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USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2017 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - 13th "Indiana Midget Week"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Shane Golobic, 17w, Clauson-Marshall/Wood-13.373; 2. Justin Grant, 39BC, Clauson/Marshall-13.449; 3. Rico Abreu, 21, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.505; 4. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall-13.532; 5. Spencer Bayston, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.601; 6. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.700; 7. Alex Bright, 77, Bright-13.850; 8. Brady Bacon, 76m, FMR-13.915; 9. Tanner Carrick, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.935; 10. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-14.006; 11. Michael Pickens, 1NZ, Seamount-14.011; 12. Ronnie Gardner, 25x, Rodela-14.021; 13. Ryan Robinson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.033; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 25, Petry/Goff-14.075; 15. Steve Buckwalter, 9P, Ronk-14.082; 16. Dave Darland, 11, Gray-14.095; 17. Tyler Nelson, 88, Nelson-14.119; 18. Davey Ray, 33, Team RAYPRO-14.154; 19. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-14.189; 20. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-14.302; 21. Holly Shelton, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.342; 22. Courtney Crone, 25c, Rodela-14.394; 23. Trey Marcham, 32, Marcham-14.410; 24. Jimi Quin, 8GQ, Quin-14.509; 25. Adam Pierson, 76E, Mancini-14.521; 26. Justin Dickerson, 21D, Dickerson-15.041; 27. Chris Baue, 2, Baue-15.146; 28. Robert Bell, 71-1/2, Bell-16.130.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bayston, 2. Shelton, 3. Golobic, 4. Carrick, 5. Robinson, 6. Pierson, 7. Nelson. 2:17.65
COMPETITION SUSPENSION, INC. (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Coons, 3. Ray, 4. Grant, 5. Crone, 6. Walker, 7. Dickerson. 2:20.14
CHALK STIX THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Abreu, 3. Pickens, 4. Bright, 5. Buckwalter, 6. Baue, 7. Marcham. 2:20.23
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Courtney, 2. Boat, 3. Quin, 4. Darland, 5. Gardner, 6. Bell, 7. Bacon. 2:20.66
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Walker, 2. Gardner, 3. Robinson, 4. Bacon, 5. Pierson, 6. Crone, 7. Buckwalter, 8. Dickerson, 9. Baue, 10. Bell. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Spencer Bayston, 2. Shane Golobic, 3. Tyler Courtney, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Brady Bacon, 6. Rico Abreu, 7. Michael Pickens, 8. Chad Boat, 9. Tanner Thorson, 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11. Alex Bright, 12. Tanner Carrick, 13. Gage Walker. 14. Adam Pierson, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Ronnie Gardner, 17. Courtney Crone, 18. Tyler Thomas, 19. Jimi Quin, 20. Holly Shelton, 21. Davey Ray,22. Ryan Robinson. NT
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**Pickens flipped during practice. Robinson flipped on lap 16 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Bayston, Laps 11-12 Courtney, Laps 13-19 Bayston, Laps 20-21 Courtney, Laps 22-30 Baydton.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Chad Boat (18th-8th)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH-PLACE FINISHER: Gage Walker
PROSOURCE HARD WORK AWARD: Adam Pierson
B & W AUTO MART PERSEVERANCE AWARD: Chad Boat
NEW USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-588, 2-Bayston-559, 3-Golobic-551, 4-Grant-540, 5-Courtney-507, 6-Thorson-496, 7-Boat-428, 8-Coons-426, 9-Pickens-380, 10-Thomas-362.
FINAL USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Golobic-400, 2-Courtney-394, 3-Pickens-380, 4-Abreu-376, 5-Bayston-373, 6-Bacon-372, 7-Grant-372, 8-Thorson-321, 9-Boat-321, 10-A.Bright-267.
