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BOB JENKINS BECOMES USAC’S “SILVER VOICE”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 8, 2013
Bob Jenkins of Carmel, Ind. has accepted the role of chief broadcaster for the TRAXXAS USAC Silver Crown Series for 2013. He will orchestrate the announcing duties for 11 events, beginning with the April 28 “Sumar Classic 100” at Terre Haute, Ind. and ending with the September 21 “4-Crown Nationals” at Rossburg, Ohio.
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Events Jenkins will announce also are scheduled at Indianapolis, Ind. (3), Madison, Ill., Fountain, Colo., Milwaukee, Wisc., Belleville, Kans., Springfield and DuQuoin, Ill.
"Getting a chance to work in the USAC Silver Crown series will take me back to my roots of racing’” says Jenkins. “My first exposure to racing in the early 60's was sprint cars and what are now Silver Crown cars. It has always been an exciting form of competition and I look forward to working with the drivers, car owners, crew members, track owners and officials this coming season."
Jenkins, with Hollywood credits on movies like Days of Thunder and Talladega Nights, is a graduate of Indiana University and Short High School in Liberty, Ind. and served as a cornerstone anchor on ESPN when it debuted in 1979.
Most recently Bob was the lead commentator for the IndyCar Series on NBC Sports Network.
His motorsports expertise with ABC and NBC and his long tenure with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have solidified his position as one of America’s most respected and knowledgeable motorsports aficionados.
At IMS, Bob’s voice has graced the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR’s Brickyard 400, the Formula One United States Grand Prix and the Red Bull MotoGP, among others.
“Obviously, we are beyond delighted that Bob will join our team in 2013,” offers TRAXXAS USAC Silver Crown Director James Spink. “His expertise and knowledge of our participants, plus the intense appreciation of this type of motorsports, makes him the obvious choice to fill this post. We are indeed fortunate to have his services.”
The 2013 TRAXXAS USAC Silver Crown Series schedule and related series information can be found at USAC’s website: www.usacracing.com.
USAC “TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX” RESULTS
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MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: November 22, 2012 – Perris, CA – Perris Auto Speedway – 72nd “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-17.025; 2. Michael Pickens, 73x, Ford-17.104; 3. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-17.110; 4. Jason Leffler, 56, Hmiel-17.119; 5. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-17.150; 6. Chad Boat, 12, Allen-17.214; 7. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-17.287; 8. Brad Sweet, 67x, Kahne-17.321; 9. Casey Shuman, 86, Martens-17.333; 10. Dave Darland, 3F, RFMS-17.337; 11. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-17.360; 12. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-17.393; 13. Troy Rutherford, 11R, Martens-17.442; 14. Danny Stratton, 25, Rodela-17.444; 15. Brady Bacon, 11, Wilke-17.455; 16. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-17.472; 17. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-17.493; 18. Dillon Welch, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-17.571; 19. Nic Faas, 72, Ford-17.644; 20. Davey Ray, 33, RayPro-17.673; 21. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-17.722; 22. Robby Josett, 02, Josett-17.729; 23. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-17.743; 24. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-17.743; 25. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen/Eskesen/Rescino-17.7 78; 26.
Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-17.788; 27. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-17.798; 28. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-17.802; 29. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-17.804; 30. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-17.806; 31. Jerry Coons, Jr., 63, Dooling-17.811; 32. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-17.824; 33. Rick Hendrix, 12x, Hendrix-17.825; 34. Levi Roberts, 2, Roberts-17.930; 35. Richard Vander Weerd, 19, Sala-17.937; 36. Brad Kuhn, 10, Cook-17.941; 37. Damion Gardner, 47, Bondio-17.963; 38. Mike Spencer, 51s, Fly-18.015; 39. Connor Kassik, 115, Neverlift-18.065; 40. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-18.078; 41. Alex Bowman, 5, Van Dyne-18.093; 42. Nathan Smee, 12K, Kruseman-18.143; 43. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-18.236; 44. Dennis Howell, 81, Watt-18.276; 45. Kyle Edwards, 39K, Edwards-18.282; 46. Cody Swanson, 71x, Swanson-18.283; 47. Andrew Felker, 57, Ecker-18.296; 48. Johnathon Henry, 19w, Sala-18.311; 49. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-18.353; 50. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-18.530; 51. Josh Pelkey, 12JR, Allen-18.541; 52. Jim Waters, 151, Neverlift-18.645; 53. Trevor Cooper, 17K, Kruseman-18.826; 54. Brody Roa, 0, Lamott-18.834; 55. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-18.913; 56. Joey Fabozzi, 84, Fabozzi-20.902; 57. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-NT (time of 17.533 disallowed); 58. Rick Shuman, 22AZ, Shuman-NT; 59. Britton Bock, 62, Bock-NT.
