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Jimmy Phelps Untouchable at Sharon Speedway
Takes home first series win of the season
HARTFORD, O.H. - July 21, 2016 - Jimmy Phelps proved that his J&B Installations, Inc. No. 98h team had what it took as he was untouchable in the return of the Super DIRTcar SeriesBig-Block Modifieds 100-lap feature at Sharon Speedway.
"I had no idea but I got nervous there in the end with all of those yellows happening with twenty to go," Phelps said in victory lane. "The tires started to cool off and I didn't know how good the guys were behind me. We started slip-sliding around there but we've been good here since we unloaded today."
Ryan Watt and Ryan Susice were the ones to bring the field to the green. Watt's pole position was short lived as Susice took the lead by the time they scored lap one.
Susice used the outside cushion to his advantage as Watt hugged the bottom in second place.
By lap 13 fifth place starter, Phelps, passed Matt Sheppard for third position.
On lap 25 the scoreboard saw Watt, Sheppard, Phelps, Susice, and Brett Hearn as the top five. Watt caught the back end of the field on lap 31.
On a lap 46 restart Watt chose the inside lane with Phelps restarting on the outside in second. Phelps charged into turn one on the topside and drove passed Watt for the lead coming out of turn two.
Billy Decker, who started in 10th, took advantage on the lap 65 restart as he passed Watt for second place. On lap 75 the scoreboard saw Phelps, Decker, Watt, Hearn, and Dave Blaney as the top five.
The biggest caution of the night was brought out with just four laps to go as everyone scattered when Eric Rudolph and Blaney got together in turns three and four running fifth and sixth as Rudolph dove below Blaney, contact was made as Rudolph's right rear tore apart sending Blaney sideways coming out of turn four. Jimmy Horton and Larry Wight got collected up in the middle of it causing all four to go to pits.
The final restart of the night saw the field go single file as Decker moved to the outside going into turn one and shot to the bottom coming out of turn two to try and pass Phelps for the top position. Decker made the move but just couldn't get the job done as Phelps pulled away.
It was Jimmy Phelps who took the checkered for his first series win of the season over Decker, Watt, Hearn, and Ward. His last series win came in August 2015 at Albany-Saratoga in Malta, N.Y.
"I can't thank Curt and Al and everybody at Mohawk and HBR enough. We had a good race and we just have to keep digging to prove it," Phelps said.
"I couldn't make any mistakes, the track got real narrow there especially in one and two. Fortunately we got out front and had good track position. We had a real good restart on the outside and passed the 14 on the outside. That was the real key to the deal."
The cautions are what Decker had hoped for but just couldn't make it happen.
"We had a different tire on than Phelps did and he got rolling pretty good. I was pretty good on those restarts," Decker said. "I was starting to fade but was then coming through a bit so I liked all of those cautions because I could pass all of those cars for a lap or two. The last restart I tried to cut across, maybe if I stayed to the outside of him I could have gave him a shot but he was really good."
For pole-starter Ryan Watt, the third place run was his best finish with the series.
"That's my best run we had with the series. Williams Grove we had a good run going there but my car was getting tighter and tighter and I made a mistake and got a left front flat. We may have had a top five," Watt said. "I don't get a chance to come up here and run with these guys very often and now we know we can do it. I just wish it wasn't such a far ride to go."
Race Notes: Prior to Phelps' win at Sharon Speedway he only had three top five's out of 10 series races. 51 cars attempted to qualify and 32 cars started the field. The top two points leaders, Matt Sheppard and Stewart Friesen, didn't finish in the a-main. Friesen's suspension broke as he pulled into the pits on lap nine. Sheppard's car overheated as he pulled into the pits on lap 47. The fastest overall in time trials was Jimmy Phelps with a 16.375.
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Super DIRTcar Series Statistical Report; July 21, 2016; Sharon Speedway; Hartford, Ohio.
A-Main (100 Laps) - 1. 98h-Jimmy Phelps; 2. 91-Billy Decker; 3. 14w-Ryan Watt; 4. 20-Brett Hearn; 5. 42p-Patt Ward; 6. 6h-Max McLaughlin; 7. 165-Rex King Jr; 8. 38-Ryan Susice; 9. 8-Rich Scagliotta; 10. 35-Frank Cozze; 11. 88-Mike Mahaney; 12. 21-Yan Bussiere; 13. 43-Keith Flach; 14. 19-Tim Fuller; 15. 13-Chad Brachman; 16. 65-Rex King; 17. 07-Tim Kerr; 18. 99L-Larry Wight; 19. 21k-Erick Rudolph; 20. 32R-Jim Rasey; 21. 7M-Michael Maresca; 22. 6m-Mat Williamson; 23. 18b-Dave Blaney; 24. 43h-Jimmy Horton; 25. 18h-Peter Britten; 26. 32c-Vic Coffey; 27. 66m-JR McGinley; 28. 15-Billy Pauch Jr; 29. 9s-Matt Sheppard; 30. 27j-Danny Johnson; 31. 23-Jim Weller; 32. 44-Stewart Friesen
Last Chance Showdown 3 (8 Laps) - 1. 18h-Peter Britten; 2. 21-Yan Bussiere; 3. 66m-JR McGinley; 4. 43-Keith Flach; 5. 14c-CG Morey; 6. 23-Jim Weller; 7. 26-Rick Richner; 8. 29-Garrett Krummert; 9. 8-Rich Scagliotta; 10. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker
Last Chance Showdown 2 (8 Laps) - 1. 99L-Larry Wight; 2. 7M-Michael Maresca; 3. 15-Billy Pauch Jr; 4. 17-Matt Janiak; 5. 25-Chad Jeseo; 6. 48T-Dave Rauscher; 7. 28p-Eldon Payne; 8. 27j-Danny Johnson; 9. 17m-Skip Moore; 10. 45-Steve Feder
Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) - 1. 13-Chad Brachmann; 2. 32r-Jim Rasey; 3. 07- Tim Kerr; 4. 777-Kevin Bolland; 5. 11r-Brad Rapp; 6. 23c-Kyle Coffey; 7. 96b-Bob Warren
Heat 6 (8 Laps) - 1. 165-Rex King Jr.; 2. 14w-Ryan Watt; 3. 23-Jim Weller; 4. 21-Yan Bussiere; 5. 8-Rich Scagliotta; 6. 43h-Jimmy Horton; 7. 66m-JR McGinley; 8. 29-Garrett Krummert
Heat 5 (8 Laps) - 1. 44-Stewart Friesen; 2. 6H-Max McLaughlin; 3. 21K-Erick Rudolph; 4. 18H-Peter Britten; 5. 43-Keith Flach; 6. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker; 7. 26-Rick Richner; 8. 14c-C.G. Morey
Heat 4 (8 Laps) - 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard; 2. 42P-Pat Ward; 3. 19-Tim Fuller; 4. 99L-Larry Wight; 5. 15-Billy Pauch Jr.; 6. 28p-Eldon Payne; 7. 25-Chad Jeseo; 8. 27J-Danny Johnson
Heat 3 (8 Laps) - 1. 91-Billy Decker; 2. 38-Ryan Susice; 3. 18b-Dave Blaney; 4. 7M-Michael Maresca; 5. 48T-Dave Rauscher; 6. 17-Matt Janiak; 7. 17m-Skip Moore; 8. 45-Steve Feder; 9. 3e-Eric Gabany
Heat 2 (8 Laps) - 1. 88-Mike Mahaney; 2. 6m-Mat Williamson; 3. 65-Rex King; 4. 07-Tim Kerr; 5. 11R-Brad Rapp; 6. 23c-Kyle Coffey; 7. 35H-Chris Haines; 8. 35-Frank Cozze; 9. 00-Rob Kristyak
Heat 1 (8 Laps) - 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps; 2. 20-Brett Hearn; 3. 32c-Vic Coffey; 4. 13-Chad Brachman; 5. 777-Kevin Bolland; 6. 96b-Bob Warren; 7. 7z-Ralph McBride; 8. X-Ed Kitchell; 9. 32R-Jim Rasey
Group 6 Qualifier: 1. 165-Rex King Jr., 16.638; 2. 14w-Ryan Watt, 16.698; 3. 23-Jim Weller, 16.699; 4. 21-Yan Bussiere, 16.752; 5. 8 Rich-Scagliotta, 16.869; 6. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 16.977; 7. 29-Garrett Krummert, 17.186; 8. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 17.207
Group 5 Qualifier: 1. 6H-Max McLaughlin, 16.457; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen, 16.609; 3. 18H-Peter Britten, 16.714; 4. 21k-Erick Rudolph, 16.744; 5. 43- Keith Flach, 16.817; 6. 26-Rick Richner, 16.924; 7. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 17.124; 8. 14c-C.G. Morey, 17.552
Group 4 Qualifier: 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 16.490; 2. 15-Billy Pauch Jr., 16.523; 3. 42P-Pat Ward, 16.541; 4. 99L-Larry Wight, 16.553; 5. 19-Tim Fuller, 16.571; 6. 28p-Eldon Payne, 16.887; 7. 27J-Danny Johnson, 17.088; 8. 25-Chad Jeseo, 17.116
Group 3 Qualifier: 1. 91-Billy Decker, 16.395; 2. 7M-Michael Maresca, 16.424; 3. 18b-Dave Blaney, 16.480; 4. 45-Steve Feder, 16.809; 5. 38-Ryan Susice, 16.928; 6. 17m-Skip Moore, 16.989; 7. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 17.115; 8. 17-Matt Janiak, 18.133; 9. 3e-Eric Gabany, NT
Group 2 Qualifier: 1. 88-Mike Mahaney, 16.591; 2. 35-Frank Cozze, 16.601; 3. 6m-Mat Williamson, 16.689; 4. 07 Tim Kerr, 16.800; 5. 35H-Chris Haines, 17.013; 6. 65-Rex King, 17.051; 7. 11R-Brad Rapp, 17.278; 8. 23c-Kyle Coffey, 17.384; 8. 00-Rob Kristyak, NT
Group 1 Qualifier: 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 16.375; 2. 20-Brett Hearn, 16.513; 3. 13-Chad Brachman, 16.872; 4. 32c-Vic Coffey, 16.877; 5. 777-Kevin Bolland, 17.225; 6. 96b-Bob Warren, 17.236; 7. 7z-Ralph McBride, 17.696; 8. X-Ed Kitchell, 18.718; 9. 32R-Jim Rasey, NT
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KODY TURNS THE TABLES IN SWANSON BROTHER BATTLE AT "RICH VOGLER/USAC HALL OF FAME CLASSIC"
Brownsburg, Indiana July 21, 2016 - Despite winning ten races and a pair of championships over the course of the last two-and-a-half seasons, Kody Swanson consistently played second fiddle to his brother, Tanner, each time the USAC Silver Crown division came to Lucas Oil Raceway.
