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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 8, 2015 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - "Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends"
Rossburg, Ohio...Robert Ballou continued his hot stretch on Friday night as he wired the field to win the "Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends" opening 30-lapper for the AMSOIL National Sprint Cars at Eldora Speedway. It was the Rocklin, California native's fourth victory of the season in the Blakesley Auto - MPHG Promotions #12 Maxim/Ott.
"It's so hard to win these races, as good as everyone is up front right now, but when you catch that front row like tonight, you have to take advantage. We had obstacles from the beginning. The engine wasn't quite right in hot laps, but we decided to leave it for qualifying. After the heat, I knew we needed to change it to have a chance to win. So, we took the engine out of our back-up car and replaced the engine we had in the primary car to make it out there. They kept a lot of grip in it tonight, which surprised me some for running both divisions of sprint cars, and luckily we were strong enough. Our motors are really a strong point for us, and hopefully we can use that to keep us up front," Ballou said.
Ballou led the opening half as most of the field ran the top-side of the famed half-mile. The best battle developed for fourth, as Justin Grant and Thomas Meseraull went at it as they neared the halfway point. Grant tried to slide past Meseraull into turn-three on lap 15, but the two made contact and Grant ended up in the wall, ending his night.
Defending National Series champion Brady Bacon was on the move from his 11th starting spot, moving into the top-six and challenging Jerry Coons, Jr. for fifth, as Meseraull had moved by him for the third spot and C.J. Leary came along for fourth. On lap 24, Bacon got over the turn-two cushion and hit the wall, coming to a stop to bring out the final caution.
Over the final seven laps, Ballou was unchallenged as Stanbrough distanced himself from the rest of the field to take home the second spot in the MP Environmental Services - AED Motorsports Products #81 Spike/J&D.
"We didn't have anything for Robert tonight, but this is a good run for us here and good for my confidence here as this hasn't been one of my better places lately. We tried some things early in the night, and I was honestly shocked that we were as fast as we were in qualifying. We weren't that good, but we threw some things at it and had it pretty good for the feature. We've gotten better and better, finding what to do to the car to make it happy and make me happy," Stanbrough said.
Leary came on strong in the closing laps, pulling a slider on Meseraull to claim the final podium spot in the Leary Construction Company - Green Tech Lubricants #30 DRC/Claxton Mopar.
"We finally started a little closer to the front, especially here, and it's huge just to be up in the clear and be able to see the cushion and the wall while you're racing guys. We moved forward, and a third is a really solid night for us here. Our confidence is high between running strong in these USAC races and picking off some local wins, and Derek (Claxton) has had the car great every night, so we'll try to keep it going," Leary said.
Meseraull made his opening night with USAC this season pay off as he finished fourth in the Keen's Body Shop - Spirit Medical Transport #18x DRC/Claxton, and Tracy Hines rounded out the top-five in his The Carolina Nut Company - MPHG Promotions #4 DRC/Stanton Chevy.
Chase Stockon set the night's ProSource "Fast Time" and came home tenth to retain his National point lead, which is now just six over Ballou.
QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-15.587; 2. Thomas Meseraull, 18x, Keen-15.833; 3. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.885; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-15.906; 5. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.936; 6. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.984; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-16.078; 8. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-16.079; 9. Shane Cottle, 57, Hazen-16.086; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.105; 11. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.110; 12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.148; 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-16.195; 14. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-16.198; 15. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-16.233; 16. Dallas Hewitt, 16, Hewitt-16.238; 17. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-16.363; 18. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-16.449; 19. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.598; 20. Kent Wolters, 12x, Wolters-16.630; 21. Brandon Whited, 15, Whited-16.636; 22. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-16.640; 23. Chad Boespflug, 5, Baldwin-16.698; 24. Kody Swanson, 63, DePalma-16.704; 25. Dustin Smith, 77, Smith-16.713; 26. Daron Clayton, 66, Amati-16.734; 27. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons-17.391; 28. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-17.604; 29. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-17.664; 30. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Cottle, 3. Simon, 4. Thomas, 5. Leary, 6. Smith, 7. Whited, 8. Bell. 2:10.24
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Meseraull, 4. Hines, 5. Goodnight, 6. Clayton, 7. Andretti. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Boespflug, 3. Grant, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Simmons, 6. Jarrett, 7. Hery. 2:10.59
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Farney, 3. Swanson, 4. Hewitt, 5. Cruea, 6. Wolters, 7. Bacon. 2:13.64
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Bacon, 3. Goodnight, 4. Clayton, 5. Smith, 6. Simmons, 7. Wolters, 8. Whited, 9. Cruea, 10. Hery, 11. Bell. 3:20.69
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Thomas Meseraull, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Dave Darland, 8. Shane Cottle, 9. Aaron Farney, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 13. Landon Simon, 14. Daron Clayton, 15. Matt Goodnight, 16. Brady Bacon, 17. Chad Boespflug, 18. Dallas Hewitt, 19. Jake Simmons, 20. Kody Swanson, 21. Justin Grant, 22. Dustin Smith. NT
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Mattox flipped during qualifying. Andretti flipped during the second heat. Bacon flipped during the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Ballou.
NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-638, 2-Ballou-632, 3-Darland-613, 4-Bacon-583, 5-Stanbrough-539, 6-Thomas-537, 7-Hines-506, 8-Leary-493, 8-Windom-381, 10-Grant-338.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 9 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends"
TSRS Race Report
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#70 Eddie Wagner (WoS photo)
EDDIE WAGNER MAKES A LAST LAP PASS FOR THE WIN AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY (May 2, 2015)
Bridgeport, NJ--Eddie Wagner, of Franklinville NJ, earned his first victory of the 2015 season, making a thrilling last lap pass to win over Dave Brown, Mike Haggenbottom, Jon Haegele, and Bob DeVault. This was Wagner’s first visit to victory lane since November of 2013, and by the looks of how well his season has started off, it does not look to be his last.
There were twenty-two TSRS sprint cars in attendance for the “Camera and Autograph” themed event, with two heat race triumphs going to Mike Haggenbottom and Adam Carberry. Before the night began, fans were able to meet and greet with their favorite drivers, receiving photos and autographs behind the grandstands at Bridgeport Speedway.
The field was inverted by 10, putting Dave Brown and Jon Haegele on the front row. As the field came around to take the green flag, it was Brown who shot to the lead going into turn one. Going down the back stretch and into turns three and four, Mike Haggenbottom and Eddie Wagner seemed to be on a mission, with Wagner advancing from fifth to third and Haggenbottom coming from ninth to the sixth position. The caution came out on lap two for the first time for Tim Smolenyak who spun out in turn four.
On the restart, Brown brought the field to the green and when entering turn one, Jon Haegele went to the high side making an attempt to capture the lead. Going down the back stretch it was Haegele and Brown drag racing for the top spot with Haegele once again sailing his bright orange number 61 CRC sponsored sprinter around the top, this time taking over the lead on lap three. A second caution was brought out on lap three for Scott Frack, who spun in turn three.
With the cars all bunched back together, Jon Haegele lead the field down the front stretch, again using the top side to his advantage, pulling away from the field as the race continued on. Although the 61 was making the high side look like the fastest way around the high speed oval, Eddie Wagner was making his way to the front by working the inside, taking second spot from Dave Brown on lap six. Mike Haggenbottom, who was also maneuvering his way on the bottom moved into fourth position, just in time to make it into the show that was unfolding between the top three.
“With this new clay, the racing is so much better,” says Wagner about the multi-groove racing. “We’re able to run where ever we want, making it a much better show for the fans, and a great time racing out there for us drivers. I can’t thank Danny, Keith, Brian and Dave enough for all they do to provide us with a great race track every time TSRS comes to Bridgeport”.
Lapped traffic came into play on lap nine, and Wagner, Brown and Haggenbottom began to gain some ground on the leader. On lap eleven, the AC Racing number 70 of Eddie Wagner seized the lead from Jon Haegele while chopping back and forth between the slower cars. On lap twelve however, Haegele captured the lead back from Wagner running again on the high side coming out of turn two. Wagner almost got tangled with the lapped car of Smolenyak, who was pulling off onto the quarter mile track down the front stretch, but was able to recover, not losing the second position or much ground on the 61 car. Dave Brown, who was running in third, seemed to have pulled a magic trick out of his hat, when he passed both Wagner and Haegele on the high side in turns three and four on lap thirteen, capturing his early lead back in a crowd pleasing way. Maneuvering through heavy lapped traffic continued with Dave Brown leading, Eddie Wagner second, and Mike Haggenbottom now sitting in third after passing Haegele coming out of turn three. The third and final caution of the night came out for Zack Burd, who was sitting on the front stretch after spinning.
When asked about his preference to the inside lane, Wagner explained “The leaders were running the top, and the bottom was left open, so I didn’t feel the need to go up there. My car always runs well on the inside groove, so I just focused on being fast down there, so when I caught the leaders, I would be able to pass them without any trouble”.
#70 Eddie Wagner #44 David Brown (WoS photo)
With six laps remaining, and no lapped cars in sight, the winner was soon to be determined with at least five possible contenders now in line ready to take to final green flag. Dave Brown took the lead, stretching it out over ten car lengths down the back straight away on the fourteenth circuit, with Eddie Wagner sitting in second, not showing any signs of giving up. Haggenbottom began putting the pressure on Wagner for second, but the number 70 did not let up and continued to hunt down Dave Brown and his Ennis Fuels & Burners Service number 44 machine for the front-running spot. While Brown worked the top and Wagner, again showing favoritism to the bottom, Eddie finally took the lead on lap nineteen and never looked back. With the checkered flag waving, Eddie Wagner took the win, with Dave Brown finishing a strong second place, Mike Haggenbottom coming home in third, Jon Haegele finishing fourth, and Bob DeVault rounding out the top five, finishing fifth.