QUALIFYING RACE 1: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Coons, 3. Faas, 4. Kruseman, 5. Margeson, 6. Vander Weerd, 7. Daum, 8. J. Swanson, 9. Bowman, 10. Chivello, 11. Pelkey, 12. Hendrix, 13. Edwards, 14. McQueen, 15. Prickett, 16. Kassik, 17. Cooper, 18. Pankratz, 19. Felker, 20. Goodwin, 21. D. Gardner, 22. Voitel. NT
QUALIFYING RACE 2: (12 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Golobic, 3. Henry, 4. Bernal, 5. Welch, 6. Kuhn, 7. Spencer, 8. R. Gardner, 9. Abreu, 10. Johnson, 11. C. Swanson, 12. Pierovich, 13. Roberts, 14. Smee, 15. Ferns, 16. Roa, 17. Howell, 18. Josett, 19. Waters, 20. Fabozzi, 21. East. NT
FEATURE: (98 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Shane Golobic, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Casey Shuman, 9. Zach Daum, 10. Dalton Armstrong, 11. Johnathon Henry, 12. Caleb Armstrong, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Dillon Welch, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Michael Pickens, 17. David Prickett, 18. Shannon McQueen, 19. Jake Swanson, 20. Davey Ray, 21. Troy Rutherford, 22. Brad Sweet, 23. Danny Stratton, 24. Dave Darland, 25. Rico Abreu, 26. Bryan Clauson, 27. Evan Margeson, 28. Richard Vander Weerd, 29. Bobby East, 30. Mike Spencer, 31. Ronnie Gardner, 32. Jason Leffler, 33. Chad Boat, 34. Cory Kruseman. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hagen, Laps 4-7 Leffler, Laps 8-21 Hagen, Laps 22-98 Larson.
**D. Gardner flipped in Qualifying Race 1. Goodwin flipped in Qualifying Race 1. Clauson flipped on Lap 79 of the Feature.
FINAL MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-1,312; 2-Hines-1,111; 3-Clauson-1,051; 4-C.Armstrong-955; 5-Larson-927; 6-Kuhn-867; 7-Abreu-829; 8- Coons-794; 9-East-745; 10-D.Armstrong-695.
FINAL MOPAR NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-879, 2-Coons-794, 3-Kuhn-760, 4-Clauson-728, 5-Hines-727, 6-Larson-691, 7-Chris Windom-670, 8-Abreu-592, 9-C.Armstrong-547, 10-Ray-512.
FINAL MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-McQueen-778, 2-Prickett-629, 3-Chivello-591, 4-Pierovich-497, 5-Alex Schutte-449, 6-Frankie Guerinni-431, 7-Cole Carter-412, 8-Kassik-380, 9-J.Swanson-359, 10-R.Pankratz-352.
FINAL MOPAR WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Prickett-598, 2-McQueen-567, 3-Alex Schutte-397, 4-Kassik-380, 5-R.Pankratz-352, 6-Chivello-335, 7-C.Swanson-329, 8-Cole Carter-283, 9-J.Swanson-275, 10-Pierovich-273.
TERRE HAUTE AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RESULTS
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 12, 2012 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – “Jim Hurtubise Classic”
QUALIFYING: 1. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 3, Fitzpatrick-19.280; 2. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-19.402; 3. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-19.535; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-19.697; 5. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.727; 6. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-19.746; 7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-19.828; 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-19.886; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-19.887; 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 69, Dynamics-19.924; 11. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-19.978; 12. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-19.980; 13. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-20.062; 14. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-20.068; 15. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-20.109; 16. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-20.158; 17. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-20.238; 18. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-20.260; 19. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-20.399; 20. Tanner Swanson, 23, Walker-21.078; 21. Bobby East, 5E, East-22.090; 22. Daren Krockenberger, 42K, Krockenberger-NT (time of 21.511 disallowed).