NEXT USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 1 - Macon (IL) Speedway
WINDOM WRANGLES FIRST USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT WIN AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY
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Contact: Dick Jordan - djordan@usacracing.com
WINDOM WRANGLES FIRST USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT WIN AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY
Queen Creek, Arizona November 4, 2016 - Chris Windom of Canton, Illinois scored the first of his two victories on Friday night in the USAC Southwest Sprint Car feature on night one of the 49th "Western World Championships" at Arizona Speedway.
Windom survived a late race charge from Brady Bacon to take the victory, though the victory did not come all that easy. Windom pulled out to a large lead by the midway point of the feature, but as he negotiated lapped traffic, Bacon rapidly reeled him in.
With seven laps remaining, Bacon not only caught Windom, he took him for the lead out of the fourth corner.
However, Bacon's lead would be short-lived as, just moments later, he skated up the track at the entrance of turn one, just enough to allow Windom to capitalize and slip back by on the bottom.
After a caution with three laps to go for the stopped car of series point leader R.J. Johnson, lapped traffic would no longer factor into the finish as Windom had a clear track in front of him for the final sprint.
Windom zipped away on the ensuing restart, although, Bacon was able to close in on the final lap to finish just 0.171 of a second behind Windom, who collected his first career USAC Southwest Sprint Car victory and piloted the Baldwin Brothers car to a prelim night victory in the Southwest Sprint portion of the program at the "Western World" for the second consecutive year.
Bacon took second behind Windom while Tom Ogle, Matt Rossi and Ryan Bernal rounded out the top-five.
The USAC Southwest Sprint Car season finale takes place Saturday night, Nov. 5 on the second night of the "Western World" at Arizona Speedway.
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USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: November 4, 2016 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway - "49th Annual Western World Championships"
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 2. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 3. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michael), 4. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary), 5. Ryan Bernal (#56 Phulps), 6. Jason Grady (#45 Grady), 7. Josh Grady (#12J Grady), 8. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clinton Boyles (#77 JHR), 2. Shon Deskins (#20 SDR), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Brian Hosford (#22B Weber), 5. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 6. Dennis Gile (#13G Gile), 7. Zach Madrid (#98Z Madrid), 8. Asa Kesterson (#18 Kesterson). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 2. Matt Lundy (#98 Lundy), 3. Brady Bacon (#73 Ford), 4. Tanner Grau (#34 Team AZ), 5. Brent Yarnal (#29B Yarnal), 6. Ryan Stolz (#56X Stolz), 7. Landon Cling (#54 Cling), 8. Rob Lindsey (#23 Lindsey). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 2. Chris Windom (#5X Baldwin), 3. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 4. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 5. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 6. Aaron Farney (#17GP Dutcher), 7. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Hodges, 3. Ja.Grady, 4. Farney, 5. Bonneau, 6. Madrid, 7. Gile, 8. Curtis, 9. Jo.Grady, 10. Lindsey, 11. St. James, 12. Stolz, 13. Yarnal, 14. Cling, 15. Kesterson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Tom Ogle, 4. Matt Rossi, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Mike Martin, 8. Charles Davis Jr, 9. Brian Hosford, 10. Matt Lundy, 11. Tye Mihocko, 12. C.J. Leary, 13. Jason Grady, 14. Aaron Farney, 15. Josh Hodges, 16. Chris Bonneau, 17. R.J. Johnson, 18. Tanner Grau, 19. Zach Madrid, 20. Clinton Boyles, 21. Stevie Sussex, 22. Shon Deskins. NT
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**Cling flipped during the third heat and the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Windom, Lap 24 Bacon, Laps 25-30 Windom.
HARD CHARGER: Ryan Bernal (13th to 5th)
NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-1,390, 2-Davis-1,289, 3-Martin-1,114, 4-Rossi-1,104, 5-Mihocko-980, 6-Gile-912, 7-Sussex-850, 8-Hosford-785, 9-Bonneau-760, 10-Reinbold-755.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: November 5, 2016 - Queen Creek, Arizona - Arizona Speedway - "49th Annual Western World Championships"
USAC REACHES HISTORIC 10,000TH EVENT!
