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BROWNSTOWN, IN (August 27, 2016) - “Downtown” Danny Holtgraver nearly dominated Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions competition on Saturday night at the Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana, leading all 40 circuits to capture his third Arctic Cat All Star victory of the 2016 season, as well as the first Arctic Cat All Star victory at Brownstown Speedway since June of 1999. Holtgraver, pilot of Pete Grove’s Premier Motorsports/Premier Pallets/Bonnell’s Rod Shop/DKW Transport/No. 70 entry, started from the outside-pole position at the quarter-mile bullring, eventually holding off charges by Dale Blaney, Randy Hannagan, and Sheldon Haudenschild to score the $5,000 top prize.
“Man, I can’t thank my guys enough for all that they do for me,” Danny Holtgraver said in victory lane. “Pete Grove gave me a great opportunity this year. I can’t thank him enough for that. He allows me to come out here and do what I love to do each and every weekend. Cody Jacobs, my dad, Mike, Al; they all bust their butts and I truly appreciate it. We needed another one of these. The last few weeks haven’t been too great for us for a number of reasons. We’ll celebrate this one and get ready to try again tomorrow.”
Holtgraver takes ‘em downtown in Brownstown! Leads all 40 laps to score third Arctic Cat All Star victory of the season at Brownstown Speedway Photo Credit: Mark Schaefer/http://www.schaefer11.smugmug.com/
Holtgraver wasted no time getting to the front of the feature field, taking control after the initial green flag to lead lap one over Kraig Kinser and Arctic Cat All Star point leader Chad Kemenah. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native relied on Brownstown Speedway’s heavy curb for momentum, racing on top undistracted by a near-two second margin until traffic came into play, easing the pace for the first time on lap six.
Even as traffic intensified, Holtgraver kept his composure; using momentum to keep a lengthy advantage while negotiating lapped cars. Meanwhile, Chad Kemenah, Dale Blaney, and Sheldon Haudenschild created a three-car battle for positions two through four, a battle that would last for nearly 15 circuits. After multiple slide jobs and crossovers, Blaney eventually settled into second, followed by Sheldon Haudenschild and Chad Kemenah.
A caution on lap 18, and a late red flag incident on lap 35, proved to be no distraction for Danny Holtgraver, ultimately racing on to park himself in Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions victory lane for the 12th time in his career. Dale Blaney, aboard his familiar GoMuddy.com/Big Game Treestands/CH Motorsports/No. 1, finished second after starting fifth, followed by Randy Hannagan, who climbed from the outside of row five to earn his podium performance. The “Hurricane” made his first appearance in a podium position on lap 33, driving under the familiar No. 93 of Sheldon Haudenschild in traffic.
“I just felt really comfortable from the start. Cody and the guys had this thing exactly where it needed to be,” Holtgraver said. “The top was where I felt the strongest. It started to get pretty tricky; not a lot left toward the end of the race. You kinda had to tip-toe your way around there and make sure you didn’t get sucked over the edge. Traffic was tough at times, but we were able to get through it pretty well without too many hiccups. I’m just really happy to be back in this position. We’ll try to double-up on the weekend tomorrow night at Millstream.”
The 2016 Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions title chase continues to make headlines, as only 70 points separate the top three competitors in the current championship standings. Using his runner-up finish at Brownstown Speedway, Dale Blaney has chipped away Chad Kemenah’s advantage to just six points with only nine events remaining in 2016. Sheldon Haudenschild finds himself third in the championship standings, just 70 points out of the top spot. Cap Henry and Danny Holtgraver round-out the top-five, respectively.
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions will officially end the month of August with a visit to the Millstream Speedway in Findlay, Ohio, on Sunday night, August 28. It will be the second and final Millstream appearance of the 2016 season for “America’s Series,” the 55th overall appearance by the traveling circuit since their first visit in 1982. Dale Blaney is the most recent Arctic Cat All Star winner at the Findlay half-mile, holding back Chad Kemenah and Kyle Larson during Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket on June 19. The victory, the fourth of Blaney’s Arctic Cat All Star career at Millstream Speedway, was worth $5,000.
Millstream Speedway in Findlay, Ohio, will allow pit access beginning at 3:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, August 28. A mandatory drivers meeting will be conducted at 5:30, followed by hot laps at 6:30. More news and updates can be found online at www.millstreamspeedway.net.
Contingency Awards/Results: Brownstown Speedway - Saturday, August 27, 2016:
EMi Driver’s Meeting: 30 Entries
State Water Heaters Warm-Ups: Andrew Palker - 11.378 seconds
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Dale Blaney - 11.318 seconds (*NTR)
Kistler Racing Products Heat #1: Kraig Kinser
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2: Cole Duncan
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3: Chad Kemenah
JE Pistons Dash: Kraig Kinser
Daido Engine Bearings Main Event Winner: Danny Holtgraver
MSD Performance Hard Charger Award: Cap Henry (+15)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 5th Place Finisher: Cap Henry
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 10th Place Finisher: T.J. Michael (11th)
Outback Steakhouse A-Main 15th Place Finisher: Caleb Armstrong (16th)
(Lincoln Electric, Daido Engine Bearings, MSD Performance, Outback Steakhouse: Need decal to qualify for contingency award)
Qualifying
1.1-Dale Blaney, 11.318; 2.67-Carson Macedo, 11.331; 3.21-Cap Henry, 11.418; 4.71-Jac Haudenschild, 11.497; 5.4K-Kody Kinser, 11.507; 6.10H-Chad Kemenah, 11.566; 7.11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.571; 8.8M-TJ Michael, 11.635; 9.40-Caleb Helms, 11.646; 10.70-Danny Holtgraver, 11.654; 11.21C-Carson Short, 11.672; 12.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.687; 13.56R-Ryan Myers, 11.738; 14.81-Lee Jacobs, 11.751; 15.22-Cole Duncan, 11.759; 16.11N-Randy Hannagan, 11.817; 17.57X-Andrew Palker, 11.858; 18.85-Mike Terry, 11.868; 19.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 11.875; 20.22B-Ryan Broughton, 11.876; 21.1080-Jordan Mackison, 11.879; 22.71m-Paul May, 11.965; 23.4-Danny Smith, 12.008; 24.3-Dakota Jackson, 12.180; 25.95-Hunter Mackison, 12.238; 26.60-Kory Crabtree, 12.493; 27.83-Adam Cruea, 12.592; 28.10P-Jim Perricone, 13.292; 29.49H-Bradley Howard, 99.140; 30.4B-Tom Busch, 99.990;
Heat 1, Group A - (10 Laps)
1. 11K-Kraig Kinser[2] ; 2. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 3. 8M-TJ Michael[1] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[7] ; 5. 21C-Carson Short[6] ; 6. 85-Mike Terry[8] ; 7. 3-Dakota Jackson[9] ; 8. 71-Jac Haudenschild[3] ; 9. 21-Cap Henry[4]
Heat 2, Group B - (10 Laps)
1. 22-Cole Duncan[1] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[4] ; 4. 11N-Randy Hannagan[5] ; 5. 4K-Kody Kinser[3] ; 6. 71m-Paul May[7] ; 7. 4-Danny Smith[8] ; 8. 95-Hunter Mackison[9] ; 9. 1080-Jordan Mackison[6] ; 10. 83-Adam Cruea[10]
Heat 3, Group C - (10 Laps)
1. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 2. 70-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 3. 67-Carson Macedo[4] ; 4. 22B-Ryan Broughton[7] ; 5. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[6] ; 6. 57X-Andrew Palker[5] ; 7. 60-Kory Crabtree[8] ; 8. 56R-Ryan Myers[1] ; 9. 10P-Jim Perricone[9]
Dash 1 - (6 Laps)
1. 11K-Kraig Kinser[1] ; 2. 70-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 4. 8M-TJ Michael[3] ; 5. 1-Dale Blaney[6] ; 6. 4K-Kody Kinser[4] ; 7. 40-Caleb Helms[7] ; 8. 67-Carson Macedo[8]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps)
1. 71-Jac Haudenschild[2] ; 2. 21-Cap Henry[1] ; 3. 56R-Ryan Myers[3] ; 4. 4-Danny Smith[5] ; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree[8] ; 6. 1080-Jordan Mackison[4] ; 7. 95-Hunter Mackison[7] ; 8. 10P-Jim Perricone[10] ; 9. 3-Dakota Jackson[6] ; 10. 83-Adam Cruea[9] ; 11. 49H-Bradley Howard[11]
A-Main 1 - (40 Laps)
1. 70-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 2. 1-Dale Blaney[5] ; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan[12] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[11] ; 5. 21-Cap Henry[20] ; 6. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser[1] ; 8. 22-Cole Duncan[10] ; 9. 71-Jac Haudenschild[19] ; 10. 71m-Paul May[17] ; 11. 8M-TJ Michael[4] ; 12. 40-Caleb Helms[7] ; 13. 81-Lee Jacobs[9] ; 14. 4K-Kody Kinser[6] ; 15. 67-Carson Macedo[8] ; 16. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[15] ; 17. 21C-Carson Short[14] ; 18. 57X-Andrew Palker[18] ; 19. 60-Kory Crabtree[23] ; 20. 85-Mike Terry[16] ; 21. 4-Danny Smith[22] ; 22. 56R-Ryan Myers[21] ; 23. 1080-Jordan Mackison[24] ; 24. 22B-Ryan Broughton[13]
Current Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Standings (August 27, 2016):
1. Chad Kemenah: 4188
2. Dale Blaney: 4182
3. Sheldon Haudenschild: 4118
4. Cap Henry: 3940
5. Danny Holtgraver: 3914
6. Kraig Kinser: 3848
7. T.J. Michael: 3720
8. Caleb Helms: 3608
9. Lee Jacobs: 3422
10. Andrew Palker: 3376
Additional Arctic Cat All Star Series Info:
Those seeking additional information regarding the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions 📿should visit their official online home at www.allstarsprint.com. Series updates and breaking news will be posted regularly on the official Twitter account of the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions: https://twitter.com/ASCoC. Find full text results from each and every event, as well as an up-to-date schedule, online at www.allstarsprint.com/schedule/.