Eddie, who has had a history of heart breaks throughout his six year sprint car racing career, took time to thank the ones who have helped him through the years. “Without the help of my dedicated crew guys, Mark “Shag” Dundon, Marco Michetti, and Brandon Weber, my family for all of their continuing support, the Purks Family at Langhorne Racing Engines for getting my engine program back in order, AC Racing & Palmco Race Car Repair, tonight would not be possible. I can’t forget my Dad who was unable to make it tonight because he was stuck at work, because without him, I would not be standing here today”.
The TSRS Sprints return this coming Saturday on May 9th at New Egypt Speedway for the second time this season. Pit gates open at 3 pm, front gates open at 4 pm, hot laps start at 5:15 pm, and racing starts at 6 pm. Adults are $20, seniors 65 and older are $18, teens 12-15 and active military and their spouses are $10, and children 11 and under are FREE. Visit www.tsrs1.com, www.newegyptspeedway.net or follow us on our Facebook page for more details or upcoming events.
HEAT#1: Mike Haggenbottom, Bob DeVault, Eddie Wagner, Joe Lord, Jon Haegele, Karl Fryer, Rick Stief, Chris Allen, Harris Kohen, Joe Kay, Tim Smolenyak
HEAT#2: Adam Carberry, Jamie Kostic, Tim Tanner, Jeff Geiges, Dave Brown, Scott Frack, Bryant Davis, Zack Burd, Tony Smolenyak, Pat U’Selis, Samantha Lieberman
FEATURE: Eddie Wagner, Dave Brown Jr., Mike Haggenbottom, Jon Haegele, Bob DeVault, Adam Carberry, Tim Tanner, Jeff Geiges, Rick Stief, Chris Allen, Jamie Kostic, Karl Fryer, Joe Lord, Scott Frack, Samantha Lieberman, Harris Kohen, Zack Burd, Bryant Davis, Joe Kay, Tim Smolenyak, Pat U’Selis
HARD CHARGER: Mike Haggenbottom
FEATURE FAST TIME: Jon Haegele – 20.108
LORD HOLDS OFF WAGNER & HAGGENBOTTOM TO WIN CO-SANCTIONED FEATURE EVENT AT NEW EGYPT
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New Egypt, New Jersey
By Erika Palmai Wagner
Joe Lord, of Allentown NJ, claimed not only his first victory of the 2015 season, but also the very first TSRS/NERS co-sanctioned feature event of the year. Lord led all twenty laps of the electrifying 305 sprint car showdown, with hotshot competitors Eddie Wagner and Mike Haggenbottom lurking closely behind, looking to capture their first win of the season as well. It was Lord though, who ultimately mastered the heavy lap traffic ahead, with Wagner, Haggenbottom, Tim Tanner Jr. and Dave Brown Jr. rounding out the top five.
There were twenty-nine competitors signed in for the night’s events, with three heat race wins going to Bob DeVault, Brad Franks, and Mark Bitner. The b-main event was won by rookie Randy Wilbert.
This was the first time the Tri-State Racesaver Series had returned to New Egypt Speedway in over a year, and what a way to come back!
#70 Eddie Wagner #9 Joe Lord (WoS photo)
Joe Lord and Eddie Wagner set the pace, front running the field to the green flag. Lord took charge of the lead immediately over Wagner. Mike Haggenbottom, who started in sixth place, sling-shotted his way to the top groove of turn one, finding his way to the second position coming out of turn two. By the time the lead cars were coming out of turn four to complete the first lap, the first and only caution of the race came out for Harris Kohen who spun out in turn two. With no laps completed, this meant the field was to return back to their initial starting positions.
On the restart, Joe Lord rushed to the lead with Eddie Wagner following in second. By lap two there was already some excitement beginning to erupt with the battle for third position between Tim Tanner Jr., Mike Haggenbottom and Chris Allen. The leaders reached lap traffic by lap five, but they were having no problem diving in and out of the slower cars. Samantha Lieberman made contact with the turn two outside wall, but saved her car enough not to bring out a second caution.
By lap 12, Lord had skimmed through some of the slower traffic and had clear sights ahead until reaching yet another pack of lapped cars. With the ten car length lead he had gained while running in clean air, Wagner was beginning to close the gap up, with Haggenbottom trailing not far behind.
"I didn't really think about who was behind me and how close they were during that time," stated Lord. "I figured my lead had shortened but it wasn't the main thing on my mind. With the deterioration of track conditions and the traffic, my main focus was to stay calm and patient, and to not force the situation."
In traffic, Wagner, who had reached Lord by lap sixteen, attempted multiple times to make the winning pass, but he could not complete the act. Both drivers showed their patience and skills throughout the feature, while still remaining determined to end as a victor. Mike Haggenbottom reached both cars by lap seventeen, throwing in his attempts to claim the top spot, but like Wagner, he too could not complete the pass.
Lord explained that he did not feel much pressure from Eddie and Mike the last few laps, even though they were closing in. "I knew where my line was and I knew where the lapped cars would be, and knowing that gave me the confidence to keep my cool and pull it off. For the last few laps, patience was the main thing on my mind. I knew I didn't have much tread left in my tires and with the unpredictable lapped traffic, I had to keep a cool head."
