Paved Track Sprint Cars
Aug 23 2011
USAC's PAVEMENT SPRINTS RETURN TO INDY SEPTEMBER 8
SANTOS RETAINS POINT LEAD WITH LOR VICTORY
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC Pavement Sprint Car Series returns to Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind. September 8 for another “Thursday Night Thunder” event and Bobby Santos III will return as the point leader after re-affirming his position at the top of the standings with a victory at the .686-mile paved oval last Thursday.
Santos, of Franklin, Mass., extended his lead in the 2011 points Thursday with a 30-lap feature win at LOR. Santos trailed Chris Windom for 17 laps, then got by Windom in turn three after a restart and led the final 13 laps in his Santos Motorsports/K & N Filters Beast/Gaerte.
Windom took second ahead of fast qualifier Tanner Swanson, Eric Gordon and JoJo Helberg.
USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bobby Santos III-253, 2-Tanner Swanson-274, 3-Bobby East-224, 4-Chris Windom-216, 5-Jacob Wilson-207, 6-Kody Swanson-205, 7-Brian Gerster-193, 8-Tracy Hines-174, 9-Russ Gamester-153, 10-Brian Olson-135.
“CLASSIC” SPRINTS HEAD FOR IRWINDALE SATURDAY
BY DICK JORDAN
Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. will resume his quest for a sixth and seventh USAC driving championship this Saturday when the AMSOIL USAC Western/Western Classic Sprint Cars visit Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif.
Hunt is two points ahead of Audra Sasselli in the AMSOIL Western standings and eight points better than Geoff Ensign in the Western Classic points. A total of 74 points are available at Irwindale, which means the top-five Western and top three Western Classic drivers all have a shot at the point lead this weekend.
Hunt garnered his initial Irwindale Sprint win in 2001 and added two more in 2006. Kody Swanson won last November’s USAC Sprint race at Irwindale, beating Hunt to the checkered flag as Hunt iced his fourth Western Sprint Car championship. Added to his Regional Sprint and Russell Pro crowns, that makes him only one of seven drivers in USAC history to amass a half-dozen driving titles. Two more would put him in rarified territory, matching Mel Kenyon’s eight titles. Only A.J. Foyt (13), Rich Vogler and Sleepy Tripp (9 each) would have more.
USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-445; 2-Audra Sasselli-443; 3-Cody Gerhardt-439; 4-Tim Skoglund-435; 5-Luis Ramos III-431; 6-Johnny Geisler-271; 7-Scott Pierovich-267; 8-Geoff Ensign-201; 9-Mike Murgoitio-193; 10-Tim Barber-175.
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-489; 2-Geoff Ensign-481; 3-Shauna Hogg-416; 4-Scott Pierovich-386; 5-Tim Barber-364; 6-Jerry Kobza-286; 7-Audra Sasselli-245; 8-Cody Gerhardt-222; 9-Luis Ramos III-204; 10-Tim Skoglund-197.
Aug 19 2011
AMSOIL USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 18, 2011
– Indianapolis, Indiana – Lucas Oil Raceway – “Thursday Night Thunder”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 17T, TK-20.926; 2. Bobby Santos III, 98s, Santos-20.943; 3. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-21.092; 4. Eric Gordon, 51, Bowman/Canine-21.092; 5. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-21.100; 6. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-21.126; 7. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-21.131; 8. Jacob Wilson, 07, WRB-21.137; 9. Caleb Armstrong, 7A, C & A-21.172; 10. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-21.184; 11. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-21.190; 12. Brian Olson, 59, Powell-21.198; 13. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-21.468; 14. Troy DeCaire, 1, Powell-21.712; 15. Russ Gamester, 35, Gamester-21.743; 16. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan-Gennuso-22.535.17. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. T.Swanson, 2. K.Swanson, 3. Gordon, 4. Helberg, 5. Ramos, 6. Marietta. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. Santos, 3. Wilson, 4, .Windom, 5. Pierce, 6. DeCaire. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Armstrong, 3. Hines, 4. Gerster, 5. Olson. 2:56.44
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Tanner Swanson, 4. Eric Gordon, 5. JoJo Helberg, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Jacob Wilson, 8. Brian Gerster, 9. Bobby East, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Caleb Armstrong, 12. Troy DeCaire, 13. Aaron Pierce, 14. Brian Olson, 15. Russ Gamester, 16. Luis Ramos III, 17. Mario Marietta. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Windom, Laps 18-30 Santos.
NEW AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT POINTS: 1-Santos-253;2. T.Swanson-247; 3-East-224; 4-Windom-216; 5-Wilson-207; 6-K.Swanson-205; 7-Gerster-193; 8-Hines-174; 9-Gamester-153; 10-Olson-135.
