USAC Sprints
May 23 2013
TONY HULMAN CLASSIC RESCHEDULED To JUNE 21
Terre Haute, IN........Race organizers Bob Sargent and Reece O'Connor have
reaffirmed their committment to the United States Auto Club and the rich
tradition of the "Tony Hulman Classic" by quickly rescheduling the AMSOIL
National Sprint race at the Terre Haute Action Track for Friday night, June 21.
Rains led to today's postponement but quick work led to the rescheduling which
now couples the race with a June 22 race at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich.
RAIN FORCES USAC races at TERRE HAUTE POSTPONEMENT
Terre Haute, IN........Heavy Rain swept through Terre Haute this afternoon and
forced postponement of tonight's "Tony Hulman Classic" at the Terre Haute Action
Track. Race organizers and USAC are discussing rescheduling and a resolution
will be announced when firm.
May 21 2013
43RD “TONY HULMAN CLASSIC” WEDNESDAY;
DARLAND WINS “LARRY RICE CLASSIC”
from DICK JORDAN
Wednesday night’s 43rd “Tony Hulman Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action
Track renews one of America’s most revered Sprint racing traditions,
one which dates back to 1971 when George Snider won the inaugural.
It’s been 20 years since Dave Darland tasted the victory in the Terre Haute classic,
but he’ll be among top favorites in Wednesday’s race after polishing
off the series regulars in last Friday’s “Larry Rice Classic” at the Bloomington
(Ind.) Speedway.
Darland passed Kevin Thomas Jr. on lap 19 and led the last 12 laps to beat
Thomas and halt Kevin’s three-race series winning streak. Brady Short was third
ahead of Chase Stockon and Brady Bacon. The USAC victory was the first ever for
car owners Phillips Motorsports as Darland piloted the Racers Advantage/Jockish
Flowers DRC/Foxco to the win.
Bud Kaeding won last year’s “Tony Hulman Classic” but Levi Jones hopes to
become the race’s first four-time winner. He won it in 2005, 2008 and 2009.
Two-time winner Jon Stanbrough,
plus former winners Tracy Hines, Daron Clayton, Chris Windom and Jerry Coons Jr.
are all possible repeat winners Wednesday.
Chase Stockon’s third-place Bloomington finish has him 14 points ahead of
Darland in the latest series standings, with Thomas just 12 back of Darland in
third.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings:
1-Chase Stockon -466,
2-Dave Darland -452,
3-Kevin Thomas Jr. -440,
4-Brady Bacon -439,
5-Hunter Schuerenberg -422,
6-Bryan Clauson -417,
7-Robert Ballou -406,
8-Tracy Hines -381,
9-C.J. Leary -275,
10-Tyler Courtney -254.
CRA “SALUTE TO INDY” AT PERRIS SATURDAY;
SPENCER BACK IN TOP FORM AT TULARE
from DICK JORDAN
Mike Spencer is looking forward to this Saturday night’s “Salute to Indy”
AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Spencer is the defending race winner and vaulted to third in the most recent
series points after his first 2013 victory at Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl
Raceway last Saturday.
The five-time series champion led the final four laps at Tulare
after passing Ryan Bernal on lap 27.
Trailing Spencer’s Grubstake Mini Storage/Madera Produce Maxim/Shaver
were Bernal, Danny Faria Jr., Bud Kaeding and Matt Mitchell.
Nic Faas led the first five laps, Kaeding led the next 11, Spencer led lap 17,
Bernal then paced nine laps and Spencer led the rest.
Damion Gardner has a 21-point lead over Faas in the current standings. They
finished sixth and eighth respectively at Tulare.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Damion Gardner-528, 2-Nic Faas-507,
3-Mike Spencer-434, 4-Bud Kaeding-415,
5-C Williams-331, 6-Austin Williams-323,
7-R.J. Johnson-300, 8-Matt Mitchell-287,
9-Roa-287, 10-Bernal-242.
CANYON’S 2nd “SALUTE TO INDY” THIS WEEKEND
from DICK JORDAN
Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. hosts this weekend’s second “Salute to Indy”
for USAC’s Southwest Sprint cars and R.J. Johnson will try to retain his
series point lead, which stands at 42 points over Ronnie Clark.
The two-night Friday-Saturday racing program offers more than 140 points so
with only 105 separating the top-10 in the standings it’s anybody’s guess who’ll
be leading the points after the weekend.
Charles Davis Jr., third in the standings, continues his pursuit of the
all-time lead in terms of USAC wins in Arizona. He has seven career wins in the
Grand Canyon State, one short of drivers A.J. Foyt, Dave Steele, Bryan Clauson
and Damion Gardner.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-R.J. Johnson-297, 2-Ronnie
Clark-255, 3-Charles Davis Jr.-254, 4-Mike Martin-228, 5-Bryan Swinehart-225,
6-Josh Pelkey-220, 7-Chris Bonneau-214, 8-Justin Quinn-209, 9-Shon Deskins-209,
10-Stevie Sussex-192.
USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE RESULTS: May 18,
– Plymouth, Indiana - Plymouth Spdwy
- “Earl Gaerte Classic”
FEATURE: (25 laps)
1. Craig Ronk (#27R Ronk),
2. Randy Shilling (#21 Shilling),
3. Billy Cribbs (#16 Cribbs),
4. Marv Hephner (#44 Hephner),
5. Dawson Stealy (40S Stealy),
6. Brad Nichols (#37 Nichols),
7. Jerod Glasford(#14G Glasford),
8. Garrett Saunders (#11 Saunders),
9. Keith Ousley (#14 Ousley),
10.Chad Clay (#13 Clay),
11.Dakokta Busche (#16B Busche),
12.Jason Montel (27M Montel),
13.Eric Saunders (#349 Saunders). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Ronk.
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) POINTS:
1-Stealy -235,
2-Cribbs -173,
3-Jordon Lambert -115,
4-Tyler Huffman -112,
5-Nichols -90,
6-Saunders -74,
7-Gary Gibson -34.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE: May 25 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE RESULTS: May 18,
– Plymouth, Indiana - Plymouth Speedway
– “Earl Gaerte Classic”
FEATURE: (20 laps)
1. Garrett Saunders (#11 Sunders),
2. Nick Katrakis (#44K Katrakis), 3.Nicholas Schaefer (#6 Schaefer),
4. Bud McCune (#37 McCune),
5. Tyler Fitzpatrick (#57 Fitzpatrick). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Saunders.
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) POINTS: 1-Saunders-250, 2-Katrakis-238,
3-Schaefer-141, 4-Joel Rogers-109.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE: May 25 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
OPEN, USAC RESTRICTOR 600s CONTINUE AT PLYMOUTH;
ROCK, SAUNDERS GRAB “EARL GAERTE” WINS
from DICK JORDAN
Once again, Plymouth Speedway welcomes the USAC 600 Sprints back Saturday as
part of this weekend’s racing events at the northern Indiana oval.
Craig Ronk and Garrett Saunders led all feature laps to capture Saturday
night's "Earl Gaerte Classic" races. Ronk was trailed by Randy Shilling, Billy
Cribbs, Marv Hephner and Dawson Stealy. Saunders led Nick Katrakis, Nicholas
Schaefer, Bud McCune and Tyler Fitzpatrick.
2013 TRAXXAS USAC 600 SPRINT OPEN POINTS:
1-Dawson Stealy-235, 2-Billy Cribbs-173, 3-Jordon Lambert-115, 4-T Huffman-112,
5-Brad Nichols-90, 6-Garrett Saunders-74, 7-Gary Gibson-34.
2013 TRAXXAS USAC 600 SPRINT RESTRICTED POINTS:
1-G Saunders-250, 2-Nick Katrakis-238,
3-N Schaefer-141, 4-Joel Rogers-109
May 19 2013
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 18,
– Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-14.853;
2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.015;
3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.283;
4. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.329;
5. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.350;
6. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.378;
7. R Vander Weerd, 10,VanderWeerd 15.440;
8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.468;
9. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-15.491;
10. J VanderWeerd, 88,VanderWeerd 15.519;
11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.534;
12. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.858;
13. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-15.974;
14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.072;
15. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.201;
16. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-16.448;
17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.906.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Faria, 2. Faas,
3. Gardner, 4. A.Williams,
5. Mitchell, 6. R.Vander Weerd,
7. Carlile, 8. Wilson,
9. C.Williams. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. R.Williams,
3. Spencer, 4. Kaeding,
5. Bernal, 6. Roa,
7. Hawkins, 8. Johnson. NT
DASH: (6 laps)
1. Faria, 2. Faas, 3. Spencer,
4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Kaeding,
6. Gardner. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Ryan Bernal,
3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Bud Kaeding,
5. Matt Mitchell, 6. Damion Gardner,
7. Austin Williams, 8. Nic Faas,
9. Richard Vander Weerd, 10. Brody Roa,
11. Cody Williams, 12. Jace VanderWeerd,
13. Rip Williams, 14. Seth Wilson,
15. D.J. Johnson, 16. Rusty Carlile,
17. Marty Hawkins. NT
**Gardner flipped during the dash.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Faas, Laps 6-16 Kaeding, Lap 17 Spencer, Laps
18-26 Bernal, Laps 27-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-528, 2-Faas-507, 3-Spencer-434,
4-Kaeding-415, 5-C.Williams-331, 6-A.Williams-323, 7-R.J. Johnson-300,
8-Mitchell-287, 9-A.Williams-287, 10-Bernal-242.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 25, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway –
“Salute to Indy”
May 18 2013
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 17, 2013 – Bloomington,
Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – “Larry Rice Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-11.597;
2. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-11.604;
3. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-11.740;
4. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-11.744;
5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-11.793; 6. K Thomas,Jr.,17RW,D/RW/TriStar-11.807;
7. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-11.826;
8. Westfall,54, Best Performance-11.878;
9. Bobby East, 5E, East-11.888;
10. Levi Jones, 39, Walker-11.899;
11. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-11.907;
12. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-11.910;
13. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-11.963;
14. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-11.965;
15. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-11.973; 16. Jordan Kinser, 5k, JKR-11.999;
17. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-12.002; 18. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-12.027; 19. Landon Simon, 41, SST-12.047;
20. Jon Stanbrough, 66, Tate/Wade-12.051; 21. Holtsclaw, 3H, Holtsclaw-12.057;
22. Leary, 30, Leary-12.161;
24. Chris Babcock, 35x, Babcock-12.180; 25. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-12.224;
26. Shuman, 21k, Krockenberger-12.233;
27. Bub Cummins, 71, Cummins-12.408;
28. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-12.427;
29. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-12.809;
30. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-NT;
31. Kent Christian, 1c, Christian-NT;
32. Jon Sciscoe, 7s, Sciscoe-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Holtsclaw, 2. Bacon, 3. Jackson,
4. East, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Hupp,
7. Chambers, 8. Burton.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ballou, 2. Jones, 3. Clauson,
4. Thomas, 5. Shuman, 6. Courtney,
7. Drake, 8. Cottle.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Short, 2. Stockon, 3. Simon,
4. Leary, 5. Hines, 6. Briscoe, 7. Cummings.
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Stanbrough, 2. Darland, 3. Windom,
4. Kinser, 5. Babcock, 6. Westfall,
7. Gross.
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. Schuerenberg, 2. Shuman, 3. Briscoe, 4. Hines, 5. Courtney, 6. Westfall,
7. Drake, 8. Hupp, 9. Cummings,
10. Cottle, 11. Chambers, 12. Babcock,
13. Burton, 14. Gross. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Dave Darland, 2. Kevin Thomas,
3. Brady Short, 4. Chase Stockon,
5. Brady Bacon, 6. Robert Ballou,
7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Jones,
9. Schuerenberg, 10. Matt Westfall,
11. C.J. Leary, 12. Tracy Hines,
13. Chris Windom, 14. Jon Stanbrough,
15. Jordan Kinser, 16. Casey Shuman,
17. Tyler Courtney, 18. Nick Drake,
19. Chase Briscoe, 20. Bobby East,
21. Dakota Jackson, 22. Landon Simon,
23. Danny Holtsclaw. NT
**East flipped on lap 14 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Thomas, Laps 19-30 Darland.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-466, 2-Darland-452, 3-Thomas-440,
4-Bacon-439, 5-Schuerenberg-422, 6-Clauson-417, 7-Ballou-406, 8-Hines-381,
9-Leary-275, 10-Courtney-254.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 22 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – 43rd
“Tony Hulman Classic”
May18 2013
by: Troy Hennig
ROSEVILLE, CA - )...National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Brad Doty will serve as the 2013 Grand Marshall for the upcoming Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame Dinner on Friday night, August 30th, starting at 6:30 PM. The Hall of Fame dinner will take place at the Tubbs Building located on the Napa County Fairgrounds. Calistoga Speedway track historian and veteran SPEED TV announcer Bobby Gerould will handle the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. The ceremony is open to the public and tickets are $30.00 per person.
This year's new Calistoga Hall of Fame Inductees include Johnny Anderson, Mike Andreetta, Hank Butcher, Mel Fernandez, Hank Hanestad, George Hawkins, Mike McGreevy, Walt Ross and Lem Tolliver. We invite all of you to join Bobby Gerould, Brad Doty and the Inductees family and friends in what surely will be an emotion packed ceremony to honor an elite group of individuals responsible for Calistoga Speedways rich history.
Brad Doty is the man behind the book "Still Wide Open" that was co-authored by award winning journalist Dave Argabright. The book chronicles Doty's rise to the top of sprint car racing before his tragic accident at Eldora Speedway in 1988 that left him paralyzed from the waist down. In 1992 Doty received a phone call from Slick 50 Sprint Car World Series television producer Pat Patterson who offered him a job as an analyst during the live broadcasts. After some hesitation, Doty accepted the position. Since 1992, Doty has been the one constant face during World of Outlaw sprint car races on television. Subsequently, he has been an ambassador for all kinds of sprint car racing and won awards including being named the Nation Sprint Car Poll's "Media Member of the Year" on numerous occasions. Doty will subsequently serve as the Grand Marshall for the entire Louie Vermeil race weekend at Calistoga Speedway.
Seating is limited for this special one night walk down memory lane on August 30th.
To reserve your tickets please call
Hunt's Race World at (916) 773-7223
Saturday night, August 31st, and Sunday night, September 1st.
2 big USAC Racing Days Poster
May 14 2013
USAC Sprint Car Roundup by Dick Jordan
BACK TO KINGS JUNE 8 FOR WEST COAST SPRINTS;
BERNAL SCORES 7TH USAC VICTORY OF 2013 AT HANFORD
from DICK JORDAN
Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. appears to be the man to beat this year as the
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint cars return to Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
June 8. He leads the series standings after taking Saturday night’s 30-lap
“Spring Showdown” at Hanford.
Bernal’s 30-point lead over Richard Vander Weerd doesn’t truly show his
domination so far this year. In seven West Coast starts so far, he has five wins
and two seconds! Saturday’s win was his third in a row.
The Hanford win also gives Bernal a total of seven USAC wins this year,
including his two in the Western Classic Sprint cars!
Bernal wheeled the Keith Ford-owned King Racing Products/A & A Precision
Machine Spike/Raney to the 40-lap win in the “Billet Cup” main event at Kings.
He was the last of four race leaders, pacing the final four laps after passing
Dennis Howell on lap 37. Bud Kaeding took second ahead of Howell, Danny Faria
Jr. and Landon Hurst.
Fast qualifier Faria emerged as the “Billet Cup” points champion by one point!
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-454, 2-Richard Vander
Weerd-424, 3-Danny Faria Jr.-377, 4-Ricky Kirkbride-376, 5-Jace Vander
Weerd-356, 6-Bud Kaeding-355, 7-Markus Niemela-344, 8-Rusty Carlile-314,
9-Austin Liggett-208, 10-Landon Hurst-201.
THUNDERBOWL HOSTS USAC/CRA SPRINTS SATURDAY
from DICK JORDAN
Teammates Damion Gardner and Nic Faas once again face off for the 2013 AMSOIL
USAC/CRA Sprint Car point lead this Saturday when the series returns to
Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif.
Gardner has a 12-point lead over Faas after seven series races in which they
both finished in the top-four spots in all seven! Gardner has won the last three
races, while Faas has one win and three seconds so far this year.
The last USAC/CRA race held at Tulare in 2010 saw Faas and Gardner finish 19th
and 23rd respectively. That race was won by Bud Kaeding, who has three
“top-five” finishes at the track in West Coast Sprint action this year.
Gardner stands at 44 total career wins in the USAC/CRA series, compared to Cory
Kruseman’s 34 and Mike Spencer’s 33. Spencer, the defending five-time AMSOIL
USAC/CRA champion, stands third in the latest 2013 points.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Damion Gardner-471, 2-Nic Faas-459,
3-Mike Spencer-363, 4-Bud Kaeding-356, 5-R.J. Johnson-300, 6-Cody Williams-300,
7-Austin Williams-276, 8-Brody Roa-250, 9-Charles Davis Jr.-232, 10-Matt
Mitchell-231.
“LARRY RICE CLASSIC” FRIDAY AT BLOOMINGTON;
3RD STRAIGHT FOR THOMAS COMES AT TRI-STATE
by DICK JORDAN
Friday night’s “Larry Rice Classic” at the Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway salutes
the 1978 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year who earned the respect of the auto
racing community both in and out of the cockpit. He won both a Silver Crown and
National Midget Championship during his USAC driving career.
Eight drivers will continue to battle for the AMSOIL National Sprint Car series
point lead, separated by just 53 points with 74 available at the quarter-mile
dirt Bloomington oval.
Kevin Thomas Jr. of Cullman, Ala., winner of last year’s “Indiana Sprint Week”
feature at Bloomington, is among those eight, standing fifth in the current
standings after recording his third consecutive series victory last Saturday
night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. He led the first 19 and last six
laps of the 30-lap “Spring Showdown” co-sanctioned by MSCS to put his Rotondo
Weirich/Black Jack Oil Maxim/Fisher in victory lane.
Robert Ballou, who led five laps, finished second at Tri-State ahead of series
leader Chase Stockon, Brady Short and Dave Darland.
Darland’s finish vaulted him to second in the new standings, 22 back of Stockon
going into Friday’s race.
The last time a driver won four straight USAC National Sprint features was 1985
when Rick Hood did it. The consecutive win record is six by Larry Dickson in
1968.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings: 1-Chase Stockon-404,
2-Dave Darland-382, 3-Hunter Schuerenberg-380, 4-Brady Bacon-378, 5-Kevin Thomas
Jr.-375, 6-Bryan Clauson-364, 7-Robert Ballou-353, 8-Tracy Hines-351, 9-Shane
Cottle-245, 10-C.J. Leary-239.
SOUTHWEST SPRINTS AT CANYON MAY 25-26;
R.J. STILL #1 WITH ARIZONA SPEEDWAY VICTORY
from DICK JORDAN
The USAC Southwest Sprint Cars return to Canyon Speedway in Peoria, Ariz. May 25-26. Series point leader R.J. Johnson already has two victories there in 2013 and hopes to remain undefeated in the upcoming events.
Johnson, of Phoenix, Ariz., stayed atop the points Saturday after winning the
30-lap feature at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz. Johnson passed Chris
Bonneau on lap 20 and led to the checkered flag to beat Bonneau, Bruce St.
James, Mike Martin and Shon Deskins. St. James led the first seven laps and
Bonneau led the next 12.
Ronnie Clark is second in the current standings, one point ahead of Charles
Davis, Jr.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-R.J. Johnson-297, 2-Ronnie
Clark-255, 3-Charles Davis Jr.-254, 4-Mike Martin-228, 5-Bryan Swinehart-225,
6-Josh Pelkey-220, 7-Chris Bonneau-214, 8-Justin Quinn-209, 9-Shon Deskins-209,
10-Stevie Sussex-192.
PLYMOUTH 600s CONTINUE AGAIN SATURDAY;
HUFFMAN, SAUNDERS TAKE MAIN EVENTS
from DICK JORDAN
The USAC 600 Sprints continue their 2013 campaign Saturday night at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway. Two drivers will try to earn their respective third wins in four outings.
Tyler Huffman and Garrett Saunders scored feature wins Saturday. Both led every
lap of their respective races. Huffman was trailed in the Open feature by Billy
Cribbs, Randy Shilling, Dawson Stealy and Mike Gass. Trailing Saunders in the
Restrictor main were Nick Katrakis and Sydney Arnett.
Stealy has a pair of Open wins this year while Saunders is a two-time
Restricted race winner.
2013 TRAXXAS USAC 600 SPRINT OPEN POINTS: 1-Dawson Stealy 188, 2-Billy
Cribbs-122, 3-Jordon Lambert-115, 4-Tyler Huffman-112, 5-Brad Nichols-45, 6-Eric
Saunders-43, 7-Gary Gibson 34.
2013 TRAXXAS USAC 600 SPRINT RESTRICTED POINTS: 1-Garrett Saunders-193, 2-Nick
Katrakis-185, 3-Joel Rogers-109, 4-Nicholas Schaefer-100.
May 13 2013
USAC Sprint Car racing Roundup
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 11,
– Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway – “Spring Showdown”
– Co-Sanctioned by Midwest Sprint Car Series
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-13.182;
2. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-13.283;
3. B Clauson, 20, Stewart/CurbAgajanian-13.303;
4. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-13.311;
5. Seth Parker, 38P, Parker-13.347;
6. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.349;
7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.374;
8. Brady Short, 11P, Pottorff-13.417;
9. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.445;
10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/Tri-Star-13.450;
11. Justin Grant, 21x, Pollock-13.458;
12. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-13.481;
13. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-13.490;
14. Levi Jones, 12, Rogers-13.558;
15. Casey Shuman, 21K, Krockenberger-13.582;
16. Jon Stanbrough, 56, Fox-13.623;
17. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-13.630;
18. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-13.654;
19. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-13.654;
20. Bradley Sterrett, 90, Leer-13.691;
21. Danny Holtsclaw, 3H, Holtsclaw-13.710;
22. Landon Simon, 41, Stensland-13.781;
23. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-13.827;
24. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.854;
25. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.857;
26. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney/Anderson-13.991;
27. Chris Babcock, 35x, Babcock-14.221;
28. Parker Price-Miller, 9P, Ronk-14.282;
29. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-14.398;
30. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-14.416;
31. Patrick Budde, 90x, Budde-14.573;
32. Kevin Chambers, 18, DC-14.637;
33. Jake Simmons, 3x, Simmons-14.963;
34. Chet Williams, 38, Williams-15.165.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Jackson, 2. Cummins,
3. Bacon, 4. Holtsclaw,
5. Hines, 6. Parker,
7. McIntyre, 8. Briscoe,
9. Simmons. 2:15.78
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Thomas, 2. Darland,
3. Simon, 4. Jones,
5. Cottle, 6. Courtney,
7. Gross, 8. Leary, 9. Williams. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Clauson, 3. Burton, 4. Shuman, 5. Babcock,
6. Budde, 7. Schuerenberg, 8. Grant. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Stockon, 3. Drake, 4. Short, 5.
Stanbrough, 6. Sterrett, 7. Price-Miller, 8. Chambers. 2:20.51
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Parker, 2. Leary, 3. McIntyre, 4. Schuerenberg, 5.
Stanbrough, 6. Hines, 7. Grant, 8. Cottle, 9. Sterrett, 10. Courtney, 11.
Briscoe, 12. Price-Miller, 13. Babcock, 14. Gross, 15. Chambers, 16. Budde, 17.
Williams, 18. Simmons. 2:53.78
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Chase Stockon, 4. Brady Short,
5. Dave Darland, 6. Levi Jones,
7. Wes McIntyre, 8. Landon Simon,
9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Brady Bacon, 11. Casey Shuman, 12. Kyle Cummins,
13. Tracy Hines, 14. Nick Drake, 15. Chase Briscoe, 16. Danny Holtsclaw,
17. Shane Cottle, 18. Dakota Jackson,
19. Josh Burton, 20. Daron Clayton,
21. Seth Parker, 22. C.J. Leary,
23. Tyler Courtney, 24. Bryan Clauson, 25. Jon Stanbrough. NT
**Leary flipped on lap 15 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Thomas, Laps 20-24 Ballou, Laps 25-30 Thomas.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-404; 2-Darland-382;
3-Schuerenberg-380; 4-Bacon-378; 5-Thomas-375; 6-Clauson-364; 7-Ballou-353;
8-Hines-351; 9-Cottle-245; 10-Leary-239.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 17 – Bloomington, IN – Bloomington
Speedway – “Larry Rice Classic”
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 11,
– Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – “Billet Cup”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.100; 2. Markus Niemela, 81,
Watt-16.198; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.301; 4. Dennis Howell,
62, Howell-16.361; 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.369; 6. Mike
Spencer, 7m, Priestley-16.440; 7. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-16.499; 8. Ryan
Bernal, 73, Ford-16.514; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.541; 10. Rusty Carlile,
51, Carlile-16.624; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.818; 12. Ricky Kirkbride,
87, Van Meter-16.880; 13. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.949; 14. Jeff Sibley, 18,
Watt-17.052; 15. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-17.230; 16. Kolby Araki, 30k,
Araki-17.555; 17. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.796; 18. Garrett Long, 38, Long-18.085.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Barnes, 3. Carlile, 4. Howell, 5. Ferris, 6.
Araki. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Bernal, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Day, 5.
Sibley, 6. Niemela. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Kaeding, 3. Hurst, 4. Kirkbride, 5.
Spencer, 6. Long. NT
FIRST QUALIFIER: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Niemela, 4.
Kirkbride, 5. Carlile, 6. Sibley, 7. Ferris, 8. Araki, 9. Spencer. NT
SECOND QUALIFIER: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Liggett, 4.
Kaeding, 5. Howell, 6. Hurst, 7. Day, 8. Barnes, 9. Long. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Dennis Howell, 4. Danny
Faria Jr., 5. Landon Hurst, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Andy Ferris, 8. Markus Niemela,
9. Kolby Araki, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Jace
Vander Weerd, 14. Matt Day, 15. Austin Liggett, 16. Mike Spencer, 17. Garrett
Long, 18. Richard Vander Weerd. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Hurst, Laps 14-15 Kaeding, Laps 16-36 Howell,
Laps 37-40 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-454, 2-R.Vander Weers-424,
3-Faria-377, 4-Kirkbride-376, 5-J.Vander Weerd-356, 6-Kaeding-355,
7-Niemela-344, 8-Carlile-314, 9-Liggett-208, 10-Hurst-201.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: June 8 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT RESULTS: May 11,
– Queen Creek, Arizona – Arizona Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Jody Wirth (#5X Wirth),
2. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau),
3. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood),
4. Stephen Harms (#60 Harms),
5. Justin Quinn (#93 Quinn),
6. Kyle Danielson (#17K Danielson),
7. Michael Curtis
(Turner/Wheeler). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Mike Martin (#16 Martin),
2. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen),
3. Stevie Sussex (#1AZ High),
4. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James),
5. Bran Swinehart (#68 Beal),
6. James Aragon (#94 Aragon),
7. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau). NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels),
2. Charles Davis Jr., (#50 Massey),
3. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark),
4. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins),
5. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto),
6. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber). NT
DASH: (6 laps)
1. St. James, 2. Pelkey,
3. Bonneau, 4. Martin ,
5. Reinbold, 6. Johnson,
7. Davis, 8. Wirth. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Chris Bonneau,
3. Bruce St. James, 4. Mike Martin,
5. Shon Deskins, 6. Andy Reinbold,
7. Ronnie Clark, 8. Stevie Sussex,
9. Brian Hosford, 10. Bryan Swinehart, 11. Charles Davis Jr., 12. Mike Bonneau, 13. Michael Curtis, 14. Jody Wirth,
15. Stephen Harms, 16. Kyle Danielson, 17. Justin Quinn, 18. Josh Pelkey,
19. Nick Aiuto, 20. James Aragon. NT
**Aiuto flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 St. James, Laps 8-19 C. Bonneau, Laps 20-30
Johnson.
NEW USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-297, 2-Clark-255,
3-Davis-254, 4-Martin-228,
5-Swinehart-225, 6-Pelkey-220,
7-C.Bonneau-214, 8-Quinn-209,
9-Deskins-209, 10-Sussex-192.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: May 25 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway
Park
USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE RESULTS: May 11, 2013
– Plymouth, Indiana - Plymouth Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Randy Shilling (#21 Shilling),
2. Adam Barth (#21K Barth),
3. Mike Gass (17G Gass)
4. Tyler Huffman (#64 Huffman),
5. Brad Nichols (#37 Nicols),
6. Courtney Erfurth (25K Barth). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Dawson Stealy (#40S Stealy),
2. Billy Cribbs (#16 Cribbs),
3. Eric Saunders (#349 Saunders)
4. Jerod Glasford (#14G Glasford),
5. Scott Allison (#13 Allison). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps)
1. Tyler Huffman, 2. Billy Cribbs,
3. Randy Shilling, 4. Dawson Stealy,
5. Mike Gass, 6. Courtney Erfurth,
7. Adam Barth, 8. Scott Allison,
9. Brad Nichols, 10.Jerod Glasford,
11. Eric Saunders. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Huffman.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE: May 18 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE RESULTS: May 11, 2013 – Plymouth, Indiana -
Plymouth Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps)
1. Sydney Arnett (#88 Arnett),
2. Nick Katrakis (#44K Katrakis),
3. Garrett Saunders (#11 Saunders). NT
FEATURE: (15 laps)
1. Garrett Saunders,
2. Nick Katrakis,
3. Sydney Arnett. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Saunders.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE: May 18 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
May 7 2013
USAC Sprint Car Roundup by DICK JORDAN
TULARE THUNDERBOWL HOSTS CRA MAY 18;
GARDNER NOTCHES 26TH PERRIS CRA VICTORY
by DICK JORDAN
Damion Gardner’s lead in the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint standings entering the May
18 race at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway stands at 12 points after he
scored his third consecutive series victory Saturday at Perris (Calif.) Auto
Speedway.
Gardner, of Concord, Calif., led the final 22 laps of the 30-lap “Don Flanders
Classic” in his Scott Sales Company/CSI Shocks Spike/J & D. He was the fastest
qualifier and first heat winner and passed Mike Spencer on lap nine for the lead
which he never relinquished. Spencer was second ahead of Nic Faas, Cody
Williams, who led the first three laps, and Austin Williams.
The win was Gardner’s 26th in USAC/CRA action at Perris as he extended his all-time lead over Spencer, who has 24 career wins at the half-mile dirt oval.
USAC’s last Tulare USAC/CRA outing was in 2010, a race in which Gardner flipped
and Bud Kaeding took the victory. Kaeding currently sits fourth in the latest
AMSOIL USAC/CRA standings.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS
1-Damion Gardner-471, 2-Nic Faas-459,
3-Mike Spencer-363, 4-Bud Kaeding-356,
5-R.J. Johnson-300, 6-Cody Williams-300,
7-Austin Williams-276, 8-Brody Roa-250, 9-Charles Davis Jr.-232, 10 M Mitchell-231.
WEST COAST SPRINT “BILLET CUP” AT KINGS SATURDAY;
BERNAL STILL ON TOP OF CLASSICS WITH PLACERVILLE WIN
This Saturday’s “Billet Cup” at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. offers Ryan
Bernal another change to build on his growing 2013 repertoire which already
includes six USAC main event wins. He enters the event with a 30-point lead over
Richard Vander Weerd in the USAC West Coast Sprint Car standings.
Bernal, of Hollister, Calif., is three wins behind Bryan Clauson in the 2013
USAC season as those two have blistered the competition so far.
Bernal remains undefeated in the 2013 USAC Western Classic Sprint Series after
winning Saturday night’s 30-lap race at Placerville (Calif.) Speedway. He
trailed Max Adams for four laps, then led the final 26 in his King Racing
Products/A & A Precision Machine Spike/Raney. James Sweeney finished second
ahead of Adams, fast qualifier D.J. Johnson and Jim Trulli.
So far this year Bernal has recorded three West Coast Sprint wins at Tulare and
one at Bakersfield and will be aiming for a third consecutive series win at
Hanford.
Bernal’s 26-point Western Classic Sprint point lead will carry to the next
event on June 14 at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif.
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-404, 2-Richard Vander
Weerd-374, 3-Danny Faria Jr.-327, 4-Jace Vander Weerd-306, 5-Bud Kaeding-305,
6-Markus Niemela-294, 7-Rusty Carlile-264, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-226, 9-Marty
Hawkins-200, 10-Chris Ennis-162.
2013 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-140, 2-D.J.
Johnson-114, 3-Tony Hunt-102, 4-Colton Slack-93, 5-Matt Streeter-93, 6-Jim
Richardson-81, 7-Shauna Hogg-74, 8-Gordon Rodgers-68, 9-James Sweeney-67,
10-Tanner Swanson-62.
SOUTHWEST SPRINTS AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY SATURDAY
Arizona Speedway welcomes the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars back to its 3/8-mile dirt in Queen Creek, Ariz. this Saturday. The track’s USAC debut in April found Mike Martin winning the inaugural feature event.
R.J. Johnson currently stands atop the series points, 13 ahead of Charles Davis
Jr. Johnson was sixth and Davis third in the April race.
Davis can tie for the all-time Arizona lead in terms of USAC feature wins with
a victory Saturday. He has seven, while drivers Damion Gardner, Bryan Clauson,
Dave Steele and A.J. Foyt each have eight.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-R.J. Johnson-229, 2-Charles Davis
Jr.-216, 3-Ronnie Clark-207, 4-Josh Pelkey-196, 5-Bryan Swinehart-188, 6-Justin
Quinn-186, 7-Mike Martin-169, 8-Tom Ogle-162, 9-Shon Deskins-156, 10-Chris
Bonneau-150.
600s CONTINUE SATURDAY AT PLYMOUTH;
STEALY, ARNETT ANNEX PLYMOUTH 600 SPRINTS
USAC’s 600 Sprint series continue this Saturday at the Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway
after Dawson Stealy and Sydney Arnett posted victories in last Saturday night’s
action.
Stealy led all 20 laps to score his second straight “open” victory. Arnett’s
wire-to-wire victory came in the 15-lap “restricted” feature.
Trailing Stealy were Craig Ronk, Sara Elrod, Ethan Foster and Jerod Glasford.
Point leader Garrett Saunders finished second to Arnett, while Nick Katrakis,
Tyler Fitzpatrick and Joel Rogers rounded out the “top-five.”
Arnett became the first female to win a USAC feature race this year and the
first since Audra Sasselli’s Western Classic Sprint win at Madera, Calif. last
September.
May 6 2013
USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE RESULTS: May 4,
– Plymouth, Indiana - Plymouth Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps)
1. Dakota Busche (#16B Busche),
2. Jordon Lambert (#L23 Lambert),
3. Sara Elrod (#23S Elrod),
4. Craig Ronk (#27R Ronk),
5. Ethan Foster (#11E Foster),
6. Dawson Stealy (#40S Stealy),
7. Jerod Glasford (#14G Glasford). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps)
1.Dawson Stealy, 2. Craig Ronk,
3.Sara Elrod, 4. Ethan Foster,
5.Jerod Glasford,6. Dakota Busche,
7.Jordon Lambert. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Stealy.
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) POINTS:
1-Dawson Stealy 129,
2-Jordon Lambert- 115,
3-Billy Cribbs- 60,
4-Tyler Huffman- 48,
5-Gary Gibson 34.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE: May 25 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE RESULTS: May 4, 2013 – Plymouth, Indiana - Plymouth Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps)
1. Nick Katrakis (#44K Katrakis),
2. Tyler Fitzpatrick (#57 Fitzpatrick)
3. Garrett Saunders (#11 Saunders),
4. Joel Rogers (#R22Rogers),
5. Sydney Arnett (#88 Arnett),
6. Nicholas Schaefer (#6 Schaefer). NT
FEATURE: (15 laps)
1. Sydney Arnett, 2. Garrett Saunders,
3. Nick Katrakis, 4. Tyler Fitzpatrick, 5. Joel Rogers, 6. Nicholas Schaefer. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Arnett.
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) POINTS: 1-Garrett Saunders-128, 2-Nick
Katrakis-123, 3-Joel Rogers-109, 4-Nicholas Schaefer-100.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE: May 18 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
May 5 2013
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 4,
– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Don Flanders Classic”
from USAC
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-16.287; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.312;
3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.508;
4. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.629;
5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.642;
6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.721;
7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.759;
8. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.835;
9. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-16.892;
10. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.923;
11. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.961; 12. Mike Martin, 16B, Martin-16.976;
13. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-17.000;
14. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-17.062;
15. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.091;
16. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.096;
17. R VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.272; 18. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-17.306;
19. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.310;
20. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.443; \21.J VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.589; 22. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.680;
23. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.688; 24. Jesse Denome, 6x, Denome-17.801;
25. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.863; 26. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.932; 27. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-18.429;
28. Gary Potter, 6,
Potter-18.807; 29. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.916.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Davis, 4. Kaeding, 5.
R.Williams, 6. J. Vander Weerd, 7. Bluntach, 8. Welton. 2:53.12
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Faas, 3. C.Williams, 4. Johnson, 5.
Pelkey, 6. Blinn, 7. Everhart. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Mitchell, 3. Smith, 4. A.J. Bender, 5.
Bezio, 6. A.Williams, NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Martin, 3. Niemela, 4. Denome, 5. Potter,
6. Perkins, 7. Roa. Nt
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Pelkey, 3. R.Williams, 4. Roa, 5. J.Vander
Weerd, 6. Blinn, 7. Bluntach, 8. Perkins, 9. Everhart, 10. Collins, 11. Welton,
12. Potter NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Cody
Williams, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Markus Niemela, 8. Bud
Kaeding, 9. Richard Vander Weerd, 10. David Cardey, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. R.J.
Johnson, 13. Mike Martin, 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 15. Brody Roa, 16. A.J. Bender,
17. Charles Davis Jr., 18. Seth Wilson, 19. Jesse Denome, 20. Billy Blinn, 21.
Josh Pelkey, 22. Austin Smith. NT
**Potter flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 C.Williams, Laps 4-8 Spencer, Laps 9-30 Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-471, 2-Faas-459, 3-Spencer-363,
4-Kaeding-356, 5-Johnson-300, 6-C.Williams-300, 7-A.Williams-276, 8-Roa-250,
9-Davis-232, 10-Mitchell-231.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 18, 2013 – Tulare (CA) Thunderbowl
Speedway
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 4,
– Placerville, California – Placerville Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-11.662;
2. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-11.690;
3. Jim Trulli, 33T, Trulli-11.723;
4. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-11.794; 5. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-11.850;
6. C.J. Humphreys,85, Happy Camper-11.942; 7. Marc Mackay, 86, Mackay-12.062;
8. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-12.096; 9. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.126;
10. Max Adams, 5x, Adams-12.473;
11. Colton Slack, 17, Slack-12.609;
12. Myles Bishop, 18, Bishop-12.862;
13. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-13.060;
14. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-16.361;
15. Justin Johnson, 25, Johnson-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Adams, 3. Richardson, 4. Sweeney, 5. Streeter,
6. Bishop, 7. Humphreys, 8. J.Johnson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mackay, 2. Bernal, 3. Trulli, 4. Slack, 5. Hunt, 6.
Rodgers, 7. D.J. Johnson. NT
FEATURE 30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. James Sweeney, 3. Max Adams, 4. D.J.
Johnson, 5. Jim Trulli, 6. Marc Mackay, 7. Tony Hunt, 8. C.J. Humphreys, 9.
Justin Johnson, 10. Jim Richardson, 11. Gordon Rodgers, 12. Shauna Hogg, 13.
Matt Streeter, 14. Colton Slack, 15. Myles Bishop. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Adams, Laps 5-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-140, 2-D.J. Johnson-114,
3-Hunt-102, 4-Slack-93, 5-Streeter-93, 6-Richardson-81, 7-Hogg-74, 8-Rodgers-68,
9-Sweeney-67, 10-Tanner Swanson-62.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: June 14, 2013 – Watsonville, CA -Ocean
Speedway
May 2 2013
WEATHER HALTS USAC at CAMERON, EAGLE SPRINTS
from USAC
Once again, weather has intervened and forced cancellation of AMSOIL USAC
National Sprint Car races this weekend at Cameron, Mo. and Eagle, Neb.
Frigid temperatures and snow flurries are forecast for mid-America this
weekend, so race organizers at the two venues are attempting to reschedule their
events but dates have not yet been finalized.
“It’s been a frustrating streak for all of us,” says USAC’s Jason McCord. “The
weather has been unseasonably cold and while we are disappointed by the delays
we appreciate the efforts of our race organizer partners in working toward the
rescheduling.”
Levi Jones won last year’s race at U.S. 36 Raceway, while Bryan Clauson won
last year’s inaugural USAC Sprint race in Nebraska.
The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series resumes with an MSCS co-sanctioned
race May 11 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
--USAC--
USAC SPRINT CAR ROUNDUP from DICK JORDAN Folllowing
36TH “VUKOVICH CLASSIC” SATURDAY AT MADERA
The 26th running of this Saturday’s “Vukovich Classic” salutes one of auto racing’s most celebrated families as the USAC Western Midgets and BCRA Midgets
combine on the one-third mile paved Madera (Calif.) Speedway oval.
Chad Nichols of Colma, Calif., the defending winner of the race, currently
stands fifth in the standings, trailing point leader Kody Swanson by 43 points.
Swanson, of Kingsburg, Calif., won this year’s USAC Western Midget Pavement
opener, held March 23 at Madera.
2013 USAC WESTERN MIDGET PAVEMENT POINTS:
1-Kody Swanson-72,
2-Frankie Guerrini-59,
3-Dan Gundo-43,
4-J.R. Williams-36,
5-Chad Nichols-29,
6-Ken Nichols-27,
7-Nick Chivello-1.
CAMERON, EAGLE ON TAP FOR AMSOIL SPRINTS;
THOMAS TAKES GAS CITY, RAIN INTERRUPTS LINCOLN PARK
The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint cars head for mid-America this weekend to
compete Friday at US 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo. and Saturday in the “Rumble in the Bull Ring” at Eagle (Neb.) Raceway.
Chase Stockon of Sullivan, Ind. leads seven drivers separated by just 36 points
going into the two races. Stockon finished 12th last Friday at Gas City, Ind.
and technically shares the point lead with Hunter Schuerenberg, who was ninth at
Gas City.
Kevin Thomas Jr. of Cullman, Ala. recorded his second consecutive series
feature win Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Driving the Rotondo Weirich/Black
Jack Oil Maxim/Fisher, Thomas caught Robert Ballou on lap 23 and led the last
eight laps for the win over fast qualifier and new track record holder Thomas
Meseraull. Ballou took third ahead of Jerry Coons Jr. and Dave Darland.
Saturday night’s race at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. was
interrupted by rain during the second heat race. Bryan Clauson was the night’s
fastest qualifier.
Trailing Stockon and Schuerenberg in the standings are Clauson (three back),
Brady Bacon (four back), Tracy Hines (10 back), Darland (21 back) and Thomas (36
behind).
Clauson won last year’s race at Eagle, while Levi Jones was the 2012 winner at
Cameron.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings:
1 Chase Stockon-343,
2-Hunter Schuerenberg-343,
3-Bryan Clauson-340,
4-Brady Bacon-339,
5-Tracy Hines-323,
6-Dave Darland-322,
7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-307,
8-Robert Ballou-285,
9-Shane Cottle-226,
10-C.J. Leary-222.
“DON FLANDERS CLASSIC” SATURDAY AT PERRIS
Saturday night’s “Don Flanders Classic” pays tribute to one of the sport’s most
ardent supporters as the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars roar back to life at Perris
(Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Alexander Racing teammates Damion Gardner and Nic Faas enter Saturday’s race
separated by just four points in the latest standings. They have two 1-2
finishes already this season, including the last Perris race, and neither has
finished worse than fourth in any race this year!
Gardner has a pair of seconds in this year’s Perris outings as he tries to
protect the all-time lead in terms of Perris USAC/CRA feature wins. He enters
Saturday’s race with 25 career Perris wins, one more than defending five-time
series champion Mike Spencer, who has yet to win this year.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Damion Gardner-397,
2-Nic Faas-393,
3-Bud Kaeding-312,
4-Mike Spencer-294,
5-R.J. Johnson-266,
6-Cody Williams-242,
7-Brody Roa-226,
8-Austin Williams-224,
9-Bryan Clauson-210,
10-Charles Davis Jr.-207.
CLASSICS AT PLACERVILLE SATURDAY; HANFORD NEXT FOR WCSP;
BERNAL GETS #4 AT HANFORD
Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. enters this Saturday’s USAC Western Classic
Sprint race at Placerville (Calif.) Speedway as the 2013 point leader. Last
Saturday he remained atop USAC’s West Coast Sprint Car series standings after
scoring a 30-lap victory at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway.
Bernal, who now has five USAC victories in the past six weeks, led the final 14
laps at Bakersfield in his King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine
Spike/Raney. He led laps 1-13, then yielded to Danny Faria Jr. for three laps
before taking back the top spot. Richard Vander Weerd finished second ahead of
Bud Kaeding, Faria and Markus Niemela.
Bernal’s lead in the Western Classics stands at eight over Colton Slack. Last
year’s Placerville Western Classic outing went to Kyle Hirst.
The West Coast Sprint cars are idle this week but resume May 11 at Kings
Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings:
1-Ryan Bernal-404,
2-Richard Vander Weerd-374,
3-Danny Faria Jr.-327,
4-Jace Vander Weerd-306,
5-Bud Kaeding-305,
6-Markus Niemela-294,
7-Rusty Carlile-264,
8-Ricky Kirkbride-226,
9-Marty Hawkins-200,
10-Chris Ennis-162.
2013 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Standings:
1-Ryan Bernal-71,
2-Colton Slack-63,
3-Tanner Swanson-62,
4-Matt Streeter-59,
5-Tony Hunt-56,
6-D.J. Johnson-55,
7-Nathan Washam-52,
8-Jim Richardson-42,
9-Klint Simpson-40,
10-Scott Hall-40.
SOUTHWEST SPRINTS RESUME MAY 11 AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY;
JOHNSON #1 IN CANYON 30-LAPPER
R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. vaulted into the lead in the USAC Southwest Sprint Car series points following Saturday night’s 30-lap victory at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.
Johnson passed Charles Davis Jr. on the 17th lap of the “Canyon Clash” and led
the final 14 laps in his Weiler Farms/Pecon Builders Maxim/Pro-Flyer. Bryan Swinehart took second ahead of Chris Bonneau, Nathan High and Justin Quinn.
Charles Davis Jr., who trails Johnson by 13 points in the new standings, led 10
of the first 16 laps, while Mike Martin led five.
The series resumes May 11 as it returns to Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz. where Martin was the winner April 13.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-R.J. Johnson-229, 2-Charles Davis
Jr.-216, 3-Ronnie Clark-207, 4-Josh Pelkey-196, 5-Bryan Swinehart-188, 6-Justin
Quinn-186, 7-Mike Martin-169, 8-Tom Ogle-162, 9-Shon Deskins-156, 10-Chris
Bonneau-150.
LINCOLN PARK SPRINTS RESCHEDULED JULY 4
The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars will return to Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. July 4, replacing the event interrupted by rain last Saturday
night.
The July 4 event will be a “complete” program, including qualifications, heats,
semi and feature.
Rain halted last Saturday night’s program at the 5/16-mile dirt oval during the second heat race. Bryan Clauson had posted the B & W Auto Mart fastest qualifying time and Landon Simon won the first heat prior to the weather.
Race organizer Joe Spiker has announced tickets from last Saturday night will
be honored for the July 4 race, or for that matter any one of the remaining USAC
races at Lincoln Park. “Indiana Midget Week” visits Lincoln Park June 13 and
“Indiana Sprint Week” stops there July 18.
--USAC--
600 SPRINTS CONTINUE THIS SATURDAY;
STEALY, SAUNDERS EARN INAUGURAL PLYMOUTH WINS;
The 2013 USAC 600 Sprint Series continues this Saturday at Plymouth (Ind.)
Motor Speedway after weather finally cooperated to allow series openers to be
conducted last Saturday.
Dawson Stealy and Garrett Saunders emerged victorious in the inaugural feature events. Stealy won the 15-lap Open crown and Saunders was the Restricted winner.
Trailing Stealy in the 15-lap race was Jordon Lambert, Billy Cribbs, Mike Gass
and Adam Barth. Saunders was trailed in his 10-lapper by Nick Katrakis, Sydney
Arnett, Bud McCune and Joel Rogers.
2013 TRAXXAS USAC 600 SPRINT OPEN POINTS: 1-Dawson Stealy -67,
2-Jordon Lambert -63,
3-Billy Cribbs -60,
4-Tyler Huffman -48,
5-Gary Gipson -34.
2013 TRAXXAS USAC 600 SPRINT RESTRICTED POINTS:
1-Garrett Saunders -67,
2-Nick Katrakis -62,
3-Joel Rogers -55,
4-Nicholas Schaefer-10.
Apr 29 2013
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 27,
– Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
from USAC
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell -14.560;
2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford -14.650;
3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria -14.730;
4. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa -14.875;
5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman -14.975;
6. R Vander Weerd, 10,VanderWeerd -15.046;
7. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley -15.046;
8. Matt Day, 97, Day -15.055;
9. J Vander Weerd, 88,VanderWeerd- 15.115;
10. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes -15.258;
11. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt -15.396;
12. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.482;
13. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins -15.530;
14. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile -15.570;
15. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis -15.779;
16. Mike Broome, 43B, Broome -15.932;
17. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett -16.094.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Kaeding, 3. Niemela, 4. Faria, 5.
Buckley, 6. Hawkins, 7. Howell, 8. Ennis, 9. Liggett. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Bernal, 3. Day,
4. Kirkbride, 5. Roa, 6. Broome,
7. Barnes, 8. Carlile. NT
DASH: (6 laps)
1. R.Vanderweerd, 2. Bernal, 3. Kaeding, 4. Faria, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Niemela, 7. Day, 8. Kirkbride. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Danny Faria Jr.,
5. Markus Niemela, 6. Rusty Carlile,
7. Brody Roa, 8. Dennis Howell,
9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Derek Buckley,
11. Chris Ennis, 12. Marty Hawkins,
13. Kevin Barnes, 14. Mike Broome,
15. Matt Day, 16. Jace Vander Weerd,
17. Austin Liggett. NT
**J. Vander Weerd flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Bernal, Laps 14-16 Faria, Laps 17-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-404, 2-R.Vander Weerd-374,
3-Faria-327, 4-J.Vander Weerd-306, 5-Kaeding-305, 6-Niemela-294, 7-Carlile-264,
8-Kirkbride-226, 9-Hawkins-200, 10-Ennis-162.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: May 11 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway –
“Billet Cup
USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 27,
– Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Canyon Clash”
from USAC
QUALIFICATIONS:
Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.082;
2. Charles Davis Jr., 50, Massey-14.126; 3. Stevie Sussex, 1AZ, Sussex-14.184;
4. R.J. Johnson, 77M, Michaels-14.219;
5. Shon Deskins, 20, Deskins-14.263;
6. Mike Bonneau, 29, Bonneau-14.274;
7. B St. James, 7K, St. James14.304;
8. Chris Bonneau, 78, Bonneau-14.353;
9. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-14.463;
10. Justin Quinn, 93, Quinn-14.499;
11. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-14.506;
12. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.507;
13. Jason Grady, 45, Grady-14.515;
14. Bob Ream Jr., 8, BRAT-14.530;
15. Bryan Swinehart, 68, Beal-14.546;
16. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-14.562; 17. M Curtis, 11C, Turner/Wheeler-14.583; 18. Nick Auito, 27, Aiuto-14.592;
19. Nathan High, 1A, High-14.609;
20. James Aragon, 94, Aragon-14.610;
21. Brian Hosford, 32B, Weber-14.676;
22. Jody Wirth, 5X, Wirth-14.711;
23. Stephen Harms, 60, Harms-14.868;
24. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-14.908;
25. Kyle Danielson, 17K, Danielson-15.218; 26. Darrell Sickles, 29S, Sickles-16.192; 27. Mark Morin, 28, Morin-16.878;
28. Johnny Shelton, 9, Shelton-18.438.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pelkey, 2. Deskins, 3. Martin, 4. Hosford, 5. Grady,
6. Curtis, 7. Danielson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Aiuto, 2. Quinn, 3. Davis, 4. Ream, 5. M. Bonneau, 6.