But on Thursday night, Kody finally became first chair, ending Tanner's stranglehold of the .686-mile paved oval and his run of five wins in the last six races at the track, dominating all 100 laps from the pole in a new (to him) racecar in the "Rich Vogler/USAC Hall of Fame Classic."
Kody, of Kingsburg, California, hit the track in a different machine than he usually pilots, which also sported different colors. The DePalma Motorsports team recently acquired the former RFMS Motorsports car, driven by A.J. Fike in recent years, after irreparably damaging the primary, familiar white #63 at Gateway Motorsports Park in June.
On this night, though, Kody's car was completely black, except for the red lettering that adorned the nose and tail tank of the machine. "The Man in Black," as Kody would be known throughout the night, was on a rail from the get-go, setting ProSource Fast Qualifying time to earn the pole starting position.
The pomp and circumstance prior to the start of the main event was abundant with 12 new members joining the class of 2016 during a ceremony held on the front straightaway. Steve Butler, Russ Clendenen, Jimmy Davies, Willie Davis, Bob Higman, Tommy Hinnershitz, Dick King, Rick Mears, Pat O'Connor, Kevin Olson, Tony Stewart and Bob Tattersall all joined the immortal list of those who have been enshrined as one of the legends for their contributions to USAC throughout their careers.
After the fifth annual USAC Hall of Fame induction ceremony concluded, it was time to get down to business. At the drop of the green flag, Kody spurted out front to take the advantage on the opening lap. Tanner, who started fourth, was not far behind, taking third from 1999 series champ Ryan Newman after the former Daytona 500 winner slid up and pancaked the wall, but kept on moving, at the exit of turn three on lap four.
On the 17th lap, Tanner got a run on second-place Jerry Coons, Jr., diving to the inside at the entrance of turn three and engaging in a wheel-to-wheel battle through turns three and four before sliding up in front of Coons at the exit of turn four to secure the runner-up spot.
However, by that point, Kody had already built up a half-straightaway lead. Yet, soon came lapped traffic, which entered the fray a quarter of the way into the race. As the leader, Kody knew Tanner was lurking and couldn't be too far behind. His pace could not lessen or Kody would once again have the oh-so-familiar sight of staring directly at the tail tank of the black and yellow 02 of his younger brother as he pulled away into the distance.
Entangled in traffic on lap 24, Kody chose to split the lapped cars of David Bryne and Shane Cottle at the exit of turn two, then slide down below to overtake both Shane Cockrum and Casey Shuman in turn four to maintain his gap over a closing Tanner, who chopped Kody's lead by a half-second.
On a lap 48 restart, after a spin by Patrick Lawson between turns one and two, the field was bunched up and the lead cars were removed from lap traffic. Immediately, it didn't appear to make much of a difference as Kody pulled away from Tanner and the rest of the field once again. With 30 laps to go, Kody had once again rebuilt his lead to a half-straightaway.
A pair of cautions in the late-going couldn't even hinder Kody's dominance, but an Austin Nemire spin with two laps remaining did set up one last green-white-checkered run to the checkered between Kody and Tanner.
As had happened time and time again throughout the night, Kody got a good jump on the restart, pulling away to create a seven-car-length interval between the two by the time the pair had crossed under the white flag.
Kody would not be deterred on the final lap, defeating Tanner by 0.768 seconds, followed by Coons, Bobby Santos, Chris Windom and Newman at the line to finally return to victory lane at Lucas Oil Raceway for the first time since July of 2011 in his DePalma Motorsports/Radio Hospital - Champion Oil/Beast/Hampshire Chevy. With the victory, Kody, the two-time, defending series champ, retook the point lead by seven markers over Chris Windom.
"Tanner is the best here; there's no question," Kody said of his younger brother. "People asked me last time about the sibling rivalry, and I told them, 'There isn't a rivalry; I'm 0-for-6. He just beats me.' Tonight, though, we got the better of him. I can't thank this team enough. They just about pulled an all-nighter last night to get this thing together. I have to thank Don Fike too; he gave us a whale of a deal on this car. To win this event is great. To be a part of this series is just great. I've heard stories about Rich (Vogler) and, to win a race in his memory, that's really special to me. It's so neat that his family still supports USAC and the pleasure is mine tonight."
Despite coming up a little short in a solid second-place run, Kingsburg, California's Tanner Swanson extended his streak of top-two finishes in the Silver Crown Series at Lucas Oil Raceway to seven in his Bowman Racing/Bowman Properties - Bowman-Elmore Racing/Beast/Kistler Chevy.
"I could stand here and tell a bunch of lies and say we had a chance, but the fact is he was just better tonight," Tanner acknowledged. "I thought we'd have a shot with another yellow, and then we got another one and had no chance. We've been on the other end of that deal and have had great cars and have been able to capitalize, but tonight, we just missed it. Kody was just hooked up. We could go for about two laps after a restart, but there was no way we could keep the pace he had. I know he wasn't showing us all he had, but I told (car owner) Mike Bowman that, three years ago, this team had never won a Silver Crown race and we would've been ecstatic with second. We'll move on, but if we can't win it, I'm glad Kody did.
Tucson, Arizona's Jerry Coons, Jr. raced to his best career finish at Lucas Oil Raceway Thursday night, garnering a third-place finish in his Nolen Racing/KECO - Columbus Container/Beast/Tranter Chevy. It also marked the best finish for a Gene Nolen-owned car at LOR since Jim Keeker drove the number 20 to victory in August of 1995.
"My spotter was keeping me aware of where I was," Coons explained. "We've had good cars here and we tried a different setup tonight and were just a little too positive on the right front. You never have a perfect car, but they gave me a good one tonight. I felt like we were better on the long runs than Santos, but he was better on the short ones, so I was a little nervous with all those yellows. I was just hoping we could get through the lap traffic smoothly and, thankfully, we did.
Contingency award winners at Lucas Oil Raceway included Kody Swanson (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Casey Shuman (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger) Kevin Studley (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 21, 2016 - Brownsburg, Indiana - Lucas Oil Raceway @ Indianapolis - "Rich Vogler/USAC Hall of Fame Classic"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Kody Swanson, 63, DePalma-21.169; 2. Ryan Newman, 21, Bowman/Armstrong-21.228; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 20, Nolen-21.285; 4. Tanner Swanson, 02, Bowman-21.298; 5. Bobby Santos, 122, DJ Racing-21.329; 6. Chris Windom, 98, RPM/Gormly-21.338; 7. David Byrne, 40, Byrne-21.404; 8. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR-21.538; 9. Justin Grant, 8, Carli-21.611; 10. Joe Axsom, 120, Nolen-21.655; 11. Joe Liguori, 99, Gormly-21.780; 12. Austin Nemire, 91. Hemelgarn-21.865; 13. Shane Cottle, 81, Williams-21.956; 14. Shane Cockrum, 71, Hardy-22.071; 15. Casey Shuman, 55, Bateman-22.175; 16. Patrick Lawson, 2, Lawson-NT; 17. Kevin Studley, 157, Studley-NT.
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Tanner Swanson, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Bobby Santos, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Ryan Newman, 7. Justin Grant, 8. Jacob Wilson, 9. Joe Axsom, 10. Joe Liguori, 11. Casey Shuman, 12. Austin Nemire, 13. Kevin Studley, 14. David Byrne, 15. Patrick Lawson, 16. Shane Cottle, 17. Shane Cockrum. 45:52.428
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 K.Swanson.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Casey Shuman (15th-11th)
NEW USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-K.Swanson-385, 2-Windom-378, 3-Grant-324, 4-Coons-300, 5-Cottle-276, 6-Byrne-274, 7-Shuman-262, 8-Nemire-251, 9-T.Swanson-213, 10-Liguori-186.
NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 13 - Salem (IN) Speedway - Scott County Visitors Commission "Joe James-Pat O'Connor Classic"
David Gravel Battles to Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Victory
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David Gravel Battles to Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Victory
Picks up his fifth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season
SARVER, Pa. - July 19, 2016 - Donny Schatz did not make it easy, but David Gravel proved up to the task as he battled to his fifth World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season in the 25th Annual Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway on Tuesday night.
Gravel started from the front, but did not have an easy road as Schatz moved forward early and then began challenging the Watertown, Conn.-native for the lead. Through lapped traffic, Schatz closed the distance and then battled by Gravel. Gravel kept up the pressure though and, the next lap by, was in position when Schatz bobbled on the cushion. He took back the top spot and held off challenges through the end of the 40-lap feature.
"Donny is really good - Dale (Blaney) and Donny at this type of race track," Schatz said. "I tried to keep my pace up as good as I can but it got harder and harder and harder to run. When Donny showed his nose there and passed me, I got the wing back and tried a different line down the back stretch and was able to get underneath him and slide him back and slide a lapped car. That was the winning move there really."
The win comes less than a week after Gravel last stood in victory lane with his CJB Motorsports team - that time at the inaugural Jokers Wild at Eldora Speedway. It is Gravel's first ever win at Lernerville and moved him past Brad Sweet and into the second position in championship standings. He is now 226 points behind Schatz.
The No. 5 Big Game Treestands started out the night taking the quick time award - his fourth of the season.
Gravel shared the front row of the feature with Blaney, who stood in victory lane at the Silver Cup in 2015. Through the opening laps, Gravel pulled out to a strong lead over Blaney.
Schatz quickly battled to third and after an early caution pulled wheel-to-wheel with Blaney for second. Blaney however held the spot through the first 10 laps. Another caution brought the field together and after several laps, Schatz battled past Blaney for second.
As Gravel worked his way through traffic, Schatz began closing on the No. 5 car, from an over two second lead, Schatz brought it down to .603 seconds by lap 23. As rode the cushion around the top of the track, Schatz brought his No. 15 Bad Boy Off Road/Chevrolet Performance J&J close but could not find a way by.
Gravel again pulled away but Schatz again closed the gap. This time, Schatz got around Gravel after sliding him through turns one and two for the lead. The reigning series champion's hold on the top spot was tenuous though as the No. 5 car took advantage of a mistake and retook the top spot. Though Schatz stayed close, it was smooth sailing to the end.
"Donny was really good there at the end. I could hear him," Gravel said. "And the cushion pushed the edge of the track off of four and I was just happy to hang on."
Schatz, fresh off his $50,000 Kings Royal victory was disappointed by the second place run.
"I shoved over the edge, that's just the way it goes," Schatz said. "Winning the Kings Royal and then coming and running second kind of feels like I let my race team down. I did everything I could. I know they did too… That's just the way this sport is. Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield."
He extended his lead over second place in the championship standings to 226 points. Following the Silver Cup in 2015, Schatz had a larger 294-point lead over the then second-place team of Shane Stewart.
Blaney, who came into the night as the past winner of the event, sad he was disappointed with the finish for his No. 1B GoMuddy.com team.
"It felt like we had a really good car all night," Blaney said. "Man, I just couldn't get maneuverable in that race at all. I couldn't float the corner. Just really disappointed… we've run so good here. We've run really good when the track gets like this but we just missed it a little bit in the feature."
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Lernerville Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Tonight's win was the fifth of the season for David Gravel and second in the last week. Gravel last won on Thursday at the inaugural Jokers Wild at Eldora Speedway… Kraig Kinser was the night's KSE Racing Hard Charger, advancing 10 positions to finish in fourth… The win is the second biggest of Gravel's career after the $50,000-to-win National Open at Williams Grove Speedway in 2014… Brad Sweet fell to third in the championship standings as Gravel took over the second position, 226 points out of the lead.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 15 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 3, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9, Attica Raceway Park on July 12, Eldora Speedway on July 16); Brad Sweet - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2); Daryn Pittman - 6 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24, Eldora Speedway on July 15); David Gravel - 5 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6, Eldora Speedway on July 14, Lernerville Speedway on July 19); Shane Stewart - 5 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19); Joey Saldana - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10);Logan Schuchart - 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Lernerville Speedway; Sarver, Pa.; July 19, 2016.
A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 5-David Gravel [1] [$25,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [4] [$7,000]; 3. 1B-Dale Blaney [2] [$5,000]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [14] [$4,000]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana [10] [$3,000]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer [16] [$2,900]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [5] [$2,800]; 8. 10H-Chad Kemenah [17] [$2,700]; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [11] [$2,600]; 10. 27-Greg Hodnett [12] [$2,500]; 11. 9-Daryn Pittman [6] [$2,400]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart [21] [$2,300]; 13. 18-Ian Madsen [22] [$2,200]; 14. 71-Jamie Veal [13] [$2,100]; 15. 22-Cole Duncan [23] [$2,000]; 16. 4-James McFadden [15] [$1,500]; 17. 17W-Bryan Clauson [9] [$1,300]; 18. 29-Kerry Madsen [3] [$1,200]; 19. 33-Danny Lasoski [19] [$1,200]; 20. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe [8] [$1,200]; 21. 2AJ-Austin Flick [25] [$]; 22. 7-Paul McMahan [26] [$]; 23. 41-Jason Johnson [18] [$1,200]; 24. 49-Brad Sweet [7] [$1,200]; 25. 10-Carl Bowser [24] [$1,200]; 26. 59-Jac Haudenschild [20] [$1,200]. Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-30, 32-40; Donny Schatz 31. KSE Hard Charger Award: 11K-Kraig Kinser [+10]
Qualifying - 1. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe, 13.226; 2. 1B-Dale Blaney, 13.264; 3. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.372; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.407; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.476; 6. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.488; 7. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.522; 8. 4-James McFadden, 13.563; 9. 71-Jamie Veal, 13.565; 10. 33-Danny Lasoski, 13.717; 11. 38-Dean Jacobs, 13.750; 12. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.763; 13. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.815; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.948; 15. 2AJ-Austin Flick, 14.058; 16. 36D-Wayne Dadetto, 14.074; 17. 76-David Jones, 14.343; 18. 40-George Hobaugh, 14.509; 19. 13-Clyde Knipp, 14.530; 20. 57-Gary Edwards, 14.543; 21. 23-Darren Pifer, 14.574; 22. 24-Alex Paden, 14.741; 23. 4K-Bill Kiley, 14.981; 24. 12J-Logan Wagner, nt; 25. 5-David Gravel, 13.176; 26. 27-Greg Hodnett, 13.387; 27. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.392; 28. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.393; 29. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.420; 30. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.437; 31. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.537; 32. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.591; 33. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.608; 34. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.643; 35. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.671; 36. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 13.742; 37. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.785; 38. 10-Carl Bowser, 13.806; 39. 24X-Sye Lynch, 13.945; 40. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.971; 41. 22S-Brandon Spithaler, 13.990; 42. 7-Paul McMahan, 14.021; 43. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 14.196; 44. 13X-Brandon Matus, 14.230; 45. O8-Dan Kuriger, 14.406; 46. 46-Michael Bauer, 15.151; 47. 33M-Brent Matus, 15.309; 48. 4C-Paul Kish, 15.753
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [2]; 2. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe [1]; 3. 17W-Bryan Clauson [4]; 4. 71-Jamie Veal [5]; 5. 10H-Chad Kemenah [3]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 7. 38-Dean Jacobs [6]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [10]; 9. 76-David Jones [9]; 10. 23-Darren Pifer [11]; 11. 4K-Bill Kiley [12]; 12. 2AJ-Austin Flick [8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1B-Dale Blaney [1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 3. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [2]; 4. 4-James McFadden [4]; 5. 33-Danny Lasoski [5]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 8. 40-George Hobaugh [9]; 9. 57-Gary Edwards [10]; 10. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [8]; 11. 24-Alex Paden [11]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 2. 5-David Gravel [1]; 3. 83-Joey Saldana [4]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [6]; 5. 41-Jason Johnson [3]; 6. 18-Ian Madsen [5]; 7. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [9]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]; 9. 24X-Sye Lynch [8]; 10. O8-Dan Kuriger [11]; 11. 35-Jared Zimbardi [10]; 12. 33M-Brent Matus [12]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen [2]; 2. 2-Shane Stewart [3]; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett [1]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer [5]; 5. 59-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart [4]; 7. 70-Danny Holtgraver [8]; 8. 13X-Brandon Matus [10]; 9. 10-Carl Bowser [7]; 10. 7-Paul McMahan [9]; 11. 46-Michael Bauer [11]; 12. 4C-Paul Kish [12]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel [6]; 2. 1B-Dale Blaney [3]; 3. 29-Kerry Madsen [4]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [1]; 5. 2-Shane Stewart [8]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 7. 49-Brad Sweet [7]; 8. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe [5]
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) - 1. 35-Jared Zimbardi [2] [-]; 2. 13X-Brandon Matus [4] [-]; 3. 46-Michael Bauer [8] [$150]; 4. 24-Alex Paden [7] [$150]; 5. 33M-Brent Matus [10] [$150]; 6. 57-Gary Edwards [3] [$125]; 7. 23-Darren Pifer [5] [$125]; 8. 13-Clyde Knipp [1] [$125]; 9. 4C-Paul Kish [12] [$125]; 10. 4K-Bill Kiley [9] [$125]; 11. O8-Dan Kuriger [6] [$125]; 12. 12J-Logan Wagner [11] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2] [-]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [4] [-]; 3. 22-Cole Duncan [3] [-]; 4. 10-Carl Bowser [8] [-]; 5. 38-Dean Jacobs [1] [$500]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [5] [$400]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [6] [$350]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [7] [$300]; 9. 70-Danny Holtgraver [12] [$275]; 10. 22S-Brandon Spithaler [14] [$250]; 11. 7-Paul McMahan [16] [$200]; 12. 36D-Wayne Dadetto [11] [$200]; 13. 35-Jared Zimbardi [17] [$200]; 14. 13X-Brandon Matus [18] [$200]; 15. 24X-Sye Lynch [10] [$200]; 16. 76-David Jones [13] [$200]; 17. 2AJ-Austin Flick [9] [$200]; 18. 40-George Hobaugh [15] [$200]
Tim Fuller Conquers Return of the Big-Blocks to Eldora Speedway
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Tim Fuller Conquers Return of the Big-Blocks to Eldora Speedway
Fuller fends off big field at The Big E, Captures Aspen Dental Dirt Derby 100
ROSSBURG, Ohio - July 19, 2016 - After a 10-year absence, the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds returned to Eldora Speedway Tuesday night as Tim Fuller battled through the field and claimed his second series victory of the year.