NEXT AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT RACE: September 8 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis
Aug 16 2011
USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 14, 2011
– Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.748; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.838; 3. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.093; 4. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.206; 5. Bryan Shafer, 24x, Waters-14.349; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.526; 7. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.605.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Shafer, 3. Barlow, 4. Bergener. 2:00.10
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Marconi, 3. Andrus. 1:57.54
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Burdett, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Bryan Shafer, 4. Eric Barlow, 5. Paul Marconi, 6. Ray Bergener, 7. Mel Andrus. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Shafer, Laps 4-21 Waters, Laps 22-25 Burdett.
NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-598; 2-Waters-598; 3-Barlow-520; 4-Marconi-433; 5-Johnny Geisler-401; 6-Andrus-397; 7-Bergener-367; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.
NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: September 3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways
SANTOS LEADS PAVEMENT SPRINTS TO INDY;
LARSON TAKES OSKALOOSA’S “ONE NIGHT STAND FOR $15 GRAND!”
HINES WINS 2 AT DODGE CITY; STANBROUGH 1ST AT GRAIN VALLEY
by DICK JORDAN
Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. will lead USAC’s Pavement Sprint Car Series to Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind. this Thursday night, but his point lead is tenuous at best. He sits just one point ahead of Bobby East and two ahead of Tanner Swanson entering the ”Thursday Night Thunder” event on the .686-mile paved oval.
Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. continues hang on to a slim point lead in USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series after last week’s four races in the nation’s heartland. He is 19 points ahead of Chris Windom and 38 ahead of Jon Stanbrough heading into a September 10 date at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track. Jones posted a pair of thirds and a fourth in last week’s action.
Stanbrough, of Avon, Ind. won Sunday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC National Sprint race at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. Taking the lead from Brady Bacon on lap 10 in traffic, Stanbrough held off late-race challenges from Robert Ballou to take the victory in the Jarvis Enterprises/Fatheadz Eyewear DRC/Foxco. Ballou took second ahead of Jones, Hud Cone and Blake Fitzpatrick as Bacon, who led the first 10 laps, faded to sixth at the end.
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. racked up Friday and Saturday night 30-lap wins at Dodge City (Kans.) Raceway Park in his MP Environmental/Turbines, Inc. DRC/Shaver. The wins brought his all-time USAC National feature victory total to 76. He scored his first USAC National feature win of the season and the 75th of his USAC career Friday night at Dodge City, leading the first lap and last six laps at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. Hines was followed at the checkered flag by Stanbrough, Jones, Windom and Hud Cone, who led 23 laps of the race. Hines added a similar victory in Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Dodge City. He grabbed the lead on lap 24 from Ballou, who then flipped on the following lap and Hines officially led the final seven laps. Windom finished second ahead of Stanbrough, Jones and Dave Darland.
Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. made his debut in the Dynamics, Inc. Mean Green/Mopar Chalk memorable last Tuesday night, winning race organizer Terry McCarl’s Casey’s General Stores “Ultimate Challenge” at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. Larson’s victory in the race presented by Don Lang’s Searsboro Telephone Company earned his team a check for $15,000 and the win was Larson’s first in the AMSOIL National Sprint Series and the Hoffman Auto Racing Team’s record 77th. Larson led the first 13 laps, then Bacon went to the front for three laps before Dustin Morgan flipped, bringing out the race’s second red flag. On the restart, Larson outduelled Bacon for the lead and led the final 14 laps for the historic win. Bacon finished second ahead of Darland, Shane Cottle and Jerry Coons Jr.
USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Levi Jones-1,085; 2-Chris Windom-1,066; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,047; 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-934; 5-Robert Ballou-933; 6-Dave Darland-887; 7-Tracy Hines-828; 8-Damion Gardner-826; 9-Bryan Clauson-813; 10-Bobby East-690.
USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bobby Santos III-181, 2-Bobby East-180, 3-Tanner Swanson-179, 4-Kody Swanson-165, 5-Jacob Wilson-159, 6-Chris Windom-152, 7-Brian Gerster-145, 8-Tracy Hines-122, 9-Russ Gamester-122, 10-Brian Olson-106.
SEPTEMBER 3 “SHOWDOWN” FOR BURDETT & WATERS AT RMR;
VICTORY FOR BURDETT SETS UP POINT LEAD TIE
by DICK JORDAN
Former USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Champion Ryan Burdett and Jim Waters will square off for the series point lead in the penultimate race of the series at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah September 3. Each has 598 points after Sunday night’s race won by Burdett.
Burdett. of West Jordan, Utah, led the final four laps to win Sunday’s 25-lapper. He passed Waters on the 22nd lap and held on for the win over Waters, Bryan Shafer (who led the first three laps), Eric Barlow and Paul Marconi.
Burdett won the series title in 2007, while Waters was the 2003 and 2004 titlist. Waters owns a record 18 feature victories at the Salt Lake oval (15 in Sprints), while Burdett has won there 13 times.
USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Ryan Burdett-598; 2-Jim Waters-598; 3-Eric Barlow-520; 4-Paul Marconi-433; 5-Johnny Geisler-401; 6-Mel Andrus-397; 7-Ray Bergener-367; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.