On the last tour around the Central Jersey D-Shaped oval, Wagner seemed to gain momentum going down the back stretch, coming up quickly on Lord going into turn three. Wagner dove in high and tried to come out low, peddling the car slowly enough not to break loose the back tires, but Joe Lord came out of turn four a car length quicker, grabbing the win.
Joe, who struggled the first few weeks of the season was very pleased with the outcome of the feature. "I'd like to thank Mark & Fred Bitner for all their help in getting this car dialed in over the past few weeks. I'd also like to thank Mark Smith at Mach 1 chassis, and my sponsors Hamilton Automotive, Lord Legal Nurse Consultants LLC, Bitner Automotive, and the entire Lord Racing Team, especially my cousin Mike Lord and my brother Rob Lord. Finally, I'd like to thank the man who made this all possible, my father, Joe Lord Sr."
Next Saturday, May 2nd, The Hilborn Fuel Injection Tri-State Racesaver Series returns to the “fastest dirt track on the East”, Bridgeport Speedway. The main gates are open at 4:40pm, hot-laps are set to begin at 5:20pm and heat races will be on the track by 6pm. Visit www.tsrs1.com or our Facebook page for more details on upcoming events.
HEAT #1: DeVault, Davis, Carberry, Tanner, Lord, Anderson, Kohen, Wilbert, Cox
HEAT #2: Franks, Haggenbottom, Brown, Steif, Fryer, Kostic, Kata, Uselis
HEAT #3: Bitner, Allen, Wagner, Frack, Geiges, Poff, Kay, Lieberman, Byrd, Bonner, Rochelle
CONSI: Wilbert, Kostic, Franks, Uselis, Lieberman, Cox, Bonner, Byrd, Fox
FEATURE FINISH: Joe Lord, Eddie Wagner, Mike Haggenbottom, Tim Tanner Jr., Dave Brown Jr., Chris Allen Jr., Mark Bitner, Bob DeVault, Adam Carberry, Rick Steif, Jeff Geiges, Brad Franks, Scott Frack, Joe Kata, Brenden Poff, Randy Wilbert, Keith Anderson, Jamie Kostic, Joe Kay, Karl Fryer, Harris Kohen, Ryan Cox, Samantha Lieberman, Pat Uselis
DNS: Bryant Davis
DNQ: David Bonner, Zach Byrd, Gabe Fox, Jason Rochelle
HARD CHARGER: Jeff Geiges
FEATURE FAST TIME: Joe Lord – 15.819
KANSAS CITY AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RESULTS
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 26, 2015 - Kansas City, Kansas - Lakeside Speedway - "Weld Racing Spring Classic" - (co-sanctioned by WAR)
Kansas City, Kansas...It was "take no prisoners" for Robert Ballou on Sunday night at Lakeside Speedway as the Rocklin, California driver decimated the field to win the 30-lap "Weld Racing Spring Classic." After a caution with 12 laps to go, Ballou tore away from the field to an eventual 7.519-second victory in the Blakesley Auto - MPHG Promotions #12 Maxim/Ott on the first visit to the track by the AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship since 2001.
"Our car was just a tick too tight on the cushion, and I had to search and go up a little higher to get it comfortable. It was a little smoother up there and I had just enough room to work past guys. It was crazy going through traffic, but I just kept digging. This place has always been good to us, and it's nice to come back and win here," Ballou said.
Tracy Hines led from the pole as the fastest part of the race track was way up high on the cushion. Chase Stockon ran in second as Ballou took third right away. Those three pulled away, and just as they hit traffic, Ballou moved in on Stockon. On lap seven, he tried going above Stockon, but couldn't quite make it stick. A lap later, Ballou rolled into turn-one four wheels in the cushion to flash past Stockon for second.
With a big run down the backstretch, Ballou used the same maneuver through turns three and four to circle Hines for the top spot. After that, Ballou checked out, tearing through lapped traffic while building a lead well over a half-lap.
Stockon used traffic to slide past Hines, as well, and Brady Bacon came calling for the third spot from Hines on lap 19. After completing a slide past Hines, the two made contact and sent Hines spinning, causing the only caution of the night with 12 laps to go.
Ballou was not to be denied, again racing away from the field and lapping more cars as he collected his 12th career series victory to tie himself with Eric Gordon for 39th on the all-time list.
Behind him, it was a free-for-all for the second spot as Stockon and Bacon went after each other. Stockon held Bacon back at every turn, taking the second spot in the Superior Tank & Trailer - Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher.
"The race track tonight is just Robert Ballou's forte. We knew coming in that he was probably the guy to beat, but we didn't know he'd be that fast. It was frustrating to see him pull away like that, but it was a strong second for us at the same time. It's a challenge to race with some new guys out here and try to work around them while having a battle of our own, but luckily Brady and I respect each other and race well with each other to settle the second spot," Stockon said.
Bacon rounded out the podium in the Hoffman Auto Racing - Mean Green #69 Triple X/Williams Mopar.
"We thought we had something at the beginning, but then Robert got up there and just left us all. There was a big difference in speed between cars as we're lapping them, and it was tough to gauge how things would go with some of them, especially with the track being pretty treacherous up top. I tried to go up where Robert was, but we just weren't able to do it. Pretty happy with our night and ready to go back east to the next one," Bacon said.
