Archive for Sprints
HAUBSTADT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS
Posted by: | Comments
The United States Auto Club.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 19, 2015 - Haubstadt, Indiana - Tri-State Speedway - "Haubstadt Hustler" - Co-sanctioned by MSCS
BRADY SHORT WINS BIG IN "HAUBSTADT HUSTLER" AT TRI-STATE
Haubstadt, Indiana.......Brady Short backed up his Tri-State Speedway win from July as he cashed in for $10,000 in Saturday's "Haubstadt Hustler" at Tri-State Speedway. The Bedford, Indiana driver benefitted from a tangle with five laps to go collecting race-long leader Kyle Cummins and finished off his second AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory of the season, which was also sanctioned by the Midwest Sprint Car Series.
Two separate incidents before a lap was completed brought a third double-file start, and outside front-row starter Kyle Cummins took the lead and ran away from the field. Behind him, Dakota Jackson, C.J. Leary, and Daron Clayton weaved three-wide for second before Clayton slowed suddenly and pulled to the infield.
Jackson took control of the second spot, as Short was the man on the move early, moving from 12th up to the top-five by lap eight, taking fourth a lap later. After a tangle on lap ten, Cummins was again checking out on the field, while Short was working his way by Leary into the third spot by lap twelve. At lap 17, he finally disposed of Jackson and started to carve into Cummins' substantial lead.
Cummins was mired deep in lapped traffic and his lead evaporated quickly, with Short rolling right up behind him with ten laps to go. The battle from sixth back to tenth was heating up, and contact on the frontstretch sent Aaron Farney spinning. With him sitting backwards, Cummins tried to avoid the crash to the inside but caught Farney with his right-rear tire. That stopped Cummins' bid for his first USAC Sprint Car win.
With just five laps to go, the lapped cars went to the tail and gave an opportunity to tenth-starting Kevin Thomas, Jr., who lined up second. He backed it in on the bottom and tried to pressure Short for the win, but the Pottorff Logging - Sipe's Body & Glass #11P Maxim/SPEC was simply too strong. Short took the win by 1.421 seconds.
"I wasn't sure if I could get Kyle or not, and we were running really hard coming to those last five laps. It's unfortunate for him, but that's part of racing and this is a really big win for us. This money is definitely gonna help us, especially after flipping out of the ballpark the last time we were here a couple weeks ago. It took a while to get myself back comfortable here tonight and feeling like myself. It's had a little bit more up top and we've had to run up there to keep momentum, and I knew with the longer race, we'd have time to get up front from where we started tonight," Short said.
Thomas, Jr.'s impressive drive ended in second aboard the Griffin's Propane - Bakken Concrete #17RW Maxim/Fisher.
"I was excited to get a chance at him with the last restart, and I really did think we had a shot at him. We were really good on long runs, so we probably needed a few more laps to make a run at him. We were just a little tight for a five-lap run. Brady ran a great race like he always does down here, and our cars are pretty similar, so there's a lot of times where we end up right around each other down here," Thomas said.
Jackson finished off his best-career USAC National Sprint Car run with a podium finish in the Excavation Plus - Whiteland Tire & Fleet Service #3 Bullet/Chevy.
"This place has always been one of my favorites, and I feel comfortable here even when I'm hitting the fence. Tonight felt really good for me personally and for my dad. We haven't been able to put together a full night down here, and tonight was so much fun. Kyle got away from us, and I was just beating the wall down trying to keep up with him. I finally got to the point of trying to maintain and had a good battle with Brady there for second. I plugged the wall pretty good there late and cost myself second, but honestly I was just running the race of my life and having so much fun running up there with those guys.
Brady Bacon came home fourth in the Hoffman Auto Racing - Mean Green #69 Triple X/Williams Mopar, and Chase Stockon rounded out the top-five after starting ninth in the Superior Tank & Trailer - Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher. National point leader Robert Ballou picked up the B&W Auto Mart "Hard Charger Award" after driving from 20th to finish seventh.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dave Darland (#71p Phillips/Curb-Agajanian), 2. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary), 3. Mike Terry, Jr. (#85 Terry), 4. Justin Grant (#5 Baldwin), 5. Nick Johnson (#15J Johnson), 6. Robert Bell (#71 Bell), 7. Robert Ballou (#12 Ballou), 8. Shane Cottle (#57 Hazen). 2:17.83
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kyle Cummins (#3R Byram), 2. Chris Windom (#21x Pollock), 3. Chase Stockon (#32 32/TBI), 4. Thomas Meseraull (#66 Amati), 5. Jon Stanbrough (#81 Stanbrough), 6. Aaron Farney (#15F Farney), 7. Jeff Bland, Jr. (#04 Burton), 8. James Lyerla (#11L JL Motorsports). 2:14.42
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brady Bacon (#69 Dynamics), 2. Daron Clayton (#92K Clayton), 3. Brady Short (#11p Pottorff), 4. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (#17RW Dutcher), 5. Brandon Mattox (#28 Mattox), 6. Chet Williams (#38 Williams), 7. Chad Boespflug (#21K Krockenberger). 2:14:14
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Donny Brackett (#4B Brackett), 2. Dakota Jackson (#3 Jackson), 3. Tracy Hines (#4 THR), 4. Kent Schmidt (#5K Schmidt), 5. Carson Short (#21 Short), 6. Lee Dakus (#75 Dakus), 7. Hunter Schuerenberg (#11 Walker). 2:18.37
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Mattox, 2. Farney, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Ballou, 5. Cottle, 6. Boespflug, 7. Williams, 8. Lyerla, 9. Dakus, 10. Bell, 11. Johnson, 12. Stanbrough, 13. Bland, 14. C. Short. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Short, 2. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 3. Dakota Jackson, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Chris Windom, 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Thomas Meseraull, 11. Shane Cottle, 12. Aaron Farney, 13. Brandon Mattox, 14. Kent Schmidt, 15. Jon Stanbrough, 16. James Lyerla, 17. Kyle Cummins, 18. Donny Brackett, 19. Chad Boespflug, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Justin Grant, 22. Hunter Schuerenberg, 23. Mike Terry, Jr., 24. Daron Clayton. NT
----------------------------
**Ballou flipped during the first heat. C. Short flipped during the semi. Bland flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-35 Cummins, Laps 36-40 B. Short.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ballou-1,816; 2-Stockon-1,778; 3-Darland-1,764; 4-Bacon-1,653; 5-Stanbrough-1,543; 6-Thomas-1,453; 7-Windom-1,307; 8-Leary-1,234; 9-Hines-1,142; 10-Grant-1,082.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 26 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - 34th "4-Crown Nationals"
THE PIT BOARD
**Brady Short's win in Saturday night's "Haubstadt Hustler" marked his second consecutive USAC victory at Tri-State Speedway this season. Short also won in July at Tri-State during "Indiana Sprint Week."