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Clauson, 3. Gulick, 4. Thomas, 5. Leary, 6. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 7. K.Swanson, 8. Krockenberger. 2:39.40
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Coons, 5. Gardner, 6. Mattox, 7. T.Swanson. 2:43.63
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Kaeding, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Blake Fitzpatrick, 5. Gross, 6. Windom, 7. East. 2:42.94
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Jerry Coons, Jr., 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Chris Windom, 9. Bobby East, 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 14. Tanner Swanson, 15. Coleman Gulick, 16. C.J. Leary, 17. Daren Krockenberger, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Kurt Gross, 20. Kody Swanson, 21. Blake Fitzpatrick, 22. Brandon Mattox. NT
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**Mattox flipped on lap 5 of the Feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Stockon.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Darland-1,876, 2-Clauson-1,853, 3-Stanbrough-1,819, 4-Hines-1,684, 5-Gardner-1,626, 6-Levi Jones-1,615, 7-Stockon-1,593, 8-Ballou-1,544, 9-Schuerenberg-1,530, 10-Thomas-1,451.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 14– Lake Odessa, MI – I-96 Speedway
USAC NEWS
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“SUMAR CLASSIC 100” SILVER CROWN “SHOOTOUT”
WITH CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE SATURDAY
Two years ago the USAC TRAXXAS Silver Crown Championship featured three drivers separated by just 11 final points. Entering this Saturday night’s “Sumar Classic 100” finale at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, the same 11 point separation is evident among the top three drivers in the standings.
Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. is the point leader in pursuit of his first series crown, while former champion Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. is six points back and Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. is 11 in arrears eyeing his initial series title.
Swanson ended up third in the 2010 standings behind Levi Jones and Bud Kaeding, but Tony Stewart, East’s car owner along with Curb-Agajanian, remembers the closest top-three series shootout ever when he won in 1995. Stewart edged Dave Darland by just two points and Jack Hewitt by nine on his way to the USAC “Triple Crown.”
Five drivers actually have mathematical chances for the 2012 championship, although Kaeding trails by 42 points and Tanner Swanson by 57 with 66 points available Saturday.
Kody Swanson fared the best of the title hopefuls when the series last visited Terre Haute in 2010. Swanson was fifth in the 100-lap race, compared to a seventh for East, a 15th for Tanner Swanson, a 15th for Kaeding and a 24th for Coons.
Levi Jones, the 2010 winner, will not compete at Terre Haute, recuperating from season-ending neck injuries.
The Tony Stewart Racing/Curb-Agajanian team is trying to open the way for a unique entrant “Triple Crown” of sorts, with Curb-Agajanian also currently involved in the 2012 AMSOIL National Sprint Car point leader and the Mopar National Midget point leader.
Saturday’s event completes a two-night Terre Haute USAC extravaganza, with the “Jim Hurtubise Classic” AMSOIL National Sprint Cars racing on Friday night.
2012 USAC TRAXXAS SILVER CROWN STANDINGS
1-Bobby East-349, 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-343, 3-Kody Swanson-338, 4-Bud Kaeding-307, 5-Tanner Swanson-292, 6-Levi Jones-270, 7-Tracy Hines-262, 8-Bobby Santos-253, 9-Brian Tyler-234, 10-A.J. Fike-221.
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Jim Hurtubise in the Holynski Engineering Special- Reading Fairgrounds April 1964 .....(WoS photo)
“JIM HURTUBISE CLASSIC” FRIDAY AT TERRE HAUTE;
SPRINTS CLOSE MIDWEST CAMPAIGN AT LAKE ODESSA SUNDAY
Only 26 points separate the top three drivers in the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car standings going into this weekend’s final Midwest outings before the series ventures West for four races to settle the championship.
Friday night’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic” begins two nights of USAC racing at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, with the “Sumar Classic 100” USAC TRAXXAS Silver Crown finale on Saturday. Sunday’s race at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich. signaled the final Midwestern appearance for the AMSOIL Sprint cars.