For Fuller, the win was his second big-block modified victory at the historic half-mile oval in Rossburg, Ohio since 2006.
'I'm real happy," Fuller said. "We won the last modified race here in 2006 and then Tony Stewart buys it and I get to win it. It's really good - it's a very special place."
"I knew it was going to make the start of the race way better after I drew 12th. It actually opened up the racing and it made it where there was a bottom, middle, and a top. You could float all over this place. It was really a lot of fun."
The win did not come without a little adversity at the front of the pack as several drivers battled for that top spot.
The initial start of the feature saw Dave Blaney and Erick Rudolph on the front row. Rudolph took an early charge into the top spot but was soon passed by Larry Wight on lap two. On lap 17, Bobby Varin took the lead over from Wight.
Fuller, who charged forward, and Wight, who looked to reclaim the top spot, diced through lapped traffic all over the track. Wight moved off of the top lane and to the bottom to get through lapped traffic as Fuller blew by on the topside to gain the lead.
A short time later, Jimmy Horton, who started 24th, moved into third place and worked to hold off Wight. He and Wight however made contact which forced Wight to the pit as Horton kept rolling.
Through the closing stretch, Blaney closed the gap on Fuller and was just about to pass him to retake the lead as the sixth caution of the night flew.
Blaney tried to make a charge on the final restart on the top side but Fuller pulled away.
Blaney said Fuller was just a little faster than him all night.
"He could maneuver around a lot better," Blaney said. "He could cross the corner and catch the cushion a lot better than I could. The track was kind of greasy and I got hung up in the wrong lane. We weren't the greatest but we hung in there."
Horton, who finished in third, said he felt like he had the car to win but got into trouble in ltraffic.
"I don't know what he was thinking but he took two good race cars out and we're bent up pretty good," Horton said. "That's why we finished third and didn't win it. We had to just hang on then because it's all bent up. The front axle is pushed back and is out a little bit. No excuse though, we run the race and finished third, I'm happy with that."
When the checkered flag fell, Fuller scored his second win of the season and kept his reigning title as the 'Big E' winner.
Race Notes:
58 cars attempted to qualify and 32 cars started the field. The Aspen Dental Dirt Derby was 100 laps and paid $6,000 to the winner. It was the biggest field so far this year for the Super DIRTcar Series. Larry Wight was the fastest overall in time trials with a 17.351.
The Super DIRTcar Series returns to action on Wednesday at Eldora for a special exhibition race with the NASCAR Truck Series.
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Super DIRTcar Series Statistical Report; July 19, 2016; Eldora Speedway; Rossburg, Ohio.
A-Main (100 Laps) - 1. 19-Tim Fuller; 2.18b-Dave Blaney; 3. 43h-Jimmy Horton; 4. 84-Gary Tomkins; 5. 91-Billy Decker; 6. 6m-Mat Williamson; 7. 20-Brett Hearn; 8. 35-Frank Cozze; 9. 76-Bobby Varin; 10. 42P-Pat Ward; 11. 44-Stewart Friesen; 12. 32c-Vic Coffey; 13. 14w-Ryan Watt; 14. 98H-Jimmy Phelps; 15. 88-Mike Mahaney; 16. 9s-Matt Sheppard; 17. 5H-Chris Hile; 18. 43-Keith Flach; 19. 74-J.R Heffner; 20. 7M-Michael Maresca; 21. 777-Kevin Bolland; 22. 8-Rich Scagliotta; 23. 165-Rex King Jr.; 24. 6H-Max McLaughlin; 25. 99L-Larry Wight; 26. 28p-Eldon Payne; 27. 66x-Carey Terrance; 28. 27J-Danny Johnson; 29. 1-Justin Hears; 30. 07-Tim Kerr; 31. 25r-Erick Rudolph; 32. 18H-Peter Britten
Last Chance Showdown 3 (8 Laps) - 1. 6m-Mat Williamson; 2. 43h-Jimmy Horton; 3. 74-JR Heffner; 4. 55-Anthony Perrego; 5. 20-Brett Hearn; 6. 43-Keith Flach; 7. 08-Mark D'Ilario; 8. 77-Dan Weisner; 9. 14-CG Morey; 10. 48T-Dave Rauscher; 11. 96b-Warren; 12. 8-Rich Scagliotta
Last Chance Showdown 2 (8 Laps) - 1. 84-Gary Tomkins; 2. 32c-Vic Coffey; 3. 07-Tim Kerr; 4.17-Matt Janiak; 5. 15-Billy Pauch Jr.; 6. 34-Sean Pangman; 7. 151-Brian McDonald; 8. 14w-Ryan Watt; 9. 23-Kyle Coffey; 10. 7z-Mark Flick; 11. 88a-Dave Allen; 12. 96-Mike Turner; 13. 25J-Chad Jeseo; 14. 13-Ralph McBride
Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) - 1. 91-Billy Decker; 2. 6H-Max McLaughlin; 3. 5H-Chris Hile; 4. 38-Ryan Susice; 5. 21-Yan Bussiere; 6. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker; 7. 28p-Eldon Payne; 8. 1T-Tyler Dippel; 9. 66m-J.R. McGinley; 10. 19-Mueller; 11. X-Chad Phelps; 12. 29-Krummert; 13. 34-Vinny Sanganetti; 14. 65-Rex King
Heat 6 (8 Laps) - 1.165-Rex King Jr.; 2. 66x-Carey Terrance; 3. 7M-Michael Maresca; 4. 55-Anthony Perrego; 5. 74-J.R Heffner; 6. 8-Rich Scagliotta; 7. 14-C.G. Morey; 8. 48T-Dave Rauscher; 9. 96b-Warren
Heat 5 (8 Laps) - 1. 18b-Dave Blaney; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard; 3. 1-Justin Hears; 4. 6m-Mat Williamson; 5. 43h-Jimmy Horton; 6. 43-Keith Flach; 7. 20-Brett Hearn; 8. O8-Mark D'Ilario;9. 77-Dan Weisner
Heat 4 (8 Laps) - 1.18H-Peter Britten; 2. 25r-Erick Rudolph; 3.42P-Pat Ward; 4.84-Gary Tomkins; 5. 32c-Vic Coffey; 6. 23-Kyle Coffey; 7. 34-Sean Pangman; 8. 7z-Mark Flick; 9. 96-Mike Turner; 10. 13-Ralph McBride
Heat 3 (8 Laps) - 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps; 2. 27J-Danny Johnson; 3. 777-Kevin Bolland; 4.17-Matt Janiak; 5. 15-Billy Pauch Jr.; 6.151-Brian McDonald; 7. 07-Tim Kerr; 8. 88-Dave Allen; 9. 25J-Chad Jeseo; 10.14w-Ryan Watt
Heat 2 (8 Laps) - 1. 88-Mike Mahaney; 2. 99L-Larry Wight; 3. 35-Frank Cozze; 4. 91-Billy Decker; 5. 1T-Tyler Dippel; 6. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker; 7. 5H-Chris Hile; 8. 19-Mueller; 9. 65-Rex King; 10. 66m-J.R. McGinley
Heat 1 (8 Laps) - 1. 19-Tim Fuller; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen; 3. 76-Bobby Varin; 4. X-Chad Phelps; 5. 6H-Max McLaughlin; 6. 38-Ryan Susice 7. 21 Yan Bussiere; 8. 29-Krummert; 9. 34-Vinny Sanganetti; 10. 28p-Eldon Payne
Group 6 Qualifier: 1. 165-Rex King Jr., 18.485; 2. 74-J.R. Heffner, 18.942; 3. 7M-Michael Maresca, 19.130; 4. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 18.972; 5. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 19.790; 6. 66x-Carey Terrance, 19.484; 7. 55-Anthony Perrego, 19.901; 8. 14-C.G. Morey, 20.196; 9. 96b-Warren, 20.562
Group 5 Qualifier: 1. 18b-Dave Blaney, 18.329; 2. 77-Dan Weisner,18.335; 3. 20-Brett Hearn, 18.370; 4. 43-Keith Flach, 18.500; 5. 1-Justin Hears, 18.679; 6. 43h-Jimmy Horton, 18.753; 7. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 18.837; 8. 6m-Mat Williamson, 19.000; 9. O8-Mark D'Ilario, 19.150
Group 4 Qualifier: 1. 18H-Peter Britten, 17.973; 2. 42P-Pat Ward, 18.058; 3. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 18.239; 4. 84-Gary Tomkins, 18.496; 5. 32c-Vic Coffey, 18.690; 6. 34 Sean Pangman, 19.121; 7. 23-Kyle Coffey, 19.329; 8. 7z-Mark Flick, 19.538; 9. 13-Ralph McBride, 19.539; 10. 96-Mike Turner, 19.788
Group 3 Qualifier: 1. 14w-Ryan Watt, 17.733; 2. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 17.788; 3. 777-Kevin Bolland, 18.278; 4. 27J-Danny Johnson,18.433; 5. 17-Janiak, 18.531; 6. 07-Tim Kerr, 18.735; 7. 151-Brian McDonald, 18.763; 8. 25J-Chad Jeseo, 19.002; 9. 15-Billy Pauch Jr.,19.163; 10. 88 Dave Allen, 19.864
Group 2 Qualifier: 1. 99L-Larry Wight, 17.351; 2. 88-Mike Mahaney, 17.506; 3. 35-Frank Cozze, 17.805; 4. 1T-Tyler Dippel, 17.822; 5. 5H-Chris Hile, 17.906; 6. 37m-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 17.933; 7. 91-Billy Decker, 18.046; 8. 66m-J.R. McGinley, 18.081; 9. 19-Mueller, 18.146; 10. 65-Rex King, 18.628
Group 1 Qualifier: 1. 76-Bobby Varin, 17.374; 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 17.453; 3. 21-Yan Bussiere, 17.946; 4. 6H-McLaughlin, 17.960; 5. 28p-Eldon Payne, 18.080; 6. 44-Stewart Friesen, 18.307; 7. 38-Ryan Susice, 18.362; 8. X-Chad Phelps, 18.581; 9. 29-Krummert, 18.949; 10. 34-Sanganetti, 19.211
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STOCKON SEALS THE WIN, BACON THE CHAMP AT TERRE HAUTE ISW FINALE
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STOCKON SEALS THE WIN, BACON THE CHAMP AT TERRE HAUTE ISW FINALE