Wirth, 7. Sickles. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. High, 2. Clark, 3. Swinehart, 4. St. James, 5. Sussex,
6. Harms, 7. Morin. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Ogle, 3. Aragon, 4. C. Bonneau, 5.
Reinbold, 6. Mihocko, 7. Shelton. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Martin, 3. Pelkey, 4. Deskins, 5. C. Bonneau, 6.
St. James, 7. Johnson, 8. Quinn. NT
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. Reinbold, 2. Grady,
3. Harms, 4. M. Bonneau,
5. Mihocko, 6. Sussex,
7. Wirth, 8. Sickles,
9. Danielson, 10. Curtis,
11. Shelton, 12. Morin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Bryan Swinehart,
3. Chris Bonneau, 4. Nathan High,
5. Justin Quinn, 6. Brian Hosford,
7. Ronnie Clark, 8. Josh Pelkey,
9. Mike Bonneau, 10. Shon Deskins,
11. Stevie Sussex, 12. Bruce St. James, 13. Mike Martin, 14. Tom Ogle,
15. Andy Reinbold, 16. James Aragon,
17. Stephen Harms, 18. Ty Mihocko,
19. C Davis, Jr., 20. Nick Aiuto,
21. Jason Grady, 22. Bob Ream Jr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Davis, Laps 6-11 Martin, Laps 12-16 Davis, Laps
17-30 Johnson.
NEW USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-229, 2-Davis-216,
3-Clark-207, 4-Pelkey-196, 5-Swinehart-188, 6-Quinn-186, 7-Martin-169,
8-Ogle-162, 9-Deskins-156, 10-C.Bonneau-150.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: May 11 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona
Speedway
USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2013 – Plymouth, Indiana -
Plymouth Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Jordon Lambert (#L23 Lambert),
2. Billy Cribbs (#16 Cribbs),
3. Courtney Erfurth (25K Barth)
4. Adam Barth (21K Barth),
5. Jason Montel (#27M Montel),
6. Jerod Glasford (14G Glasford),
7. Keith Ousley (#14 Ousley). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Dawson Stealy (#40 Stealy),
2. Mike Gass (#17G Gass),
3. Brad Nichols (#37 Nichols),
4. Tyler Huffman (#64 Huffman),
5. Scott Allison (#13 Allison),
6. Chase Ridenour (#11R Ridenour),
7. Gary Gipson (#3 Gipson). NT
FEATURE: (15 laps)
1. Dawson Stealy, 2. Jordon Lambert,
3. Billy Cribbs, 4. Mike Gass,
5. Adam Barth, 6. Courtney Erfurth,
7. Chase Ridenour, 8. Tyler Huffman,
9. Jason Montel, 10.Jerod Glasford,
11. Scott Allison, 12. Keith Ousley,
13. Brad Nichols. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) POINTS: 1-Stealy-67, 2-Lambert-63, 3-Cribbs-60,
4-Huggman-48, 5-Gipson-34.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE: May 4 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2013 – Plymouth, Indiana -
Plymouth Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps)
1. Garrett Saunders (#11 Saunders),
2. Nick Katrakis (#44K Katrakis),
3. Joel Rogers (#22 Rogers),
4. Bud McCune (#37 McCune),
5. Sydney Arnett (#88 Arnett)
6. Nicholas Shaefer (#6 Schaefer), NT
FEATURE: (10 laps)
1. Garrett Saunders, 2. Nick Katrakis,
3. Sydney Arnett, 4. Bud McCune,
5. Joel Rogers. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) POINTS: 1-Saunders-67, 2-Katrakis-62,
3-Rogers-55, 4-Schaefer-10.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE: May 4 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE RESULTS: April 27,
– Plymouth, Indiana - Plymouth Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Jordon Lambert (#L23 Lambert),
2. Billy Cribbs (#16 Cribbs),
3. Courtney Erfurth (25K Barth)
4. Adam Barth (21K Barth),
5. Jason Montel (#27M Montel),
6. Jerod Glasford (14G Glasford),
7. Keith Ousley (#14 Ousley). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Dawson Stealy (#40 Stealy),
2. Mike Gass (#17G Gass),
3. Brad Nichols (#37 Nichols),
4. Tyler Huffman (#64 Huffman),
5. Scott Allison (#13 Allison),
6. Chase Ridenour (#11R Ridenour),
7. Gary Gipson (#3 Gipson). NT
FEATURE: (15 laps)
1. Dawson Stealy, 2. Jordon Lambert,
3. Billy Cribbs, 4. Mike Gass,
5. Adam Barth, 6. Courtney Erfurth,
7. Chase Ridenour, 8. Tyler Huffman,
9. Jason Montel, 10.Jerod Glasford,
11. Scott Allison, 12. Keith Ousley,
13. Brad Nichols. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) POINTS: 1-Stealy-67, 2-Lambert-63, 3-Cribbs-60,
4-Huggman-48, 5-Gipson-34.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Open) RACE: May 4 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2013 – Plymouth, Indiana -
Plymouth Speedway
HEAT RACE: (8 laps)
1. Garrett Saunders (#11 Saunders),
2. Nick Katrakis (#44K Katrakis),
3. Joel Rogers (#22 Rogers),
4. Bud McCune (#37 McCune),
5. Sydney Arnett (#88 Arnett)
6. Nicholas Shaefer (#6 Schaefer), NT
FEATURE: (10 laps)
1. Garrett Saunders, 2. Nick Katrakis,
3. Sydney Arnett, 4. Bud McCune,
5. Joel Rogers. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A
NEW USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) POINTS: 1-Saunders-67, 2-Katrakis-62,
3-Rogers-55, 4-Schaefer-10.
NEXT USAC 600 SPRINT (Restricted) RACE: May 4 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway
Apr 28 2013
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2013
– Putnamville, Indiana – Lincoln Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-12.865; 2. Dave
Darland, 71p, Phillips-12.892; 3. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-12.914; 4. Robert
Ballou, 5, Baldwin-12.951; 5. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-12.982; 6. Chase
Stockon, 32, 31 TBI Racing-12.993; 7. Brent Beauchamp, 34, Olson-13.005; 8.
Thomas Meseraull, 17T, McGhee-13.012; 9. Chris Windom, 39, Walker-13.100; 10.
Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.125; 11. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.125; 12.
Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-13.126; 13. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-13.152; 14. Max
McGhee, 17, McGhee-13.230; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.241; 16. Chad Boespflug,
57, Hazen-13.251; 17. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-13.291; 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E,
Edison-13.321; 19. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/Tri-Star-13.325; 20. Casey
Shuman, 21k, Krockenberger-13.345; 21. Landon Simon, 41, SST-13.352; 22. Kyle
Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.360; 23. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.362; 24. Brady
Short, 11p, Pottorff-13.401; 25. C.J. Leary, 30,
Leary-13.423; 26. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-13.435; 27. Seth Parker, 38p,
Parker-13.462; 28. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-13.524; 29. A.J. Martin,
70, TMR-13.525; 30. Daylon Chambers, 4c, Chambers-13.592; 31. Bradley Sterrett,
90, Leer-13.723; 32. Brian Hayden, 77, Wingo-13.895; 33. Anthony Nicholson, 16,
Nicholson-14.120; 34. A.J. Hopkins, 14H, Hopkins-NT; 35. Dakota Jackson, 3,
Jackson-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Simon, 2. Burton, 3. Windom, 4. Leary, 5. Nicholson, 6.
Martin, 7. Bacon, 8. Courtney, 9. Clauson. 2:09.22
RACING PROGRAM INTERRUPTED BY RAIN DURING SECOND HEAT – RESCHEDULED DATE TO BE
ANNOUNCED MONDAY
Apr 27 2013
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RESULTS: April 26, – Gas City, Indiana
– Gas City I-69 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Thomas Meseraull, 17T, McGhee-11.441; 2. Bryan Clauson, 20,
Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-11.601; 3. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips-11.615; 4. Jerry
Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-11.620; 5. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-11.684; 6. Brady
Bacon, 69, Dynamics-11.7037. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-11.706; 8. Kevin Thomas
Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/Tri-Star-11.719; 9. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-11.738; 10.
Scotty Weir, 18, Keen-11.788; 11. Chase Stockon, 32, 31 TBI Racing-11.811; 12.
Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-11.827; 13. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-11.836; 14. Chad
Boespflug, 57, Hazen-11.841; 15. Chris Windom, 39, Walker-11.861; 16. Nick
Drake, 55, Cline-11.899; 17. Gary Taylor, 40, Hery-11.925; 18. Hunter
Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-11.937; 19. Landon Simon, 41, SST-11.972; 20. A.J.
Hopkins, 42G, Jackson-12.151; 21. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-12.160; 22. Ted
Hines, 12, Hines-12.167; 23. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-12.170; 24. Max McGhee, 17,
McGhee-12.235; 25. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-12.262; 26.
Travis Welpott, 18x, Gorman-12.286; 27. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team
Automotive-12.444; 28. Tyler, Hewitt, 97x, Hewitt-12.467; 29. Anthony Nicholson,
16, Nicholson-12.796.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Courtney, 3. Meseraull, 4. Ballou, 5.
Cottle, 6. Taylor, 7. Jarrett, 8. Nicholson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Weir, 3. Clauson, 4. Boespflug, 5.
Ted Hines, 6. Bacon, 7. Welpott. 2:03.48
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Windom, 3. Stockon, 4. Darland, 5. Simon, 6.
Gurley, 7. Gulick. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. McGhee, 3. Hopkins, 4. Coons, 5.
Drake, 6. Hewitt, 7. Thomas. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Bacon, 3. Thomas, 4. Taylor, 5. Gulick, 6.
Jarrett, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Gurley. 9. Nicholson, 10. Simon, 11. Welpott, 12.
Drake, 13. Hewitt. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Thomas Meseraull, 3. Robert Ballou,
4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Gary Taylor, 8. Tracy
Hines, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Shane Cottle, 12. Chase
Stockon, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Chad Boespflug, 15. C.J. Leary, 16. Tyler
Courtney, 17. Max McGhee, 18. Logan Jarrett, 19. Scotty Weir, 20. Justin Grant,
21. Landon Simon, 22. Coleman Gulick, 23. A.J. Hopkins. NT
**Thomas flipped during the fourth heat. Drake flipped during the semi. Simon
flipped during the semi. Hopkins flipped on lap 1 of the feature.Gulick flipped
on lap 2 of the feature. Weir flipped on the 22nd lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Ballou, Laps 23-30 Thomas.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schuerenberg-283, 2-Stockon-282,
3-Bacon-277, 4-Clauson-274, 5-Tracy Hines-263, 6-Darland-257, 7-Thomas-247,
8-Ballou-222, 9-Cottle-162, 10-Leary-162.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 27 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park
Speedway
Apr 23 2013
GARDNER SWEEPS YUMA 30-LAPPERS
from DICK JORDAN USAC
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars are idle this week and resume action May 4 at
Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. When they do, former series champ Damion Gardner
will try to protect the four-point lead he enjoys over teammate Nic Faas as a
result of two victories last weekend.
Gardner, of Concord, Calif., tied A.J. Foyt, Dave Steele and Bryan Clauson as
the winningest USAC drivers in Arizona history with his seventh and eighth wins
in the Grand Canyon State this past weekend. He won both Friday and Saturday
night at Cocopah Speedway in Yuma in his Scott Sales Company/CSI Shocks Spike/J
& D.
Friday found Gardner leading Team Alexander to a 1-2 finish, beating Faas to
the checkered flag. He led all 30 laps to beat Faas, defending series king Mike
Spencer, Bud Kaeding and Charles Davis, Jr.
On Saturday Gardner caught Kaeding on lap seven and led the final 24 laps to
beat Kaeding, Spencer, Faas and R.J. Johnson.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Damion Gardner -397,
2-Nic Faas -393,
3-Bud Kaeding -312,
4-Mike Spencer -294,
5-R.J. Johnson -266,
6-Cody Williams -242,
7-Austin Williams -224,
8-Brody Roa -226,
9-Bryan Clauson -210,
10-Charles Davis Jr.-207.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINTS IN “CANYON CLASH” SATURDAY
from DICK JORDAN USAC
Charles Davis Jr. resumes his quest for the 2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Championship this Saturday when the series returns to Canyon Speedway Park in
Peoria, Ariz. for the 3rd Annual “Canyon Clash.”
Davis has a 32-point lead over Ronnie Clark in the standings and hopes to tie four other drivers in the race to become USAC’s all-time Arizona feature victory
leader. At present A.J. Foyt, Bryan Clauson, Damion Gardner and Dave Steele have eight career Arizona wins, while Davis has seven.
Davis recorded his seventh Arizona USAC win in March at Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande. So far this year at Peoria, Davis has posted a second, third,
fourth, fifth, two sixths and a ninth.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-Charles Davis Jr.-190,
2-Ronnie Clark -158,
3-R.J. Johnson -158,
4-Josh Pelkey -149,
5-Mike Martin -130,
6-Tom Ogle -130,
7-Justin Quinn -130,
8-Bryan Swinehart -125,
9-Nick Aiuto,
10-Shon Deskins -114.
USAC SPRINTS AT GAS CITY FRIDAY, PUTNAMVILLE SATURDAY;
ELDORA’S “BRANSON/LARSON” WEATHERED OUT
from DICK JORDAN USAc
Chase Stockon leads the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars to a pair of Indiana races this weekend, holding an eight-point lead over Hunter Schuerenberg in the latest standings.
Last Saturday’s “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic” at the Eldora Speedway in
Rossburg, Ohio fell victim to inclement weather, with freezing temperatures
forcing the cancellation.
This Friday night’s race is at Gas City I-69 Speedway and Saturday’s race is at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville.
Last year’s results would favor Schuerenberg at this weekend’s two tracks. He won at Gas City and had an eighth at Putnamville in 2012 while Stockon’s best
finish in three starts at the two tracks in 2012 was a 10th at Gas City.
Lurking in the wings is three-time USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan
Clauson, just 17 points behind Stockon. Clauson has racked up an amazing nine
USAC feature victories in various series this year. In 2012 he had a victory and
a fifth at Gas City and a third at Putnamville.
Brady Bacon is only 19 points behind the leader and Tracy Hines 31, with a
total of 148 points available in the two events.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings: 1-Chase Stockon-247,
2-Hunter Schuerenberg-239, 3-Bryan Clauson-230, 4-Brady Bacon-228, 5-Tracy
Hines-216, 6-Dave Darland-200, 7-Kevin Thomas-185. 8-Robert Ballou-163, 9-Tyler
Courtney-133, 10-C.J. Leary-131.
USAC WC SPRINTS AT BAKERSFIELD, CLASSICS EYE 5/4 PLACERVILLE;
BERNAL POSTS WEST COAST & CLASSIC VICTORIES
from DICK JORDAN USAC
Ryan Bernal holds the lead in two USAC Western Sprint Car series after sweeping a pair of wins last weekend in California.
The Hollister, Calif. driver piloted his King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine Spike/Raney to Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Classic opener at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, then came back to take Saturday’s 30-lap USAC
West Coast Sprint feature at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare.
He takes a 24-point lead over Richard Vander Weerd into this Saturday’s West Coast event at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway, while the Western Classics return to action May 4 at Placerville (Calif.) Speedway.
Bernal passed Tanner Swanson on lap four and led the rest of the way at
Watsonville. Colton Slack took second ahead of Swanson, Matt Streeter and D.J.
Johnson. Defending series king Tony Hunt finished sixth.
Markus Niemela led the first 15 laps at Tulare, then Bernal led the rest to beat fast qualifier Richard Vander Weerd, Niemela, Marty Hawkins and Rusty Carlile.
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-332, 2-Richard Vander
Weerd-308, 3-Jace Vander Weerd-277, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-267, 5-Bud Kaeding-242,
6-Markus Niemela-240, 7-Rusty Carlile-218, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-185, 9-Marty
Hawkins-168, 10-Landon Hurst-151.
2013 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Standings:
1-Ryan Bernal -71,
2-Colton Slack -63,
3-Tanner Swanson -62,
4-Matt Streeter -59,
5-Tony Hunt -56,
6-D.J. Johnson -55,
7-Nathan Washam -52,
8-Jim Richardson -42,
9-Klint Simpson -40,
10-Scott -40.
Apr 21 2013
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 20,
– Yuma, Arizona – Cocopah Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-17.030;
2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.094;
3. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-17.339;
4. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.420;
5. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.523;
6. Mike Martin, 16B, Martin-17.602;
7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.725;
8. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.779;
9. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-17.828;
10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.897;
11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-18.023;
12. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-18.046;
13. Bob Ream, 8, BRAT-18.163;
14. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-18.327;
15. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-18.332;
16. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-18.950;
17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Faas, 3. Kaeding, 4. Davis, 5. Bezio, 6.
R.Williams, 7. Ream, 8. C.Williams. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Spencer, 3. Johnson, 4. A.Williams, 5.
Mitchell, 6. Rossi, 7. Bender, 8. Wilson. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Gardner, 3. Johnson, 4. Spencer, 5. Martin, 6.
Faas. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Nic
Faas, 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Charles Davis Jr., 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Austin
Williams, 9. Rip Williams, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Matt Rossi, 12. Bob Ream Jr., 13.
Cody Williams, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Seth Wilson, 16. David Bezio, 17. A.J.
Bender. NT
**Bender flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Kaeding, Laps 7-30 Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:
1-Gardnre -397,
2-Faas -393,
3-Kaeding -312,
4-Spencer -294,
5-Johnson -266,
6-C.Williams -242,
7-A.Williams -224,
8-Roa -224,
9-Bryan Clauson -210,
10-Davis -207.
MSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 4, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 20,
– Tulare, California – Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.329;
2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria -15.367;
3. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd -15.453;
4. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford -15.499;
5. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell -15.570;
6. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt -15.716;
7. Greg Alexander, 13a, Rickard -15.882;
8. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt -16.046;
9. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins -16.063;
10. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst -16.130;
11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile -16.228;
12. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter -16.332;
13. Jonathan Logan,32, Evett/Logan -16.356;
14. Seth Hancock, 51s, Hancock -16.597;
15. Trent Carter, 13, Carter -16.649;
16. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes -16.661;
17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson -16.891.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Hawkins,
2. R.Vanderweerd,
3. Carlile,
4. J.Vander Weerd,
5. Alexander,
6. Howell,
7. Logan,
8. Carter. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Niemela,
2. Faria,
3. Bernal,
4. Hurst,
5. Kirkbride,
6. Barnes,
7. Hancock,
8. Sibley. NT
DASH: (6 laps)
1. Niemela,
2. Hurst,
3. J. Vanderweerd,
4. Carlile,
5. Bernal,
6. R.Vander Weerd,
7. Hawkins,
8. Faria. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Markus Niemela,
4. Marty Hawkins, 5. Rusty Carlile, 6. Trent Carter,
7. Dennis Howell, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Jace Vander Weerd,
10. Landon Hurst, 11. Greg Alexander, 12. Ricky Kirkbride,
13. Jonathan Logan, 14. Jim Richardson, 15. Seth Hancock,
16. Kevin Barnes. NT
**Sibley flipped during the second heat. Hancock, Hurst, Alexander and Faria all
flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Niemela, Laps 16-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS:
1-Bernal- -332,
2-R.Vander Weerd -308,
3-J.Vander Weerd -277,
4-Faria -267,
5-Bud Kaeding -242,
6-Niemela -240,
7-Carlile -218,
8-Kirkbride -185,
9-Hawkins -168,
10-Hurst -151.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 27 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
Apr 20 2013
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 19, 2013
– Yuma, Arizona – Cocopah Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.451; 2. Damion Gardner, 4a,
Alexander-16.673; 3. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.008; 4. Mike Spencer, 50,
Chaffin-17.058; 5. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.189; 6. Brody Roa, 91R,
BR-17.269; 7. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.283; 8. Mike Martin, 16B,
Marftin-17.340; 9. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-17.348; 10. Matt Mitchell, 37,
Mitchell-17.366; 11. Bob Ream, 8, BRAT-17.415; 12. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-17.430;
13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.516; 14. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-17.549; 15.
David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-17.596; 16. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.658; 17. Rip
Williams, 3, Jory-NT; 18. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Faas, 3. C.Williams, 4. Kaeding, 5.
A.Williams, 6. Bezio, 7. Ream, 8. Wilson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Davis, 3. Rossi, 4. Gardner, 5. Martin, 6.
Roa, 7. Mitchell, 8. Bender. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Johnson, 3. Spencer, 4. Kaeding, 5. Faas, 6.
C.Williams. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Bud
Kaeding, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Brody Roa,
9. Mike Martin, 10. Matt Mitchell, 11. Austin Williams, 12. Bob Ream, 13. David
Bezio, 14. Matt Rossi, 15. A.J. Bender (#12), 16. Seth Wilson. NT
**Bender flipped during the second heat. Rossi flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Faas-329, 2-Gardner-325, 3-Kaeding-247,
4-Spencer-228, 5-C.Williams-214, 6-Bryan Clauson-210, 7-Johnson-209, 8-Roa-191,
9-Ryan Bernal-181, 10-A.Willams-180.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: April 20, 2013 – Yuma, AZ – Cocopah Speedway
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 19, 2013
– Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nathan Washam, 33x, Hood-14.814; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73,
Ford-14.837; 3. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-15.030; 4. Matt Streeter, 14jr,
Streeter-15.101; 5. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.129; 6. Joe Stornetta, 3F,
Finkenbinder-15.249; 7. Tanner Swanson, 69, Kaiser-15.355; 8. Klint Simpson, 84,
Simpson-15.482; 9. Colton Slack, 17, Slack-15.485; 10. Gordon Rodgers, 94,
Dusin-15.949; 11. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-16.152; 12. Shauna Hogg, 5,
Hogg-16.191; 13 Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-16.389; 14. Scott Hall, 56x, Hall-18.921;
15. A.J. Kirkpatrick, 12k, Kirkpatrick-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Hunt, 3. Slack, 4. Johnson, 5. Washam, 6.
Richardson, 7. Kirkpatrick, 8. Baker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Hall, 3. Bernal, 4. Streeter, 5. Simpson, 6.
Rodgers, 7, Stornetta. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Colton Slack, 3. Tanner Swanson, 4. Matt
Streeter, 5. D.J. Johnson, 6. Tony Hunt, 7. Nathan Washam, 8. Jim Richardson, 9.
Klint Simpson, 10. Scott Hall, 11. Gordon Rodgers, 12. Shauna Hogg, 13, Tom
Baker, 14. A.J. Kirkpatrick. NT
**Stornetta flipped during the second heat. Rodgers flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 T.Swanson, Laps 4-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-71, 2-Slack-63, 3-T.Swanson-62,
4-Streeter-59, 5-Hunt-56, 6-Johnson-55, 7-Washam-52, 8-Richardson-42,
9-Simpson-40, 10-Hall-40.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: May 4, 2013 – Placerville (CA) Speedway
Apr 16 2013
HINES SEEKS 4TH “BRANSON-LARSON” SPRINT AT ELDORA
from DICK JORDAN
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. seeks a record fourth “Don Branson/Jud Larson
Classic” victory this Saturday when the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint cars visit
Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Last year he became the second three-time
race winner (Jay Drake also won three) and his 85 total USAC National race
victories are tops among “active” USAC drivers.
Hines is also chasing Tom Bigelow’s all-time career leading 52 series victories
and stands at 45, just one back of Jack Hewitt after winning twice at Ocala,
Fla. in February. He’s fifth in the current series points, 31 behind point
leader Chase Stockon. Hines’ three “Branson/Larson” wins came in 2001, 2008 and
last year.
Robert Ballou and Jerry Coons Jr. also have two previous “Branson/Larson” wins
and could join the three-time winners list Saturday.
Third-ranking Bryan Clauson (Ocala) and seventh-ranking Kevin Thomas Jr.
(Lawrenceburg) also have 2013 series victories and will be among challengers
Saturday.
The Eldora race salutes the late drivers who lost their lives in 1966 USAC
Sprint racing accidents. Branson, USAC’s 1959 Midwest and 1964 National Sprint
Car Champion, scored 13 victories in the Sprint cars. Larson earned 15 USAC
Sprint wins. Both were veterans of the Indianapolis 500. Larson won three times
in USAC Sprint competition at Eldora and Branson won twice.
Chase Stockon stands eight points ahead of Hunter Schuerenberg entering the
Eldora race. Both drivers have “top-ten” finishes in all four races held this
season.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings: 1-Chase Stockon-247,
2-Hunter Schuerenberg-239, 3-Bryan Clauson-230, 4-Brady Bacon-228, 5-Tracy
Hines-216, 6-Dave Darland-200, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-185, 8-Ballou-163, 9-Tyler
Courtney-133, 10-C.J. Leary-131.
FAAS-GARDNER SHOOTOUT AT COCOPAH THIS WEEKEND
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series makes its second appearance at Cocopah
Speedway in Yuma, Ariz. this weekend and Mark Alexander teammates Nic Faas and
Damion Gardner are ready to square off for the series point lead.
Races at the 3/8-mile dirt oval are set for Friday and Saturday nights and the
two point leaders are separated by just four points after the first four races.
Faas, the winner at Perris, Calif. April 6, also has a pair of seconds and a
third, while Gardner, seeking to increase his all-time series victory lead which
stands at 41, has a pair of seconds and a pair of fourths so far this year.
Brody Roa captured last year’s USAC CRA debut at Yuma where Faas was the
fastest qualifier and finished sixth. Gardner did not compete in the 2012 Yuma
race but after competing full-time in USAC National racing last year he has
returned to compete full-time in the 2013 USAC/CRA series.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Nic Faas-259, 2-Damion Gardner-255,
3-Bryan Clauson-210, 4-Bud Kaeding-187, 5-Ryan Bernal-181, 6-Rickie Gaunt-167,
7-Cody Williams-166, 8-Mike Spencer-163, 9-R.J. Johnson-154, 10-Brody Roa-148.
TULARE WEST COAST REPEAT & WATSONVILLE CLASSICS;
TULARE GIVES RICHARD VANDER WEERD 2 STRAIGHT
by DICK JORDAN
Two USAC western sprint car series compete in California this weekend as the
West Coast Sprints return to the Tulare Thunderbowl Saturday and the Western
Classics open their 2013 series Friday at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.
Ryan Bernal continues to pace the West Coast Sprint standings while Tony Hunt
is the defending king of the Western Classics.
Bernal finished second in Saturday night’s 30-lap race at Tulare, trailing fast
qualifier Richard Vander Weerd, the Visalia, Calif. driver who posted his second
straight series win.
Vander Weerd led all 30 laps in his Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx
Maxim/Shark. Jace Vander Weerd followed Bernal in third, ahead of Markus Niemela
and Bud Kaeding.
Bernal, who recovered from a qualifying flip, holds a 21-point lead over
Kaeding in the new standings going into this Saturday’s race at Tulare.
Bernal won last year’s Watsonville opener and other 2012 Ocean Speedway winners
were Mike Spencer (twice) and Brent Kaeding.
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-263, 2-Bud Kaeding-242,
3-Richard Vander Weerd-238, 4-Jace Vander Weerd-232, 5-Danny Faria Jr.-216,
6-Markus Niemela-177, 7-Rusty Carlile-164, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-152, 9-Austin
Liggett-139, 10-Chris Ennis-130.
PEORIA NEXT FOR USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINTS;
MARTIN TAKES ARIZONA SPEEDWAY 30-LAPPER
by DICK JORDAN
Thirty-two points separate USAC Southwest Sprint point leaders Charles Davis
Jr. and drivers Ronnie Clark and R.J. Johnson (tied for second) entering an
April 27 race at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.
Davis finished third in last Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Arizona Speedway in
Queen Creek, Ariz. as Yuma, Ariz. driver Mike Martin swept to victory in his
Ultimate Offroad/Naquin Precision Earth Moving Maxim/Shaver.
Martin led the final 18 laps after passing Mike Bonneau on lap 13. Stevie
Sussex took second ahead of Davis, Clark and Shon Deskins.
Johnson won the series opener at Peoria in March. Davis was second and Clark
third!
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-Charles Davis Jr.-190, 2-Ronnie
Clark-158, 3-R.J. Johnson-158, 4-Josh Pelkey-149, 5-Justin Quinn-131, 6-Mike
Martin-130, 7-Tom Ogle-130, 8-Bryan Swinehart-125, 9-Nick Aiuto, 10-Shon
Deskins-114.
Apr 15 2013
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 13
– Tulare, California – Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.484;
2. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt -15.526;
3. J Vander Weerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.626;
4. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett -15.814;
5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman -15.885;
6. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell -16.057;
7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria -16.069;
8. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris -16.179;
9. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter -16.200; 10. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes -16.451;
11. Tom Hendricks, 14K, Kruseman -16.456;
12. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins -16.490;
13. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile -16.637;
14. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis -16.752;
15. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt -17.008;
16. Trent Carter, 13, Carter -17.019;
17. Matt Day, 97, Day -17.282;
18. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford -NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Carlile, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Liggett, 5.
Barnes, 6. Carter. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Kaeding, 3. Ferris, 4. Hendricks, 5.
Niemela, 6. Day. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Hawkins, 3. Kirkbride, 4. J.Vander Weerd,
5. Sibley, 6. Howell. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Jace Vander
Weerd, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Danny Faria Jr., 7. Dennis Howell,
8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Trent Carter, 10. Andy Ferris, 11. Tom Hendricks, 12. Jeff
Sibley, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. Matt Day, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Chris Ennis, 17.
Ricky Kirkbride, 18. Austin Liggett. NT
**Bernal flipped during qualifications. Liggett and Ennis flipped during the
feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 R. Vander Weerd.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-263, 2-Kaeding-242, 3-R.Vander
Weerd-238, 4-J.Vander Weerd-232, 5-Faria-216, 6-Niemela-177, 7-Carlile-164,
8-Kirkbride-152, 9-Liggett-139, 10-Ennis-130.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 20 – Tulare (CA) Thunderbowl Raceway
USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 13
– Queen Creek, Arizona – Arizona Speedway
from USAC
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 2. Chris Bonneau (#78
Bonneau), 3. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 4. Bruce St. James (#7K St James), 5.
Nathan High (#97 High), 6. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 7. Jody Wirth (#5X
Wirth), 8. Stephen Harms (#60 Harms), 9. Mark Morin (#28 Morin). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bob Ream Jr. (#8 BRAT), 2. Mike Martin (#16 Martin),
3. Charles Davis Jr., (#50 Massey), 4. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 5. Tom Ogle (#48
Ogle), 6. Jason Grady (#45 Grady), 7. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 8. Lealand
Fuller (#3 Fuller), 9. Michael Dayney (#36D Dayney). NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 2. Stevie Sussex (#1AZ
Sussex), 3. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 4. Tom Lee (#53 Lee), 5. Bryan Swinehart
(#68 Beal), 6. Justin Quinn (#93 Quinn), 7. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 8.
Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 9. Kyle Danielson (#17K Danielson). NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. M. Bonneau, 2. Clark, 3. Davis, 4. Aiuto, 5. C. Bonneau, 6.
Martin, 7. Deskins, 8. Sussex. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Quinn, 2. Wirth, 3. Curtis, 4. Fuller, 5. Dayney, 6. Morin,
7. Harms, 8. Grady, 9. Hosford, 10. High, 11. Danielson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Martin, 2. Stevie Sussex, 3. Charles Davis Jr., 4.
Ronnie Clark, 5. Shon Deskins, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Bob Ream Jr., 8. Josh Pelkey,
9. Tom Ogle, 10. Chris Bonneau, 11. Justin Quinn, 12. Bryan Swinehart, 13. Nick
Aiuto, 14. Jody Wirth, 15. Michael Dayney, 16. Michael Curtis, 17. Lealand
Fuller, 18. Tom Lee, 19. Bruce St. James, 20. Andy Reinbold, 21. Mike Bonneau,
22. Mark Morin. NT
**Danielson flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 M. Bonneau, Laps 13-30 Martin.
NEW USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Davis-190, 2-Clark-158,
3-Johnson-158, 4-Pelkey-149, 5-Martin-130, 6-Ogle-130, 7-Quinn-130,
8-Swinehart-125, 9-Aiuto, 10-Deskins-114.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: April 27 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway
Park
Apr 11 2013
USAC 600 Sprints at PLYMOUTH'S CABIN FEVER WEEKEND CANCELLED
from USAC News <raceresults@usacracing.com
Track owner Ed Kennedy and the team at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway regret to
announce that the Cabin Fever race scheduled for this weekend April 12-13,
including the USAC Open and Restricted 600 Sprints, has been cancelled due to
weather that has limited the amount of time required to put the track in the
best condition possible. Plymouth Speedway apologizes to race teams and fans for
any inconveniences this may cause them.
Please note, we are very interested in trying to hold an open practice session,
possibly Sunday, April 14, depending upon the amount of moisture we get this
week. The practice session will allow us to groom the track under non-race
conditions as well as get needed track time on the new surface. Preliminarily,
we will hold the open practice Sunday April 14 from 1-5pm with gates opening at
11am so teams can arrive early and register for the season. Pit pass will be
$20 with FREE for grandstands. The plan is to have the Grand Opening Saturday
night April 20th with Mods, USAC 600 sprints, Super Streets and Thunder Cars.
Pits open at 3pm Grandstand 4 pm Racing at 7 pm. For more information go to
www.plymouthspeedway.net
Apr 9 2013
“BRANSON/LARSON USAC SPRINTS AT ELDORA APRIL 20;
THOMAS GRABS 30-LAP LAWRENCEBURG THRILLER
from DICK JORDAN
Chase Stockon of Sullivan, Ind. earned his initial AMSOIL USAC National Sprint
victories last year and carries the series point lead into the April 20 “Don
Branson/Jud Larson Classic” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Stockon finished second to Kevin Thomas Jr. in last Saturday’s 30-lap feature
at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway and stands eight points ahead of Hunter
Schuerenberg in the new standings. Schuerenberg was fourth at “The Burg.”
Stockon posted a pair of fourths and an eighth in three 2012 Eldora starts on
his way to last year’s USAC “Most Improved Driver” honors.
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind., who ranks fifth in the standings despite his
disappointing 12th-place Lawrenceburg finish, hopes to resume his pursuit of Tom
Bigelow in the battle for all-time supremacy in the series. Bigelow amassed 52
total wins during his career, while Hines’ two this year have him at 45, just
one behind second-ranking Jack Hewitt, who won 46.
Thomas, following his spectacular last-lap Lawrenceburg victory, hopes to
improve in his 2012 Eldora performance which produced two 20th-place finishes
and a 21st. In 2012 Thomas recorded his first USAC victory in the “Indiana
Sprint Week” feature at Bloomington, Ind.
Thomas emerged from a three-way battle for the lead exiting the final turn of
Saturday’s race to win the 30-lapper in his Mike Dutcher-RW-Tri-Star Motorsports
Rotondo Weirich/Black Jack Oil Maxim/Fisher. Stockon, who led nine laps of the
race, held on for second ahead of Brady Bacon, Schuerenberg and Bryan Clauson.
Coleman Gulick paced 20 laps of the race but slipped to sixth at the finish.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings: 1-Chase Stockon-247,
2-Hunter Schuerenberg-239, 3-Bryan Clauson-230, 4-Brady Bacon-228, 5-Tracy
Hines-216, 6-Dave Darland-200, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-185, 8-Ballou-163, 9-Tyler
Courtney-133, 10-C.J. Leary-131.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS RETURN TO TULARE SATURDAY
from DICK JORDAN
The 2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car series continues this Saturday night at
Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif.
Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. will try to maintain his “undefeated” 2013
Tulare status after scoring a pair of March victories at the one-third mile dirt
oval.
Bernal’s point lead is 13 points ahead of defending series champion Bud Kaeding
entering this Saturday’s race. Kaeding has three third-place finishes in three
2013 starts.
Richard Vanderweerd and Markus Niemela, currently fourth and eighth in the
standings, each have a second-place Tulare finish this year.
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-198, 2-Bud Kaeding-185,
3-Jace Vander Weerd-169, 4-Richard Vander Weerd-166, 5-Danny Faria Jr.-163,
6-Ricky Kirkbride-127, 7-Rusty Carlile-118, 8-Markus Niemela-117, 8-Austin
Liggett-114, 10-Landon Hurst-113.
USAC CRA SPRINTS HEAD FOR YUMA APRIL 19-20;
FAAS, GARDNER TEAM 1-2 IN PAS 30-LAPPER
from DICK JORDAN 13-39
Nic Faas and Damion Gardner will lead the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint cars to
Cocopah Speedway in Yuma, Arizona for back-to-back races April 19-20. The two
Mark Alexander team drivers completed a 1-2 “sweep” of last Saturday night’s
30-lap feature at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway and Faas emerged with a
four-point lead over the 2005 champion.
Faas trailed David Cardey for the first 28 laps in the “Power of Purple Night”
race at the half-mile dirt oval, then took the lead exiting turn four on the
white flag lap in his Scott Sales Company/CSI Shocks Spike/J & D. Trailing the
Huntington Beach, Calif. driver at the finish were Gardner, Cardey, who ran
short on fuel in the closing laps, Ryan Bernal and Cody Williams.
The Cocopah races will be the second for AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprints at the
3/8-mile dirt track. Brody Roa won last year’s debut.
Saturday’s win was Faas’ seventh in series competition. Gardner holds the
all-time lead with 41, compared to Cory Kruseman’s 34. Mike Spencer of Temecula,
Calif., seeking a record sixth consecutive USAC/CRA title this year, has 33
career wins and finished sixth in Saturday’s Perris feature after posting the
fastest qualifying time.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Nic Faas-259, 2-Damion Gardner-255,
3-Bryan Clauson-210, 4-Bud Kaeding-187, 5-Ryan Bernal-181, 6-Rickie Gaunt-167,
7-Cody Williams-166, 8-Mike Spencer-163, 9-R.J. Johnson-154, 10-Brody Roa-148.
DAVIS GOES FOR USAC #8 in ARIZONA SATURDAY AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY
from DICK JORDAN
Saturday’s “Spring Fling” at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz. offers
Buckeye, Ariz. driver Charles Davis, Jr. a couple of significant achievements.
He first will look to expand his lead in the 2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car
points, holding a 20-point lead over R.J. Johnson entering Saturday’s race. In
addition, a victory would tie him with A.J. Foyt, Dave Steele and Bryan Clauson
as the all-time leaders in USAC’s Arizona racing history. Foyt, Steele an
Clauson each have eight, while Davis scored his seventh last month at Casa
Grande, Ariz.
Saturday’s race will be USAC’s first at the new 3/8-mile dirt Arizona oval
located at ET Motorpark southeast of Phoenix.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-Charles Davis Jr.-130, 2-R.J.
Johnson-110; 3-Josh Pelkey-103, 4-Ronnie Clark-101, 5-Justin Quinn-96, 6-Brian
Hosford-93, 7-Bryan Swinehart-92, 8-Tom Ogle-90, 9-Nick Aiuto-87, 10-Mike
Bonneau-69.
Apr 8 2013
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 6, 2013 – Perris, California –
Perris Auto Speedway – “Power of Purple Night”
from USAC
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.095; 2. Brody Roa, 91R,
BR-16.256; 3. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.276; 4. Damion Gardner, 4a,
Alexander-16.314; 5. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.382; 6. Ryan Bernal, 73,
Ford-16.399; 7. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.423; 8. David Cardey, 92,
Sertich-16.429; 9. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-16.534; 10. Cody Williams, 44,
Jory-16.572; 11. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.666; 12. Richard Vander Weerd, 10,
Vander Weerd-16.673; 13. Greg Alexander, 72, Ford-16.709; 14. Austin Williams,
2, Jory-16.731; 15. John Aden, 7a, Aden-16.742; 16. Mike Martin, 16B,
Martin-16.776; 17. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.835; 18. Jace Vander Weerd, 88,
Vander Weerd-16.876; 19. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-16.899; 20. Matt Mitchell, 37,
Mitchell-16.994; 21. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.068; 22. R.J. Johnson, 51,
Martin-17.089; 23. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.254; 24. Kenny Perkins, 0k,
Perkins-17.275; 25. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-17.403; 26. Jeff Sibley, 18,
Watt-17.536; 27. Corey
Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.553; 28. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.595; 29. Austin
Smith, 14, Springstead-17.841; 30. Matt Stewart, 27, Stewart-17.884; 31. Mike
Collins, 04, Collins-17.890; 32. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.004; 33.
Brandon Thomosn, 12x, Blair-18.075; 34. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.113; 35. Jerry
Welton, 62, Welton-18.292; 36. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-NT; 37. A.J. Bender,
12, Bender-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Spencer, 2. R.Williams, 3. Bezio,
4. Alexander, 5. Gaunt, 6. A.Smith,
7. C.Smith, 8. Bender. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Johnson, 2. C.Williams, 3. A.Williams,
4. Bernal, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Roa,
7. Sibley, 8. Potter, 9. Stewart. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Faas, 2. Mitchell, 3. Niemela,
4. Kaeding, 5. Blinn,
6. Ballard, 7. Aden,
8. Welton. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. D.Gardner, 2. Cardey, 3. Wilson,
4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Perkins,
6. Martin, 7. Everhart,
8. Adderson. NT
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. Gaunt, 2. Aden, 3. Roa, 4. Perkins,
5. Bender (#12), 6. Everhart, 7. A.Smith,
8. J.Vander Weerd, 9. Thomson,
10. C.Smith, 11. Blinn, 12. Sibley,
13. Potter, 14. Welton, 15. Adderson,
16. Martin, 17. Ballard. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Nic Faas, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. David Cardey, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Austin Williams, 9. Bud Kaeding, 10. Seth Wilson, 11. Mike Martin, 12. A.J. Bender, 13. Rickie
Gaunt, 14. Richard Vander Weerd, 15. Markus Niemela, 16. Matt Mitchell, 17. R.J.
Johnson, 18. Tony Everhart, 19. Greg Alexander, 20. David Bezio, 21. Kenny
Perkins, 22. John Aden, 23. Rip Williams. NT
**Adderson flipped during the semi. Martin flipped during the semi. R.Williams
flipped during the feature. Aden flipped during the feature. Alexander flipped
during the feature. Wilson flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Cardey, Laps 29-30 Faas.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Faas-259, 2-D.Gardner-255, 3-Bryan
Clauson-210, 4-Kaeding-187, 5-Bernal-181, 6-Gaunt-167, 7-C.Williams-166,
8-Spencer-163, 9-Johnson-154, 10-Roa-148.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: April 19, 2013 – Yuma, AZ – Cocopah Speedway
Apr 7 2013
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 6
– Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway
from USAC
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.966;
2. Thomas Meseraull, 17, McGhee-13.978; 3. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.015;
4. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-14.099; 5. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-14.130;
6. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-14.209;7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.215;
8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.248; 9. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-14.257;
10. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.280; 11. Kevin Thomas,Jr.,17RW,Dutcher14.285;
12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.337; 13. BryanClauson,20Stewart/CurbAgggie14.347;
14. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-14.381; 15. Landon Simon, 41, SST-14.415;
16. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-14.498; 17. Kyle Robbins, 17R,Tri-Star-14.549;
18. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.602; 19. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-14.608;
20. Christopher Bell, 67, Kunz-14.637; 21. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.741;
22. Dallas Hewitt, 2m, Marshall-14.746; 23. Matt Westfall, 54, B Performance-14.756;
24. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-14.761; 25. Scotty Weir, 18, Keen-14.777;
26. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-14.865; 27. David Applegate, 11x, Applegate-14.925;
28. Joss Moffatt, 5J, Moffatt-14.967; 29. Drew Abel, 04, Abel-15.033;
30. Pat Giddens, 2G, Giddens-15.156; 31. Gary Taylor, 40, Hery-15.255;
32. Derek Hastings, 32m, Marshall-15.375; 33. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-15.527;
34. Cody Gardner, 46, Gardner-15.748; 35. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.942;
36. Anthony Nicholson, 16, Nicholson-15.957; 37. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-16.214;
38. John Race, 42, Race-16.415; 39. Justin Owen, 26, Owen-NT (time of 14.965 disallowed);
40. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Drake, 2. Clauson,
3. Tracy Hines, 4. Robbins,
5. Windom, 6. Cottle,
7. Weir, 8. Abel,
9. Cruea, 10. Weber. 2:01.32
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Darland, 2. Meseraull,
3. Leary, 4. Ted Hines,
5. Jarrett, 6. Hewitt,
7. Jackson, 8. Giddens,
9. Gardner, 10. Race. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Stockon, 2. Thomas,
3. Gulick, 4. Simon,
5. Grant, 6. Taylor,
7. Westfall, 8. Hery,
9. Applegate. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Ballou, 2. Bacon,
3. Schuerenberg, 4. Bell,
5. Hupp, 6. Coons,
7. Moffatt, 8. Courtney,
9. Hastings, 10. Nicholson. NT
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. Cottle, 2. Grant,
3. Coons, 4. Windom,
5. Westfall, 6. Hupp,
7. Hewitt, 8. Courtney,
9. Hastings, 10. Nicholson,
11. Jackson, 12. Giddens,
13. Abel, 14. Hery,
15. Weir, 16. Gardner,
17. Applegate, 18. Taylor,
19. Moffatt, 20. Cruea,
21. Race, 22. Jarrett,
23. Weber. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Kevin Thomas Jr.,
2. Chase Stockon,3. Brady Bacon,
4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Bryan Clauson,
6. Coleman Gulick, 7. Thomas Meseraull,
8. Shane Cottle, 9. Landon Simon,
10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11. Dave Darland,
12. Tracy Hines, 13. Justin Grant,
14. Tyler Courtney, 15. Logan Hupp,
16. Ted Hines, 17. Nick Drake,
18. Kyle Robbins, 19. Christopher Bell,
20. Robert Ballou, 21. C.J. Leary,
22. Matt Westfall, 23. Chris Windom. NT
**Windom flipped on lap 8 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Gulick, Lap 12 Stockon, Laps 13-21 Gulick, Laps
22-29 Stockon, Lap 30 Thomas.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stockon-247, 2-Schuerenberg-239,
3-Clauson-230, 4-Bacon-228, 5-Hines-216, 6-Ballou-200, 7-Thomas-185,
8-Ballou-163, 9-Courtney-134, 10-Leary-131.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 20 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway –
“Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic”
Apr 2 2013
AMSOIL SPRINTS HEAD FOR THE “BURG” SATURDAY
from DICK JORDAN
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. continues his pursuit of the all-time record
for AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car wins this Saturday when the series visits
Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway. None of his 45 wins to date have come at the
3/8-mile dirt oval, although he did win a 2010 USAC National Midget race there.
Hines ranks third in the current standings and a win Saturday would tie him
with Jack Hewitt on the all-time list at 46, six behind the leader Tom Bigelow.
He trails series leader Hunter Schuerenberg by just seven points in the 2013
standings after winning a pair of races in February at Ocala, Fla.
chuerenberg, of Sikeston, Mo., posted fourth and fifth-place finishes in last year’s
Lawrenceburg races and had a third and two fifths in the three Ocala openers.
Chase Stockon of Sullivan, Ind. is second in the current standings, just four
behind Schuerenberg going into Saturday’s race. Stockon and Justin Grant were
the first-time winners in 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint racing at
Lawrenceburg.
Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind., however, holds the title of winningest USAC
Sprint driver at the southeastern Indiana track. He has six victories there and
his 82 total USAC National wins in three categories trail only Hines’ 85 among
“active” USAC drivers.
Fourth ranking Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. is tied with Hines, seven
points back of Schuerenberg. Clauson is having a record-breaking USAC season so
far and will seek his 10th USAC feature win Saturday at Lawrenceburg, which
includes the 2013 Sprint opener at Ocala.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings: 1-Hunter Schuerenberg-182;
2-Chase Stockon-178; 3-Tracy Hines175, 4-Bryan Clauson-175; 5-Brady Bacon-167;
6-Dave Darland-160; 7-Robert Ballou-142; 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-118; 9-C.J.
Leary-112; 10-Scotty Weir-110.
“POWER OF PURPLE NIGHT” FOR CRA SPRINTS AT THE PAS
from DICK JORDAN
Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. hopes to hold onto an all-time lead while
trying to vault to the 2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint point lead Saturday night
when the series competes in the “Power of Purple Night” benefitting the City of
Perris Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society at the Perris (Calif.)
Auto Speedway.
Gardner, who will focus on the USAC/CRA campaign this season, has 25 career
wins at Perris, one more than five-time series titlist Mike Spencer of Temecula,
Calif. Spencer has won seven of the past 11 races at the PAS, all since
Gardner’s last Perris win in 2011.
Gardner trails Bryan Clauson by 23 points in the latest AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint
standings. He is tied in the current points with Nic Faas of Huntington Beach,
Calif., who scored three Perris wins in 2011 and one last year.
Clauson scored a Perris win last year and the 2013 opener over Gardner and Faas
this season.
Cory Kruseman is the only other 2012 winner at the half-mile dirt oval and he
has 16 career wins there. His 2013 Perris debut resulted in a flip during a heat
race.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Bryan Clauson-210, 2-Damion Gardner-187,
3-Nic Faas-187, 4-Bud Kaeding-146,
5-Rickie Gaunt-134, 6-R.J. Johnson-127,
7-Ryan Bernal-124, 8-Cody Williams-111,
9-Mike Spencer-104, 10-Charles Davis Jr.-102.
USAC TO SANCTION TRAXXAS 600 SPRINTS AT PLYMOUTH
from DICK JORDAN
Seventeen weekly events and a special “race4life” are on the calendar for the
inaugural season of Traxxas USAC 600 Sprint racing in 2013 at the Plymouth
(Ind.) Speedway.
One of the fastest growing motorsport disciplines in America will compete at
the 3/8-mile and 1/5-mile dirt Plymouth ovals beginning April 13 and continuing
through the August 24 Season Championships. The USAC 600 Sprints will only
compete on the special built 1/5-mile clay oval.
The “Open” class will comprise both winged and non-winged events, while the
“Restrictor” class will utilize the wings only. Criteria for inclusion in
year-end point funds and prizes includes USAC membership and competition in at
least 75% of the scheduled events. The top five in the year-end points will each
receive a Traxxas remote-controlled truck as part of his championship package.
Champions of the 2013 Traxxas 600 Sprint Series, both Open and Restricted, will
be honored at the USAC “Night of Champions” National Awards ceremony in December
in Indianapolis, Ind.