Dave Darland came home in the fourth spot after setting ProSource "Fast Time" aboard the Phillips Motorsports - Trench Shoring #71P DRC/Foxco, and Kevin Thomas, Jr. rounded out the top-five after starting tenth in the Bakken Concrete - Griffin's Propane #17RW Maxim/Fisher.
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QUALIFYING: 1. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-17.675; 2. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-17.703; 3. Jon Stanbrough, 81, JSR-17.866; 4. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-17.872; 5. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-17.986; 6. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-18.094; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, THR-18.187; 8. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-18.223; 9. Casey Shuman, 2X, Barnhill-18.281; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-18.365; 11. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-18.375; 12. Chris Windom, 21X, Pollock-18.419; 13. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-18.593; 14. Riley Kreisel, 90, Smith-18.768; 15. Ricky Stangl, 24X, Stangl-18.937; 16. Chris Parkinson, 75, Hockett-19.093; 17. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-19.415; 18. Ryan Kitchen, 11, Hafenstine-19.458; 19. Warren Johnson, 42, Johnson-19.480; 20. Josh Stephens, 09, Stephens-19.679; 21. Danny Thoman, 27, Thoman-19.754; 22. Alex Schriever, 0, Davis-19.925; 23. Steve Thomas, 20, Thomas-20.017; 24. Mike Moore, 69X, Moore-20.046; 25. Robert Black, 7JR, Black-20.099; 26. Jeff Wingate, 8, Wingate-20.175; 27. John Helm, 12X, Helm-20.524; 28. Scott Comstock, 41, Comstock-20.564; 29. Mike Ell, 99, Ell-20.620; 30. Kenny Potter, 55, Potter-21.141; 31. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-21.155; 32. Clyde Knipp, 13, Korte-21.230; 33. Chris Parkinson, 65, Parkinson-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Mellenberndt, 3. Shuman, 4. Andretti, 5. Thoman, 6. Black, 7. Ell, 8. Farney. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. K.Thomas, 3. Bacon, 4. Kitchen, 5. Kreisel, 6. Schriever, 7. Potter, 8. Wingate. 2:32.99
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Simon, 4. Stangl, 5. Johnson, 6. Helm, 7. Bell, 8. S.Thomas. 2:31.88
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Ballou, 3. Parkinson, 4. Windom, 5. Moore, 6. Stephens, 7. Knipp, 8. Comstock. 2:34.00
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kreisel, 2. Farney, 3. Johnson, 4. Moore, 5. Stephens, 6. Thoman, 7. Helm, 8. Black, 9. Wingate, 10. Bell, 11. Potter, 12. S.Thomas, 13. Ell, 14. Schriever, 15. Comstock, 16. Knipp. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. C.J. Leary, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Chris Windom, 10. Casey Shuman, 11. Aaron Farney, 12. Jarett Andretti, 13. Landon Simon, 14. Danny Thoman, 15. Riley Kriesel, 16. Ryan Kitchen, 17. Josh Stephens, 18. Mike Moore, 19. Chris Parkinson, 20. Ricky Stangl, 21. Warren Johnson, 22. Bret Mellenberndt. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Hines, Laps 8-30 Ballou.
NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-591, 2-Ballou-564, 3-Darland-563, 4-Bacon-559, 5-K.Thomas-503, 6-Stanbrough-477, 7-Hines-453, 8-Leary-433, 9-Windom-342, 10-Justin Grant-315.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 8 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends"
EAGLE AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS
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Eagle, Nebraska...Raindrops began to fall as Dave Darland picked up career AMSOIL National Sprint Car win #55 as he used traffic late in Friday's 30-lapper at Eagle Raceway to win the "Rumble in the Bullring" co-sanctioned by WAR Sprint Cars. The 48-year old Lincoln, Indiana native made it back-to-back wins at the Nebraska oval, sweeping this year's event after posting the ProSource "Fast Time" and winning his heat.
Jon Stanbrough out-dueled Chris Windom off the front row to lead the opening lap, as Windom fell into second with Darland getting a great start to take third early. After a lap-six stoppage for C.J. Leary who caught the turn-one guardrail, Windom pounced for the lead as Stanbrough got tight in the opening set of corners after the restart due to a low right-rear tire.
Stanbrough faded back through the top-five as Windom and Darland raced away and into thick lapped traffic. Behind them, Chase Stockon had rallied to third and defending series champion Brady Bacon broke into the top-five from ninth.
With 12 laps to go, Robert Ballou's right-rear went flat to cause the final yellow. Windom and Darland again distanced themselves from the pack in the closing laps, with Windom encountering traffic again with six laps remaining. On lap 26, he tried to squeeze under a slower car down the backstretch but couldn't complete the pass, as Darland ran the top through turns three and four to take the lead.
Darland raced away to score his second win of the season, this one by 2.215 seconds in the Phillips Motorsports - Trench Shoring #71P DRC/Foxco.
"I love Eagle and am glad they have us, and I'm happy to win close to the home of one of our sponsors, the Dursts. We're happy to get one in their backyard. It was really fast on the bottom, and we ran down there for the most part. We just had a couple openings to go after, and our car was great.