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USAC REACHES HISTORIC 10,000TH EVENT!
JULY 13, 2016 ... America's most diversified motorsports sanctioning body - the United States Auto Club - reaches a significant milestone this weekend, its 10,000th professional event!
The historic milestone will be celebrated Saturday night during the "Indiana Sprint Week" finale at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
Since debuting with an indoor Midget race at the Allen County Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. on January 8, 1956, USAC has conducted nearly every form of motorsports imaginable. Included in the total of 10,000 events are the following: Indy Cars, Formula One, Silver Crown Championship Cars, Sprint Cars, Midgets, Stock Cars, Road Racing, IROC, Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Late Models, Supermodifieds, Grand-Am, Modifieds, Off-Road Trucks, Stadium Trucks, Solar-powered vehicles, Electric-powered vehicles, Global Rally Cross and others.
USAC annually conducts some 250-300 events each year. The largest calendar year was 2013 when 313 races were conducted. A total of 44 states have hosted USAC races and international events have occurred in Canada, Italy, Australia, England, Argentina, Barbados, Japan and the Bahamas.
"We at the United States Auto Club are proud of this accomplishment," says USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. "It represents a lot of hard work by a lot of dedicated people and is a testament to all of our participants, fans and corporate partners who have helped make this milestone possible. We continue to celebrate 60-plus years of motorsports excellence and hope everyone has an opportunity to enjoy our product as the 2016 season continues."
8 INITIAL 2016 USAC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED
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8 INITIAL 2016 USAC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED;
CLENDENEN, DAVIES, HIGMAN, HINNERSHITZ, KING, O'CONNOR, STEWART & TATTERSALL
The initial eight 2016 inductees into the USAC Hall of Fame have been announced and four more, selected by popular vote from a list of 16 eligibles distributed through social mediums, will be announced June 20.
The fifth annual USAC Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will be held July 21 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Ind. in conjunction with the "Rich Vogler Classic" USAC Silver Crown race.
The eight-member class of inductees announced today includes five drivers, two officials and a car owner-chief mechanic. They are (alphabetically) Russ Clendenen, Jimmy Davies, Bob Higman, Tommy Hinnershitz, Dick King, Pat O'Connor, Tony Stewart and Bob Tattersall.
Online voting for the final four 2016 inductees into the USAC Hall of Fame will be available on the USAC website Monday (June 20) at www.usacracing.com.
Clendenen, of Dayton, Ohio, probably supervised more USAC racing events than anyone in history, spanning several series, primarily including the National Championship Series and the National Sprint Cars. Involved in Midwestern oval-track racing for more than five decades, he started as a mechanic for driver Everett Saylor, the 1937 Central States Racing Association champion. After the war, he turned to officialdom and was an assistant to AAA Midwestern Supervisor Bob Martindale. In 1958, he succeeded Martindale and, after his retirement as a full-time official, he was honored in 1982 with the prestigious Eddie Edenburn Award for his lifelong contributions to the sport. He passed away in 2002 at the age of 94.
Davies, of Gardena, Calif., was three-time USAC National Midget Champion, taking consecutive titles in 1960, 1961 and 1962. His 48 career Midget victories still rank sixth on USAC's all-time National Midget win list. A winner at age 20 in the ill-fated 1949 Del Mar, Calif. AAA 100-miler which claimed the life of Rex Mays, Davies would eventually compete in five Indianapolis 500s, recording his best finish of third in 1955. He also won USAC's Pacific Coast Midget title in 1960 and scored three victories in the prestigious "Night Before the 500" classic. Proficient in his appearances "down under," Davies won the 1963 Australian Speedcar Grand Prix and the 1963 and 1964 South Australian Speedcar titles. He lost his life in a 1966 Midget race at Santa Fe Park Speedway in Hinsdale, Ill. and in 1984 was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
Higman, of Lafayette, Ind., was instrumental in the growth of USAC's National Midget Series in so many ways, from providing top-flight cars for the top drivers to his insightful assistance into rules making as part of USAC's Advisory Board of Directors. His list of major drivers ran the gamut of America's greatest talent and he was directly responsible for USAC Midget Championships for drivers Bob Wente (1963), Mike McGreevy (1966) and Larry Rice (1973). The only man to build a successful turbo-charged Offy Midget engine, he served as the crew chief for Indianapolis 500 driver Jigger Sirois who nearly stole the pole starting position in 1969. Bob's enormous contributions resulted in his induction into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also awarded USAC's "Jim Blunk Award" for contributions to Midget racing in 1973 and the prestigious Eddie Edenburn Award in 1988. Bob passed away January 13, 2010.