Terre Haute, Indiana .July 17, 2016 - Chase Stockon became the seventh different winner on the seventh night of the 29th annual "Indiana Sprint Week" finale Sunday night at the Terre Haute Action Track. Yet, it was fourth place finisher Brady Bacon who, despite going winless throughout the seven races, used a string of consistent finishes to accumulate enough points to claim his first ISW crown.
Bacon's finishes of 5th, 5th, 7th, 11th, 2nd and 7th in the first six ISW races put him in the catbird seat coming into Sunday night's "Don Smith Classic" feature. The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver held a 15-point advantage over defending ISW champ Robert Ballou.
Due to their solid qualifying efforts earlier in the evening, both Bacon and Ballou were in an enviable position at the start of the 30-lap main event. Ballou would roll off third with Bacon directly behind him on the inside of row three.
Ballou was more than a formidable challenge to Bacon evidenced by his prowess on the half-mile dirt oval, picking up victories in the two most recent USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car visits to the "Action Track" at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds.
But Bacon's mission was clear. Finish in the top-five and the ISW title was all his.
At the start, pole-sitter Chase Stockon gallantly streamed to the lead into turn one, sliding up to the high side as outside front row starter Tyler Courtney skated sideways in the middle of the corner, yet was able to maintain the position as the field shot down the back straightway.
On lap two, the red flag flew for the night's only incident involving Englishman Tom Harris, who took a nasty-looking tumble between turns three and four. He was uninjured.
On the ensuing restart, Courtney took a run at Stockon for the lead on the bottom of turn one, but was denied, forcing him to fall back into line in the second position at the exit of turn two.
One lap later, third-running Ballou attempted a similar move on Courtney, shooting to the inside guardrail in turn three for second, but wasn't able to make it stick as Courtney motored away to hold steady in the runner-up spot.
Meanwhile, Stockon was gone, checking out on the field for a half-straightaway lead by lap six as the drivers throughout the pack settled into a groove on the high, wide and handsome cushion.
With each position in the top-ten paying three points for every spot gained, points were of utmost importance and Ballou needed his share. Ballou began to erase the separation that was wedged between himself and second-running Courtney on lap 13 as he shadowed "Sunshine" up against the concrete.
As the two battled for their own supremacy, leader Stockon was now within an arm's reach of Courtney and Ballou as he became hung up on lapped cars on the 14th circuit. Now nose-to-tail and running one, two, three, Stockon felt the pressure intensify as he worked to overtake the lapped car of previous night's Haubstadt winner Carson Short.
Two laps later, with Courtney and Ballou just a few footsteps behind, Stockon was able to gain some much-needed breathing room as he slid Short to create a little separation for himself just past the halfway point.
With 11 laps to go, Ballou tried a colossal slider on Courtney for second in turn one. Ballou drifted his way toward the topside in a classic, patented Terre Haute slide job, appearing to pinch Courtney just a tad enough to slow him up. But Courtney never lifted, instead, throttling his way off the exit of turn two while crop dusting western Indiana soil into the Vigo County Fair midway to remain in second.
However, three laps later, Ballou gave it another shot. This time, he made the move on Courtney stick, slipping past the Gas City ISW winner for second. One lap later, with six to go, Bryan Clauson smoked by Courtney for the second position as well, but his stay in the top-three would be short-lived after his right rear tire blew out on lap 25, bringing out the night's final caution and setting up a final six-lap dash for glory.
Stockon, Ballou and Courtney marched single-file at speed up against the cushion, right up next to the wall, on the restart with ISW point leader Brady Bacon behind in a distant fourth, holding stable and unwavering in his steadfast resolve.
Shortly thereafter, Stockon and Ballou broke away from Courtney, creating a two-man, two-car race for the race win.
Three to go, Ballou was closer to Stockon than he'd been all race, prompting Ballou to toss a short-slider at Stockon in turn one that came up short, but Ballou refused to be fazed, staying right with Stockon two to three links back in second.
Though Stockon was just within Ballou's grasp during the final laps, Ballou was never quite close enough to mount a serious challenge to make the winning move. As Stockon gassed his machine sideways off of the final corner with the checkered flag in clean sight, the Fort Branch, Indiana driver had the victory in the bag, his second win at the track in USAC competition and first since 2012, followed to the line by Ballou and Courtney.
Stockon was the seventh driver to win a feature during the unprecedented, historic seven night ISW of 2016, a feat that hasn't been accomplished since 2001.
Bacon's fourth place run was the centerpiece at the end of the night after he was able to garner enough valuable points to pocket the ISW title by nine markers over Ballou. In the process, it marked the ninth time the ISW champ won the series without a feature victory, joining Randy Kinser (1988), Gary Trammell (1990), Bob Kinser (1991), Tony Elliott (1999), Levi Jones (2004, 2008 & 2012) and Robert Ballou (2015).
Bacon's title staked the claim for the traditional hand-crafted Bridgeport Rocker that is awarded annually to the ISW champions by longtime supporters John and Terri Youngs of Vincennes, Ind. as well as the $5000 top prize.
"This means a lot," Bacon said proudly after driving the Dynamics, Inc./Mean Green - Lykins Oil/Triple X/Williams Mopar to the ISW title. "Anytime you can put an accomplishment like this on your resume, that's pretty special. I'm glad to get another one for the Hoffman's. This is a lot more intense place to end it than some of the other places. We're usually good here and these guys gave me a good enough car that I could make up for some of my mistakes earlier in the week and a good enough car to keep it up front every night.
"You never know what's going to happen at this place," Bacon continued after delivering the Hoffman Auto Racing team its first ISW championship since Dave Darland's one-point victory for the team in 1998. "When Bryan (Clauson) passed me, I was a little nervous, but I thought we were still good enough to get in line and not make any mistakes. I don't think any team had the "Sprint Week" we were wanting, but we got the best of everybody else. The experience of the team helps in that situation because they know not to get too down on themselves. If you can only run 7th or 11th some night, they know to just take what we can get and move on to the next one."
Fort Branch, Indiana's Stockon led wire-to-wire on his way to victory in his 32-TBI Racing/Superior Tank & Trailer - Dewig Meats/DRC/Fisher. The win was an emotional one for Stockon whose career was aided by the financial help supplied by the race's namesake: Terre Haute businessman, sponsor and Action Track promoter, Don Smith.
"This is pretty awesome," Stockon exclaimed. "This is the 'Don Smith Classic' and I've wanted to win this one really bad. Once I knew nobody was going to get to me coming to the checkered, I was about in tears. Don Smith has been a big part of my career with First Financial Bank. They helped us out a lot and I think this win means more than any I've ever had. Getting through lapped traffic was tricky, trying to slide across the track and get to the top as quick as possible. I knew Robert would be back there because this is his kind of race track and he's proven time and time again that's he's the car to beat here. I just drove every lap as hard as I could and hoped the car would hang on."