The June 26-29 race4life “special event” will not offer championship points but
will be open to all comers, regardless of membership and the expected turnout of
more than 200 entries should mark this as a signature event on the calendar.
The 2013 Traxxas USAC 600 Sprint Series combines competitors from various areas
in a collective effort to produce what promises to be a most entertaining series
on one of America’s most exciting dirt short tracks.
I’m really excited about the prospects for this series,” says track owner Ed
Kennedy. “This series has the potential to be one of the best in America for
emerging talent and I can’t wait for it to get started!”
The 17-race calendar of Saturday races follows its April 13 sendoff with events
April 20 and 27, May 4, 18 and 25, June 1, 8 and 15, July 6, 13, 20 and 27 and
August 3, 10, 17 and 24 in addition to the aforementioned June 26-29 “race4life”
special event.
“It’s an exciting new avenue for aspiring drivers,” adds USAC President/CEO
Kevin Miller, “and we are proud to showcase the Traxxas affiliation with these
events. I look for this series to do nothing but mature and prosper in the years
ahead.”
The cars competing in the 2013 Traxxas USAC 600 Sprint Series are open-wheel,
open-cockpit machines utilizing 600cc motorcycle engines, Open class weighing a
minimum of 750 pounds, with a maximum of 70-inches wheelbase and a minimum of 50
inches.
For information regarding these new USAC series, including rules, please access
www.plymouthspeedway.net.
--USAC--
Mar 27 2013
11 days until the Midwest USAC opener,
Featuring the AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship at Lawrenceburg Speedway!!
Mar 26 2013
WEST COAST SPRINTS EYE THUNDERBOWL APRIL 13;
RICHARD VANDER WEERD TOPS BAKERSFIELD 30-LAPPER
from DICK JORDAN
Ryan Bernal will lead the USAC West Coast Sprint Series to its next race April
13 at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif., holding a 13-point lead over Bud
Kaeding in the new standings. Bernal finished second and Kaeding third in last
Saturday night’s race at Bakersfield, Calif.
Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. led all but one lap at Bakersfield
Speedway in his Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark. Jace Vander
Weerd and Rusty Carlile trailed the top trio, taking fourth and fifth
respectively.
Danny Faria Jr. was seventh and led lap 4 of the feature. Markus Niemela was
the fastest qualifier with a new track record. Faria and Niemela rank fourth and
eighth in the new standings.
Bernal also has a pair of Tulare victories under his belt this season, winning
back-to-back features March 15-16.
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-198, 2-Bud Kaeding-185,
3-Richard Vander Weerd-166, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-163, 5-Jace Vander Weerd-159,
6-Ricky Kirkbride-127, 7-Rusty Carlile-120, 8-Markus Niemela-117, 8-Austin
Liggett-114, 10-Landon Hurst-113.
SOUTHWEST SPRINTS AT QUEEN CREEK APRIL 13;
CASA GRANDE WIN GIVES DAVIS POINT LEAD
from DICK JORDAN
Charles Davis of Buckeye, Ariz. will take a 20-point lead over R.J. Johnson
into the April 13 race at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz. The race will
be USAC’s first at the new 3/8-mile dirt oval.
Davis piloted Jim Massey’s car to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap race at
Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, Ariz. Davis passed Nick Aiuto on lap 23
and led the final eight laps for the win over Aiuto, Brian Hosford, Josh Pelkey
and Bryan Swinehart. Hosford led the first 18 laps of the race. Johnson was
seventh in Saturday’s race.
The win was Davis’ seventh in USAC competition in Arizona, second only to Dave
Steele and A.J. Foyt, who have eight. Davis has a chance to tie for the all-time
lead with a win at Queen Creek.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-Charles Davis Jr.-130, 2-R.J.
Johns
on-110; 3-Josh Pelkey-103, 4-Ronnie Clark-101, 5-Justin Quinn-96, 6-Brian
Hosford-93, 7-Bryan Swinehart-92, 8-Tom Ogle-90, 9-Mike Bonneau-69, 10-Nick
Aiuto-67
Mar 25 2013
USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 23
– Casa Grande, Arizona – Central Arizona Raceway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto/Allen), 2. Andy Reinbold (#19
Underwood), 3. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey),
5. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 6. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau)
7. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 8. Tom Lee (#53 Lee). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jody Wirth (#5X Wirth), 2. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber),
3. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 4. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle),
5. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 6. James Aragon (#94 Aragon),
7. Kyle Danielson (#17K Danielson), 8. Stevie Sussex (#1A Sussex). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins),
2. Bryan Swinehart (#68 Beal), 3. Justin Quinn (#93 Quinn), 4. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen),
5. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 6. Stephen Harms (#60 Harms),
7. Mark Morin (#28
Morin). NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Hosford, 2. Aiuto, 3. Deskins, 4. Harms, 5. Quinn, 6. Wirth,
7. Reinbold, 8. Clark. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr., 2. Nick Aiuto, 3. Brian Hosford,
4. Josh Pelkey, 5. Bryan Swinehart, 6. Stevie Sussex, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Tom Ogle,
9. Justin Quinn, 10. Ronnie Clark, 11. Mike Martin, 12. Mike Bonneau,
13. James Aragon, 14. Chris Bonneau, 15. Kyle Danielson, 16. Bruce St. James,
17. Shon Deskins, 18. Stephen Harms, 19. Mark Morin, 20. Andy Reinbold, 21. Tom Lee,
22. Jody Wirth, 23. Michael Curtis. NT
**Reinbold flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Hosford, Laps 19-22 Aiuto, Lap 23-30 Davis.
NEW USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Davis-130, 2-Johnson-110;
3-Pelkey-103, 4-Clark-101, 5-Quinn-96, 6-Hosford-93, 7-Swinehart-92, 8-Ogle-90,
9-M.Bonneau-69, 10-Aiuto-67.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: April 13 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona
Speedway
Mar 24 2013
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 23,
– Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
frolm USAC
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-12.890; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17v,
Faria-13.005; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.030; 4. Bud Kaeding,
29, Bowman-13.091; 5. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-13.161; 6. Jace Vander Weerd,
88, Vander Weerd-13.176; 7. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-13.197; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73,
Ford-13.200; 9. Kevin Barmes, 36B, Barnes-13.410; 10. Rusty Carlile, 51,
Carlile-13.462; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.478; 12. Chris Ennis, 86,
Ennis-13.481; 13. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-13.510; 14. Austin DeBlauw, 65,
DeBlauw-13.801; 15. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-13.803; 16. Mike Broome, 43B,
Broome-13.935; 17. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-13.962; 18. Matt Day, 97, Day-13.974;
19. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-14.040; 20. Adam Frith-Smith, 62,
Frith-Smith-14.422; 21. Seth Hancock, 51s, Hancock-20.203.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirkbride, 2. Carlile, 3. Broome, 4. Niemela, 5.
Kaeding, 6. Carter, 7. Logan. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Bernal, 3. Roa, 4. Liggett, 5. DeBlauw, 6.
Sibley, 7. Frith-Smith. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Day, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Hurst,
5. Barnes, 6. Ennis, 7. Hancock. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Faria, 3. Kaeding, 4. Niemela, 5. Liggett,
6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Barnes, 8. Bernal. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4.
Jace Vander Weerd, 5. Rusty Carlile, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Chris
Ennis, 9. Jonathan Logan, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Matt Day, 12. Kevin
Barmes,13. Austin Liggett, 14. Landon Hurst, 15. Trent Carter, 16. Mike Broome,
17. Austin DeBlauw, 18. Seth Hancock, 19. Jeff Sibley, 20. Adam Frith-Smith, 21.
Markus Niemela. NT
Mar 19 2013
SOUTHWEST SPRINTS AT CASA GRANDE SATURDAY;
JOHNSON TAKES SERIES POINTS OPENER AT CANYON
by DICK JORDAN
R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. has a slim one-point lead over Charles Davis Jr.
in the USAC Southwest Sprint Car standings entering this Saturday’s race at
Central Arizona Speedway in Casa Grande, Ariz.
Johnson outduelled Davis in last Saturday’s 30-lap series opener at Canyon
Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz., leading the final two laps in the Bill Michaels
entry. Davis finished second after leading 18 laps, followed by Ronnie Clark,
Justin Quinn and Nathan High.
Saturday’s race will mark the debut of USAC Sprint racing at the 3/8-mile dirt
oval.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings:
1-R.J. Johnson-66, 2-Charles Davis Jr.-65, 3-Ronnie Clark-62, 4-Nathan High-55,
5-Justin Quinn-54, 6-Josh Pelkey-49, 7-Tom Ogle-46, 8-Bob Ream Jr.-43,
9-Mike Bonneau-39, 10-Bryan Swinehart-37.
WEST COAST SPRINTS HEAD FOR BAKERSFIELD;
BERNAL SWEEPS 2 TULARE THUNDERBOWL FEATURES
by DICK JORDAN
Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. leads the 2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Cars to
Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway this Saturday night after sweeping a pair of
series openers last weekend at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway.
Bernal finished third in last year’s Bakersfield outing behind winner Bud
Kaeding, who trails by 10 points in the standings after a pair of thirds at
Tulare.
Bernal piloted the Keith Ford King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine
Spike/Mopar in a wire-to-wire win Saturday and led the final five laps of an
abbreviated 15-lapper Friday after time constraints interrupted the scheduled
25-lapper.
Markus Niemela led the first 10 laps and finished second Saturday ahead of
Kaeding, Danny Faria Jr. and Jace Vander Weerd. On Friday, Richard Vander Weerd
was second ahead of Kaeding, Austin Liggett and Jace Vander Weerd.
2013 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Ryan Bernal-134, 2-Bud Kaeding-124,
3-Jace Vander Weerd-111, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-108, 5-Richard Vander Weerd-95,
6-Markus Niemela-93, 7-Ricky Kirkbride-86, 8-Landon Hurst-83, 9-Austin
Liggett-80, 10-Marty Hawkins-79.
Mar 18 2013
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 16, 2013
– Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park
1st Heat: (8 laps)
1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey),
2. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James),
3. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins),
4. Jody Wirth (#5X Wirth),
5. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen),
6. Justin Quinn (#93 Quinn),
7. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau),
8. Bob Ream Jr. (#8 BRAT),
9. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood). NT
2nd Heat: (8 laps)
1. Bryan Swinehart (#68 Beal),
2. Nick Auito (#27 Aiuto/Allen),
3. Tom Lee (#53 Lee),
4. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau),
5. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle),
6. Nathan High (#1A High),
7. James Aragon (#94 Aragon),
8. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber). NT
3rd
heat: (8 laps)
1. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark),
2. Mike Martin (#16 Martin),
3. R. J. Johnson (#77M Michaels),
4. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler),
5. Kyle Danielson (#17K Danielson),
6. Stephen Harms (#60 Harms),
7. Mark Morin (#28 Morin),
8. Stevie Sussex (#1AZ Sussex). NT
DASH: (6 laps)
1. Johnson, 2. St. James, 3. Davis, 4. Swinehart, 5. Martin, 6.
Clark, 7. Aiuto, 8. Deskins. NT
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. High, 2. Ream, 3. Reinbold, 4. M. Bonneau, 5. Hosford, 6.
Aragon, 7. Danielson, 8. Morin, 9. Sussex. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Charles Davis Jr.,
3. Ronnie Clark, 4. Justin Quinn,
5. Nathan High,6. Josh Pelkey,
7. Tom Ogle, 8. Bob Ream Jr.,
9. Mike Bonneau, 10. Andy Reinbold,
11. Brian Hosford, 12. Bryan Swinehart,
13. James Aragon, 14. Shon Deskins,
15. Tom Lee, 16. Stephen Harms,
17. Mike Martin, 18. Chris Bonneau,
19. Nick Aiuto, 20. Bruce St. James,
21. Michael Curtis, 22. Jody Wirth. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Davis, Laps 18-27 Johnson, Lap 28 Davis, Laps
29-30 Johnson.
NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-66, 2-Davis-65, 3-Clark-62,
4-High-55, 5-Quinn-54, 6-Pelkey-49, 7-Ogle-46, 8-Ream-43, 9-M.Bonneau-39,
10-Swinehart-37.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: March 23 – Casa Grande, AZ – Central Arizona
Raceway
Mar 17 2013
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 16,
– Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 2. Richard Vander
Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 3. Chris Ennis (#86 Ennis), 4. Marty Hawkins (#3M
Hawkins), 5. Joe Stornetta (#3F Finkenbinder), 6. Jim Richardson (#8
Richardson), 7. Kolby Araki (#30K Araki). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 2. Landon Hurst (#179
Hurst), 3. Rusty Carlile (#51 Carlile), 4. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 5.
Brody Roa (#91R BR), 6. Matt Day (#97 Day), 7. Andy Ferris (#4J Ferris). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal (#73 Ford), 2. Markus Niemela (#81 Watt),
3. Austin Liggett (#83 Liggett), 4. Danny Faria Jr. (#17V Faria), 5. Ricky
Kirkbride (#87 Van Meter), 6. Kevin Barmes (#36B Barnes), 7. Jeff Sibley (#18
Watt). NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Carlile, 3. Kaeding, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5.
Niemela, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Ennis, 8. Hurst. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4.
Austin Liggett, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Danny Faria Jr., 7. Brody Roa, 8.
Jonathan Logan, 9. Andy Ferris, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Marty Hawkins, 12.
Landon Hurst, 13. Jim Richardson, 14. Kevin Barmes, 15. Matt Day, 16. Markus
Niemela, 17. Chris Ennis, 18. Joe Stornetta, 19. Rusty Carlile, 20. Jeff Sibley.
NT
**Araki flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-134, 2-Kaeding-124, 3-J.Vander
Weerd-111, 4-Faria-108, 5-R.Vander Weerd-95, 6-Niemela-93, 7-Kirkbride-86,
8-Hurst-83, 9-Liggett-80, 10-Hawkins-79.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 23 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 15, 2013
– Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
From USAC
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 2. Danny Faria Jr. (#17V
Faria), 3. Austin Liggett (#83 Liggett), 4. Jeff Sibley (#18 Watt), 5. Marty
Hawkins (#3M Hawkins), 6. Kolby Araki (#30K Araki), 7. Landon Hurst (#179
Hurst). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Markus Niemela (#81 Watt), 2. Ricky Kirkbride (#87 Van
Meter), 3. Rusty Carlile (#51 Carlile), 4. Chris Ennis (#86 Ennis), 5. Jim
Richardson (#8 Richardson), 6. Joe Stornetta (#3F Finkenbinder). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 2. Jace Vander
Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 3. Ryan Bernal (#73 Ford), 4. Andy Ferris (#4J
Ferris), 5. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 6. Terry Nichols (#33 Nichols). NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Niemela, 3. Bernal, 4. R. Vander Weerd, 5. J.
Vander Weerd, 6. Faria, 7. Kirkbride, 8. Carlile. NT
FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Markus Niemela, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Danny
Faria Jr., 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Landon Hurst, 7. Ricky Kirkbride, 8. Marty
Hawkins, 9. Rusty Carlile, 10. Andy Ferris, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Chris Ennis,
13. Jim Richardson, 14. Kolby Araki, 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 16. Jonathan
Logan, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Austin Liggett, 19. Joe Stornetta. NT
**Liggett flipped during the feature. Nichols flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Niemela, Laps 11-15 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-66, 2-Niemela-65, 3-Kaeding-62,
4-Faria-58, 5-J.Vander Weerd-55, 6-Kirkbride-49, 7-Hurst-47, 8-Hawkins-43,
9-Carlile-42, 10-Ferris-38.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 16 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway
Mar 13 2013
Mar 12 2013
USAC CRA SPRINTS BACK TO PERRIS APRIL 6;
“SOKOLA SHOOTOUT” IS #9 FOR CLAUSON!
by DICK JORDAN
Damion Gardner and Nic Faas are expected to shoot it out for the AMSOIL
USAC/CRA Sprint car point lead April 6 when the series resumes at Perris
(Calif.) Auto Speedway. They are tied for the runner-up position in the
standings behind Bryan Clauson, who won Saturday night’s “Sokola Shootout” at
the Pas.
Clauson is expected to compete in the April 6 AMSOIL National Sprint Car race
at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway after scoring his ninth victory of 2013 in last
Saturday’s Perris main event.
Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., led the final 23 laps in his Mike Martin
Ultimate Offroad/Naquin Precision Earth Moving Maxim after early leader Mike
Spencer blew an engine. Gardner and Faas finished second and third, followed by
Rickie Gaunt and Cody Williams.
Clauson, also the fastest qualifier, has now won nine USAC features this year,
three months ahead of the earliest previous driver to achieve nine in a single
season!
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Bryan Clauson-210, 2-Damion
Gardner-187, 3-Nic Faas-187, 4-Bud Kaeding-146, 5-Rickie Gaunt-134, 6-R.J.
Johnson-127, 7-Ryan Bernal-124, 8-Cody Williams-111, 9-Mike Spencer-104,
10-Charles Davis Jr.-102.
WEST COAST, SOUTHWEST SPRINTS VISIT TULARE, PEORIA;
CLAUSON TAKES LAS VEGAS “GRUDGE SERIES” FEATURE
by DICK JORDAN
USAC’s West Coast and Southwest Sprint Car Series compete this weekend as the
Western Sprint landscape bursts into action at dirt ovals in California and
Arizona.
The West Coast Sprint cars officially open their 2013 calendar at Tulare,
Calif.’s Thunderbowl Raceway Friday and Saturday while the Southwest Sprints
open their 2013 point campaign Saturday at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.
Last Thursday night was the first race of the 2013 "Grudge Series,” a special
“non-points” race for both the West Coast and Southwest competitors, but USAC
National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. walked off with the
“Sin City Showdown” feature hardware at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway dirt
track.
Clauson wheeled the Mike Martin Ultimate Offroad/Naquin Precision Earth Moving
Maxim to the victory, grabbing the lead after Ryan Bernal’s spin on lap 23.
Clauson led the final three laps to beat R.J. Johnson, Richard Vander Weerd,
Rusty Carlile and Shon Deskins. Carlile led the first 13 laps and Bernal the
next 10 before Clauson took over.
Last year’s two West Coast Sprint features at Tulare were won by Kyle Larson.
--USAC--
Mar 10 2013
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 9
Perris Auto Speedway – “Sokola Shootout”
From USAC
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-16.392; 2. Damion Gardner, 4a,
Alexander-16.604; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-16.694; 4. Nic Faas, 4,
Alexander-16.712; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.748; 6. David Bezio, 37X,
Bezio-16.750; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.756; 8. David Cardey, 92,
Sertich-16.767; 9. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-16.768; 10. Rickie Gaunt, 66,
Miller-16.782; 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.802; 12. Cody
Williams, 44, Jory-16.815; 13. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.878; 14. Rip
Williams, 3, Jory-17.015; 15. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.044; 16. J.J. Ercse, 14,
Springstead-17.070; 17. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.076; 18. R.J. Johnson, 51,
Martin-17.089; 19. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.103; 20. Bud Kaeding,
29, Bowman-17.173; 21. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.226; 22. Markus Niemela,
81, Watt-17.230; 23. Cody Kershaw, 27, Kershaw-17.244; 24. Mike Martin, 16,
Martin-17.315; 25. A.J. Bender, 12B, Bender-17.443; 26. Seth Wilson, 1x,
Wilson-17.482: 27. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.676; 28. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.727;
29. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-17.986; 30. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.989; 31. Jon
Kairot, 18w, Watt-18.262; 32. Gary Potter, 6, 18.494; 33. Austin Smith, 36,
Springstead-18.604; 34. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.771; 35. Jerry Welton, 62,
Welton-19.129; 36. Trevor Cooper, 21k, Kruseman-NT; 37. Justin Grant, 01,
Grant-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Bernal, 3. Clauson, 4. Spencer, 5. Aden,
6. A.J. Bender, 7. A.Smith, 8. C.Smith, 9. Kruseman. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Niemela, 3. D.Gardner, 4. Gaunt, 5.
R.Williams, 6. Bezio, 7. Wilson, 8. Blinn, 9. Collins. 2:53.80
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. R.Gardner, 3. Kershaw, 4. Bluntach,
5. Roa, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Kairot, 8. Welton, 9. A.Williams. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Kaeding, 3. Faas, 4. C.Williams, 5. Cardey,
6. Ercse, 7. Perkins, 8. G.Potter, 9. Cooper. 2:57.97
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Bezio, 3. R.Williams, 4. Roa, 5. Ercse, 6.
J.Vander Weerd, 7. Aden, 8. A.J. Bender, 9. Wilson, 10. Perkins, 11. C.Smith,
13. A.Smith, 13. Cooper, 14. G.Potter, 15. Kairot, 16. Collins, 17. Welton. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Nic Faas,
4. Rickie Gaunt, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Ronnie Gardner,
7. Richard Vander Weerd, 8. Rip Williams, 9. Austin Williams,
10. Jace Vander Weerd, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Bud Kaeding,
13. Brody Roa, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Markus Niemela, 16. David Bezio,
17. Ryan Bernal, 18. Mike Spencer, 19. J.J. Ercse,
20. Matt Mitchell, 21. Seth Wilson, 22. Johnny Bluntach, 23. Cody Kershaw. NT
** Kruseman flipped during the first heat. Mitchell and Bezio flipped during the
feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Spencer, Laps 8-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-210, 2-D.Gardner-187, 3-Faas-187,
4-Kaeding-146, 5-Gaunt-134, 6-Johnson-127, 7-Bernal-124, 8-C.Williams-111,
9-Spencer-104, 10-Charles Davis Jr.-102.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: April 6, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
Mar 9 2013
USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST (SE) SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 7
– Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track
– “Sin City Showdown”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 2. Rusty Carlile (#51
Carlile), 3. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 5.
Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 6. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 7. James
Aragon (#94 Aragon). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal (#73 Ford), 2. Stevie Sussex (#1AZ
Sussex), 3. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 4. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander
Weerd), 5. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 6. Trevor Cooper (#89K
Kruseman). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 2. Mike Spencer (#7M
Priestley), 3. Bryan Clauson (#16B Martin), 4. Cory Kruseman (#21K Kruseman), 5.
Brody Roa (#91 BR), 6. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps)
1. Bryan Clauson, 2. R.J. Johnson,
3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Rusty Carlile,
5. Shon Deskins, 6. Charles Davis Jr.,
7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Bruce St. James,
9. Bud Kaeding, 10. Mike Martin,
11. Brody Roa, 12. Ryan Bernal,
13. Jace Vander Weerd, 14. Mike Spencer,
15. Andy Reinbold, 16. Trevor Cooper,
17. Colby Copeland, 18. James Aragon,
19. Stevie Sussex. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Carlile, Laps 14-22 Bernal, Laps 23-25 Clauson.
NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Clauson-66, 2-Johnson-65, 3-R.Vander
Weerd-59, 4-Carlile-58, 5-Deskins-56, 6-Davis-50, 7-Kruseman-47, 8-St. James-43,
9-Kaeding-42, 10-Martin-39.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: March 16 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park
Mar 5 2013
SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST SPRINTS HEAD FOR LVMS THURSDAY
by DICK JORDAN
Participants in USAC’s brand-new Southwest Sprint Car Series head to Las Vegas,
Nev. this Thursday for the 2013 series opener on the facility’s half-mile dirt
track. The event also carries West Coast Sprint Car co-sanctioning as a
“special” non-points race.
USAC conducted a Southwest Sprint Series in 2003 and 2004, with Rick Ziehl and
Beau Binder grabbing championships, and the 2013 calendar includes 28 races in
six states.
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif., USAC’s 2012 West Coast Sprint Car Champion,
won the last USAC Sprint race at LVMS, last year. Of the 24 previous USAC
appearances at the LVMS half-mile, 14 have involved the Sprint cars.
Bryan Clauson and R.J. Johnson scored “special” non-point Southwest Sprint wins
a month ago at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.
Thursday’s race coincides with NASCAR Week in Las Vegas, with the Nationwide
Series Saturday and the Sprint Cup Series Sunday on the big LVMS paved oval.
--USAC--
USAC/CRA “SOKOLA SHOOTOUT” SATURDAY AT PERRIS;
CLAUSON, JOHNSON SPLIT “COPPER ON DIRT” WINS
by DICK JORDAN
This Saturday night’s “Sokola Shootout” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway salutes the memory of the Sokola family, whose impact on Sprint Car racing in Southern California was profound. Gary Sokola piloted the CRA Sprint Series for 13 years before becoming the USAC National Sprint Car Supervisor, a post he held for 10 years prior to his passing in 2000.
Saturday’s race marks the 150th for AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars at the half-mile dirt oval and drivers Mike Spencer and Damion Gardner will square off for the all-time lead in terms of feature victories in the series.
Spencer, who became the first driver in USAC history to win five straight series titles with last year’s USAC/CRA crown, has 24 Perris wins, while Gardner, who has switched back to USAC/CRA full-time this year, owns 25.
Spencer and Gardner met with mediocre success in last weekend’s “Copper on Dirt” events at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. Spencer had a fifth and a 23rd, while Gardner was fourth and sixth in the two races. Spencer was Saturday’s fastest qualifier.
R.J Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. wheeled the Weiler Farms/Pecon Builders Maxim to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Peoria. Johnson passed Bruce St. James on the second lap and led the rest of the way for the win over Nic Faas, Bryan
Clauson, Gardner and Ryan Bernal. The win stopped Clauson’s “sweep” of the weekend races after he had won both Friday and Saturday’s Midgets and Friday’s Sprint. Spencer was forced out of the feature early with a tire issue.
Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., completed a clean sweep of Friday night’s “Copper on Dirt” USAC features as he won the 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint main event after winning the 25-lap USAC Western Midget race. In the Sprints he passed Faas on lap 15 and led the final 16 laps in his Mike Martin Ultimate Offroad/Naquin Precision Earth Moving Maxim. Faas took second ahead of Bud
Kaeding, Gardner and Spencer. Hunter Schuerenberg led the first nine laps and Faas led the next five before Clauson, who was also the fastest qualifier, took over.
Clauson’s three USAC victories over the weekend have tied him for the all-time Arizona USAC lead matching the eight wins by A.J. Foyt and Dave Steele.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Bryan Clauson-138, 2-Nic Faas-124,
3-Damion Gardner-119, 4-Bud Kaeding-110, 5-Ryan Bernal-98, 6-Hunter Schuerenberg-91,
7-Mike Spencer-80, 8-Brody Roa-71,
9-Matt Mitchell-63, 10-David Cardey-60.
Mar 4 2013
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 2, 2013
– Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 6th “Copper on Dirt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.588; 2. Charles Davis Jr., 4G,
Cook-13.712; 3. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-13.729; 4. R.J. Johnson, 51,
Martin-13.784; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.829; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29,
Bowman-13.970; 7. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-13.972; 8. Bruce St. James, 7K, St.
James-14.029; 9. Brody Roa, 91, BR-14.033; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.127;
11. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-14.175; 12. Damion Gardner, 4a,
Alexander-14.199; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.222; 14. Seth Wilson, 1x,
Wilson-14.251; 15. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-14.254; 16. Matt Mitchell, 37,
Mitchell-14.267; 17. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.309; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg,
8, Ream-14.332; 19. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.441; 20. J.J. Yeley, 11,
Yeley-14.521; 21. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-14.626; 22. Andy Reinbold, 19,
Underwood-14.634; 23. Michael Curtis, 11c, Brett-14.643; 24. Josh Hodges, 74X,
Hodges-14.654; 25. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-14.771; 26. Mike Martin, 16,
Martin-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Faas, 3. Mitchell, 4. Spencer, 5.
Johnson, 6. Bernal, 7. C.Williams, 8. Reinbold, 9. Everhart. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Wilson, 3. Kruseman, 4. Gaunt, 5. St. James,
6. Yeley, 7. Martin, 8. R.Williams, 9. Curtis. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Gardner, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Cardey, 5.
Hodges, 6. Kaeding, 7. Roa, 8. Bezio. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. R.Williams, 3. Bernal, 4. Roa, 5. Yeley, 6.
C.Williams, 7. Reinbold, 8. Martin, 9. Bezio, 10. Everhart, 11. Curtis. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Damion
Gardner, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Rickie
Gaunt, 9. Charles Davis Jr., 10. Brody Roa, 11. Josh Hodges, 12. David Cardey,
13. J.J. Yeley, 14. Rip Williams, 15. Cody Williams, 16. Seth Wilson, 17. Andrew
Reinbold, 18. Austin Williams, 19. David Bezio, 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Bruce St.
James, 22. Matt Mitchell, 23. Mike Spencer. NT
**Mitchell flipped on lap 3 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 St. James, Laps 2-30 Johnson.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-138, 2-Faas-124, 3-Gardner-119,
4-Kaeding-110, 5-Bernal-98, 6-Schuerenberg-91, 7-Spencer-80, 8-Roa-71,
9-Mitchell-63, 10-Cardey-60.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 9, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 1, 2013
– Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 6th “Copper on Dirt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-13.728; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29,
Bowman-14.030; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.074; 4. Damion Gardner, 4a,
Alexander-14.145; 5. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.194; 6. Nic Faas, 4,
Alexander-14.223; 7. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-14.224; 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8,
Ream-14.224; 8. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-14.274; 10. Mike Martin, 16,
Martin-14.330; 11. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.384; 12. Matt Mitchell, 37,
Mitchell-14.418; 13. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.420; 14. Rickie Gaunt, 66,
Miller-14.425; 15. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.503; 16. Brody Roa, 91, BR-14.594;
17. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-14.598; 18. Charles Davis Jr., 4G,
Cook-14.601; 19. J.J. Yeley, 11, Yeley-14.632; 20. Cory Kruseman, 7,
Priestley-14.675; 21. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.790; 22. Seth Wilson, 1x,
Wilson-14.793; 23. James Aragon, 94, Aragon-14.829; 24. David Bezio, 37x,
Bezio-14.904; 25. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-14.936; 26. Michael Curtis, 11c,
Brett-15.244; 27. Tony
Everhart, 55, Everhart-15.330.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Gardner, 3. Clauson, 4. Martin, 5. R.Williams,
6. Wilson, 7. Yeley, 8. Reinbold, 9. Hodges. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. A.Williams, 4. Gaunt, 5.
Kruseman, 6. Kaeding, 7. St. James, 8. Curtis, 9. Aragon. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Cardey, 3. Bernal, 4. Mitchell, 5. Spencer,
6. Faas, 7. C.Williams, 8. Everhart, 9. Bezio. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hodges, 2. Yeley, 2. Faas, 4. Kaeding, 5. St. James, 6.
Reinbold, 7. C.Williams, 8. Everhart, 9. Wilson, 10. Curtis, 11. Aragon, 12.
Bezio. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Damion
Gardner, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Charles Davis Jr., 7. Ryan Bernal, 8. Matt
Mitchell, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Rickie
Gaunt, 13. Austin Williams, 14. Cory Kruseman, 15. Josh Hodges, 16. Bruce St.
James, 17. David Cardey, 18. David Bezio, 19. Rip Williams, 20. Mike Martin, 21.
J.J. Yeley, 22. R.J. Johnson, 23. Andrew Reinbold. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Schuerenberg, Laps 10-14 Faas, Laps 15-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-72, 2-Gardner-61, 3-Faas-60,
4-Kaeding-59, 5-Spencer-56, 6-Bernal-48, 7-Schuerenberg-43, 8-A.Williams-35,
9-C.Williams-34, 10-Roa-31.
SCHUERENBERG VAULTS TO AMSOIL POINT LEAD;
HINES TAKES 2, CLAUSON 1 IN “WINTER DIRT GAMES IV”
by DICK JORDAN
Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Mo. sits atop the 2013 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series standings after the opening events of the year at Ocala, Fla. last week.
Schuerenberg finished third, fourth and fifth in the three 30-lap “Winter Dirt Games IV” features at Bubba Raceway Park and has a four-point lead over Chase Stockon going into an April 6 race at Lawrenceburg, Ind. Stockon posted the
fastest qualifying time both Thursday and Saturday.
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. earned his 44th and 45th career USAC Sprint victories at Ocala, taking Friday and Saturday night features in his Hansen’s Welding/Motor City Auto Transport DRC/Stanton Mopar. The wins brought his
all-time USAC National feature total to 85 and his 45 wins in the National Sprint Cars now tie him with Larry Dickson for third all-time behind Tom Bigelow (52) and Jack Hewitt (46).
Hines led all 30 laps Saturday to beat rookie hopeful Tyler Courtney, Stockon, Robert Ballou and Schuerenberg. On Friday, Hines passed Ballou on the final lap when Ballou had a tire go down after leading the first 29 laps. Bryan Clauson
finished second ahead of Schuerenberg, Stockon and Dave Darland.
Defending series champion Clauson emerged victorious Thursday after a race-long battle with Darland. Darland led 27 of the first 28 laps before Clauson went to the front on lap 29 in his Chevrolet Performance/Curb Records Beast/Kistler
Chevy. Brady Bacon took third ahead of Schuerenberg and Ballou.
2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings: 1-Hunter Schuerenberg-182;
2-Chase Stockon-178; 3-Tracy Hines,
4-Bryan Clauson-175; 5-Brady Bacon-167;
6-Dave Darland-160; 7-Robert Ballou-142;
8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-118;
9-C.J. Leary-112; 10-Scotty Weir-110.
Feb 24 2013
HINES TAKES SECOND STRAIGHT in USAC Sprints AT OCALA
Hines on the way to 2nd Victory of the weekend at Ocala photo from USAC Facebook post
Ocala, Florida…….Tracy Hines made it a memorable trip to Florida by finishing off the three-day “Winter Dirt Games” with his second-straight AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature win, this time coming in wire-to-wire fashion. The 40-year old New Castle, Indiana driver notched his 45th career National Sprint Car win on Saturday night, tying Larry Dickson for third on the all-time list.
After qualifying 5th, Hines started outside the front row and out-gunned rookie Tyler Courtney and quickly worked to a sizeable advantage as a heavy race track made for a fast pace up front. Hunter Schuerenberg shot from row three and shot under Courtney for the second spot and caught Hines, applying pressure throughout the race and continually looking underneath Hines off turn-four.
With less than five to go, the race took a major turn as third-place runner Justin Grant came to a stop with a flat right-rear tire, while Bryan Clauson pitted for the same problem. On the restart, Schuerenberg had problems with his left-rear tire as he opened the door in turn-one for Courtney, who brought Chase Stockon with him.
Hines was not to be challenged, however, winning by 1.11 seconds in the Hansen’s Welding – Motor City Auto Transport #4 DRC/Stanton Mopar.
“Our car was extremely good, so it was just my job to keep it in line. Starting up front is always good, and you have to take advantage of it when the car is good. Lapped cars were a little erratic at times, so I just had to keep from making a big mistake. We’re closing in now on Jack Hewitt on the win list (one behind him), so hopefully he’s there when I tie him like he was tonight,” Hines said.
Courtney held on for second, easily marking his best-career finish with the series in just his seventh appearance with the series, making an early statement for “Rookie of the Year” in the All Pro Auto Reconditioning – Butlerbuilt Seat Systems #23c Maxim/Foxco.
“I was as nervous as I’ve ever been, to sit on the pole for the feature. It was a pretty great feeling bringing the field down to the green on the final night down here. The track was tricky but hammer-down, and by the end I was just trying to finish without giving up any spots. I saw Grant’s tire going down, and then Hunter must have had something wrong so I threw it in there and it stuck. This is a big confidence booster for us – we want to run as much of the USAC schedule as possible, funding-dependent, so this is a great start to what is really my first full year in a sprint car,” Courtney said.
Stockon finished off a great night, backing up the ProSource “Fast Time Award” with a heat race win before diving past Schuerenberg for the final podium spot in the Superior Tank & Trailer – Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher.
“I was just gonna try to get Courtney on the last restart because the yellow had come out right when I was passing him before, but Schuerenberg ended up having a problem and we were both able to capitalize. We definitely improved on last year down here, so it was really big for our whole weekend to end this way. We learned a lot last year, especially in the second half, and it seems like we’ve picked up where we left off,” Stockon said.
Robert Ballou bounced back from his bad luck on Friday night by finishing fourth in the Baldwin Brothers Racing – Fox Paving #5 Maxim/Claxton, while Schuerenberg saved a top-five while securing the series point lead leaving Florida in the MyLocalFordStore.com – Fatheadz Eyewear #35 Mach1/Rider.
ProSource “Hard Charger Award” winner Chris Windom won his heat before driving from 17th to finish 11th. “Rookie of the Year” contender Nick Drake was presented the Mach-1 Chassis “Hard Luck Award” after failing to finish for the third straight night, suffering engine problems while running in the top-ten.
AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 23, 2013 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games IV”
QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.936; 2. Levi Jones, 39, Walker-14.158; 3. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-14.164; 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.216; 5. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.221; 6. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-14.230; 7. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-14.283; 8. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-14.286; 9. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.290; 10. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-14.325; 11. Mark Smith, 1M, Smith-14.330; 12. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.359; 13. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.438; 14. Chris Gurley, 12, Team Automotive-14.462; 15. Scotty Weir, 40, Hery-14.467; 16. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-14.497; 17. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, Jackson-14.516; 18. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-14.554; 19. Landon Simon, 41, Stensland-14.560; 20. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-14.699; 21. Dallas Hewitt, 2M, Marshall-14.774; 22. Brady Short, 11P, Pottorff-14.915; 23. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-14.954; 24. Brian Paulus, 28, Paulus-15.034; 25. Brian Hayden, 77, Wingo-15.126; 26. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.617; 27. Dan Statter, 59, Statter-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Hines, 3. Hopkins, 4. Leary, 5. Drake, 6. Hewitt, 7. Hayden. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Courtney, 3. Short, 4. Jones, 5. Ballou, 6. Gurley, 7. Hery. 1:56.73
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Simon, 2. Gross, 3. Grant, 4. Smith, 5. Darland, 6. Weir, 7. Statter. 1:55.62
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Cottle, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Thomas, 5. Clauson, 6. Paulus. 1:55.88
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Clauson, 3. Darland, 4. Drake, 5. Weir, 6. Hewitt, 7. Gurley, 8. Paulus, 9. Hayden, 10. Hery, 11. Statter. 2:52.77
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Tyler Courtney, 3. Chase Stockon, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Dave Darland, 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Scotty Weir, 13. Justin Grant, 14. Chris Gurley, 15. Landon Simon, 16. Brady Short, 17. Nick Drake, 18. A.J. Hopkins, 19. Shane Cottle, 20. Kurt Gross, 21. Mark Smith, 22. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 23. Dallas Hewitt.NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hines.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schuerenberg-182; 2-Stockon-178; 3-Hines/Clauson-175; 5-Bacon-167; 6-Darland-160; 7-Ballou-142; 8-Thomas-118; 9-Leary-112; 10-Weir-110.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 6 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway
Feb 23 2013
HINES' 44TH CAREER WIN COMES AT OCALA
from the USAC web site
Florida…….Tracy Hines waited until the final lap of Friday’s 30-lap AMSOIL National Sprint Car Feature at Bubba Raceway Park to take the lead, capitalizing on the misfortune of race-long leader Robert Ballou to claim his 44th career win with the series, just one behind Larry Dickson for third all-time.
Ballou started from outside the front-row and paced the field throughout the race, running virtually mistake-free on the low side of the track as Hines tried to carve in a line around the outside. Although Hines was able to pressure Ballou throughout, it was not until catching a slower car in the final two circuits that he looked to take the lead. Ballou, who reported a slowly deflating right-rear tire, saw Hines streak under him in turn-one on the final lap just before the tire gave way.
Hines found no trouble as he crossed under the checkered flag to mark his 18th consecutive season with at least one win in USAC’s three national series, this one coming aboard the Hansen’s Welding – Motor City Auto Transport #4 DRC/Stanton Mopar.
“You gotta be there to take advantage of things like that, and we were a pretty good car tonight, so we’re definitely getting better. His tire was probably going down for a little bit, so we were fortunate. We switched to Stanton Mopar engines for this year, and it ran really well. We did some different things with our AFCO shocks tonight, and we’ll see what we can do tomorrow,” Hines said.
Behind Hines, cars went all directions to negotiate Ballou’s slowing car, with the night’s fast qualifier Bryan Clauson taking advantage to steal the second spot on the final lap in the Chevrolet Performance – Curb Records #20 Beast/Kistler Chevy. Clauson picked up $100 earlier for the ProSource “Fast Time Award.”
“The track was just really fast tonight. Tracy went up there enough to get it carved in up top a little bit, but it just wasn’t enough to do much. The guys up front just don’t make enough mistakes to take advantage. It was still a great night for us, and it’s a big boost of confidence to be in the thick of things both nights to start the year on such different surfaces. We have a different identity here than the TSR before, with Beast Chassis and all, so it’s great to get off to such a great start with these guys,” Clauson said.
Rounding out the podium was Hunter Schuerenberg, who improved one spot on his night-one performance in the MyLocalFordStore.com – Fatheadz Eyewear #35 Mach1/Rider.
“Coming off turn-two after I took the white was pretty interesting. I had a couple runs on Tracy early, but the rest of the time I was just kinda riding trying not to make major mistakes. I kinda misjudged the slower car on the last lap and gave up a spot, but we caught some luck to still take a podium. I’ve re-focused myself on winning races this year, and I feel like we can win every night, so I still want a little bit more,” Schuerenberg said.
Chase Stockon came home fourth in the Superior Tank & Trailer – Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher, while Dave Darland logged another top-five in the Phillips Motorsports – Racers Advantage #71P DRC/Foxco.
Just outside the top-five was Brady Bacon, who charged from 20th to sixth aboard the Hoffman Auto Racing – Mean Green #69 XXX/Stanton Mopar to claim the ProSource “Hard Charger Award.” Florida driver Collin Cabre was the recipient of the Mach-1 Chassis after flipping in the night’s Semi-Feature.
AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 22, 2013 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games IV”
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.819 (New Track Record); 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.931; 3. Scotty Weir, 40, Hery-14.063; 4. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.079; 5. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-14.110; 6. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-14.191; 7. Levi Jones, 39, Walker-14.311; 8. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.362; 9. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.371; 10. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-14.517; 11. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-14.525; 12. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.548; 13. Mark Smith, 1M, Smith-14.548; 14. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-14.562; 15. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-14.571; 16. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.672; 17. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, Jackson-14.746; 18. Brady Short, 11P, Pottorff-14.752; 19. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-14.808; 20. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.822; 21. Collin Cabre, 12x, Cabre-14.971; 22. Dallas Hewitt, 2M, Marshall-15.301; 23. Jac Haudenschild, 41, Stensland-15.389; 24. Chris Gurley, 12, Team Automotive-15.424; 25. Brian Hayden, 77, Wingo-15.489; 26. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-15.663; 27. Brian Paulus, 28, Paulus-15.777; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.766; 29. Dan Statter, 59, Statter-18.275; 30. Landon Simon, 41s, Stensland-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Clauson, 3. Darland, 4. Smith, 5. Hopkins, 6. Cabre, 7. Hayden, 8. Statter. 1:54.16
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Windom, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Ballou, 5. Courtney, 6. Hewitt, 7. Gross. 1:56.82
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Grant, 3. Thomas, 4. Jones, 5. Weir, 6. Paulus, 7. Haudenschild.
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Gulick, 3. Hines, 4. Leary, 5. Gurley, 6. Drake, 7. Hery.
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Weir, 3. Courtney, 4. Hewitt, 5. Hopkins, 6. Hayden, 7. Paulus, 8. Gurley, 9. Hery, 10. Gross, 11. Cabre, 12. Statter. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 8. Mark Smith, 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Brady Short, 11. Scotty Weir, 12. Shane Cottle, 13. A.J. Hopkins, 14. Robert Ballou, 15. Dallas Hewitt, 16. Brian Hayden, 17. Chris Gurley, 18. Coleman Gulick, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Levi Jones, 21. Justin Grant, 22. Nick Drake, 23. Tyler Courtney. NT
**Cabre flipped in the Semi. Windom flipped on Lap 11 of the Feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Ballou, Lap 30 Hines.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-139; 2-Schuerenberg-125; 3-Darland-119; 4-Bacon-117; 5-Stockon-110; 6-Hines-106; 7-Thomas-100; 8-Ballou-86; 9-Weir-80; 10-Leary-71.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 23 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games IV”
Feb 22 2013
CLAUSON STARTS USAC TITLE DEFENSE WITH OCALA WIN
from the USAC web site
Ocala, Florida…….Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Indiana began his defense of last year’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car championship in style by winning Thursday’s 30-lap Feature at Bubba Raceway Park. Clauson, who was making his first start aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing sprint car, out-dueled last year’s championship runner-up Dave Darland in a spirited fight over the race’s last fifteen laps en route to his 19th career USAC sprint car win.
Darland took advantage of his front-row starting spot to race to the lead, but Clauson kept pace over the first half of the race as the two stretched out an advantage over the rest of the field. After two early cautions, Darland jumped to the top and led as the pair entered traffic, giving Clauson the chance to pounce for the lead on lap 20. Darland shot back in front with a turn-one slide-job and the battle intensified.
With less than five laps to go, Clauson regrouped for one more run at Darland, catching him in turn-three as Darland dropped low to deal with slower cars. Clauson rocketed off the turn-four cushion with the lead as the white flag flew, completing the final circuit without issue to win in his first night aboard the Chevrolet Performance – Curb Records #20 Beast/Kistler Chevy.
“It was a heckuva race there with Dave. I feel like him and I just picked up right where we left off last year. It was a fun battle. I threw everything I had at him in the middle of the race, and I felt like he countered my best stuff. Traffic helped us get back to him there, and I was able to rail two good corners to get by him. It’s a great way to start the year, and I can’t say enough about my guys on this team getting us the victory in our first night together,” Clauson said.
Darland also ended his first night with a new team, coming home a strong second in the Phillips Motorsports – Racers Advantage #71P DRC/Foxco.
“It was a fun race. Bryan showed me the top there early. I really wasn’t sure what to do – I was looking around for someone to tell me what the hell to do because I couldn’t make up my mind. I got to the top for a bit, but I was trying to get up beside those two cars to block the top, and I didn’t quite get there quick enough. I knew he was there and wasn’t going away, so I was trying to pick the right lanes at the right times, and I did for a while, just not long enough,” Darland said.
Brady Bacon, who intends to pursue the 2013 AMSOIL National Sprint Car championship with Hoffman Auto Racing, closed in on the leaders through traffic, but with a few cars not playing his way was forced to settle for third in the Mean Green – Lykins Oil #69 Triple X/Stanton Mopar.
“A couple lapped cars just didn’t play in my favor. We got close and had a really good car the last five laps, but never got close enough to capitalize. I can’t complain about third, but we’ll keep making improvements and try to get better all year. We were good at the beginning of the night and good at the end, so that’s positive. I’m getting back in the groove of non-wing stuff and our adjustments and the increments of adjustments. Definitely a good start to the season,” Bacon said.
Hunter Schuerenberg finished fourth in the MyLocalFordStore.com – Fatheadz Eyewear #35 Mach1/Rider, and Robert Ballou rounded out the top-five in his first night aboard the Baldwin Brothers Racing – Fox Paving #5 Maxim/Kercher.
ProSource posted awards for both Fast Time and Hard Charger. Chase Stockon came out late and nearly eclipsed the track record, circling the third-mile oval in 14.150 seconds in the Superior Tank & Trailer – Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher. Jac Haudenschild picked up the Hard Charger Award in the Feature by driving from 19th to finish 10th in the SST Motorsports – Physical Medicine Consultants #41 DRC/Kercher.
AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 21, 2013 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games IV”
QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.150; 2. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.204; 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.259; 4. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-14.302; 5. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-RW-TriStar-14.398; 6. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-14.413; 7. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-14.433; 8. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.505; 9. Mark Smith, 1M, Smith-14.512; 10. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-14.567; 11. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-14.568; 12. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.576; 13. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.577; 14. Scotty Weir, 40, Hery-14.628; 15. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-14.629; 16. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-14.694; 17. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.783; 18. Brady Short, 11P, Pottorff-14.797; 19. Jac Haudenschild, 41, Stensland-14.811; 20. Landon Simon, 41s, Stensland-15.032; 21. Brian Hayden, 77, Wingo-15.162; 22. Collin Cabre, 12x, Cabre-15.195; 23. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-15.237; 24. Chris Gurley, 12, Team Automotive-15.294; 25. Kyle Simon, 21H, Hery-15.317; 26. Derek Hastings, 32M, Marshall-15.490; 27. Dallas Hewitt, 2M, Marshall-15.692; 28. Brian Paulus, 28, Paulus-15.892; 29. Dan Statter, 59, Statter-18.997; 30. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, Jackson-NT.
1st HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Smith, 3. Hines, 4. Thomas, 5. Stockon, 6. Hayden, 7. K. Simon, 8. Statter. 1:59.97
2nd HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Grant, 3. Weir, 4. Bacon, 5. Windom, 6. Cabre, 7. Hastings. 1:59.16
3rd HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. Ballou, 3. Darland, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Gross, 6. Courtney, 7. Hewitt. 1:59.08
4th: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Gulick, 3. Clauson, 4. Leary, 5. Gurley, 6. Paulus, 7. L. Simon. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Stockon, 3. Courtney, 4. Gurley, 5. L. Simon, 6. Gross, 7. Hewitt, 8. K. Simon, 9. Cabre, 10. Paulus, 11. Statter, 12. Hastings, 13. Hayden. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 7. Chase Stockon, 8. Chris Windom, 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Jac Haudenschild, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Brady Short, 13. Tyler Courtney, 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Mark Smith, 16. Justin Grant, 17. Chris Gurley, 18. Landon Simon, 19. Kurt Gross, 20. Nick Drake, 21. Coleman Gulick, 22. Shane Cottle. NT
**Hastings flipped in the Semi. Cottle flipped on Lap 4 of the Feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Darland, Laps 20 Clauson, Laps 21-28 Darland, Laps 29-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-69; 2-Bacon-64; 3-Darland-63; 4-Schuerenberg-60; 5-Ballou-55; 6-Thomas-52; 7-Stockon-51; 8-Windom-44; 9-Weir-42; 10-Hines-37.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 22 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games I
Feb 20 2013
USAC AMSOIL SPRINTS OPEN 2013 CALENDAR
AT BUBBA RACEWAY PARK THURS, FRI & SAT
by DICK JORDAN
Defending AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Bryan Clauson of
Noblesville, Ind. leads the series to its 2013 debut this week, with races
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.
Clauson is the two-time defending USAC National Drivers Champion and has won at
least one USAC National race every year since his debut in 2005. His 45 USAC
National feature wins in just eight years already rank him 24th all-time in
USAC’s 57-year history. Four more wins will vault him into the “top-20>
all-time!
In 2011 Clauson won one of USAC’s three Ocala features but this year brings a
change for last year’s seven-time winner. He will pilot a Tony Stewart
Racing/Curb-Agajanian entry in 2013.
Clauson will face a formidable field in this week’s Ocala races, including
Indiana drivers Tracy Hines, C.J. Leary, Chase Stockon and Dave Darland,
Illinois drivers Chris Windom and Levi Jones, Ohio driver Jac Haudenschild,
Oklahoma driver Brady Bacon, New York driver Coleman Gulick, Alabama driver
Kevin Thomas Jr., Missouri driver Hunter Schuerenberg and North Carolina driver
Nick Drake.