Hinnershitz, of Oley, Pa., was one of Eastern America's all-time motorsports heroes, claiming USAC Eastern Sprint Car crowns in 1956 and 1959 after winning AAA Eastern titles in 1949-1950-1951-1952 and 1955. He grabbed 11 victories in USAC Sprint racing and competed in a trio of Indianapolis 500s in the 1940s, scoring a ninth-place in 1948 and a 10th in 1941. Inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1990, he also was honored by the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. Hinnershitz died on August 1, 1999.
King, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., joined USAC as an official in 1966 and as its Safety Director for the Championship Series in 1967. Three years later, he became the chief steward for the Championship Series and in 1972 became Assistant to the USAC Executive Director and Competition Director. He served as USAC's President and Chief Executive Officer from 1976 to 1997 and also held the title of Chairman of the Board between 1979 and 1981. In 1984, he also took on the additional responsibilities of President of USAC Properties, Inc. King directed USAC through its most turbulent times, after the 1978 plane crash in Indiana which claimed the lives of eight key officials. In 1997, he was awarded USAC's most prestigious honor, the Roger McCluskey Award of Excellence. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 73.
O'Connor, of North Vernon, Ind., earned the respect of everyone with is demeanor on and off the race track and in 1958 graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in a build-up to that year's Indianapolis 500. He unfortunately perished in a first-lap crash in that year's race, but his career in the sport is legendary. Despite his somewhat brief career (10 years), he captured USAC's inaugural Midwest Sprint Car championship in 1956 and earlier had won 1953 and 1954 Midwest titles under AAA sanction. He scored eight wins in USAC's Sprint car campaign and was generally regarded as one of the "Kings of the Hills," extremely proficient at the high-banked Salem and Winchester, Ind. and Dayton, Ohio ovals. In 1956, he scored a popular victory in the "Pee Dee 200" National Championship race at the Darlington, S.C. Raceway. In 1957, he led the American contingent as they tested at the spectacular Monza, Italy Autodrome, then competed in the famed "Race of Two Worlds." His best Indianapolis 500 finishes in five starts were eighth-places in 1955 and 1957. In 1995 he was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
Stewart, of Columbus, Ind., became the first driver ever to claim all three of USAC's National championships in a single season (in 1995) and is one of only six USAC "Triple Crown Champions." He won the 1994 USAC National Midget title, then added the Midget, Sprint and Silver Crown honors the next season. Proficient in virtually every form of motorsports, he has earned three NASCAR Cup championships (2002, 2005 and 2011) and a 1997 Indy Racing League title. He has 27 USAC National Midget wins to his credit, as well as 10 wins in the Sprint cars and three in the Silver Crown series. A member of the National Midget Hall of Fame (2001), his list of impressive motorsports awards and accolades continues to grow. In five Indianapolis 500 appearances, he started first in 1996, finished fifth from the front row in 1997, was ninth in 1999 and sixth in 2001. His charitable contributions through his Tony Stewart Foundation are endless. In addition to his USAC driving titles, he also has seven Sprint Car Owner championships as well as seven in the Silver Crown Series as an owner.