Ballou, of Rocklin, California, finished second in the feature and second in the final ISW points in his Ballou Motorsports/MPHG Promotions - Blakesley Auto/Maxim/Ott. Many competitors would be satisfied with that result, but for the 2015 USAC National Sprint and ISW titlist, his 2016 ISW experience was a disappointment.
"We just didn't have a very good 'Sprint Week,' Ballou said bluntly. "You have to put complete nights together to win championships and the Hoffmans deserve this the most because they did that the best. We've been off all week and I'm not really sure why. Chase (Stockon) was really good and Tyler Courtney was too. Both of those guys did a great job. I'm happy for the Stockons, but we just missed it a little bit tonight. We were too tight and had to settle for second."
Indianapolis, Indiana's Courtney rebounded from two consecutive less-than-stellar nights at Bloomington and Haubstadt after a hot start to his "Sprint Week" to earn a respectable third-place finish in both the race as well as the ISW standings in his TOPP Motorsports/Maxim/Chevy.
'Hats off to my guys," Courtney said. "I tore up that car at Bloomington and all we had up top was our wing car that we run. It had a non-wing front axle in it, but we pulled it out and struggled through the rest of the night. Then, we worked all day in the hot sun at Haubstadt just to get it ready, but they worked their tails off to make this the best non-wing car possible. A third tonight is one of the only things I could do to repay them for all their hard work."
Contingency award winners at the Terre Haute Action Track included Bryan Clauson (ProSource Fast Qualifier & Simpson Race Products First Heat Race Winner), Brady Bacon (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Race Winner), Tyler Courtney (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Race Winner), Thomas Meseraull (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Race Winner), Jerry Coons, Jr. (KSE Racing Products/B&W Auto Mart Hard Charger) and Dave Darland (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 17, 2016 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Don Smith Classic"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 63, Dooling/Hayward-21.051; 2. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-21.077; 3. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-21.131; 4. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-21.192; 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-21.206; 6. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-21.244; 7. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-21.398; 8. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-21.430; 9. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-21.448; 10. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-21.487; 11. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-21.503; 12. Thomas Meseraull, 24, LSR-21.558; 13. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-21.714; 14. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-21.819; 15. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-21.940; 16. Riley Kreisel, 90, Smith-22.031; 17. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-22.065; 18. Tyler Thomas, 04, Burton-22.067; 19. Jon Stanbrough, 66, Amati-22.085; 20. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-22.138; 21. Carson Short, 21, Short-22.192; 22. Bill Rose, 6R, Rose-22.212; 23. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-22.670; 24. Tom Harris, 5E, East-22.672; 25. Chris Phillips, 6p, Phillips-22.758; 26. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-22.920; 27. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-23.035; 28. Cole Ketcham, 41k, Ketcham-23.667; 29. Steve Thomas, 20, Thomas-23.724; 30. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-25.021; 31. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-NT; 32. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-NT.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Leary, 3. Darland, 4. C.Short, 5. K.Thomas Jr., 6. Mattox, 7. Phillips, 8. S.Thomas. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Ballou, 3. T.Thomas, 4. Boespflug, 5. McGhee, 6. M.Wissmiller, 7. Rose, 8. Bell. NT
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Courtney, 2. Mellenberndt, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Andretti, 5. Hughes, 6. Chapple, 7. Windom, 8. Farney. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Coons, 3. Jarrett, 4. Stockon, 5. Kreisel, 6. Harris. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Farney, 3. Harris, 4. K.Thomas, 5. Kreisel, 6. McGhee, 7. M.Wissmiller, 8. Mattox, 9. Hughes, 10. Rose, 11. Phillips, 12. S.Thomas, 13. Bell. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Tyler Courtney, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Aaron Farney, 6. Chris Windom, 7. Logan Jarrett, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. C.J. Leary, 11. Max McGhee, 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. Dave Darland, 14. Thomas Meseraull, 15. Jon Stanbrough, 16. Carson Short, 17. Riley Kreisel, 18. Jarett Andretti, 19. Tyler Thomas, 20. Bret Mellenberndt, 21. Kevin Thomas Jr., 22. Tom Harris. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Stockon.
KSE/B & W AUTO MART HARD CHARGER: Jerry Coons Jr. (18th-8th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-1,939, 2-Ballou-1,769, 3-Stockon-1,725, 4-Meseraull-1,695, 5-Darland-1,575, 6-Boespflug-1,540, 7-Leary-1,528, 8-Windom-1,386, 9-McGhee-1,264, 10-Farney-1,089.
FINAL USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bacon-448, 2-Ballou-439, 3-Courtney-390, 4-Stockon-382, 5-Windom-359, 6-K.Thomas Jr.-340, 7-Boespflug-336, 8-Andretti-327, 9-Coons-295, 10-Kyle Cummins-291.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: July 29-30 - Granite City, IL - Tri-City Speedway
Eldora Speedway Crowns King Donny XXXIII at Kings Royal
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Eldora Speedway Crowns King Donny XXXIII at Kings Royal
Schatz scores his third Kings Royal title and 15th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the year
ROSSBURG, Ohio - July 16, 2016 - It has been nearly a decade since he last stood in victory lane at the Kings Royal, but Donny Schatz looked like a natural as he was crowned King Donny XXXIII – his third Kings Royal title since 2007 – on Saturday night at Eldora Speedway.
Schatz who drew number 15 in the qualifying pill draw and was looking to get his 15th World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season had the luck on his side, he just needed the hard work to push him through - and that's exactly what he and his team did.
"This is unbelievable," Schatz said. "It's been a challenge here all weekend and it's one of them places, we felt like we've been good at the Royal and we've maybe just done the wrong things. But not tonight. We were awesome all night. These guys got the car qualified well, got through the Heat, the car was awesome in the Heat races. It's such a blast."
The $50,000 win comes as Schatz and his No. 15 Bad Boy Off Road/Chevrolet Performance team finds its stride and rolls through the critical 'Month of Money.' Since June 1, Schatz has racked up eight series wins and built up a 186 point lead in the championship standings over second place Brad Sweet.
Schatz, who finished both the Jokers Wild and Knight Before the Kings Royal at Eldora in second, credited his Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing team for helping put him in position.
"I know I get to stand here but this race team is what wins these races," Schatz said. "These guys are incredible in what they do. You can't say enough about them. They are the ones that need to be wearing this uniform. They are the ones responsible for making that racecar."
Kerry Madsen kicked off the night with the qualifying quick time but under the special Kings Royal format, it was the Heat races that were critical for the night. With a five car inversion, Schatz, who qualified fourth, was in the middle of the pack of his Heat race but battled forward to take the win.
On the initial start of the 40-lap feature, it was second-place starter Brian Brown who jumped out to the early lead. Brown though had his hands full immediately with three-time Kings Royal champion Sammy Swindell. Swindell battled Brown with intense pressure through the first eight laps and then found a line around on lap nine.
Swindell's lead was short-lived though as a hard-charging Brad Sweet battled past Brown for third and then set his sights on Swindell. As the two drivers worked to complete lap 12, Sweet cleared the No. 1 Big Game Treestands car off of turn four.
But like the leader before, Sweet shortly had company with Schatz and Christopher Bell.
"We were a little too good, too early," Sweet said. "I was smiling in the first 20 laps when we drove to the lead there. But I know how long this race is and I didn't get through lapped cars there in the beginning. Slipped my tires a few times and Donny and (Christopher Bell) got by me. Once they had the position on me, I thought they were a little bit better at the end."
With Schatz around on lap 20, Bell tried to make a move but, while driving second, got into the turn four wall, briefly climbed it and caught the fence before settling on track. A red flag later, Bell's night was done.
On the restart, it was Rico Abreu on the move in his No. 24 Abreu Vineyards car. He threw the slider on Schatz into turns one and two but Schatz held him off. Through the closing laps, Abreu shortened the distance to Schatz and with just two laps remaining, he made a last ditch effort to get around the No. 15, pulling even with Schatz off of turn four, but Schatz pulled away, scoring his 15th victory of the season.
"I figured (Rico) had to be close," Schatz said. "(Kerry Madsen) was on the top and someone else was on the bottom and I tried to float through the middle there of one and two but I just couldn't keep the tires underneath me like I knew I could, so I knew someone was coming. Rico is a hell of a racer, he's going to give it his all, all of the time. I knew I was going to have to do what I could. I knew I missed the corner and that probably gave him a real good shot to get close but standing here, we're going to enjoy the hell of out of this."
Abreu, who finished behind Schatz in third the two previous nights at Eldora, said he has to get smarter at the end of the races to make sure he is in contention.
"We've been right there putting ourselves in position, it's just baby steps that separate the men from the boys in winning these races," Abreu said. "Paul Silva, Trevor, Matt, Bubba, they all do a great job preparing this race car and it builds a lot of confidence in the last few weeks, how competitive we've been.
"Donny's right there, he's the guy to beat every night. It makes you race a lot harder, it makes you think a lot smarter. Getting around him, watching him race. That's why he's on the podium."
For Sweet, his finish was a good step forward after he and his No. 49 Ollie's Bargain Outlet team struggled in the opening nights at Eldora. He said, ultimately, he was too good, too early in the night's feature event.