Stockon was USAC’s Most Improved 2012 driver, while Leary was the 2012 USAC
National Sprint Car “Rookie of the Year.” Drake is a former National Ford Focus
Champion.
Hines and Clauson are both former Florida winners, Clauson winning the
aforementioned Ocala Sprint race and Hines winning a 2007 Silver Crown race at
Homestead-Miami.
All three nights at Ocala will be streamed live via usacracing.tv for the price
of $9.95 per night. The stream is offered as part of paid subscriptions to
usacracing.tv.
--USAC--
Feb 13 2013
OCALA USAC SPRINTS TO BE STREAMED VIA PPV FEB. 21-23
by DICK JORDAN
USAC race fans unable to make the trek south for the upcoming AMSOIL USAC
National Sprint Car openers at Ocala, Fla. February 21-23 will be glad to learn
that the events will be streamed live on the USAC website at usacracing.tv on a
pay-per-view basis, which is included with paid subscriptions to usacracing.tv.
The cost will be $9,95 per night and will cover racing Thursday, Friday and
Saturday from the 3/8-mile dirt Bubba Raceway Park oval.
“We are again delighted to be able to bring this spectacular form of racing to
those fans unable to make the trip to the southeast,” adds USAC’s James Spink.
“The past three years have produced some great racing and we look forward to the
three-night extravaganza as a great kick-start to the 2013 season.”
USAC Sprint racing on dirt in Florida after a 23-year hiatus resumes at East
Bay Raceway Park in 2010 and continued at Ocala the past two years. The last
previous Florida dirt outing was in 1987 when Rich Vogler was victorious at the
Florida State Fairgrounds.
Defending AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Bryan Clauson and defending
USAC National Midget Champion Tracy Hines are among drivers expected to compete
at Ocala. Clauson has never won a USAC race in Florida, while Hines won a Silver
Crown race at Homestead-Miami in 2007.
--USAC--
Feb 7 2013
HAUDENSCHILD LATEST TO THROW HAT IN OCALA RING!
by DICK JORDAN
Jac Haudenschild of Wooster, Ohio, who earned the richest payday in the history of Sprint racing when he grabbed the “Mopar Million” at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio in 2003, has joined the field for USAC’s 2013 AMSOIL National
Sprint Car openers February 21-23 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.
Haudenschild will team with fellow Ohio driver and potential USAC “Rookie of the Year” candidate Landon Simon of Tipp City.
“The Wild Child’s” last USAC appearance came in a non-points event at Oskaloosa, Iowa last year. His last points appearance in a USAC National event came at Lawrenceburg, Ind. in 2011.
In 2003, Jac polished off the largest field of drivers in USAC history when he took the $200,000 winner’s share at Eldora. A total of 138 cars competed in that event and Haudenschild led the final 12 laps of the 40-lap classic after passing
Dickie Gaines, who finished third behind runner-up Stevie Smith.
Haudenschild has a half-dozen previous USAC Sprint car wins to his credit, all in his home state of Ohio. Four of those six came at Eldora Speedway in 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1988. His other wins were at Findlay in 1982 and Attica in 1990.
Defending USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Champion Bryan Clauson is also among pre-race favorites, along with former series champions Tracy Hines and Levi Jones, 2012 “Rookie of the Year” C.J. Leary and 2012 USAC “Most Improved Driver” Chase Stockon.
--USAC—
Feb 5 2013
LVMS HOSTS NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT – MARCH 7;
CLAUSON TAKES 3, JOHNSON 1 IN “WINTER CHALLENGE”
by DICK JORDAN
USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. emerged as
the winner of the “Winter Challenge” at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. this past week. Driving the Mike Martin UltimateOffroad/Naquin Precision Earth Moving Maxim, he scored Wednesday, Friday and Saturday feature wins at the 3/8-mile dirt oval.
R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. kept Clauson from recording a “clean sweep” with his Saturday win in the Bobby Martin Weiler Farms/Pecon Builders Maxim.
The USAC West Coast and Southwest Sprint Cars now gear up for another “special event” March 7 in the “Sin City Showdown” at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Dirt Track.
Clauson passed Bruce St. James on the 11th lap of Wednesday night’s 30-lapper and led the final 20 laps to beat Jeremy Sherman, St. James, Richard Vander Weerd and Mike Martin. On Friday, Clauson passed Jon Stanbrough on lap 12 and
led the final 19 laps to beat Stanbrough, Robert Ballou, Ryan Bernal and Charles
Davis Jr.
Saturday’s day-night “doubleheader” was created by the previous weekend’s triple rainout. Johnson paced all 30 laps of Saturday’s daytime event to beat Stanbrough, Bernal, Davis and Josh Pelkey.
Clauson led all 30 laps of Saturday night’s 30-lapper, leading Sherman, Davis, Colby Copeland and Stanbrough to the checkered flag.
Final 2013 “Winter Challenge” Points
1-Bryan Clauson-232, 2-Jon Stanbrough-226,
3-Charles Davis Jr.-215, 4-Jeremy Sherman-186,
5-Richard Vander Weerd-180.
Feb 3 2013
USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Speical Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 2,
2013 (night) – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2013 Winter Challenge”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 2. Jon Stanbrough (#20
Deskins), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 5.
Jimmy Crawford (#3X Crawford), 6. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 7.
Matt Lundy (#20L Reinbold), 8. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 9. Tom Lee (#53
Lee). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman (#77M Michaels), 2. Bryan Clauson (#16B
Martin), 3. Robert Ballou (#77 Hockett), 4. Rick Ziehl (#20Z Ziehl), 5. Jace
Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 6. Mike Martin (#97 Colcord/Norman), 7. Lonnie
Oliver (#11T Oliver), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#21 Ellis), 9. Bruce St. James (#7K
St. James). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 2. Andy Reinbold (#19
Underwood), 3. Ryan Bernal (#73 Ford), 4. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 5. Tom Ogle
(#48 Ogle), 6. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 7. Tony Everhart (#55 Everhart), 8.
Stevie Sussex (#1AZ Sussex), 9. Jason Grady (#45 Grady). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. Pelkey, 3. Ogle, 4. Sussex, 5. Thomas, 6. St.
James, 7. Oliver, 8. Lee, 9. Lundy, 10. Everhart. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jeremy Sherman, 3. Charles Davis Jr.,
4. Colby Copeland, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Josh Pelkey,
8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9. Andy Reinbold, 10. Ryan Bernal, 11. Mike Martin, 12.
Jace Vander Weerd, 13. Stevie Sussex, 14. Jimmy Crawford, 15. Bruce St. James,
16. Brian Hosford, 17. Robert Ballou, 18. Tom Ogle, 19. R.J. Johnson, 20. Ronnie
Clark, 21. Josh Hodges, 22. Rick Ziehl. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Clauson.
FINAL “Winter Challenge” POINTS: 1-Clauson-232, 2-Stanbrough-226, 3-Davis-215,
4-Sherman-186, 5-R.Vander Weerd-180.
NEXT SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT RACE: March 7 – Las Vegas (NV)
Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Sin City Showdown”
USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Speical Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
February 2, 2013 (day) – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2013 Winter Challenge”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Bruce St. James (#7K
St. James), 3. Mike Martin (#97 Colcord/Norman), 4. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 5.
Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 6. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 7. Glen Brace (#13
Brace), 8. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman (#77M Michaels), 2. Josh Hodges (#74X
Hodges), 3. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 4. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 5. Stevie
Sussex (#1AZ Sussex), 6. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 7. Tony Everhart (#55
Everhart), 8. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robert Ballou (#77 Hockett), 2. Jon Stanbrough (#20
Deskins), 3. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#21 Ellis), 5. Jason
Grady (#45 Grady), 6. Tom Lee (#53 Lee), 7. Mike Visser (#16X Visser). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#16B Martin), 2. Ryan Bernal (#73
Ford), 3. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 4. Jimmy Crawford (#3X
Crawford), 5. Rick Ziehl (#20Z Ziehl), 6. Matt Lundy (#20L Reinbold), 7. Mark
Morin (#28 Morin). NT
FIRST SEMI: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Ziehl, 3. Copeland, 4. Crawford, 5.
Sussex, 6. Clark, 7. Lundy, 8. Everhart, 9. Lee. NT
SECOND SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Grady, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Hosford, 4. Martin, 5.
Ogle, 6. Visser, 7. Brace, 8. Morin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4.
Charles Davis Jr., 5. Josh Pelkey, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Rick Ziehl, 8. Richard
Vander Weerd, 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 10. Colby Copeland, 11. Bruce St. James, 12.
Stevie Sussex, 13. Jason Grady, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Brian Hosford, 16. Bryan
Clauson, 17. Jeremy Sherman, 18. Bud Kaeding, 19. Josh Hodges, 20. Jace Vander
Weerd, 21. Jimmy Crawford, 22. Tom Ogle. NT
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**Morin flipped during the second semi. Kaeding flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Johnson.
NEW “Winter Challenge” POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-171, 2-Clauson-165, 3-Davis-155,
4-Ballou-138, 5-St. James-134.
NEXT SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT RACE: February 2 (night) –
Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2013 Winter Challenge”
USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
February 1, 2013 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2013 Winter Challenge”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#16B Martin), 2. Rick Ziehl (#20Z
Ziehl), 3. Stevie Sussex (#1AZ Sussex), 4. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd),
5. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 6. Tom Lee (#53 Lee), 7. Glen Brace
(#13 Brace), 8. Jeremy Sherman (#77M Michaels), 9. Colby Copeland (#74
Williams). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough (#20 Deskins), 2. Josh Pelkey (#4JR
Reagles), 3. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 4. Robert Ballou (#77 Hockett), 5.
Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 6. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 7. Charles Davis Jr.
(#50 Massey), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#21 Ellis), 9. Jason Grady (#45 Grady). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jimmy Crawford (#3X Crawford), 2. Bruce St. James (#7K
St. James), 3. Ryan Bernal (#73 Ford), 4. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 5. Josh Hodges
(#74X Hodges), 6. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 7. Mark Morin (#28 Morin), 8. Tony
Everhart (#55 Everhart), 9. Mike Martin (#16 Martin). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Johnson, 3. Hosford, 4. Sherman, 5. Copeland, 6.
Thomas, 7. Everhart, 8. Lee, 9. Grady, 10. Martin, 11. Morin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Robert Ballou, 4.
Ryan Bernal, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Tom Ogle, 8. Jeremy
Sherman, 9. Josh Hodges, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. Jimmy Crawford, 12. Bruce
St. James, 13. Stevie Sussex, 14. R.J. Johnson, 15. Colby Copeland, 16. Josh
Pelkey, 17. Glen Brace, 18. Kevin Thomas Jr., 19. Brian Hosford, 20. Jace Vander
Weerd, 21. Rick Ziehl, 22. Bud Kaeding. NT
**Copeland flipped during the first heat. Kaeding flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Crawford, Laps 3-11 Stanbrough, Laps 12-30
Clauson.
NEW “Winter Challenge” POINTS: 1-Clauson-136, 2-Stanbrough-107, 3-Sherman-104,
4-St. James and Davis-96, 6-Reinbold-94, 7-R.Vander Weerd-88, 8-Ballou-85,
9-Ogle-84, 10-Copeland-69.
NEXT SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT RACE: February 2 – Peoria, AZ –
Canyon Speedway Park - “2013 Winter Challenge” (doubleheader)
Jan 29 2013
PEORIA’S “WINTER CHALLENGE” RESUMES WED.-FRI.-SAT.;
RAIN & WET GROUNDS FORCE “TRIPLE” CANCELLATION
by DICK JORDAN
Persistent rains in central Arizona this past weekend forced cancellation of
all three nights of the opening weekend of Canyon Speedway Park’s “Winter
Challenge.” The event continues this coming week at the 3/8-mile dirt oval in
Peoria, Ariz.
Involving USAC West Coast and Southwest Sprint cars, the series return to
Peoria Wednesday night, then faces Friday and Saturday races, with Saturday’s
finale offering both afternoon and evening events to conclude with a unique
“doubleheader.”
Following Friday and Saturday rains, the wet grounds left the oval un-raceable,
forcing Sunday’s cancellation.
Defending USAC National Drivers Champion and defending AMSOIL USAC National
Sprint Car Champion Bryan Clauson was in the field for the weekend’s events at
Peoria, as were defending USAC West Coast Champion Bud Kaeding and Charles Davis
Jr., who needs two victories to catch Dave Stele and A.J. Foyt as the winningest
drivers in Arizona’s USAC history.
--USAC--
Jan 28 2013
3RD STRAIGHT PEORIA USAC SPRINT CANCELLATION
WET GROUNDS COMPLETE USAC"WINTER CHALLENGE" WEEKEND "CLEAN SWEEP"
Peoria, AZ........Wet grounds created by persistent rains in central Arizona the past three days have conspired to force a third consecutive cancellation of "Winter Challenge" activities involving USAC's West Coast and Southwest Sprint cars at Canyon Speedway Park. Sunday's races have been cancelled, but the "Winter Challenge" resumes Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at the track and Saturday's finale includes both an afternoon and an evening event, creating a unique "doubleheader."
Jan 26 2013
RAIN WASHES OUT "WINTER CHALLENGE" ROUNDs 1 & 2
from USAC
Peoria, AZ........Rains which interrupted hot laps eventually forced
cancellation of Friday night's "Winter Challenge" opener at Canyon Speedway
Park. The "special event" series featuring USAC West Coast and Southwest Sprint Cars is scheduled to continue Saturday and Sunday, followed by Jan. 30, Feb. 1
and 2 races.
Persistent rains have forced cancellation of Saturday night's
second round of the 2013 "Winter Challenge" special event for USAC West Coast
and Southwest Sprint Cars at Canyon Speedway Park. Sunday's round three remains
on the schedule, along with races January 30, February 1 and 2.
Jan 23 2013
DAVIS CHASING FOYT & STEELE FOR ARIZONA SUPREMACY
by DICK JORDAN
Charles Davis Jr. of Buckeye, Ariz. continues to chase A.J. Foyt and Dave Steele for the all-time lead in terms of USAC feature victories in the state of Arizona. He’ll have a great chance to do that the next two weeks as Canyon Raceway Park in Peoria hosts the “Winter Challenge” for the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars. The January 25-27 and January 30, February 1-2 races also are
considered “special events” for USAC’s West Coast Sprint cars.
Davis has six career USAC wins in the Grand Canyon State, two behind Foyt and Steele, who have eight each. Drivers Jerry Coons Jr. and Mel Kenyon each have seven, while Damion Gardner, Sleepy Tripp and Bobby East also have six.
Davis, though, triumphed just last September at Canyon and could be among top threats in the upcoming races. Davis earned his initial USAC wins at Show Low and Phoenix in 2002, followed by wins at Canyon in 2003 and in Phoenix and
Tucson in 2007.
In all, 80 total USAC Sprint races have been contested in Arizona, dating back to the twin-50s posted by Don Branson and Foyt at the Arizona State Fair mile in Phoenix in 1964.
For history’s sake, Foyt’s wins came at the Arizona State Fairgrounds (1960 Champ Cars and 1964 Sprints), Phoenix International Raceway 1965, 1971 and 1975 Champ and 1970 Stock) and Manzanita Park Speedway (1965). Steele scored all
eight of his wins at Phoenix International Raceway (Midgets in 2002, 2006 and 2007 and Silver Crown in 2002-03-04-05-06).
“Kevin Montgomery has created a more racey oval for us this year and I’m excited about going back there,” says Davis, who won twice and had two seconds in last year’s Winter Challenge. “To join the list with Foyt and Steele would be huge for all of us here,” adds the Arizona native. “I finished second to Tracy Hines in last year’s Challenge and would like to move up one spot this time
around.”
--USAC--
Jan 17 2013
USAC SW SPRINTS DEBUT IN PEORIA’S “WINTER CHALLENGE”
From USAC
The 2013 USAC racing calendar begins in two weeks, with the 2nd “Winter Challenge” at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. serving as the opening event of the brand-new USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series.
More than $100,000 in total prizes and up for grabs in the six-race event, featuring at Peoria January 25-27 and January 30-February 2.
Among the early entries are five-time Arizona Champions Charles Davis Jr. and Jeremy Sherman. Both drivers could match Ricky Johnson's six "Copper State" titles with the USAC Southwest crown. Tracy Hines, who won last year's "Winter Challenge," USAC National Champion Bryan Clauson, and Robert Ballou are scheduled to lead a strong Midwest contingent. Bud Kaeding, the defending USAC West Coast Champion, is expected make the trip from California to the "Valley of the Sun."
Canyon Speedway Park is located at 9777 West Carefree Highway in Peoria, northwest of Phoenix. Tickets for the event can be found at www.canyonspeedway park.com or by calling 602-258-7223.
In 2012, Charles Davis Jr., Dave Darland and Mike Martin posted USAC Sprint car victories at Canyon. Clauson swept a pair of USAC Sprint races at Canyon in 2011.
Jan 15 2013
USAC SW SPRINTS DEBUT IN PEORIA’S “WINTER CHALLENGE”
by DICK JORDAN
The 2013 USAC racing calendar begins in two weeks, with the 2nd “Winter
Challenge” at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. serving as the opening event
of the brand-new USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series.
More than $100,000 in total prizes and up for grabs in the six-race event,
featuring at Peoria January 25-27 and January 30-February 2.
Among the early entries are five-time Arizona Champions Charles Davis Jr. and
Jeremy Sherman. Both drivers could match Ricky Johnson's six "Copper State"
titles with the USAC Southwest crown. Tracy Hines, who won last year's "Winter
Challenge," USAC National Champion Bryan Clauson, and Robert Ballou are
scheduled to lead a strong Midwest contingent. Bud Kaeding, the defending USAC
West Coast Champion, is expected make the trip from California to the "Valley of
the Sun."
Canyon Speedway Park is located at 9777 West Carefree Highway in Peoria,
northwest of Phoenix. Tickets for the event can be found at www.canyonspeedway
park.com or by calling 602-258-7223.
IN 2012, Charles Davis Jr., Dave Darland and Mike Martin posted USAC Sprint car
victories at Canyon. Clauson swept a pair of USAC Sprint races at Canyon in
2011.
--USAC--
4 USAC EASTERN STORM DATES ANNOUNCED
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars have announced their 2013 “Eastern Storm”
schedule which includes two repeat engagements and a pair of races at venues
which will host their inaugural USAC events.
Joining the swing this year will be Path Valley Speedway Park in Spring Run,
Pa. and Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, Pa. Path Valley is a
quarter-mile dirt oval, while Susquehanna is a 4/10-mile dirt.
Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville and Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal
return for 2013 as the four-race series will all unfold in Pennsylvania.
“We’re looking forward to the fourth installment of what has become a signature
series for our participants and for Eastern race fans,” says USAC’s Jason
McCord. “The racing has been fantastic so far and we anticipate no less this
coming summer.” The annual USAC Eastern trek actually was revived in 2006
although the “Eastern Storm” points championship was created in 2010.
Levi Jones won the 2010 and 2011 Eastern Storm titles, while 2012 AMSOIL USAC
National Sprint Car king Bryan Clauson won last year’s championship. Clauson won
last year’s Grandview race and Damion Gardner was the 2012 winner at Port Royal.
The “Eastern Storm” calendar opens at Grandview on Wednesday night, June 5,
followed by a Thursday, June 6 appearance at Path Valley. Port Royal welcomes
the Saturday, June 8 event, while the series concludes Sunday night, June 9 at
Susquehanna.
“It’s always fun to race against the Eastern drivers,” says Clauson. “When they
take off the wings and get competitive with us it makes it a challenge for us.
The tradition of USAC in the East is great and it’s nice to be part of it.
Grandview is one of my favorite Eastern tracks and I like the fact that it’s not
only like a bullring but it also has some characteristics of a longer oval too.
It gets wide by feature time and there’s never a bad race there. The tribute to
Jesse Hockett is always a special part of our schedule and it was fun to win it
last year.”
USAC’s Eastern Sprint Car history dates all the way back to April, 1956 events
at the Reading (Pa.) Fairgrounds and from 1956-1960 USAC Eastern Sprint Car
Championships were awarded to drivers Tommy Hinnershitz (1956), Bill Randall
(1957), Johnny Thomson (1958), Hinnershitz again (1959) and A.J. Foyt (1960).
2013 AMSOIL USAC “EASTERN STORM” SPRINT SCHEDULE
June 5 - Bechtelsville, PA/Grandview Speedway
June 6 - Spring Run, PA/Path Valley Speedway
June 8 – Port Royal, PA/Port Royal Speedway
June 9 – Newberrytown, PA/Susquehanna Speedway
Jan 8 2013
Wed Dec 19 2012
2013 WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE
ENCOMPASSES 26 DATES AT 6 OVALS IN 3 STATES
by Dick Jordan
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. is the defending champion of the USAC West
Coast Sprint Car Series, which opens its 2013 campaign with a half-dozen races
in January and February at Canyon Raceway Park in Peoria, Ariz. The 26-race
calendar also concludes its run with three events at Peoria in November.
The “Winter Challenge” offers six “special events” offering USAC Southwest
Sprint points at the Arizona oval and the “Western World Championships” will
present similar Southwest Sprint point races at season’s end.
The slate also includes races at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Dirt
Track, Thunderbowl Speedway in Tulare, Calif., Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway,
Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. and the Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
The West Coast “point” season officially opens with a March 15-16 event at
Tulare and the champion is expected to be crowned October 12 at Hanford.
Six different drivers, led by Bud Kaeding and Ryan Bernal with four each,
posted feature wins during the 2012 West Coast Sprint Car Series.
Kaeding, who was honored December 7 at USAC’s National “Night of Champions”
Banquet in Indianapolis, Ind., is among 2012 USAC Champions slated for
additional recognition at the USAC Western Awards Banquet February 9 in Paso
Robles, Calif.
2013 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE
Date Location / Track
1/25 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
1/26 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
1/27 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
1/30 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
2/1 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
2/2 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
3/7 Las Vegas, NV (SE)/The Dirt Track @ LVMS
3/15-16 Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Speedway
3/23 Bakersfield, CA/Bakersfield Speedway
4/13 Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Speedway
4/20 Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Speedway
4/27 Bakersfield, CA/Bakersfield Speedway
5/1 Hanford, CA/Kings Speedway
6/8 Hanford, CA/Kings Speedway
6/15 Santa Maria, CA/Santa Maria Speedway
7/6 Santa Maria, CA/Santa Maria Speedway
7/20 Hanford, CA/Kings Speedway
8/3 Hanford, CA/Kings Speedway
9/7 Bakersfield, CA/Bakersfield Speedway
9/21 Hanford, CA/Kings Speedway
9/28 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
10/12 Hanford, CA/Kings Speedway
10/31 Perris, CA (SE)/Perris Auto Speedway
11/14 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
11/15 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
11/16 Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Park
(SE)=Special Events – No Points
34-RACE SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT SLATE JOINS USAC & ARIZONA TRADITIONAL SPRINT CARS
by DICK JORDAN
A 34-race slate of events has been announced for the 2013 USAC Southwest Sprint
Car Series which will visit a half-dozen dirt ovals in Arizona, New Mexico and
Texas.
The series debuts with a six-race “Winter Challenge” at Canyon Speedway Park in
Peoria, Ariz. in January and February and closes in mid-November with the 46th
“Western World Championships” at the same track.
In between, races will be held at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Dirt
Track, Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek,
El Paso Speedway Park in Texas and Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces.
The 34-race schedule also contains a four-night August swing with venues yet to
be announced.
USAC Sprint racing in the Southwest has a rich tradition, dating all the way
back to Don Branson’s 1964 victory at the now-defunct Arizona State Fairgrounds
one-mile oval in Phoenix. In the ensuing half-century, numerous events have been
held in the area, including the 2003 and 2004 Southwest Sprint Car Series which
crowned driver champions Rick Ziehl and Beau Binder respectively.
While USAC Sprint cars have previously competed at Peoria, Las Vegas and Las
Cruces, the 2013 races at Casa Grande, Queen Creek and El Paso will be the first
at those venues for USAC Sprints.
Defending Arizona Sprint Car Champion Charles Davis Jr. has been a frequent
USAC participant and won a USAC feature last September at Peoria.
The announcement of the 2013 Southwest Sprint Series completes a triple-header
of Western racing for race fans, coupled with the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
and the West Coast Sprint Cars. Mike Spencer (USAC/CRA) and Bud Kaeding (West
Coast) captured 2012 titles in the other two disciplines.
The 2013 Winter Challenge will feature top traditional Sprint Car drivers from
around the country as the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars face off with the USAC West
Coast Sprint Car Series in the valley of the sun for what is anticipated to be
one of the largest racing events of 2013. More than $100,000 in "A" Feature
money alone will be distributed over the course of the blockbuster event that
kicks off with the $2,000 to win Winter Challenge opener and will conclude with
the $5,000 to win finale on February 2nd.
2013 USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR SERIES
January 25 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
January 26 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
January 27 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
January 30 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
February 1 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
February 2 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
March 7 Las Vegas, NV/The Dirt Track @ LVMS
March 16 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
March 23 Casa Grande, AZ/Central Arizona Raceway
April 13 Queen Creek, AZ/Arizona Speedway
April 27 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
May 11 Queen Creek, AZ/Arizona Speedway
May 25 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
May 26 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
June 8 Queen Creek, AZ/Arizona Speedway
June 22 Casa Grande, AZ/Central Arizona Raceway
June 29 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
July 13 Queen Creek, AZ/Arizona Speedway
July 19 El Paso, TX/El Paso Speedway Park
July 20 Las Cruces, NM/Southern New Mexico Spdwy
July 27 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
August 21 Tour Dates TBA
August 22 Tour Dates TBA
August 23 Tour Dates TBA
August 24 Tour Dates TBA
September 7 Queen Creek, AZ/Arizona Speedway
September 14 Casa Grande, AZ/Central Arizona Raceway
September 28 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
October 12 Casa Grande, AZ/Central Arizona Raceway
October 19 Queen Creek, AZ/Arizona Speedway
October 31 Grudge Series Finale TBA
November 14 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
November 15 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
November 16 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
Dec 8 2012
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR PREVIEW & SCHEDULE
by Lance Jennings
SANTA MARIA, CA - DECEMBER 5, 2012... Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series Director
Chris Kearns has released the schedule for the 2013 season. Showcasing
twenty-two nights of action, the traditional 410s will kickoff their campaign on
March 1st with the two day "Copper On Dirt" at Canyon Speedway Park. The
regional series will also return to the clay ovals of Perris, Santa Maria,
Watsonville, Calistoga and Yuma, Arizona.
Don Kazarian's Perris Auto Speedway will host ten dates on the calendar. The
"home track" for USAC/CRA will continue to feature special events like the
"Salute To Indy" on May 25th and the "Firecracker 30" on July 4th. The popular
"California Racers Hall of Fame Night" is set for August 17th and the "Glenn
Howard Classic" will be held September 14th. The "Southern California Fair Race"
is October 5th and the champion will be crowned at the Budweiser Oval Nationals
which begins on November 1st. On the strength of seven of their nine wins at the
1/2-mile track, Mike Spencer and the Ron Chaffin Motorsports team earned their
fifth straight championship in 2012. For more information on the Perris events,
visit perrisautospeedway.com.
In addition to the season opening "Copper on Dirt," Kevin Montgomery's Canyon
Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona will host the two day "Hall of Fame Classic."
Starting October 25th, the co-sanctioned event with the USAC National Series
will also showcase Arizona "hot shoes" against the best from the Midwest,
California, and New Mexico. Last October, "The Magic Man" Mike Martin upset the
field by leading all 30-laps to claim the $5,000 victory in his 360 powered
machine. For more details on the Canyon shows, visit canyonspeedwaypark.com.
After a successful debut last season, Yuma, Arizona's Cocopah Speedway will
showcase USAC/CRA for two nights of action beginning on April 19th. Owned by the
Cocopah Indian Tribe, many improvements have been made to the facility,
including a larger grandstand for spectators. Last June, Brody Roa led all
30-laps to join Ron Shuman, Lealand McSpadden, Mike Kirby, and Richard Griffin
as feature winners at the fast 3/8-mile facility. For more information on the
Yuma races, visit cocopahspeedway.com.
John Prentice's Ocean Speedway in Watsonville will feature two dates on the
schedule. The Friday night events on June 21st and August 9th will open a
special doubleheader with Santa Maria and could play a key role in the
championship. Last season, Mike Spencer won both events at the popular 1/4-mile
facility and Cody Williams set a new track record in qualifying. For more
details on the Watsonville shows, visit oceanspeedway.com.
Ruben and Katy Munoz have taken over the promotions at Santa Maria Speedway and
will host two dates on the calendar. The Saturday night races on June 22nd and
August 10th at the 1/3-mile track will close out the special doubleheaders with
Watsonville. Austin Williams returned to victory circle last June and hometown
favorite Danny Sheridan scored one of the most dramatic wins in the track's
history at the August show. As this writing goes to press, the new promoters are
working on a website for track information.
The scenic Calistoga Speedway will showcase the popular 2-day "Louie Vermeil
Classic" over Labor Day weekend. Starting August 31st, the co-sanctioned races
with the USAC Western Classic Racing Series will also host vintage cars, an
autograph session, auctions, wine tasting, and more events for fans to enjoy.
Last September, Ryan Bernal and Kyle Hirst added their names to the winner's
list at
the famed 1/2-mile facility and former "home track" to the Northern Auto Racing
Club. For more details on the Calistoga shows, visit calistogaspeedway.org or
louivermeilclassic.net.
Series officials are working on the annual awards banquet and details will be
released as soon as possible.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES SCHEDULE
DATE - TRACK - LOCATION
March 1: Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ
March 2: Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ
March9 Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
April 6: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
April 19: Cocopah Speedway - Yuma, AZ
April 20: Cocopah Speedway - Yuma, AZ
May 4: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
May 25: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
June 21: Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA
June 22: Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, CA
July 4: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
August 9: Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA
August 10: Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, CA
August 17: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
August 31**: Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga, CA
September 1**: Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga, CA
September 14: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
October 5: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
October 25: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ
October 26: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ
November 1: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
November 2: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
* = Co-Sanctioned Event With USAC National Sprints.
** = Co-Sanctioned Event With USAC Western Classic Racing Series.
Dec 7 2012
AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES ANNOUNCES 40-RACE 2013 SCHEDULE
by Dick Jordan
The preliminary 2013 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car schedule reflects 40 dates, including the extremely popular “Indiana Sprint Week” and “Eastern Storm” events.
Opening with three back-to-back events at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., the series is slated to conclude with the traditional “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. In between, “traditional” stops include the Don Branson/Jud Larson and “4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, the Tony Hulman Classic and Jim Hurtubise Classic races at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, the “Ultimate Challenge” at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa and the second annual “Sprint Car Smackdown” at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway.
“Indiana Sprint Week” mirrors its 2012 calendar from July 12-20 at seven Hoosier ovals, while the five “Eastern Storm” events in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are being finalized in June. Missouri and Nebraska return to the 2013 schedule with races at Cameron, Mo. and Eagle, Neb. May 3-4 and Arkansas tracks at Little Rock and West Memphis return on September 6-7. Arizona again hosts a pair of races at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria October 25-26.
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. is the defending AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion, edging former champion Dave Darland by a scant eight points in one of the most hotly-contested series battles in history.
2013 USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE
Date Location/Track
February 21 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park
February 22 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park
February 23 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park
April 6 Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway
April 20 Rossburg, OH/Eldora Speedway
April 26 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
April 27 Putnamville, IN/Lincoln Park Speedway
May 3 Cameron, MO/US 36 Raceway
May 4 Eagle, NE/Eagle Raceway
May 11 Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway
May 17 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington Speedway
May 22 Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track
June 4 #Eastern Storm TBA
June 5 #Eastern Storm TBA
June 6 #Eastern Storm TBA
June 7 #Eastern Storm TBA
June 8 #Eastern Storm TBA
June 22 Lake Odessa, MI/I-96 Speedway
July 12 @Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
July 13 @Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
July 14 @Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway
July 17 @Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track
July 18 @Putnamville, IN/Lincoln Park Speedway
July 19 @Bloomington, IN/Bloomington, IN
July 20 @Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway
August 6 Oskaloosa, IA/Southern Iowa Speedway (SE)
August 22 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
August 23 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
August 24 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
August 30 West Burlington, IA/34 Raceway
August 31 Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track
September 6 Little Rock, AR/I-30 Speedway
September 7 West Memphis, AR/Riverside International Speedway
September14 Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway
September21 Rossburg, OH/Eldora Speedway
September28 Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway
October 25 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
October 26 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
November 1 Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
November 2 Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
#=Eastern Storm
@=Indiana Sprint Week
(SE)=Non-points event
Oct 30 2012
PERRIS’ “BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS” CLOSE USAC SPRINT CAMPAIGN;
DARLAND, MARTIN SHINE IN CANYON’S “HALL OF FAME” FEATURES
by DICK JORDAN
AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car title hopefuls Bryan Clauson, Dave Darland and
Jon Stanbrough will square off this weekend for the championship in the 17th
annual “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Mike Spencer’s unprecedented fifth consecutive AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car crown
is an anti-climax with his unsurmountable lead over Nic Faas going into the
Friday-Saturday events at the PAS, but the three-way National point race is
another issue.
Clauson’s new lead over Darland stands at just seven points, while Stanbrough
is 73 in arrears, with ample points available for each. Clauson posted a second
and a seventh in last weekend’s “Arizona Hall of Fame” features at Canyon
Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz., while Darland won Friday’s 30-lapper. Darland’s
Saturday cost him the point lead as he struggled through an early-lead tangle
and a late-race spin to finish 17th. Stanbrough’s two Peoria outings produced a
13th and a fifth.
Darland, of Lincoln, Ind., passed Kevin Thomas Jr. on lap 18 and led the final
13 laps of Friday’s race in his Jam-It-In Storage/Hoosier Tire Maxim/Claxton.
Clauson took second ahead of Thomas, Spencer and Robert Ballou.
Yuma, Ariz.’s Mike Martin upset the series regulars Saturday, leading all 30
laps in his Ultimate Off-Road/Advanced Racing Suspension Maxim/Shaver. Ballou
was second, with Damion Gardner, Hunter Schuerenberg and Stanbrough rounding out
the “top-five.”
Gardner, who owns more USAC/CRA Perris victories than anybody else, is the
two-time “Budweiser Oval Nationals” defending champion. He joins Darland and
Cory Kruseman in the search to tie Bud Kaeding as the only “three-time event
champion. Other former “Budwesier Oval Nationals” champs include Jimmy Sills,
Rip Williams, Rodney Argo, Rickie Gaunt, Tony Jones, Chris Windom and the late
Jesse Hockett.
Spencer, with back-to-back feature wins this weekend, would tie Gardner as the
all-time USAC/CRA Perris victory leader. Gardner has 25 wins and Spencer 23.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Bryan Clauson-1.974, 2-Dave Darland-1,967, 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,901, 4-Tracy
Hines-1,778, 5-Damion Gardner-1,732, 6-Robert Ballou-1,663, 7-Chase
Stockon-1,646, 8-Levi Jones-1,615, 9-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,612, 10-Kevin
Thomas-1,528.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Mike Spencer-1,293, 2-Nic Faas-959, 3-Brody Roa-932, 4-Rip Williams-865,
5-Ryan Bernal-816, 6-Austin Williams-800, 7-Cory Kruseman-725, 8-Cody
Williams-639, 9-David Cardey-465, 10-Matt Mitchell-461.
USAC NDC SHIFTS TO BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS;
CLAUSON-HINES SEPARATION 75 WITH 5 TO GO
by DICK JORDAN
Bryan Clauson is five races away from locking down his third consecutive USAC
National Drivers Championship.
The Noblesville, Ind. driver has a huge 75-point lead over Tracy Hines entering
the final events, which include this weekend’s “Budweiser Oval Nationals” Sprint
races at Perris, Calif., the November 9-10 National Midget races at Peoria,
Ariz. and the season-ending November 22 “Turkey Night Grand Prix” Midget race at
Perris.
Only one “top-10” change was effected during last weekend’s races at Canyon
Raceway Park in Peoria, Ariz. Robert Ballou passed Chase Stockon to take over
the number 10 ranking after his second-place finish in Saturday night’s “Arizona
Hall of Fame” Sprint race.
2012 USAC National Drivers Championship Standings
1-Bryan Clauson-1,091, 2-Tracy Hines-1,016, 3-Dave Darland-1,004, 4-Levi
Jones-974, 5-Darren Hagen-959, 6-Jerry Coons Jr.-932, 7-Jon Stanbrough-928,
8-Chris Windom-914, 9-Damion Gardner-850, 10-Robert Ballou-833.
Oct 29 2012
Martin Magical in Hall of Fame Classic!
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (October 27, 2012) – Yuma’s Mike Martin pulled off an upset victory by topping the USAC National Sprint Car forces in Saturday night’s 12th Annual Parker Store Hall of Fame Classic 30-lapper atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval.
Starting on the front row outside of the main event, Martin put his Shaver 360-ci powered Ultimate Off-Road/Advanced Racing Suspension No. 16 Maim out front at the outset and fended off Robert Ballou and Damion Gardner to secure the popular victory.
“That was no easy chore, we needed every bit of help to get it done tonight,” Martin explained afterward.
Ballou chased Martin to the line, with Gardner claiming the show position. Hunter Schuerenberg was fourth, while Jon Stanbrough charged from 23rd to round out the top five after utilizing a provisional to start the main event.
In the companion CSP Challenge Cup Sprint Car feature event, Kiley Fellars raced from the fifth starting position to capture his first win of the season in front of John Brinkley, Bryan Swinehart, Matt Lundy and Johnny Shelton, Jr.
Action continues at Canyon Speedway Park next weekend with the 24th Annual Desert Classic next Friday and Saturday featuring IMCA Modifieds, Pure Stocks, Super Stocks, Modlite Nationals, Bombers and Hornets and then the Stock Car Shootout on Sunday with $1,000-to-win Pure Stocks, $500-to-win Super Stocks, $500-to-win Bombers and Modlite Nationals and Hornets.
Canyon Speedway Park Hall of Fame Classic Saturday Results:
USAC National Sprint Cars:
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.418; 2. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-13.535; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.542; 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.595; 5. Brody Roa, 91, BR-13.686; 6. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.736; 7. Charles Davis, Jr., 4G, Cook-13.778; 8. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.808; 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, BlackJack-13.811; 10. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.861; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.896; 12. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-13.914; 13. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-13.960; 14. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.976; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.978; 16. Thomas Meseraull, 5x, Baldwin-13.995; 17. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.029; 18. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-14.085; 19. Cory Kruseman, 7x, Priestley-14.085; 20. Dalten Gabbard, 77, Gabbard-14.093; 21. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.127; 22. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-14.208; 23. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-14.223; 24. Jeremy Sherman, 18, Kittle-14.434; 25. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.447; 26. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-14.464; 27. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-14.503; 28. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-14.614; 29. Stevie Sussex, 1, Sussex-14.712; 30. Josh Pelkey, 4JR, Reagles-14.896.
FIRST HEAT:: (8 laps) 1. A. Williams, 2. C. Williams, 3. Clauson, 4. Johnson, 5. Roa, 6. Thomas, 7. Sussex, 8. Ogle. 1:51.72
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McIntyre, 2. Faas, 3. R. Williams, 4. Windom, 5. Darland, 6. Clark, 7. Stockon, 8. Pelkey. 1:51.65
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hodges, 2. Hines, 3. Ballou, 4. Gardner, 5. Davis, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Kruseman. 1:51.97
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gabbard, 2. Sherman, 3. Meseraull, 4. Martin, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Spencer, 7. St. James. 1:52.97
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Stockon, 3. Thomas, 4. Darland, 5. Davis, 6. Roa, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Clark, 9. Ogle, 10. St. James, 11. Sussex, 12. Spencer, 13. Kruseman, 14. Pelkey. 2:45.35
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Martin, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Rip Williams,
7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Thomas Meseraull, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Nic Faas, 12. Brody Roa, 13. Jeremy Sherman, 14. Wes McIntyre, 15. Josh Hodges, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Austin Williams, 19. Dalten Gabbard, 20. Cody Williams, 21. Chase Stockon, 22. Charles Davis, Jr., 23. Kevin Thomas, Jr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Martin.
CSP Challenge Cup Sprint Cars:
First Heat: 1. 7j-Kiley Fellars, 2. 2x-Larry Gibson, 3. 74-Jacob Hawkins, 4. 98-Matt Lundy, 5. 16-Mike Visser, 6. 53-Tom Lee, 7. 71-Scott Oliver.
Second Heat: 1. 7-Chris Beal, 2. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 3. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 4. 2-Josh Shipley, 5. 26-John Brinkley, 6. 5-Dan Bauman, 7. 11t-Mike Colegrove.
“A” Feature: 1. 7j-Kiley Fellars, 2. 26-John Brinkley, 3. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 4. 98-Matt Lundy, 5. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 6. 2-Josh Shipley, 7. 53-Tom Lee, 8. 16-Mike Visser, 9. 2x-Larry Gibson, 10. 5-Dan Bauman, 11. 7-Chris Beal, 12. 74-Jacob Hawkins, 13. 71-Scott Oliver, 14. 11t-Mike Colegrove.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 27, 2012
– Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – Parker Stores “Hall of Fame Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.418; 2. Dave
Darland, 11, Walker-13.535; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.542; 4. Hunter
Schuerenberg, 35, Byrum-13.595; 5. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.686; 6. Chase Stockon,
32, Stockon-13.736; 7. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-13.778; 8. Mike Spencer, 50,
Chaffin-13.808; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-13.811; 10. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-13.861; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.896; 12. Mike Martin, 16,
Martin-13.914; 13. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-13.960; 14. Chris Windom, 20,
Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.976; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.978; 16. Thomas
Meseraull, 5x, Baldwin-13.995; 17. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.029; 18. Wes
McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-14.085; 19. Cory Kruseman, 7x, Priestley-14.085; 20. Dalten
Gabbard, 77, Gabbard-14.093; 21. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.127; 22. Nic Faas,
4x, Alexander-14.208; 23. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-14.223; 24. Jeremy Sherman,
18, Kittle-14.424; 25. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.442; 26. Ronnie
Clark, 6, Clark-14.464; 27. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-14.503; 28. Bruce St.
James, 7k, St. James-14.614; 29. Stevie Sussex, 1, Sussex-14.712; 30. Josh
Pelkey, 4jr, Regals-14.896.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. C.Williams, 3. Clauson, 4. Johnson, 5.
Roa, 6. Thomas, 7. Sussex, 8. Ogle. 1:51.72
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McIntyre, 2. Faas, 3. R.Williams, 4. Windom, 5.
Darland, 6. Clark, 7. Stockon, 8. Pelkey. 1:51.65
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hodges, 2. Hines, 3. Ballou, 4. Gardner, 5. Davis, 6.
Stanbrough, 7. Kruseman. 1:51.97
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gabbard, 2. Sherman, 3. Meseraull, 4. Martin, 5.
Schuerenberg, 6. Spencer, 7. St. James. 1:52.97
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Schuerenberg2. Stockon, 3. Thomas, 4. Darland, 5. Davis, 6.
Roa, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Clark, 9. Ogle, 10. St. James, 11. Sussex, 12. Spencer,
13. Kruseman, 14. Pelkey. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Martin, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Damion Gardner, 4.
Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8.
Thomas Meseraull, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Nic Faas, 12. Brody Roa,
13. Jeremy Sherman, 14. Wes McIntyre, 15. Josh Hodges, 16. Chris Windom, 17.
Dave Darland, 18. Austin Williams, 19. Dalten Gabbard, 20. Cody Williams, 21.
Chase Stockon, 22. Charles Davis Jr., 23. Kevin Thomas Jr. NT
**Kruseman & Pelkey flipped during the semi. Darland flopped during the feature.
Davis flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Martin.
NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-1.974, 2-Darland-1,967,
3-Stanbrough-1,901, 4-Hines-1,778, 5-Gardner-1,732, 6-Ballou-1,663,
7-Stockon-1,646, 8-Levi Jones-1,615, 9-Schuerenberg-1,612, 10-Thomas-1,528.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,293, 2-Faas-959, 3-Roa-932,
4-R.Williams-865, 5-Ryan Bernal-816, 6-A.Williams-800, 7-Kruseman-725,
8-C.Williams-639, 9-David Cardey-465, 10-Matt Mitchell-461.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: November 2 – Perris (CA) Auto
Speedway – “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
Oct 27 2012
photo from USAC
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (October 26, 2012) – Indiana’s Dave Darland notched his 40th career USAC National Sprint Car win on the opening night of the 12th Annual Parker Store Hall of Fame Classic atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval on Friday.
Darland’s victory was his sixth series triumph of the season, tying him with runner-up Bryan Clauson who actually gained a point on Darland to close the gap to 22 entering Saturday night’s Hall of Fame Classic finale.
While Darland took top USAC honors, Jacob Hawkins cracked CSP Challenge Cup Sprint Car victory lane for the first time this season in the companion feature event.
Alabama’s Kevin Thomas, Jr., led from the pole position for 17 rounds before Darland slipped by for good in turn two on the 18th round. Darland raced on to the checkered flag with a 1.093-second advantage over Clauson, who slipped by Thomas, Jr., as well. Thomas, Jr., settled for the show position, with Mike Spencer and Robert Ballou rounding out the top five.
“The race track was pretty slick tonight, and we got up into second when Bryan was up trying the top. KT slipped wide a little bit there in turn-two and that was our opportunity,” Darland explained after the triumph aboard Jeff Walker’s Claxton-powered Jam-It-In Storage No. 11 Maxim.
Hawkins snared his first Challenge Cup win by racing to the checkered flag from the eighth starting position. Hawkins crossed the stripe in front of Bryan Swinehart, with Johnny Shelton, Jr., Josh Shipley and Larry Gibson rounding out the top five.
The 12th Annual Parker Store Hall of Fame Classic featuring the USAC National Sprint Cars along with the CSP Challenge Cup Sprint Cars continues on Saturday night with qualifying at 6:00 p.m. and the racing action following at 7:00 p.m.
Canyon Speedway Park Hall of Fame Classic Friday Results:
USAC National Sprint Cars:
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.545; 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byrum-13.583; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.703; 4. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.719; 5. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.739; 6. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-13.783; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-13.854; 8. Thomas Meseraull, 5x, Baldwin-13.914; 9. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.931; 10. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-13.966; 11. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-13.984; 12. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.007; 13. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-14.040; 14. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-14.042; 15. Cory Kruseman, 7x, Priestley-14.043; 16. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.046; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.060; 18. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-14.111; 19. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.179; 20. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.200; 21. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-14.231; 22. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-14.238; 23. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.250; 24. Casey Shuman, 2a, Yeley-14.312; 25. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-14.321; 26. Jeremy Sherman, 18, Kittle-14.339; 27. Josh Pelkey, 4jr, Regals-14.405; 28. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.543; 29. Dalton Gabbard, 77, Gabbard-14.581; 30. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.661; 31. Stevie Sussex, 1, Sussex-14.729; 32. Michael Dayney, 3D, Dayney-15.242.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Hines, 4. McIntyre, 5. Spencer, 6. Clark, 7. C.Williams, 8. Gabbard. 1:53.87
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Davis, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Darland, 5. Faas, 6. St. James, 7. Martin, 8. Sherman. 1:53.54
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Johnson, 3. Gardner, 4. A.Williams, 5. Kruseman, 6. Hodges, 7. Sussex, 8. Pelkey. 1:55.52
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Stockon, 3. Roa, 4. Ballou, 5. R.Williams, 6. Shuman, 7. Ogle, 8. Dayney. 1:55.45
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Sherman, 2. Spencer, 3. Faas, 4. Hodges, 5. R.Williams, 6. Kruseman, 7. St. James, 8. Shuman, 9. Pelkey, 10. Ogle, 11. Clark, 12. Gabbard, 13. Martin, 14. Dayney, 15. Sussex, 18. C.Williams. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Thomas Meseraull, 8. Chris Windom, 9. Josh Hodges, 10. Damion Gardner, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Chase Stockon, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. R.J. Johnson, 15. Charles Davis Jr., 16. Rip Williams, 17. Nic Faas, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Jeremy Sherman, 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 21. Austin Williams, 22. Brody Roa, 23. Cody Williams. NT
FEATURE Leaders: Thomas 1-17, Darland 18-30.
CSP Challenge Cup Sprint Cars!
First Heat: 1. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 2. 11t-Lonnie Oliver, 3. 2-Josh Shipley, 4. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 5. 16-Mike Visser, 6. 2x-Larry Gibson, 7. 71-Scott Oliver.
Second Heat: 1. 98-Matt Lundy, 2. 26-John Brinkley, 3. 7j-Kiley Fellars, 4. 53-Tom Lee, 5. 74-Jacob Hawkins, 6. 7-Chris Beal, 7. 5-Dan Bauman.
“A” Feature: 1. 74-Jacob Hawkins, 2. 6-Bryan Swinehart, 3. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 4. 2-Josh Shipley, 5. 2x-Larry Gibson, 6. 53-Tom Lee, 7. 7-Chris Beal, 8. 11t-Lonnie Oliver, 9. 16-Mike Visser, 10. 7j-Kiley Fellars, 11. 5-Dan Bauman, 12. 98-Matt Lundy, 13. 26-John Brinkley, 14. 71-Scott Oliver.
Oct 24 2012
SPENCER TRACING DOWN USAC HISTORY
AS CRA SPRINTS JOIN NATIONALS AT CANYON
by DICK JORDAN
Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. is on the verge of USAC immortality. Only 14
drivers, of the 301 prior to 2012 who have won USAC driving titles, own five or
more. Mike is in the stretch run of a fifth straight championship in a single
series this weekend as he pursues the 2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car crown.
Nobody previoius has ever strung together five straight in a single USAC series
– EVER. He holds a 323-point lead over Nic Faas in the current standings. With
less than 300 points remaining in the final four races, Spencer will become the
first driver to achieve the amazing five-peat!
Mike will become the ninth driver to achieve at least five titles in a single
series. A.J. Foyt won seven in Indy cars and Mel Kenyon won seven in National
Midgets. Rich Vogler won five in National Midgets, Levi Jones five in National
Sprints, Butch Hartman five in Stock Cars, Tony Hunt five in Western Sprints,
Sleepy Tripp five in Western Midgets and Michael Lang five in Speedrome Midgets.
Spencer is among top AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car drivers who will compete in
this weekend’s Arizona Motorsports “Hall of Fame” events at Canyon Speedway Park
at Peoria, Ariz. The events, slated Friday and Saturday night, also award AMSOIL
USAC National Sprint Car points.
The AMSOIL USAC National and USAC/CRA series conclude November 2-3 in the
Budwesier “Oval Nationals” at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Spencer trails Damion Gardner by two wins n the all-time standings for USAC/CRA
Sprints at Perris. He ranks third behind Gardner and Cory Kruseman on the
all-time USAC/CRA list.
Faas’ hold on second in the USAC/CRA standings is tenuous at best. He is just
19 ahead of Brody Roa entering this weekend’s races at Peoria.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Mike Spencer-1,232, 2-Nic Faas-900, 3-Brody Roa-881, 4-Ryan Bernal-816, 5-Rip
Williams-792, 6-Austin Williams-757, 7-Cory Kruseman-692, 8-Cody Williams-606,
9-David Cardey-465, 10-Matt Mitchell-461.