About the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions:
All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. After a 10 year stint as owner of the All Stars, Miller passed control of the series to Bert Emick in 1980; a reign that would continue through 2002. Guy Webb then purchased the series from Emick in the summer of 2002 and served as the series President for the next 12 years. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015.
About Arctic Cat:
The Arctic Cat brand is among the most widely recognized and respected in the recreational vehicle industry. The company designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), side-by-sides and snowmobiles, in addition to related parts, garments and accessories under the Arctic Cat® and Motorfist® brand names. Arctic Cat Inc.’s world headquarters is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ACAT.” More information about Arctic Cat and its products is available at www.ArcticCat.com.
Contact: Tyler Altmeyer
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THOMAS TAKES 2 IN SPECTACULAR SMACKDOWN WEEKEND; CASHES IN $10K SATURDAY NIGHT FINALE AT KOKOMO
Kokomo, Indiana August 27, 2016 - Kevin Thomas, Jr. closed his weekend the same way it all began back on Thursday night - with his car parked in Bryan Clauson's victory lane at Kokomo Speedway.
Thomas, of Cullman, Alabama, put in a masterful performance Saturday night, crafting 40 flawless laps around the ¼-mile dirt oval on his way to his 12th career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory - his second at the track in the last three nights - in "Sprint Car Smackdown V."
Cullman, Alabama's Kevin Thomas, Jr. won Saturday night's
"Sprint Car Smackdown V" at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. (RYAN SELLERS PHOTO)
It was a sight to behold as Thomas ripped around Kokomo lap-after-lap with pristine perfection, taking the lead in the early-going from Tyler Courtney, then leading the final 35 laps to earn his first "Smackdown" championship night trophy in his 4J Motorsports/Franklin Equipment - CEP Concrete/DRC/Chevy.
"It's remarkable that I was perfect for 40 laps," said a surprised Thomas. "It's a struggle for me to get through a heat race some days. Yesterday, we were really struggling and wondered what we were going to do. We were hoping we were going to make the top-eight and, luckily, we did. We got a good starting spot and got a clean track in front of us. I was just able to hit my marks. I actually need to thank Robert Ballou for showing me the way around the lapped cars. I think the bottom in turns three and four were going away and he started ripping the top up there."
Thomas began the 40-lap affair from the fourth position in front of a packed house who looked on as Lauren Stewart - Bryan Clauson's fiancée - waved the green flag.
Courtney, who started on the pole by virtue of defeating Thomas Meseraull in the two-car, three-lap B&W Auto Mart "King of the Hill" championship earlier in the night, would take the early advantage after sliding up in front of outside front row starter Mesearull entering turn one at the start.
After leading the first lap by a miniscule margin, Courtney dove into turn one on the second lap, hiking the left rear in the process, which allowed Meseraull to pull ahead briefly on the bottom. Courtney was able to gather his wits and blasted around the outside of Meseraull out of turn two to regain the lead.
After another near dead heat at the line at the conclusion of lap two, all signs pointed toward this being yet another classic Kokomo barnburner between Courtney and Meseraull.
However, that notion would be short-lived as Meseraull shadowed Courtney at the exit of turn four on lap three. Without warning, Meseraull's car suddenly veered right, plowing into the outside wall and putting a severe hurt on the front end of the Michael Dutcher Motorsports no. 17GP. Meseraull was uninjured, but would be finished for the remainder of the night.
On the lap three restart, Courtney shot out to the lead once again as Chad Boespflug, who, just last week, bagged $60,000 in winnings at Badlands Motor Speedway in South Dakota, began to peek his nose underneath Thomas for the second spot. Together, the two began to close the gap between themselves and leader Courtney and, on lap six, Thomas was able to sneak by Courtney to take the point with an outside pass on the back straightaway. One lap later, Boespflug also slipped by Courtney to grab second.
On the ninth lap, Zach Daum walked away from an end-over-end turn one flip that brought out the night's first red.
Working on the cushion in turns one and two and the bottom in turns three and four, Thomas put a little bit of distance between himself and the rest of the field as second-running Boespflug followed in suit nearly four car-lengths back when racing resumed.
Kyle Robbins barrel-rolled his machine into turn one to bring out the night's second red flag on the 15th lap. He was uninjured, but the stoppage erased the more than one second lead Thomas had constructed in the early stages.
Thomas snaked the field around the turn four infield tires for the lap 15 restart. Yet, it was on the opposite portion of the racetrack where fourth-running Chris Windom began to make his charge. Windom put all four of his wheels above the cushion in turns one and two and on the entry to turn three before diamonding off to charge down the turn four banking.
Windom was the only frontrunner to put "four in the fluff," propelling him into contention and, on lap 19, Windom cut to the inside of turn four to take the third spot from Courtney. But, by that point, Thomas and Boespflug had broken away by a near-straightaway over third-running Windom.
That would not deter Windom in any way whatsoever as he quickly ate away the interval and, with less than ten laps remaining, was running right with Thomas and Boespflug as the trio encountered lapped traffic.
Thomas would have to run the final circuits to perfection. Any false move could prove costly as he laid it all on the line in lapped traffic. The pressure mounted for Thomas with both Boespflug and Windom chomping at the bit like a bulldog who smells a pork chop, ready to pounce in an instant.
Like a fighter pilot with laser focus, Thomas was precise, never wavering in traffic for a single iota while steadily increasing his lead during the final laps from roughly seven-tenths of a second with two to go to eight-tenths as he sped underneath the white flag.
Thomas rose to the occasion at the end to take his first career "Smackdown" championship night victory, ending Dave Darland's stranglehold of the event over the last three years while also joining inaugural winner Bryan Clauson as a winner of the $10,000 prize over Boespflug, Windom, Darland and July's Kokomo "Indiana Sprint Week" winner Kyle Cummins.
Kevin Thomas, Jr. won his third USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature of the 2016 season Saturday night at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway - his second victory of the weekend. (DAVID NEARPASS PHOTO)
Hanford's Boespflug came up just short of adding yet another big money triumph to his résumé in 2016, but had to settle for a solid second-place run in his NineEight Motorsports-EZR/AMSOIL - Creative Finishing - Midwest Shades/Maxim/Claxton.
