AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 18, 2011 – Ocala, Florida – Ocala Speedway – 2nd “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.211; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.288; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.391; 4. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-15.424; 5. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-15.473; 6. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.590; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.605; 8. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.729; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.753; 10. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.762; 11. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-15.764; 12. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-15.777; 13. Bill Rose, 10T, R & B-15.779; 14. Kyle Robbins, 17R, KR-15.787; 15. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.791; 16. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.804; 17. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-15.856; 18. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-15.861; 19. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-15.884; 20. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.924; 21. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.929; 22. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-15.956; 23. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.981; 24. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-16.197; 25. Steve Irwin, 42G, R & M-16.283; 26. Kent Christian, 1c,
Christian-16.342; 27. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.362; 28. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-17.537; 29. Steve Thomas, 20T, Thomas-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Kaeding, 3. Fitzpatrick, 4. Jones, 5, Darland, 6. Rose, 7. Irwin. 2:09.00

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. McIntyre, 3. Clauson, 4. Robbins, 5. Grant, 6. Stockon, 7. Christian. 2:14.00

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. East, 3. Short, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Coons, 6. Gardner, 7. Shuman. 2:08.00

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Gulick, 3. Cottle, 4. Hines, 5. Ballou, 6. Gross, 7. Weber. 2:09.00

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Stockon, 3. Ballou, 4. Grant, 5. Coons, 6. Rose, 7. Shuman, 8. Darland, 9. Gross, 10. Christian, 11. Irwin, 12. Weber. 3:16.00

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2, Blake Fitzpatrick, 3. Scotty Weir, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Jon Stanbrough, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Casey Riggs, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Bobby East, 15. Justin Grant, 16. Bill Rose, 17. Brady Short, 18. Coleman Gulick, 19, Jerry Coons Jr., 20. Chase Stockon, 21. Wes McIntyre, 22. Kyle Robbins. 8:27,00

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Fitzpatrick, Clauson 23-30.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-130; 2-Gardner-129; 3-Stanbrough-112; 4-Jones-105; 5-Schuerenberg-98; 6-Kaeding-95; 7-Weir-92; 8-East-84; 9-Fitzpatrick-81; 10-Ballou-77.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 19 – Ocala, FL – Ocala Speedway – 2nd “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 17, 2011 – Ocala, Florida – Ocala Speedway – 2nd “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.801; 2. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-14.941; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.028; 4. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.109; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.186; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-15.216; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.220; 8. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.258; 9. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.296; 10. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.299; 11. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.307; 12. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-15.349; 13. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.478; 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-15.510; 15. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-15.514; 16. Bill Rose, 10T, R & B-15.529; 17. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-15.534; 18. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.572; 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-15.677; 20. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-15.784; 21. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.822; 22. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-15.857; 23. Steve Irwin, 42G, R & M-15.933; 24. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-15.979; 25. Kyle Robbins, 17R, KR-16.032; 26. Kent Christian, 1c,
Christian-16.188; 27. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-16.240; 28. Steve Thomas, 20T, Thomas-16.806; 29. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-17.165; 30. Jimmy Simpson, 21, RacePro-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Kaeding, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Jones, 5. Ballou, 6. Robbins, 7. Weber, 8. Grant. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Darland, 4. Short, 5. Riggs, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. Christian. 2:21

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Gulick, 3. Gardner, 4. Shuman, 5. Stockon, 6. McIntyre, 7. Irwin. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. East, 3. Weir, 4. Clauson, 5. Rose, 6. Gross, 7. Thomas. 2:08

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Fitzpatrick, 3. Rose, 4. Ballou, 5. Grant, 6. McIntyre, 7. Robbins, 8. Gross, 9. Christian, 10. Stockon, 11. Thomas, 12. Weber. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Brady Short, 7. Bobby East, 8. Coleman Gulick, 9. Bill Rose, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Robert Ballou, 13 Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Casey Shuman, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Scotty Weir, 17. Casey Riggs, 18. Tracy Hines, 19. Wes McIntyre, 20. Blake Fitzpatrick, 21. Justin Grant, 22. Shane Cottle. NT

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**Grant flipped during the first heat. Riggs flipped on lap 6 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Stanbrough, Lap 30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-70; 2-Stanbrough-65; 3-Clauson-59; 4-Jones-58; 5-Kaeding-55; 6-East-52; 7-Short-50; 8-Gulick-46; 9-Schuerenberg-45; 10-Windom-39.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 18 – Ocala, FL – Ocala Speedway – 2nd “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”

Allentown, PA: CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Goes Topside With Sprint Stars Gary Wright, Kyle Larson, Zach Zimmerly And Seth Bergman On Monday Night's Show
By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show cranks up the airwaves on Monday evening with another fabulous edition of their show on Monday evening show, February 14th as they play host to another blockbuster lineup of talented racing stars and personalities who join the Gang for the fastest, funniest, and most informative racing show in the country today. The show airs from 6 to 8 PM every Monday evening on channels 103 and 137 and worldwide on the Internet. The Gang has been serving the racing world for the past eight years on the airwaves and is well noted for their well noted "theme" show format and will host the 512th edition of their show since they hit the airwaves and their monumental 300th show since joining forces with the party channel at WALN Digital Cable and "Happy Jack" Burns on Channels 103 and 137. The Gasoline Alley Team of Ed and Steve Pados is looking forward to more of the same great format they have been following since the inception of their show back in 2002.