Tattersall, of Streator, Ill., continues to rank fourth on USAC's all-time Midget winners list with 63 total victories. In 1969 he claimed the USAC National Midget Championship. As an ambassador for America, he travelled to New Zealand and Australia, winning over 50% of his races during a 13-year stretch! In 1966, he passed a Rookie Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway but was unable to secure a starting spot in the 500. Starting in stock cars, he switched to Midgets in 1950 and earned a pair of UARA Midget crowns. He debuted in USAC in 1960 and, in the ensuing 11 years, he never finished worse than eighth in the standings. In 1971, he passed away after a bout with cancer. In 1984, he was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
MIDGET SANCTIONS AGREE ON 3-YEAR RPM LIMIT RULES
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APRIL 25, 2016..... Officials of the United States Auto Club (USAC), POWRi and ARDC Midget Series today jointly announced a rule which will unify engine platform-specific RPM limits in all sanctioned races, effective May 29, 2016. This commitment to RPM limits constitutes a three-year commitment and any uniform limit modifications will be determined through on-going data analysis obtained through actual on-track racing.
RPM limits are used in midget racing as a “throttle” to limit the expense of further development of current midget racing engine platforms, save money for car owners with increased time between engine maintenance cycles, and as a means to enable midget racing to welcome lower cost alternatives to current engine platforms in the future.
The initial RPM limits will be adopted from a USAC sponsored study conducted by ILMOR Engineering and in use for the last four race seasons. These RPM limits can be found posted in the individual series rule books for USAC, POWRi and ARDC. Throughout 2016, additional race data will be collected to further study equivalency power curves among the varying midget engine platforms, including pushrod and overhead cam configurations. This data will be used to determine if RPM limit modifications will be required.
Additionally, all entrants using an EFI branded ignition must use the new EFI “R1” (Red) Ignition Box for all sanctioned races with USAC , POWRi and ARDC. The EFI R1 unit was designed specifically for midget racing and has a limited range of user interface which assures race officials adherence to RPM limit rules and eliminates traction control capabilities through the EFI module.
USAC NEWS
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USAC Appoints Firestone Farm Tires President to Board of Directors
Tony Orlando named to 3-year term
SPEEDWAY, Indiana - The United States Auto Club (USAC) today announced that Tony Orlando, president, Firestone Farm Tires, has been appointed to the organization's board of directors. Orlando will serve a three year term that began in January. Firestone Farm Tires, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, is a leader in the agricultural tire solutions market.
USAC is America's most diversified motorsports sanctioning organization. Headquartered in Speedway, Indiana, USAC annually conducts more than 250 motorsports events nationwide in a wide variety of disciplines. Throughout the organization's 60-year history, USAC has presented nearly 10,000 total motorsports events internationally, spanning the spectrum of the sport from quarter-midget racing to Indy Cars and Formula One.
"Bridgestone has a great tradition of racing that is ingrained in our company's history and roots, and I am honored to have been appointed to the USAC board of directors," said Tony Orlando, president, Firestone Farm Tires, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations. "An avid follower of motorsports for many years, I am looking forward to bringing my passion for the sport to the position."
Orlando joins a board comprised of business executives representing several facets of the sport, including Chairman and Indianapolis businessman Jeff Stoops, Secretary Pete Morse of Barnes & Thornburg Attorneys, Brett Frood of Tony Stewart Racing, Sterling Pratz, founder of Autonet Mobile, Mark Kvamme, co-founder and partner for Drive Capital, Charlie Mancuso, President of Feld Motorsports, Colin Dyne, CEO of Global Rally Cross, and USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller.
For more information about USAC, visit www.USACRacing.com.
MESERAULL TAKES TEN GRAND WITH LAWRENCEBURG “FALL NATIONALS” TRIUMPH
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Lawrenceburg, Indiana.......Thomas Meseraull made it back-to-back AMSOIL National Sprint Car wins with Saturday night's Lawrenceburg Speedway "Fall Nationals." The San Jose, California native picked up ten grand with a dominant drive to victory by 2.899 seconds aboard the Marion Underground Construction - Zeller Construction #66 DRC/Dynotech.
