INDIANAPOLIS — 6 of the 24 A-Main starters are known for Saturday night’s 5th annual Driven 2 Save Lives BC39 39-lap feature. The top three finishers in the two preliminary nights preceding Saturday will take those spots which means winners Thomas Meseraull and Justin Grant, 2nd place finishers Taylor Reimer and Cannon McIntosh and third place finishers Chase McDermand and Emerson Axsom will run for the win in the main event.
Who’ll join them?
Saturday will see the gates open at 4 p.m. ET, practice at 6 p.m. ET, followed by opening ceremonies at 7 p.m. ET, then the main events with D-Main, multiple C-Mains, the B-Main and 39-lap $20,039 to win main event.
**E-Main (if needed): 10 laps, top-4 transfer (2 to each D-Main).
**2 D-Mains: 10 laps, top-4 transfer to the C-Main.
**2 C-Mains: 12 laps, top-4 transfer to the semi-feature.
**2 Semi-Features: 12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature.
**Last Chance Race: 15 laps, top-8 transfer to the feature.
**The 39-lap feature will have 22 starters, plus two USAC provisional starters (if applicable) and two IMS options.
Ticket price are $45-$90 on this night.
The lineups for the Mains were set on the finishing spots from Thursday and Friday.
Prelim night finishers 4-17 will be slated for one of two semi-features on Saturday night. Prelim night feature finishers 18-22, plus finishers 7-15 in the semi-feature, will start in Saturday’s C-Main. Prelim night semi-feature finishers 16th on back will start in Saturday’s D-Main.
Brady Bacon won the inaugural race in 2018. Zeb Wise won a year later (2019). Kyle Larson (2021) and Buddy Kofoid (2022) won the last two years. Who’s No. 5?
Only Bacon is back to try to be the first two-time winner.
