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BURNETTSVILLE RACER DEBUTS REFURBISHED SPRINT CAR
Burnettsville, Ind., March 1, 2006 – Adam James Byrkett, 20, of Burnettsville, named 2002 Rookie of the Year and second place finisher in 2004, both in the Midget division at the US 24 Speedway track in Logansport, begins his sixth racing season this year. He’s moved to the Sprint division with a car he purchased last year and has since refurbished.
He’ll run number 78, a car with a Dynamite frame, refreshed Randy Albby 410 engine and new paint scheme, at the Kokomo Speedway on Sunday evenings and some Gas City Friday nights and Paragon Speedway races.
Born to racing, Byrkett is the son of 30-year driver Dale Byrkett, well-known on the Micro Midget, Midget and Winged Outlaw Midget circuits. The younger Byrkett is a graduate of Twin Lakes High School in Monticello and has worked at Caterpillar in Lafayette since 2004.
Last season, he briefly debuted the new Sprint car at Paragon and Kokomo, where he qualified to run a feature, placing 16th.
As a Midget driver, he ran a 600 Outlaw Winged Midget, a Sawyer with Yamaha motor, for four years, beginning in 2001 at age 15.
Career highlights of the rising racing star also include being named 2004 Most Improved Driver at Logansport, where he won two features, several trophy dashes and heat races. And he earned a Driver of the Week award in 2003 at the Logansport track.
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