"I was smiling in the first 20 laps when we drove to the lead there," Sweet said. "But I know how long this race is and I didn't get through lapped cars there in the beginning. Slipped my tires a few times and Donny and Bell got by me. Once they had the position on me, I thought they were a little bit better at the end. The way the weekend went, it's nice to be up here on the podium and actually contending for the Kings Royal."
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to action Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway for the $25,000-to-win Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the event and learn more by visiting WoOSprint.com/Silver-Cup.
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Eldora Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Donny Schatz scored his third career Kings Royal victory. He previously won the Kings Royal in 2007 and 2009… The night's win was Schatz's 15th World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season… Daryn Pittman, who won the Knight Before the Kings Royal the previous night at Eldora Speedway, captured the KSE Racing Hard Charger award, advancing 16 positions to finish in seventh… Kerry Madsen scored his second quick time award of the season - notable tonight as a rebound from a crash that sidelined Madsen the night before in qualifying.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 15 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Stockton Dirt Track on March 18, Stockton Dirt Track on March 19, Silver Dollar Speedway on April 2, Lincoln Speedway on May 19, Weedsport Speedway on May 22, Lincoln Park Speedway on June 8, Knoxville Raceway on June 11, River Cities Speedway on June 17, Rockford Speedway on June 29, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 3, Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9, Attica Raceway Park on July 12, Eldora Speedway on July 16); Brad Sweet - 7 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 14, Cotton Bowl Speedway on Feb. 26, Ocean Speedway on April 1, Bakersfield Speedway on April 15, Plymouth Speedway on May 13, Badlands Motor Speedway on July 2); Daryn Pittman - 6 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 27, Perris Auto Speedway on April 16, USA Raceway on April 18, New Egypt Speedway on May 24, Jackson Motorplex on June 24, Eldora Speedway on July 15); Shane Stewart - 5 (Arizona Speedway on March 6, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 23, Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 30, Granite City Speedway on June 15, Brown County Speedway on June 19); David Gravel - 4 (Thunderbowl Raceway on March 12, Tri-State Speedway on May 14, I-96 Speedway on June 6, Eldora Speedway on July 14); Joey Saldana - 4 (The Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 3, Devil's Bowl Speedway on April 22, Jacksonville Speedway on May 4, I-80 Speedway on June 22);Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7); Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Lance Dewease - 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 1 (Placerville Speedway on March 24); Terry McCarl - 1 (Knoxville Raceway on June 10);Logan Schuchart - 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 9); Jason Sides - 1 (I-30 Speedway on April 26); Greg Wilson - 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 27).
World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Eldora Speedway; Rossburg, Ohio; July 16, 2016.
A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [3] [$50,000]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [8] [$20,000]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [6] [$15,000]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [5] [$12,000]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [2] [$10,000]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [21] [$7,500]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [23] [$6,500]; 8. 41-Jason Johnson [9] [$6,000]; 9. 83-Joey Saldana [7] [$5,500]; 10. 18-Ian Madsen [11] [$5,000]; 11. 5-David Gravel [20] [$4,750]; 12. 1-Sammy Swindell [4] $4,500]; 13. 49X-Tim Shaffer [13] $4,000]; 14. 7-Paul McMahan [10] [$3,750]; 15. 29-Kerry Madsen [19] [$3,500]; 16. 19M-Brent Marks [12] [$3,450]; 17. 11N-Randy Hannagan [18] [$3,400]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [24] [$3,350]; 19. 10H-Chad Kemenah [17] [$3,300]; 20. 71-Jamie Veal [1] [$3,250]; 21. 14-Christopher Bell [14] [$3,200]; 22. 33-Danny Lasoski [15] [$3,150]; 23. 1B-Dale Blaney [22] [$3,100]; 24. 17W-Bryan Clauson [16] [$3,000]. Lap Leaders: Brian Brown 1-9, Sammy Swindell 10-12, Brad Sweet 13-19, Donny Schatz 20-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 9-Daryn Pittman [+16]
Qualifying - 1. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.110; 2. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.171; 3. 5-David Gravel, 13.191; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.265; 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.277; 6. 23-Trey Starks, 13.372; 7. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.394; 8. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.418; 9. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.419; 10. 71M-Dave Blaney, 13.421; 11. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.432; 12. 3-James McFadden, 13.435; 13. 1B-Dale Blaney, 13.440; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.441; 15. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.465; 16. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.484; 17. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.490; 18. 19M-Brent Marks, 13.490; 19. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.502; 20. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.505; 21. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.507; 22. 7-Paul McMahan, 13.512; 23. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.524; 24. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.530; 25. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.536; 26. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.548; 27. 33-Danny Lasoski, 13.553; 28. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.575; 29. 21-Brian Brown, 13.580; 30. 71-Jamie Veal, 13.587; 31. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.590; 32. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.596; 33. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.598; 34. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 13.603; 35. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.609; 36. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 13.627; 37. 21C-Cap Henry, 13.711; 38. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.730; 39. 94-Ryan Smith, 13.755; 40. 8M-T.J. Michael, 13.800; 41. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 13.825; 42. 56R-Ryan Myers, 13.858; 43. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 13.866; 44. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.898; 45. 12-Daniel Harding, 13.943; 46. OO-Dane Lorenc, 13.970; 47. 81-Lee Jacobs, 14.011; 48. 6-Bill Rose, 14.011; 49. 40-Caleb Helms, 14.013; 50. 17-Josh Baughman, 14.060; 51. 57X-Andrew Palker, 14.091; 52. 38-D.J. Foos, 14.099; 53. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 14.171; 54. 22D-Josh Davis, 14.490; 55. 13-Clyde Knipp, 14.648; 56. 49H-Bradley Howard, 14.663; 57. 83X-Adam Cruea, 14.768; 58. 45-Bob Tucker, 15.686; 59. 60-Kory Crabtree,t nt; 60. 2M-Dustin Daggett, nt
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [4]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 4. 1B-Dale Blaney [3]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [5]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]; 7. 21C-Cap Henry [7]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms [9]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [10]; 10. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [8]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. W20-Greg Wilson [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 3. 14-Christopher Bell [5]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 8. 17-Josh Baughman [9]; 9. 70-Danny Holtgraver [8]; 10. 49H-Bradley Howard [10]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 3. 33-Danny Lasoski [1]; 4. 5-David Gravel [5]; 5. 94-Ryan Smith [7]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo [3]; 7. 12-Daniel Harding [8]; 8. 49D-Shawn Dancer [6]; 9. 57X-Andrew Palker [9]; 10. 83X-Adam Cruea [10]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 2. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 3. 17W-Bryan Clauson [3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 5. 71M-Dave Blaney [4]; 6. 8M-T.J. Michael [7]; 7. 38-D.J. Foos [9]; 8. OO-Dane Lorenc [8]; 9. 59-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 10. 45-Bob Tucker [10]
Heat 5 - (10 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor [4]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [7]; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton [9]; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs [8]
Heat 6 - (10 Laps - Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 71-Jamie Veal [1]; 2. 19M-Brent Marks [3]; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan [2]; 4. 3-James McFadden [4]; 5. 23-Trey Starks [5]; 6. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 7. 6-Bill Rose [8]; 8. 56R-Ryan Myers [7]; 9. 22D-Josh Davis [9]
C-Main - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 2. 6-Bill Rose [6]; 3. 59-Jac Haudenschild [16]; 4. 70-Danny Holtgraver [14]; 5. 40-Caleb Helms [1]; 6. OO-Dane Lorenc [10]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [5] [$500]; 8. 57X-Andrew Palker [9] [$450]; 9. 22B-Ryan Broughton [11] [$400]; 10. 38-D.J. Foos [4] [$375]; 11. 13-Clyde Knipp [7] [$350]; 12. 22D-Josh Davis [18] [$350]; 13. 83X-Adam Cruea [15] [$350]; 14. 17-Josh Baughman [8] [$350]; 15. 45-Bob Tucker [20] [$350]; 16. 56R-Ryan Myers [12] [$350]; 17. 49D-Shawn Dancer [3] [$350]; 18. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [13] [$350]; 19. 81-Lee Jacobs [17] [$350]; 20. 49H-Bradley Howard [19] [$350]; 21. 2M-Dustin Daggett [21] [$350]; 22. 60-Kory Crabtree [22] [$350]
Last Chance Showdown - (15 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 2. 1B-Dale Blaney [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [8]; 5. 3-James McFadden [6] [$2,000]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan [11] [$1,750]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19] [$1,500]; 8. 70-Danny Holtgraver [22] [$1,250]; 9. 12-Daniel Harding [15] [$1,000]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [14] [$750]; 11. 71M-Dave Blaney [10] [$650]; 12. 40-Caleb Helms [23] [$600]; 13. 1ST-Gary Taylor [17] [$600]; 14. 8M-T.J. Michael [16] [$600]; 15. 21C-Cap Henry [13] [$600]; 16. 6-Bill Rose [20] [$600]; 17. 5T-Travis Philo [9] [$600]; 18. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [18] [$600]; 19. OO-Dane Lorenc [24] [$600]; 20. 59-Jac Haudenschild [21] [$600]; 21. 94-Ryan Smith [3] [$600]; 22. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4] [$600]; 23. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7] [$600]; 24. 23-Trey Starks [12] [$600]
CARSON SHORT SCORES FIRST WIN AT TRI-STATE IN USAC’S 10,000TH RACE
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CARSON SHORT SCORES FIRST WIN AT TRI-STATE IN USAC's 10,000TH RACE
Haubstadt, Indiana July 16, 2016 -- Carson Short continued the roll of first-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car winners into victory lane Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway, becoming the fourth different driver to pick up his initial career series victory in the first six races of the 29th edition of Indiana Sprint Week.