"I've had a tough couple weeks in other cars since we won Eldora, so it feels good to be back in the Amati Racing #66 and beat all these guys who are at the top of the game. I have so many laps here, and thanks to Todd Keen for letting me race here so much, that it felt good to be back at the Burg. (Crew chief) Donnie Gentry was not afraid to get it tight enough, and it was money from the start. It's surreal; I've been coming to USAC shows for a few years and getting beat, and now I feel like I should be up there and I've got a car capable of winning these races," Meseraull said.
Brady Bacon took the lead from outside the front-row as Meseraull snuck past polesitter Scotty Weir off turn-two to take second. Meseraull slid past Bacon on lap two and brought Kevin Thomas, Jr. with him on lap two, but Dave Darland slowed to a stop on the backstretch to bring out a caution. Bacon reverted to the lead.
Meseraull did not waste time, as he entered turn-one on the restart with a slidejob for the lead, and he rocketed away from the field. Thomas also moved past Bacon and tried to keep Meseraull in sight while setting a blistering pace into lapped traffic.
ProSource "Fast Qualifier" C.J. Leary, who received an extra $1,000 from the Lawrenceburg safety team in memory of Bill Hall, was also on the move and finally cleared Bacon for third on lap fourteen. He tried to join the top duo as they carved through traffic over the last half of the race.
As the track started to take rubber through turns three and four, Thomas closed slightly on the leader but could never get close enough to take a shot at Meseraull, who continually put lapped cars behind him, eventually lapping up to 13th.
Thomas was unchallenged behind him and came home second in the Griffin's Propane - Bakken Concrete #17RW Maxim/Fisher.
"It's such a confidence booster to be running so well of late. Mike Dutcher, A.J. Bray, and Charlie Fisher all got together and have us in a really good spot right now. We were in striking distance again tonight, but just needed things to fall our way a little better. He was able to clear another lapped car every time I got him in sight, so he was tough to catch. We just ran out of laps on that one," Thomas said.
Leary wound up third in the Leary Construction Company - Green Tech Lubricants #30 DRC/Claxton.
"Meseraull got to the lead so fast, so it was tough to keep pace with him starting from sixth. We were good as the race went on and turned our fastest lap late in the race after some rubber came in, but we would have needed a yellow to get a shot at them. It would have been hairy to make something happen with them, but I'd have liked to get a shot. We've got some momentum again before we go out west, so hopefully we can get a win out there again this year," Leary said.
Bacon came home fourth in the Hoffman Auto Racing - Mean Green #69 Triple X/Williams Mopar, and Chris Windom charged from 14th to finish fifth in the Rick Pollock - Bates Commodities #21x Maxim/Advanced.
Robert Ballou picked up the B&W Auto Mart "Hard Charger" while holding onto his National point lead while going from 21st to finish tenth.
Brady Bacon won the Indy Race Parts/Spike Products bonus as the highest average finisher between Saturday night's event and the World of Outlaws event on Friday, and Shane Stewart was awarded the Priority Aviation bonus as as WoO full-time competitor in the night's event, although his night ended early after a flip during qualifying.