Oct 16 2012
WEST COAST USAC TITLE TO KAEDING; BERNAL WINS “COTTON CLASSIC”
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. is now a five-time USAC driving champion. He
emerged with the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car crown despite being absent from
the series finale Saturday at Hanford, Calif.
The title followed Kaeding’s three Silver Crown titles and his Western Sprint
title as he finished with a 51-point margin over runner-up Ryan Bernal.
Bernal, of Hollister, Calif., won Saturday’s “Cotton Classic” finale at Kings
Speedway, passing Richard Vander Weerd on lap 21 and leading the last 10 laps.
Vander Weerd took second in the 30-lapper ahead of Andy Forsberg, Don Gansen and
Austin Liggett.
FINAL 2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-615, 2-Ryan Bernal-564, 3-Markus Niemela-484, 4-Danny Faria
Jr.-483, 5-Richard Vander Weerd-454, 6-Ricky Kirkbride-401, 7-Danny
Sheridan-398, 8-Matt Mitchell-391, 9-Rusty Carlile-389, 10-Justyne Hamblin-356.
USAC SPRINTS HEAD FOR ARIZONA FOR OCT. 26-27 CANYON RACES;
STOCKON TAKES “HURTUBISE;” RAIN TAKES I-96
by DICK JORDAN
Dave Darland’s AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car lead stands at 23 points as the
series heads west for its final four races.
Darland finished fifth in Friday’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic” at the Terre Haute
(Ind.) Action Track and leads Bryan Clauson and Jon Stanbrough in the latest
tally going into the October 26-27 Parker Stores Hall of Fame events at Canyon
Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.
Chase Stockon of Sullivan, Ind. captured the Terre Haute and rains forced
cancellation of Sunday’s series race at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich.
Stockton led all 30 laps for his second consecutive series feature, followed by
Robert Ballou, Jerry Coons Jr., Tracy Hines and Darland. Stockon piloted the
Terre Haute First Financial Bank/Superior Tank & Trailer DRC/Fisher.
The Peoria race will precede the November 2-3 Budweiser “Oval Nationals”
finales at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Dave Darland-1,876, 2-Bryan Clauson-1,853, 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,819, 4-Tracy
Hines-1,684, 5-Damion Gardner-1,626, 6-Levi Jones-1,615, 7-Chase Stockon-1,593,
8-Robert Ballou-1,544, 9-Henter Schuerenberg-1,530, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1,451
Oct 14 2012USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 13, 2012
– Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – “Cotton Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.528; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10,
Vander Weerd-15.810; 3. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-15.939; 4. Shane Golobic,
29, Bowman-16.064; 5. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.155; 6. Don Gansen, 7G,
Gansen-16.195; 7. Peter Murphy, 11, Iturriria-16.196; 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 88,
Vander Weerd-16.212; 9. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.264; 10. Tyler Dolacki,
18X, Dolacki-16.337; 11. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.384; 12. Chris Ennis,
87, Ennis-16.410; 13. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-16.479; 14. Dennis Howell, 62,
Howell-16.554; 15. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.582; 16. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.603;
17. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.642; 18. Shawn Kautz, 27, Kautz-16.949; 19.
Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.965; 20. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-16.968; 21. Kevin
Barnes, 36B, Barnes-17.273; 22. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-17.353; 23. Terry
Nichols, 33, Nichols-17.638; 24. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.600.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Day, 3. Dolacki, 4. Murphy, 5. Golobic, 6.
Denome, 7. C.Gansen, 8. Araki. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Faria, 4. J.Vander
Weerd, 5. Liggett, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Sibley, 8. Nichols. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Carlile, 3. Kautz, 4. Forsberg, 5.
D.Gansen, 6. Barnes, 7. Knight, 8. Ennis. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Kirkbride, 2. Ennis, 3. Denome, 4. Barnes, 5. Araki, 6.
C.Gansen, 7. Sibley, 8. Nichols, 9. Knight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Andy Forsberg,
4. Don Gansen, 5. Austin Liggett, 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 7. Peter Murphy, 8.
Ricky Kirkbride, 9. Dennis Howell, 10. Chris Ennis, 11. Rusty Carlile, 12.
Justyne Hamblin, 13. Chris Gansen, 14. Kevin Barnes, 15. Jesse Denome, 16. Jeff
Sibley, 17. Matt Day, 18. Shawn Kautz, 19. Kolby Araki, 20. Danny Faria Jr., 21.
Shane Golobic, 22. Tyler Dolacki. NT
**Dolacki and Golobic flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Liggett, Laps 2-20 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 21-30 Bernal.
FINAL USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1- Bud Kaeding-615, 2-Ryan Bernal-564,
3-Markus Niemela-484, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-483, 5-Richard Vander Weerd-454, 6-Ricky
Kirkbride-401, 7-Danny Sheridan-398, 8-Matt Mitchell-391, 9-Rusty Carlile-389,
10-Justyne Hamblin-356.
Oct 14 2012
SUNDAY'S I-96 USAC SPRINTS CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Lake Odessa, MI........Sunday's AMSOIL USAC Sprint Car race at I-96 Speedway in
Lake Odessa, Mich. has been cancelled due to adverse weather and expected heavy
rains. The 2012 AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series now moves to the October 26-27
Parker Stores "Hall of Fame" event at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. USAC
and I-96 officials are already planned for the 2013 racing season and
information on a date next year will be released when firm.
Oct 12 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 12, 2012
Terre Haute Action Track – “Jim Hurtubise Classic”
QUALIFYING: 1. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 3, Fitzpatrick-19.280; 2. Damion Gardner,
71, DG-19.402; 3. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-19.535; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7,
Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-19.697; 5. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.727; 6. Chase
Stockon, 32, Stockon-19.746; 7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-19.828; 8. Jerry
Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-19.886; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-19.887; 10. Kevin
Thomas, Jr., 69, Dynamics-19.924; 11. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-19.978; 12. Blake
Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-19.980; 13. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-20.062;
14. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-20.068; 15. Chris Windom, 20,
Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-20.109; 16. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-20.158; 17. Brandon
Mattox, 28, Mattox-20.238; 18. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-20.260; 19. Kody Swanson, 19,
Slinkard-20.399; 20. Tanner Swanson, 23, Walker-21.078; 21. Bobby East, 5E,
East-22.090; 22. Daren Krockenberger, 42K, Krockenberger-NT (time of 21.511
disallowed).
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Clauson, 3. Gulick, 4. Thomas, 5.
Leary, 6. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 7. K.Swanson, 8. Krockenberger. 2:39.40
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Coons, 5. Gardner, 6.
Mattox, 7. T.Swanson. 2:43.63
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Kaeding, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Blake
Fitzpatrick, 5. Gross, 6. Windom, 7. East. 2:42.94
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Jerry Coons, Jr., 4.
Tracy Hines, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Chris
Windom, 9. Bobby East, 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Damion
Gardner, 13. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 14. Tanner Swanson, 15. Coleman Gulick, 16.
C.J. Leary, 17. Daren Krockenberger, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Kurt Gross, 20.
Kody Swanson, 21. Blake Fitzpatrick, 22. Brandon Mattox. NT
**Mattox flipped on lap 5 of the Feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Stockon.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Darland-1,876, 2-Clauson-1,853,
3-Stanbrough-1,819, 4-Hines-1,684, 5-Gardner-1,626, 6-Levi Jones-1,615,
7-Stockon-1,593, 8-Ballou-1,544, 9-Schuerenberg-1,530, 10-Thomas-1,451.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 14– Lake Odessa, MI – I-96 Speedway
Oct 9 2012
USAC Sprint Car roundup
“JIM HURTUBISE CLASSIC” FRIDAY AT TERRE HAUTE;
SPRINTS CLOSE MIDWEST CAMPAIGN AT LAKE ODESSA SUNDAY
by DICK JORDAN
Only 26 points separate the top three drivers in the AMSOIL USAC National
Sprint Car standings going into this weekend’s final Midwest outings before the
series ventures West for four races to settle the championship.
Friday night’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic” begins two nights of USAC racing at the
Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, with the “Sumar Classic 100” USAC TRAXXAS
Silver Crown finale on Saturday. Sunday’s race at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa,
Mich. signaled the final Midwestern appearance for the AMSOIL Sprint cars.
Dave Darland sits atop the standings, 24 ahead of Bryan Clauson and 26 ahead of
Jon Stanbrough entering Friday’s Terre Haute race. The title combatants fared
eighth (Darland), 13th (Stanbrough) and 21st (Clauson) in last year’s
“Hurtubise,” won by Chris Windom,
In two Terre Haute appearances this year, Darland has failed to score a
“top-10,” while Clauson has a ninth and Stanbrough has two seconds.
Darland won USAC’s only 2012 Michigan Sprint appearance, at Hartford, but it’s
been 16 years since the last I-96 USAC Sprint race, won by Mark Cassella.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Dave Darland-1,822; 2-Bryan Clauson-1,798; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,796; 4-Tracy
Hines-1,624; 5-Levi Jones-1,615; 6-Damion Gardner-1,588; 7-Chase Stockon-1,524;
8-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,480; 9-Robert Ballou-1,479; 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1,413.
CRA JOINS NATIONAL SPRINTS AT CANYON OCTOBER 26-27
FAAS TAKES SO-CAL FAIR 30-LAPPER
by DICK JORDAN
The Parker Stores “Hall of Fame” race is next on the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car
schedule, slated October 26-27 at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. The
event also offers AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series points and will attract
drivers and cars from both series.
Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif. vaulted back to second in the AMSOIL
USAC/CRA Sprint points Saturday, winning the 30-lap Southern California Fair
race at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Faas wheeled the Scott Sales Company/VP Fuels/LaVilla Restaurant special to the
lead on lap eight and led the final 23 laps, despite three red-flag incidents in
the closing laps for flips. Rip Williams led the first seven laps of the race.
Faas was trailed by Mike Spencer at the checkered flag, with Cody Williams
third, David Bezio fourth and Austin Williams fifth.
The point race is somewhat academic with Spencer 323 points ahead of Faas, but
Faas’ victory enabled him to move into a 19-point edge over Brody Roa.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-1,232, 2-Nic Faas-900, 3-Brody Roa-881, 4-Ryan Bernal-816, 5-Rip
Williams-792, 6-Austin Williams-757, 7-Cory Kruseman-692, 8-Cody Williams-606,
9-David Cardey-465, 10-Matt Mitchell-461.
“COTTON CLASSIC” WEST COAST USAC FINALE SATURDAY AT KINGS
by DICK JORDAN
This Saturday’s “Cotton Classic” concludes the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car
Series as Bud Kaeding puts the finishing touches on the championship at Kings
Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
Kaeding, of Campbell, Calif., will land his fifth overall USAC title, holding a
125-point margin over Ryan Bernal entering the finale. Markus Niemela, however,
trails Bernal by only six points in the latest tally.
Kaeding has a pair of feature wins already this year at Kings, while Bernal has
a win and a second. Niemela has a third and fourth.
Kaeding’s previous USAC championships came in the 1989 Western Sprint Car
Series and the 2006, 2007 and 2009 TRAXXAS Silver Crown Series.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-615, 2-Ryan Bernal-490, 3-Markus Niemela-484, 4-Danny Faria
Jr.-464, 5-Danny Sheridan-398, 6-Matt Mitchell-391, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-391,
8-Ricky Kirkbride-362, 9-Rusty Carlile-351, 10-Justyne Hamblin-319
Oct 7 2012
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 6, 2012
– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.411; 2. Danny Sheridan, 73x,
Ford-16.649; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.723; 4. Ryan Bernal,
73, Ford-16.804; 5. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.844; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 66,
Miller-16.855; 7. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.889; 8. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-16.980; 9. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-17.016; 10. David Bezio, 37X,
Bezio-17.176; 11. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.187; 12. Charles Davis Jr.,
4G, Cook-17.233; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.242; 14. Cody Williams, 44,
Jory-17.268; 15. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.344; 16. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.347;
17. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.368; 18. J.J. Ercse, 36,
Springstead-17.042; 19. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-17.436; 20. A.J. Bender, 12B,
Bender-17.624; 21. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-17.815; 22. Greg Alexander, 72,
Tyler-17.896; 23. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-18.035; 24. Marty Hawkins, 3m,
Hawkins-18.081; 25. John Aden, 7a, Aden-18.221; 26. Matt Stewart, 27,
McWilliams-18.605; 2
7.
Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.635; 28. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.936; 29.
Bobby Bender, 21, Bender-19.140; 30. Kyle LeDuc, 23, Bellegante-19.246; 31. Mike
Collins, 04, Perkins-19.599; 32. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Aden, 2. Kruseman, 3. Spencer, 4. Cardey, 5. J.Vander
Weerd, 6. A.Williams, 7. Case. 2;57.73
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. C.Williams, 3. Gaunt, 4. Sheridan, 5.
Ercse, 6. Bezio, 7. Stewart, 8. LeDuc. 2:56.86
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Pelkey, 4. Johnson, 5.
Smith, 6. Everhart, 7. Bluntach. 2:55.95
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Davis, 3. R.Williams, 4. Roa, 5. Hawkins,
6. A.J. Bender, 7. Welton. 2:56.45
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bezio, 2. A.Williams, 3. Bluntach, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5.
Ercse, 6. Hawkins, 7. A.J. Bender, 8. Smith, 9. Everhart, 10. Stewart, 11.
Welton, 12. LeDuc, 13. B.Bender, 14. Case. 3:29.90
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Nic Faas, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Cody Williams, 4. David
Bezio, 5. Austin Williams, 6. J.J. Ercse, 7. David Cardey, 8. Brody Roa, 9. Josh
Pelkey, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Rip Williams, 12. Ryan Bernal, 13. Cory Kruseman,
14. John Aden, 15. Danny Sheridan, 16. Charles Davis, Jr., 17. Richard Vander
Weerd, 18. Johnny Bluntach, 19. Rickie Gaunt, 20. Marty Hawkins, 21. Jace Vander
Weerd, 22. Greg Alexander. NT
**Sheridan flipped on lap 27 of the feature. Kruseman flipped on lap 28 of the
feature. Bernal flipped on lap 28 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 R.Williams, Laps 8-30 Faas.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,232, 2-Faas-900, 3-Roa-881,
4-Bernal-816, 5-R.Williams-792, 6-A.Williams-757, 6-Kruseman-692,
8-C.Williams-606, 9-Cardey-465, 10-Matt Mitchell-461.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 26-27 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway
Park
Oct 2 2012
“COTTON CLASSIC” OCTOBER 13 AT KINGS SPEEDWAY;
VANDER WEERD ANNEXES “JOHN JEWETT MEMORIAL BILLETT CUP”
by DICK JORDAN
The “Cotton Classic” is last on the USAC West Coast Sprint Car calendar,
closing out the campaign at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. October 6.
Bud Kaeding continues to pace the point standings since no points were issued
for last Saturday night’s “John Jewett Memorial Billet Cup” race at the Santa
Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. won the Santa Maria feature, passing
Mike Spencer on lap 35 and leading the final six laps. Spencer finished second
ahead of Ryan Bernal, Kaeding and Danny Faria Jr. Chris Ennis led the first 18
laps and Spencer the next 16 before Vander Weerd led the rest.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-615, 2-Ryan Bernal-490, 3-Markus Niemela-484, 4-Danny Faria
Jr.-464, 5-Danny Sheridan-398, 6-Matt Mitchell-391, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-391,
8-Ricky Kirkbride-362, 9-Rusty Carlile-351, 10-Justyne Hamblin-319.
USAC/CRA SO-CAL FAIR RACES SATURDAY AT PERRIS
by DICK JORDAN
It’s a good bet Mike Spencer will be up front in the closing laps of this
Saturday’s AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. In 17
series races this year he’s never finished worse than fourth!
That’s an astonishing accomplishment for a driver who has a history of
accomplishments. He is on track to knock down his fifth consecutive series
championship, another unprecedented accomplishment, and he is challenging the
all-time victory record for USAC/CRA wins at the PAS. His eight wins already
this year have included six at Perris, making him 23 career wins, just two short
of Damion Gardner.
Spencer’s spacious point lead over Brody Roa stands at 326, which is
challenging his 2010 record margin of 335 points. Nic Faas trails Roa by only
five points in the latest tally.
Spencer is all alone in the victory column this year. Ryan Bernal has a pair of
wins, but the other seven winners have just one each. They include Kyle Hirst,
Cory Kruseman, Danny Sheridan, Austin Williams, Roa, Dannny Faria Jr. and Faas.
Saturday’s Southern California Fair activities find the USAC/CRA Sprints
starting at 1:30 pm with qualifying and heat races. The evening races begin at 7
pm.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-1,163, 2-Brody Roa-837, 3-Nic Faas-832, 4-Ryan Bernal-776, 5-Rip
Williams-755, 6-Austin Williams-706, 7-Cory Kruseman-658, 8-Cody Williams-545,
9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
TERRE HAUTE, LAKE ODESSA SPRINTS NEXT - OCTOBER 12 & 14;
STOCKON LANDS 1ST WIN IN $10,000 LAWRENCEBURG “FALL NATIONALS”
by DICK JORDAN
USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car campaign concludes its Midwestern activity
October 12 and 14 with races at Terre Haute, Ind. and Lake Odessa, Mich.
respectively. The “Jim Hurtubise Classic” is at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action
Track and I-96 Speedway hists the October 14 event. Drivers Bryan Clauson and
Jon Stanbrough now trail point leader Dave Darland by just 24 and 26 points
respectively after last Saturday night’s race at Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Chase Stockon of Sullivan, Ind. posted a $10,000 victory in Saturday’s City of
Lawrenceburg “Fall Nationals,” leading all 30 laps of the main event to post his
initial series victory. Stockon piloted the First Financial Bank/Superior Tank &
Trailer DRC/Fisher to the win.
Chris Windom was second ahead of Damion Gardner, Clauson and Hunter
Schuerenberg.
Stanbrough was 11th and Darland 19th in the 23-car field, serving to tighten up
the point chase going into the Terre Haute race.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Dave Darland-1,822; 2-Bryan Clauson-1,798; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,796; 4-Tracy
Hines-1,624; 5-Levi Jones-1,615; 6-Damion Gardner-1,588; 7-Chase Stockon-1,524;
8-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,480; 9-Robert Ballou-1,479; 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1,413.
Sept 30 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 29, 2012 – Lawrenceburg,
Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway
– “City of Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals” – (Co-sanctioned by MSCS)
QUALIFYING: 1. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.685; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7,
Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.751; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.846; 4. Chris
Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.855; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 17,
McGhee-13.936; 6. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-13.984; 7. Chase Stockon, 32,
Stockon-13.994; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.020; 9. Bobby East, 5E, East-14.038;
10. Andrew Elson, 27A, Elson-14.045; 11. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-14.064; 12.
Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-14.071; 13. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.077; 14.
Jerry Coons, Jr., 21, Pollock-14.086; 15. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-14.096; 16.
Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-14.158; 17. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.204; 18.
Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-14.205; 19. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.223; 20. Kevin
Thomas, Jr., 69OT, Dynamics-14.248; 21. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.290; 22.
Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.310; 23. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-14.417; 24.
Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-14.476; 25. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.520
;
26. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-14.526; 27. Chad Boespflug, 69, Dynamics-14.548; 28.
Drew Abel, 04, Abel-14.553; 29. Shawn Westerfeld, 89, Westerfeld-14.591; 30.
Brady Short, 36, Pottorff-14.745; 31. David Applegate, 11x, Applegate-14.916;
32. Dwayne Spille, 71s, Spille-15.072; 33. Dickie Gaines, 8G, Wood-15.191; 34.
Brian Karraker, 23, Karraker/Byram-15.307; 35. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-15.387; 36.
Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.605; 37. Chet Williams, 38, Williams-15.833; 38. John
Race, 42, Race-16.002; 39. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Darland, 4. Gulick, 5.
Meseraull, 6. East, 7. Westerfeld, 8. Jarrett, 9. Gaines, 10. Williams. 1:57.19
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jackson, 2. Hendrick, 3. Coons, 4. Clauson, 5. Elson,
6. Courtney, 7. Short, 8. Kane, 9. Karraker, 10. Race. 1:57.59
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. McIntyre, 3. Gardner, 4. Stockon, 5. Cottle,
6. Weir, 7. Boespflug, 8. Cruea, 9. Applegate. 1:56.35
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Thomas, 3. Windom, 4. Hupp, 5. Hines,
6. Abel, 7. Spille, 8. Hery, 9. Clayton. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Meseraull, 3. Hines, 4. Cottle, 5. East, 6.
Weir, 7. Westerfeld, 8. Courtney, 9. Kane, 10. Karraker, 11. Gaines, 12. Hery,
13. Williams, 14. Race, 15. Elson, 16. Spille, 17. Boespflug, 18. Jarrett, 19.
Abel, 20. Short, 21. Cruea. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Damion Gardner, 4.
Bryan Clauson, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Thomas Meseraull, 7. Shane Cottle, 8.
Tracy Hines, 9. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 11. Jon Stanbrough, 12.
Bobby East, 13. Logan Hupp, 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Scotty Weir,
17. Brady Short, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Dave Darland, 20. Jonathan Hendrick, 21.
Dakota Jackson, 22. Daron Clayton, 23. Coleman Gulick.
**Applegate flipped during the third heat. Jarrett flipped during the semi.
Boespflug flipped during the semi. Elson flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Stockon.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Darland-1,822; 2-Clauson-1,798;
3-Stanbrough-1,796; 4-Hines-1,624; 5-Levi Jones-1,615; 6-Gardner-1,588;
7-Stockon-1,524; 8-Schuerenberg-1,480; 9-Ballou-1,479; 10-Thomas-1,413.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 12 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track –
“Jim Hurtubise Classic
Sept 27 2012
7 RACES REMAIN FOR USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CARS
by DICK JORDAN
Seven races remain on the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car calendar and
they should be memorable, given the tight point race which exists in the
standings to determine this year’s champions.
Only 64 points separate the “top-three” in the driver standings and 119
separate the “top-three” in the car entrant points. The remaining races,
beginning with this Saturday’s full points “City of Lawrenceburg Fall Classic”
event at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway, offer more than 500 total points.
Races remaining include Lawrenceburg, an October 12 race at Terre Haute, Ind.,
an October 14 race at Lake Odessa, Mich., plus two-race events at Peoria, Ariz.
October 26-27 and Perris, Calif. November 2-3.
Despite efforts to reschedule events rained out at Pontoon Beach, Ill. and
Little Rock, Ark., track and USAC officials were unable to find suitable dates
for 2012 but are actively pursuing options for events at those facilities in
2013. In addition, the October 19-20 races at Dodge City (Kans.) Raceway Park
have also been removed from the calendar.
Dave Darland currently leads the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car points,
44 ahead of Jon Stanbrough and 64 ahead of Bryan Clauson. On the car entrant
side of the ledger, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian is the leader, 80 ahead of Tony
Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing and 119 ahead of Jeff Walker Racing.
--USAC--
Sept 25 2012
$10,000 “FALL NATIONALS” RACE SATURDAY AT LAWRENCEBURG;
HINES WIRE-TO-WIRE IN “4-CROWN” SPRINT
by DICK JORDAN
This Saturday night’s “Fall Nationals/Pretty In Pink” Sprint race,
co-sanctioned by USAC and MSCS, offers $10,000-to-win as well as USAC AMSOIL
National “appearance” points to all USAC competitors.
The Lawrenceburg race supports breast cancer awareness and stars from both
racing series will compete on the 3/8-mile action-packed dirt oval.
Dave Darland, Jon Stanbrough and Bryan Clauson enter the event as the USAC
AMSOIL point leaders, separated by 64 points. Darland’s runner-up finish in last
Saturday’s 30-lap “4-Crown Nationals” feature at Rossburg, Ohio expanded his
lead over Stanbrough, who finished 13th at the Eldora Speedway. Clauson was
fifth in the 30-lapper.
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. scored his 43rd career USAC National Sprint win
at Rossburg, passing Pancho Carter for fourth in the all-time USAC list. He led
all 30 laps in his MP Environmental Services DRC/Stanton to beat Darland, Chris
Windom, Chase Stockon and Clauson.
Saturday’s race was halted on the seventh lap by a spectacular accident which
involved Kyle Larson, who had just won the 25-lap “4-Crown” Midget race. He
flipped and suffered a bruised knee and sore neck in the ensuing melee. He was
unable to compete in the ensuing USAC Silver Crown feature for which he had won
the pole starting position.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Dave Darland-1,801, 2-Jon Stanbrough-1,757, 3-Bryan Clauson-1,737, 4-Levi
Jones-1,615, 5-Tracy Hines-1,583, 6-Damion Gardner-1,523, 7-Chase Stockon-1,459,
8-Robert Ballou-1,448, 9-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,425, 10-Kevin Thomas-1,370.
Sept 24 2012
PEORIA USAC WEST COAST SPRINT SPECIAL EVENT RESULTS
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012 – Peoria,
Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Brawl for it All” – No Points – (co-sanctioned
by ASCS Canyon Region)
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josh Shipley (#2 Bishop), 2. Bryan Swinehart (#68
Beal), 3. Justin Quinn (#93 Quinn). 4. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 5. Ryan
Bernal (#73 Ford), 6. Michael Curtis (#6JT Turner/Wheeler), 7. Bob Ream Jr. (#8
BRAT), 8. Jacob Hawkins (#74BR Williams). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman (#18 Kittle), 2. Charles Davis Jr.,
(#50 Massey), 3. Bugs Norbury (#80 Norbury), 4. Jody Wirth (#5X Wirth), 5. Rick
Ziehl (#41W Williams), 6. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 7. Mike Spencer (#7M
Priestley), 8. Kyle Danielson (#17K Danielson). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 2. Colby Copeland (#74
Williams), 3. Mike Rux Jr., (#22 Rux), 4. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 5. Mike
Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 6. Rickie Gaunt (#44 Reagles), 7. Brody Roa (#91 BR), 8.
Michael Dayley (#3D Dayley). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 2. Chris Bonneau (#78
Bonneau), 3. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 4. Dalten Gabbard (#77 Gabbard), 5.
Danny Sheridan (#73X Ford), 6. Shon Deskins (#20 SDR), 7. Tom Lee (#53 Lee). NT
FIRST QUALIFYING HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Curtis, 2. Hosford, 3. Wirth, 4. Spencer, 5.
Copeland, 6. Swinehart, 7. Rux. NT
SECOND QUALIFYING HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ziehl, 2. Martin, 3. Gaunt, 4. St. James,
5. C.Bonneau, 6. Roa, 7. Shipley, 8. Hawkins. NT
THIRD QUALIFYING HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Deskins, 2. Bernal, 3. Davis, 4. Gabbard, 5.
Reinbold, 6. Quinn, 7. Dayley, 8. Lee. NT
FOURTH QUALIFYING HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Pelkey, 3. Johnson, 4.
Sherman, 5. Norbury, 6. Danielson, 7. M.Bonneau. NT
FIRST SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. M.Bonneau, 3. Roa, 4. Gaunt, 5. Copeland,
6. Wirth, 7. Hawkins, 8. Norbury, 9. Quinn. NT
SECOND SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. C.Bonneau, 3. Shipley, 4. Pelkey, 5.
Gabbard, 6. Rux, 7. Dayley, 8. Danielson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr., 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4.
Rick Ziehl, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Shon Deskins, 7. Colby Copeland, 8. Josh
Pelkey, 9. Dalten Gabbard, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Jeremy Sherman, 12. Bruce St.
James, 13. Mike Martin, 14. Josh Pelkey, 15. Brian Hosford, 16. Rickie Gaunt,
17. Chris Bonneau, 18. Mike Bonneau, 19. Bryan Swinehart, 20. Andy Reinbold, 21.
Michael Curtis, 22. Mike Spencer. NT
**Quinn flipped during the first semi. Swinehart flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Hosford, Laps 3-14 Davis, Laps 15-20 Bernal, Laps
21-25 Davis, Laps 26-27 Bernal, Laps 28-30 Davis.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: September 29 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway –
“Special Event” – No Points
Sept 23 201AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012 –
Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 5E, East-14.908;
2. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-15.039;
3. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.164;
4. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-15.167; 5. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.306;
6. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.363; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.371;
8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.388;9. Brady Bacon, 99, BBR-15.416;
10. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-15.500; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.561;
12. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-15.576; 13. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-15.591;
14. Mike Brecht, 9x, SC-15.642; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-15.673;
16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.705; 17. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.736;
18. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, R & M-15.737; 19. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-15.746;
20. Jerry Coons, 21, Pollock-15.780; 21. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.880;
22. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-15.915; 23. Steve Irwin, 1, Flying Zero-16.015;
24. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-16.093; 25. Dallas Hewitt, 2m, Marshall-16.154;
26. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.172; 27. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-16.293;
28. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.535; 29. Chad Boesfplug, 98, Boespflug-16.537;
30. Landon Simon, 41, SST-16.748; 31. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-16.938;
32. Dickie Gaines, 8G, Wood-17.282;33. Derek Hastings, 32m, Marshall-17.287;
34. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-17.293; 35. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-17.422;
36. Lewie Christian, 8, Christian-17.433; 37. Thomas Meseraull, 18, Keen-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gulick, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Bacon, 4. Leary, 5. Darland,
6. East, 7. Boespflug, 8. Hewitt, 9. Hastings. 2:08.89
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Gardner, 3. Kyle Larson (#69), 4. Hopkins,
5. Brecht, 6. Kane, 7. Gordon, 8. Simon, 9. Miller. 2:06.52
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Clauson, 3. Kaeding, 4. Westfall, 5.
Ballou, 6. McIntyre, 7. Irwin, 8. Mattox, 9. Cruea. 2:09.33
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Weir, 3. Coons, 4. Wissmiller, 5. Thomas, 6.
Jarrett, 7. Gaines, 8. Christian, 9. Schuerenberg. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Brecht, 4. McIntyre, 5. Thomas, 6.
Irwin, 7. Hewitt, 8. Kane, 9. Gordon, 10. Jarrett, 11. Mattox, 12. Gaines, 13.
Cruea, 14. Christian, 15. Hastings, 16. East, 17. Boespflug, 18. Simon. 3:19.41
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Chase
Stockon, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Brady Bacon, 9.
Wes McIntyre, 10. Scotty Weir, 11. Matt Westfall, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Jon
Stanbrough, 14. Dallas Hewitt, 15. Steve Irwin, 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Coleman
Gulick, 18. Damion Gardner, 19. A.J. Hopkins, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Todd
Kane, 22. Kyle Larson (#69), 23. Mitch Wissmiller, 24. Mike Brecht. NT
**Miller flipped during the second heat. Larson and Brecht flipped on lap 6 of
the feature. Hopkins flipped on lap 24.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hines.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1,801, 2-Stanbrough-1,757,
3-Clauson-1,737, 4-Levi Jones-1,615, 5-Hines-1,583, 6-Gardner-1,523,
7-Stockon-1,459, 8-Ballou-1,448, 9-Schuerenberg-1,425, 10-Thomas-1,370.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 29 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway
Sept 19 2012
ELDORA WAITING FOR USAC WINNER #100
by DICK JORDAN
USAC has presented 271 feature events at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio
since 1962 and a total of 99 different drivers have graced victory lane in
various forms of competition. A brand-new winner in Saturday’s “4-Crown
Nationals” will become the 100th different USAC winner at Tony Stewart’s
half-mile.
Checking the “top-10” in USAC’s three National racing series standings produces
a list of 14 eligibles, including Damion Gardner, Hunter Schuerenberg, Chase
Stockon, Kevin Thomas Jr., Darren Hagen, Caleb Armstrong, Mario Clouser, Brad
Kuhn, Chris Windom, Rico Abreu, Kody Swanson, Tanner Swanson, Bobby Santos and
A.J. Fike. Nine of those already have a USAC National feature win this year!
Jack Hewitt, USACs’ all-time leader in Eldora feature wins at 24, “swept” all
four legs of the 1998 “4-Crown” but was unable to score a “4-Crown” victory the
following year. It remains to be seen if Kyle Larson, who “swept” all three USAC
legs of last year’s “4-Crown,” will have better success as the defending
champion.
The 30 previous runnings of the event, which was rained out in 1984 and
replaced by the Mopar Million in 2003, produced 11 “multiple” USAC winners.
Steve Kinser won Sprint and Silver Crown feature in the inaugural year, 1981,
while Larry Rice won Sprint and Silver Crown feature in 1985. Other multiple
winners were Rich Vogler (1986 Midget and Sprint), Hewitt (1991 Sprint and
Silver Crown), Tony Stewart (1995 Midget and Sprint), Hewitt (1998 all three),
Dave Darland (1999 Midget and Sprint), J.J. Yeley (2001 Midget and Silver
Crown), Darland again (2004 Midget and Silver Crown), Tracy Hines (2006 Midget
and Sprint) and Kyle Larson (2011 all three).
USAC track record holders at Eldora Speedway include Josh Wise (1-lap Silver
Crown at 15.334 seconds), Jerry Coons Jr. (1-lap Sprint at 14.712) and Mike Hess
(1-lap Midget at 15.801). Feature records are held by Matt Neely (50-lap Silver
Crown at 14:59.56), Kevin Huntley (30-lap Sprint at 8:34.71) and Kasey Kahne
(25-lap Midget at 7:05.68).
“Hard Chargers” and “Fast Qualifiers” for each of the three USAC “4-Crown
Nationals” events will earn bonus prize money Saturday. Eldora Speedway again
offers the $750 Larry Rice hard charger awards, while Buck & Betty Rice of
Pro-Source Consultants in Grand Saline, Tex. have posted the $200 fast qualifier
awards.
--USAC—
Sept 18 2012
WEST COAST USAC “SPECIAL EVENT” SATURDAY AT CANYON
BY DICK JORDAN
USAC’s West Coast Sprint Car Series partners with ASCS for a pair of special
“non-points events the next two weekends, beginning with this Saturday’s “Brawl
For It All” at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. The two-race series
concludes September 29 with the “John Jewett Memorial Billet Cup” at the Santa
Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Bud Kaeding continues to lead USAC’s West Coast Sprint Series standings, with
the final points race slated October 13 at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
Kaeding’s 10 starts so far this year have produced three wins and three
seconds. Points runner-up Ryan Bernal has three wins, a second and two thirds in
just eight starts. Third-ranking Markus Niemela has a third and three fourths in
his 10 starts.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-615, 2-Ryan Bernal-490, 3-Markus Niemela-484, 4-Danny Faria
Jr.-464, 5-Danny Sheridan-398, 6-Matt Mitchell-391, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-391,
8-Ricky Kirkbride-362, 9-Rusty Carlile-351, 10-Justyne Hamblin-319.
HAGEN EYES “4-CROWN” STEP TOWARD NATIONAL TITLE
by DICK JORDAN
Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. appears headed for his first USAC National
driving championship and hopes to take the next step toward that crown this
Saturday in the annual “4-Crown Nationals” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,
Ohio.
Hagen has a comfortable 186-point lead over Tracy Hines going into Saturday’s
race, one he’s never won, but one Hines won in 1996 and 2006. Hagen has four
wins, a second and two thirds in 18 starts so far this year and has finished out
of the “top-10” only twice. He has already clinched this year’s USAC National
midget pavement title.
Kyle Larson won last year’s “4-Crown” Midget feature to start a remarkable
“sweep” of the USAC events, but it’s been 26 years since a driver scored
back-to-back “4-Crown” Midget wins. Rich Vogler was the last to do it, in 1985
and 1986.
Hines was the last to record back-to-back USAC National Midget wins, scoring at
Dodge City, Kans. and Indianapolis, Ind. in May.
CRA “OFF” UNTIL OCTOBER 6 AT THE PAS;
SPENCER TAKES “GLENN HOWARD MEMORIAL”
BY DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars take the next two weeks off, awaiting an
October 6 date at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Mike Spencer’s point lead in the series expanded after his sixth PAS victory of
the season Saturday night. The Temecula, Calif. driver led the final 25 laps of
the “Glenn Howard Classic” to beat Richard Vander Weerd, Rip Williams, Nic Faas
and David Cardey. Williams led the first five laps of the race.
Spencer is closing in on all-time Perris USAC/CRA feature winner Damion Gardner
after scoring his 23rd career PAS triumph. Gardner has 25 to lead the all-time
list.
Gardner holds the single-season Perris USAC/CRA victory record, winning nine
features in 2005.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-1,163, 2-Brody Roa-837, 3-Nic Faas-832, 4-Ryan Bernal-776, 5-Rip
Williams-755, 6-Austin Williams-706, 7-Cory Kruseman-658, 8-Cody Williams-545,
9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
Sept 16 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2012 – Haubstadt,
Indiana – Tri-State Speedway –(Co-Sanctioned by Midwest Sprint Car Series)
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Chris Windom (#20 Stewart/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Brandon
Mattox (#28 Mattox), 3. Jerry Coons, Jr. (#71P Phillips), 4. Damion Gardner (#71
DG), 5. Brady Short (#36 Pottorff), 6. Jeff Bland, Jr. (#38 Bland), 7. Donny
Brackett (#4B Brackett), 8. Brian Karraker (#23 Byram/Karraker). 2:16.32
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kyle Larson (#53 Fox), 2. Dave Darland (#11 Walker),
3. Robert Ballou (#81 MPHG), 4. Bobby East (#5E East), 5. Chase Stockon (#32
Stockon), 6. Kurt Gross (#1x Gross), 7. Kent Schmidt (#5K Schmidt), 8. Chet
Williams (#38w Williams). 2:16.56
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas Meseraull (#69 Dynamics), 2. Shane Cottle (#2
Epperson), 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (#9K BlackJack), 4. Tracy Hines (#4 Hines), 5.
Seth Parker (#38P Parker), 6. Dakota Jackson (#3 Jackson), 7. Jared Fox (#56
Fox), 8. Daron Clayton (#92 Clayton). 2:14.23
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (#35 Byram), 2. Bryan Clauson (#7
Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Chase Briscoe (#5B Briscoe), 4. Jon Stanbrough
(#21, Leer), 5. Kyle Cummins (#3c Cummins), 6. Ryan Bernal (#5x Baldwin), 7. Wes
McIntyre (#5 Baldwin). 2:16.35
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Clayton, 3. Hines, 4. Jackson, 5. Gardner, 6.
McIntyre, 7. Gross, 8. Cummins, 9. Brackett, 10. Karraker, 11. Fox, 12. Schmidt,
13. Bland, 14. Williams. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Daron Clayton, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Dave
Darland, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 8. Jon
Stanbrough, 9. Chase Briscoe, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Thomas Meseraull, 12. Shane
Cottle, 13. Dakota Jackson, 14. Hunter Schuerenberg, 15. Bobby East, 16. Jerry
Coons, Jr., 17. Tracy Hines, 18. Brady Short, 19. Seth Parker, 20. Brandon
Mattox, 21. Wes McIntyre, 22. Kyle Cummins, 23. Bryan Clauson (re-positioned due
to missing scales). NT
**Williams flipped during the Semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Schuerenberg, Laps 12-14 Larson, Laps 15-25
Schuerenberg, Laps 26-32 Larson, Lap 33 Clayton, Laps 34-35 Larson, Laps 36-40
Clayton.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Darland-1,738, 2-Stanbrough-1,723,
3-Clauson-1,678, 4-Levi Jones-1,615, 5-Hines-1,515, 6-Gardner-1,499,
7-Schuerenberg-1,425, 8-Ballou-1,403, 9-Stockon-1,400, 10-Thomas-1,356.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 22– Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway –
“4-Crown Nationals”
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2012
- Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Harvest Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.562; 2. Brian McClish, 4B,
McClish-13.636; 3. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-13.654; 4. JoJo Helberg, 69,
Kaiser-13.701; 5. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.727; 6. Audra Sasselli, 77,
Sasselli-13.831; 7. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-13.969; 8. Jerry Kobza, 93,
Kobza-14.085; 9. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.096; 10. Greg Anderson, 50,
Phulps-14.220; 11. Mark Beck, 4, Beck-14.645; 12. Justin Kawahata, 45,
Kawahata-14.949; 13. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Hogg, 3. Hunt, 4. Beck, 5. Rodgers, 6.
Skoglund. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kobza, 2. Sasselli, 3. McClish, 4. Helberg, 5.
Kawahata, 6. Anderson. NT
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Audra Sasselli, 2. Brian McClish, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4.
Tony Hunt, 5. Shauna Hogg, 6. JoJo Helberg, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Gordon Rodgers,
9. Jerry Kobza, 10. Marvin Mitchell, 11. Justin Kawahata, 12. Mark Beck, 13.
Greg Anderson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Sasselli.
FINAL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-821, 2-Hogg-802,
3-Rodgers-511, 4-Tom Baker-416, 5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Marty Hawkins-359,
7-Taylor Simas-312, 8-McClish-277, 9-Skoglund-240, 10-Gerhardt-224.
FINAL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC PAVEMENT SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-McClish-277,
2-Skoglund-240, 3-Hogg-226, 4-Gerhardt-224, 5-Hunt-222, 6-Rodgers-198, 7-Scott
Pierovich-174, 8-Mitchell-147, 9-Tom Baker-88, 10-Kobza-88.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2012
– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.370; 2. Mike Spencer, 50,
Chaffin-16.479; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.796; 4. Cody
Williams, 44, Jory-16.830; 5. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.867; 6. Rickie Gaunt,
37, Mitchell-16.879; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.942; 8. Seth Wilson, 1X,
Wilson-17.048; 9. Jake Swanson, 41, Henry/Jones-17.080; 10. Austin Williams, 2,
Jory-17.209; 11. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.223; 12. Bobby Bender, 11,
Bender-17.226; 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.244; 14. Chad
Boespflug, 73, Ford-17.262; 15. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.333; 16. Charles
Davis, 4G, Cook-17.341; 17. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.349; 18. Corey Ballard,
20, Ballard-17.368; 19. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.451; 20. Greg Alexander,
72, Tyler-17.531; 21. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-17.584; 22. A.J. Bender, 12,
Bender-17.648; 23. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-17.811; 24. Cal Smith, 39,
CalSun-18.017; 25. Ed Schwarz, 47, Perkins-18.273; 26. Mike Collins, 04,
Perkins-18.368;
27. John Aden, 12X, Blair-18.489; 28. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-19.137; 29. Jon
Kairot, 0, Perkins-19.412; 30. Kyle LeDuc, 23, Bellegante-19.556; 31. Cory
Kruseman, 7, Priestley-NT; 32. Trevor Cooper, 21K, Kruseman-NT; 33. Tony Jones,
4x, Alexander-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bezio, 2. Kaeding, 3. Faas, 4. R.Williams, 5. Cardey,
6. Aden, 7. Perkins, 8. Kruseman. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Alexander, 3. Davis, 4. Gaunt, 5. Welton,
6. Cooper, 7. Smith, 8. B.Bender. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ercse, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Roa,
5. Blinn, 6. Schwarz, 7. Kairot. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Ballard, 3. C.Williams, 4. A.J. Bender,
5. Collins, 6. LeDuc, 7. Swanson. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Kruseman, 3. Perkins, 4. Blinn, 5. Cooper, 6.
Smith, 7. LeDuc, 8. Collins, 9. Aden, 10. Kairot, 11. Welton. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Rip Williams,
4. Nic Faas, 5. David Cardey, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Rickie Gaunt,
9. Charles Davis, 10. Chad Boespflug, 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Greg Alexander, 13.
David Bezio, 14. J.J. Ercse, 15. Cal Smith, 16. Trevor Copper, 17. Billy Blinn,
18. Cody Williams, 19. Kenny Perkins, 20. Jace Vander Weerd, 21. A.J. Bender,
22. Corey Ballard. NT
**Wilson flipped during qualifications. B.Bender flipped during the second heat.
J.Vander Weerd flipped on lap 6 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 R.Williams, Laps 6-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,163, 2-Roa-837, 3-Faas-832,
4-Ryan Bernal-776, 5-R.Williams-755, 6-Austin Williams-706, 7-Kruseman-658,
8-C.Williams-545, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 6 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
Sept 11 2012
HAUBSTADT NEXT – CLAUSON NOW UP 96 NDC POINTS
by DICK JORDAN
Two-time defending USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville,
Ind. enters this weekend’s AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car “special event” at
Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., with a 96-point lead over the idle Levi
Jones.
Tracy Hines ranks third in the latest NDC standings, just six behind Jones,
while Darren Hagen is fourth and Dave Darland fifth in the rankings.
Clauson finished second in last Saturday night’s AMSOIL National Sprint race at
West Memphis, Ark. While Jones’ season-ending neck surgery precluded his
participation. Hines finished 19th at West Memphis, while Hagen did not compete.
Darland was 10th in the race at Riverside International Raceway.
2012 USAC National Drivers Championship Standings
1-Bryan Clauson-1,070, 2-Levi Jones-974, 3-Tracy Hines-968, 4-Darren Hagen-943,
5-Dave Darland-933, 6-Jon Stanbrough-912, 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-870, 8-Chris
Windom-862, 9-Damion gardner-784, 10-Chase Stockon-706.
TRI-STATE “SPECIAL EVENT” SATURDAY FOR USAC SPRINT CARS;
BACON TAKES WEST MEMPHIS, RAIN INTERRUPTS LITTLE ROCK
by DICK JORDAN
This Saturday’s “Haubstadt Hustler” at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
offers $10,000-to-win and “special event” points for all USAC competitors. The
event is co-sanctioned by the Midwest Sprint Car Series.
Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. has vaulted to the top of the AMSOIL USAC
National Sprint Car Series standings as a result of his 10th-place finish in
last Saturday’s race at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark.
Darland enters this Saturday’s Haubstadt race with a 15-point lead over Jon
Stanbrough, who finished 21st at West Memphis.
Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. won at West Memphis piloting the Dynamics,
Ind. Mean Green/Mopar Chalk Stanton Mopar. He caught Hunter Schuerenberg on lap
23 and led the final 18 laps of the 40-lap race to beat USAC National Driver
Championship point leader Bryan Clauson, Schuerenberg, Anthony Nicholson and
Robert Ballou.
Schuerenberg led the first 22 laps of the race, which concluded a two-race
swing in the Razorback State. Rains unfortunately interrupted Friday night’s
event at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock after qualifications and two heats had
been conducted. Clauson posted the fastest time at Little Rock and heats went to
Stanbrough and Jerry Coons Jr. before the rains fell.
Saturday’s race marks the third appearance of the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint
Cars at Tri-State Speedway this season. Schuerenberg won at Haubstadt in May and
Stanbrough won there in July.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Dave Darland-1,678; 2-Jon Stanbrough-1,663; 3-Bryan Clauson-1,618; 4-Levi
Jones-1,615; 5-Tracy Hines-1,455; 6-Damion Gardner-1,439; 7-Hunter
Schuerenberg-1,365; 8-Robert Ballou-1,343; 9-Chase Stockon-1,340; 10-Kevin
Thomas Jr.-1,296.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS EYE CANYON “SPECIAL EVENT” SEPTEMBER 22;
KAEDING EXTENDS WCSP LEAD WITH “TURNER MEMORIAL” VICTORY
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding continues to lead the USAC West Coast Sprint Car standings as the
series now eyes a September 22 “special event” at Canyon Raceway Park in Peoria,
Ariz.
Kaeding, of Campbell, Calif., recorded his third victory of the 2012 campaign
Saturday night, winning the 30-lap “Jim Turner Memorial” at Kings Speedway in
Hanford, Calif. He did it with a last-lap pass of series runner-up Ryan Bernal
after Bernal had led the previous seven laps.
Bernal finished second behind Kaeding’s Buster & Ziggy Enterprises
Bullet/Reitz, with Rusty Carlile third, Austin Liggett fourth and Justyne
Hamblin fifth.
Markus Niemela led the first 17 laps of Saturday’s Hanford race before Kaeding
led the next five. Bernal then took over, only to yield to Kaeding on the final
circuit.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-615, 2-Ryan Bernal-490, 3-Markus Niemela-484, 4-Danny Faria
Jr.-464, 5-Danny Sheridan-398, 6-Matt Mitchell-391, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-391,
8-Ricky Kirkbride-362, 9-Rusty Carlile-351, 10-Justyne Hamblin-319.
USAC Sprint Cars @ MADERA’S “HARVEST CLASSIC” SATURDAY; & PERRIS CRA TOO;
LARSON WIRE-TO-WIRE IN SILVER DOLLAR CLASSICS
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA and Western Classic Sprints are both in action this
Saturday. Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway hosts Saturday night’s USAC/CRA “Glenn
Howard Classic” while Madera (Calif.) Speedway hosts Saturday’s “Harvest
Classic” for the Western Classics.
Mike Spencer leads the USAC/CRA standings while Tony Hunt sits atop the Western
Classic and Western Classic Dirt points. Hunt locked up the Western Classic Dirt
title last Saturday night at Chico, Calif. and could add his 10th USAC driving
title at Madera as he leads Shauna Hogg by 13 points in the overall Western
Classic standings.
Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. led all 20 laps to win last Saturday’s “Gold
Cup” race at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. Andy Forsberg, Hogg, Hunt and Mark
Tabor Jr. trailed him to the checkered flag.
A Western Classic title for Hogg would be the first for the Fair Oaks, Calif.
lady, while Hunt could make history with his 10th USAC driving title. The only
driver in USAC history with more championships is A.J. Foyt, with 13.
Spencer’s USAC/CRA lead entering Saturday’s Perris race is a whopping 303
points as he continues his drive toward an unprecedented fifth consecutive
series championship.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-1,090, 2-Brody Roa-787, 3-Ryan Bernal-776, 4-Nic Faas-769,
5-Austin Williams-706, 6-Rip Williams-696, 7-Cory Kruseman-613, 8-Cody
Williams-519, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-758, 2-Shauna Hogg-745, 3-Gordon Rodgers-468, 4-Tom Baker-416,
5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Marty Hawkins-359, 7-Taylor Simas-312, 8-Brian
McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-599, 2-Shauna Hogg-576, 3-Marty Hawkins-359, 4-Tom Baker-328,
5-Gordon Rodgers-313, 6-Taylor Simas-312, 7-Scott Pierovich-214, 8-Jerry
Cisco-100, 9-Marvin Mitchell-46.
Sept 9 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 8, 2012
– West Memphis, Arkansas – Riverside International Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-12.289; 2. Chris Windom, 20,
Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-12.540; 3. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-12.586; 4. Bobby
East, 5E, East-12.613; 5. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.669; 6.
Zach Pringle, 14z, Mobbs-12.696; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-12.732; 8.
Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-12.793; 9. Anthony Nicholson, 16,
Nicholson-12.862; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.907; 11. Jerry Coons, Jr., 21,
Pollock-12.934; 12. Jordon Mallett, 14, Mallett-12.942; 13. Chase Stockon, 32,
Stockon-12.949; 14. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, BlackJack-12.965; 15. Wes McIntyre,
5, Baldwin-12.973; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-12.995; 17. Dale Howard, 47,
Howard-13.059; 18. Jerod Roller, 5R, Roller-13.120; 19. Tim Crawley, 88,
Ward-13.230; 20. Casey Rowland, c4, Rowland-13.253; 21. Damion Gardner, 71,
DG-13.265; 22. Brad Bowden, 39, Bowden-13.299; 23. Wade Oliver, 58,
Pyles-13.325; 24. Cody Brewer, 96, Brewer-13.336; 25. Ernie Ainsworth, 40,
Chambliss-13.576; 26. Richard Harris, 92H, Harris-13.580; 27. Jeremy Newkirk,
01, Newkirk-13.866; 28. Bubba Jones, 22, Jones-13.898; 29. Jan Howard, 46,
Howard-14.009; 30. Cody Howard, 61, Howard-NT; 31. Greg Merritt, 12M,
Merritt-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Howard, 2. Nicholson, 3. Clauson, 4. Bacon, 5.