**Short also became the first USAC Sprint Car driver to win at the same track twice this season.
**Newlywed Kevin Thomas, Jr. again played bridesmaid to Brady Short at Tri-State Speedway in USAC competition. The 2013 "Haubstadt Hustler" winner also finished in 2nd place behind Short in the "Indiana Sprintweek" event at the track in July.
**Dakota Jackson's 3rd place run on Saturday night was the best USAC National Sprint Car result of his career. His previous best finish in a USAC race was a 13th in the "Haubstadt Hustler" on Sept. 15, 2012.
**Remarkably, Saturday night marked Chase Stockon's fourth consecutive 5th place finish in USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car competition at Tri-State Speedway.
**Despite leading 59 of the last 80 laps in the "Haubstadt Hustler" over the last two years, Kyle Cummins hasn't been able to reach victory lane. The Princeton, Indiana driver was leading with just five laps to go when he collided with a stopped car that had spun on the front straightaway, ending what could have been his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature win.
UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2015
Contact: Brian Liskai – liskai2x@roadrunner.com
FREMONT, Ohio – First it looked like Sheldon Haudenschild would drive to his 6th University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series win at Fremont Speedway Friday. But, he spun with nine laps to go handing the lead to Cole Duncan, who scored the win at “The Track That Action Built” the previous week. But, Duncan would jump the cushion in turn four with three laps to go, handing the lead to Aliquippa, Pennsylvania’s Tim Shaffer and the “Steel City Outlaw’ would drive to his second series win of the year at Fremont Speedway to open the 8th Annual Jim Ford Classic.
For Shaffer, a four time All Star champion, it was career win #56 with the series, tying him with the hall-of-famer Jack Hewitt for fourth on the All Star’s all-time win list. It was Shaffer’s second All Star win of 2015; the other coming in May at Fremont. Shaffer now has 15 career wins at Fremont Speedway, of which, 10 have been All Star victories.
“I have to thank Scott Gressman and those guys….they give me great engines. We have five-o here and James and Todd Grace has really been behind me all year…he’s really helped me out a bunch. It’s pretty awesome to have someone behind you and racing with you…he turns the wrenches on it and I just drive it,” said Shaffer beside his Bryan Grove Racing, Canton Erectors, VRP Shocks, Helms and Son Excavating backed machine.
“It’s amazing….I don’t know what it is but this place has always been good to me. It’s a lot of fun for me to race here. Todd was yelling at me on that yellow to go to the top in turns three and four with the big curb….with the way the car was, it worked out great,” added Shaffer of his win on All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Night.
Duncan would bring his Motor City Auto Transport, Industrial Special Powder Coating, Wolfden Products, CnB Chubby Mushroom Farms #22 home in second.
“This is a hard one to swallow. I screwed up in one and two first and let him (Shaffer) get underneath me and I tried to get it back in three and four and I knew he was there and was probably going to slide me if I didn’t bust butt around the cushion and I just got over it and it was all she wrote,” said Duncan. “My crew has been putting in the work during the week and it puts us up on the front stretch the past two weeks. I can’t thank them enough for that.”
Dalton, Ohio’s Lee Jacobs has struggled the past couple of months so a third place finish was just what the doctor ordered.
“This was like a hometown track for me for a lot of years. To come back here and run good is something great for us. We split ways with our crew chief right after Knoxville and I’m back to having fun in a race car again. I’m doing everything on my own and making phone calls to figure out what I need to do to this race car. Our results a couple of weeks ago didn’t show how really good we are. We’re going to push to win $10,000 tomorrow,” said Jacobs beside his Amanda Lewis Attorney at Law, Simcox Grinding and Steel, Crown Investments backed #81.
In the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature, Fremont’s Dustin Stroup would hold off a charging Bobby Clark for his first career win at “The Track That Action Built.” A couple of months ago it looked like Stroup was done racing for the year after blowing the engine in his 360 sprint ride. But, Kenny Meggitt stepped forward and gave Stroup a 305 engine to run and the results have been fantastic as this was his third win since the move (two came at Attica Raceway Park).
“This is amazing. We’ve had a lot of bad luck racing 360s and blew a motor at the King’s Royal. I had Kenny Meggitt gracious enough to give me a motor and we’ve picked up three wins in a short amount of time. I have to thank everybody who has a hand on this thing…Westway Farms, my mom and dad, my buddies Adam and Reed, Slade Shock Technology, Advanced Autoparts and Daniel Miller Cement Finishing,” said Stroup.
“I really hate this scoreboard because I look at it a lot. On that last caution I didn’t look up at it so I didn’t know who was behind me. But, when we took the white flag I saw a white car shove his nose in coming off of two. I was like I had better get going in three and four if I’m going to win this thing,” added Stroup.
Fremont’s Matt Foos would take the lead on lap three and survived a couple of late race cautions to drive to his fourth win of the year at Fremont in the AAA Ohio Auto Club Dirt Trucks. It was his sixth career Fremont win and the eighth total for the season as he has four at Attica Raceway Park.
“I was riding the brakes pretty good getting into one. I had to run the bottom…the cushion was pretty tricky for me in one. What a season,” said Foos beside his Fremont Fence, Automatic Fire Protection, M&L Excavating, Pit Stop Convenience Store, CA Kustoms, D&R Transmissions backed #2.
Sheldon Haudenschild and Byron Reed would bring the field to green for the 30-lap All Star feature with Haudenschild gaining the advantage. Haudenschild and Reed would pull away slightly from the great battle for third involving Duncan, Gary Taylor and Shaffer. Haudenschild would set a blistering pace and would encounter heavy lapped traffic by the eighth circuit, allowing both Reed and Duncan to close while Shaffer moved into fourth.
Disaster nearly hit Haudenschild on lap 12 as he made contact with Caleb Griffith on the front stretch as he worked to lap Griffith. That would damage Griffith front end and bring out the caution. On the restart Haudenschild could not shake Reed as Duncan, Shaffer, Taylor, Brad Haudenschild, Lee Jacobs and Chad Kemenah stayed close as well. At the half-way point Reed had closed to within a car length of Sheldon Haudenschild.
The leaders would once again race into traffic on lap 19 with Sheldon Haudenschild leading Reed, Duncan, Shaffer and a closing Kemenah. After completing lap 21, Sheldon Haudenschild would spin in turn one, collecting Reed and handing the lead to Duncan. On the ensuing restart Brad Haudenschild would bring out the caution while all eyes were on Christopher Bell who had worked his way to 10th from his 24th starting spot.
When the green flew Duncan would lead as Shaffer and Kemenah battled for second, which would result in contact with Kemenah spinning, which also collected Bell. Duncan now led Shaffer, Taylor, Jacobs, Danny Holtgraver and a closing Cap Henry who had started 16th. Jacobs would take the third spot on lap 24 as Duncan now had his hands full with Shaffer. Shaffer would continually run to Duncan’s inside and as they raced into turns three and four to complete lap 28, the pressure would cause Duncan to slide over the curb in turn four, handing the lead to Shaffer.
