DENVER, NC (6/25/2009) - The All-American Driver Challenge (AADC) and Calico Coatings have put yet another young driver behind the wheel of a USAC Midget. On Saturday, June 6th, Jeremy Frankoski made his third consecutive trip to victory lane and extended his points lead in the USAC Ford Focus Carolina Series after winning the 35 lap feature held at Hickory Motor Speedway. Frankoski also won his second Carolina Series pole with a fast qualifying time of 14.987 seconds. Frankoski continues to lead the Carolina Series with MacMillan (-32), Hunter (-41), Coomes (-55) and Intravaia (-60) completing the top five.

Francowski was the was one of the Top 10 finalists in the 2007 AADC competition and Tracy Trotter, owner of Calico Coatings and the AADC, had been keeping his eye on him. "We were so impressed with Jeremy in the 2007 AADC finals that if I had a second midget available at the time, I would have put him in it last year," said Trotter. "We’re excited to have Jeremy running for us this year with Bradley crew chiefing for him."

Bradley Riethmeyer, the winner of the inaugural year of the AADC in 2006, is now crew chiefing the Calico Coatings #2 midget. He bring with him a win in the 2008 USAC Carolina Ford Focus Midget Series and the 2008 Concord Midget Series, the first driver to ever to win these championships simultaneously.

The 2007 AADC Champion, Tanner Swanson, is also going strong in his racing pursuits. He clinched another USAC championship earlier this year after he won his second event of the year on April 18th, taking the USAC Western Sprint Car feature at Roseville, California’s All-American Speedway.

For more information on these drivers, visit these Web sites:
- www.allamericandriver.com
- www.br49.com
- www.tannerswansonracing.com
- www.jeremyfrankoski.com