Our start was really key, to get those couple spots right away. We were coming up fast on lapped cars, and you had to be careful to be in the right spot. That's how we got Chris there; he got held up and I could see it coming and jumped outside of him.," Darland said.
Windom narrowly held onto the second spot in his first night back aboard the Rick Pollock - Bates Commodities #21x Maxim/Advanced.
"Lapped traffic played a huge part. You had to pick your moves just right, and I messed up once. You can't mess up once with Dave behind you. Rick and I always seem to run well together, and I'm glad he gave me an opportunity to come out here with him. Hopefully we can get at least one win this weekend," Windom said.
Hines came out on top of a slugfest with Stockon with just a few laps to go to fill the podium in the MP Environmental Services - MPHG Promotions #4 DRC/Stanton Chevy.
"We made some changes to our shock program after Florida, and we've been fast since then. We're still learning on them, and the driver is getting back to shape to run up front. I was a bit too tight early - we needed more laps. The track was just so fast, it was tough to do much with those guys. You couldn't give up anything and make sure not to make mistakes," Hines said.
Kevin Thomas, Jr. sliced through to steal fourth on the final lap in the Bakken Concrete - Indiana Underground Construction #17RW Maxim/Fisher, and Bacon rounded out the top-five in the Hoffman Auto Racing - Mean Green #69 Triple X/Williams Mopar.
National point leader Stockon fell to sixth on the final lap.
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 24, 2015 - Eagle, Nebraska - Eagle Raceway - "Rumble in the Bullring" - (co-sanctioned by WAR Sprint Cars)
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-13.586; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-13.611; 3. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.652; 4. Tracy Hines, 4, THR-13.680; 5. Chris Windom, 21X, Pollock-13.701; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 81, JSR-13.712; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-13.925; 8. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.928; 9. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.938; 10. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-14.049; 11. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-14.070; 12. Casey Shuman, 2X, Barnhill-14.104; 13. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-14.350; 14. Tony Rost, 99, Rost-14.381; 15. Steve Thomas, 20, Thomas-14.703; 16. Alex Schriever, 0, Davis-14.723; 17. Chris Parkinson, 65, Parkinson-14.742; 18. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-14.761; 19. Kenny Potter, 55, Potter-14.826; 20. Jeff Wingate, 8, Wingate-14.975; 21. Mike Moore, 69X, Moore-15.216; 22. Billy Alley, 75, Hockett-15.225; 23. Josh Stephens, 09, Stephens-15.233; 24. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-15.390; 25. John Manley, 8X, Wingate-15.588; 26. Scott Comstock, 41, Comstock-15.916; 27. Clyde Knipp, 13, Korte-17.215; 28. John Helm, 12X, Helm-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Bacon, 3. Windom, 4. Mellenberndt, 5. Parkinson, 6. Manley, 7. Moore. 1:52.13
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Andretti, 4. Simon, 5. Rost, 6. Alley, 7. Comstock. 1:54.30
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Farney, 2. Ballou, 3. K. Thomas, 4. Potter, 5. Stephens, 6. S. Thomas, 7. Knipp. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Hines, 3. Leary, 4. Bell, 5. Wingate, 6. Helm, 7. Schriever. 1:55.11
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Parkinson, 2. Moore, 3. S. Thomas, 4. Alley, 5. Stephens, 6. Schriever, 7. Wingate, 8. Knipp, 9. Helm, 10. Manley, 11. Comstock, 12. Rost. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 5. Brady Bacon, 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Landon Simon, 8. Jon Stanbrough, 9. Casey Shuman, 10. Aaron Farney, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Jarett Andretti, 13. Bret Mellenberndt, 14. Chris Parkinson, 15. Alex Schriever, 16. Mike Moore, 17. Billy Alley, 18. Josh Stephens, 19. Kenny Potter, 20. Steve Thomas, 21. Robert Bell, 22. C.J. Leary. NT
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**Rost & Comstock flipped during the Semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Stanbrough, Laps 7-26 Windom, Laps 27-30 Darland.
NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-525; 2-Darland-498; 3-Bacon/Ballou-494; 5-K.Thomas-448; 6-Stanbrough-421; 7-Hines-406; 8-Leary-383; 9-Justin Grant-315; 10-Kyle Cummins-310.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 25 - McCool Junction, Nebraska - Junction Motor Speedway (co-sanctioned by WAR Sprint Cars)
HAUBSTADT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RESULTS
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 18, 2015 - Haubstadt, Indiana - Tri-State Speedway - "Spring Showdown" - (Co-sanctioned by MSCS)
Haubstadt, Indiana...After nearly having Saturday's 30-lap "Spring Showdown" wrestled away from him inside the final ten laps, Brady Bacon fought back to re-take the lead from Robert Ballou and take the victory at Tri-State Speedway. The defending AMSOIL Sprint Car National Champion took his second win of the season in a race that was also co-sanctioned by the Midwest Sprint Car Series.