Dave Darland sits atop the standings, 24 ahead of Bryan Clauson and 26 ahead of Jon Stanbrough entering Friday’s Terre Haute race. The title combatants fared eighth (Darland), 13th (Stanbrough) and 21st (Clauson) in last year’s “Hurtubise,” won by Chris Windom,
In two Terre Haute appearances this year, Darland has failed to score a “top-10,” while Clauson has a ninth and Stanbrough has two seconds.
Darland won USAC’s only 2012 Michigan Sprint appearance, at Hartford, but it’s been 16 years since the last I-96 USAC Sprint race, won by Mark Cassella.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Dave Darland-1,822; 2-Bryan Clauson-1,798; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,796; 4-Tracy Hines-1,624; 5-Levi Jones-1,615; 6-Damion Gardner-1,588; 7-Chase Stockon-1,524; 8-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,480; 9-Robert Ballou-1,479; 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1,413.
LAWRENCEBURG AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR RESULTS
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 29, 2012 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – “City of Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals” – (Co-sanctioned by MSCS)
QUALIFYING: 1. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.685; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.751; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.846; 4. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.855; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 17, McGhee-13.936; 6. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-13.984; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.994; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.020; 9. Bobby East, 5E, East-14.038; 10. Andrew Elson, 27A, Elson-14.045; 11. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-14.064; 12. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-14.071; 13. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.077; 14. Jerry Coons, Jr., 21, Pollock-14.086; 15. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-14.096; 16. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-14.158; 17. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.204; 18. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-14.205; 19. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.223; 20. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 69OT, Dynamics-14.248; 21. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.290; 22. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.310; 23. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-14.417; 24. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-14.476; 25. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.520 ;
26. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-14.526; 27. Chad Boespflug, 69, Dynamics-14.548; 28. Drew Abel, 04, Abel-14.553; 29. Shawn Westerfeld, 89, Westerfeld-14.591; 30. Brady Short, 36, Pottorff-14.745; 31. David Applegate, 11x, Applegate-14.916; 32. Dwayne Spille, 71s, Spille-15.072; 33. Dickie Gaines, 8G, Wood-15.191; 34. Brian Karraker, 23, Karraker/Byram-15.307; 35. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-15.387; 36. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.605; 37. Chet Williams, 38, Williams-15.833; 38. John Race, 42, Race-16.002; 39. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Darland, 4. Gulick, 5. Meseraull, 6. East, 7. Westerfeld, 8. Jarrett, 9. Gaines, 10. Williams. 1:57.19
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jackson, 2. Hendrick, 3. Coons, 4. Clauson, 5. Elson, 6. Courtney, 7. Short, 8. Kane, 9. Karraker, 10. Race. 1:57.59
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. McIntyre, 3. Gardner, 4. Stockon, 5. Cottle, 6. Weir, 7. Boespflug, 8. Cruea, 9. Applegate. 1:56.35
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Thomas, 3. Windom, 4. Hupp, 5. Hines, 6. Abel, 7. Spille, 8. Hery, 9. Clayton. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Meseraull, 3. Hines, 4. Cottle, 5. East, 6. Weir, 7. Westerfeld, 8. Courtney, 9. Kane, 10. Karraker, 11. Gaines, 12. Hery, 13. Williams, 14. Race, 15. Elson, 16. Spille, 17. Boespflug, 18. Jarrett, 19. Abel, 20. Short, 21. Cruea. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Thomas Meseraull, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 11. Jon Stanbrough, 12. Bobby East, 13. Logan Hupp, 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Scotty Weir, 17. Brady Short, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Dave Darland, 20. Jonathan Hendrick, 21. Dakota Jackson, 22. Daron Clayton, 23. Coleman Gulick.