"This is the place where you run the hardest laps of any track you go to," Boespflug explained. "Hats off to Kevin (Thomas, Jr.); he was flawless. I gave everything I had. My guys worked their butts off tonight. They found a problem after the "King of the Hill" and were able to get that fixed. I'm glad to be on the podium, but I would've liked to have been one spot further up. He (Thomas) was just too good. I thought I had a little something when he stumbled in turn two. Kevin's been tough here, but, hopefully, one day I'll be able to get a win here."
Windom, of Canton, Illinois, had a strong campaign throughout the weekend, grabbing second and sixth-place finishes on Thursday and Friday, respectively, before scoring a third in Saturday night's finale in his Baldwin Brothers Racing/Fox Paving - AMSOIL/Maxim/Claxton Mopar.
"They (Thomas and Boespflug) both ran almost perfect races," acknowledged Windom. "They never really bobbled. I was running my butt off trying to catch them up top. I think us three were so fast that we couldn't do much with each other. We caught lapped traffic and just had to follow each other. I want to thank everyone who helps us. They busted their butts all week. Thanks to the O'Connors and the fans for sticking it out in the rain. They did a hell of a job. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else four days in a row except here."
Contingency award winners Saturday night at Kokomo Speedway included Robert Ballou (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Dave Darland (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Winner), Brady Bacon (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Winner), Tyler Thomas (Indy Race Parts Semi Winner & KSE Racing Products Hard Charger), Tyler Courtney (B&W Auto Mart "King of the Hill" Winner) and Logan Jarrett (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 27, 2016 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown V"
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Robert Ballou (#1 Ballou), 2. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 3. Kyle Cummins (#3R Rock Steady), 4. Logan Jarrett (#29 Jarrett), 5. Isaac Chapple (#52 LNR), 6. Tyler Thomas (#04 Burton), 7. Josh Spencer (#66J Spencer). 2:13.80
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Dave Darland (#11 Walker/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Shane Cottle (#57 Hazen), 3. Jarett Andretti (#18 Andretti), 4. Aaron Farney (#15F Farney), 5. Tyler Hewitt (#97x One More Time), 6. Brian Karraker (#23K Karraker), 7. Tim Creech (#2c Creech). 2:13.45
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Brady Bacon (#69 Dynamics), 2. Jon Stanbrough (#81 Stanbrough), 3. Brent Beauchamp (#34 Olson), 4. Colten Cottle (#1RL Lambertson), 5. Kyle Robbins (#17R Robbins), 6. Joe Bares (#19 TEST). 7. Cole Ketcham (#41K Ketcham). NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Hunter Schuerenberg (#2E Epperson).
B & W AUTO MART "KING OF THE HILL" 2-CAR SHOOTOUTS: (3 laps each) Round 1: Thomas Meseraull (#17GP Dutcher) defeated Chase Stockon (#32 32 TBI); Chad Boespflug (#98E NineEight/EZR) defeated C.J. Leary (#66 Amati); Tyler Courtney (#23c TOPP) defeated Chris Windom (#5 Baldwin); Kevin Thomas, Jr. (#4J 4J Motorsports) defeated Justin Grant (#17 McGhee). Semi-Final: Meseraull defeated Boespflug and Courtney defeated Thomas Jr. Final Round: Courtney defeated Meseraull.
INDY RACE PARTS SEMI: (15 laps) 1. T.Thomas, 2. Farney, 3. Jarrett, 4. C.Cottle, 5. Robbins, 6. Karraker, 7. Hewitt, 8. Chapple, 9. Spencer, 10. Bares, 11. Creech. 3:28.93
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Chad Boespflug, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Justin Grant, 7. Tyler Courtney, 8. Brady Bacon, 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Tyler Thomas, 11. Shane Cottle, 12. Jon Stanbrough, 13. Logan Jarrett, 14. Robert Ballou, 15. Aaron Farney, 16. Chase Stockon, 17. Jarett Andretti, 18. Brent Beauchamp, 19. Kyle Robbins, 20. Colten Cottle, 21. Zach Daum, 22. Thomas Meseraull. NT
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**Ketcham flipped during the third heat. Daum flipped on lap 9 of the feature. Robbins flipped on lap 15 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Courtney, Laps 6-40 K.Thomas Jr.
KSE HARD CHARGER: Tyler Thomas (18th-10th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1-Bacon-2,092, 2-Ballou-1,919, 3-Stockon-1,859, 4-Meseraull-1,851, 5-Darland-1,748, 6-Boespflug-1,725, 7-Leary-1,702, 8-Windom-1,580, 9-Max McGhee-1,264, 10-Farney-1,155.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE (Special Event): September 2 - Kokomo (IN) Speedway - "Bryan Clauson Celebration of Life"
LEARY’S LONG WAIT IS OVER; WINS SMACKDOWN NIGHT TWO AT KOKOMO
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LEARY’S LONG WAIT IS OVER; WINS SMACKDOWN NIGHT TWO AT KOKOMO
Kokomo, Indiana August 26, 2016 - Patience is a virtue and, over the last five seasons, no one has exhibited that more than C.J. Leary.
After watching five other drivers notch their first series victories this season, it was C.J.’s turn Friday night as he held off multiple mid-race challenges, then cruised his way to victory lane for his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory on night two of “Sprint Car Smackdown V” at Kokomo Speedway.
In what was his 140th career series start, Leary led all 30 laps from the pole at Kokomo, but it was not nearly as easy as the box score would indicate. Leary had to hold off Thomas Meseraull and Tyler Courtney on a heavy, lightning-quick racetrack assisted by persistent rain throughout the evening.
Alongside his initial Silver Crown victory back in April at Terre Haute, Greenfield, Indiana’s Leary became the first driver since Kyle Larson in 2011 to win both his first career USAC Silver Crown and National Sprint Car victories in the same season.
“I can’t even put this into words right now,” Leary said after taking the Amati Racing/Marion Underground Construction – Zeller Construction/DRC/Dynotech to BC’s victory lane. “I’ve been so close; I can finally say ‘I parked it.’ Bryan (Clauson) took a lot of wins away from me, but I can say it definitely made me better. Donnie and Cody (Gentry) had this thing on a rail. I got to thank Shane (Wade) for putting me in this car. This is unreal.”
“When I caught lapped traffic, it got real hard seeing the cushion getting into (turn) one,” Leary added. “There was a real fine line hitting the cushion just right. When I was by myself, the car was awesome. The racetrack was legendary tonight; it hasn’t been like this in a while! Hats off to the track crew for working their butts off to let us race tonight and to you fans for sticking it out.”
Michael Dutcher Motorsports’ pilot Meseraull began the 30-lap feature from the pole position with Amati Racing’s Leary alongside. Just one month ago, the two drivers were in the other’s current ride before swapping teams just after the conclusion of “Indiana Sprint Week.”
Meseraull beat Leary into turn one from the inside at the start, but Leary was able to use the high line to rocket off the turn two cushion to grab the lead, quickly distancing himself from Meseraull in the opening stages.
On the ninth lap, Gas City “Indiana Sprint Week” winner Courtney entered the fray, applying pressure to Meseraull for the second spot as the two followed Leary into the treacherous land of lapped traffic.
While negotiating backmarkers on the 13th lap, Meseraull stumbled on the turn two cushion, pulling the wheels off the ground briefly and opening the door for Courtney who darted alongside Meseraull, nearly making contact with each other as the two raced down the back straightaway. However, Meseraull was able to withstand the bullet to retain the second spot for the meantime.
Race leader Leary bounced off the thick turn two cushion on lap 15, forcing Meseraull, following just behind, to get on the binders, thus allowing Courtney to capitalize and grab second from Meseraull exiting turn two.
Meseraull dove to the bottom in turn one just after passing underneath flagman Tom Hansing’s crossed flags indicating the halfway mark of the 30-lap feature as Leary went topside and Courtney played the role as the meat in a three-car sandwich in the middle. Leary would prevail off of turn two as the leader while Meseraull slotted back into second and Courtney slid to third on the back straight.
Leary again ricocheted off the turn two cushion one lap later. Meseraull cut underneath Leary exiting turn two, making contact with his right front tire and Leary’s left rear which sent Meseraull’s car on four-wheel drift sideways down the back straightaway. Courtney stood on the throttle, wheel-standing his way past Meseraull for second entering turn three, then beat him in a race back to the flagstand by a single car-length to take the position.