After a failed initial start, Tracy Hines got a run off the high side to lead the opening lap, but Kyle Cummins cut underneath to take the lead on lap three, looking for his first USAC Sprint Car win. Just a lap later, Bacon flashed by Cummins to take the top spot as the lead trio of Bacon, Cummins, and Ballou raced away from the field.
Ballou took second and started to stalk Bacon as they encountered traffic. He finally poked inside Bacon on lap 19 as the two nearly made contact while avoiding a slower car. Three laps later, Ballou got a run down the frontstretch and dove under Bacon for the lead. As they hit turn three, Ballou bobbled while Bacon hustled on the cushion to retake the lead as they passed the line.
On lap 24, third-running Kevin Thomas, Jr., who was slicing through traffic in pursuit of the lead duo, made contact with a lapped car and spun in turn-two, necessitating the only caution of the race.
With five lapped cars behind them, it was Bacon versus Ballou for the final seven laps, as Bacon was able to hold a narrow margin and take the win in the Hoffman Auto Racing - Mean Green #69 Triple X/Williams Mopar, his tenth career win to tie him with Tony Stewart for 43rd all-time.
"We were not gonna lose tonight from a lack effort; we threw everything at it. Ballou and Cummins are as good as they get here, so it's nice to be able to beat them. It's a different place, and what works here is backwards how we do it everywhere else. There were cars everywhere that were unpredictable, and I think it was a matter of time before it messed up one of us. I just went to the top after he passed me and caught a break that he had a bad corner with traffic or something. It gave us the momentum to get back around him. I could feel us fading in the final few laps, and I could see him, but I just tried not to make any huge mistakes," Bacon said.
Ballou was visibly frustrated with his narrow miss of his third win this season, as he placed himself in the top-two for the third-straight USAC race at Tri-State in the Blakesley Auto - MPHG Promotions #12 Maxim/Ott.
"I really hate to miss that one, especially as good as our car was. We had a brake problem last night that we didn't get fixed, and it cost us tonight. I ran all over him in traffic there but didn't want to crash us both. I think the top may have even been better, but I didn't feel confident that I could get it slowed down to run the cushion. The one time we pushed the front end was right after we passed him. It's unfortunate, but those guys do their homework and prepare a great car to win these races. We'll figure it out and try to get three wins next weekend," Ballou said.
Cummins held on to round out the podium in the Rock Steady Racing - Vincennes University #3R Mach-1/Cummins.
"I was hoping we could get away from them a little bit in the beginning, but I knew when they went by me so early that we were in trouble. I tried to make adjustments and do anything I could to get us better, but that was all we had. I think if we could have gotten to the top, we could have tried to make a run at them, but traffic had it clogged up near the end. I normally run my own stuff, but getting in some different cars and running up front is great. You gotta have a car near perfect to be able to win these races, and we're close," Cummins said.
Brady Short came home fourth after starting 11th in the Pottorff Logging - Sipe's Body & Glass #11P Maxim/SPEC, and AMSOIL National point leader Chase Stockon, who started 12th, rounded out the podium aboard the Superior Tank & Trailer - Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher.
ProSource "Fast Qualifier" Dave Darland finished seventh, while Carson Short rallied from 21st to finish tenth, garnering the B&W Auto Mart "Hard Charger Award."
QUALIFYING: 1. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-13.677; 2. Jeff Bland Jr., 04, Burton-13.692; 3. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.715; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-13.734; 5. Tracy Hines, 4, THR-13.740; 6. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Byram-13.795; 7. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.830; 8. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.850; 9. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-13.912; 10. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-13.937; 11. Brady Short, 11P, Pottorff-14.006; 12. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-14.016; 13. Jon Stanbrough, 81, JSR-14.043; 14. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-14.084; 15. Ted Hines, 12H, Hines-14.090; 16. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.110; 17. Shane Cockrum, 66, Wade-14.203; 18. Donny Brackett, 4B, Brackett-14.368; 19. James Lyerla, 11, JL Motorsports-14.422; 20. Chet Williams, 38, Williams-14.427; 21. Carson Short, 21, Short-14.568; 22. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-14.729; 23. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-15.701; 24. Brian Wallace, 27, Wallace-17.525.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Darland, 3. Jarrett, 4. Farney, 5. Thomas, 6. Lyerla, 7. Hery, 8. Stanbrough. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B.Short, 2. Leary, 3. Bland, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Cockrum, 6. Grant, 7. Williams, 8. Bell. 2:30.35
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Brackett, 3. Cummins, 4. Stockon, 5. Briscoe, 6. C.Short, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Wallace. 2:20.12
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Grant, 2. C.Short, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Lyerla, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Williams, 7. Hery, 8. Bell, 9. Wallace. 2:49.82
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Brady Short, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Carson Short, 11. Chase Briscoe, 12. Aaron Farney, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Logan Jarrett, 15. Ted Hines, 16. Shane Cockrum, 17. Chet Williams, 18. Donnie Brackett, 19. Justin Grant, 20. James Lyerla, 21. Jeff Bland Jr., 22. Travis Hery. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Tracy Hines, Lap 3 Cummins, Laps 4-30 Bacon.
NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-467, 2-Ballou-452, 3-Bacon-439, 4-Darland-424, 5-Thomas-387, 6-Stanbrough-374, 7-Leary-364, 8-Tracy Hines-342, 9-Grant-315, 10-Cummins-310.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 24- Eagle (NE) Raceway - "Rumble at the Bullring"
RYAN STILLWAGGON EARNS FIRST CAREER SPRINT CAR VICTORY WITH TSRS AT BRIDGEPORT
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RYAN STILLWAGGON EARNS FIRST CAREER SPRINT CAR VICTORY WITH TSRS AT BRIDGEPORT (Bridgeport, NJ)
By Erika Palmai Wagner
Ryan Stillwaggon, of Burlington, NJ, earned his first career sprint car victory Friday Night with the Tri-State Racesaver Series at Bridgeport Speedway. Stillwaggon held off a hard charging Bob DeVault in a thrilling twenty lap feature event at the newly resurfaced South Jersey five-eighths mile. Adam Carberry, who was a close contender for the win as well settled for third, Mike Haggenbottom, who pitted early in the race, restarted twenty-second and came through the field and finished 4th, and Eddie Wagner round out the top five finishing fifth.
Three heat race events were presented for the field of twenty-two 305 Sprints with victories going to Brad Franks, Mike Haggenbottom, and Eddie Wagner.
#77 Jeff Geiges #11 Ryan Stillwaggon (WoS photo)
Ryan Stillwaggon and Jeff Geiges led the field to the green with Stillwaggon taking strong control of the top spot over Geiges. The first caution was brought out on lap 1, with Tim Tanner clipping the inside wall of turns one and two, side lining Tanner with front end damage, prematurely ending his attempt to challenge for the win.
Restarting the field in double file fashion, Stillwaggon checked out once again with Eddie Wagner climbing up the ranks very quickly from his 5th starting spot, obtaining two positions by lap 2, moving him up to third. Stillwaggon continued to show his dominance with a strong lead, followed by Jeff Geiges, Eddie Wagner, Adam Carberry and Bobby Devault who started back in 12th. Another caution was displayed on lap 5, with Samantha Lieberman spinning and coming to a stop in turn 3.
The green flag dropped to restart the race and Stillwaggon, Geiges and DeVault, who took advantage of the restart slicing and dicing his way to the 3rd spot, were the top three. Another caution was displayed on lap 6, with Dave Brown stopping in turn 3.
On the next restart, it was Adam Carberry and his green number 47 who took advantage of the very fast outside groove, jumping from 5th to 3rd, and then moving quickly to 2nd on the top by lap 10. Stillwaggon, showing the supremacy of his SEC Racing Engine power plant, continued to display his authority over the field with over a half a straightaway lead over the stout competition behind him. By catching up to lapped traffic, this allowed Carberry, DeVault, Haggenbottom and Wagner to reel him in. Bob DeVault, who started the feature back in 12th place, challenged Carberry for 2nd, defeating him and then set his eyes on the lead to which he conquered by lap 16. The caution was brought out for the final time due to a car stopping on the front stretch. Things were about to get interesting.
#10 Bobby Devault #11 Ryan Stillwaggon (WoS photo)
On the final restart, Bob DeVault lead the field to the final green flag, but Stillwaggon, who lost possession of the top spot a lap before, was not going to give it up without a fight. Stillwaggon challenged DeVault in a side by side dash down the back stretch, with the number 11 regaining the lead on lap 17. For the final laps, DeVault continued to challenge Stillwaggon, offering multiple runs at the lead, but Ryan prevailed. With the checkered flag in the air, Ryan Stillwaggon took his Quality Auto Body number 11 sprinter to victory lane with Bob DeVault finishing a close second, Adam Carberry third, Mike Haggenbottom fourth and Eddie Wagner finishing fifth.
RESULTS:
HEAT 1: BRAD FRANKS, ADAM CARBERRY, RYAN STILLWAGGON, DAVE BROWN JR., JAMIE KOSTIC, RANDY WILBERT*, BRENDON TOFF*, DAVID BONNER*
HEAT 2: MIKE HAGGENBOTTOM, CHRIS ALLEN JR., TIM TANNER JR, RICK STEIF, JOE LORD, HARRIS KOHEN, SAMANTHA LIEBERMAN*
HEAT 3: EDDIE WAGNER, JEFF GEIGES, BRYANT DAVIS, BOB DEVAULT, SCOTT FRACK, ZACH BURD, JOE KAY*
FEATURE: RYAN STILLWAGGON, BOB DEVAULT, ADAM CARBERRY, MIKE HAGGENBOTTOM, EDDIE WAGNER, JEFF GEIGES, RICK STIEF, CHRIS ALLEN JR., BRYANT DAVIS, DAVE BROWN JR., RANDY WILBERT*, SCOTT FRACK, JOE LORD, JOE KAY*, SAMANTHA LIEBERMAN*, DAVID BONNER*, JAMIE KOSTIC, ZACH BURD, HARRIS KOHEN, BRAD FRANKS, BRENDON TOFF*, TIM TANNER
HARD CHARGER: BOB DEVAULT