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**Applegate flipped during the third heat. Jarrett flipped during the semi. Boespflug flipped during the semi. Elson flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Stockon.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Darland-1,822; 2-Clauson-1,798; 3-Stanbrough-1,796; 4-Hines-1,624; 5-Levi Jones-1,615; 6-Gardner-1,588; 7-Stockon-1,524; 8-Schuerenberg-1,480; 9-Ballou-1,479; 10-Thomas-1,413.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 12 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – “Jim Hurtubise Classic”
ELDORA “4-CROWN” USAC RESULTS
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TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Larson, 10, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-16.366; 2. Bobby East, 22, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-16.528 ;3. Bryan Clauson, 17, RW-16.776; 4. Robert Ballou, 63, DePalma-16.907; 5. Tracy Hines, 16, Lightfoot-16.981; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-17.105; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.121; 8. Dave Darland, 19, Six-R-17.285; 9. Mitch Wissmiller, 7, RW-17.305; 10. Brian Tyler, 21, Six-R-17.355; 11. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-17.381; 12. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-17.478; 13. Shane Cockrum, 114, Hardy-17.730; 14. Kody Swanson, 33, Six-R-17.753; 15. Tanner Swanson, 23, Six-R-17.964; 16. Rich Tobias Jr., 39, Aqualini-18.228; 17. Steve Adams, 500, 500 Motorsports-19.216.
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Bobby East, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Brian Tyler, 8. Shane Hollingsworth, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Tanner Swanson, 11. Russ Gamester, 12. Rich Tobias Jr., 13. Steve Adams, 14. Shane Cockrum, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Mitch Wissmiller. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 East, Laps 11-50 Clauson.
NEW SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-East-349, 2-Coons-343, 3-K.Swanson-338, 4-Kaeding-307, 5-T.Swanson-292, 6-Levi Jones-270, 7-Hines-262, 8-Bobby Santos-253, 9-Tyler-234, 10-A.J. Fike-221.
NEXT SILVER CROWN SERIES RACE: October 13 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – “Sumar Classic 100”
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 5E, East-14.908; 2. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-15.039; 3. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.164; 4. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-15.167; 5. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.306; 6. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.363; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.371; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.388; 9. Brady Bacon, 99, BBR-15.416; 10. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-15.500; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.561; 12. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-15.576; 13. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-15.591; 14. Mike Brecht, 9x, SC-15.642; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-15.673; 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.705; 17. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.736; 18. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, R & M-15.737; 19. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-15.746; 20. Jerry Coons, 21, Pollock-15.780; 21. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.880; 22. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-15.915; 23. Steve Irwin, 1, Flying Zero-16.015; 24. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-16.093; 25. Dallas Hewitt, 2m, Marshall-16.154; 26. Mike Miller, 82,
Miller-16.172; 27. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-16.293; 28. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.535; 29. Chad Boesfplug, 98, Boespflug-16.537; 30. Landon Simon, 41, SST-16.748; 31. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-16.938; 32. Dickie Gaines, 8G, Wood-17.282; 33. Derek Hastings, 32m, Marshall-17.287; 34. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-17.293; 35. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-17.422; 36. Lewie Christian, 8, Christian-17.433; 37. Thomas Meseraull, 18, Keen-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gulick, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Bacon, 4. Leary, 5. Darland, 6. East, 7. Boespflug, 8. Hewitt, 9. Hastings. 2:08.89
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Gardner, 3. Kyle Larson (#69), 4. Hopkins, 5. Brecht, 6. Kane, 7. Gordon, 8. Simon, 9. Miller. 2:06.52
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Clauson, 3. Kaeding, 4. Westfall, 5. Ballou, 6. McIntyre, 7. Irwin, 8. Mattox, 9. Cruea. 2:09.33
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Weir, 3. Coons, 4. Wissmiller, 5. Thomas, 6. Jarrett, 7. Gaines, 8. Christian, 9. Schuerenberg. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Brecht, 4. McIntyre, 5. Thomas, 6. Irwin, 7. Hewitt, 8. Kane, 9. Gordon, 10. Jarrett, 11. Mattox, 12. Gaines, 13. Cruea, 14. Christian, 15. Hastings, 16. East, 17. Boespflug, 18. Simon. 3:19.41
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Wes McIntyre, 10. Scotty Weir, 11. Matt Westfall, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Dallas Hewitt, 15. Steve Irwin, 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Coleman Gulick, 18. Damion Gardner, 19. A.J. Hopkins, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Todd Kane, 22. Kyle Larson (#69), 23. Mitch Wissmiller, 24. Mike Brecht. NT