With this edition of the show the Gang will focus on the "pushin the cushion" world of Sprint Car racing and have followed Horace Greeley's advice as they head to the West Coast to chat with a gifted group of racing personalities who have enjoyed great success in the sport and look to add to their fame and glory with the upcoming 2011 racing season. The interviews will kick-off with 16 year old teenage sensation Zach Zimmerly, who last season became the youngest winner ever in the California based Golden State Challenge Series for 410 sprint cars. Zach jons the Gang for the first time and is already approaching 100 wins in his young and exciting career in racing. 18 year old Kyle Larson, who captured a win on Saturday evening with a wire to wire triumph at the Giant Speedway in Hanford, California rejoins the Gang to talk about the win and his recent pairing with the famed Keith Kunz Racing Team in Indiana as Kyle gears up for a run at the USAC National Midget title in 2011. "The Texan" Gary Wright will be on the road and heading home from California as the Gang hopes to catch up with him for an interview. Gary is the all-time leading sprint car winner in ASCS competition having scored 126 wins and four consecutive titles from 2004 to 2007. Seth Bergman, the Grays Harbor sprint car champion in 2010 joins the Gang for the first time to talk about the title and his aggressive plans for hitting the road this year as part of the ASCS National Tour.

Miss WALN Cable Radio Vickie Kidd will join the Gang for this edition of the show.

The Gang will also be providing additional updates regarding the upcoming Phillipsburg Mall show that will run from March 6th until the 12th. This will be the fourth consecutive season the Pados Brothers will be hosting the nightly stage shows in Phillipsburg and have a great and diverse series of events scheduled for the racing fans all week long.

The popular award winning TV/Internet show offers a live internet video feed to all of the Internet subscribers to view the wide assortment of the many racing videos that are played while the show is in progress and to enjoy the chat sessions with the many great personalities from within the racing community who pay the Gang a visit to discuss racing. As always, a surprise or two will be expected as the Gasoline Alley Gang continues to bring the racing community the fastest, funniest and most informed racing show on the airwaves today. All shows produced by GA Motorsports Media are carefully researched, authenticated and fully scripted to produce for our loyal sponsors, guests and racing fans the best show on the airwaves today.

CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Radio/Internet Show continues with its outstanding line-up of talented guests with this week's edition of the show. The Show's programming is available on WALN Digital Cable Radio, Internet www.walncableradio.com for the Audio portion and: livestream.com/walncableradio/old for the video portion. The Show is available on Service Electric Digital Cable TV, Channels 103, and 137 and is live from 6 to 8 PM and later tape delayed on Channel 50 at 11 PM.

Join the Gasoline Alley broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados on Monday evening February 14th as they take you on a two-hour circular journey with their well documented, very informative and extremely funny show.

Should you have questions on how to be a part of the show through advertising, appearances or remotes, please contact Steve Pados at: 610 573 9706; Ed Pados at: 610 739 0391; or the WALN Studios at: 610 791 1818. You may also email: steveswp@ptd.net

RACING NEWS THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE

Indianapolis - Legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway announcer Tom Carnegie has died.
Carnegie passed away at the age of 91. He served as the voice of the Speedway for more than 60 years, taking the job in 1946. He was hired by track owner Tony Hulman to announce the first race under Hulman's ownership.

"I go out there fat, dumb and happy, you know, and announce a little event and Tony Hulman and Wilbur Shaw come over and say, 'You want to work the 500?'," Carnegie said at a party for his 90th birthday in 2009. "I don't know what came out, but it was good enough. I think they were just too embarrassed to fire me, so I stayed there for 61 races."

He retired from the Speedway in 2006.

According to the IMS website, Carnegie was born Carl Kenagy on September 25, 1919. A manager at the Fort Wayne radio station where he worked changed his on-air name to Tom Carnegie.

Carnegie's link to Indianapolis sports history extended beyond the Brickyard. He was the announcer at Hinkle Fieldhouse when Milan High School won the 1954 state basketball championship on Bobby Plump's infamous shot, which became the basis for the movie "Hoosiers."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 10, 2011
CONTACT: Dick Jordan

A prize of $20,000 awaits the winner of the May 29 “Night Before the 500” USAC Mopar Midget race at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis! The prize matches the largest single race winner’s share in Midget racing history and is a result of an endowment left by long-time Midget racing scribe and historian Crocky Wright, who passed away in December of 2009 at age 90.

