Kentuckiana Ford Dealers Expand Support of Salem Speedway for the 2025 Season
Salem Speedway Fueled by the Hoosier Lottery officials have announced that the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers will return as a marketing partner with Salem Speedway again for the upcoming 2025 season. The Kentuckiana Ford Dealers have been a huge supporter of the historic track for many seasons and their name has become synonymous with the bigger events held at the track each season.
The Kentuckiana Ford Dealers will return as the title sponsor of the 66th running of the Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial, which will take place this season on Saturday, July 12th and will be sanctioned once again by the 500 Sprint Car Tour based out of Anderson, Indiana, home of the famed Little 500. Last year saw the return of the second longest running pavement sprint car race in the world to the famous High Banks for the first time since the 2020 season and the much-anticipated return of Sprint Car racing to Salem.
The Kentuckiana Ford Dealers are expanding their support of Salem Speedway to include being the title sponsor of the ARCA Menards Series event, which will take place this season on Saturday, September 20th. The Kentuckiana Ford Dealers name was associated with the ARCA Menards Series events held at Salem Speedway for many years. This season’s ARCA Menards Series event will be the 111th series event held at Salem Speedway, which is the most events the series has had at any track in its long history. The ARCA Menards Series event will be promoted once again by Track Enterprises.
“We are very excited to sponsor the Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial and the ARCA Menards Series event at Salem Speedway this season,” remarked Steve Motsinger with the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers and the Salem based Eddie Gilstrap Motors, Inc. “Both of these events have so much history at this racetrack, and it means a lot to have the Ford Motor Company name associated with both. We look forward to a great 2025 season at Salem Speedway! ”
“We really appreciate the continued support of the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers at Salem Speedway,” commented Nick Bohanon, owner of Salem Speedway. “No one has supported this track over the years like the Kentuckiana Ford Dealers and Eddie Gilstrap Motors, we appreciate their support and look forward to what is going to be two huge events at Salem Speedway this season!”
Eddie Gilstrap Motors will furnish Salem Speedway with a pace vehicle once again for the entire 2025 season, to pace all the exciting feature events on the famous High Banks! They will also furnish a wrecker again at each event.
More information on Salem Speedway and the 2025 season is available on the track’s website at www.salemspeedway.com and via social media on Facebook and Twitter (X) or contact the track office at 866-2GO-RACE.