Gardner, 6. Stockon, 7. Ainsworth, 8. J.Howard. 2:13.66
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roller, 2. Thomas, 3. Hines, 4. Pringle, 5. Windom,
6. Bowden, 7. Harris, 8. C.Howard. 2:14.82
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Crawley, 2. Oliver, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Coons, 5.
Darland, 6. McIntyre, 7. Merritt, 8. Newkirk. 2:13.55
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brewer, 2. Mallett, 3. East, 4. Ballou, 5. Rowland,
6. Stanbrough, 7. Jones. 2:15.62
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Stockon, 3. Windom, 4. McIntyre, 5. Stanbrough,
6. Bowden, 7. Ainsworth, 8. Newkirk, 9. Merritt, 10. Jones, 11. Rowland, 12.
Gardner, 13. C.Howard. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4.
Anthony Nicholson, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Zach Pringle, 7. Chase Stockon, 8. Jerry
Coons, Jr., 9. Tim Crawley, 10. Dave Darland, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Damion
Gardner, 13. Brad Bowden, 14. Jerod Roller, 15. Cody Brewer, 16. Dale Howard,
17. Wade Oliver, 18. Jordon Mallett, 19. Tracy Hines, 20. Bobby East, 21. Jon
Stanbrough, 22. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 23. Wes McIntyre. NT
Gardner & Rowland flipped during the Semi. Kevin Thomas, Jr. flipped on Lap 1 of
the Feature. Tracy Hines flipped on Lap 4 of the Feature. Mallett flipped on Lap
6 of the Feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Schuerenberg, Laps 23-40 Bacon.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Darland-1,678; 2-Stanbrough-1,663;
3-Clauson-1,618; 4-Jones-1,615; 5-Hines-1,455; 6-Gardner-1,439;
7-Schuerenberg-1,365; 8-Ballou-1,343; 9-Stockon-1,340; 10-Thomas-1,296.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 15 – Haubstadt, IN – Tri-State
Speedway
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 8, 2012
– Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – “Jim Turner Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.854; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29,
Bowman-15.906; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.998; 4. Justyne
Hamblin, 8, JH-16.159; 5. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.197; 6. Don Gansen, 7G,
Gansen-16.258; 7. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.270; 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 87,
Van Meter-16.350; 9. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.364; 10. Matt Day, 97,
Day-16.423; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.446; 12. Terry Nichols, 33,
Nichols-16.576; 13. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.584; 14. Chris Gansen, 4G,
Gansen-16.673; 15. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-16.831; 16. Chad Boespflug, 72,
Ford-16.947; 17. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-17.038; 18. Jeff Sibley, 42N,
Sibley-18.277; 19. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.746; 20. Danny Faria Jr., 17V,
Faria-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boesflug, 2. Bernal, 3. Little, 4. Liggett, 5. Day, 6.
Hamblin, 7. Knight. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. C.Gansen, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Niemela, 5.
Faria, 6. Barnes, 7. Carlile. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dolacki, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Ennis, 4. D.Gansen, 5.
Nichols, 6. Sibley. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Rusty Carlile, 4. Austin
Liggett, 5. Justyne Hamblin, 6. Chris Gansen, 7. Chris Ennis, 8. Tyler Dolacki,
9. Danny Faria Jr., 10. Jared Little, 11. Don Gansen, 12. Matt Day, 13. Markus
Niemela, 14. Chad Boespflug, 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 16. Kevin Barnes, 17. Terry
Nichols, 18. Jeff Sibley, 19. Richard Vander Weerd, 20. Ray Knight. NT
**Barnes flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Niemela, Laps 18-22 Kaeding, Laps 23-29 Bernal,
Lap 30 Kaeding.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaedeing-615, 2-Bernal-490, 3-Niemela-484,
4-Faria-464,5-Danny Sheridan-398, 6Matt Mitchell-391, 7-R.Vander Weerd-391,
8-Kirkbride-362, 9-Carlile-351, 10-Hamblin-319.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: September 22 – Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway
Park – “Brawl for it All
Sept 8 2012
USAC Racing AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car race at I-30 Speedway
in Little Rock, Arkansas Was rained out.
RAIN FORCES POSTPONEMENT AT LITTLE ROCK
Little Rock, AR……..Rain interrupted Friday night’s AMSOIL USAC Sprint racing
program at I-30 Speedway after qualifying and two heats had been conducted.
Bryan Clauson was the fastest qualifier. The race has not yet been rescheduled.
The series moves on to Saturday night’s event at Riverside International
Speedway in West Memphis, Ark.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 7, 2012 – Little Rock,
Arkansas – I-30 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.804; 2. Bobby
East, 5E, East-12.868; 3. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.024; 4. Hunter Schuerenberg,
35, Byram-13.043; 5. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.059; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 21,
Pollock-13.064; 7. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-13.121; 8. Damion Gardner, 71,
DG-13.181; 9. Robart Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.221; 10. Zach Pringle, 14z,
Mobbs-13.265; 11. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.280; 12. Chase
Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.283; 13. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.289; 14.
Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-13.453; 15. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-13.480; 16.
Jordan Mallet, 14, Mallet-13.580; 17. Cody Brewer, 96, Brewer-13.776; 18. Brad
Bowen, 39, Bowen-13.858; 19. Jerod Roller, 5R, Roller-13.905; 20. Tim Crawley,
88, Ward-13.923; 21. Travis Rilat, 29, Rilat-13.991; 22. Anthony Nicholson, 16,
Nicholson-14.036; 23. Wade Oliver, 58, Pyles-14.077; 24. Rich Pringle, 38,
Pringle-14.153; 25. Dale Howard, 47, Howard-14.223; 26. Casey
Rowland, 4c, Rowland-14.304; 27. Cody Howard, 61, Howard-14.321; 28. Joe Young,
12T, Young-14.376; 29. Jeremy Newkirk, 01, Newkirk-14.468; 30. Nathan Moore, 48,
Moore-14.556; 31. Tommy Snellgrove, 4T, Snellgrove-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – no points) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Bacon, 3. Ballou, 4. Rilat,
5. Brewer, 6. D.Howard, 7. Newkirk, 8. Clauson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – no points) 1. Coons, 2. McIntyre, 3. East, 4.
Z.Pringle, 5. Bowden, 6. Nicholson, 7. Rowland, 8. Moore. NT
BALANCE OF RACING PROGRAM POSTPONED BY RAIN – NO NEW RESCHEDULED DATE YET
Sept 7 2012
LARSON LEADS ALL 20 TO WIN AT SILVER DOLLAR; HUNT DIRT CHAMPION
Chico, CA……..Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. led all 20 laps to win Wednesday night’s 20-lap “Gold Cup” USAC Western Classic Sprint feature at Silver Dollar Speedway in Keith Ford’s King Race Products/Josh Ford Motorsports Spike. Andy Forsberg finished second ahead of Shauna Hogg, Tony Hunt and Mark Tabor Jr. Hunt’s finish enabled him to claim the Western Classic Dirt championship, his ninth USAC driving title.
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2011 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Gleason-14.409; 2. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.538; 3. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-14.586; 4. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-14.673; 5. Chad Boespflug, 25B, Baxter-14.702; 6. Kyle Larson, 73, Ford-14.845; 7. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.900; 8. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-15.003; 9. Mark Tabor Jr., 38n, Tabor-15.006; 10. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-15.009; 11. Kyle Hirst, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.011; 12. Shane Golobic, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-15.049; 13. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-15.184; 14. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-15.353; 15. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-15.579; 16. Rowdy McClenon, 13, McClenon-15.676; 17. Rusty Baglin, 44, Baglin-15.935; 18. Pete Lawrent, 6R, Lawrent-17.104; 19. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-17.574.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Simas, 3. Hunt, 4. Forsberg, 5. Baker, 6. Mitchell, 7. McClenon. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Simpson, 3. Boespflug, 4. Hogg, 5. Richardson, 6. Baglin. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Streeter, 3. Golobic, 4. Tabor, 5. Rodgers, 6. Lawrent. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Andy Forsberg, 3. Shauna Hogg, 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Mark Tabor Jr., 6. Chad Boespflug, 7. Shane Golobic, 8. Matt Streeter, 9. Pete Lawrent, 10. Rusty Baglin, 11. Marvin Mitchell, 12. Rowdy McClenon, 13. Taylor Simas, 14. Klint Simpson, 15. Gordon Rodgers, 16. Terry Schank Jr., 17. Jim Richardson, 18. Tom Baker, 19. Kyle Hirst. NT
**Simas, Simpson and Schank all flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Larson.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-758, 2-Hogg-745, 3-Rodgers-468, 4-Baker-416, 5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Marty Hawkins-359, 7-Simas-312, 8-Brian McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-599, 2-Hogg-576, 3-Marty Hawkins-359, 4-Baker-328, 5-Rodgers-313, 6-Simas-312, 7-Scott Pierovich-214, 8-Jerry Cisco-100, 9-Mitchell-46.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 15 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Harvest Classic”
“HOMECOMING WEEK” FOR HUNTER & KT
AS SPRINTS RETURN TO ARKANSAS AFTER 27-YEAR HIATUS
by DICK JORDAN
It’s “Homecoming Week” for Hunter Schuerenberg and Kevin Thomas, drivers whose
auto racing roots are deeply planted in Arkansas soil, as the AMSOIL USAC
National Sprint Car Series heads for back-to-back races in the Razorback State
Friday and Saturday nights.
Thomas, who used to race 600cc micro-sprints around the mid-south region before
moving to Indiana to chase his Sprint Car dream, is looking forward to racing
near his Cullman, Alabama home. “It’s a good feeling to go back and race close
to home. “The Ditch” (West Memphis) is only about three hours from my hometown.
A lot of people who I used to race with are from right around there, and we’ll
get to see a few of them at the races this weekend, so hopefully we can put on a
show being back for the first time in the sprint car,” Thomas said.
The series hasn’t competed in Arkansas since Mike Ward’s victory at Riverside
International Speedway in 1985, but I-30 Speedway in Little Rock hosts Friday
night’s event, while Riverside, located in West Memphis, is Saturday night’s
venue.
Schuerenberg, who calls Sikeston, Mo. home, ranks seventh in the latest
standings, while Thomas stands 10th. Both know what it’s like to win in the
demanding world of AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car racing, with Schuerenberg
winning this year at Gas City and Haubstadt, Ind. and Thomas grabbing his first
career USAC checkered flag at the Bloomington (Ind.) Indiana Sprint Week event.
Neither driver had been born when Mike Ward scored the only previous USAC
Sprint win in Arkansas in 1985. Thomas was born in 1991. Schuerenberg, who was
born in 1989, picked up his first career sprint car win at I-30 aboard a 360
winged machine. Schuerenberg counts Ward, who is expected to return this week as
car owner to local favorite Tim Crawley, as one of his childhood idols and most
valuable mentors.
Mike was a guy I watched a lot as a kid. When he showed up at our local track
(in Missouri), it was a big deal. I gravitated towards him when we started
racing winged sprint cars back in 2004. He offered us a place to stay when we
were down near Memphis, and we used his shop and pitted beside him at the track.
And Crawley, he could just win in anything. I remember our very first night down
there, we pulled in behind him and his open trailer, and he ended up lapping us
in the feature. He’s an incredible talent who has proven he can win in
anything,” Schuerenberg said.
While a National title race hangs in the balance and the stars of the circuit
hit two tracks most have never seen, both Thomas and Schuerenberg will be
shooting for memorable wins at two of their most cherished places.
“Some people might think it’s funny, but if I were to win Little Rock, it
would probably mean more than any race I could win this year,” Schuerenberg
said, adding, “when we won our first sprint car race down here, it was just my
dad and me. We beat some good guys then, and everybody thought it was a pretty
neat deal. So to go back there seven years later is gonna mean a lot, and if we
could get another picture down there on the frontstretch at the end of the
night, that would just be the perfect way to cap it.”
--USAC—
Sept 6 2012
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2011 – Chico,
California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Gleason-14.409; 2. Shauna Hogg, 5,
Hogg-14.538; 3. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-14.586; 4. Andy Forsberg, 92,
Forsberg-14.673; 5. Chad Boespflug, 25B, Baxter-14.702; 6. Kyle Larson, 73,
Ford-14.845; 7. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.900; 8. Klint Simpson, 84,
Simpson-15.003; 9. Mark Tabor Jr., 38n, Tabor-15.006; 10. Taylor Simas, 7T,
Simas-15.009; 11. Kyle Hirst, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.011; 12. Shane Golobic, 14,
Pierson/Vertullo-15.049; 13. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-15.184; 14. Jim Richardson, 8,
Richardson-15.353; 15. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-15.579; 16. Rowdy McClenon,
13, McClenon-15.676; 17. Rusty Baglin, 44, Baglin-15.935; 18. Pete Lawrent, 6R,
Lawrent-17.104; 19. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-17.574.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Simas, 3. Hunt, 4. Forsberg, 5. Baker, 6.
Mitchell, 7. McClenon. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Simpson, 3. Boespflug, 4. Hogg, 5.
Richardson, 6. Baglin. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Streeter, 3. Golobic, 4. Tabor, 5. Rodgers,
6. Lawrent. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Andy Forsberg, 3. Shauna Hogg, 4. Tony
Hunt, 5. Mark Tabor Jr., 6. Chad Boespflug, 7. Shane Golobic, 8. Matt Streeter,
9. Pete Lawrent, 10. Rusty Baglin, 11. Marvin Mitchell, 12. Rowdy McClenon, 13.
Taylor Simas, 14. Klint Simpson, 15. Gordon Rodgers, 16. Terry Schank Jr., 16.
Jim Richardson, 18. Tom Baker, 19. Kyle Hirst. NT
**Simas, Simpson and Schank all flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Larson.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-758, 2-Hogg-745,
3-Rodgers-468, 4-Baker-416, 5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Marty Hawkins-359,
7-Simas-312, 8-Brian McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-599, 2-Hogg-576, 3-Marty
Hawkins-359, 4-Baker-328, 5-Rodgers-313, 6-Simas-312, 7-Scott Pierovich-214,
8-Jerry Cisco-100, 9-Mitchell-46.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RESULTS: September 15 – Madera (CA) Speedway –
“Harvest Classic”
Sept 4 2012
CLASSIC SPRINTS AT SILVER DOLLAR WEDNESDAY;
BERNAL, HIRST RECORD “VERMEIL CLASSIC” VICTORIES
by DICK JORDAN
Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. leads the USAC Western Classic Sprint cars to
Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. this Wednesday night for the opening
night of the track’s “Gold Cup” activities.
Hunt has a 20-point lead over Shauna Hogg in the standings and is 30 points
ahead in the Western Classic Dirt points. He is trying to add to the eight USAC
divisional titles he already owns.
Hunt finished 10th and 12th in the “Louie Vermeil Classic” races at Calistoga
(Calif.) Speedway Saturday and Sunday nights, while Hogg was eight and 10th
respectively in the two 30-lappers.
Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. wheeled Keith Ford’s entry to victory in
Saturday’s USAC/CRA and Western Classic Calistoga feature, leading the final 18
laps after passing Chad Boespflug on lap 13. Boespflug took second ahead of
USAC/CRA point leader Mike Spencer, Danny Sheridan and Brody Roa.
Kyle Hirst of Elk Grove, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Sunday’s race in the Rod
Tiner machine, beating fast qualifier Spencer, Matt Streeter, Boespflug and Roa.
Spencer’s lead in the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series after the two Calistoga
races stands at 303 points over Roa, the new runner-up in the standings going
into a September 15 race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-1,090, 2-Brody Roa-787, 3-Ryan Bernal-776, 4-Nic Faas-769,
5-Austin Williams-706, 6-Rip Williams-696, 7-Cory Kruseman-613, 8-Cody
Williams-519, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-701, 2-Shauna Hogg-681, 3-Gordon Rodgers-441, 4-Tom Baker-395,
5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Marty Hawkins-359, 7-Taylor Simas-278, 8-Brian
McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-542, 2-Shauna Hogg-512, 3-Marty Hawkins-359, 4-Tom Baker-307,
5-Gordon Rodgers-286, 6-Taylor Simas-278, 7-Scott Pierovich-214, 8-Jerry
Cisco-100, 9-Marvin Mitchell-12,
Sept 3 2012
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS
September 2, 2011 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.767; 2. Brody Roa, 91R,
BR-20.843; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-20.900; 4. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.907; 5.
Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.920; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.146; 7. Danny
Sheridan, 73x, Ford-21.148; 8. Terry Schank Jr., 1x, Gleason-21.289; 9. Cody
Williams, 44, Jory-21.313; 10. Chad Boespflug, 25B, Baxter-21.393; 11. Matt
Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-21.490; 12. Jeff Griffin, 50m, Griffin-21.508; 13. Andy
Forsberg, 92x, Forsberg-21.553; 14. Tony Hunt, 56, Hunt-21.615; 15. Marty
Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.800; 16. Jonathan Henry, 88, Graunstadt-21.800; 17.
Shane Golobic, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-21.866; 18. Ronnie Gardner, 18,
Kittle-21.976; 19. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-22.292; 20. Shauna Hogg, 5,
Hogg-22.366; 21. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-22.399; 22. Jeff Parady, 6c,
Parady-22.490; 23. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-22.800; 24. Jimmy Richardson, 8,
Richardson-22.933; 25. Dusty Green, 52, Green-23.410; 26. Gordon Rodgers, 94,
Rodgers-23.473; 27. Jeremy Hawes, 7, Dolner-23.799; 28. Jerry Cisco, 4B,
Baisden-23.869; 29. Sparky Howard, 6, Howard-24.078; 30. Marvin Mitchell, 68,
Mitchell-24.897; 31. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-NT.
CALISTOGA SPEEDWAY HALL OF FAME DASH: (12 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Parady, 3.
Schank, 4. Forsberg, 5. Hogg, 6. Simas, 7. Hunt, 8. Howard, 9. Hawkins, 10.
Cisco, 11. Rodgers, 12. Mitchell. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Spencer, 3. C.Williams, 4. Hirst, 5.
Simpson, 6. Howard, 7. Green, 8. Forsberg. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. Boespflug, 4. A.Williams, 5. Hunt,
6. Parady, 7. Rodgers, 8. Mitchell. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ensign, 2. Simas, 3. Bernal, 4. Sheridan, 5. Streeter,
6. Hawkins, 7. Hawes. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Henry, 2. R.Williams, 3. Schank, 4. Griffin, 5. Hogg,
6. Richardson, 7. Cisco. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Forsberg, 3. Hawkins, 4. Simpson, 5. Hogg, 6.
Richardson, 7. Green, 8. Parady, 9. Howard, 10. Hawes, 11. Rodgers, 12.
Mitchell, 13. Cisco, 14. Hunt. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Hirst, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Matt Streeter, 4. Chad
Boespflug, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. Klint Simpson, 8. Terry Schank Jr.,
9. Rip Williams, 10. Shauna Hogg, 11. Ryan Bernal, 12. Tony Hunt, 13. Jonathan
Henry, 14. Marty Hawkins, 15. Gordon Rodgers, 16. Austin Williams, 17. Andy
Forsberg, 18. Cody Williams, 19. Shane Golobic, 20. Jeff Griffin, 21. Ronnie
Gardner, 22. Jimmy Richardson, 23. Taylor Simas, 24. Danny Sheridan. NT
**Sheridan and Forsberg flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hirst.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,090, 2-Roa-787, 3-Bernal-776,
4-Nic Faas-769, 5-A.Williams-706, 6-R.williams-696, 7-Cory Kruseman-613,
8-C.Williams-519, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-701, 2-Hogg-681,
3-Rodgers-441, 4-Tom Baker-395, 5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Hawkins-359,
7-Simas-278, 8-Brian McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-542, 2-Hogg-512,
3-Hawkins-359, 4-Tom Baker-307, 5-Rodgers-286, 6-Simas-278, 7-Scott
Pierovich-214, 8-Cisco-100, 9-Mitchell-12,
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 15 – Perris (CA) Auto
Speedway
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 5 – Chico, CA – Silver
Dollar Speedway
Sept 2 2012
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CARS RESULTS: Sept1, 2011
– Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-19.580; 2. Mike Spencer, 50,
Chaffin-19.944; 3. Danny Sheridan, 73x, Ford-19.994; 4, Ryan Bernal, 73,
Ford-20.187; 5. Shane Golobic, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.235; 6. Austin Williams,
2, Jory-20.247; 7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.264; 8. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.426;
9. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-20.468; 10. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-20.636;
11. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-20.679; 12. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-20.752;
13. Chad Boespflug, 25B, Baxter-20.752; 14. Jeff Griffin, 50m, Griffin-21.052;
15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-21.119; 16. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-21.264; 17.
Jonathan henry, 88, Graunstadt-21.382; 18. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.485; 19. Tony
Hunt, 56, Hunt-21.731; 20. Jimmy Richardson, 8, Richardson-21.776; 21. Jeremy
Hawes, 7, Hawes-22.099; 22. Dusty Green, 52, Green-22.115; 23. Sparky Howard, 6,
Howard-22.187; 24. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-22.460; 25. Jerry Cisco, 4D,
Baisden-22.726; 26. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-22.755; 27. Marvin
Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-22.957.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Boespflug, 3. R.Williams, 4. Bernal, 5. Hirst,
6. Simas, 7. Hawkins, 8. Cisco, 9. Green. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Griffin, 2. Henry, 3. Spencer, 4. Roa, 5. Golobic, 6.
Richardson, 7. Simpson, 8. Howard, 9. Rodgers. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Baker, 2. Streeter, 3. Gardner, 4. C.Williams, 5.
Sheridan, 6. Hogg, 7. Hawes, 8. Mitchell, 9. A.Williams. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Hirst, 3. Golobic, 4. Simas, 5. Simpson, 6.
Hogg, 7. Richardson, 8. Hawes, 9. Howard, 10. C.Williams, 11. Green, 12.
Mitchell, 13. Rodgers, 14. A.Willaims, 15. Hawkins. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Chad Boespflug, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Danny
Sheridan, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Matt Streeter, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9.
Klint Simpson, 10. Tony Hunt, 11. Jeremy Hawes, 12. Shane Golobic, 13. Gordon
Rodgers, 14. Kyle Hirst, 15. Taylor Simas, 16. Marty Hawkins, 17. Rip Williams,
18. Johnathon Henry, 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Austin Williams, 21. Jeff Griffin,
22. Tom Baker, 23. Jimmy Richardson. NT
**Hogg flipped on lap 6 of the feature. Hirst flipped on lap 22 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Boespflug, Laps 13-30 Bernal.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,020, 2-Nic Faas-767,
3-Bernal-735, 4-Roa-727, 5-A.Williams-679, 6-R.Williams-650, 7-Cory
Kruseman-613, 8-C.Williams-497, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-630, 2-Hogg-609, 3-Baker-395,
4-Scott Pierovich-388, 5-Rodgers-381, 6-Hawkins-293, 7-Simas-219, 8-Brian
McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-471, 2-Hogg-440,
3-Baker-307, 4-Hawkins-293, 5-Rodgers-226, 6-Simas-219, 7-Scott Pierovich-214,
8-Cisco-92, 9-Geoff Ensign-49, 10-Mitchell-6.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 2 –
Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “Louie Vermeil Classic”
Sept 1 2012
USACs“HURTUBISE CLASSIC” FALLS TO ISAAC TOO;
TERRE HAUTE SPRINT RACE RESET FOR OCTOBER 12
by DICK JORDAN
Heavy rains from tropical storm Isaac have reached Terre Haute, Ind. forcing
postponement of tonight’s (Saturday) AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Race at the
Terre Haute Action Track. The “Jim Hurtubise Classic” has been rescheduled for
Friday night, October 12.
The rescheduling sets up a USAC “doubleheader” weekend at the half-mile dirt
oval, with the “Sumar Classic 100” Traxxas Silver Crown race scheduled on
Saturday night, October 13.
The postponement is the second of the weekend, following closely yesterday
morning’s postponement of Friday night’s AMSOIL National Sprint race at Tri-City
Speedway in Pontoon Beach. That race will occur in October on a date yet to be
announced.
--USAC--
PONTOON BEACH SPRINT RACE POSTPONED;
A RESCHEDULE DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE!
by DICK JORDAN
(Friday) USAC AMSOIL National Sprint race at Tri-City Speedway in
Pontoon Beach, Ill. was been postponed due to impending weather as a result of
Tropical Storm Isaac. The race will be rescheduled in October.
The USAC Mopar National Midgets are slated at Tri-City Thursday through
Saturday October 4-6 and Sprint racing will accompany all three nights at the
3/8-mile dirt oval.
“The rains have already reached the Tri-City area,” says USAC’s Jason McCord,
“and the anticipated heavy rains throughout the day and night are expected to
create unraceable conditions. We are pleased that USAC and race organizers Kevin
and Tammy Gundaker are able to reschedule this important race in October. Watch
for all the details in the near future!
The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint cars are scheduled to compete tomorrow night
(Saturday) at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track in the annual “Jim Hurtubise
Classic.”
--USAC--
SeptSept
Sept 24 2012
Aug 31 2012
Tonight's AMSOIL National Sprint Car event at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Illinois is rained out.
A make-up date is in the works and will be announced as soon as possible.
USAC PENALTIES IMPOSED FROM SATURDAY AT KOKOMO
Officials of The United States Auto Club announced today penalties imposed after a racing incident involving the cars of Levi Jones and Jon Stanbrough during a weekend racing event at Kokomo Speedway.
Series officials spoke today with both drivers involved in the initial contact which led to additional cars being collected. Additionally, numerous sources were called upon including attending officials, eyewitness accounts, and track officials. Due to on-track contact deemed to be avoidable and producing a dangerous situation for fellow competitors, Jones will be penalized for these violations as outlined in 10.28 of competition rules.
Jones will be placed under probation for the balance of the National Sprint Car season, with the understanding that further infractions could lead to more severe punishment. Also, Jones and his team will be docked 25 championship points going into the next series’ event at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Illinois this Friday, August 31st.
Aug 30 2012
DARLAND, STANBROUGH EYE POINT LEAD
AS “HURTUBISE CLASSIC” LOOMS LARGE AT TERRE HAUTE
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars are slated for competition this weekend at
Pontoon Beach, Ill. and Terre Haute, Ind. and drivers Dave Darland and Jon
Stanbrough have sights set on overhauling defending five-time series champion
Levi Jones as the season enters its final three months.
Saturday’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic” at Terre Haute continues a tradition of
racing at the Indiana half-mile which spans 56 years and 227 races for the
Sprints, producing 66 different race winners.
Darland is the only driver who can claim victories at Terre Haute in all three
of USAC’s National racing series, Silver Crown, Sprints and Midgets. Stanbrough
has five Sprint wins there and Jones has five in Sprints and two in Silver
Crown.
Hurtubise, whose legend is nationwide, accomplished something no other driver
ever did, winning five consecutive USAC Sprint races at Terre Haute between 1960
and 1962. Bubby Jones came close, winning four in a row in 1979, and Roger
McCluskey, Gary Bettenhausen and Levi Jones all put three in a row together but
Hurtubise, who was never able to claim a USAC title, stands alone.
Hurtubise, who failed to crack the “top-10” despite 10 starts in the
Indianapolis 500, earned 18 USAC Sprint car wins during his career and is
remembered for his spectacular “rookie” qualifying run at Indy in 1960 when he
became the first driver to flirt with the magic 150-mph mark at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway. He passed away in 1989.
Darland has charged into title contention with five victories in his last 17
Sprint starts. He is tied with Tracy Hines at 81 as the active leaders on USAC’s
all-time National feature victory list. Stanbrough has only missed the “top-10”
five times in his 29 starts this season but three of those came in last week’s
“Smackdown” at Kokomo, Ind. He hopes to rebound with good finishes this week.
Fifteen races remain in the 2012 AMSOIL National Sprint series, which concludes
in November at Perris, Calif.
Terre Haute USAC Sprint winners expected to compete Sunday in addition to those
already mentioned are Chris Windom, Daron Clayton, Jerry Coons Jr. and Tracy
Hines.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Levi Jones-1,615, 2-Jon Stanbrough-1,589, 3-Dave Darland-1,577, 4-Bryan
Clauson-1,487, 5-Tracy Hines-1,370, 6-Damion Gardner-1,350, 7-Hunter
Schuerenberg-1,242, 8-Chase Stockon-1,235, 9-Robert Ballou-1,230, 10-Kevin
Thomas Jr.-1,216.
Aug 29 2012
USAC SPRINTS HEAD FOR PONTOON BEACH & TERRE HAUTE;
CLAUSON TOPS KOKOMO’S “SMACKDOWN,” WINDOM FRIDAY VICTOR
by DICK JORDAN
The battle for USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car championship continues this
weekend at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. Friday before moving to the
Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track for Saturday night’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic.”
The point race has intensified as a result of last weekend’s “Sprint Car
Smackdown” three-race extravaganza at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. Defending
five-time series champ Levi Jones has returned to the top of the standings, 26
points ahead of Jon Stanbrough, with Dave Darland now just 38 points behind in
third. Jones scored a sixth, 10th and 12th in the three Kokomo races, while
Stanbrough suffered through a 12th, 14th and 18th and Darland had a second,
fourth and fifth.
Stanbrough’s “Smackdown” ended in a grinding crash where he, Robert Ballou and
Chad Boespflug all flipped. Ballou was treated and released at a local hospital,
while Stanbrough and Boespflug escaped injury.
As a result of the above-referenced accident, Levi Jones and his team were
assessed a 25-point penalty and placed on probation for the balance of the 2012
season due to on-track contact deemed to be avoidable and producing a dangerous
situation for fellow competitors. The penalties, which are under official appeal
by the team, were assessed according to guidelines of USAC competition rule
10.28 regarding unsportsmanlike conduct. No points adjustment will be effected
until the appeals process has been completed. The appeals hearing is expected to
be conducted later in the month of September.
USAC National Driving Championship point leader and two-champ Bryan Clauson of
Noblesville, Ind. starred in the ”Smackdown,” winning Thursday’s 30-lap prelim
and Saturday’s $10,000-to-win finale in his CTR-BCI-Mike Curb-Agajanian/Curb
Records/R & B Truckers Maxim Fisher. He finished third in Friday’s 30-lap prelim
behind winner Chris Windom.
Clauson led the final 25 laps of Saturday’s main event after passing Tracy
Hines on lap 16. Hines finished second after winning the specially-formulated
“King of the Hill” battle for the pole position. Kevin Thomas Jr. was third,
followed by Darland and Kyle Larson.
Darland led the first 16 laps Thursday before Clauson took over. Darland
finished second ahead of Chase Stockon, Damion Gardner and Hines. On Thursday
Hine sled the first 28 laps before yielding to Windom, who piloted the Bates
Commodities Maxim/Advanced Engines entry. Clauson took third ahead of Thomas
Meseraull and Darland.
The Kokomo event featured numerous additional posted prizes, including a total
of $10,000 in lap prizes, bringing the three-night prize total of over $100,000!
Friday’s race at Tri-City Speedway marks the first appearance of the AMSOIL
USAC Sprint Cars there since Josh Wise’s victory in 2006. Bud Kaeding and Daron
Clayton have won the two USAC Sprint features held at Terre Haute so far this
year, while Chris Windom is the defending winner of the “Jim Hurtubise Classic,”
honoring the driver who posted five consecutive Terre Haute sprint wins in 1960,
1961 and 1962.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Levi Jones-1,615, 2-Jon Stanbrough-1,589, 3-Dave Darland-1,577, 4-Bryan
Clauson-1,487, 5-Tracy Hines-1,370, 6-Damion Gardner-1,350, 7-Hunter
Schuerenberg-1,242, 8-Chase Stockon-1,235, 9-Robert Ballou-1,230, 10-Kevin
Thomas Jr.-1,216.
Aug 28 2012
SPENCER & HUNT TOP STANDINGS
ENTERING “LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC” AT CALISTOGA
by DICK JORDAN
Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. and Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. hope to
extend point leads in this weekend’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” AMSOIL USAC/CRA and
Western Classic Sprint car events at the Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway.
Spencer is well on his way to a record fifth USAC/CRA title, currently 186
points ahead of Nic Faas entering the Friday and Saturday program at the
half-mile Claistoga oval. Hunt sits atop the Western Classic and Dirt standings
going into the annual Calistoga event.
Feature events highlight the twin “doubleheaders,” scheduled each night for
both the AMSOIL Sprints and Mopar Western Midgets.
Hunt’s lead in the Western Classic rankings is a bit more tenuous than
Spencer’s. He’s 24 up on Shauna Hogg in the Western Classic series and 34 ahead
of Hogg in the Dirt standings. A championship or two would merely add to a
resume already containing eight titles. Only A.J. Foyt (13), Sleepy Tripp and
Rich Vogler (9 each) have more.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-955, 2-Nic Faas-769, 3-Brody Roa-674, 4-Ryan Bernal-667, 5-Austin
Williams-664, 6-Rip Williams-625, 7-Cory Kruseman-613, 8-Matt Mitchell-461,
9-Cody Williams-450, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-562, 2-Shauna Hogg-538, 3-Scott Pierovich-388, 4-Tom Baker-340,
5-Gordon Rodgers-319, 6-Marty Hawkins-233, 7-Brian McClish-209, 8-Tim
Skoglund-179, 9-Cody Gerhardt-174, 10-Taylor Simas-155.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-403, 2-Shauna Hogg-369, 3-Tom Baker-252, 4-Marty Hawkins-233,
5-Scott Pierovich-214, 6-Gordon Rodgers-164, 7-Taylor Simas-155, 8-Jerry
Cisco-86, 9-Geoff Ensign-49.
Aug 26 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 25, 2012
– Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Sprint Car Smackdown”
FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Coleman Gulick (#14 Gulick), 2. Jerry Coons
Jr. (#71p Phillips), 3. Justin Grant (#40 Hery), 4. Brent Beauchamp (#11B
Beacuhamp), 5. Chase Briscoe (#5B Briscoe), 6. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 7. Logan
Jarrett (#83 McIntyre), 8. Brady Short (#36 Short). NT
SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Jonathan Hendrick (#68 Hendrick), 2. Billy
Puterbaugh Jr. (#10E Edison), 3. Blake Fitzpatrick (#10 Fitzpatrick), 4. Scotty
Weir (#57 Hazen), 5. Robert Ballou (#81 MPHG), 6. Ted Hines (#12 Hines), 7.
Damion Ramsay (#71x Indy Race Parts), 8. Chris Gurley (#12G Team Automotive).
2:14.69
THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough (#21x Roberts/Tate), 2.
Chase Stockon (#32 Stockon), 3. Chad Boespflug (#22 Batcheldor/Rice), 4. Dakota
Jackson (#9p Ronk), 5. Wes McIntyre (#5 Baldwin), 6. Josh Spencer (#66J
Spencer), 7. Tyler Courtney (#23c Courtney). 2:14.22
FOURTH QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas (#9k Black Jack), 2. Kyle
Larson (#53 Fox), 3. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Casey Shuman
(#17 McGhee), 5. Ryan Bernal (#5x Baldwin), 6. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary), 7. Kurt
Gross (#1x Gross). NT
“KING OF THE HILL” 2-CAR SHOOTOUTS: (2 laps each) Round 1: Thomas Meseraull
(#69 Dynamics) defeated Bryan Clauson (#7 CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), Damion
Gardner (#71 DG) defeated Hunter Schuerenberg (#35 Byram), Dave Darland (#11
Walker) defeated Shane Cottle (#2 Epperson), Tracy Hines (#4 Hines) defeated
Chris Windom (#21 Pollock), Round 2: Meseraull defeated Gardner, Tracy Hines
defeated Darland, Final Round: Tracy Hines defeated Meseraull.
B MAIN: (15 laps) 1. Beauchamp, 2. Weir, 3. Shuman, 4. Fitzpatrick,
5. Boespflug, 6. Briscoe, 7. Spencer, 8. Bernal, 9. Courtney, 10. Leary, 11.
McIntyre, 12. Jones, 13. Ramsay, 14. Jackson, 15. Drake, 16. Gross, 17. Ted
Hines, 18. Grant, 19. Ballou, 20. Jarrett. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr.,
4. Dave Darland, 5. Kyle Larson, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Chris Windom,
9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Thomas Meseraull, 11. Jonathan Hendrick, 12. Casey
Shuman, 13. Scotty Weir, 14. Damion Gardner, 15. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 16. Jerry
Coons Jr., 17. Chase Briscoe, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Robert Ballou, 20. Chad
Boespflug, 21. Coleman Gulick, 22. Brett Beauchamp, 23. Blake Fitzpatrick, 24.
Chase Stockon. NT
**Short flipped during the first qualifying race. Stanbrough and Ballou flipped
on lap 35 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Meseraull, Laps 9-15 Tracy Hines, Laps 16-40
Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-1,615, 2-Stanbrough-1,589,
3-Darland-1,577, 4-Clauson-1,487, 5-Tracy Hines-1,370, 6-Gardner-1,350,
7-Schuerenberg-1,242, 8-Stockon-1,235, 9-Ballou-1,230, 10-Thomas-1,216.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 31 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City
Speedway
Aug 25 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 24,
– Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway USAC – “Sprint Car Smackdown”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.799; 2. Dave
Darland, 11, Walker-12.993; 3. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-13.056; 4. Hunter
Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.095; 5. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beacuhamp-13.106; 6.
Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-13.113; 7. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.137; 8. Kyle
Larson, 53, Fox-13.145; 9. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-13.171; 10. Chris Windom,
21, Pollock-13.172; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.174; 12. Casey Shuman, 17,
McGhee-13.186; 13. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.200; 14. Wes McIntyre, 5,
Baldwin-13.203; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 69, Dynamics-13.209; 16. Jon Stanbrough,
21x, Roberts/Tate-13.217; 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-13.226; 18.
Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-13.243; 19. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-13.253; 20.
Chad Boespflug, 22, Batcheldor/Rice-13.262; 21. Levi Jones, 20,
Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.319; 22. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.327; 23. Billy
Puterbaugh Jr., 10E, Edison-13.329; 24. Scotty Weir, 57 Hazen-13.349; 25. Brady
Short, 36, Pottorff-13.365; 26. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-13.368; 27.
Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.415; 28. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.445; 29. Chase
Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.455; 30. Ryan Bernal, 5x, Baldwin-13.483; 31. Logan
Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.571; 32. Dakota Jackson, 9p, Ronk-13.593; 33. Chase
Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-13.605; 34. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-13.677; 35. Ted
Hines, 12, Hines-13.719; 36. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-13.727; 37. Josh Spencer,
66J, Spencer-13.758; 38. Damion Ramsay, 71x, Indy Race Parts-14.000; 39. Chris
Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Cottle, 5.
Beauchamp, 6. Clauson, 7. Briscoe, 8. Short, 9. Spencer, 10. Stockon. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hendrick, 2. Ballou, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5.
McIntyre, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. Courtney, 8. Gordon, 9. Bernal, 10. Ramsay. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Meseraull, 4. Gulick, 5.
Gardner, 6. Leary, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Jarrett, 9. Thomas, 10. Gurley. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Boespflug, 3. Larson, 4. Stanbrough, 5.
Shuman, 6. Jackson, 7. Schuerenberg, 8. Drake, 9. Gross. 2:18.31
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Beauchamp, 2. Clauson, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Leary, 5.
Courtney, 6. Gardner, 7. Drake, 8. Shuman, 9. Short, 10. Stockon, 11. Briscoe,
12. Spencer, 13. Fitzpatrick, 14. Ted Hines, 15. Gross, 16. Ramsay, 17.
McIntyre, 18. Jackson, 19. Gordon, 20. Gurley. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Thomas
Meseraull, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, 7. Damion Gardner, 8.
Coleman Gulick, 9. Kyle Larson, 10. Jonathan Hendrick, 11. Robert Ballou, 12.
Levi Jones, 13. Shane Cottle, 14. Jon Stanbrough, 15. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 16.
Scotty Weir, 17. Brett Beauchamp, 18. Chase Stockon, 19. Chad Boespflug, 20.
Tyler Clourtney, 21. Justin Grant, 22. C.J. Leary, 23. Jerry Coons Jr.
**Gurley flipped during the third heat. Leary flipped on lap 5 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Tracy Hines, Laps 29-30 Windom.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,572, 2-Jones-1,570,
3-Darland-1,526, 4-Clauson-1,427, 5-Gardner-1,325, 6-Tracy Hines-1,313,
7-Stockon-1,222, 8-Ballou-1,215, 9-Schuerenberg-1,206, 10-Thomas-1,162.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 25 – Kokomo (IN)Speedway – “Sprint Car
Smackdown”
Aug 24 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 23, 2012
– Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Sprint Car Smackdown”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-12.628; 2. Damion Gardner, 71,
DG-12.795; 3. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-12.833; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p,
Phillips-12.835; 5. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-12.842; 6. Chase Stockon, 32,
Stockon-12.851; 7. Thomas Meseraull, 69, Dynamics-12.871; 8. Chad Boespflug, 22,
Batcheldor/Rice-12.882; 9. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-12.899; 10. Hunter
Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-12.943; 11. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.961; 12. Brady
Short, 36, Short-12.986; 13. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.007;
14. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.008; 15. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.016; 16.
Chris Windom, 21, Pollock-13.021; 17. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-13.079;
18. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.093; 19. Kyle Larson, 53, Fox-13.098;
20. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-13.104; 21. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-13.115; 22.
Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.155; 23. Jonathan Hendrick, 68,
Hendrick-13.229; 24. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-13.232; 25. C.J. Leary,
30, Leary-13.238; 26. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beacuhamp-13.250; 27. Casey Shuman,
17, McGhee-13.302; 28. Scotty Weir, 57 Hazen-13.307; 29. Billy Puterbaugh Jr.,
10E, Edison-13.354; 30. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.354; 31. Tyler Courtney, 23c,
Courtney-13.361; 32. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-13.385; 33. Josh Spencer, 66J,
Spencer-13.387; 34. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.394; 35. Dakota Jackson, 3,
Jackson-13.446; 36. Dustin Smith, 37, Conaway-13.485; 37. Logan Jarrett, 29,
Jarrett-13.499; 38. Ryan Bernal, 5x, Baldwin-13.679; 39. Josh Clemens, 71c,
Pedersen-13.723; 40. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-13.810; 41. Chase Briscoe, 5B,
Briscoe-13.833; 42. Garrett Abrams, 32x, Abrams-14.388; 41. Damion Ramsay, 71x,
Indy Race Parts-14.401; 42. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Smith, 3. Spencer, 4. Bernal, 5.
Jackson, 6. Briscoe, 7. Clemens, 8. Jarrett, 9. Gross, 10. Abrams, 11. Ramsay. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Clayton, 3. Clauson, 4. Darland, 5.
Fitzpatrick, 6. Grant, 7. Leary, 8. Puterbaugh, 9. Drake, 10. Jackson. 2:12.16
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Gulick, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Beauchamp,
5. Gardner, 6. Jones, 7. Stockon, 8. Briscoe, 9. Smith, 10. Ted Hines. 2:13.03
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hendrick, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Meseraull, 4. Ballou, 5.
Cottle, 6. Larson, 7. Courtney, 8. Shuman, 9. Clemens, 10. Meseraull. 2:14.89
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Boespflug, 3. Coons, 4. Weir, 5. Jarrett,
6. McIntyre, 7. Short, 8. Bernal, 9. Gordon, 10. Hupp. NT
C MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Bernal, 3, Clemens, 4. Smith, 5. Jarrett, 6.
Ramsay, 7. Gross, 8. Abrams.
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Stockon, 3. Cottle, 4. Jones, 5. Short, 6.
Shuman, 7. Larson, 8. Grant, 9. Fitzpatrick, 10. Clemens, 11. Spencer, 12.
Puterbaugh, 13. Drake, 14. McIntyre, 15. Courtney, 16. Gordon, 17. Leary, 18.
Smith, 19. Bernal, 20. Ted Hines. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chase Stockon, 4.
Damion Gardner, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, 7. Casey Shuman, 8.
Shane Cottle, 9. Coleman Gulick, 10. Levi Jones, 11. Scotty Weir, 12. Jon
Stanbrough, 13. Brett Beauchamp, 14. Jonathan Hendrick, 15. Chris Windom, 16.
Thomas Meseraull, 17. Chad Boespflug, 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 19. Robert Ballou,
20. C.J. Leary, 21. Kevin Thomas, 22. Daron Clayton, 23. Brady Short. NT
**Gurley & Fitzpatrick flipped during practice. Hupp flipped during the fourth
heat. Clayton flipped on lap 20 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Darland, Laps 17-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,542, 2-Jones-1,533,
3-Darland-1,468, 4-Clauson-1,364, 5-Gardner-1,282, 6-Tracy Hines-1,250,
6-Stockon-1,205, 8-Ballou-1,177, 9-Thomas-1,158, 10-Schuerenberg-1,156.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 24 – Kokomo (IN)Speedway – “Sprint Car
Smackdow
Aug 23 2012
KOKOMO’S “SMACKDOWN” CONTINGENCY GROWS
AS TOTAL PRIZES TOP $100,000
by DICK JORDAN
This week’s “Sprint Car Smackdown” AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car event at the
Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway continues to grow momentum as total posted prize money
and accessories top the $100,000 mark. The series competes Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights at the one-third-mile dirt oval.
A multitude of sponsorships and donations have helped boost the “Connor
Family’s generous posted purse, giving this event a “major event” atmosphere and
making it one of the marquee events on USAC’s 2012 calendar.
USAC extends its sincere gratitude to all who have contributed to make this a
truly special event, including the following lap prize sponsors ($100 per lap
sponsorships are still being accepted for all three days): Chalk Racing
Products, Gold Crown Midget Nationals, Eldora Four Crown Nationals, Carrington
Homes, Gas City I-69 Speedway, Kevin Miller, Pro Source, Crume Evans Insurance,
Team VW/Audi, C & R Racing, Jimmy Carter, Lincoln Park Speedway, Conroy “Pneu”
Control, Butlerbuilt Seat Systems, Lincoln Park Speedway, Smackdown Fan Club,
Terre Haute Action Track, In Memory of Norman Shaw, Lawrenceburg Speedway,
Bloomington Speedway, American Racing Ministries, Weld Racing, Cuneo Ex-Press,
the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, Jonah Benic Enterprises, Beast Chassis,
Hinchman Indy, Helce’s Market, Frolic Bar & Grill, Bake U Smile Bake Shop, Aidan
Smith, Mills Video Productions, STIDA.com, Sprintweek Pool Champion Doug
Rafnson, In Memory of Laura Stockon, Ron Gorby’s
Howard Johnson of Lima, National Speedway Directory, Indiana Underground
Construction, Bryan Clauson Racing and Kyle Larson Racing.
Additional cash and prize donors include: Pro Source (fast qualifier and hard
work awards), Hoosier Tires (non-qualifying race winners), Competition
Suspension (heat, C-main and qualifying race winners plus non-transfer awards),
Butlerbuilt (heat and qualifying race bonuses), CSI (heat, C-Main and
non-transfer awards), Go-Pro Camera (semi winners), PPM Titanium Products (hard
charger awards), Pace Performance Coating (fast time award), Simpson Indy (heat
race and D-main winners), AMSOIL (C-main award), C & R Racing (semi award), Weld
Wheels (non-transfer award), DMI and Traxxas (King of the Hill awards) and Indy
Race Parts (hard charger). Additional awards in the form of raffles involve
Hoosier Tires and Arizona Sport Shirts.
--USAC--
Aug 21 2012
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 19, 2012
– Victorville, California – Victorville Raceway Park
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.710; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.025; 3. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-15.196; 4. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-15.245; 5. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.253; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.256; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.257; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.317; 9. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-15.348; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.389; 11. Shane Golobic, 73x, Ford-15.416; 12. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-15.428; 13. R.J. Johnson, 51a, Martin-15.445; 14. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.481; 15. John Aden, 7a, Aden-15.485; 16. Brandon Thomson, 16, Jones-15.529; 17. Jake Swanson, 41, Jones-15.746; 18. Johnny McCall, 44J, McCall-15.755; 19. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-15.810; 20. Adam Frith-Smith, 62a, Frith-Smith-15.890; 21. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-15.970; 22. Trevor Cooper, 21k, Kruseman-15.976; 23. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-15.996; 24. Patrick Clark, 71k, Kruseman-16.107; 25. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-16.135; 26. A.J. Bender, 12B, Bender-16.292; 27. Tom
Hendricks, 14k, Kruseman-16.365; 28. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-16.371; 29. Jeremy Ellertson, 23, Ellertson-16.585; 30. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-16.739; 31. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-16.771; 32. Ed Schwarz, 47, Perkins-17.074; 33. Jon Kairot, 35, Perkins-17.498.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Kruseman, 3. Wilson, 4. Cooper, 5. Bender, 6. McCall. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. R.Williams, 4. Ballard, 5. Ercse, 6. Faas, 7. Aden, 8. Hendricks. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Cardey, 3. Thomson, 4. Clark, 5. Schwarz, 6. Smith, 7. Frith-Smith, 8. A.Williams. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Johnson, 3. Perkins, 4. Bernal, 5. Bezio, 6. Collins, 7. Swanson, 8. Ellertson. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Faas, 3. A.Williams, 4. Bezio, 5. Frith-Smith, 6. Hendricks, 7. Ellertson, 8. Collins, 9. Bender, 10. Smith, 11. Ercse, 12. Schwarz, 13. Aden, 14. Kairot. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Shane Golobic, 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Brandon Thomson, 9. Jake Swanson, 10. Seth Wilson, 11. Corey Ballard, 12. Rickie Gaunt, 13. Tom Hendricks, 14. Rip Williams, 15. Ricky Johnson, 16. Patrick Clark, 17. David Bezio, 18. Adam Frith-Smith, 19. David Cardey, 20. Kenny Perkins, 21. Cody Williams, 22. Trevor Cooper. NT
C.Williams flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Roa, Laps 15-30 Bernal.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-955, 2-Faas-769, 3-Roa-674, 4-Bernal-667, 5-A.Williams-664, 6-R.Williams-625, 7-Kruseman-613, 8-Matt Mitchell-461, 9-C.Williams-450, 10-Wilson-431.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: September 1-2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
“VERMEIL CLASSIC” AT CALISTOGA NEXT FOR USAC/CRA SPRINTS;
KRUSEMAN, BERNAL SCORE PERRIS, VICTORVILLE WINS
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars are preparing for the annual “Louie Vermeil Classic” September 1-2 at the Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway and Mike Spencer’s bid for a record fifth straight series title seems on track.
Spencer finished fourth in Sunday night’s 30-lap race at Victorville (Calif.) Raceway Park after taking second the previous night at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. won Sunday night’s Victorville shootout in his Keith Ford entry, leading the final 16 laps after passing Brody Roa on lap 15. Cory Kruseman was second ahead of Roa, Spencer and Shane Golobic.
Kruseman, of Ventura, Calif., led all 30 laps of Saturday night’s Perris main event in his Mark Priestley entry, beating Spencer, David Cardey, Nic Faas and Bernal to the line. The win halted Spencer’s streak of five straight wins at the Perris oval.
