JEFF GORDON/ROLLIE HELMLING DIET PEPSI MIDGET CAR
ON DISPLAY AT IOWA STATE BANK IN DES MOINES
by: Thomas J Schmeh

Knoxville, IA (March 13, 2006) - Rollie Helmling’s famed Diet Pepsi midget car that powered USAC-turned-NASCAR star Jeff Gordon to wins in the ‘Night Before the (Indy) 500’, Hut Hundred, Belleville Midget Nationals and Eldora 4-Crown Nationals championships in 1991 is currently on display in the lobby of the Iowa State Bank in Des Moines near the State Capitol building. The car is on a three-week loan from the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, and is also helping promote Knoxville Raceway’s June 2-3 USAC-sanctioned Pepsi/Mt. Dew Knoxville Midget Nationals.

According to Iowa State Bank CEO John Burgeson, “We are proud to showcase a very historic midget car in our long-time Capital Office at 627 East Street in Des Moines. Of course, this means that we may need to find a more modern midget or sprint car to put in our brand new office on the corner of 128th Street and Hickman Road in Urbandale.”

For more information on the Iowa State Bank, contact the staff at 515-288-0111. For more information on the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, contact the staff at 641-842-6176. And for more information on the June 2-3 Pepsi/Mt. Dew Knoxville Midget Nationals, visit the track’s web site at www.knoxvilleraceway.com.