The “Night Before the 500” Classic, was among beneficiaries of Mr. Wright’s last will and testament and the winner’s share matches the $20,000 claimed by Jason Leffler for his victory at the 1999 “Summer Sizzle” at Indianapolis’ 16th Street Speedway.

"The $20,000 payday this year only adds to the lure of this race,” says Bryan Clauson, who won USAC’s 2010 Narional Driver Championship and Mopar National Midget title. “The Night Before the 500 midget race is one of the crown jewels of midget racing, and it is definitely circled on every midget driver’s calendar each year. With a winners share that matches the highest ever in our sport, fans will see a lot of tough guys show up for this one. After finishing second the last two years in this race, I can't think of a better year to finally breakthrough and add my name to the winners list for this great event."

The “Night Before the 500” race is one of America’s most traditional motorsports events and has made its home at the Indianapolis oval since 1980. It was also held at the then-named Indianapolis Raceway Park from 1969-1971 and 1974-1978. Other Indiana facilities which have hosted the race include 16th Street Speedway (1948-1958), Kokomo Speedway (1959-1961 and 1965-1968), the Indianapolis Speedrome (1962-1964 and 1979) and the Indiana State Fairgrounds (1972-73).

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. would like nothing better than to repeat as the race winner. “This is going to be huge. Repeating as the race winner would be one thing but to take home that kind of money would be fantastic. Last year I hadn’t even planned on running the race. The deal came together at the last minute and we put the seat in the car Tuesday, the motor Wednesday and the driver on Saturday! I had never turned a lap at the track until the night we won! I’d like to walk away with that trophy again and put my name in the record books alongside Jason Leffler as the biggest prize winners in Midget racing history.”

To put this race in some perspective, Mel Kenyon won 17 races on his way to the 1967 USAC National Midget championship. His total take for the 49 Midget races that year was just over $11,000!

The 1999 “Summer Sizzle” victory still gives Jason Leffler a considerable amount of pride. “I was nearly broke when I won that race at 16th Street,” Leffler admits. “It’s really special that Crocky has done this and hopefully some racer can share the joy I had when I collected that big paycheck. It’s going to be a special night for Midget racing and I only wish I could be there. We all share Crocky’s passion for the sport and I’m happy to see this happen at a race I will always cherish having won (2002).”

Crocky Wright’s legacy is one of extreme dedication to the sport of Midget auto racing. A 2005 inductee into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame, he was presented his award that year by his hero, Tony Stewart, whom many consider was a key beneficiary of Crocky’s many columns and writings. A racer himself, Wright, whose real German-born name was Ernest Schlausky, witnessed his first Midget race the same year the sport was born, 1933, and is one of only two motorcycle stuntmen honored by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the other being Evel Knievel! In 2004 Crocky was awarded the prestigious “Jim Blunk Award” at the USAC Awards Banquet in honor of his many contributions to the sport he loved.

“We feel this purse will add to the excitement and historic significance this race holds in the race community,” said Wes Collier, general manager of Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. “The purse will pull the finest Midget racers from across the country and fans are sure to see thrilling racing during the feature event as they battle to the checkered flag.”

“It’s a fitting tribute to Crocky that this race honors his memory,” adds USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. “He was so much a part of the fabric of this sport and we are honored to be part of this celebration of his life and his contributions to Midget auto racing.”

For the sake of history, it should be noted that Dave Steele claimed the largest single night payout in Midget racing history in 2002 when he won back-to-back 25-lap feature races at the then-named Indianapolis Raceway Park. Those two wins, worth $10,280, earned a bonus of $50,000 posted by a lubricant company, plus other contingencies, resulting in a total take for Steele of $64,560!

--USAC--

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 9, 2011
DICK JORDAN

Defending AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. opens his quest for a record fifth series championship Feb. 17-19 at Ocala (Fla.) Speedway in the second annual “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals.”

Jones, whose four series titles (2005, 2007, 2009-1010) matched Steve Butler’s feat (1986-87-88-90), nosed out Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. by 132 points for last year’s National crown. Gardner, however, was the 2010 star of the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals,” winning both feature events at East Bay Raceway.

While Jones pilots a #20 Bass Pro Shops car entered by NASCAR and USAC veteran Tony Stewart, Gardner will compete in his familiar Pace Lighting #71. Last year Jones finished fifth and seventh in the two Florida openers, while Gardner led all 30 laps both nights.

The 2011 series will be contested entirely on dirt, as opposed to the dirt-pavement series conducted in 2010. On the dirt last year, Jones outpointed Gardner by 179. All eight of Jones’ victories came on dirt and all five of Gardner’s also came on the dirt.