The Calistoga events will also award points toward the 2012 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car championship. Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. currently leads that series’ standings.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-955, 2-Nic Faas-769, 3-Brody Roa-674, 4-Ryan Bernal-667, 5-Austin Williams-664, 6-Rip Williams-625, 7-Cory Kruseman-613, 8-Matt Mitchell-461, 9-Cody Williams-450, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-562, 2-Shauna Hogg-538, 3-Scott Pierovich-388, 4-Tom Baker-340, 5-Gordon Rodgers-319, 6-Marty Hawkins-233, 7-Brian McClish-209, 8-Tim Skoglund-179, 9-Cody Gerhardt-174, 10-Taylor Simas-155.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-403, 2-Shauna Hogg-369, 3-Tom Baker-252, 4-Marty Hawkins-233, 5-Scott Pierovich-214, 6-Gordon Rodgers-164, 7-Taylor Simas-155, 8-Jerry Cisco-86, 9-Geoff Ensign-49.
3 KOKOMO SPRINT NIGHTS FOR NDC DRIVERS;
CLAUSON-JONES POINT SEPARATION NOW 54
by DICK JORDAN
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. continues to sit atop the USAC National Drivers Championship standings in his quest for a third consecutive title.
Clauson is now 54 points ahead of Levi Jones after last week’s races at Springfield, Ill. and Sun Prairie, Wisc. Clauson was fifth in Saturday’s “Tony Bettenhausen 100” Traxxas Silver Crown race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield and a narrow second in Sunday night’s Mopar National Midget race at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc. Jones was fourth in both races.
Points this week will be awarded during the “Sprint Car Smackdown” for the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway.
2012 USAC National Drivers Championship Standings
1-Bryan Clauson-1,026, 2-Levi Jones-972, 3-Tracy Hines-938, 4-Darren Hagen-943, 5-Jon Stanbrough-912, 6-Dave Darland-871, 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-866, 8-Chris Windom-825, 9-Damion Gardner-704, 10-Chase Stockon-642.
3-NIGHT “SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN” AT KOKOMO!
by DICK JORDAN
This week’s “Sprint Car Smackdown” at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway will offer three consecutive nights of AMSOIL USAC Sprint racing at one of America’s most competitive short tracks, but will also feature a torrid battle for the series point lead between Jon Stanbrough and Levi Jones, separated by only six points entering the week’s races.
A total of over $85,000 in prize money is posted, with Saturday’s feature winner raking in $10,000. Additional incentives, such as lap prizes, are also posted for what promises to be one of the season’s most memorable weekends of USAC racing. Preliminary night features Thursday and Friday are 30 laps, while Saturday’s finale is a 40-lapper.
Stanbrough, of Avon, Ind., recorded his worst finish of the season when the series competed in the “Indiana Sprint Week” at Kokomo in July, a 17th. Jones, on the other hand, was third in the July race behind Dave Darland and Bryan Clauson.
Stanbrough has more than a dozen podium finishes already this year, including wins at Wilmot, Wisc. and Haubstadt, Ind. Jones has only a half-dozen podiums, but found the winner’s circle at Cameron, Mo. earlier this month.
Stanbrough has a pair of Kokomo wins to his credit, in 2006 and 2007, while Jones won there in 2010. Other former Kokomo USAC Sprint winners expected to compete are Dave Darland (3 wins), Bryan Clauson and Hunter Schuerenberg.
Darland, with five wins so far this season, will bear watching at Kokomo, his “home” track. He ranks third in the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car standings, 99 behind Stanbrough, but a total of 208 points are available at Kokomo this week.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Jon Stanbrough-1,505, 2-Levi Jones-1,499; 3-Dave Darland-1,406, 4-Bryan Clauson-1,298, 5-Damion Gardner-1,222, 6-Tracy Hines-1,195, 7-Robert Ballou-1,157, 8-Chase Stockon-1,147, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1,137, 10-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,105.
Aug 17 2012
CAN AMSOIL USAC/CRA REGULARS STOP MIKE SPENCER?
by Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, August 14, 2012) The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series return to its home track, Perris Auto Speedway, this Saturday night, August 18th. The lingering question on everybody’s mind is, can anyone stop Mike Spencer? After finishing fourth in the season opener on February 25th, the handsome Cal Poly Pomona Engineering graduate has won five main events in a row on the Riverside County clay oval. The PAS Senior Sprint Cars and the California Lightning Sprints will also be a part of the triple-header program. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will be at 7:00.
“Mike Spencer is a machine,” Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian said with a smile on Tuesday morning. “When you combine him with car owner Ron Chaffin and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame crew chief Bruce Bromme Jr., you are talking the 1927 New York Yankees. They are not impossible to beat as evidenced last week at Santa Maria Speedway, but they are pretty darn close.”
Spencer won his seventh main of 2012 last Friday night at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville and was on his way to what seemed like another win at Santa Maria on Saturday until “Showtime” Danny Sheridan squeezed by him at the line for the win. This Saturday, Norco’s Ronnie Gardner will be driving the #18 Kittle Motorsports car that Sheridan won in at Santa Maria.
Thus far in 2012, Spencer has won seven of the first 12 main events in the Series. Of his five straight wins at The PAS, the soon to be 31-year-old Temecula resident has two complete sweeps of the show (fast time, heat win and main event win).
Sheridan, who is expected to be in the Ford Racing #73, and several other top stars, including Cal State Fullerton student Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Brody Roa of Buena Park, Riverside’s “Dynamite” David Cardey and the Yorba Linda trio of National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Rip Williams and his sons Cody and Austin, will try to emulate Sheridan’s accomplishment of last Saturday.
Heading into Saturday’s race, Faas, who has placed second to Spencer in three of his five PAS wins, is 120-points behind the four-time champ in the fight for the title. Roa, who lost an engine at Santa Maria after placing third at Watsonville, has a USAC/CRA win this year at Cocopah Speedway in Yuma, Arizona. Cardey will be making his third appearance in the Tom and Lauri Sertich Moose Racing entry on Saturday. Last time out, they had an impressive second place finish to Spencer on July 28th. Rip Williams, the 2004 USAC/CRA champ, had a season best third place finish on the 28th and the 56-year-old has clawed his way to fifth in the standings. His middle son Austin, 22, has a win this year at Santa Maria, while his oldest son Cody set a new track record at Watsonville and is currently ninth in points.
Just two days shy of his 61st birthday, Bruce Douglass will try to make it four wins in seven outings in the PAS Senior Sprint Car Series on Saturday night. Douglass narrowly fought off teammate Victor Davis of Simi Valley for the win on the 28th. Four-time VRA Senior Champion Wiley Miller took third on the 28th. Douglass enters Saturday’s race tied for the point lead with 2011 champion Bill Badger of Santa Clarita.
The California Lightning Sprint Cars will contest the Christian Stover Memorial race at The PAS on Saturday. Stover, a rising open wheel star who visited The PAS victory circle while competing with the CLS, lost his life in an ATV crash in 2009. Anaheim Hills racer Guy Maresch sits on top of the CLS standing, but 2011 Rookie of the Year Steve Limon of Corona has closed the gap to only 50-points heading into Saturday’s race.
After Saturday’s show the Amsoil USAC/CRA series will head to the grand opening of the Route 66 Motorplex on the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds in Victorville for a Sunday night show with the USAC Western Midgets.
Fans who live more than 100-miles away from the track can watch the race live on the Circle Track Network. http://www.circletracknetwork.com/ Those who live within the 100-mile black out radius or anywhere else can watch it "On Demand" 24-hours after the final checkered flag.
Adult tickets for Saturday's are $25.00. Seniors get in for $20.00. For
active military members with proper id, teens 13-18 with their school id and
kids 6-12 it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free.
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Soboba Casino, Square H, Swedish Speed, Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply,
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October's Southern California Fair), approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds.
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Amsoil USAC/CRA Top 10 in Points
1. Mike Spencer - Temecula - 819
2. Nic Faas - Huntington Beach - 699
3. Austin Williams - Yorba Linda - 594
4. Brody Roa - Buena Park - 561
5. Rip Williams - Yorba Linda - 544
5. Ryan Bernal - Hollister - 544
7. Cory Kruseman - Ventura - 479
8. Matt Mitchell - Yorba Linda - 461
9. Cody Williams - Yorba Linda - 406
10. Seth Wilson – Las Vegas – 370
PAS Senior Sprint Points
1. Bruce Douglass - Ventura - 327
2. Bill Badger – Santa Clarita - 327
3. Victor Davis - Ventura - 315
4. Wiley Miller - Yorba Linda - 306
5. Brian Williams - Newport Beach - 249
6. Ed Schwartz - Santa Fe Springs - 228
7. Mike Collins - Lake Forest - 225
8. Erik Rickard - Carson - 193
9. Bob Aldermann - Santa Inez - 132
10. Jesse Denome – Pacific Beach – 99
California Lightning Sprint Points
1. Guy Maresch - Anaheim Hills - 1160
2. Steve Limon - Corona - 1110
3. Bobby Michnowicz - Lomita - 1069
4. Dan Hillberg - Placentia - 1042
5. Dale Gamer - Anaheim - 1038
6. Damon Arnett - San Diego - 943
7. Darren Hillberg - Corona - 911
8. Zach Zauss - Murrieta - 904
9. Alexander Bissett - Hemet - 896
10. Donna Kotlinski - Nuevo – 655
Aug 9 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR “SPECIAL EVENT” RESULTS (Appearance Points only): August 7,
– Oskaloosa, Iowa – Southern Iowa Speedway – 11th Casey’s General Stores “Ultimate Challege”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Chris Windom (21, Pollock), 2. Jerry Coons, Jr. (71P, Phillips), 3. Jon Stanbrough (21x, Roberts/Tate), 4. Chase Stockon (32, Stockon), 5. Brady Bacon (99, BBR), 6. Levi Jones (20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian), 7. Daron Clayton (92, Clayton). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Damion Gardner (71, DG), 2. Thomas Meseraull (5x, Baldwin), 3. Tracy Hines (4, Hines), 4. Darren Hagen (69OT, Dynamics), 5. Hunter Schuerenberg (35, Byram), 6. Bret Mellenberndt (97, Mellenberndt), 7. Robert Ballou (81, MPHG). 3:12.41
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Justin Grant (40, Hery), 2. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (9K, BlackJack), 3. Bryan Clauson (7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Casey Shuman (22, Batcheldor/Rice), 5. Geoff Ensign (22, Lems), 6. Robert Bell (71x, Bell), 7. Greg Clemons (55, Clemons). 3:10.72
DASH: (8 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Coons, 3. Meseraull, 4. Dave Darland (#11 Walker), 5. Gardner, 6. Windom, 7. Kyle Larson (#69 Dynamics), 8. Thomas. 2:31.01
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Jerry Coons, Jr., 6. Thomas Meseraull, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Damion Gardner, 12. Chase Stockon, 13. Shane Cottle (#5 Baldwin), 14. Darren Hagen, 15. Geoff Ensign, 16. Bret Mellenberndt, 17. Brady Bacon, 18. Casey Shuman, 19. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 21. Robert Bell, 22. Greg Clemons, 23. Robert Ballou. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Grant, Laps 8-30 Larson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,441; 2-Jones-1,437; 3-Darland-1,337; 4-Clauson-1,251; 5-Gardner-1,174; 6-Hines-1,146; 7-Thomas-1,102; 8-Ballou-1,095; 9-Stockon-1,086; 10- Schuerenberg-1,067.
Aug 8 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR “SPECIAL EVENT” RACE RESULTS (Non-Points event) August 6,
– Oskaloosa, Iowa – Southern Iowa Speedway – 17th Musco “Front Row Challege”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dave Darland (#11 Walker), 2. Darren Hagen (#69OT Dynamics), 3. Jon Stanbrough (#21x Roberts/Tate), 4. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart/Curb-Agajanian), 5. Chase Stockon (#32 Stockon), 6. Damion Gardner (#71 DG), 7. Brandon Stevenson (#0 Stevenson), 8. Robert Bell (#71x Bell). 2:38.45
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robert Ballou (#81 MPHG), 2. Kyle Larson (#69 Dynamics), 3. Bryan Clauson (#7 Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (71p Phillips), 5. Casey Shuman (22 Batcheldor/Rice). 6. Geoff Ensign (#22x Lems), 7. Shane Cottle (#5 Baldwin), 2:37.80
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild (#7k Williams), 2. Justin Grant (#40 Grant), 3. Chris Windom (#21 Pottorff), 4. Brady Bacon (#99 Bacon), 5. Thomas Meseraull (#5x Baldwin), 6. Daron Clayton (#92 Clayton), 7. Bret Mellenberndt (#97 Mellenberndt). 2:37.25
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Daron Clayton, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Chris Windom, 9. Chase Stockon, 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11. Thomas Meseraull, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Bret Mellenberndt, 14. Robert Bell, 15. Shane Cottle, 16. Damion Gardner, 17. Justin Grant, 18. Brandon Stevenson, 19. Jac Haudenschild, 20. Jon Stanbrough, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Geoff Ensign. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Larson.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 7 – Oskaloosa, IA – Southern Iowa Speedway – “Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge
Aug 7 2012
Coming races
WEST COAST SPRINTS “OFF” UNTIL SEPTEMBER 8;
RICHARD VANDER WEERD TAKES “JIM EVETT MEMORIAL” AT KINGS
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. will rest on a 92-point lead in USAC’s West Coast Sprint Car series until the series resumes September 8 at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
Kaeding was fifth in last Saturday night’s “Jim Evett Memorial” at Hanford. He trailed winner Richard Vander Weerd, Shane Golobic, Austin Liggett and Markus Niemela.
Vander Weerd, of Visalia, Calif., passed Ricky Kirkbride on lap 10 and led the final 21 laps for the win, his first of the season after three previous podium finishes.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-542, 2-Markus Niemela-450, 3-Danny Faria Jr.-424, 4-Ryan Bernal-420, 5-Danny Sheridan-398, 6-Matt Mitchell-391, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-365, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-333, 9-Rusty Carlile-297, 10-Justyne Hamblin-263.
CRA, CLASSIC COMBINE AT WATSONVILLE & SANTA MARIA;
HIRST SWEEPS CHICO, PLACERVILLE CLASSICS
by DICK JORDAN
USAC’s AMSOIL CRA and Western Classic Sprint Car series combine this week for a pair of races in California which could be pivotal in the battle for 2012 championships.
Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. hosts Friday’s race, while Santa Maria Speedway is Saturday’s venue. Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. (USAC/CRA) and Shauna Hogg of Citrus Heights, Calif. (Western Classic) enter the two races as the respective point leaders. Spencer has a comfortable 88-point lead over Nic Faas, while Hogg’s lead over Tony Hunt stands at 58 points.
Hogg posted finishes of sixth and 17th in two Western Classic races last weekend, both races won by Kyle Hirst of West Sacramento, Calif.
Hirst won Friday’s 30-lapper at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, leading the final 21 laps after passing Andy Forsberg on lap 10. Saturday night, Hirst led the final 18 laps at Placerville Speedway after Jimmy Sills exited with car trouble on lap 13. Forsberg was second at Chico ahead of Terry Schank Jr., Tony Hunt and Mark Tabor Jr. At Placerville, Matt Streeter led the first seven laps and finished second ahead of James Sweeney, Jimmy Trulli and Mack Mackay. Sills, in a rare USAC appearance, led five laps before exiting the race.
Spencer enters the two weekend races after setting a record for consecutive USAC/CRA victories at Perris, Calif. (five), while Hogg continues to chase a championship which would make her USAC’s fifth female driving champion, joining Sondi Eden, Taylor Ferns, Jessica Clark and Chrissie Beavis.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-683, 2-Nic Faas-595, 3-Austin Williams-501; 4-Brody Roa-471, 5-Matt Mitchell-461, 6-Ryan Bernal-458; 7-Rip Williams-438, 8-Cory Kruseman-417, 9-Cody Williams-353, 10-Seth Wilson-313.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Shauna Hogg-478, 2-Tony Hunt-420, 3-Gordon Rodgers-258, 4-Scott Pierovich-248, 5-Marty Hawkins-233, 6-Brian McClish-209, 7-Tom Baker-209, 8-Tim Skoglund-179, 9-Cody Gerhardt-174, 10-Taylor Simas-155.
OSKALOOSA, LAKE ODESSA, HARTFORD ON TAP FOR SPRINTS;
CLAUSON, BALLOU, JONES SCORE MIDDLE-AMERICA WINS
by DICK JORDAN 12-126
Levi Jones trails Jon Stanbrough by only four points in the latest tally as the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Series enters four races in six nights. Jones is aiming for a record sixth series title, while Stanbrough is trying to nail down his first.
Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa is the site of races Monday and Tuesday nights, while the series moves to Michigan for races Friday at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa and Saturday at Hartford Motor Speedway. The Oskaloosa races conclude with Tuesday night’s “Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge.” Monday’s Oskaloosa event does not carry National points and Tuesday’s is a “special event,” offering appearance points only.
Jones, of Olney, Ill., found victory lane for the first time this season in the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing Chevy Performance Maxim/Kistler Sunday night at U.S. 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo. He passed Kevin Thomas on the 28th lap and led the final three circuits for the win over Thomas, Chris Windom, Chase Stockon and Dave Darland. Darren Hagen led the first two laps.
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. won Friday night’s 30-lap “Rumble in the Bullring” at Eagle (Neb.) Raceway in his CTR/BCI/Curb Agajanian Curb Records/R & B Truckers Maxim/Fisher. Dave Darland led the first 10 laps before Clauson took over. Thomas was second ahead of Stanbrough, Darland and Jones.
Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. went to Robert Ballou of Rocklin, Calif. in the MPHG Promotions Behaviour Consultants/J.C. Plew Triple X/Ott. He led 15 of the 30 laps but none more important than the last two after out-dueling Stanbrough, who finished second ahead of Clauson, Jones and Chad Boespflug. Boespflug led the first seven laps and Stanbrough led eight laps of the race.
This week’s Michigan races are the first on dirt for the AMSOIL USAC Sprints in the Wolverine State since Jay Drake’s victory at Hartford 12 years ago.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS
1-Jon Stanbrough-1,381, 2-Levi Jones-1,377, 3-Dave Darland-1,277, 4-Bryan Clauson-1,191, 5-Damion Gardner-1,114, 6-Tracy Hines-1,086, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1,042, 8-Robert Ballou-1,035, 9-Chase Stockon-1,026, 10-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,007.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 5, 2012
– Cameron, Missouri – U.S. 36 Raceway
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.075; 2. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-12.239; 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, BlackJack-12.264; 4. Chris Windom, 21, Pollock-12.273; 5. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-12.372; 6. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-12.393; 7. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-12.402; 8. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-12.413; 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 71P, Phillips-12.442; 10. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.449; 11. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.485; 12. Thomas Meseraull, 5, Baldwin12.513; -13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-12.518; 14. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-12.661; 15. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-12.731; 16. Stu Snyder, 21s, RHS-13.059; 17. Austin Alumbaugh, 26, Smith-13.066; 18. Curtis Evans, 1A, Evans-13.133; 19. Jeff Lowery, 45, Lowery-13.368; 20. Joe Boyles, 4F, Boyles-13.810; 21. John Helm, 12, Helm-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Gardner, 3. Jones, 4. Windom, 5. Clauson, 6. Lowery, 7. Snyder. 1:44.02
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Stockon, 4. Grant, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Alumbaugh, 7. Boyles. 1:42.70
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Thomas, 3. Coons, 4. Meseraull, 5. Hagen, 6. Evans, 7. Helm. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Chris Windom, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Justin Grant, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Darren Hagen, 14. Thomas Meseraull, 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 16. Jeff Lowery, 17. Austin Alumbaugh, 18. Curtis Evans, 19. Joe Boyles, 20. Stu Snyder, 21. John Helm. NT
**Snyder flipped on lap 4 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Hagen, Laps 3-27 Thomas, Laps 28-30 Jones
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,381, 2-Jones-1,377, 3-Darland-1,277, 4-Clauson-1,191, 5-Gardner-1,114, 6-Hines-1,086, 7-Thomas-1,042, 8-Ballou-1,035, 9-Stockon-1,026, 10-Schuerenberg-1,007.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 6-7 – Oskaloosa, IA – Southern Iowa Speedway – “Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge”
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2012
– Eagle, Nebraska – Eagle Raceway -“Rumble in the Bullring”
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.293; 2. Justin Grant, 71p Phillips-13.376; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-13.449; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.461; 5. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.475; 6. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-13.487; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.506; 8. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.553; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.593; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.616; 11. Chad Boespflug, 69, Dynamics-13.658; 12. Stu Snyder, 21s, Snyder-13.967; 13. Jeff Lowery, 45, Lowery-14.186; 14. Roger Sluka, 29X, Sluka-14.433; 15. Brandon Stevenson, 0, Stevenson-14.465; 16. Joe Boyles, 4F, Boyles-15.240.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Thomas, 3. Clauson, 4. Boespflug, 5. Stockon, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Lowery, 8. Stevenson. 1:53.44
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Ballou, 4. Darland, 5. Grant, 6. Snyder, 7. Sluka, 8. Boyles. 1:53.00
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Justin Grant, 11. Chad Boespflug, 12. Brandon Stevenson, 13. Jeff Lowery, 14. Roger Sluka, 15. Stu Snyder, 16. Joe Boyles. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Darland, Laps 11-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,262, 2-Jones-1,248, 3-Darland-1,172, 4-Clauson-1,084, 5-Damion Gardner-1,010, 6-Hineds-995, 7-Thomas-945, 8-Schuerenbverg-932, 9-Ballou-929, 10-Stockon-927.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 4 – Grain Valley, MO – Valley Speedway
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2012
– Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – 3rd Annual “Jim Evett Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.000; 2. Shane Golobic, 73, Ford-16.148; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.193; 4. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-16.199; 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.342; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.405; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.465; 8. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.479; 9. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.604; 10. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.701; 11. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.811; 12. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.817; 13. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-16.823; 14. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-16.829; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.960; 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.041; 17. D.J. Netto, 7N, Netto-17.214; 18. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-17.411; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.425; 20. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-17.621; 21. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.837; 22. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-18.747.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Faria, 4. Hamblin, 5. Niemela, 6. C.Gansen, 7. Araki, 8. Sibley. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Netto, 2. Golobic, 3. Liggett, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Day, 6. Barnes, 7. Frith-Smith. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Logan, 4. Carlile, 5. Dolacki, 6. Little, 7. D. Gansen. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Shane Golobic, 3. Austin Liggett, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Rusty Carlile, 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 9. Jonathan Logan, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Justyne Hamblin, 12. D.J. Netto, 13. Tyler Dolacki, 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Kolby Araki, 16. Jared Little, 17. Matt Day, 18. Don Gansen, 19. Jeff Sibley, 20. Danny Faria Jr., 21. Kevin Barnes, 22. Adam Frith-Smith. NT
**Faria flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Kirkbride, Laps 10-30 Vander Weerd.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaeding-542, 2-Niemela-450, 3-Faria-424, 4-Ryan Bernal-420, 5-Sheridan-398, 6-Matt Mitchell-391, 7-R.Vander Weerd-365, 8-Kirkbride-333, 9-Carlile-297, 10-Hamblin-263.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: September 8 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
USAC-WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2012
– Placerville, California – Placerville Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. James Sweeney, 11x, Lewis-12.006; 2. Marc Mackay, 86, Mackay-12.061; 3. Jimmy Sills, 4, Sills-12.176; 4. Kyle Hirst, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-12.184; 5. Scott Hall, 56x, VanWare-12.206; 6. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-12.206; 7. Mark Tabor Jr., 38n, Tabor-12.215; 8. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Gleason-12.291; 9. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-12.302; 10. Jimmy Trulli, 33T, Trulli-12.332; 11. Justin Johnson, 25, Johnson-12.470; 12. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.539; 13. Jake Morgan, 1J, Morgan-12.566; 14. Johnny Reeves, 25x, Miller-12.747; 15. C.J. Humphrey, 85, Happy Camper-12.789; 16. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-12.903; 17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-12.987; 18. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-13.097; 19. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.501; 20. Rusty Baglin, 44, Tabor-13.572; 21. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-14.110; 22. Dustin Sanders, 1H, Smitty-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trulli, 2. Hirst, 3. Morgan, 4. Sweeney, 5. Hogg, 6. Tabor. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Richardson, 2. Johnson, 3. Schank, 4. Mackay, 5. Baglin, 6. Hall, 7. Reeves. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Streeter, 3. Humphrey, 4. Baker, 5. Sills, 6. Hawkins, 7. Cisco. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Hirst, 2. Matt Streeter, 3. James Sweeney, 4. Jimmy Trulli, 5. Marc Mackay, 6. Justin Johnson, 7. Tony Hunt, 8. Jim Richardson, 9. Mark Tabor Jr., 10. Jake Morgan, 11. Gordon Rodgers, 12. Tom Baker, 13. Scott Hall, 14. Johnny Reeves, 15. Jimmy Sills, 16. Jerry Cisco, 17. Shauna Hogg, 18. C.J. Humphrey, 19. Terry Schank Jr., 20. Marty Hawkins. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Streeter, Laps 8-12 Sills, Laps 13-30 Hirst.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-478, 2-Hunt-423, 3-Rodgers-260, 4-Scott Pierovich-248, 5-Hawkins-233, 6-Brian McClish-209, 7-Baker-193, 8-Tim skoglund-179, 9-Cody Gerhardt-174, 10-Taylor Simas-155.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 10 – Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway
USAC-WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2012
– Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Hirst, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-13.532; 2. Mark Tabor Jr., 38n, Tabor-13.846; 3. Marc Mackay, 86, Mackay-14.018; 4. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-14.028; 5. Kevin Sharrah, 04, Sharrah-14.074; 6. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.081; 7. Scott Hall, 56x, VanWare-14.115; 8. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-14.126; 9. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.195; 10. Ryan Bernal, 25B, Baxter-14.212; 11. Tyler Wolf, 19, Wolf-14.281; 12. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Gleason-14.292; 13. James Sweeney, 11x, Lewis-14.304; 14. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.410; 15. Gary Burdick, 22x, Burdick-14.412; 16. Ron Laplant, 69, Laplant-14.466; 17. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-14.601; 18. Taylor Nelson , 74, Nelson-14.768; 17. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-14.976; 20. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-15.002.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Laplant, 2. Bernal,Laplant, 2. Bernal, 3. Hawkins, 4. Hirst, 5. Sweeney, 6. Hall, 7. Rodgers. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Baker, 2. Wolf, 4. Hogg, 4. Forsberg, 5. Sharrah, 6. Cisco, 7. Tabor. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Nelson, 3. Hunt, 4. Richardson, 5. Mackay. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Hirst, 2. Andy Forsberg, 3. Terry Schank, Jr., 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Mark Tabor Jr., 6. Shauna Hogg, 7. Ron Laplant, 8. Jim Richardson, 9. James Sweeney, 10. Tyler Wolf, 11. Marty Hawkins, 12. Gordon Rodgers, 13. Kevin Sharrah, 14. Marc Mackay, 15. Taylor Nelson , 16. Scott Hall, 17. Ryan Bernal, 18. Tom Baker, 19. Jerry Cisco. NT
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**Burdick flipped during qualifying. Wolf and Bernal flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Forsberg, Laps 10-30 Hirst.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-455, 2-Hunt-373, 3-Scott Pierovich-248, 4-Rodgers-229, 5-Hawkins-217, 6-Brian McClish-209, 7-Tim Skoglund-179, 8-Cody Gerhardt-174, 9-Baker-159, 10-Taylor Simas-155.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 4 – Placerville (CA) Speedway
Aug 1 2012
USAC SPRINTS MAKE NEBRASKA DEBUT FRIDAY AT EAGLE RACEWAY
AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car racing makes its debut in the Cornhusker State Friday when the series visits Eagle Raceway near Lincoln, Neb.
Friday’s Eagle race will feature a battle for the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point lead between leader Jon Stanbrough and defending five-time series champion Levi Jones, who are separated by only six points.
Friday’s Eagle race will feature a battle for the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point lead between leader Jon Stanbrough and defending five-time series champion Levi Jones, who are separated by only six points.
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind., the winningest active driver in terms of USAC National feature victories, will continue to chase the all-time leader in terms of USAC National Sprint wins in Friday’s race at the one-third-mile dirt oval. Hines has 42 wins in the series and trails all-time leader Tom Bigelow by 10.
Hines leads all USAC drivers with three wins in the 24 Midget races held in Nebraska since 1974. The first was at Midwest Speedway in Lincoln and Hines won at Eagle in 1996, 2002 and 2003.
The Eagle race kicks off an ambitious five-night Mid-America swing which includes races Saturday night at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. and Sunday night at U.S. 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo., followed by Monday and Tuesday night “special events” at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
USAC racing in Nebraska has included Midget races at Midwest Speedway in Lincoln, Sunset Speedway in Omaha, Eagle Raceway, Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction and Butler County Motorplex in Rising City.
Brady Bacon, this year’s “Hut Hundred” champion, and Brad Kuhn won the last USAC races in Nebraska, at McCool Junction in 2009.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jon Stanbrough-1,198, 2-Levi Jones-1,192, 3-Dave Darland-1,115, 4-Bryan Clauson-1,012, 5-Damion Gardner-1,010, 6-Tracy Hines-945, 7-Hunter Schuerenberg-893, 8-Robert Ballou-884, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-877, 10-Chase Stockon-876.
July 31 2012
NEBRASKA, MISSOURI RACES NEXT UP FOR USAC AMSOIL SPRINTS;
DARLAND CASHES $10,500 “SUMMER SPRINT SHOOTOUT” CHECK
by DICK JORDAN
Five races in five nights await the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars this weekend as Jon Stanbrough and Levi Jones continue their torrid duel for the lead in search of the National title.
Friday night’s race is at Eagle (Neb.) Raceway, while Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. hosts Saturday night’s race. Sunday night’s venue is U.S. 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo. “Special events” are also planned Monday and Tuesday nights, August 6-7 at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
The August 6 Oskaloosa race is part of the track’s 17th Annual Musco Front Row Challenge” and does not offer USAC National points. The August 7 Oskaloosa race, the 11th Annual Casey’s General Stores “Ulktimate Challenge,” with $15,000-to-win and another $10,000 in bonus product incentives posted for participants, is a USAC “special event” and offers appearance points only.
Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. cashed a paycheck of $10,500 after his victory in Saturday night’s NAPA Auto Parts “Summer Sprint Car Shootout” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Darland, who ranks third in the standings, earned his fourth 2012 feature victory in the Jeff Walker Racing Jam-It-In Storage/Hoosier Tire Maxim/Claxton by leading the final 28 laps after passing Bryan Clauson on lap 23 of the 50-lap race. The race celebrated USAC’s 50 years of Sprint car racing at the half-mile oval.
Trailing Darland at the checkered flag were Clauson, who led 19 laps, Stanbrough, Chase Stockon and Thomas Meseraull. Coleman Gulick led the first three laps from the pole.
This week’s races will also feature a hotly-contested battle for the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Owner’s Championship between Roberts/Tate Racing, CTR/BCI/Mike Curb-Agajanian and Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing with only six points separating the three teams.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jon Stanbrough-1,198, 2-Levi Jones-1,192, 3-Dave Darland-1,115, 4-Bryan Clauson-1,012, 5-Damion Gardner-1,010, 6-Tracy Hines-945, 7-Hunter Schuerenberg-893, 8-Robert Ballou-884, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-877, 10-Chase Stockon-876.
CRA HEADED FOR WATSONVILLE & SANTA MARIA AUGUST 10-11;
SPENCER’S 5TH STRAIGHT AT PERRIS SETS USAC/CRA RECORD!
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint cars are idle this week, preparing for races August 10 and 11 respectively at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. and Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Series point leader Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. established a new series record Saturday night with his fifth consecutive feature victory at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway on “California Racers Hall of Fame Night.”. He led the final 15 laps after passing Danny Sheridan on lap 16 of the 30-lap race.
Trailing Spencer at the checkered flag were David Cardey, Rip Williams, Rickie Gaunt and Nic Faas. Faas trails Spencer by 88 points in the new series standings going into the August 10-11 events.
Williams and Sheridan each led Saturday’s race before Spencer assumed command.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-683, 2-Nic Faas-595, 3-Austin Williams-501; 4-Brody Roa-471, 5-Matt Mitchell-461, 6-Ryan Bernal-458; 7-Rip Williams-438, 8-Cory Kruseman-417, 9-Cody Williams-353, 10-Seth Wilson-313.
WEST COAST SPRINTS INVADE KINGS SPEEDWAY
by DICK JORDAN
The USAC West Coast Sprint Cars are headed for Hanford, Calif. this Saturday for a race at Kings Speedway, with Bud Kaeding holding a 66-point lead over Ryan Bernal in the latest standings.
Bernal and Kaeding have accounted for the two feature victories at Kings so far this season. Danny Sheridan, Markus Niemela, Matt Mitchell and Richard Vander Weerd have also earned “podium” finishes in series competition at the three-eighths mile dirt oval.
Other drivers with 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint wins this season are Kyle Larson (two) and Cory Kruseman.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-486, 2-Ryan Bernal-420, 3-Danny Faria Jr.-405, 4-Matt Mitchell-391, 5-Markus Niemela-389, 6-Danny Sheridan-342, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-293, 9-Rusty Carlile-249, 10-Kevin Barnes-234.
EAGLE, GRAIN VALLEY, CAMERON SPRINTS ON TAP THIS WEEK;
CLAUSON EXTENDS NDC LEAD TO 48
by DICK JORDAN
Three AMSOIL USAC National Sprint races this weekend will impact the 2012 USAC National Drivers Championship standings, which now reflect a 48-point lead for defending two-time champion Bryan Clauson.
Clauson scored a second-place finish in Saturday’s NAPA Auto Parts “Summer Sprint Car Shootout” at Rossburg, Ohio and had a sixth-place finish in Thursday’s “Rich Vogler Classic” Mopar National Midget race in Indianapolis, Ind. Those finishes extended his lead in search of a third consecutive title.
This week’s races are at Eagle (Neb.) Raceway Friday, Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. Saturday night and U.S. 36 Raceway in Cameron, Mo. Sunday night.
Trailing Clauson in the latest standings are Levi Jones and Darren Hagen, now tied for second place.
2012 USAC National Drivers Championship Standing1-Bryan Clauson-975, 2-Levi Jones and Darren Hagen-927, 4-Tracy Hines-914, 5-Jerry Coons Jr.-834, 6-Bobby East-805, 7-Jon Stanbrough-740, 8-Chris Windom-729, 9-Dave Darland-724, 10-Damion Gardner-544.
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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 28, 2012
– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.320; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.647; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.669; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.775; 5. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.844; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.855; 7. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-16.867; 8. Danny Sheridan, 73, Ford-16.895; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.038; 10. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-17.069; 11. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-17.090; 12. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.246; 13. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.302; 14. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-17.581; 15. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.589; 16. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-17.645; 17. Johnny McCall, 44J, McCall-17.750; 18. Patrick Clark, 71k, Kruseman-17.849; 19. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.878; 20. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.944; 21. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-18.328; 22. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.405; 23. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.762; 24. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-19.234.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Gardner, 3. Kruseman, 4. A.Williams, 5. Alexander, 6. Ballard, 7. McCall, 8. Welton. 2:52.11
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Faas, 3. Cardey, 4. Roa, 5. Matlock, 6. Clark, 7. Kairot, 8. Ercse. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Bezio, 3. C.Williams, 4. Gaunt, 5. Aden, 6. Sweeney, 7. Collins. 2:59.69
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. David Cardey, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Rickie Gaunt, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Cody Williams, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. David Bezio, 11. John Aden, 12. Corey Ballard, 13. Verne Sweeney, 14. Gavin Matlock, 15. Patrick Clark, 16. Jon Kairot, 16. Danny Sheridan, 18. Mike Collins, 19. Jerry Welton, 20. Austin Williams, 21. Ronnie Gardner, 22. Johnny McCall. NT
**Smith flipped during qualifying. Ercse flipped during the second heat. A.Williams flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 R.Williams, Laps 2-11 Sheridan, Lap 12 Spencer, Laps 13-15 Sheridan, Laps 16-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-683, 2-Faas-595, 3-A.Williams-501; 4-Roa-471, 5-Matt Mitchell-461, 6-Ryan Bernal-458; 7-R.Williams-438, 8-Kruseman-417, 9-C.Williams-353, 10-Seth Wilson-313.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 10 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 28, 2012
– Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – NAPA Auto Parts “Summer Sprint Car Shootout”
QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.508; 2. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.526; 3. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-15.703; 4. Bobby East, 5E, East-15.714; 5. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-15.718; 6. Landon Simon, 45, Simon-15.752; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.755; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-15.759; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-15.760; 10. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.778; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.820; 12. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.891; 13. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.941; 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-15.979; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 5, Baldwin-16.008; 16. Mike Brecht, 9x, SC-16.017; 17. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-16.018; 18. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-16.031; 19. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.038; 20. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-16.052; 21. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-16.071; 22. Dallas Hewitt, 2m, Marshall-16.143; 23. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-16.241; 24. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-16.255; 25. Joe Bares, 19x, Test-16.276; 26. Sheldon
Haudenschild, 93, Haudenschild-16.339; 27. Scotty Weir, 22s, Simon-16.339; 28. Brandon Whited, 15, Whited-16.360; 29. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-16.390; 30. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.507; 31. Dustin Smith, 37, Conaway-16.694; 32. Brandon Ferguson, 15x, Ferguson-16.946; 33. Mark Cassella, 91, Gagliardi-16.967; 34. Derek Hastings, 32m, Marshall-17.175; 35. Lewie Christian, 8, Christian-17.411; 36. Tom Rhoades, 31m, Marshall-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Grant, 4. Jones, 5. Kane, 6. Swanson, 7. Bares, 8. Clayton, 9. Cassella. 2:12.43
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Miller, 4. Thomas, 5. Hewitt, 6. Hastings, 7. Simon, 8. Haudenschild, 9. Westfall. 2:13.02
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Meseraull, 3. Hagen, 4. Smith, 5. Gardner, 6. Weir, 7. Stockon, 8. Christian, 9. Ballou. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gulick, 2. Kaeding, 3. Coons, 4. Leary, 5. East, 6. Brecht, 7. Rhoades, 8. Ferguson, 9. Whited. NT
B MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Stockon, 3. Weir, 4. Hewitt, 5. Ballou, 6. Simon, 7. Westfall, 8. Haudenschild, 9. Bares, 10. Hastings, 11. Ferguson, 12. Cassella, 13. Christian, 14. Rhoades, 15. Brecht, 16. Kane, 17. Swanson. NT
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Thomas Meseraull, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Dustin Smith, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Scotty Weir, 13. C.J. Leary, 14. Dallas Hewitt, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 17. Justin Grant, 18. Bud Kaeding, 19. Coleman Gulick, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Mike Miller, 22. Bobby East, 23. Daron Clayton. NT
**Whited flipped during the fourth heat. K.Swanson flipped during the B Main. Brecht flipped during the B Main.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Gulick, Laps 4-22 Clauson, Laps 23-50 Darland.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,198, 2-Jones-1,192, 3-Darland-1,115, 4-Clauson-1,012, 5-Gardner-1,010, 6-Hines-945, 7-Schuerenberg-893, 8-Ballou-884, 9-Thomas-877, 10-Stockon-876.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 3 – Eagle (NE) Raceway
July 27 2012
NUMBERS GAME NOT FAVORABLE TO CURRENT USAC TOP FIVE AS THEY ENTER ELDORA
NAPA Auto Parts Sponsored July 28 50-Lap Event Offering $10,000 to Win Along With Passing Bonus
From USAC
ROSSBURG, OH (July 25) - Statistics do not bode well for the top five point chasers in USAC's (United States Auto Club) National Sprint Car Series by NAPA Auto Parts as they invade Eldora Speedway Saturday night in pursuit of the minimum $10,000 pay check on the line. In a unique promotion for the 50-lap chase that carries USAC Special Event status, that figure will swell by $500 for each row that the winning driver advances from start to finish.
Eldora's flare for race formats and line-ups, utilizing popular aspects of the fan favored Kings Royal and World 100, will be in place and stray from the standard USAC program.
The tripleheader event, celebrating the 50th anniversary of USAC racing at Eldora, will also feature the NRA (National Racing Alliance) Sprint Invaders and Stock Cars.
In that 50-year span there have been 182 Sprint Car A-Features, with 70 different winners gracing victory lane. However, only three of the top five drivers in the current point race, with a collective total of six wins, are among that group.
Ironically, it goes right down the numerical line. First place runner Jon Stanbrough has one USAC Sprint Car win at Eldora, while second place driver, and reigning five-time champion, Levi Jones has two. Sitting in third place, Dave Darland has three previous triumphs, but it stops there. Neither fourth place Bryan Clauson nor fifth place Damion Gardner has moved into victory lane in USAC Sprint Car competition at Eldora to date.
Of that trio, Jones is the most recent USAC Sprint Car victor; with his 2010 Four Crown checkered flag complementing a similar fete in 2005. Darland's three wins came in a three-year span from 1998 to 2000, while Stanbrough's lone success was in 2003.
Statistics are favorable for Tracy Hines, who, with his April 21 victory, moved into third on the all-time win list. That checkered flag marked his 8th Eldora conquest, only one shy of second-place Larry Dickson's mark of 9. Local legend Jack Hewitt, who like Dickson, has retired from driving, sits atop that list with 13 wins. A look at the numbers report shows that Hewitt's 13 wins came over an 18-year span, while Hines has accumulated his current record within 14 years.
The Eldora/USAC association dates back to April of 1962, when Stan Bowman laid claim to the first USAC Sprint Car checkered flag on Eldora's .500 mile clay oval.
Tickets for the Summer Sprint Car Shootout presented by NAPA Auto Parts may be purchased online at www.EldoraSpeedway.com 24-hours a day or by calling the Eldora ticket office (937) 338-3815 during normal business hours. You can follow all of the Eldora happenings on the website, Facebook or Twitter.
USAC Racing
July 26 2012
ELDORA’S “SUMMER SPRINT SHOOTOUT” OFFERS BIG $$$$;
JONES TAKES 4TH INDIANA SPRINT WEEK TITLE
DARLAND DOUBLES, CLAYTON, THOMAS, STANBROUGH WIN TOO
BY DICK JORDAN
Consistency paid off for Levi Jones of Olney, Ill., who rode “top-10” finishes in all seven races to the 2012 AMSOIL USAC Indiana Sprint Week championship, his fourth, tying him with Kevin Thomas as the all-time leaders.
Jones trails Jon Stanbrough by just six points in search of a sixth AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Championship, the search for which resumes this Saturday with the rich NAPA Auto Parts “Summer Sprint Car Shootout” at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Stewart, Jones’ Sprint car owner, was on hand for Sunday night’s ISW finale at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, where Jones finished fifth to outpoint Bryan Clauson by seven and Stanbrough by 20 for the title. Clauson was third and Stanbrough sixth in the finale.
Saturday’s Eldora race salutes the 50-year history of USAC racing at the storied half-mile Ohio oval and offers $10,000 plus bonus position advancement incentives for a victory. Tenth place pays $2,000 and last place $1,000 in the “special event” which will offer only National appearance points due to the unique format which concludes with a symbolic 50-lap feature. Stan Bowman won USAC’s first Eldora race in 1962 and 70 different drivers have won in the 181 USAC Sprint races held there to date.
Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. became the only driver with a repeat victory in the 2012 USAC AMSOIL Indiana Sprint Week series, winning Monday’s 30-lapper at Kokomo Speedway and Sunday’s 30-lap finale at Putnamville in his Jam It In Storage/Hoosier Tire Maxim/Claxton. He took the lead on lap 26 at Kokomo from Bryan Clauson, then led the rest of the way to beat Clauson, Jones, Hunter Schuerenberg and Darren Hagen in a memorable main event. At Putnamville, Dave trailed Shane Cottle for 26 laps, then led the final four to beat Kevin Thomas Jr., Clauson, Cottle and Jones.
Daron Clayton of Sikeston, Mo. led all 30 laps of Wednesday night’s “Don Smith Classic” at the Terre Haute Action Track in his Sign Express Stickers/Ray Morgan Motorsports Spike/Chevy. Stanbrough took second ahead of Tracy Hines, Jones and Coleman Gulick.
Thomas, of Cullman, Ala., earned his initial USAC feature win in Friday night’s 30-lapper at Bloomington Speedway, leading the last 25 laps in his Blackjack Oil Company/Indy Metal Finishings Spike/Kistler after passing Darland on lap six. Darland finished second ahead of Brent Beauchamp, Jerry Coons Jr. and Clauson.
Stanbrough paced all 30 laps of Saturday night’s feature at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt where Jones took second and Clauson miraculously finished third. Clauson flipped on lap 21 and after hasty repairs came from the back of the pack in the remaining nine laps to make the podium! Stanbrough piloted the Leer Racing DRC/Speedway machine to the win. Jonathan Hendrick and Chase Stockon rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jon Stanbrough-1,138, 2-Levi Jones-1,132; 3-Dave Darland-1,047, 4-Bryan Clauson-952, 5-Damion Gardner-950, 6-Tracy Hines-880, 7-Hunter Schuerenberg-833, 8-Robert Ballou-824, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-817, 10-Chase Stockon-810.
FINAL 2012 USAC AMSOIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” POINTS: 1-Levi Jones-391, 2-Bryan Clauson-384, 3-Jon Stanbrough-371, 4-Dave Darland-352, 5-Jerry Coons Jr.-288, 6-Chase Stockon-279, 7-Hunter Schuerenberg-267, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-260, 9-Damion Gardner-254, 10-Shane Cottle-217.
3-WEEK “LAYOFF” ENDS FOR CRA SPRINTS AT PERRIS SATURDAY
BY DICK JORDAN
The 2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, after a three-week layoff, returns to action Saturday night in the “California Racers Hall of Fame Night” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Series point leaders Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. and Nic Faas of Huntington Beach. Calif. will try to keep their stranglehold on the track’s victory lane. Spencer will aim for his fourth consecutive win at the half-mile dirt oval, while Faas will try to repeat his series-opening victory from February. Spencer leads Faas by 74 points in the latest standings.
Spencer continues to chase Damion Gardner in terms of all-time USAC/CRA victories at Perris. Gardner has 25, while Spencer now has 20, including seven in the last two seasons.
The night’s racing program also includes the PAS Senior Sprints and California Lightning Sprints.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-609, 2-Nic Faas-535, 3-Austin Williams-480, 4-Matt Mitchell-461, 5-Ryan Bernal-458, 6-Brody Roa-419, 7-Cory Kruseman-375, 8-Rip Williams-375, 9-Seth Wilson-313, 10-Cody Williams-308
Ju;ly 23 2012
STANBROUGH WINS IN ROUND SIX OF INDIANA SPRINT WEEK
by E Butcher
Haubstadt, IN - July 21, 2012. Jon Stanbrough of Brownsburg, IN,
captured round six of Indiana Sprint Week by winning the 30 lap
AMSOIL USAC Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway.
Although Stanbrough led every lap of the feature, it was a
competitive event position after position through the ranks. He was
at the wheel of the Roberts/Tate -Leer Racing DRC, Number 21x.
Bryan Clauson fought by Bobby East for second on lap 13. East and
Stanbrough had started at the front of the 22 car field for the
feature. On laps 17 and 18 Clauson caught Stanbrough and was able to
slide under him in the corners only to have the veteran take the lead
back in a quick exchange. On lap 19 Clauson caught the cushion wrong
in turn two and rolled his car. Undaunted he remained seated in the
car as it was picked up and towed to the work area. With a fresh
tire Clauson rejoined the field at the very back of pack. And for 11
laps he became the greatest spectacle in racing as he flew by car
after car to finish third in the feature behind Levi Jones.
In the post race interview Stanbrough was very careful to include
those all important sponsors including Fatheadz, Hoosier, Simpson,
Weld, and Butler Built. ?I wasn?t running as hard as I could. I
didn?t see anyone until Bryan came into view.? Clauson added, ?I was
battling with Jon and I thought that I needed to be up on top and I
turned it over. Levi Jones looked for positives with his second
place finish. ?I hung in there. We are still in the hunt. Tonight
we were just a little bit short!?
Stanbrough, Jones, and Clauson finished one, two, three after coming
into the Haubstadt event as the three point leaders for sprint week.
Going in Levi Jones led Clauson by just 11 points and heading out for
the finale Sunday at Lincoln Park Speedway Jones led both Stanbrough
and Clauson, who were tied for second, by 12 points.
Jonathan Hendrick and Chase Stockon rounded out the top five.
Hendrick was a fixture in the top five during the race while Stockon
powered his way through the field after starting 20th. The second
five included Bobby East, Jerry Coons Jr., Robert Ballou, Chris
Windom, and Kyle Cummins.
In the preliminary events Dave Darland set fast time on the quarter
mile oval for the 33 drivers entered with a 13.234 mark. Josh
Burton, Clauson, East, and Darren Hagen won the heat races. Jerry
Coons Jr. took the Semi feature over Darland and Chris Windom.
Damion Gardner endured the hardship of flipping his car in the heat
race and the feature. Daron Clayton made the feature in a wild chase
to finish sixth in the semi.
In the UMP Modifieds Shawn Cates of Evansville, IN, won the 25 lap
feature. It was the first win for Cates anywhere this season.
Steven Schnapf finished second after leading the first 15 laps.
Cates got his car to handle really well down low. Tyler Nicely and
Josh Harris ran fourth and fifth. Stan Beadles, who had been running
third, finished fifth after recovering from a near spin with 2 laps
to go. Schnapf, Beadles, and Cates won the heat races and Neal
Kramer won the consolation race.
The next race at Haubstadt is the Hoosier Sprint Nationals on Saturday
August 4th which is sanctioned by MSCS. The feature pays $5,000 to
win. The UMP Open Wheel Modifieds will also be on the race card that
night.
