Racing Highlights:

2005: Finished a career best 4th in USAC Silver Crown series championship point standings driving the Bank Racing #90. 

2004: Finished 7th in driver points in USAC Silver Crown, and led the way to the 3rd top 5 finish in owner points for the Sharon Bank Racing #90. Competed in 410 sprints driving the Tom Burkey #57B for select USAC National Sprint Series races.

2002: Fifth in national USAC Silver Crown point standings in Sharon Bank #90.

2000: USAC Silver Crown's Most Improved Driver award. Finished eighth in points and scored eight top-10 finishes.

1998: Victorious in USAC Silver Crown race at Pikes Peak Int'l Raceway, overcoming a worn tire to defeat Bentley Warren in a hard-fought event that had everyone cheering.

1997: Drove Keith Wimberly's Clabber Girl midget and picked up rides in sprints and Silver Crown cars whenever possible. Set a new track record at Eldora, Ohio in Boyce Holt's USAC sprint car, a machine he had never even sat in before that night. He was running second and drawing up on the leader when the car's hood flew off, ending his run.

Moved from Bloomsburg, Pa. to Indianapolis.

1996: Primary driver of the midget which brought John Givens his second ARDC CARQUEST car owners' title. Won four ARDC features and finished sixth in the '96 ARDC driver point standings despite spending a lot of the season traveling to the Midwest for USAC shows. Heydenreich has 36 career ARDC midget victories.

1995: Made first USAC Silver Crown start. Finished second in Belleville Midget Nationals in Belleville, Kansas.

1994: Primary driver of the midget which brought John Givens his first ARDC car owners' title.

1991:  One-lap track record at famous Belleville Nationals, smashing Jeff Gordon's track record.

1990: Won prestigious Chili Bowl midget race in Tulsa, Okla., beating both Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell. Beat Jeff Gordon's track record in time trials at Belleville, Kansas Midget Nationals and went on to finish second in that prestigious event.

1987: Hut Hundred midget race winner at the Indiana Fairgrounds, which was the first time he ever drove on a one-mile dirt track.

1980s and 1990s: Top midget driver in the East, primarily with ARDC. Won four of the big midget races in his hometown during the annual Bloomsburg Fair.

Won the All-Star Outlaw Midget Championship at Grandview (Pa.) Speedway in 1983, 1985 and 1987.

1960: Started racing at age 4 in quarter midgets. First race was around a baseball field at the Millville Carnival in Pa. He had to have pillows to reach the pedals. He was in the lead coming down for the checkered flag when the pillows slipped. He ran over two hay bales, missed the finish line and knocked over the trophy girl and the card table holding the trophies. He hasn't really slowed down since.

Personal:

Nicknames: "Gentleman John" in ARDC and "Hot Rod Heydenreich" in USAC.

Current Residence: Indianapolis, Indiana

Hometown: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Height: 5'10"; Weight: 140 lbs.

Date of Birth: July 15

Daughter:  Madilynn Heydenreich

Current Full-Time Job:  Sales and Business Development for Seals-It

Family: Daughter, Madilynn. Father was also a top midget racer in the East; he raced under the name Freddy Charles and retired from driving in 1974.

Favorite Movie: On Golden Pond. (We're not sure why; none of his explanations make sense.)

Favorite TV Show: Happy Days

Favorite Music: Rock and roll

Favorite Food: Cheeseburger

Favorite Race Track: Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Personal Vehicle: Chevy pick-up truck

Dream Personal Vehicle: Chrysler Prowler

Personal Hero: His father, Bobby Marshman, A.J. Foyt and Parnelli Jones