Moments later, seventh-running Chase Stockon encountered trouble as he slowed to a crawl around the quarter-mile speedway, bringing about the yellow flag and forcing a restart on with just 13 laps to go.
As Courtney bounced across the bottom of turn one on the lap 18 restart, it allowed Meseraull to get a run on Courtney that eventually garnered him the second spot coming out of turn four.
Courtney refused to cower, though, as he fought back to the outside of Meseraull entering turn one, but Courtney snagged the cushion with the right rear, snapping him hard right toward the wall and forcing him off the gas which dropped him back two positions. Yet, Courtney would get a reprieve when the yellow flag fell for a turn one tangle between Cole Ketcham and Tyler Hewitt.
Under the caution, second-running Meseraull’s left rear tire was nearly completely flat, but he would remain on the track with the wounded rubber for the final 13 circuits. Leary spurted out front as the green flag flew, ringing the topside as Meseraull worked the middle and Courtney took to the bottom.
Leary began to put his stamp on this night in the ensuing laps, building up a nearly two second lead over Meseraull and Courtney by the time Hunter Schuerenberg’s machine went up in smoke with six laps remaining.
But the caution would fail to deter Leary - the 2015 Kokomo Speedway Sprint Car track champion - as he would once again pull away from the field, extending his lead lap-after-lap during his final six trips around the oval to finally earn that coveted USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature winner trophy, defeating Meseraull, Courtney, Shane Cottle and Chad Boespflug at the finish.
San Jose, California’s Thomas Meseraull took the Michael Dutcher Motorsports/Griffin’s Propane – Indiana Underground/Maxim/Fisher on its best run of the season Friday night, earning a second place finish as well as picking up the most combined points on Thursday and Friday of “Smackdown” to lock himself into Saturday night’s A-Main.
“We had a fast car,” Meseraull said. “With about 15 laps to go, we had a tire go down or I felt like we could’ve won. It feels good to run second. We are locked in for tomorrow and that’s the money night.”
Like Leary and Meseraull, Indianapolis, Indiana’s Courtney also finds himself locked into Saturday night’s feature after collecting third in his TOPP Motorsports/Maxim/Chevy.
“We were just a little tight on the short runs there,” Courtney recalled. “We had a good 15-lap run right there when we got into lapped traffic. We were in the right place at the right time a couple times, but the yellows just came out at the wrong time, but it’s a part of it. It’s pretty cool to see another guy get his first win this year at a place like this. We’re going to try to stop him from getting his second one tomorrow night and we’ll try to park it here for BC. My thoughts and prayers are still with the Clausons. They’ve done a lot for me in my career. I definitely would not be standing here right now if it weren’t for Bryan Clauson. I’m going to miss that guy a lot; I can’t say enough about him. And thank you to the O’Connors for giving us a great racetrack after what looking like it was going to be a rainout. We don’t have to do two shows tomorrow and we can just focus on tomorrow night for the “Smackdown” for 10 grand to win.”
Contingency award winners Friday night at Kokomo Speedway included Chad Boespflug (ProSource Fast Qualifier), Zach Daum (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Thomas Meseraull (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Winner), Dave Darland (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Winner), Hunter Schuerenberg (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner), Robert Ballou (KSE Racing Products Hard Charger) and Kyle Cummins (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 26, 2016 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown V" (Night Two)
PROSOURCE QUALIFYING: 1. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-13.109; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-13.158; 3. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-13.210; 4. Justin Grant, 17, McGhee-13.215; 5. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.222; 6. Cole Ketcham, 41K, Ketcham-13.248; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-13.290; 8. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.309; 9. C.J. Leary, 66, Amati-13.379; 10. Thomas Meseraull, 17GP, Dutcher-13.386; 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-13.406; 12. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-13.425; 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-13.445; 14. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-13.467; 15. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.472; 16. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.498; 17. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.507; 18. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-13.512; 19. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-13.514; 20. Tyler Hewitt, 97x, One More Time-13.579; 21. Brian Karraker, 23K, Karraker-13.581; 22. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.613; 23. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-13.628; 24. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2E, Epperson-13.653; 25. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-13.685; 26. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-13.757; 27. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.765; 28. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-13.769; 29. Tim Creech, 2c, Creech-13.775; 30. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.821; 31. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-13.886; 32. Joss Moffatt, 5J, Moffatt-13.893; 33. Colten Cottle, 1RL, Lambertson-13.934; 34. Dustin Smith, 77, Gagliardi-13.992; 35. Tyler Thomas, 04, Burton-14.007; 36. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-14.131; 37. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.192; 38. Conner Donelson, 42, Donelson-14.196; 39. Joe Bares, 19, TEST-14.440; 40. Chad Wilson, 14, Wilson-14.618; 41. Shawn Miller, 14x, Miller-15.499; 42. Randy Johns, 27J, Johns-19.663; 43. Clinton Boyles, 2, Boyles-NT; 44. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-NT.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Daum, 2. Leary, 3. Boespflug, 4. Karraker, 5. Simon, 6. C. Cottle, 7. Jarrett. 8. Martin, 9. Creech, 10. Miller, 11. Coons. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Stockon, 3. Cummins, 4. Westfall, 5. Ketcham, 6. Farney, 7. Robbins, 8. Spencer, 9. D. Smith. 2:14.91
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Andretti, 4. Courtney, 5. K. Thomas, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Mattox, 8. T. Thomas, 9. Bares, 10. C. Smith. 2:16.35
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Bacon, 3. Grant, 4. T. Hewitt, 5. Windom, 6. S. Cottle, 7. Chapple, 8. Goodnight, 9. Moffatt, 10. Wilson. 2:15.62
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. C. Cottle, 2. T. Thomas, 3. D. Smith, 4. Goodnight, 5. Martin, 6. Bares, 7. Moffatt, 8. Wilson, 9. Miller. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jarrett, 2. Windom, 3. S. Cottle, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Ketcham, 6. K. Thomas, 7. T. Thomas, 8. Simon, 9. Robbins, 10. Farney, 11. Mattox, 12. C. Cottle, 13. Goodnight, 14. D. Smith, 15. Creech, 16. Chapple, 17. Spencer. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Thomas Meseraull, 3. Tyler Courtney, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Chad Boespflug, 6. Chris Windom, 7. Jarett Andretti, 8. Justin Grant, 9. Logan Jarrett, 10. Robert Ballou, 11. Brady Bacon, 12. Jon Stanbrough, 13. Kyle Cummins, 14. Zach Daum, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 18. Cole Ketcham, 19. Tyler Hewitt, 20. Chase Stockon, 21. Brian Karraker, 22. Matt Westfall. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Leary.
KSE HARD CHARGER: Robert Ballou (20th to 10th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1-Bacon-2,043, 2-Ballou-1,884, 3-Stockon & Meseraull-1,828, 5-Darland-1,687, 6-Boespflug-1,658, 7-Leary-1,656, 8-Windom-1,516, 9-Max McGhee-1,264, 10-Farney-1,122.
NEW “SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN V” STANDINGS: 1-Meseraull-311, 2-Grant-308, 3-Windom-307, 4-Leary-305, 5-Boespflug-303, 6-Courtney-301, 7-K. Thomas-287, 8-Stockon-287, 9-Ballou-285, 10-Darland-283.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 27 - Kokomo (IN) Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown V"
Home State Sweep for Schatz
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Home State Sweep
Donny Schatz Wins for Eighth Time at River Cities Speedway
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - August 26, 2016 - Donny Schatz scored a pair of sweeps on Friday night with the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series at River Cities Speedway in his home state of North Dakota. First, he completed a clean sweep of the night, setting fast time, winning a heat race, winning the dash and winning the 40-lap A-Feature. Second, he completed a sweep of both legs of the Gerdau Northern Tour at River Cities Speedway for 2016.
The win for Schatz was his fourth straight with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at the high-banked, action-packed bullring. In his career, the seven-time and defending Outlaws champion has now won eight times with the series at the track.
"This race team is incredible, it's not me," said Schatz of his success at River Cities Speedway. "The things they think of to make this race car better is amazing. I just have a habit of having a dumb way of driving it. I like it laying on the right rear like the late model. It really works, especially here. Sunday at Angell Park, I thought I had the best race car I had ever driven. That thing was awesome, but tonight, it was unbelievable. I think one of my eight-year-old nieces could have won that race in that race car. This race team is on their game. It's what they do, day in and day out. I'm just the lucky guy that gets to drive it."
