Actor to drive at Speedway

Priestly enters Kansas 100 race set for July 7

? Actor Jason Priestley will soon be in a new zip code Kansas City, 66111.

Priestley, who appeared on the TV show “Beverly Hills 90210,” will drive the No.7 HomeMed Pharmacy entry fielded by Indy Racing League front-runner Kelley Racing in the 2002 Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series Kansas 100 at Kansas Speedway. The event debuts July 7.

Priestley, 32, has competed in various forms of motorsports, including IMSA, the SCCA Pro Rally Series, the Magna Enduro Series and the FIA World Rally Championship. In 1998, he earned his first career victory driving a Grand-Am sportscar at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished 10th in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Multimatic Racing.

The inaugural season of the Infiniti Pro Series begins July 7 at Kansas Speedway.