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AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 17, 2015 - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Lawrenceburg Speedway - "City of Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals"
QUALIFYING: 1. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.898; 2. Tony DiMattia, 2x, DiMattia-13.942; 3. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.963; 4. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-13.969; 5. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Byram-13.990; 6. Chad Boespflug, 20N, Nolen-14.082; 7. Thomas Meseraull, 66, Amati-14.138; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, THR-14.142; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-14.153; 10. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.161; 11. Scotty Weir, 18x, Keen-14.173; 12. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-14.188; 13. Kody Swanson, 21k, Wolters-14.192; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-14.192; 15. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-14.247; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-14.280; 17. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-14.285; 18. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-14.310; 19. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.337; 20. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-14.354; 21. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-14.422; 22. Dustin Ingle, 2D, Ingle-14.434; 23. Lee Dakus, 75, Dakus-14.434; 24. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.496; 25. Casey Shuman, 4J. Ottinger-14.520; 26. Garrett Abrams, 32a, Abrams-14.645; 27. Brandon Mattox, 04, Burton-14.852; 28. Terry Babb, 17L, KCBJ-14.960; 29. Dallas Hewitt, 21s, Swanson-15.076; 30. Beau Stewart, 99, Brown-15.182; 31. Cody Gardner, 46, Gardner-15.244; 32. Riley VanHise, 96, VanHise-15.817; 33. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-15.907; 34. Shane Stewart, 2, Larson/Marks-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Thomas, 3. McGhee, 4. Leary, 5. Cummins, 6. Swanson, 7. Hewitt, 8. Shuman, 9. Bell. 2:01.47
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Farney, 3. Coons, 4. Ingle, 5. DiMattia, 6. Boespflug, 7. Abrams, 8. B.Stewart. 2:00.77
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jarrett, 2. Weir, 3. Meseraull, 4. Andretti, 5. Robbins, 6. Dakus, 7. Mattox, 8. Gardner. 2:04.03
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Darland, 3. Grant, 4. Stockon, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Hines, 7. Babb, 8. VanHise. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Cummins, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Boespflug, 5. Hines, 6. Abrams, 7. Shuman, 8. VanHise, 9. DiMattia, 10. B.Stewart, 11. Babb, 12. Mattox, 13. Bell, 14. Dakus, 15. Gardner, 16. Hewitt, 17. Robbins. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Chase Stockon, 8. Scotty Weir, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Robert Ballou, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. Justin Grant, 14. Jarett Andretti, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Aaron Farney, 17. Max McGhee, 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 19. Dustin Ingle, 20. Logan Jarrett, 21. Garrett Abrams, 22. Kyle Cummins. NT
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**Shane Stewart flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Bacon, Laps 2-30 Meseraull.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ballou-1,902, 2-Stockon-1,883, 3-Darland-1,859, 4-Bacon-1,732, 5-Stanbrough-1,605, 6-Thomas-1,535, 7-Windom-1,404, 8-Leary-1,312, 9-Hines-1,197, 10-Grant-1,116.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: November 12-14 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway - 20th "Budweiser Oval Nationals" - Presented by All-Coast Construction
THE PIT BOARD
**Thomas Meseraull became just the 12th driver to follow up his first career USAC National Sprint Car feature win with his 2nd career feature victory in the very next race. The other drivers to achieve this include: Parnelli Jones (1961), Jud Larson (1964), Gary Bettenhausen (1968), Tom Sneva (1973), Marvin Carman (1975), Kenny Jacobs (1987), Gene Lee Gibson (1989), Andy Michner (1996), Michael Lewis (2003), Kevin Swindell (2008) and Chase Stockon (2012).
**Thomas Meseraull became just the second different driver to win back-to-back features in the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car action this season: Robert Ballou (Lakeside & Eldora) and (New Egypt, Port Royal & Susquehanna).
**The "Fall Nationals" marked the first USAC National Sprint Car appearance by Bixby, Oklahoma's Shane Stewart since May 7, 2004 at Memphis Motorsports Park.
**Brady Bacon and Shane Stewart were the only two drivers to compete in both Lawrenceburg Sprint Car events this weekend: Friday night (World of Outlaws) & Saturday night (USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship).
**Thomas Meseraull won his 2nd series feature of the season.
**Brady Bacon has now led 133 laps in the series on the season. Thomas Meseraull has now led 56.
**C.J. Leary earned his first series ProSource fast qualifying time of the season and first since the Budweiser "Oval Nationals" at Perris Auto Speedway on November 7, 2014.
**Robert Ballou won his 12th heat race of the year in the series, Brady Bacon his 9th, 6th for Chris Windom, and 5th for Logan Jarrett.
**Kody Swanson won his first semi-feature of the year in the series.
