IRL: Indianapolis Motor Speedway president celebrates 10th anniversary
14 January 2000
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Text Provided by IMSTony Georges 10th anniversary as president the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was Jan. 8, but he wasnt out toasting the many positive changes he has made to the worlds most famous racing facility during the 1990s.
Instead, he was inside the Expo Square Exposition Center in Tulsa, Okla., driving a midget race car in the annual Chili Bowl event.
George and son Ed Carpenter both participated in the three-day event. George won his heat race Jan. 6, and Carpenter did likewise Jan. 7 while George was back in Indianapolis receiving the Roger McCluskey Award of Excellence at the 44th "Pennzoil 'Night of Champions' USAC National Awards Banquet.
George returned to Tulsa to compete in one of the Jan. 8 feature races, the B Main. He was running seventh when two cars in front of him tangled forcing him up and into the outside wall. The car rolled over on its side, but he was uninjured. Carpenter encountered engine problems and did not make the finals.
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