63rd Annual
Anderson Indiana's
"LITTLE 500"
by aXe
After about 50 years of reading about the Little 500 I finaly got to see one. Thanks to the Rain Gods it was rained out sat and moved to sun lucky for us.
The Top 3 Qualifiers Pierce Tyler and Olson
We missed all the preliminary stuff, Which included a New all time track record under 11 seconds,4 cars broke that one. And that helped make for the fastest field in the 63 year history of the race.
The Track record is now Held by Aaron Pierce at 10.8 seconds
It has been close to fifty years since I last saw 500 laps on a short track. This didnt compare to that BCRA midget race back in the late 50s. They didnt have half a field of competitive cars,This one had most of them in it that were highly competitive.
All 33 Cars Ready to go! 3rd quick on left was Brian Olson on then Brian Tyler and New Track record holder Aaron Pierce
It was a fairly trouble free event. Although one did several barrel rolls just past the start and finish line, The race was red-flagged on lap 51 when Tom Paterson hopped the wheel of another car on the front straight and flipped several times before landing wheels down in the turn one infield. He emerged ok.
ChrisWindom had to overcome a penalty for passing the pace car late in the race, but things fell his way over the final 50 laps.
After around 2.5 HRS OF 33 cars Racing the winner was Chris Windom
Who hung around the top ten most of the race then struck with just 5 laps or so to go, Going by Eric Gordon Who looked to be thinking Windom was laps down?
Winning car of Windoms
Windoms winning cars nose ready to devour the compettion
Gordon & Chet Phillips Were lap leaders for most of the race.
Phillips from Texas had a very radical car with 4 wheel independent suspension and lots of other neat looking things on it.
Gordon seemed to be on rails most of the race but when the top line was plugged up He couldnt run the bottom very well.
Jeff Bloom, had been in the starting field for 29 consecutive races and 35 overall,
He battled an ill-handling race car on during first day qualifying and during his first attempt on Friday.
Determined to make his 35th start, Bloom then climbed into a back-up car provided by Jacob Wilson’s team for a final try, rolling to the qualifying line with 30-seconds remaining.
Bloom then ran three laps without a transponder to record his lap times and was given one final run. He then ran four laps at 78.4 mph and will start 29th.
It was a beautiful evening with a good crowd. I just may try to make another one next year? But the night before the 500 midget race at Indys Raceway park is very hard to beat. They both run the same night every year.
63rd Pay Less Little 500
Starting Lineup
Anderson Speedway
Sunday, May 30, 2011
POS # DRIVER HOMETOWN ENTRANT
1 26 Aaron Pierce Daleville, IN Sam Pierce
2 44 Brian Tyler Mt. Pleasant, NC Larry Contos
3 59 Brian Olson Puyallup, WA Jerry R. Powell
4 7 JoJo Helberg Rohnert Park, CA Helberg Motorsports
5 56 Tony Hunt Lincoln, CA Michael Phulps
6 17 Chris Windom Canton, IL Windom Motorsports
7 27 Brian Gerster Fishers, IN Davis-Gerster Racing
8 10 Troy DeCaire Tampa, FL Ron Koehler
9 07 Jacob Wilson Crawfordsville, IN Wilson Bros. Racing
10 88 Jimmy McCune Toledo, OH McCune Family Sprinter
11 35 Russ Gamester Peru, IN Gamester Racing Products LLC
12 2 Eric Gordon Indianapolis, IN Bowman Racing
13 8B Dave Baumgartner Ottawa Lake, MI Larry Wood/Dan Wilshe
14 07 Ryan Litt London, Ont. Ryan Litt Racing
15 14 Scott Pierovich Alamo, CA Ken Pierson
16 17 Donnie Adams Jr Alexandria, IN Adams Motorsports
17 20 Shane Hollingsworth Lafayette, IN Gene Nolen
18 4 Shane Cottle Kokomo, IN Larry Contos
19 21 Luis Ramos III Clovis, CA Kaplan-Gennuso Racing
20 159 Kevin Atkins Warsaw, IN Jerry R. Powell
21 5 Tony Elliot Warsaw, IN Gene Nolen
22 8 Jeff Rankin Coldwater, MI Marv Carmen
23 36 Ryan Burdett West Jordan, UT FRB Welding
24 63 Rex Norris III Dunreith, IN Gene Nolen
25 77 Chet Fillip Avon, IN Advanced Racing Suspensions
26 7 Tim Cox Park City, IL Swanson Racing
27 11 Tom Paterson Argos, IN Tom Paterson
28 6 Mike Larrison Coatsville, IN Davey Hamilton
29 07 Jeff Bloom Bangor, MI Wilson Bros. Racing
30 15 Brandon Whited Richmond, IN Bryan Whited
31 25 Brent Beauchamp Fairland, IN Gene Nolen
32 40 Jason Cox Park City, IL Richard Fieler (DJ Racing)
33 81 Kyle Wiegand Bargersville, IN Michael Blake
2nd Alt. 99 Chad Goff Kansas City, KS Wayne Stickney
withdrew 55 Mike Ling Mt. Brydges, Ont Jim Brown