Shaffer would drive away the final three laps to score the win over Duncan, Jacobs, Henry and Taylor. Current UNOH All Star point leader Dale Blaney would advance five spots to finish sixth with Dean Jacobs coming from 15th to a 7th place finish, while Sheldon Haudenschild would storm back to finish 8th with Greg Wilson advancing 11 positions to ninth and Holtgraver rounding out the top 10.
Kyle Farmer and Seth Schneider would pace the field for the 25 lap 305 sprint feature but Farmer would get sideways on the start and a six car melee would ensue leaving Schneider and Brian Gibbs upside down. When the crash scene was cleared and the green flew Stroup would power into the lead over John Ivy, Brandon Moore, Dustin Dinan, Alex Paden and Kyle Capodice. After two laps were recorded Dustin Rall would bring out the caution. When the green reappeared Stroup would lead Ivy, Moore, Dinan, Capodice, Bobby Clark, Thomas Schinderle, Paden and Luke Griffith.
Following a Paul Weaver spin on lap five, Stroup would start to pull away as Ivy had his hands full with Moore. By lap 12 Stroup had a three second lead over Ivy as Clark moved into third with Moore and Alvin Roepke – who went to the tail on the start because of a tire change. Stroup would race into heavy lapped traffic by lap 16 which allowed Ivy and Clark to close. Roepke would take fourth on lap 17. With five laps to go Farmer would bring out the final caution.
On the restart both Clark and Roepke would get around Ivy and as the white flag flew Clark showed Stroup his nose. Stroup would hit his marks in turns three and four and would take the win over Clark, Roepke, Ivy and Moore.
Jeff Ward and Jimmy McGrath brought the field to green for the 20 lap dirt truck feature with Ward gaining the upper hand over Foos, McGrath, Brad Mitten, Brad Stuckey, Gene Potridge and Keith Sorg. Cory Ward would bring out the caution and on the restart Andy Earnhart, Bryce Black and Cory Ward would get together.
When the green flew Foos immediately pressured Jeff Ward with a tremendous battle involving McGrath, Mitten, Stuckey, Potridge, Steve Endicott, Shawn Valenti and Kent Brewer going on. Foos would take the lead on lap three and pulled away from the 6 truck battle for second. Black would bring out the caution on lap seven, which would keep the field close to Foos. But, when the green flew so did Foos, pulling away to a commanding lead.
At the half-way point Foos was in command while Jeff Ward, McGrath, Mitten and Valenti battled for second. Cody Benyak would bring out the yellow on lap 13 and a lap later McGrath would spin. When the green flew Foos again pulled away as Jeff Ward, Mitten, Valenti, Cory McCaughey, Brewer and Stuckey battled. Valenti would move into third on lap 17 and drove around Ward for second a lap later. But by then Foos had checked out and he would drive to the victory. Valenti, Jeff Ward, Mitten and Brewer would round out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will wrap up the 8th Annual Jim Ford Classic Saturday (rain date of Sunday) with the UNOH All Stars going 50 laps for $10,000 to win. The 305 sprints and 602 late models are also in action.
For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Night
Fremont Speedway
Friday, Sept. 18, 2015
Starting position [*]
UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions (37 cars)
Qualifying:
1.40-Caleb Helms, 12.475; 2.1st-Gary Taylor, 12.493; 3.22-Cole Duncan, 12.602; 4.5T-Travis Philo, 12.677; 5.59-Danny Holtgraver, 12.717; 6.94-Ryan Smith, 12.744; 7.57X-Andrew Palker, 12.757; 8.1-Dale Blaney, 12.794; 9.45-Tim Shaffer, 12.796; 10.49-Tanner Thorson, 12.813; 11.16-Stuart Brubaker, 12.855; 12.7C-Caleb Armstrong, 12.867; 13.81-Lee Jacobs, 12.904; 14.3J-Trey Jacobs, 12.906; 15.93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 12.909; 16.10H-Chad Kemenah, 12.923; 17.8M-TJ Michael, 12.924; 18.5K-Adam Kekich, 12.928; 19.38K-Brad Haudenschild, 12.961; 20.W20-Greg Wilson, 12.964; 21.8-DJ Foos, 12.986; 22.89-Cody Darrah, 12.997; 23.O9-Christopher Bell, 13.006; 24.2+-Brian Smith, 13.027; 25.5-Byron Reed, 13.027; 26.97-Dean Jacobs, 13.045; 27.19-Chris Andrews, 13.059; 28.55-Tyler Gunn, 13.064; 29.53-Cap Henry, 13.104; 30.40DD-Nate Dussel, 13.134; 31.33M-Caleb Griffith, 13.162; 32.O8-Dan Kuriger, 13.290; 33.9-Jordan Ryan, 13.435; 34.4-Danny Smith, 13.517; 35.76-David Jones, 13.700; 36.40i-Mark Imler, 13.798; 37.7-Joe Swanson, 13.988;
Heat 1, Group A - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 45-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah[1] ; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[3] ; 4. 57X-Andrew Palker[4] ; 5. 8M-TJ Michael[5] ; 6. 89-Cody Darrah[7] ; 7. 55-Tyler Gunn[9] ; 8. 19-Chris Andrews[8] ; 9. 8-DJ Foos[6] ; 10. O8-Dan Kuriger[10]
Heat 2, Group B - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 5-Byron Reed[1] ; 2. 38K-Brad Haudenschild[2] ; 3. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[4] ; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs[5] ; 5. 33M-Caleb Griffith[6] ; 6. 9-Jordan Ryan[7] ; 7. 3J-Trey Jacobs[3] ; 8. 4-Danny Smith[8] ; 9. 7-Joe Swanson[9]
Heat 3, Group C - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[2] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[3] ; 3. 94-Ryan Smith[4] ; 4. 53-Cap Henry[7] ; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 6. O9-Christopher Bell[5] ; 7. 40DD-Nate Dussel[8] ; 8. 5K-Adam Kekich[1] ; 9. 40i-Mark Imler[9]
Heat 4, Group D - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 22-Cole Duncan[2] ; 3. 1st-Gary Taylor[3] ; 4. 59-Danny Holtgraver[5] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[8] ; 6. 49-Tanner Thorson[6] ; 7. 16-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 8. 76-David Jones[9] ; 9. 40-Caleb Helms[4]
Dash 1 - (8 Laps, determines top 10 starting spots in A)
1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 5-Byron Reed[3] ; 3. 1st-Gary Taylor[8] ; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[7] ; 5. 45-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[9] ; 7. 59-Danny Holtgraver[10] ; 8. 38K-Brad Haudenschild[4] ; 9. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 10. 10H-Chad Kemenah[2]
B-Main 1 - (12 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 40-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. 49-Tanner Thorson[2] ; 3. 16-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 4. O9-Christopher Bell[8] ; 5. 8-DJ Foos[6] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[4] ; 7. 89-Cody Darrah[7] ; 8. 9-Jordan Ryan[13] ; 9. 55-Tyler Gunn[10] ; 10. 19-Chris Andrews[9] ; 11. 76-David Jones[15] ; 12. 40i-Mark Imler[16] ; 13. 7-Joe Swanson[17] ; 14. O8-Dan Kuriger[12] ; 15. 40DD-Nate Dussel[11] ; 16. 5K-Adam Kekich[5] ; 17. 4-Danny Smith[14]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 45-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 2. 22-Cole Duncan[4] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[6] ; 4. 53-Cap Henry[16] ; 5. 1st-Gary Taylor[3] ; 6. 1-Dale Blaney[11] ; 7. 97-Dean Jacobs[15] ; 8. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[1] ; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[20] ; 10. 59-Danny Holtgraver[7] ; 11. 94-Ryan Smith[13] ; 12. 5T-Travis Philo[9] ; 13. 49-Tanner Thorson[22] ; 14. 10H-Chad Kemenah[10] ; 15. O9-Christopher Bell[24] ; 16. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 17. 16-Stuart Brubaker[23] ; 18. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[12] ; 19. 57X-Andrew Palker[14] ; 20. 8M-TJ Michael[17] ; 21. 40-Caleb Helms[21] ; 22. 38K-Brad Haudenschild[8] ; 23. 89-Cody Darrah[25] ; 24. 2+-Brian Smith[19] ; 25. 33M-Caleb Griffith[18]