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**Miller flipped during the second heat. Larson and Brecht flipped on lap 6 of the feature. Hopkins flipped on lap 24.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hines.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1,801, 2-Stanbrough-1,757, 3-Clauson-1,737, 4-Levi Jones-1,615, 5-Hines-1,583, 6-Gardner-1,523, 7-Stockon-1,459, 8-Ballou-1,448, 9-Schuerenberg-1,425, 10-Thomas-1,370.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 29 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway
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USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012– Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.383; 2. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-16.427; 3. Bryan Clauson, 71, Kunz-16.527; 4. Rico Abreu, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-16.552; 5. Brady Bacon, 99, BBR-16.611; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 63, Dooling-16.627; 7. Brad Kuhn, 17, RW-16.712; 8. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.784; 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 67k, Kunz-16.941; 10. Davey Ray, 33, Ray-16.946; 11. Thomas Meseraull, 16, Sandy-16.991; 12. Dave Darland, 11w, Wilke-Pak-17.024; 13. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C & A-17.302; 14. Chase Barber, 191, Barber-17.526; 15. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-17.576; 16. Chris Windom, 11, Wilke-Pak-NT; 17. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Clauson, 3. Kuhn, 4. Meseraull, 5. Kyle Larson (#67k), 6. Hagen, 7. Ferns, 8. D.Armstrong. 2:16.99
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Coons, 3. Ray, 4. Abreu, 5. Windom, 6. East, 7. Barber, 8. Darland. 2:17.69
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Larson (#67k), 2. Brad Kuhn, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Bobby East, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Rico Abreu, 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Davey Ray, 10. Thomas Meseraull, 11. Taylor Ferns, 12. Dalton Armstrong, 13. Chase Barber, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Tracy Hines, 16. Dave Darland. NT
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**C.Armstrong flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Coons, Laps 16-25 Larson.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hagen-1,079, 2-Hines-872, 3-Clauson-851, 4-Caleb Armstrong-758, 5-Larson-671, 6-East-644, 7-Kuhn-630, 8-Mario Clouser-599, 9-Abreu-583, 10-Windom-568.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-Hagen-646, 2-Windom-568, 3-Clauson-528, 4-Kuhn-523, 5-Coons-519, 6-Hines-488, 7- Larson-435, 8-Ray-403, 9-Caleb Armstrong-350, 10-Abreu-346.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 4-6 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”
CLAUSON COLLECTS $10K WIN IN “SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN I”
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Kokomo, Indiana…….Bryan Clauson finished off a spectacular weekend by scoring a huge win in “Sprint Car Smackdown I” at Kokomo Speedway on Saturday night. The win was Clauson’s sixth of the year and worth $10,000 for the Curb Records – R&B Trucker’s #7 Maxim/Fisher.
Thomas Meseraull shot to the early lead from outside the front row, after advancing to the finals of the DMI “King of the Hill” earlier in the night. Meseraull ran the topside as “King of the Hill” winner Tracy Hines tracked him down and threw a slidejob for the lead on lap nine as the two raced into turn-one.
Just after Hines got the lead, the first caution flew on lap 12. Clauson had raced his way to the second spot and put the pressure on Hines quickly. Clauson finally got it done on lap 16, taking a lead he would never relinquish. As the laps wound down, Clauson moved to the cushion as the groove pushed high around the track.
Two late stoppages, including one for a scary turn-one crash that saw Jon Stanbrough hit the pit entrance and bounce back into the path of Robert Ballou, slowed the pace. Both Stanbrough and Ballou exited their cars, along with Chad Boespflug, who flipped in the resulting crash. Ballou walked to the ambulance and was transported to a local hospital.
Clauson ran the last six laps with no pressure from behind, sealing his 17th career win.
“Heck yeah! I can’t thank Kokomo Speedway enough for the great place they give us and stepping up to put on this big program. I was just as excited as everyone else when they announced this was coming back next year, because this is one of the best events we’ve ever had. I was talking to some guys and they said it wouldn’t count if we won it on the bottom, so we did what we had to do and showed them we can run anywhere tonight,” Clauson said.
On the final corner, Kevin Thomas, Jr. made a last-ditch bid for the runner-up spot as he slid under Hines, but the New Castle, Indiana veteran crossed under him to take second in the MP Environmental Services – Support Esophagus Cancer Research #4 DRC/Shaver.
“We just weren’t as good up there as Bryan was. Everybody picks on him for running the bottom, but he sure did a helluva job on the top. We had a good race there with Kevin at the end. I might have to help him replace that nerf bar that we smashed racing for second to the line. My regular crew guy Derek Claxton got hurt this week, and I know he wanted to be here, so it’s good to run so good for him. Sounds like we can come back next year and try it again,” Hines said.