Jones and Gardner will have to turn back challenges from some of the nation’s top dirt-track pilots in the three nights of racing at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. Indiana Sprint Week Champion Jon Stanbrough, 2010 USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson and USAC Triple Crown Champion Jerry Coons Jr. are expected to be among drivers competing in the Feb. 17-19 races. Coons will be trying to extend the all-time career mark for USAC National Sprint car victories set by his team, Hoffman Auto Racing of Milford, Ohio. The Hoffman’s have 76 wins to their credit, dating all the way back to 1961.

Race fans will be treated to a pre-race party on Wednesday night, Feb. 16, at Ker’s Wing House in Ocala and Saturday night’s entertainment package at Ocala Speedway includes a performance by the rock band Red Society.

Allentown, PA: CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Runs Wide Open With Modified Stars Wade Hendrickson, Keith Rocco, Jimmy Phelps, Billy Dunn And Ron Jon Koczon On Monday Night's Show
By:Steve Pados, GA Motorsports Media

The extremely popular and nationally acclaimed CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show cranks up the airwaves on Monday evening with another fabulous edition of their show on Monday evening show, February 7th as they play host to another blockbuster lineup of talented racing stars and personalities who join the Gang for the fastest, funniest, and most informative racing show in the country today. The show airs from 6 to 8 PM every Monday evening on channels 103 and 137 and worldwide on the Internet. The Gang has been serving the racing world for the past eight years on the airwaves and is well noted for their well noted "theme" show format and will host the 511th edition of their show since they hit the airwaves and their 299th show since joining forces with the party channel at WALN Digital Cable and "Happy Jack" Burns on Channels 103 and 137. The Gasoline Alley Team of Ed and Steve Pados is looking forward to more of the same great format they have been following since the inception of their show back in 2002.

With this edition of the show the Gang will focus on the world of Modified stock car racing and have lined up a gifted group of racing personalities who have enjoyed great success in the sport and look to add to their fame and glory with the upcoming 2011 racing season. The "Flying Farmer" Wade Hendrickson will join the Gang to talk about his Championship season at Bridgeport in 2010 and to further explain why he will not be defending those titles in 2011, while still trying to formulate his 2011 racing schedule. "Kid Roc" Keith Rocco joins the Gang for the first time to talk about being named the Connecticut Athlete of the Year in 2010, his Whelen All-American Series Championship and the two titles he captured at the Waterford Speedbowl and the Stafford Motor Speedway as he scored 26 wins during the 2010 racing season. The "Baldwinsville Bullet" Jimmy Phelps rejoins the show to talk about his Brewerton and Fulton Speedway titles as well as his runner-up performance on the Super Dirt Series tour. The "Big Gun" Billy Dunn joins the Gang for the first time to talk about his second consecutve championship at the Can Am Speedway and explain why he will not be defending the crown in 2011. Talented driving ace Ron Jon Koczon rejoins the Gang to talk about his performance last season at the New Egypt Speedway while trying to juggle his budget to continue racing in 2011.

Miss WALN Cable Radio Vickie Kidd will join the Gang for this edition of the show.

The Gang will also be providing additional updates regarding the upcoming Phillipsburg Mall show that will run from March 6th until the 12th. This will be the fourth consecutive season the Pados Brothers will be hosting the nightly stage shows in Phillipsburg and have a great and diverse series of events scheduled for the racing fans all week long.

The popular award winning TV/Internet show offers a live internet video feed to all of the Internet subscribers to view the wide assortment of the many racing videos that are played while the show is in progress and to enjoy the chat sessions with the many great personalities from within the racing community who pay the Gang a visit to discuss racing. As always, a surprise or two will be expected as the Gasoline Alley Gang continues to bring the racing community the fastest, funniest and most informed racing show on the airwaves today. All shows produced by GA Motorsports Media are carefully researched, authenticated and fully scripted to produce for our loyal sponsors, guests and racing fans the best show on the airwaves today.

CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Radio/Internet Show continues with its outstanding line-up of talented guests with this week's edition of the show. The Show's programming is available on WALN Digital Cable Radio, Internet www.walncableradio.com for the Audio portion and: livestream.com/walncableradio/old for the video portion. The Show is available on Service Electric Digital Cable TV, Channels 103, and 137 and is live from 6 to 8 PM and later tape delayed on Channel 50 at 11 PM.

Join the Gasoline Alley broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados on Monday evening February 7th as they take you on a two-hour circular journey with their well documented, very informative and extremely funny show.

Should you have questions on how to be a part of the show through advertising, appearances or remotes, please contact Steve Pados at: 610 573 9706; Ed Pados at: 610 739 0391; or the WALN Studios at: 610 791 1818. You may also email: steveswp@ptd.net

RACING NEWS THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE