This Week In AARN // January 5th, 2016

STARTING OFF THE NEW RACING SEASON, Erick Rudolph (left, Photo by Alex & Helen Bruce) won the debut TQ-Midget event at the new PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Saturday night in front of a sold-out grandstand! Rudolph, the defending Indoor Series champion, enjoyed victory lane with the “big check” representing his $2,000 triumph; Those fans thrilled to intense competition (top, Photo by Harry Cella), as Rudolph (No. 22), Andy Jankowiak (No. 49), Jimmy Blewett (No. 76) and Ryan Flores (No. 15) dueled for position; Also beginning his racing year with success was NASCAR driver Kyle Larson (above, Photo by Brent Smith), who returned to his Sprint Car roots by winning the Winter Heat feature at Cocopah, Arizona!

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