Hard Charger: Cap Henry +12
Fremont Federal Credit Untion 305 Sprints (31 Cars)
Heat 1 - American Power Sports (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 39-Jamie Miller[2] ; 2. 24-Alex Paden[3] ; 3. 77I-John Ivy[7] ; 4. 22M-Dan McCarron[4] ; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[5] ; 6. 13-Jeremy Duposki[1] ; 7. 18N-Frank Neill[6] ; 8. 20B-Cody Bova[8]
Heat 2 - Kistler Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1X-Dustin Dinan[2] ; 2. 99-Alvin Roepke[4] ; 3. 87-Brian Gibbs[1] ; 4. 2L-Landon Lalonde[6] ; 5. 9R-Dustin Rall[7] ; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[3] ; 7. 37-Austin Ream[5] ; 8. 32H-Dan Hennig[8]
Heat 3 - Hoosier Racing Tires (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 10X-Dustin Stroup[2] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 3. 44-Kyle Farmer[3] ; 4. 11G-Luke Griffith[6] ; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 6. 27-Evan Kornbau[8] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[4] ; 8. 8J-A.J Sleek[7]
Heat 4 - The Computer Man (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 12-Kyle Capodice[1] ; 2. 7-Thomas Schinderle[5] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[4] ; 4. 11X-George Englert[2] ; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[7] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[6] ; 7. 94K-Kurt Huber[3]
B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[1] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 3. 8-Bobby Clark[8] ; 4. 9R-Dustin Rall[2] ; 5. 8J-A.J Sleek[15] ; 6. 20B-Cody Bova[13] ; 7. 18N-Frank Neill[9] ; 8. 27-Evan Kornbau[7] ; 9. 13-Jeremy Duposki[5] ; 10. 37-Austin Ream[10] ; 11. 32H-Dan Hennig[14] ; 12. 75-Jerry Dahms[11] ; 13. 2-Ricky Peterson[3] ; 14. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[6] ; 15. 94K-Kurt Huber[12]
A-Main - ( 25 Laps)
1. 10x-Dustin Stroup [6]; 2. 8-Bobby Clark [19]; 3. 99-Alvin Roepke [5]; 4. 77i-John Ivy [3]; 5. 7m-Brandon Moore [7]; 6. 7s-Thomas Schinderle [12]; 7. 12-Kyle Capodice [11]; 8. 22m-Dan McCarron [13]; 9. 1x-Dustin Dinan [8]; 10. 19R-Steve Rando [17]; 11. 11G-Luke Griffith [15]; 12. 8J-A.J. Sleek [21]; 13. 24-Alex Paden [9]; 14. 20B-Cody Bova [22]; 15. 44-Kyle Farmer[1]; 16. 39-Jamie Mille [4]; 17. 1W-Paul Weaver [18]; 18. 9R-Dustin Rall [20]; 19. 11x-George Englert [16]; 20. 36-Seth Schneider [2]; 21. 87-Brian Gribbs [10]
Hard Charger: Bobby Clark +17
AAA Auto Club Dirt Trucks (23 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 - American Power Sports (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 36M-Cory McCaughey[7] ; 2. 17X-Dustin Keegan[3] ; 3. 13-cody Benyak[1] ; 4. 93-Bryce Black[5] ; 5. 4S-Keith Sorg[4] ; 6. 18W-Cory Ward[2] ; 7. 88-Danny Roepke[6] ; 8. P51-Brad Keckler[8]
Heat 2 - Kistler Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 2. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[3] ; 3. 99X-Gene Portidge[6] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath [5] ; 5. 16-Dave Gibbs[2] ; 6. 37-Eric Devanna[7] ; 7. 9-Curt Inks[8]
Heat 3 - Hoosier Racing Tires (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2-Matt Foos[4] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[2] ; 3. 33-Jeff Ward[1] ; 4. 23M-Brad Mitten[3] ; 5. 7F-Dana Frey[6] ; 6. 17-Steve Endicott[5] ; 7. 22J-Josh Kiser[7]
A-Main - (20 Laps)
1. 2-Matt Foos[3]; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[12]; 3. 33-Jeff Ward[1]; 4. 23M-Brad Mitten[5]; 5. 8KB-Kent Brewer[11]; 6. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[7]; 7. 88-Danny Roepke[19]; 8. 99X-Gene Portidge[10]; 9. 4S-Keith Sorg[6]; 10. 17X-Dustin Keegan[9]; 11. 7F-Dana Frey[15]; 12. 37-Eric Devanna[17]; 13. 9-Curt Inks[20]; 14. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath [2]; 15. 13-cody Benyak[4]; 16. 36M-Cory McCaughey[8]; 17. 3-Andy Earnhart[-]; 18. 16-Dave Gibbs[14]; 19. 93-Bryce Black[13]; 20. 22J-Josh Kiser[21]; 21. 18W-Cory Ward[16]
Hard Charger: 88-Danny Roepke[+12]
©2014 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH
TERRE HAUTE AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS
Posted by: | Comments- The United States Auto Club.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 18, 2015 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - "Tony Hulman/Jim Hurtubise Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-20.490; 2. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-20.493; 3. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-20.552; 4. Chase Stockon, 32, TBI-20.645; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11, Walker-20.665; 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-20.809; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-20.812; 8. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-20.848; 9. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-20.869; 10. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-20.873; 11. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-21.029; 12. Mario Clouser, 6, Clouser-21.038; 13. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-21.049; 14. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-21.065; 15. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-21.073; 16. Thomas Meseraull, 66, Amati-21.098; 17. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-21.129; 18. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-21.143; 19. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-21.165; 20. Tyler Courtney, 23E, Eberhardt-21.222; 21. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-21.356; 22. Chad Boespflug, 21K, Krockenberger-21.549; 23. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-21.595; 24. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-21.685; 25. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-21.960; 26. Lee Dakus, 75, Dakus-22.542; 27. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Meseraull, 3. Coons, 4. Farney, 5. Stanbrough, 6. McGhee, 7. Courtney, 8. Stockon, 9. Dakus. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Cottle, 3. Windom, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Robbins, 6. Bacon, 7. Andretti, 8. DiMattia. 2:49.69
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Darland, 3. Thomas, 4. Grant, 5. Hines, 6. Hughes, 7. Mattox, 8. Clouser, 9. Boespflug. 2:52.11
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Stockon, 3. Courtney, 4. Andretti, 5. Hughes, 6. Clouser, 7. Boespflug, 8. Mattox, 9. McGhee, 10. DiMattia, 11. Dakus, 12. Bell. 4:25.28