Short, of Marion, Illinois, joined Tyler Courtney (Gas City I-69 Speedway), Kyle Cummins (Kokomo Speedway) and Brent Beauchamp (Bloomington Speedway) as one of the new names to join the USAC record books.
The run of new winners hasn't been seen in the series since five drivers - Hunter Schuerenberg, Jacob Wilson, Brad Sweet, Brady Bacon and David Cardey - triumphed for the first time during a seven-race stretch late in the 2008 season.
On this night, USAC celebrated its 10,000th sanctioned event since its debut in January of 1956. Starting from the pole position for the 30-lap event on this momentous occasion was the 20-year-old Short, unrelated to Thursday night's winner at Lincoln Park Speedway Brady Short.
Short bolted to the lead in the first turn at the start, sliding up in front of fellow front row starter, Jarett Andretti for the race lead on the opening lap.
As Short began to distance himself from second-running Andretti, Tri-State Speedway favorite Cummins was able to sneak by Andretti for the second spot with a move on the inside of turn two.
Cummins began to run down leader Short by the sixth lap, but a turn four tangle involving Tyler Thomas and Jeff Bland, Jr. would help tighten up the gap between first and second, placing Cummins right on Short's tail tank for the restart.
Both Short and Cummins occupied the middle groove on both ends of the racetrack, setting a blistering pace as both entered lapped traffic.
With ten laps remaining, Short would have to weave his way through a bevy of slower traffic with the Haubstadt master, Kyle Cummins hot on his trail as the laps wound down.
With lapped cars running high, low middle and everywhere in between, Short had to be nearly perfect as he worked his way through the nooks and crannies in the back of the field while simultaneously being shadowed and hounded by Cummins.
With just five to go, Short almost saw the race slip through his fingers after getting extremely sideways at the exit of turn four. Short momentarily sliced down on Cummins' inside line, forcing Cummins to back off the throttle, which slowed his momentum as Short regained control and maintained his place atop the leaderboard.
During the final laps, Short hit all of his marks correctly and was able to maneuver around a handful of lapped machines with relative ease to collect not only his first career series victory, but his first ever sprint car win of any kind, in his Indiana Sprint Week debut of 2016 over Cummins and Chase Stockon.
Robert Ballou took KSE Racing Products/B&W Auto Mart Hard Charger honors for the second straight night after coming home fourth from his 16th starting position and now trails seventh place finisher Brady Bacon by just 10 points heading into Sunday's ISW finale at the Terre Haute Action Track, a place where he's been victorious in his two most recent USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car starts.
Meanwhile, Andretti tied his career-best series finish of fifth, set at Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania's Grandview Speedway just a little over a month ago.
It's been quite a successful week for the young lions of USAC racing who've responded to the challenge night-in, night-out at racetracks all around the state of Indiana this week in front of packed houses during ISW. Carson Short became the latest to meet the challenge, stepping up to take the Haubstadt round in his Richard Short/Total Field & Environmental Services - RASS Restoration/DRC/SPEC, marking just his second career top-five finish in his 28th career start dating back to his series debut at Tri-State in 2013.
"This is unreal," Short exclaimed. "With about five (laps) to go, I was thinking, 'man, I'm leading this and I know Cummins is down there.' My car started getting better right around half way and on those last five laps, we were really fast. I saw lapped traffic, but they were fast enough to concern me and I think, for sure, played a role in me getting away from Kyle (Cummins) at the end. To beat Kyle makes this even better because he's the best here. The top just wasn't there tonight, so we stuck it on the bottom and Kyle showed me that about half way through, so I owe him one. You can't beat this feeling of winning during Indiana Sprint Week!"
With his second place run on Saturday night, Princeton, Indiana's Cummins tallied his seventh podium finish in 17 series starts this season in his Rock Steady Racing/Vincennes University - Tim Mason ReMax/Mach-1/Cummins. Though Cummins has been known for his close-but-no-cigar moments over the years in USAC competition, after his recent win at Kokomo, Cummins freely admits this second place run doesn't sting as much as it once would have.
"Since I won one already, I'm actually happy to run second tonight," Cummins admitted. "The track stayed tacky from beginning to end, so we were just too tight. I was hoping Carson (Short) would make a mistake or get bottled up in the lapped traffic, but it seemed like every time he did, he picked the right line and would get away. It's been an up and down week for us, but we're happy to run second tonight."
Chase Stockon, of Fort Branch, Indiana, earned his sixth straight Tri-State Speedway top-five finish Saturday night, taking third place at the checkered in his 32-TBI Racing/Superior Tank & Trailer - Dewig Meats/DRC/Fisher.
"We banked on the track blowing off quite a bit and it never really came to us," Stockon said. "We were set up for the end of the race and the track just didn't behave like we thought it would. We just needed it to be about five or 10 laps longer."
Contingency award winners at Tri-State Speedway included Josh Hodges (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Robert Ballou (Simpson Race Products First Heat Race Winner & KSE Racing Products/B&W Auto Mart Hard Charger), Thomas Meseraull (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Race Winner), Logan Jarrett (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Race Winner), Carson Short (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Race Winner) and Brady Short (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2016 - Haubstadt, Indiana - Tri-State Speedway - "Indiana Sprint Week"
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-13.319; 2. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-13.367; 3. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-13.416; 4. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-13.462; 5. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.495; 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-13.497; 7. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.510; 8. Carson Short, 21, Short-13.549; 9. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-13.601; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 66, Amati-13.660; 11. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-13.677; 12. Tyler Thomas, 04, Burton-13.725; 13. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-13.742; 14. Critter Malone, 7, Seven LLC-13.743; 15. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-13.782; 16. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-13.785; 17. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-13.793; 18. Thomas Meseraull, 24, LSR-13.812; 19. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.854; 20. Donny Brackett, 4B, Brackett-13.855; 21. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-13.910; 22. C.J. Leary, 17GP, Dutcher-13.931; 23. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.963; 24. Jeff Bland Jr., 38, Bland-14.066; 25. Tom Harris, 5E, East-14.069; 26. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-14.184; 27. Jamie Williams, 31, Williams-14.208; 28. James Lyerla, 11x, Lyerla-14.216; 29. Riley Kreisel, 90, Smith-14.262; 30. Dallas Hewitt, 69R, Pearson-14.273; 31. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt-14.277; 32. Brandon Morin, 98, Morin-14.305; 33. Brian Karraker, 23k, Karraker-14.377; 34. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-14.387; 35. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-14.453; 36. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-14.495; 37. Aric Gentry, 10, GBR-14.705; 38. Cole Ketcham, 41k, Ketcham-14.824; 39. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-15.923.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Courtney, 3. B.Short, 4. Hodges, 5. Bacon, 6. Farney, 7. Hewitt, 8. Ketcham, 9. Harris, 10. Chambers. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Malone, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Boespflug, 5. K.Thomas, 6. Leary, 7. Darland, 8. Schmidt, 9. Mellenberndt, 10. Bell. 2:16.80
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jarrett, 2. Andretti, 3. Cummins, 4. Jackson, 5. Windom, 6. Chapple, 7. Morin, 8. Mattox, 9. Lyerla. 2:20.56
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Short, 2. Bland, 3. T.Thomas, 4. Stockon, 5. McGhee, 6. Brackett, 7. Kreisel, 8. Karraker, 9. Gentry. NT
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Karraker, 2. Mattox, 3. Morin, 4. Chambers, 5. Bell, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Ketcham. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. K.Thomas Jr., 2. Bacon, 3. Windom, 4. McGhee, 5. Darland, 6. Farney, 7. Leary, 8. Mattox, 9. Kreisel, 10. Hewitt, 11. Karraker, 12. Schmidt, 13. Chapple, 14. Lyerla, 15. Harris, 16. Chambers, 17. Brackett. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Carson Short, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Chase Stockon, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Jarett Andretti, 6. Critter Malone, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Chad Boespflug, 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 10. Max McGhee, 11. Josh Hodges, 12. Jon Stanbrough, 13. Brady Short, 14. Logan Jarrett, 15. C.J. Leary, 16. Aaron Farney, 17. Dakota Jackson, 18. Chris Windom, 19. Thomas Meseraull, 20. Jeff Bland Jr., 21. Tyler Thomas, 22. Tyler Courtney, 23. Isaac Chapple, 24. Dave Darland. NT
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**Brackett flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 C.Short.
KSE/B & W AUTO MART HARD CHARGER: Robert Ballou (16th to 4th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bacon-1,863, 2-Ballou-1,696, 3-Meseraull-1,652, 4-Stockon-1,650, 5-Darland-1,532, 6-Boespflug-1,496, 7-Leary-1,488, 8-Windom-1,323, 9-McGhee-1,222. 10-Farney-1,028.
NEW USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bacon-374, 2-Ballou-364, 3-Courtney-318, 4-K.Thomas Jr.-314, 5-Stockon-307, 6-Windom-296, 7-Andretti-295, 8-Boespflug-292, 9-Cummins-291, 10-Meseraull-246.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 17 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Don Smith Classic"