Thomas capped a great run after starting 12th to notch another podium finish in the Black Jack Oil Company – Indy Metal Finishings #9K Spike/Claxton.
“I thought about going up above the cushion after that last restart, but then I thought better of it. We started to reel Tracy in at the end, and I gave him one big slider on the last lap, and we almost made it stick. Good finish to the weekend for us,” Thomas said.
Dave Darland ran among the lead pack throughout the race and finished fourth in the Jeff’s Jam-It-In Storage – Hoosier Tire #11 Maxim/Claxton, and Kyle Larson drove from 16th to finish fifth in the Foxco Engineering – Jarvis Enterprises #53 DRC/Foxco.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 25, 2012 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Sprint Car Smackdown”
FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Coleman Gulick (#14 Gulick), 2. Jerry Coons Jr. (#71p Phillips), 3. Justin Grant (#40 Hery), 4. Brent Beauchamp (#11B Beacuhamp), 5. Chase Briscoe (#5B Briscoe), 6. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 7. Logan Jarrett (#83 McIntyre), 8. Brady Short (#36 Short). NT
SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Jonathan Hendrick (#68 Hendrick), 2. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (#10E Edison), 3. Blake Fitzpatrick (#10 Fitzpatrick), 4. Scotty Weir (#57 Hazen), 5. Robert Ballou (#81 MPHG), 6. Ted Hines (#12 Hines), 7. Damion Ramsay (#71x Indy Race Parts), 8. Chris Gurley (#12G Team Automotive). 2:14.69
THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough (#21x Roberts/Tate), 2. Chase Stockon (#32 Stockon), 3. Chad Boespflug (#22 Batcheldor/Rice), 4. Dakota Jackson (#9p Ronk), 5. Wes McIntyre (#5 Baldwin), 6. Josh Spencer (#66J Spencer), 7. Tyler Courtney (#23c Courtney). 2:14.22
FOURTH QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas (#9k Black Jack), 2. Kyle Larson (#53 Fox), 3. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Casey Shuman (#17 McGhee), 5. Ryan Bernal (#5x Baldwin), 6. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary), 7. Kurt Gross (#1x Gross). NT
“KING OF THE HILL” 2-CAR SHOOTOUTS: (2 laps each) Round 1: Thomas Meseraull (#69 Dynamics) defeated Bryan Clauson (#7 CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), Damion Gardner (#71 DG) defeated Hunter Schuerenberg (#35 Byram), Dave Darland (#11 Walker) defeated Shane Cottle (#2 Epperson), Tracy Hines (#4 Hines) defeated Chris Windom (#21 Pollock), Round 2: Meseraull defeated Gardner, Tracy Hines defeated Darland, Final Round: Tracy Hines defeated Meseraull.
B MAIN: (15 laps) 1. Beauchamp, 2. Weir, 3. Shuman, 4. Fitzpatrick, 5. Boespflug, 6. Briscoe, 7. Spencer, 8. Bernal, 9. Courtney, 10. Leary, 11. McIntyre, 12. Jones, 13. Ramsay, 14. Jackson, 15. Drake, 16. Gross, 17. Ted Hines, 18. Grant, 19. Ballou, 20. Jarrett. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Dave Darland, 5. Kyle Larson, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Chris Windom, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Thomas Meseraull, 11. Jonathan Hendrick, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Scotty Weir, 14. Damion Gardner, 15. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Chase Briscoe, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Robert Ballou, 20. Chad Boespflug, 21. Coleman Gulick, 22. Brett Beauchamp, 23. Blake Fitzpatrick, 24. Chase Stockon. NT
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**Short flipped during the first qualifying race. Stanbrough and Ballou flipped on lap 35 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Meseraull, Laps 9-15 Tracy Hines, Laps 16-40 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-1,615, 2-Stanbrough-1,589, 3-Darland-1,577, 4-Clauson-1,487, 5-Tracy Hines-1,370, 6-Gardner-1,350, 7-Schuerenberg-1,242, 8-Stockon-1,235, 9-Ballou-1,230, 10-Thomas-1,216.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 31 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway