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 7. Chase Stockon, 8. C.J. Leary, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Tyler Courtney, 11. Thomas Meseraull, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Shane Cottle, 14. Justin Grant, 15. Aaron Farney, 16. Tracy Hines, 17. Brady Short, 18. Jarett Andretti, 19. J.J. Hughes, 20. Kyle Robbins, 21. Mario Clouser, 22. Chad Boespflug. NT
----------------------------
**Clouser flipped on lap 13 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Darland, Laps 24-27 Windom, Laps 28-30 Ballou.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ballou-1,774, 2-Stockon-1,730, 3-Darland-1,719, 4-Bacon-1,602, 5-Stanbrough-1,520, 6-Thomas-1,396, 7-Windom-1,268, 8-Leary-1,198, 9-Hines-1,129, 10-Grant-1,069.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 19 - Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway - "Haubstadt Hustler" - Co-sanctioned by MSCS
CALISTOGA AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS
Posted by: | Comments- The United States Auto Club.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 6, 2015 - Calistoga, California - Calistoga Speedway - "8th Louie Vermeil Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-19.720; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-19.742; 3. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-19.822; 4. Ryan Bernal. 56, Phulps-19.826; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-19.841; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.850; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.888; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.911; 9. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-19.918; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-19.935; 11. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.947; 12. Geoff Ensign, 14S, Smith-20.116; 13. Colton Slack, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.161; 14. Joe Stornetta, 27, Thomas-20.216; 15. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-20.299; 16. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-20.415; 17. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-20.607; 18. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.641; 19. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73, Ford-20.645; 20. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-20.708; 21. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-20.983; 22. Eric Rossi, 17S, Shanoian-20.986; 23. John Clark, 30C, Clark-22.317; 24. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-NT; 25. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. L.Williams, 3. Roa, 4. Thomas, 5. Slack, 6. Mitchell, 7. A.Williams, 8. Rossi. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Swanson, 3. Stornetta, 4. Vander Weerd, 5. C.Williams, 6. Colston, 7. Gansen, 8. Clark. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Spencer, 3. Ensign, 4. Faria, 5. Abreu, 6. Johnson, 7. Schmid. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 8. Geoff Ensign, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Austin Williams, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Colton Slack, 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14. Damion Gardner, 15. Logan Williams, 16. Jeff Sibley, 17. Chris Gansen, 18. John Clark, 19. Robert Ballou, 20. Joe Stornetta, 21. Eric Rossi, 22. Parker Colston, 23. D.J. Johnson, 24. Trevor Schmid. NT
------------------------------------
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Faria, Laps 5-9 Swanson, Laps 10-30 Abreu.
NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bernal-140, 2-Abreu-138, 3-R.Vander Weerd-112, 4-Mitchell-98, 5-Spencer-96, 6-Swanson-94, 7-Roa-92, 8-Ensign-90, 9-A.Williams-82, 10-Slack-81.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-744, 2-Gardner-730, 3-R.Vander Weerd-717, 4-A.Williams-683, 5-Mitchell-683, 6-Swanson-600, 7-Roa-557, 8-C.Williams-467, 9-L.Williams-395, 10-Jace Vander Weerd-280.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 7 - Petaluma (CA) Speedway
MARTZ, BRITT & TANNER TOP SATURDAY NIGHT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY ACTION
Posted by: | Comments
Bridgeport Speedway
MARTZ, BRITT & TANNER TOP SATURDAY NIGHT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY ACTION
Wagner Clinches Poker Series Title
Sam Martz held off the persistent attempts of Jamie Mills in the final laps of the Spirit Auto Centers Big Block Modified Feature event to pick up his second win of the 2015 season in exciting fashion. Jim Britt was the class of the Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman division, picking up his fifth win of the year while Tim Tanner won his second race of the year in the final hand of the Bethman Auto Center/Bruce’s Speed Shop/Thayer Performance Poker Series for the Hilborn TriState Race Saver sprint cars.
In what was one of the closest finishes of the season, Martz fought off the late race challenges of Jamie Mills to capture the win in the twenty-five lap Big Block Modified feature event.
Ron Roberts took control at the start and led the first sixteen laps of the feature event. Martz moved into second on the first lap and trailed Roberts by several car lengths. David Hunt raced in third, followed by Mills and Bob Sarkisian at the half way mark.
Mills was on the move, picking off positions one at a time and had just passed Hunt for third spot before the caution waved on lap seventeen. The field lined up double file for the restart and Martz used the outside line to drive by Roberts to take the lead. Mills made his way to second with an inside pass by Roberts on the backstretch.
With just five laps to go, Mills chased Martz with Hunt, Watt and Roberts trailing. Tommy Beamer was closing in Roberts to challenge for a top five position. Martz ran the middle of the track and Mills made his way around on the bottom until Watt drew a caution with three to go with a flat tire.
Martz led the field to the final restart with Mills hot on his heels. There was a three way race for fifth as Richie Pratt, Jr. was on the move and racing with Roberts and Beamer for position.
Mills changed his line on lap twenty-four and moved higher on the track, racing Martz side by side down the backstretch. Mills threw everything he had at Martz and the Izzi Trucking No. 3, changing lanes again as the leaders raced to the final lap. But Martz had it covered as he beat Mills to the finish line. by less than six one hundredths of a second. Hunt finished third with Beamer and Pratt finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.
Melissa Scarpati led the first lap of the twenty lap main event for the Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman feature before David Crossman moved into the lead on lap two. Coming from his tenth place start, Jim Britt moved by Crossman to take the lead on lap four.
Current point leader, Pat Wall raced his way into second on lap seven but Britt had already driven to a sizeable lead. A caution just past half way, erased Britt’s advantage as Wall, Crossman, Gary Hieber, Jr. and Steve Desmelyk raced in the top five. Wall kept it close for a lap or two before Britt again pulled away from the field.
Britt took the win with Wall finishing second. Hieber followed in third with CJ Jones and Steve Davis rounding out thScoe top five.
Karl Freyer and Tim Tanner led the field of TSRS sprint cars to the start of their twenty lap main event with Freyer moving into the lead at the wave of the green. Freyer led Tanner by several lengths until the leaders caught up to lapped traffic on lap twelve. Tanner was able to close in on Freyer and chose to go to the outside to get by the slower traffic. That ended up being the winning move as Tanner went on to capture the win Freyer had one of his best outings of the season to finish second followed by Adam Carberry, Eddie Wagner and Joe Kay.
Wagner’s fourth place finish clinched the 2015 Poker Series Championship. Wagner has two wins at Bridgeport this season, one of which came during an exciting Poker Series event earlier this season.
SPIRIT AUTO CENTERS BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE (25 LAPS)
1. Sam Martz, 2. Jamie Mills, 3. David Hunt, 4. Tommy Beamer, 5. Richie Pratt, Jr., 6. Jordan Watson, 7. Ron Roberts, 8. Travis Hill, 9. Bob Sarkisian, 10. Jesse Hill, 11. Jack Swain, 12. Wade Hendrickson, 13. Corey Anderson, 14. Howard O’Neal, 15. Dave Shirk, 16. Scott Irwin, 17. Mike Franz, 18. Jimmy Chester, 19. Ryan Watt, 20. Bucky Kell, 21. John Milozar, Jr., 22. Rick Laubach, 23. Ryan Forte, 24. Tom Macherone
STEWART STAINLESS CRATE SPORTSMAN FEATURE (20 LAPS)
1. Jim Britt, 2. Pat Wall, 3. Gary Hieber, Jr., 4. CJ Jones, 5. Steve Davis, 6. Bob Lilick, 7. Pete Visconti, 8. Matthew Peck, 9. David Crossman, 10. Steve Desmelyk, 11. Dave Damiano, 12. Steve Kemery, 13. Brett Ballard, 14. Ernie Miles, III, 15. Scott Hulmes, 16. Justin Lilick, 17. Melissa Scarpati, 18. Chuck Potts, 19. Tom Holding, 20. David Jenkins, 21. Pete Serra, 22. Jeremy Harrington
BETHMAN AUTO CENTER/BRUCE’S SPEED SHOP/THAYER PERFORMANCE POKER SERIES FOR TSRS (20 LAPS)
1. Tim Tanner, 2. Karl Freyer, 3. Adam Carberry, 4. Eddie Wagner, 5. Joe Kay, 6. Rick Steif, 7. Joe Lord, 8. Dave Brown, 9. Keith Anderson, 10. Samantha Lieberman, 11. Mike Haggenbottom, 12. Bryant Davis, 13. Erika Wagner, 14. Scott Frack
DARLAND REIGNS SUPREME, WINS THIRD STRAIGHT KOKOMO “SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN”
Posted by: | Comments- The United States Auto Club.
Kokomo, Indiana...For the third straight year, "The People's Champ" Dave Darland parked the Phillips/Curb-Agajanian - Trench Shoring #71P DRC/Foxco in victory lane at Kokomo Speedway after a dominant performance to win "Sprint Car Smackdown IV." The all-time wins leader in AMSOIL National Sprint Car history took the lead on lap seven and ran away with his 57th career triumph at his home track.
"I love this track, I love these fans, and I really love winning the Smackdown. It doesn't get any better than this. My Phillips team gave me a great car again, and I couldn't be happier to get them another one. The O'Connors gave us a good race track, and I have to thank them for all their hard work and putting on such a great event. It's an unbelievable feeling to do it again. I'm thankful for all the people who help this small team keep getting it done. I went after them fast tonight, and I knew I just needed to be smooth and limit mistakes once I got out front. It got tough a few times coming up on traffic where it got difficult to see the cushion perfectly, but we kept it up on the fence and finished it off," Darland said.
Brady Bacon won the night's B&W Auto Mart "King of the Hill" to earn the pole position for the 40-lap, $10,000-to-win main event, but Chase Stockon shot to the early lead from outside the front-row. On lap three, Bacon's hopes for a win were dashed when he got into the fence, flattening his tire and eventually bringing out a yellow on lap five. He restarted at the tail.
Things got busy up front after the restart, with both Kyle Cummins and Darland assaulting Stockon for the lead as Thomas Meseraull held the fourth spot. The lead trio flashed three-wide, with Cummins on the bottom slipping to the lead by inches on lap six over Darland, who was on the extreme high side.
Darland nailed the top through turns one and two, breaking free from Cummins and opening up his advantage that he would never relinquish. Stockon retook second from Cummins on lap 15 and opened up some breathing room.
Behind the front four, it was all-out war from fifth through tenth between 16th-starting Shane Cottle, Tyler Courtney, Jon Stanbrough, Kevin Thomas Jr., Justin Grant, and Chris Windom, who destroyed his primary car in hot laps and had to utilize a back-up car. Brady Short joined that fray after starting 17th and made it a seven-car scrap just before the inevitable contact among the group brought out a caution on lap 23 as Courtney got turned around in turn-three. He restarted at the tail. Meseraull also pulled off under that yellow with driveline issues, ending his fourth-place run.
Cottle, Windom, and Stanbrough continued their fight for fourth until another caution five laps later, this time for debris. Stockon used that restart to look underneath Darland, nearing drawing even before Darland gained his momentum and pulled away. Stockon and Cummins restarted their battle for second with five laps to go, this time turning it into a torrid affair as Cummins pulled slidejobs on Stockon only to be crossed back over for the position.
Darland was flawless as he ran right next to the Kokomo concrete, opening up a 2.542-second advantage at the checkers over Stockon, who cleared Cummins again off the final corner to take the second spot in the Superior Tank & Trailer - Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher and close Robert Ballou's National Sprint Car point lead to 24 markers.
"I couldn't be much happier. This place is so tough and I'm still not totally in love with it, but we've made great strides. That last restart, I thought we maybe had something for him, but he got his momentum up and my groove kinda went away some. Kyle and I had a heck of a battle for second, and we've raced together for a lot of years, so it's fun to throw it down like that in the last few laps for second at Smackdown. We've struggled at times here, but this week was a big momentum builder for us," Stockon said.
Cummins finished off an impressive performance after winning the event's "Rookie of the Year" award last season, filling out the podium in this edition aboard the Rock Steady Racing - Vincennes University #3R Mach-1/Cummins.
"I like this place a lot and love coming up here for this event. It felt like a lot of races we've had down at Haubstadt with Chase and me battling through the middle. Towards the end, I felt like like I was losing ground through the bottom and middle, so I got up top and was better than him at the end, just couldn't clear him. We came up short there, but it was a good weekend and we made a little money. It's been a tough season for us, but this feels pretty good," Cummins said.
Windom's high-side exploits carried him to a fourth-place finish, earning the Weld Racing "Smackdown Badass" award for his efforts in the Rick Pollock - Bates Commodities #21x Maxim/Advanced. Thomas, Jr., who earlier took down one of four Competition Suspension (CSI) qualifying heat races to start the night, came home fifth from 12th in the Bakken Concrete - Griffin's Propane #17RW Maxim/Fisher.
Brady Short capped his incredible come-from-behind week with an eighth-place run, earning the night's Elliott's Custom Trailers "Hard Charger Award" presented by Maxim Chassis. He also made it a resounding victory in the battle for the Speedway Motors "Passing Master Award," as he advanced a total of 62 positions cumulatively in every race over the three nights.
Other CSI heat race winners who also picked up Hoosier right-rear tires included Jerry Coons, Jr., Courtney, and Grant. Short and Max McGhee also earned Hoosier tires as the top-two finishers in the B Main. Ryan Bernal stormed back after going to the tail to claim the final transfer, earning the American Racing Ministries "Perseverance Award."
Kyle Robbins was the lowest point earner to make the feature, earning the Simpson Racing "Hard Work Award" presented by Pace Performance Coatings, good for a free helmet. Ted Hines not only won the Impact Racing prize for being the first non-transfer from the B Main, but he also took $200 from Lil Moe's Pizzeria. Hines was also the Spire Sports + Entertainment "Smackdown Rookie of the Year" award. Josh Spencer took the Simpson Racing prize for being the second non-transfer.
The SST Motorsports team was awarded the DRC Chassis "Hard Luck Award" after their tough weekend was cut short. The "Bill Gardner True Grit Award" from Lincoln Park Speedway went to the driver displaying the most persistence despite many obstacles, and that went to Justin Grant. The Frolic Bar & Grill "Best Appearing Car and Crew" went to Robert Bell.
Rod End Supply awarded certificates to all participants on Saturday who were not locked into the feature. Indy Race Parts contributed certificates that went to Aaron Farney, Brandon Mattox, and Jarett Andretti.
-----------------------------------
AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 28, 2015 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown IV"
FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Jerry Coons, Jr. (#10E Edison), 2. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary), 3. Scotty Weir (#5 Baldwin), 4. Brian Karraker (#29 Jarrett), 5. Travis Hery (#21H Hery), 6. Brandon Mattox (#28 Mattox), 7. Joe Bares (#19 Test), 8. Lee Dakus (#75 Dakus).
SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Tyler Courtney (#23e Eberhardt), 2. Chad Boespflug (#66 Amati), 3. Hunter Schuerenberg (#2E Epperson), 4. Brady Short (#11p Pottorff), 5. Dustin Smith (#77 Smith), 6. Chris Gurley (#12G Team Automotive).
THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Justin Grant (#40 Hery), 2. Tracy Hines (#4 THR), 3. Max McGhee (#17 McGhee), 4. Ryan Bernal (#11 Walker), 5. Kody Swanson (#32M Marshall), 6. Josh Spencer (#66J Spencer), 7. Robert Bell (#71 Bell).
FOURTH QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (#17RW Dutcher), 2. Shane Cottle (#57 Hazen), 3. Jarett Andretti (#18 Andretti), 4. Aaron Farney (#15F Farney), 5. Kyle Robbins (#17R Robbins), 6. Colten Cottle (#42 Jackson), 7. Ted Hines (#12H Hines).
"KING OF THE HILL" 2-CAR SHOOTOUTS: (3 laps each) Round 1: Chase Stockon (#32 32/TBI) defeated Robert Ballou (#12 Ballou); Kyle Cummins (#3R Byram) defeated Jon Stanbrough (#81 Stanbrough); Brady Bacon (#69 Dynamics) defeated Thomas Meseraull (#29x Dawkins); Dave Darland (#71P Phillips/Curb-Agajanian) won by default over Chris Windom (#21x Pollock) - Windom did not start. Round 2: Stockon defeated Cummins and Bacon defeated Darland; Final Round: Bacon defeated Stockon.
SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Short, 2. McGhee, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Weir, 5. Robbins, 6. Bernal, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Spencer, 9. Swanson, 10. Harris, 11. Bell, 12. C.Cottle, 13. Hery, 14. Bares, 15. Smith, 16. Mattox, 17. Andretti, 18. Farney, 19. Karraker, 20. Gurley. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Justin Grant, 8. Brady Short, 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Shane Cottle, 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. Ryan Bernal, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Tyler Courtney, 17. Scotty Weir, 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 19. Max McGhee, 20. Thomas Meseraull, 21. Hunter Schuerenberg, 22. Kyle Robbins. NT
--------------------------------
**Windom flipped during practice. Farney flipped during the semi. Hery flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Stockon, Lap 6 Cummins,Laps 7-40 Darland.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ballou-1,706, 2-Stockon-1,682, 3-Darland-1,654, 4-Bacon-1,557, 5-Stanbrough-1,465, 6-Thomas-1,344, 7-Windom-1,205, 8-Leary-1,151, 9-Tracy Hines-1,104, 10-Grant-1,039.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 18 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - "Jim Hurtubise Classic"
KOKOMO AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS – August 28
Posted by: | Comments- The United States Auto Club.
Kokomo, Indiana.......It was an excited victory lane on Friday night at Kokomo Speedway as Chase Stockon held off Dave Darland to win the night's "Sprint Car Smackdown IV" preliminary 30-lapper, scoring his first career win at the Hoosier speedway. The Elizabethtown, Indiana driver made it two wins on the season in the season aboard the Superior Tank & Trailer - Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher.
Wednesday's winner Chris Windom took the lead at the outset over polesitter Tracy Hines, but Stockon cut inside Hines for second on lap two. Justin Grant was working the high side and took fifth on lap two, but as he looked underneath Scotty Weir for fourth on lap four, the two made contact. Grant ended up in the wall on the backstretch with a broken front end and collected Chad Boespflug, who restarted.
Windom led Stockon, Hines, Weir, and ProSource "Fast Qualifier" Dave Darland, who cleared Weir for the fourth spot on a fast surface just before a caution on lap ten. That set up a long green-flag stretch, with Stockon trying to keep pace with Windom, while Darland drove by Hines on the restart for third.
Behind the lead trio, a few drivers coming from a back were the show. Hunter Schuerenberg carved in his line up above the cushion, finally taking fifth at the halfway point after starting 13th. AMSOIL National Sprint Car point leader Robert Ballou, who broke an axle in qualifying before coming from 18th to transfer out of the semi-feature, tried to protect his point lead with a spirited drive from the back.
Then, there was Brady Short, who had to scratch his primary car after an issue in qualifying. He came from 17th in the Semi-Feature to finish third and transfer to the night's 30-lap feature. He hit the top-ten with ten laps to go and was still digging.
As Windom hit lapped traffic, the charging trio of Stockon, Darland, and Schuerenberg began to chew on his lead. With five laps to go, Windom was mired in traffic and seeing his lead dissipate quickly. On lap 28, Windom charged up on a lapped car and clipped the rear end of it, kicking him sideways and drawing a yellow flag, although Windom was able to right it and continue on in fourth-place. Due to the inadvertent yellow, Windom was put in line there and the race resumed with three laps to go.
Windom slid past Schuerenberg on the restart, but Schuerenberg wasn't done. He charged the turn-three cushion on the next lap just as he had been doing all night, but this time it bit him. He bounced and flipped over, ending his spectacular run. He was unhurt.
With just two laps to go, Darland nailed the restart to look underneath Stockon for the lead. Stockon hammered the turn-two cushion and flashed past Darland to retain his lead, but a spin at the back of the pack gave Darland one final shot.
This time, Stockon got a jump to pull away and complete the win by .655-seconds, celebrating the big triumph with a backwards victory lap. It was Stockon's sixth-career win, tying him for 63rd all-time.
"To hold off Dave at his palace for my first win here, that's a pretty awesome thing. This place is so, so hard. You don't get a fluke wins here. That was all she had. I ran that thing as hard as I possibly could those last two laps. Luckily, we had the car good enough to stay up front and capitalize on Chris' misfortune. We've been fast here two years ago, and now we're better than we've ever been with Matt Hummel's Factory Kahne shocks, DRC chassis, and Fisher engines. (Crew chief) D.J. (Ott) and I are on the same page right now, and hopefully we can carry it into tomorrow," Stockon said.
Darland rebounded from a tough opening night of "Smackdown" to come home second in the Phillips/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports - Trench Shoring #71P DRC/Foxco.
"It makes me feel good when somebody like Chase appreciates the win because he knows how tough it is to beat me here. We had a nice improvement from last night. The race track was really good tonight and more to my liking. I had a couple runs at Chase, especially on that last restart, but the yellow came out. He got a better restart the second time, and congratulations to him. He always does a good job," Darland said.
Windom finished it off third in the Rick Pollock - Bates Commodities #21x Maxim/Advanced, narrowly missing out on his second win of the week.
"I only have to be mad at myself tonight. I beat myself. Rick Pollock gave me another great race car. I tried to slide one lapped car in one and two, but he went back by me, so I tried to get him in three and four and clipped another car. It was my own fault, just being impatient. I'd like to think we can put it back up front and give ourselves to win the big one tomorrow night," Windom said.
Hines ended up fourth in his The Carolina Nut Company - MPHG Promotions #4 DRC/Stanton Chevy, and Jon Stanbrough rounded out the top-five in the MP Environmental Services - AED Motorsports Products #81 Spike/J&D.
Short's amazing run ended up sixth to earn him the Crume-Evans Insurance "Hard Charger Award" presented by Maxim Chassis.
Stockon, Brady Bacon, Windom, Kyle Cummins, Stanbrough, Darland, Thomas Meseraull, and Ballou were the top-eight point earners over the two nights, locking themselves into tomorrow's B&W Auto Mart "King of the Hill."
Ryan Bernal won Hinchman Indy Heat 1, Stockon won STIDA.com Heat 2, Cummins won Race Track Engineering Heat 3, and Shane Cottle won Claxton Engines Heat 4.
Hunter Schuerenberg charged back to a transfer spot in the Semi-Feature after having to go to the tail, again earning the night's American Racing Ministries "Perseverance Award." Ballou won the night's Pace Performance Coatings "Hard Work Award" as the slowest qualifier to make the feature. Chris Gurley won the Arizona Sport Shirts prize as the first non-transfer from the Semi-Feature.
------------------------------------
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 28, 2015 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown IV"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-12.642; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-12.725; 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-12.892; 4. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-12.912; 5. Scotty Weir, 5, Baldwin-12.991; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-13.040; 7. Chad Boespflug 66, Amati-13.110; 8. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-13.120; 9. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-13.185; 10. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-13.209; 11. Tracy Hines, 4, THR-13.212; 12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.248; 13. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.281; 14. Thomas Meseraull, 29x, Dawkins-13.288; 15. Tyler Courtney, 23e, Eberhardt-13.301; 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2E, Epperson-13.337; 17. Ryan Bernal, 11, Walker-13.347; 18. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.413; 19. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Byram-13.415; 20. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-13.447; 21. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.466; 22. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.532; 23. Cole Ketcham, 41K, SST-13.557; 24. Parker Price-Miller, 9p, Ronk-13.611; 25. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-13.631; 26. Jerry Coons, Jr., 10E, Edison-13.654; 27. Brian Karraker, 29, Jarrett-13.683; 28. Kody Swanson, 32M, Marshall-13.831; 29. Joe Bares, 19, Test-13.833; 30. Ted Hines, 12x, Hines-13.913; 31. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-13.939; 32. Dustin Smith, 77, Smith-13.969; 33. Tom Harris, 5E, East-14.001; 34. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-14.007; 35. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-14.035; 36. Frank Flud, 41, SST-14.140; 37. Dallas Hewitt, 16, Pearson-14.406; 38. Colten Cottle, 42, Jackson-14.559; 39. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-14.880; 40. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-15.020; 41. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Robbins, 3. Weir, 4. McGhee, 5. Andretti, 6. Ballou, 7. Farney, 8. Darland, 9. Harris, 10. Hewitt, 11. Bares. 2:17.28
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Leary, 3. Meseraull, 4. Coons, 5. Mattox, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Gurley, 8. Spencer, 9. Ted Hines, 10. C. Cottle. 2:15.54
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cummins, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Courtney, 4. Boespflug, 5. Thomas, 6. Karraker, 7. Hery, 8. DiMattia, 9. Bell, 10. Ketcham. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. S. Cottle, 2. Bacon, 3. Windom, 4. Grant, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Short, 7. Swanson, 8. Price-Miller, 9. Smith, 10. Flud. 2:16.11
QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. Ballou, 3. Spencer, 4. Hewitt, 5. C. Cottle, 6. DiMattia, 7. Bell. 2:21.14
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Short, 4. Andretti, 5. Ballou, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Gurley, 8. Thomas, 9. Mattox, 10. Farney, 11. Swanson, 12. Spencer, 13. Smith, 14. Hery, 15. Harris, 16. Price-Miller, 17. Ted Hines, 18. Hewitt, 19. Karraker, 20. Bares. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Brady Short, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Thomas Meseraull, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Kyle Cummins, 11. Jarett Andretti, 12. Tyler Courtney, 13. C.J. Leary, 14. Shane Cottle, 15. Scotty Weir, 16. Jerry Coons, Jr. 17. Max McGhee, 18. Chad Boespflug, 19. Brian Karraker, 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 21. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 22. Kyle Robbins, 23. Ryan Bernal, 24. Justin Grant. NT
----------------------------
**Ballou flipped during qualifying. Ketcham flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Windom, Laps 28-30 Stockon.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ballou-1,683; 2-Stockon-1,625; 3-Darland-1,594; 4-Bacon-1,532; 5-Stanbrough-1,420; 6-Thomas-1,296; 7-Windom-1,154; 8-Leary-1,115; 9-Hines-1,071; 10-Grant-998.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 29 - Kokomo (IN) Speedway - "Sprint Car Smackdown IV"
