750.00
1st place:  $400.00
2nd place: $250.00
3rd place:  $100.00


BP Motorsports Group welcomes Mazda and we're very proud to be working with them as the 1st IZOD IndyCar Series Regional Karting Partner to help promote "The Mazda Road to Indy". 

Good luck to all the racers this year and we'll see you at the track on the first race day April 9th and 10th for "The Mazda Heartland Sprint Series".  


Don't forget practice is Saturday April 2nd.  See you all there.....


Chris Hagan
Director of Sales & Marketing

BP Motorsports Group

The 1st IZOD IndyCar Regional Karting Partner

&

Home of "The Mazda Heartland Sprint Series"

MAZDA Puts $5,000.00 In Tag Senior Class for 2011!!!!

As part of "The Mazda Road to Indy" BP Motorsports Group & The Heartland Sprint Series are proud to be the very first regional series to participate in the IZOD IndyCar Series Scouting Combine. The driver who wins the 2011 Tag Senior Championship in "The Heartland Sprint Series" will travel to Florida to compete against some of the best kart racers in the country in a USF2000 car this November. 

BP Motorsports Group & The Heartland Sprint Series are also proud to announce that , in a promotional venture with Mazda, there will be $5,000.00 in cash associated with the Tag Senior Class for the 2011 season! That's right, $5,000.00 is now up for grabs in the Tag Senior Class! Part of that $5,000.00 is a $1,000.00 bonus to the driver that wins The Mazda 2 Race in May, The Mazda Speed3 Race in June, and The Mazda 6 Race in September. If you win all three races you get a $1,000.00 bonus!!!

Here's where you, the drivers, come in. You have two options to pick from on how we allocate the prize money. It's up to you and voting starts right now and runs through Thursday March 31 at 12:00noon central time. We'll give you the option to pick how the money gets distributed. Winner Take All or Top 3 Spots? It's up to you!  You can vote online in the poll attached to our post on EKN:  Click Here and go to Heartland Sprint Series post.

Option #1: Winner Take All = $4,000.00 to the Tag Senior Champion

Option #2: 1st = $2500.00, 2nd = $1000.00, 3rd = $500.00

There is a $1,000.00 bonus available to the driver who can win Race 2, Race 3, and Race 6. Win all three races in the Tag Senior Class and get an added $1,000.00 in prize money.

Get those karts ready everyone because BP Motorsports Group, The Heartland Sprint Series and MAZDA just upped the ante this season and there is more exciting news to come in the days ahead!

Chris Hagan

BP Motorsports Group

The 1st IZOD IndyCar Series Regional Karting Partner 

&

Home of "The Heartland Sprint Series"

"The Big News" IndyCar partners with BP Motorsports Group

Ok someone pinch me....  Did I really just see "The Heartland Sprint Series" included in an official press release from IndyCar?  Yes, I did!!!!   Holy Cow we're actually working with IndyCar and our Tag Senior Champion will participate in "The IndyCar Combine" at the end of the season.  You can find the complete story on IndyCar.com at:  IndyCar Combine

 Back when this first started, Brit Phillips, our Director of Operations wanted to grow karting here in the Heartland and give kids the opportunity to race.  He said, "I never thought when we started this that we'd have the chance to work with IndyCar and we're honored to be part of their grass roots effort to promote the IZOD IndyCar Series via The Mazda Road to Indy.  To actually think that this years Tag Senior Champion from The Heartland Sprint Series could work their way up to the IZOD IndyCar Series via their new ladder system is tremendously exciting."  

Well you heard it directly from IndyCar folks.  Get those karts ready, the first race is just a month away and this year our Tag Senior Champion will get a shot at proving themselves in the IndyCar Combine event in Florida against the best of the best in karting from around the country.  It's the "Top Gun" of karting this year!

All of us at BP Motorsports Group are honored to be working with the IZOD IndyCar series and while we've known about this for sometime we were sworn to secrecy.  The 2011 Kansas City Auto show was the kickoff to our partnership with IndyCar and here is a photo of the event.  It's estimated that over 300,000 people attended the 2011 Kansas City Auto Show and BP Motorsports Group & CarCar Motorsports were there with IndyCar!!!

This is really big news but we still have more to come so keep your eyes on our website and EKN because there is more to come!!!

Chris Hagan
Director of Sales & Marketing
BP Motorsports Group

The Ladder Starts Early

Hey Randy if I can reach the pedals in time for your final IZOD IndyCar race at Las Vegas count me in for the 5 Million Dollar Bonus Challenge!!!  I race go karts now with BP Motorsports Group in Kansas City as part of "The Heartland Sprint Series" . But I'd love to race with Dario, Will, Danica, Helio, and Marco! 

The IZOD IndyCar Series partners with BP Motorsports Group at the Greater Kansas International Auto Show to help promote "The Mazda Road to Indy" and the grass roots of racing, which starts with Karting.  It looks like one young racer is taking IZOD IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard seriously on his 5 Million Dollar Bonus offer.  Randy said if any driver, outside the IZOD IndyCar Series, can win the final race of the season against the best drivers in the world it will pay a 5 Million Dollar Bonus!  There are only 5 spots open to other drives.  Well, 4 if Tyler gets his way.... See the article on Indycar.com. Click here:  IZOD IndyCar Challenge

Seriously Randy, if I can reach the pedals on this thing in October you can just start cutting the check now!  Hey Marco, You'll have to find a new number buddy, here I come!

Tyler  #26
 

Let The Auto Show Begin!

I stopped by at lunch today and Brit, Craig, and Carlen and several others who were helping were nearly done putting the finishing touches on the BP Motorsports Group Display at the 2011 Greater Kansas City International Auto Show.  CarCar Motorsports brought their massive new trailer along with several Karts to showcase at the show.  They've got you covered from Kid Karts all the way up the Shifter.  You'll also notice the focal point of our display this year...  The IZOD IndyCar!!!! 

The Kansas City Auto Show starts today at 5:00pm and runs through Sunday March 6th at 6:00pm.  You can find all the details about the 2011 Greater International Kansas City Auto Show online at: http://www.kcautoshow.com/

Come see all the Cars, our Karts and the IZOD IndyCar!  We'll be there all week and we're looking forward to seeing you there as well.

Thanks,

Chris Hagan
Director of Sales & Marketing
BP Motorsports Group