KISS: 2007 season preview, schedule

King Of Indiana To Wear New Crown

April 17, 2007 --- When the 2007 King of Indiana Sprint Series (KISS) takes the final checkered flag at Tri-State Speedway on July 8, the point winner will be crowned with a unique award, the custom-designed KISS Champion's Helmet. Through the efforts of Sprint Car & Midget Magazine, Simpson Performance Products and RockStar Paint, the helmet isn't intended to gather dust on a royal shelf, but will become highly visible every-race wear for the 2007 series champion.

Sprint Car & Midget Magazine and Simpson Performance Products are teaming to provide the helmet, which will be top-of-the-line in safety and comfort. RockStar Paint's Michael Jones is creating the special King of Indiana Sprint Series Champion design in his Spirit Lake, Iowa, studio. The details of the helmet and artwork will be available on the KISS website (www.kissracing.com) in the near future.

The start of this year's KISS series is less than a month away as Gas City I-69 Speedway gets the first of two KISS Weekends underway on Friday, May 11. Then the racers head south, to North Vernon's Twin Cities Raceway the next night, Saturday, May 12. Two weeks later, Lawrenceburg Speedway rumbles on Saturday, May 26. The action stays hot as the second KISS Weekend begins at Bloomington Speedway on Friday, June 15. With barely enough time to roll through a car wash, the KISS racers push off at Putnamville's Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday, June 16. Then, to round out the weekend, Kokomo Speedway hosts a huge Sunday show on June 17. Paragon Speedway keeps the wheels rolling a week later, on Saturday, June 23, followed by the Independence Day celebration with KISS racers in the spotlight at the Terre Haute Action Track on Saturday, June 30. The grand finale, crowning the 2007 King of Indiana Sprints Series, takes place at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt on Sunday, July 8.

<pre> 2007 King Of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday, May 11 Twin Cities Raceway Park Saturday, May 12 Lawrenceburg Speedway Saturday, May 26 Bloomington Speedway Friday, June 15 Lincoln Park Speedway Saturday, June 16 Kokomo Speedway Sunday, June 17 Paragon Speedway Saturday, June 23 Terre Haute Action Track Saturday, June 30 Tri-State Speedway Sunday, July 8 </pre> SPONSORS. New sponsorship from Indiana Stone Works has boosted the payoff at each event and B-Main starters are guaranteed $100. Elliottbrand Web Designs, in Westport, IN, created the KISS website, which provides a highly functional and effective tool that places the King Of Indiana Sprint Series within arms length of racing fans around town and around the world. Visit them at www.Elliottbrand.com. Sprint Car & Midget Magazine, Simpson Performance Products and RockStar Paint bring the inaugural KISS Champions Helmet. More information is available at their websites: www.sprintcarandmidget.com; www.simpsonraceproducts.com and www.rockstarpaint.com .

KISS is continuing to look for sponsorships for the upcoming series. Not only will a sponsor actively participate in one of the most exciting sprint car programs of the coming season, but their investment will also garner the benefits of broad visibility and productive publicity among a growing segment of motorsports enthusiasts in Indiana's most active metropolitan areas. For more information contact the promoter at your closest KISS racing track.

The King of Indiana Sprint Series is organized and conducted by the individual Indiana sprint car race track promoters to put the best racing in the state on a heavy metal wheel-to-wheel tour. Information is now available on our website, www.kissracing.com.

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