Schatz started on the pole and led from the drop of the green flag. The first caution of the night fell on the second lap. He chose the low side of the track on the double file restart and opened a quick lead, as Logan Schuchart, Brad Sweet and David Gravel waged a side-by-side battle for the second spot for several laps. The second and final yellow flag of the night flew on lap-13, with the remainder of the race going green, putting Schatz in heavy lapped traffic for most of the duration of the 40-lap contest in his Bad Boy Off-Road J&J.
"It was fun in traffic," said Schatz. "If you're not leading and in second or third, you want to use that traffic to your advantage to try to move around. When you are leading, it's what you look forward to and try not to make mistakes, because it can gap you between yourself and the field. I could run the top and the bottom and threw enough stuff off the bottom that you could run in the middle. We were lapping some really, really good cars."
Schatz now has won 17 A-Feature events in his career with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series in his home state of North Dakota, at four different tracks. He has one more chance to add to that on Sunday at his home track of Nodak Speedway in Minot.
"I'm a damn proud North Dakotan," said Schatz. "This state is where I grew up. We are fortunate in North Dakota to have a lot of great race tracks. Everybody needs to keep that in mind and keep supporting them. This is a part of the country that still has a lot of dirt track racing and it's disappearing in other parts of the country. It's strong here and let's keep it that way."
Brad Sweet picked up his third consecutive podium finish over the last week and a half, as he crossed the line second. After battling Schuchart and Gravel in the early going, Sweet moved into second on the seventh lap. He was able to gain a little ground on Schatz in traffic in the middle portions of the race, but was never able to gain enough ground to make a bit for the lead.
"Donny (Schatz) was awfully good, like he's been the last four or five times here," Sweet shared. "It's tough to beat him at one of his home state tracks, just like any other place. We are pretty happy with how the car handled tonight. To be up here on the front straightaway with Donny is all good. We are still chasing him and trying to get our program a little better so we can win these races."
Sweet started fourth and was able to quickly move forward and maintain his spot near the front of the field aboard the Ollie's Bargain Outlet machine. With his runner-up finish, Sweet moved into the second spot in points.
"We had great speed all night," said Sweet. "Getting through lapped traffic, Donny was just a little bit better. He was able to go in the middle and do a few things we weren't able to do. We'll go back and do our homework. I have to thank my guys for working hard."
Mark Dobmeier, who hails from Grand Forks, made a late-race charge to finish third. Dobmeier started seventh and fell back a few spots early in the race, before gaining quite a few positions in the final 20 laps of the 40-lap race.
"About halfway through, the car really came on," explained Dobmeier. "I knew it was a long race and I had to save my (right rear) tire a little bit. I saved it up for a bit. I don't know if it was me getting on the gas or these fans, but we got some electricity going and this thing was charging forward. We turning as fast of laps as we could. We just needed a caution or something at the end to bunch them up again. That's what you get for starting sixth, but I got up on the wheel and got it going."
Dobmeier, who is the winningest sprint car driver in River Cities Speedway history, has been close on several occasions to scoring a win with the series at his home track. While he has three career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series wins on his resume, one at River Cities is what still eludes him.
"I would give up a Knoxville Nationals win to win one here with the Outlaws," said Dobmeier. "I've won a couple in Sioux Falls, which is kind of a second home track to me, and the crowd gets electric, but it cannot beat the crowd at Grand Forks when these guys get on their feet and cheering."
Logan Schuchart finished fourth on Friday night to earn his second straight top-five finish at River Cities. Joey Saldana was fifth, with Daryn Pittman coming home sixth. Jason Johnson was seventh, while David Gravel was eighth, Shane Stewart ninth and Dusty Zomer 10th.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series returns to action on Sunday, August 28 at Nodak Speedway in Minot, North Dakota, with the running of the Gerdau Magic City Showdown.
River Cities Speedway Notebook
RACE NOTES: Donny Schatz's dominance of River Cities Speedway continued Friday night as he led every lap of the feature en route to his 19th World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of 2016. Brad Sweet, Mark Dobmeier, Logan Schuchart, and Joey Saldana rounded out the top five.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS: MSD Ignitions ($25 cash): Aaron Reutzel; MSD Ignitions ($50 cash): Donny Schatz; Penske Shocks ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; JE Pistons ($50 cash): Joey Saldana; VP Racing Fuels ($50 cash): David Gravel; Edelbrock ($50 cash): Shane Stewart; Comp Cams ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Morton Buildings ($50 cash): Greg Wilson; Cometic Gasket ($50 cash): Paul McMahan; Super Flow ($50 cash): Jason Sides; Craftsman Club Fast Five ($100 cash): Joey Saldana, Logan Schuchart, Brad Sweet, David Gravel, Shane Stewart; Craftsman/Sears($100 cash): Mark Dobmeier; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Donny Schatz; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Terry McCarl; JE Pistons (Set of Rings): Cory Mack.
SEASON WINNERS: Donny Schatz - 19 (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, Ohsweken Speedway on July 26, Junction Motor Speedway on August 16, Angell Park Speedway on August 21, River Cities Speedway on August 26); David Gravel - 7 (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, Wilmot Raceway on July 30, Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 5); Daryn Pittman - 7 (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, Williams Grove Speedway on July 22); 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); 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); Lance Dewease - 2 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 20, Williams Grove Speedway on July 23); Kerry Madsen - 2 (Eldora Speedway on May 6 and 7);Rico Abreu - 1(Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 6); Bill Balog - 1 (Beaver Dam Raceway on June 25); Chad Kemenah - 1 (Fremont Speedway on June 3); Jason Johnson - 2 (Placerville Speedway on March 24, Knoxville Nationals on August 13);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; River Cities Speedway, N.D.; Augst 26, 2016
A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1][$10,000]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[4][$5,500]; 3. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[6][$3,200]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3][$2,800]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana[2][$2,500]; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman[10][$2,300]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson[12][$2,200]; 8. 5-David Gravel[5][$2,100]; 9. 2-Shane Stewart[8][$2,050]; 10. 82-Dusty Zomer[7][$2,000]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson[19][$1,500]; 12. 7-Paul McMahan[16][$1,200]; 13. 1A-Jacob Allen[21][$1,100]; 14. 2A-Austin Pierce[24][$1,050]; 15. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[23][$1,000]; 16. 8-Casey Mack[15][$900]; 17. 24-Terry McCarl[17][$800]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides[18][$800]; 19. 3-Tim Kaeding[14][$800]; 20. 20A-Jordan Adams[20][$800]; 21. 25-Cory Mack[13][$800]; 22. 9N-Wade Nygaard[9][$800]; 23. 87-Aaron Reutzel[22][$800]; 24. 2L-Logan Forler[11][$800] Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 2A-Austin Pierce[+10].
