Circle Bound Racing of Brownsburg and Purdue University’s Opportunity Motorsports will co-host an open house on February 11 from 10 am to 1 pm Members of the motorsports industry and the general public are invited view the facilities of Circle Bound Racing and meet the members of the Opportunity Motorsports student organization.

Opportunity Motorsports was founded by Purdue University mechanical engineering student and race car driver Jonathan Hassler just over one year ago. The goal of the program is to provide Purdue University students seeking a motorsports related education the ability to become involved in both the business and technical aspects of a small scale professional racing team. While still in its infancy with the University, the OM program has been embraced as a means to provide real world racing experience in the Hoosier State. Indiana is recognized as a world-leader in motorsports, however students interested in stock car racing have long been drawn out of Indiana to the Charlotte, North Carolina area.

Students currently involved with the program represent a variety of disciplines including Visual Communications Design, Advertising and Public Relations, Organizational Leadership and Supervision, Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Technology.

For the 2006 racing season, the Opportunity Motorsports program will partner with Circle Bound Racing to field their stable of late model stock cars. Within this partnership, Opportunity Motorsports members will play integral roles in all aspects of the Circle Bound Racing operation. Circle Bound Racing is owned by life-long racer Chet Blanton of Plainfield, Indiana and is the factory team for Blanton’s ARC Racing Engines business. ARC builds engines for a variety of applications, including dirt and pavement late models, sprint cars, and hot rods.

The open house is open to the public and will be held at the ARC Racing Engines/Circle Bound Racing facility at 454 Johnson Lane in Brownsburg. For further information, contact Jonathan Hassler, Opportunity Motorsports Founder, by email at jhassler@purdue.edu or by phone at (765)720-1384.