Qualifying - 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.027; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 10.064; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer, 10.065; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 10.161; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 10.180; 6. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier, 10.212; 7. 25-Cory Mack, 10.287; 8. 2L-Logan Forler, 10.316; 9. 17A-Austin McCarl, 10.339; 10. W20-Greg Wilson, 10.342; 11. 24-Terry McCarl, 10.430; 12. O-Nick Omdahl, 10.554; 13. 7T-Trent Stengl, 10.614; 14. 8-Casey Mack, 10.670; 15. 13T-Ty Hanten, 10.716; 16. 8B-Jack Croaker, 10.863; 17. 91M-Jackson Moffett, 10.936; 18. 99-Jordan Graham, 11.092; 19. 14-Tom Egeland, 11.301; 20. 83-Joey Saldana, 10.177; 21. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.187; 22. 5-David Gravel, 10.190; 23. 2-Shane Stewart, 10.224; 24. 9-Daryn Pittman, 10.240; 25. 41-Jason Johnson, 10.282; 26. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.323; 27. 7-Paul McMahan, 10.329; 28. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.414; 29. 20A-Jordan Adams, 10.422; 30. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 10.486; 31. 21K-Thomas Kennedy, 10.530; 32. 3-Tim Kaeding, 10.543; 33. 2A-Austin Pierce, 10.586; 34. 6N-Greg Nikitenko, 10.681; 35. 5G-Dave Glennon, 10.840; 36. 13-Clyde Knipp, 10.987; 37. 8H-Jade Hastings, 11.057; 38. 31-Shane Roemeling, 11.250; 39. 10TRB-Bob Martin, 11.330; 40. 26-Blake Egeland, 11.453
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1] ; 2. 82-Dusty Zomer[2] ; 3. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3] ; 4. 25-Cory Mack[4] ; 5. 24-Terry McCarl[6] ; 6. 17A-Austin McCarl[5] ; 7. 14-Tom Egeland[10] ; 8. 91M-Jackson Moffett[9] ; 9. 13T-Ty Hanten[8] ; 10. 7T-Trent Stengl[7]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2] ; 2. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[3] ; 3. 2L-Logan Forler[4] ; 4. 8-Casey Mack[7] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[5] ; 6. O-Nick Omdahl[6] ; 7. 8B-Jack Croaker[8] ; 8. 99-Jordan Graham[9] ; 9. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana[1] ; 2. 5-David Gravel[2] ; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman[3] ; 4. 3-Tim Kaeding[7] ; 5. 7S-Jason Sides[5] ; 6. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[6] ; 7. 6N-Greg Nikitenko[8] ; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen[4] ; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp[9] ; 10. 31-Shane Roemeling[10] ; 11. 26-Blake Egeland[11]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 49-Brad Sweet[1] ; 2. 2-Shane Stewart[2] ; 3. 41-Jason Johnson[3] ; 4. 7-Paul McMahan[4] ; 5. 20A-Jordan Adams[5] ; 6. 10TRB-Bob Martin[10] ; 7. 21K-Thomas Kennedy[6] ; 8. 8H-Jade Hastings[9] ; 9. 5G-Dave Glennon[8] ; 10. 2A-Austin Pierce[7]
Craftsman Club Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1] ; 2. 83-Joey Saldana[2] ; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3] ; 4. 49-Brad Sweet[4] ; 5. 5-David Gravel[6] ; 6. 13JT-Mark Dobmeier[7] ; 7. 82-Dusty Zomer[5] ; 8. 2-Shane Stewart[8]
C Main - (10 laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-Feature) - 1. 8B-Jack Croaker[1] [-]; 2. 5G-Dave Glennon[2] [-]; 3. 91M-Jackson Moffett[3] [$150]; 4. 8H-Jade Hastings[6] [$150]; 5. 10TRB-Bob Martin[9] [$150]; 6. 13-Clyde Knipp[4] [$125]; 7. 99-Jordan Graham[5] [$125]; 8. 31-Shane Roemeling[8] [$125]; 9. 14-Tom Egeland[7] [$125]; 10. 26-Blake Egeland[10] [$125]
Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 1A-Jacob Allen[2] [-]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1] [-]; 3. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[4] [-]; 4. 2A-Austin Pierce[8] [-]; 5. 21K-Thomas Kennedy[6] [$300]; 6. 17A-Austin McCarl[3] [$250]; 7. O-Nick Omdahl[5] [$225]; 8. 6N-Greg Nikitenko[10] [$200]; 9. 8B-Jack Croaker[11] [$200]; 10. 13T-Ty Hanten[9] [$200]; 11. 5G-Dave Glennon[12] [$200]; 12. 7T-Trent Stengl[7] [$200]
KEVIN THOMAS, JR. LAYS THE SMACKDOWN ON NIGHT ONE AT KOKOMO
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KEVIN THOMAS, JR. LAYS THE SMACKDOWN ON NIGHT ONE AT KOKOMO
Kokomo, Indiana August 25, 2016 - Kevin Thomas, Jr. stormed out of the gates on the opening lap and never looked back as he completely dominated all 30 laps to win Thursday night's "Sprint Car Smackdown V" USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship opener at Kokomo Speedway.
The victory was an emotional one for the Cullman, Alabama native as he became the first driver to roll onto the newly-redesigned victory lane adorned with the late Bryan Clauson's "BC" logo and, underneath, the words "Parked It" - a phrase that had become synonymous with Clauson throughout his legendary career.
Kevin Thomas, Jr. and the 4J Motorsports crew celebrate in victory lane after winning Thursday night's "Sprint Car Smackdown V" opener at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. (RYAN SELLERS PHOTO)
"Winning tonight means everything," Thomas said in victory lane alongside his 4J Motorsports/Franklin Equipment - CEP Concrete/DRC/Chevy. "We'd come to this place and race for five dollars and this was a lot of people's 'place of worship,' not even just Bryan's. But it's special to pull into victory lane and see his name there. It's hard to hold the emotions back, but there's no real need to. Every time we showed up here, you knew you had to beat him and that was something that pushed all of us to strive for greatness here. I learned from him and studied what he did here, so it's special. I'm just glad we could 'park it.' As for the rest of our weekend, I'm really confident. We've raced here a lot this year, so we've seen about every different track condition that could present itself. That's definitely beneficial, I feel like, so I feel like if we stay out of trouble, we're going to have a good shot at winning this whole deal."
When the green flag dropped, Thomas shot out of a cannon from his pole starting position, sliding up in front of outside front row starter Chase Stockon into turn one to grab the lead and quickly distanced himself from the rest of the field.
On the third lap, tenth-running Cole Ketcham slowed to a creep down the front straightaway, creating a hairy moment in the middle of pack. Series point leader Brady Bacon and Jerry Coons, Jr. narrowly avoided catastrophe as they made contact with the rear of Ketcham's slowing machine. Bacon and Coons would continue on while Ketcham's night would come to a close.
On the lap three restart, Thomas once again affixed his no. 4J to the top of the leaderboard, but a fierce battle behind him commenced with Dave Darland and Stockon slugging it out for second.
Darland drove it deep into turn three, sliding right across the nose of Stockon with mere inches to spare in turn four, briefly taking the spot, but Stockon was able to counter, turning underneath Darland to beat the four-time track champ to the flag stand to reclaim second.
Darland followed in pursuit of Stockon into turn one as Chris Windom entered the fray on the bottom. Darland used a big run off the cushion at the top of turn two to split between Windom and Stockon down the back straight to grab second and began to set his sights on Thomas, who used the battle behind him to his advantage, extending his lead to one-and-a-half second by lap five.
By the tenth lap, Thomas' lead over Darland was a full-straightaway, while Windom and Stockon duked it out in a classic duel for third. Lap-after-lap, Windom and Stockon exchanged sliders as they sliced and diced their way past each other throughout much of the middle stages of the 30-lapper.
A yellow for the stopped car of Logan Jarrett erased Thomas' advantage, but on the restart, Thomas would have the lapped car of Aaron Farney as a buffer between himself and second-running Darland when racing resumed.
Not that Thomas needed the extra help on this particular night, but he would accept it nonetheless, as he pulled away once again on the restart to break away from the pack.
With eight laps to go, Windom began to flex his muscle, sliding past Darland on the bottom of turn four, then beating him in a drag race down the front straightaway to secure the second position. Yet, Windom still found himself over one second back of Thomas with just a handful of laps remaining as he used the bottom to chase down the leader up on the cush.
In the final laps, Windom was able to chip away at the gap between he and Thomas slowly and surely down low, but it would not be enough to run down Thomas as he dominated the contest for all 30 laps to take his second series win of 2016 (Brownstown, Ind.), his 11th career series win and second USAC victory at Kokomo Speedway (2013) over Windom, Darland, Stockon and Justin Grant.
Cullman, Alabama's Kevin Thomas, Jr. earned his second USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory of the season Thursday night in the "Sprint Car Smackdown V" opener at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. (RICH FORMAN PHOTO)
Chris Windom of Canton, Illinois, a two-time Kokomo USAC winner and "Smackdown" preliminary night winner back in the event's inaugural year of 2012, made a solid charge to second at the checkered after a furious battle between himself and Stockon throughout much of the race in his Baldwin Brothers Racing/Fox Paving - AMSOIL/Maxim/Claxton Mopar.
"I raced Chase (Stockon) hard, but clean, which was a lot of fun," Windom sail. "I think I just raced too hard for too long, though, which hurts because I think we had the best car. By the time we got to a position to track down KT, it was just too late. We'll take it from eighth tonight and we'll just have to try and qualify a little better to give us a better starting spot."
Kokomo Speedway legend Dave Darland of Lincoln, Indiana knocked out his eighth top-five series finish of the 2016 season, rounding out the podium in third in his Jeff Walker-Curb-Agajanian Racing/Jam-It-In Storage - Hoosier Tire/Maxim/Claxton.
"We were better early in the race than we were late," Darland acknowledged. "I should've made some adjustments in the car, but I didn't. I didn't keep up with the track the way I should have, but the track was great. My guys have been teasing me all summer about not running the top enough, so I finally had enough and said 'I'm going up there.' We'll take this third, though, and try to just be a couple better tomorrow and Saturday."
Contingency award winners Thursday night at Kokomo Speedway included Thomas Meseraull (ProSource Fast Qualifier), C.J. Leary (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Jon Stanbrough (Competition Suspension, Inc. (CSI) Second Heat Winner & KSE Racing Products Hard Charger), Tyler Thomas (Benic Enterprises Third Heat Winner), Hunter Schuerenberg (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner) and Chad Boespflug (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Feature Finisher).
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 25, 2016 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown V" (Night One)
PROSOURCE QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Thomas Meseraull, 17GP, Dutcher-13.205; 2. Robert Ballou, 1, Ballou-13.240; 3. Chad Boespflug, 98E, NineEight/EZR-13.263; 4. Justin Grant, 17, McGhee-13.265; 5. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Curb-Agajanian-13.270; 6. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-13.304; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4J, 4J Motorsports-13.338; 8. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.343; 9. C.J. Leary, 66, Amati-13.353; 10. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.381; 11. Tyler Thomas, 04, Burton-13.388; 12. Cole Ketcham, 41k, Ketcham-13.417; 13. Tyler Courtney, 23c, TOPP-13.421; 14. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-13.455; 15. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Rock Steady-13.489; 16. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.523; 17. Tyler Hewitt, 97x, One More Time-13.567; 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-13.593; 19. Mario Clouser, 6, Clouser-13.613; 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2E, Epperson-13.624; 21. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.633; 22. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-13.636; 23. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.639; 24. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.664; 25. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-13.665; 26. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-13.673; 27. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.698; 28. Dustin Smith, 77, Smith-13.745; 29. Colten Cottle, 1RL, Lambertson-13.758; 30. Clinton Boyles, 2, Boyles-13.762; 31. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR-13.788; 32. Casey Shuman, 50x, Barnhill-13.817; 33. Tim Creech, 2c, Creech-13.861; 34. Brian Karraker, 23k, Karraker-13.866; 35. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-13.924; 36. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.935; 37. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-13.998; 38. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-14.137; 39. Stuart Brubaker, 35, Brubaker-14.186; 40. Joe Bares, 19, TEST-14.222; 41. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-14.225; 42. Chad Wilson, 14, Wilson-14.281; 43. Conner Donelson, 42, Donelson-14.429; 44. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-14.965; 45. Shawn Miller, 14x, Miller-15.226.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Hewitt, 3. Courtney, 4. Darland, 5. Meseraull, 6. Daum, 7. C.Cottle, 8. Simon, 9. Goodnight, 10. Creech, 11. C.Smith, 12. Miller. 2:17.08
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Coons, 3. Stockon, 4. Ballou, 5. Bacon, 6. Farney, 7. Boyles, 8. S.Cottle, 9. Karraker, 10. Westfall, 11. Wilson. NT
BENIC ENTERPRISES THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. T.Thomas, 2. Boespflug, 3. Andretti, 4. K.Thomas, 5. Jarrett, 6. Cummins, 7. Clouser, 8. Chapple, 9. Martin, 10. Donelson, 11. Brubaker. 2:16.46
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Ketcham, 3. Grant, 4. Windom, 5. Mattox, 6. Bares, 7. Robbins, 8. D.Smith, 9. Spencer, 10. Bell, 11. Shuman. 2:15.00
C MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Karraker, 2. Chapple, 3. Spencer, 4. C.Smith, 5. Goodnight, 6. Martin, 7. Bares, 8. Donelson, 9. Brubaker, 10. Creech, 11. Westfall, 12. Wilson, 13. Miller, 14. Bell. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Meseraull, 3. Cummins, 4. Daum, 5. Jarrett, 6. C.Cottle, 7. Farney, 8. Karraker, 9. Boyles, 10. Chapple, 11. D.Smith, 12. Mattox, 13. Spencer, 14. Robbins, 15. Clouser, 16. S.Cottle, 17. Simon, 18. C.Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Chris Windom, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Thomas Meseraull, 9. Tyler Courtney, 10. C.J. Leary, 11. Tyler Thomas, 12. Jon Stanbrough, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Kyle Cummins, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 17. Jarett Andretti, 18. Tyler Hewitt, 19. Colten Cottle, 20. Aaron Farney, 21. Logan Jarrett, 22. Isaac Chapple, 23. Zach Daum, 24. Cole Ketcham. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: 1-30 K.Thomas.
KSE HARD CHARGER: Jon Stanbrough (19th-12th)
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1-Bacon-1,995, 2-Ballou-1,834, 3-Stockon-1,793, 4-Meseraull-1,753, 5-Darland-1,646, 6-Boespflug-1,588, 7-Leary-1,579, 8-Windom-1,458, 9-Max McGhee-1,264, 10-Farney-1,112.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 26 - Kokomo (IN) Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown V"
Jersey Rush Results
Posted by: | CommentsAUGUST 23, 2016
CONTACT: BOB MILLER 443 513 4456
JERSEY RUSH VI RESULTS
HODNETT AND GODOWN CLAIM JERSEY RUSH VI VICTORIES TUESDAY NIGHT AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY
NEW EGYPT, NJ (August 23, 2016) – Greg Hodnett of Thomasville, PA and Ryan Godown of Ringoes, NJ felt the RUSH of victory at New Egypt Speedway this past Tuesday Night, as NAPA Auto Parts and Pioneer Pole Building presented JERSEY RUSH VI – a thrilling doubleheader of racing action featuring the 410 Sprint Cars and a Big-Block vs. Small-Block Modified Challenge.
Davey Sammons (WoS photo)
Davey Sammons of Burlington, NJ selected the first starting position in a blind draw by the top qualifiers with Hodnett starting on the outside of the front row. Hodnett shot to the top spot on the first circuit with Sammons, and Ryan Smith pulling away from the remainder of the field.
The action slowed for the first time on lap 3 for Ryan Godown – the only competitor to compete in both the 410 Sprint and Modified Jersey Rush feature events.
The line-up remained unchanged after the single-file restart with Hodnett leading Sammons and Smith. With the race leaders setting a rapid pace, all eyes were on the fourth position where Kevin Nagy, Lucas Wolfe, and Kyle Reinhardt battled three-wide.
Hodnett weaved in-and-out of lapped traffic on the seventh circuit as Sammons closed on the race leader.
The red flag flew on lap ten as Mechanicsburg, PA’s Lucas Wolfe got the Allebach Racing No. 5w upside down while running fifth.
Greg Hodnett (WoS photo)
Hodnett remained in control on the restart with Sammons and Smith in tow. Kyle Reinhardt made a bold move to claim the fourth position, taking the McClaren Motorsports No. 21 three-wide to take the spot.
The Lealands.com No. 27 machine of Hodnett was well in control when the action slowed for the final time on lap 21.
It was all Hodnett on the restart coasting around lapped traffic and claiming the $5,000 Jersey Rush VI top prize. Tuesday's event marks Hodnett’s second consecutive Jersey Rush victory.
Sammons finished a strong second as Ryan Smith came home in the third spot, recovering from a wild ride at this event in 2015; JJ Grasso finished in fourth, after a late race charge; and Kyle Reinhardt finished in the fifth position.
Ryan Godown (WoS photo)
“The Ringoes Rocket” Ryan Godown claimed his third New Egypt Speedway Modified victory of the season after starting on the outside of the first row. Bechtelsville, PA’s Jeff Strunk led his No. 126 machine to the initial green flag, leading the early portion of the event.
Strunk held off challenges from track regulars including Godown, Dominick Buffalino, and Billy Pauch. But ultimately it was Godown claiming the top spot at the 8th circuit around the Ocean County d-shaped dirt track.
The yellow flag slowed the action on lap 17 for Chris Grbac who slowed and eventually stopped outside turn two.
Strunk overtook the top spot on the restart before another caution flew high above New Egypt Speedway. While under yellow flag conditions, New Egypt Speedway officials docked Strunk two positions for jumping the earlier restart.
Godown inherited the lead with Frenchtown, NJ’s Billy Pauch running in the second position and Dominick Buffalino in third.
The action slowed on lap 21 for a multi-car tangle in the fourth turn.
Godown took control on the restart and sailed to victory holding off all-time New Egypt Speedway Modified feature winner Billy Pauch. Jeff Strunk rebounded for a third place finish; Dominick Buffalino finished in fourth, and Billy Pauch Jr. charged from the 24th starting position to finish in the top five.
Greg Hodnett claimed the CnB Chubby Quick Time Award with a lap of 14.139.
Collecting $200 in the Oliver Communications Group 410 Sprint Car Heat Races was Kevin Nagy and Joe Kata. Kata also collected $300 for winning the Oliver Communications Dash for Cash. Modified Heat Races were won by John McClelland, Billy Pauch, and Frank Cozze – all of which collected $200 from Oliver Communications Group.
JJ Grasso won the Thayer Performance Burning Rubber Bonus Hard Charger Award picking up a free right rear Hoosier Racing Tire courtesy of Thayer Performance.
Art Leidl was awarded a $300 bonus for being the highest finishing 360 Sprint Car.
Jersey Rush VI is a co-promotion between Lenny, Danny and Davey Sammons, along with special events promoter, Bob Miller.
For More Information about Jersey Rush visit www.jerseyrushrace.com
FULL RESULTS
410 Sprint Cars
Time Trials – 1. Greg Hodnett – 14.139 2. JJ Grasso -- 14.454 3. Lucas Wolfe -- 14.507 4. Kyle Reinhardt – 14.598 5. Steve Buckwalter – 14.659 6. Davey Sammons – 14.681 7. Ryan Smith – 14.763 8. Davie Franke – 14.784 9. Kevin Nagy – 14.883 10. Brett Michalski – 15.344 11. Art Leidl – 15.482 12. Joe Kata III – 15.491 13. Jevon Ahner – 15.540 14. Ryan Godown -- 15.604 15. Anthony Fiore – 15.736 16. Erika Palmai – 15.842 17. Harris Kohen – 16.969 18. Dave Carlberg – NT
Heat 1 (10 Laps) – 1. Kevin Nagy 2. Steve Buckwalter 3. Greg Hodnett 4. Lucas Wolfe 5. Ryan Smith 6. Art Leidl
Heat 2 (10 Laps) – 1. Joe Kata III 2. Kyle Reinhardt 3. JJ Grasso 4. Davey Sammons 5. Davie Franek 6. Brett Michalski
Oliver Communications Dash for Cash (6 Laps) – 1. Joe Kata 2. Kevin Nagy 3. Kyle Reinhardt 4. JJ Grasso 5. Greg Hodnett 6. Steve Buckwalter
NAPA Auto Parts / Pioneer Pole Buildings Jersey Rush VI (30 Laps) – 1. Greg Hodnett 2. Davey Sammons 3. Ryan Smith 4. JJ Grasso 5. Kyle Reinhardt 6. Steve Buckwalter 7. Davie Franek 8. Joe Kata 9. Art Liedl 10. Brett Michalski 11. Jevon Ahner 12. Kevin Nagy 13. Anthony Fiore 14. Harris Kohen 15. Lucas Wolfe 16. Erika Palmai 17. Ryan Godown
Big-Block vs. Small-Block Modifieds
Heat 1 (10 Laps) – 1. John McClelland 2. Ryan Godown 3. Jeff Strunk 4. PJ Oliver 5. Dominick Buffalino 6. Rich Rutski
Heat 2 (10 Laps) – 1. Billy Pauch 2. Billy VanInwegen 3. Jimmy Horton 4. Chad Barney 5. Clay Butler 6. Ryan Krachun
Heat 3 (10 Laps) – 1. Frank Cozze 2. Steve Davis 3. Rick Laubach 4. Danny Bouc 5. Chris Grbac 6. Kevin Vaclavicek
Feature (30 Laps) – 1. Ryan Godown 2. Billy Pauch 3. Jeff Strunk 4. Dominick Buffalino 5. Billy Pauch Jr. 6. Frank Cozze 7. Billy VanInwegen 8. Jimmy Horton 9. David VanHorn 10. Ryan Krachun 11. Danny Bouc 12. Steve Davis 13. DJ Ruppert 14. Clay Butler 15. Rich Rutski 16. Chad Barney 17. PJ Oliver 18. Kevin Vaclavicek 19. Doug Ostwald 20. Chris Grbac 21. Chuck Potts 22. John McClelland 23. Matt Stangle 24. Rick Laubach
Jersey Rush VI
AUGUST 22, 2016
CONTACT: BOB MILLER 443 513 4456
THE JERSEY RUSH VI “THE ULTIMATE DOUBLEHEADER”
THE “ULTIMATE DOUBLEHEADER” . . . . .THE JERSEY RUSH VI AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY TUESDSAY NIGHT, RACE TIME 7:30 PM
NEW EGYPT, NJ – The NAPA Auto Parts Jersey Rush VI presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings will invade the New Egypt Speedway Tuesday night, August 23 with the “ultimate doubleheader” showcasing the 410 sprints and modifieds. Gates will open at 5 PM and fans are invited to the pit area for a Meet & Greet that will continue until 6 PM. Fans may enter the pit area through the gate behind the grandstands in turn four. Race time is set for 7:30 PM.
Many of the top 410 sprint drivers will be in the field including two time Jersey Rush winner JJ Grasso. Other entries include Tim Shaffer, Lucas Wolfe, Greg Hodnett, Ryan Smith, Davey Sammons and Kyle Reinhart just to name a few. In the modified field, Ryan Godown is at the top of the roster joined by Billy Pauch, Rick Laubach, PJ Oliver, Willie Osmun, Duane Howard, Jimmy Horton, Billy Pauch Jr., David Van Horn, Lou Cicconi and Dominic Buffalino.
The 410 Sprint Cars will race for a $5,000 winner’s share, with $1,000 going to tenth place and $400 to start the A-main. The area’s fastest Sprint Car drivers will compete in 10 lap heat races – set from time trials, and a 12 lap B-Main prior to the 30 lap main event.
The Modifieds will compete for a $3,000 top prize with $1,000 going to the fifth place finisher and $200 to start the feature event. Modified drivers will draw for heat race groups and take part in timed warm-ups with an invert of four heading in to the qualifying heats. Six cars will qualify with the top-four finishers locked into the redraw. There is no entry fee but drivers are encouraged to pre-register by calling 443-513-4456.
Prior to the racing action fans will be treated to a special pre-race Meet and Greet from 5:00-6:00 PM. All race fans are welcome to visit the pit area and get an up-close look at the stars and cars competing in the JERSEY RUSH VI. Spectators can enter the pit area from the gate behind the fourth turn grandstands.
Adult Admission for Jersey Rush VI is $30, Children (6-11): $10 and Children 5 and under are FREE! Pit admission is $35 with no license required.
Pit Gates open at 3:30 PM, Grandstands open at 5:00 PM, the Driver’s Meeting will be at 6:15 PM, Warm-Ups at 7:00 PM and racing at 7:30 PM.
NAPA Auto Parts & Pioneer Pole Building presents…
JERSEY RUSH VI
Tuesday, August 23 (Rain Date: August 24) 7:30 PM
New Egypt Speedway
720 Route 539
New Egypt, NJ 08533
Event Information: Len Sammons: 609-888-3618 or Bob Miller 443-513-4456
About New Egypt Speedway
With state-of-the-art facilities, New Egypt Speedway feature daylight-quality lighting system, excellent sightlines – from any seat in the house. The grandstands are fully wheel-chair accessible with wide, clear and well-groomed walkways. Concession facilities serve up everything from sausage sandwiches to ice cream treats at family-style prices. On the track, the racy 7/16-mile D-shaped clay oval serves the Garden State race fans with some of the best competition in the country.