Provided as News and Event Coverage for Tri-State Speedway
SUMMARY
Indiana Sprint Week
Tri-State Speedway
Haubstadt, IN
July 21, 2012
USAC SPRINT CARS: (33 Entries)
Top Qualifier - Dave Darland 13.234
First Heat - Josh Burton, Hunter Schuerenberg, Kevin Thomas Jr., Chase Stockon
Second Heat - Bryan Clauson, Jon Stanbrough, Thomas Meseraull, Kyle Cummins
Third Heat - Bobby East, Robert Ballou, Wes McIntyre, Richard VanderWeerd
Fourth Heat - Darren Hagen, Levi Jones, Jonathan Hendrick, Tracy Hines
Semi - Jerry Coons Jr., Dave Darland, Chris Windom,
Brent Beauchamp, Damion Gardner, Daron Clayton
Feature (30 Laps) - Stanbrough, Jones, Clauson, Hendrick, Stockon,
East, Coons Jr., Ballou, Windom, Cummins,
McIntyre, Hagen, Darland, R. VanderWeerd,
Meseraull, Thomas Jr., Schuerenberg, Clayton, Hines,
Gardner, Beauchamp, Burton
UMP Open Wheel Modifieds:
(24 Entries)
First Heat - Stephen Schnapf, Dave Beck, Tyler Nicely, Don Brantley, Matt
Hines
Second Heat - Stan Beadles, Josh Harris, Tyler Weiss, Clay Settles, Matt Lane
Third Heat - Shawn Cates, Paul Miles, Michael Fox, Bradley Sterrett, Mark
Cole
Consy - Neal Kramer, Chris Vinnedge, Rick Pauley, Robert Smith, Michael Fish
Feature (25 Laps) - Cates, Schnapf, Nicely, Harris, Beadles,
Fox, Weiss, Settles, Hines, Miles,
Kramer, Pauley, Cole, Lane, Beck
Vinnedge, Brantley, Sterrett
July 20 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 19, 2012 – Putnamville, Indiana
– Lincoln Park Speedway – 25th “Indiana Sprint Week”
RACES RAINED OUT & RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT, JULY 22
**Hendrick flipped during practice.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 20 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway – 25th “Indiana Sprint Week”
July 19 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 18, 2012 – Terre Haute, Indiana
– Terre Haute Action Track – 25th “Indiana Sprint Week” – “Don Smith Classic”
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-19.538; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-19.733; 3. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-19.753; 4. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-19.845; 5. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-19.855; 6. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-19.892; 7. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-19.912; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.943; 9. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-19.949; 10. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-19.984; 11. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.988; 12. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-19.989; 13. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-20.015; 14. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-20.024; 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-20.054; 16. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 3F, Fitzpatrick-20.054; 17. Bobby East, 5E, East-20.090; 18. Chad Boespflug, 98, Boespflug-20.100; 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-20.104; 20. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-20.113; 21. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-20.137; 22. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-20.216; 23. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-20.254; 24. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-20.333; 25. C.J. Lear
y,
30, Leary-20.338; 26. Scotty Weir, 77, Wingo-20.379; 27. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-20.505; 28. Thomas Meseraull, 41, SST-20.580; 29. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-20.748; 30. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-20.767.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Thomas, 3. Blake Fitzpatrick, 4. Leary, 5. Gardner, 6. East, 7. Briscoe, 8. Clauson. 2:41.99
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Grant, 3. Boespflug, 4. Ballou, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Jones, 7. Weir, 8. Jarrett. 2:45.94
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McIntyre, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Coons, 4. Darland, 5. Jackson, 6. Hagen, 7. Mitchell. 2:44.39
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Hines, 3. Clayton, 4. Gulick, 5. Cummins, 6. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 7. Meseraull, 8. Jarrett, 9. Weir, 10. Cummins. 2:42.74
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Jones, 3. Clauson, 4. Hagen, 5. Gardner, 6. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 7. Meseraull, 8. Jarrett, 9. Briscoe, 10. Jackson, 11. Weir, 12. Cummins. 4:08.40
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Daron Clayton, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Coleman Gulick, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Darren Hagen, 12. Shane Cottle, 13. Dave Darland, 14. Chase Stockon, 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 16. Blake Fitzpatrick, 17. Wes McIntyre, 18. Thomas Meseraull, 19. Chad Boespflug, 20. C.J. Leary, 21. Kevin Thomas Jr., 22. Justin Grant. NT
**Mitchell flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Clayton.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-968, 2-Jones-965, 3-Darland-883, 4-Gardner-881, 5-Hines-832, 6-Clauson-767, 7-Schuerenberg-741, 8-Ballou-723, 9-Hagen-721, 10-Windom-703.
NEW INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Jones-224, 2-Stanbrough-201, 3-Clauson-199, 4-Gardner-185, 5-Darland-183, 6-Schuerenberg-175, 7-Coons-164, 8-Stockon-161, 9-Hines-159, 10-Gulick-151.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 19 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway – 25th “Indiana Sprint Week”
July 18 2012
INDIANA SPRINT WEEK RESUMES WITH WEDNESDAY’S “DON SMITH CLASSIC”
AT TERRE HAUTE ACTION TRACK
by DICK JORDAN
Wednesday’s “Don Smith Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track pays tribute to the longtime USAC race organizer who has served as President and Chairman of First Financial Bank and organized numerous USAC races at the Terre Haute oval.
Round four of the 2012 AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week” marks the 144th appearance of USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series at the historic Wabash Valley Fairgrounds half-mile dirt track. In all, 227 USAC events have been conducted there with Rich Vogler recording a record 13 victories and Jack Hewitt 11.
Bud Kaeding won the “Tony Hulman Classic” in April but defending AMSOIL Indiana Sprint Week Champion Chris Windom is the defending winner of this race, having won both Terre Haute USAC Sprint races last year.
Other drivers with Terre Haute feature wins to their credit expected to compete are Levi Jones, Jon Stanbrough, Jerry Coons Jr., Dave Darland, Darren Hagen, Bobby East and Tracy Hines.
Jones leads the AMSOIL Indiana Sprint Week standings after finishing third in Monday night’s race at the Kokomo Speedway. He has a tenuous 14-point lead over Bryan Clauson and is 18 ahead of Darland, winner of Monday’s Kokomo feature.
Jones, who owns six Terre Haute wins, also leads the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car standings. Clauson is still seeking his initial Terre Haute USAC triumph, while Darland has four career wins at the half-mile.
AMSOIL Indiana Sprint Week has produced three different winners in its first three races, namely Clauson at Gas City, Justin Grant at Lawrenceburg and Darland at Kokomo. Darland leads the all-time ISW victory list with 16.
The series follows Terre Haute with a Thursday night race at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, a Friday night race at Bloomington Speedway and the finale Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.
2012 USAC AMSOIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” POINTS: 1-Levi Jones-169, 2-Bryan Clauson-155, 3-Dave Darland-151, 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-145, 5-Damion Gardner-140, 6-Jon Stanbrough-135, 7-Chase Stockon-128, 8-Jerry Coons Jr.-119, 9-Bobby East-112, 10-Tracy Hines-98.
July 17 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 16,
– Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week”
QUALIFYING: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.825; 2. Bobby East, 5E, East-12.891; 3. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beauchamp-12.905; 4. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-12.952; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.030; 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.031; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.034; 8. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-13.040; 9. Chad Boespflug, 98, Boespflug-13.041; 10. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-13.043; 11. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.046; 12. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.057; 13. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.071; 14. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-13.093; 15. A.J. Hopkins, 14H, Hopkins-13.112; 16. Scotty Weir, 77, Wingo-13.126; 17. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.154; 18. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.165; 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-13.184; 20. Casey Shuman, 10E, Edison-13.247; 21. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.266; 22. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.267; 23. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.289; 24. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-13.306; 25. Kyle Cummins, 3c,
Cummins-13.307; 26. Thomas Meseraull, 41, SST-13.323; 27. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.344; 28. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-13.384; 29. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-13.454; 30. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-13.471; 31. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-13.479; 32. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-13.545; 33. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-13.571; 34. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-13.592; 35. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-13.662; 36. Drew Abel, 04x, Abel-13.738; 37. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-13.776; 38. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-13.910; 39. Seth Parker, 38p, Parker-13.987; 40. Tyler Hewitt, 21H, Hewitt-14.427.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Gulick, 3. Boespflug, 4. Jarrett, 5. Hines, 6. Jones, 7. Hupp, 8. Cummins, 9. Gurley, 10. J.Vander Weerd. 2:13.99
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Gardner, 3. East, 4. Mitchell, 5. Grant, 6. McIntyre, 7. Elson, 8. Meseraull, 9. R.Vander Weerd, 10. Jackson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Thomas, 4. Coons, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Ballou, 7. Hopkins, 8. Beauchamp, 9. Parker, 10. Burton. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Hendrick, 3. Weir, 4. Darland, 5. Leary, 6. Hagen, 7. Cottle, 8. Gordon, 9. Hewitt. 2:13.77
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Jones, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Beauchamp, 5. Cummins, 6. Hagen, 7. McIntyre, 8. Grant, 9. Cottle, 10. Leary, 11. Elson, 12. Jackson, 13. Hupp, 14. Meseraull, 15. Parker, 16. Hopkins, 17. J.Vander Weerd, 18. Gurley, 19. Gordon, 20. Ballou, 21. Hewitt. 2:46.01
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Casey Shuman, 7. Chase Stockon, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 10. Bobby East, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. Robert Ballou, 13. Damion Gardner, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Scotty Weir, 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 17. Jon Stanbrough, 18. Chad Boespflug, 19. C.J. Leary, 20. Logan Jarrett, 21. Tracy Hines, 22. Coleman Gulick, 23. Jace Vander Weerd, 24. Kyle Cummins, 25. Brent Beauchamp. NT
**Abel flipped during qualifying. R.Vander Weerd flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Jarrett, Laps 2-21 Stanbrough, Laps 22-25 Clauson, Laps 26-30 Darland.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-910, 2-Stanbrough-902, 3-Darland-851, 4-Gardner-836, 5-Hines-771, 6-Clauson-723, 7-Schuerenberg-711, 8-Hagen-685, 9-Ballou-673, 10-Windom-662.
NEW AMSOIL INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Jones-169, 2-Clauson-155, 3-Darland-151, 4-Schuerenberg-145. 5-Gardner-140, 6-Stanbrough-135, 7-Stockon-128, 8-Coons-119, 9-East-112, 10-Hines-98.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 18– Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week” – “Don Smith Classic”
USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK CONCLUDES WITH 5 RACES THIS WEEK;
CLAUSON, GRANT SCORE VICTORIES AT GAS CITY, LAWRENCEBURG
by DICK JORDAN
Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. is the early leader in the 2012 AMSOIL Indiana Sprint Week standings after a third and fifth-place finish in the two opening events. He had a one-point lead over Jon Stanbrough entering the July 16 race at Kokomo, Ind. Speedway. The Kokomo race was interrupted by rain July 14 and rescheduled for July 16.
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. captured the ISW opener Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway in his Curb Records/R & B Truckers Maxim/Fisher. He led the final 12 laps after passing Jones on lap 19. Jones led the first four laps, Clauson led the next three and Jones then led 11 laps before Clauson took over. Jon Stanbrough finished second ahead of Jones, Dave Darland and Shane Cottle.
Justin Grant of Ione, Calif. won Sunday night’s 30-lapper at Lawrenceburg Speedway, leading the final two laps in his Sunset Meats/S & H Nerf Bars DRC/Claxton Chevy after Clauson suffered a flat tire while leading. The win was the first for Grant in USAC competition as he beat Damion Gardner, Coleman Gulick, Hunter Schuerenberg and Jones to the checkered flag. Clauson led 14 laps of the race, while Chris Windom led three and Darland 11. Windom flipped while leading on lap eight but was uninjured.
AMSOIL Indiana Sprint Week concludes with races Monday night (July 16) at Kokomo Speedway, Wednesday night at the Terre Haute Action Track, Thursday night at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Friday night at Bloomington Speedway and Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jon Stanbrough-876; 2-Levi Jones-851; 3-Damion Gardner-802; 4-Dave Darland-783; 5-Tracy Hines-748; 6-Hunter Schuerenberg-658; 7-Bryan Clauson-658; 8-Robert Ballou-644; 9-Darren Hagen-636; 10-Chris Windom-619.
2012 USAC AMSOIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” POINTS: 1-Levi Jones-110, 2-Jon Stanbrough-109, 3-Damion Gardner-106, 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-92, 5-Bryan Clauson-90, 6-Dave Darland-83, 7-Chase Stockon-78, 8-Coleman Gulick-75, 9-Tracy Hines-75, 10-Jerry Coons Jr.-75.
CLASSIC SPRINTS EYE SILVER DOLLAR AUGUST 3;
McCLISH TAKES 50-LAP “GERHARDT CLASSIC” FEATURE
by DICK JORDAN
Shauna Hogg continues to lead the 2012 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car series standings with an August 3 race at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. next on the calendar. She is 88 points ahead of Ton Hunt in the latest standings after they finished sixth and 10th respectively in Saturday night’s “Gerhardt Classic” main event at the Madera (Calif.) Speedway.
Brian McClish of Santa Rose, Calif. won the Madera 50-lapper, leading the final 40 laps to beat Audra Sasselli, Tim Skoglund, Cody Gerhardt and Scott Pierovich. Sasselli led the first 10 laps of the race.
Pierovich set a new one-lap track qualifying record during qualifications.
2012 AMSOIL USAC CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Shauna Hogg-404, 2-Tony Hunt-316, 3-Scott Pierovich-248, 4-Brian McClish-209, 5-Gordon Rodgers-200, 6-Tim Skoglund-179, 7-Marty Hawkins177, 8-Cody Gerhardt-174, 9-Taylor Simas-155, 10-Tom Baker-134.
July 16 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 15, 2012
– Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week”
QUALIFYING: 1. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-13.703; 2. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.716; 3. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.794; 4. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-13.815; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.912; 6. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.913; 7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.918; 8. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.921; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-13.948; 10. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-13.956; 11. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.965; 12. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-14.030; 13. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.031; 14. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.071; 15. Bobby East, 5E, East-14.092; 16. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-14.131; 17. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-14.137; 18. Chad Boespflug, 98, Boespflug-14.158; 19. Scotty Weir, 77, Wingo-14.161; 20. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-14.170; 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-14.188; 22. Brady Short, 36, Short-14.214; 23. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-14.232; 24. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.237; 25. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.237; 26. Logan
Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.249; 27. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-14.256; 28. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.260; 29. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-14.278; 30. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-14.284; 31. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.294; 32. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-14.312; 33. Thomas Meseraull, 18, Keen-14.317; 34. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-14.355; 35. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beauchamp-14.492; 36. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-14.558; 37. Jeff Bland Jr., 38, Bland-14.604; 38. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-14.725; 39. Drew Abel, 04, Abel-15.145.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Hupp, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Mitchell, 6. Hendrick, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Meseraull, 9. Bland, 10. Gardner. 2:25.68
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Cottle, 4. Windom, 5. Boespflug, 6. Thomas, 7. Jarrett, 8. Hagen,. 9. Studley, 10. Short. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jackson, 2. East, 3. Stockon, 4. Beauchamp, 5. Leary, 6. Burdette, 7. R.Vander Weerd, 8. Abel, 9. Weir, 10. Gulick. 2:27.99
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McIntyre, 2. Ballou, 3. Darland, 4. Clauson, 5. Jones, 6. Elson, 7. Grant, 8. Cummins, 9. Briscoe. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hendrick, 2. Gulick, 3. Grant, 4. Leary, 5. Jones, 6. Gardner, 7. Mitchell, 8. Boespflug, 9. Elson, 10. Meseraull, 11. Jarrett, 12. Weir, 13. Short, 14. R.Vander Weerd, 15. Hagen, 16. Thomas, 17. Ted Hines, 18. Briscoe, 19. Burdette, 20. Abel, 21. Studley, 22. Cummins. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Coleman Gulick, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Jon Stanbrough, 9. Chase Stockon, 10. Bobby East, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Darren Hagen, 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15. Brent Beauchamp, 16. Logan Hupp, 17. C.J. Leary, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Dave Darland, 20. Jace Vander Weerd, 21. Dakota Jackson, 22. Bryan Clauson, 23. Shane Cottle, 24. Jonathan Hendrick, 25. Chris Windom. NT
**Windom flipped on lap eight of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Clauson, Laps 5-7 Windom, Laps 8-18 Darland, Laps 19-28 Clauson, Laps 29-30 Grant.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-876; 2-Jones-851; 3-Gardner-802; 4-Darland-783; 5-Hines-748; 6-Schuerenberg-658; 7-Clauson-658; 8-Ballou-644; 9-Hagen-636; 10-Windom-619.
NEW AMSOIL INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Jones-110, 2-Stanbrough-109, 3-Gardner-106, 4-Schuerenberg-92, 5-Clauson-90, 6-Darland-83, 7-Stockon-78, 8-Gulick-75, 9-Hines-75, 10-Coons-75.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 16 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week”
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2012
- Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Gerhardt Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Pierovich,14, Pierson/Vertullo-13.311; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.413; 3. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-13.498; 4. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.511; 5. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-13.528; 6. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.546; 7. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-13.796; 8. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-13.815; 9. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.207; 10. Bill Logan, 98, Logan-14.553; 11. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Skoglund, 2. McClish, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Pierovich, 5. Rodgers. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Sasselli, 3. Hunt, 4. Kobza, 5. Mitchell. NT
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Sasselli, 3. Skoglund, 4. Gerhardt, 5. Pierovich, 6. Hogg, 7. Rodgers, 8. Kobza, 9. Mitchell, 10. Hunt. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Sasselli, Laps 11-50 McClish.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-404, 2-Hunt-316, 3-Pierovich-248, 4-McClish-209, 5-Rodgers-200, 6-Skoglund-179, 7-Marty Hawkins177, 8-Gerhardt-174, 9-Taylor Simas-155, 10-Tom Baker-134.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 3 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2012
– Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week”
RACING PROGRAM HALTED BY RAIN AND RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY NIGHT, JULY 16
**Ballou flipped during practice.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 15 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week”
July 14 2012 mid day
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 13, 2012
– Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week”
QUALIFYING: 1. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beauchamp-11.901; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-11.931; 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-11.983; 4. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.063; 5. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-12.103; 6. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-12.111; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-12.130; 8. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.135; 9. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-12.206; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-12.212; 11. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.247; 12. Scotty Weir, 77, Wingo-12.266; 13. Jon Sciscoe, 57, Hazen-12.271; 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-12.288; 15. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.291; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-12.292; 17. Bobby East, 5E, East-12.301; 18. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-12.303; 19. Thomas Meseraull, 41, SST-12.322; 20. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-12.342; 21. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-12.342; 22. Chris Gurley, 12g, Team Automotive-12.347; 23. Josh Clemons, 71c, Clemons/Pedersen-12.384; 24. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-12.403; 25. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-12.404; 26.
Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-12.411; 27. Chad Boespflug, 98, Boespflug-12.414; 28. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-12.425; 29. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-12.462; 30. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-12.473; 31. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-12.478; 32. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-12.501; 33. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-12.508; 34. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-12.537; 35. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, R & M-12.560; 36. Seth Parker, 38p, Parker-12.588; 37. Brady Short, 36, Short-12.617; 38. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-12.641; 39. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-12.646; 40. Casey Shuman, 10E, Edison-12.717; 41. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-12.743; 42. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-12.773; 43. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-12.881; 44. Tyler Hewitt, 21H, Hewitt-12.888; 45. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-12.889; 46. Garrett Abrams, 32x, Abrams-12.940; 47. Kevin Studley, 57x, Studley-13.045.
QUALIFYING RACE: (8 laps) 1. Gulick, 2. Parker, 3. Short, 4. Hopkins, 5. Shuman, 6. Cummins, 7. Briscoe, 8. Burton, 9. Gordon, 10. Welpott, 11. J.Vander Weerd, 12. Hewitt, 13. Studley, 14. R.Vander Weerd, 15. Abrams. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Coons, 3. Darland, 4. Gulick, 5. Windom, 6. Beauchamp, 7. Shuman, 8. Sciscoe, 9. Goodnight, 10. East. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Clauson, 3. Hagen, 4. Gurley, 5. Elson, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Hendrick, 8. McIntyre, 9. Cummins, 10. Parker. 2:17.68
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Meseraull, 3. Gardner, 4. Boespflug, 5. Short, 6. Stockon, 7. Grant, 8. Ted Hines, 9. Briscoe, 10. Clemons. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Jones, 3. Weir, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Jackson, 6. Mitchell, 7. Leary, 8. Jarrett, 9. Burton, 10. Hopkins. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Stockon, 3. Beauchamp, 4. East, 5. Elson, 6. Sciscoe, 7. Jackson, 8. Clemons, 9. Ted Hines, 10. McIntyre, 11. Hendrick, 12. Mitchell, 13. Leary, 14. Short, 15. Hopkins, 16. Shuman, 17. Jarrett, 18. Grant, 19. Burton, 20. Briscoe, 21. Goodnight, 22. Parker, 23. Windom, 24. Cummins. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Shane Cottle, 6. Jon Sciscoe, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Scotty Weir, 9. Jonathan Hendrick, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 13. Bobby East, 14. Chad Boespflug, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 17. Chris Gurley, 18. Thomas Meseraull, 19. C.J. Leary, 20. Coleman Gulick, 21. Brent Beauchamp, 22. Tracy Hines, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Andrew Elson. NT
**Elson flipped on lap 12 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Jones, Laps 5-7 Clauson, Laps 8-18 Jones, Laps 19-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-828, 2-Jones-802, 3-Darland-759, 4-Gardner-744, 5-Hines-694, 6-Clauson-647, 7-Windom-610, 8-Hagen-609, 9-Schuerenberg-599, 10-Ballou-592.
NEW AMSOIL INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Clauson-72, 2-Jones & Stanbrough-61, 4-Darland-59, 5-Cottle-56.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 14 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway – 25th AMSOIL “Indiana Sprint Week”
USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK OPENS AT GAS CITY FRIDAY;
7 RACES IN 9 NIGHTS ON TAP
by DICK JORDAN
The Silver Anniversary edition of “Indiana Sprint Week” commences Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway, the first of seven races in nine nights leading to the crowning of the champion at Haubstadt, Ind. July 21.
Jon Stanbrough of Danville, Ind. stands 26 points ahead of defending AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones in their battle for the 2012 series title, which will be severely impacted by the seven-race series at hand. Jones is seeking to join Kevin Thomas as four-time ISW champs. Jones won titles in 2004, 2008 and 2009. Dave Darland is also seeking a fourth ISW title, having won championships in 1998, 2001 and 2007.
Stanbrough won the ISW title in 2006 and 2010 but the defending ISW king is Chris Windom, who currently is sixth in the AMSOIL rankings.
Darland is the winningest driver in ISW history, with 15 career wins. Stanbrough ranks second with 13 and Cory Kruseman has 12.
Following Gas City on the calendar is Saturday’s race at Kokomo Speedway and Sunday’s race at Lawrenceburg Speedway. The series continues with races at the Terre Haute Action Track July 18, Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville July 19, Bloomington Speedway July 20 and Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt July 21.
Windom, in defense of his ISW title, will be looking to add to his only previous ISW victory, which came last year at Terre Haute. He started last year’s ISW with a trio of second-places in the three opening races at Gas City, Kokomo and Lawrenceburg!
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jon Stanbrough-767; 2-Levi Jones-741; 3-Dave Darland-700; 4-Damion Gardner, 5-Tracy Hines-673; 6-Chris Windom-609; 7-Darren Hagen-579; 8-Robert Ballou-571, 9-Bryan Clauson-568; 10-Hunter Schuerenberg-566.
USAC CRA SPRINTS NOW EYE JULY 28 PERRIS RACE;
SPENCER WINS “FIRECRACKER 30”
by DICK JORDAN
Mike Spencer and Nic Faas will renew their duel for the 2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car title July 28 at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
The two point leaders finished 1-2 in last Wednesday’s “Firecracker 30” at the half-mile dirt oval. The victory was Spencer’s 21st at the PAS and his fourth in a row after Faas took the 2012 Perris opener.
Spencer’s point lead stands at 74 points after the most recent race.
Cory Kruseman led the first 10 laps of Wednesday’s race, then Spencer led the rest of the way. Faas, who started at the back of the feature field, nearly caught Spencer but had to settle for second ahead of Brody Roa, Ryan Bernal and Austin Williams.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-609, 2-Nic Faas-535, 3-Austin Williams-480, 4-Matt Mitchell-461, 5-Ryan Bernal-458, 6-Brody Roa-419, 7-Cory Kruseman-375, 8-Rip Williams-375, 9-Seth Wilson-313, 10-Cody Williams-308.
USAC CLASSIC SPRINTS HEAD FOR MADERA SATURDAY;
BRENT KAEDING WINS “HOWARD KAEDING MEMORIAL”
by DICK JORDAN
Shauna Hogg of Citrus Heights, Calif. will try to protect her 2012 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car point lead Saturday when the series visits the Madera (Calif.) Speedway for the “Gerhardt Classic.”
Hogg is 76 points ahead of Tony Hunt in the latest standings. Hogg finished eighth and Hunt seventh in last Friday’s “Howard Kaeding Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Brent Keading of Campbell, Calif. won Friday’s Santa Maria 30-lapper held in memory of his father, leading all 30 laps of the “Howard Kaeding Classic” to beat Kyle Hirst, Eric Rossi, Cory Kruseman and Marty Hawkins.
The Sprint cars will be joined by the USAC Mopar Western Midgets and USAC Western Ignite Midgets for this Saturday’s salute to the Fresno, Calif. Gerhardt family.
2012 AMSOIL USAC CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Shauna Hogg-348, 2-Tony Hunt-272, 3-Scott Pierovich-189, 4-Marty Hawkins-177, 5-Taylor Simas-155, 6-Gordon Rodgers-152, 7-Brian McClish-138; 8-Tom Baker-134, 9-Tim Skoglund-117, 10-Cody Gerhardt-117
USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS AT HANFORD AUGUST 4;
KRUSEMAN TOPS “DOUG FORT MEMORIAL” AT SANTA MARIA
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding’s lead over Ryan Bernal in the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car series stands at 66 points going into the “Jim Evett Memorial” August 4 at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Bud finished 12th and Ryan third in last Saturday’s “Doug Fort Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. led all but the first lap at Santa Maria, beating Danny Sheridan, Bernal, Danny Faria Jr. and Brody Roa. Justyne Hamblin led the opening lap.
The Santa Maria event was part of the 2012 “Grudge Series” co-sanctioned by the ASCS Canyon region.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-486, 2-Ryan Bernal-420, 3-Danny Faria Jr.-405, 4-Matt Mitchell-391, 5-Markus Niemela-389, 6-Danny Sheridan-342, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-293, 9-Rusty Carlile-249, 10-Kevin Barnes-234.
July 8 2012
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 7, – Santa Maria, California
– Santa Maria Speedway – “Doug Fort Memorial” – “War at the Shore”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-15.678; 2. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-15.774; 3. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-15.840; 4. Eric Rossi, 99, Rossi-15.900; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.918; 6. R.J. Johnson, 51a, Martin-16.032; 7. Rusty Carlile, 51x, Carlile-16.055; 8. Nic Faas, 18, Watt-16.070; 9. Rick Ziehl, 41w, Ziehl-16.083; 10. Cory Kruseman, 73X, Ford-16.090; 11. Justyne Hamblin, 8, Hamblin-16.091; 12. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.126; 13. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.132; 14. Mike Spencer, 7, Priestly-16.167; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.225; 16. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.254; 17. D.J. Netto, 7n, Netto-16.273; 18. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-16.298; 19. Jared Little, 23, Little-16.362; 20. Tom Hendrix, 14k, Hendrix-16.415; 21. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-16.455; 22. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.765; 23. Hobie Conway, 21k, Kruseman-16.798;
24. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-18.861; 25. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.910; 26. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.328; 27. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-NT; 28. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Roa, 3. Niemela, 4. Netto, 5. Liggett, 6. Martin, 7. Ziehl. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Kruseman, 3. Sheridan, 4. Rutherford, 5. Spencer, 6. Johnson, 7. Knight. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Little, 2. Hamblin, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Carlile, 5. Barnes, 6. Dolacki, 7. Conway. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Bernal, 3. Rossi, 4. D.Gansen, 5. C.Gansen, 6. Hendrix. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Ziehl, 3. Barnes, 4. Spencer, 5. Hendrix, 6. Martin, 7. Liggett, 8. C.Gansen, 9. Dolacki, 10. Ercse, 11. Conway, 12. Knight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Brody Roa, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Troy Rutherford, 8. Markus Niemela, 9. Nic Faas, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Rick Ziehl, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. D.J. Netto, 15. Don Gansen, 16. Justyne Hamblin, 17. Tom Hendrix, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Kevin Barnes, 20. Eric Rossi, 21. Jared Little, 22. Mike Martin. NT
**Ziehl flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hamblin, Laps 2-30 Kruseman.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaeding-486, 2-Bernal-420, 3-Faria-405, 4-Matt Mitchell-391, 5-Niemela-389, 6-Sheridan-342, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 8-Kirkbride-293, 9-Carlile-249, 10-Barnes-234.
NEW USAC WEST COAST/ASCS “GRUDGE SERIES” POINTS: 1-Sheridan-124, 2-Bernal-123, 3-Ruherford-106, 4-Kaeding-105, 5-Johnson-99, 6-Kruseman-98, 7-Faria-83, 8-Roa-79, 9-Spencer-79, 10-Ziehl-66.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: August 4 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
July 7 2012
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 6, 2012
- Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-12.600; 2. Shane Golobic, 46, Golobic-12.617; 3. Kyle Hirst,14, Pierson/Vertullo-12.824; 4. Rick Ziehl, 41w, Ziehl-12.894; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-12.944; 6. Eric Rossi, 99, Rossi-13.040; 7. Brent Kaeding, 69, BK-13.057; 8. Jerry Bonnema, 58, Bonnema-13.115; 9. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-13.226; 10. Cory Kruseman, 73x, Ford-13.264; 11. Tommy LaLiberte, 20x, LaLiberte-13.394; 12. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-13.547; 13. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.627; 14. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-13.707; 15. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.879; 16. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-14.208; 17. John Gerber, 14s, Gerber-14.800; 18. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-14.918; 19. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-NT; 20. Jamie Hood, 33, Hood-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Hunt, 3. Brent Kaeding, 4. Kruseman, 5. Ziehl, 6. Rodgers. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Martin, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Bonnema, 5. Gerber, 6. LaLiberte. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Hogg, 3. Hawkins, 4. Simas, 5. Rossi, 6. Cisco. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brent Kaeding, 2. Kyle Hirst, 3. Eric Rossi, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Marty Hawkins, 6. Tommy LaLiberte, 7. Tony Hunt, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Jerry Baonnema, 10. Mike Martin, 11. Rick Ziehl, 12, Taylor Simas, 13. Jewrry Cisco, 14. John Gerber, 15. Ryan Bernal, 16. Bud Kaeding, 17. Shane Golobic, 18. Gordon Rodgers. NT
**Forsberg flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Brent Kaeding.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-348, 2-Hunt-272, 3-Scott Pierovich-189, 4-Hawkins-177, 5-Simas-155, 6-Rodgers-152, 7-Brian McClish-138; 8-Tom Baker-134, 9-Tim Skoglund-117, 10-Cody Gerhardt-117.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: July 14 – Madera (CA) Speedway
California – Perris Auto Speedway - "Firecracker 30"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.237; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.521; 3. Troy Rutherford, 42, Cheney-16.647; 4. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-16.719; 5. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.724; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.730; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.747; 8. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-16.762; 9. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.773; 10. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.829; 11. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.910; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.942; 13. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.964; 14. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-16.985; 15. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-17.001; 16. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-17.169; 17. A.J. Bender, 11, Bender-17.257; 18. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.468; 19. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.488; 20. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.557; 21. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.700; 22. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-17.805; 23. Adam Frith-Smith, 62A, Frith-Smith-17.965; 24. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-18.142; 25. Patrick Clark, 71k, Kruseman-18.352; 26. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.619; 27.
Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.673; 28. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-18.670.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Spencer, 3. Johnson, 4. Faas, 5. Perkins, 6. Clark, 7. A.J. Bender. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Alexander, 3. Mitchell, 4. Kruseman, 5. B.Bender, 6. Potter, 7. Gaunt. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Bezio, 3. Rutherford, 4. Gardner, 5. Roa, 6. Frith-Smith, 7. Welton. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Bernal, 3. Wilson, 4. Ballard, 5. Smith, 6. Kairot, 7. Ercse. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Perkins, 3. Ercse, 4. B.Bender, 5. Clark, 6. Kairot, 7. Gaunt, 8. Potter, 9. Frith-Smith, 10. Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. David Bezio, 11. Greg Alexander, 12. Corey Ballard, 13. Bobby Bender, 14. David Cardey, 15. Patrick Clark, 16. Rip Williams, 17. Troy Rutherford, 18. Kenny Perkins, 19. Seth Wilson, 20. Cody Williams, 21. J.J. Ercse, 22. Jon Kairot. NT
**C.Williams and Ballard flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Kruseman, Laps 11-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: Spencer-609, 2-Faas-535, 3-A.Williams-480, 4-Mitchell-461, 5-Bernal-458, 6-Roa-419, 7-Kruseman-375, 8-R.Williams-375, 9-Wilson-313, 10-C.Williams-308.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speed
July 3 2012
“DOUG FORT MEMORIAL” WAR AT THE SHORE
SATURDAY AT SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY
by DICK JORDAN
Saturday night’s “Doug Fort Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway showcases the USAC West Coast Sprint cars in a program billed as the “War at the Shore.”
Bud Kaeding’s point lead in the series stands at 56 points over Matt Mitchell, while Santa Maria star Ryan Bernal rests third in the standings, 32 back on Mitchell.
Kaeding has victories at Bakersfield and Hanford and three seconds so far this season, including one at Santa Maria. Mitchell was second in the series opener and has added a pair of thirds and a pair of fourths, while Bernal owns both Santa Maria feature victories so far, plus one at Hanford.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-447, 2-Matt Mitchell-391, 3-Ryan Bernal-359, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-346, 5-Markus Niemela-344, 6-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 7-Danny Sheridan-274, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-254, 9-Rusty Carlile-227, 10-Kevin Barnes-213.
HOGG LEADS CLASSIC USAC SPRINTS TO WATSONVILLE FRIDAY
by DICK JORDAN
Shauna Hogg of Citrus Heights, Calif. sits atop the USAC Western Classic Sprint Car standings entering Friday night’s events at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif.
Hogg is 12 points ahead of eight-time USAC racing champion Tony Hunt. She has a pair of fourths and a sixth in five series starts to date.
Hunt’s 2012 performances include a victory at Madera (Calif.) Speedway.
The USAC Mopar Western Midgets are also part of Friday night’s racing program at the quarter-mile dirt oval.
2012 AMSOIL USAC CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Shauna Hogg-165, 2-Tony Hunt-153, 3-Brian McClish-138, 4-Gordon Rodgers-132, 5-Tom Baker-127, 6-Cody Gerhardt-117, 7-Tim Skoglund-117, 8-Scott Pierovich-115, 9-Marvin Mitchell-78, 10-Ryan Bernal-74.
“FIRECRACKER 30” WEDNESDAY AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY
by DICK JORDAN
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars return to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway Wednesday night for the “Firecracker 30” and point leaders Mike Spencer and Nic Faas should be among heavy favorites for victory again.
A special Sky Concert of fireworks is planned but the racing action should provide its own share of fireworks as drivers continue to battle for points toward the 2012 championship.
Spencer leads Faas by 32 points, with Matt Mitchell currently holding down the number three spot in the standings. Spencer has 20 career Perris wins, compared to Faas’ four and Mitchell’s three. Spencer has won the last three races this year after Faas took the series opener.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-407; 2-Nic Faas-375; 3-Matt Mitchell-314; 4-Austin Williams-297; 5-Brody Roa-280; 6-Ryan Bernal-278; 7-Rip Williams-249; 8-Seth Wilson-238; 9-Cory Kruseman-227; 10-Cody Williams-200.
June 29 2012
JULY 14TH "SHARP MEMORIAL" AT TULARE IS CANCELLED
SANTA MARIA, CA - JUNE 28, 2012... Officials with the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series have confirmed that the July 14th "John Anthony Sharp Memorial" at Tulare has been cancelled. Track improvements, including a new retaining wall, will not be completed in time for the event. As this writing goes to press, a replacement date at the Thunderbowl Raceway has not been announced.
The next point race for the traditional 360s will be the July 7th "Doug Fort Memorial" / "War At The Shore" at Chris Kearns' Santa Maria Speedway. The $2500-to-win event is the second round of the "Grudge Series" with the ASCS Canyon Sprints and will also feature the West Coast Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Mini Dwarfs, and American/Enduro Stocks. For more information, visit www.racesantamariaspeedway.com or call 805.922.2232
USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series has confirmed July 14th Tulare has been cancelled
June 26 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 24, 2012
– Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Angell Park Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.141; 2. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics, 14.145; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-14.227; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.299; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.357; 6. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.395; 7. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.434; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.437; 9. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.537; 10. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.569; 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, BlackJack-14.581; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.618; 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-14.621; 14. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-14.866; 15. Steve Irwin, 1, Flying Zero-14.870; 16. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.389; 17. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-15.391; 18. Wayne Modjeski, 14, Mojo-15.492; 19. John Fahl, 0, Fahl-16.066.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Coons, 3. Windom, 4. Stockon, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Clauson, 7. Fahl. 2:49.00
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Hess, 3. Hagen, 4. Gardner, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Mellenberndt. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Jones, 3. Darland, 4. Ballou, 5. Modjeski, 6. Irwin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 11. Bryan Clauson, 12. Chase Stockon, 13. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Mike Hess, 16. Bret Mellenberndt, 17. Wayne Modjeski, 18. John Fahl, 19. Steve Irwin. 7:42.47
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-767; 2-Jones-741; 3-Darland-700; 4-Gardner-696; 5-Hines-673; 6-Windom-609; 7-Hagen-579; 8-Ballou-571; 9-Clauson-568; 10-Schuerenberg-566.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 13 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Sprint Week”
INDIANA SPRINT WEEK NEXT – JULY 13-21;
STANBROUGH, DARLAND TAKE WISCONSIN SPRINTS
by DICK JORDAN
Indiana Sprint Week looms next for the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint cars after a pair of weekend outings in Wisconsin. The seven-race ISW calendar stretches from July 13-21.
Jon Stanbrough of Avon, Ind. sits atop the current series standings after winning Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Wilmot Raceway and finishing third in Sunday night’s 30-lapper at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie. He has a 26-point lead over defending series champion Levi Jones, who was fourth and sixth in the two features.
Stanbrough caught fast qualifier Kevin Thomas Jr. on lap 28 at Wilmot and led the final three laps in his Leer Racing DRC/Speedway machine. Thomas took second at the checkered flag ahead of Shane Cottle, Jones and Damion Gardner.
Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. led all 30 laps of Sunday night’s race at Sun Prairie in his Jam-It-In Storage/Hoosier Tire Maxim/Claxton. Chris Windom finished second ahead of Stanbrough, Hunter Schuerenberg and Darren Hagen.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS:
1-Jon Stanbrough-767; 2-Levi Jones-741; 3-Dave Darland-700; 4-Damion Gardner, 5-Tracy Hines-673; 6-Chris Windom-609; 7-Darren Hagen-569; 8-Bryan Clauson-568; 9-Hunter Schuerenberg-566, 10-Robert Ballou-561.
WEST COAST SPRINTS RETURN TO SANTA MARIA JULY 7;
BERNAL WINS “BUD STANFIELD MEMORIAL”
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding continues to lead the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car series standings but third-ranking Ryan Bernal continues his pursuit of the series leaders July 7 at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. He trails Kaeding by 88 points after his victory in last Saturday’s “Bud Stanfield Memorial” at the third-mile dirt oval.
Ryan Bernal led the first three laps of Saturday’s race, trailed Danny Sheridan for the next seven, then returned to the point and paced the final 20 circuits to beat Sheridan, Matt Mitchell, Kaeding and Danny Faria Jr.
Mitchell continues to rank second in the standings after Saturday’s race, 56 points behind leader Kaeding.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-447, 2-Matt Mitchell-391, 3-Ryan Bernal-359, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-346, 5-Markus Niemela-344, 6-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 7-Danny Sheridan-280, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-254, 9-Rusty Carlile-227, 10-Kevin Barnes-213.
June 25 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 24, 2012
– Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Angell Park Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.141; 2. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics, 14.145; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-14.227; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.299; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.357; 6. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.395; 7. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.434; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.437; 9. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.537; 10. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.569; 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, BlackJack-14.581; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.618; 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-14.621; 14. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-14.866; 15. Steve Irwin, 1, Flying Zero-14.870; 16. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.389; 17. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-15.391; 18. Wayne Modjeski, 14, Mojo-15.492; 19. John Fahl, 0, Fahl-16.066.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Coons, 3. Windom, 4. Stockon, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Clauson, 7. Fahl. 2:49.00
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Hess, 3. Hagen, 4. Gardner, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Mellenberndt. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Jones, 3. Darland, 4. Ballou, 5. Modjeski, 6. Irwin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 11. Bryan Clauson, 12. Chase Stockon, 13. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Mike Hess, 16. Bret Mellenberndt, 17. Wayne Modjeski, 18. John Fahl, 19. Steve Irwin. 7:42.47
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-767; 2-Jones-741; 3-Darland-700; 4-Gardner-696; 5-Hines-673; 6-Windom-609; 7-Hagen-579; 8-Ballou-571; 9-Clauson-568; 10-Schuerenberg-566.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 13 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Sprint Week”
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 23, 2012 – Santa Maria, California
– Santa Maria Speedway – “Bud Stanfield Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-14.374; 2. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-14.595; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.626; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.665; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.722; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.777; 7. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-14.837; 8. Ronnie Gardner, 73X, Ford-14.872; 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.955; 10. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-14.979; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.058; 12. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-15.587; 13. Bruce Douglass, 31, Douglass-15.616; 14. Bob Alderman, 21X, Alderman-15.696; 15. Andrew Murray, 21, Murray-15.767; 16. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.213; 17. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-16.261; 18. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-16.364.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Douglass, 3. Sheridan, 4. Gansen, 5. Barnes, 6. Faria. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Liggett, 3. Kaeding, 4. Gardner, 5. Alderman, 6. Jones. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Carlile, 4. Dolacki, 5. Murray, 6. Knight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Danny Faria Jr., 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Markus Niemela, 8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Chris Gansen, 11. Bruce Douglass, 12. Bob Alderman, 13. Ray Knight, 14. Austin Liggett, 15. Kevin Barnes, 16. Bill Jones, 17. Tyler Dolacki. NT
**Faria flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Bernal, Laps 4-10 Sheridan, Laps 11-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaeding-427, 2-Mitchell-391, 3-Bernal-359, 4-Faria-346, 5-Niemela-344, 6-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 7-Sheridan-280, 8-Kirkbride-254, 9-Carlile-227, 10-Barnes-213.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: July 7 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “Doug Fort Memorial” – “War at the Shore”
June 19 2012
SPRINTS HEAD FOR WISCONSIN RACES AT WILMOT, SUN PRAIRIE
by DICK JORDAN
Jon Stanbrough of Danville, Ind. leads the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car series to a pair of Wisconsin appearances this weekend.
Stanbrough leads defending series champion Levi Jones by just 10 points entering Saturday’s race at Wilmot Raceway and Sunday night’s race at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie.
It’s been 17 years since Jack Hewitt won USAC’s last Sprint race at Wilmot, while J.J. Yeley won USAC’s last Sprint race at Angell Park in 2002.
Damion Gardner, Hunter Schuerenberg and Brian Clauson each won twice so far this year, while Darren Hagen, Tracy Hines, Bobby East, Bud Kaeding and Chris Windom have also earned feature wins.
2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Jon Stanbrough-634; 2-Levi Jones-624; 3-Dave Darland-609; 4-Damion Gardner-600; 5-Tracy Hines-599; 6-Bryan Clauson-528; 7-Chris Windom-495; 8-Robert Ballou-492; 9-Hunter Schuerenberg-485; 10-Darren Hagen-478.
WEST COAST SPRINTS AT SANTA MARIA SATURDAY
by DICK JORDAN
This Saturday’s “Bud Stanfield Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway finds Bud Kaeding with a healthy 59-point lead over Matt Mitchell in the latest series standings.
Kaeding has wins so far this year at Bakersfield and Tulare and his other three starts have produced a pair of seconds and a fifth! Mitchell has a second, third and two fourths in five starts this season.
Ryan Bernal won twice at Santa Maria last year, while Danny Sheridan and Jace Vander Weerd also posted feature wins at Santa Maria.
Bernal currently ranks sixth in the standings, while Sheridan ranks seventh.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-388, 2-Matt Mitchell-329, 3-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-292, 5-Markus Niemela-289, 6-Ryan Bernal-287, 7-Danny Sheridan-211, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-211, 9-Justyne Hamblin-199, 10-Kevin Barnes-186.
CRA EYES PERRIS JULY 4, CLASSICS AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY JULY 6;
SPENCER, AUSTIN WILLIAMS EARN CRA/CLASSIC VICTORIES
by DICK JORDAN
Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. and Shauna Hogg of Citrus Heights, Calif. lead their respective USAC Sprint racing series standings going into early-July events. Spencer tops the AMSOIL USAC/CRA points entering a July 4 race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway, while Hogg leads the USAC Classic Sprints to a July 6 date at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif.
Spencer won Friday night’s 30-lap USAC/CRA-Classic feature at Watsonville, leading the final 10 laps after passing Ryan Bernal on lap 21. Bernal finished second ahead of Matt Mitchell, fast qualifier Rip Williams and Austin Williams.
Austin returned the following night and led all but the opening lap to win the 30-lap feature at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. Nic Faas led the first lap but wound up fourth at the checkered flag behind Williams, Danny Sheridan and Spencer. Shane Golobic rounded out the “top-five.”
Spencer’s victory was his 25th in USAC/CRA competition, while the Santa Maria win was Williams’ second.
2012 AMSOIL USAC CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Shauna Hogg-284, 2-Ryan Bernal-221, 3-Tony Hunt-215, 4-Matt Mitchell-183, 5-Scott Pierovich-181, 6-Gordon Rodgers-132, 7-Tom Baker-131, 8-Cody Gerhardt-117, 9-Tim Skoglund-117, 10-Marty Hawkins-115.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-536, 2-Nic Faas-471, 3-Austin Williams-424, 4-Matt Mitchell-409, 5-Ryan Bernal-397, 6-Brody Roa-361, 7-Rip Williams-346, 8-Cory Kruseman-328, 9-Seth Wilson-292, 10-Cody Williams-287
June 18 2012
USAC Western Classic regulars struggle at Ocean Speedway
By Kevin Triplett
At the conclusion of time trials, the top six qualifiers all drove 410 CI CRA sprint cars veteran “Rip” Williams posted the fastest lap of 13.280 seconds followed by his son Austin with a 13.665-second lap. Tony Hunt was the top Western Classic qualifier, tied for sixth overall, at 14.273 seconds followed by Shauna Hogg in her father’s #5 with a best lap timed at 14.375 seconds. All but two of the 27 entries took times; a failed head gasket in the engine in Earl Pierson’s #14 ended Scott Pierovich’s night during warm-ups, and Dustin Baxter flipped his General Hydroponics-sponsored #25 in turn three on his first time trial lap and was finished for the night.
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The first of three heat race wins went to fourth-generation racer Nic Faas in the #4 Alexander “Silver Bullet” followed by Taylor Simas. The first heat race was enlivened by a massive backstretch flip by Western Classic regular Tom Baker. As he accelerated off turn two, the right rear tire of Baker’s JEI-chassised machine climbed backstretch wall, Baker’s flipped high in the air, above the catch fence, before coming to a stop at the entrance to turn three. The JEI chassis was destroyed in the crash, with both down tubes snapped off just forward of the front shock mounts, but Tom walked away uninjured. Fremont California driver Shane Golobic, a regular at Ocean Speedway, captured the second 10-lap heat race over CRA regular Matt Mitchell, while “Showtime” Danny Sheridan captured the third heat race highlighted by Nick Green’s 360 spin as he entered turn one on the second lap. Green’s car spun like a top but never stopped, and as the car straightened up it bounced off Shauna Hogg’s #5 sprint car. Later in the race, Green bounced into Hogg a second time, but this time, his car came to a stop. Green drove aggressively to recover to a fifth-place finish at the end of the ten lap event.
After the heat races, USAC/CRA officials announced that in lieu of a semi-main race, all the remaining 23 cars would start the 30-lap feature, with most recent CRA feature winner Brent Roa on the pole position, sharing the front row with Mitchell. As the cars maneuvered into their starting positions for the feature, the right rear tire and wheel of Golobic’s car sheared off due a failed bearing in the suspension birdcage. The tire and wheel left Golobic’s car and bounced wildly over the third turn fencing, but his car ground to a safe stop. As the cars jockeyed for position on the tight oval after the green flag, the cars of Sheridan, Faas, and Evan Bonnema tangled in turn two on the second lap. Faas’ car came to a halt, Sheridan’s car suffered a flat tire, and Danny limped the car into the pits to retire. On the restart, Hollister, California’s Ryan Bernal quickly grabbed the lead until the action came to a stop for Taylor Simas’ lap 4 flip off turn two after he ran over the inner berm and upset the car’s handling. After the restart, Bernal built a five-car length lead over second place Mike Spencer and Matt Mitchell as the leaders weaved through traffic. On lap 9, the yellow flag flew again when Western Classic regular Geoff Ensign’s #3F ran into the stopped car of Bonnema broke the front suspension, and both cars were eliminated. The action came to a stop again on lap 19 when the red flag flew as Shauna Hogg flipped in turn 3 after contact by Nick Green for the third time in the evening. A lengthy red-flag delay ensued as the damaged cars were removed from the racing surface with the drivers uninjured. When the racing action resumed, Spencer stalked the leader Bernal, passed him on lap 23, and then pulled away in traffic. In the closing laps, the last Western Classic driver still in the event, Tony Hunt, pulled into the infield with a fuel delivery problem. Spencer was first under the checkered flag, followed by Bernal. Matt Mitchell finished third with Rip Williams fourth and his son Austin fifth.
Late-breaking information from USAC via Twitter stated that Austin Williams captured the second 2012 Western Classic/CRA 30-lap feature held Saturday night June 16 at Santa Maria Speedway
June 17 mid day
USAC/CRA-WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 16, 2012
– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.950; 2. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.124; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.175; 4. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-15.182; 5. Shane Golobic, 73x, Ford-15,334; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.337; 7. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.350; 8. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-15.375; 9. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.389; 10. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.459; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.466; 12. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-15.484; 13. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.617; 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.644; 15. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.691; 16. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.692; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.749; 18. Jake Swanson, 41, Jones-15.770; 19. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-15.949; 20. Scott Pierovich, 14, Vertullo/Pierson-15.965; 21. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-16.253; 22. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-NT; 23. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-16.539; 24. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Spencer, 3. Sheridan, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Ercse, 6. Potter, 7. R.Williams, 8. Jones. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Pierovich, 3. Kruseman, 4. Golobic, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Wilson, 7. Kirkbride, 8. Smith. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. A.Williams, 3. Swanson, 4. Faria, 5. Faas, 6. Mitchell, 7. Hogg. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Austin Williams, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Shane Golobic, 6. Ryan Bernal, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Rip Williams, 10. J.J. Ercse, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Cody Williams, 13. Matt Mitchell, 14. Jake Swanson, 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 16. Scott Pierovich, 17. Seth Wilson, 18. Cal Smith, 19. Richard Vander Weerd, 20. Jace Vander Weerd, 21. Bill Jones, 22. Shauna Hogg, 23. Gary Potter.. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Faas, Laps 2-30 A.Williams.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-536, 2-Faas-471, 3-A.Williams-424, 4-Matt Mitchell-409, 5-Bernal-397, 6-Roa-361, 7-R.Williams-346, 8-Kruseman-328, 9-Wilson-292, 10-C.Williams-287.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-284, 2-Bernal-221, 3-Tony Hunt-215, 4-M.Mitchell-183, 5-Pierovich-181, 6-Gordon Rodgers-132, 7-Tom Baker-131, 8-Cody Gerhardt-117, 9-Tim Skoglund-117, 10-Marty Hawkins-115.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 4 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: July 6 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway
AMSOIL USAC/CRA-WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 15, 2012
– Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.280; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-13.665; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-13.921; 4. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-13.939; 5. Brent Kaeding, 69, Kaeding-14.066; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.273; 7. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.273; 8. Tommy Laliberte, 20X, Laliberte-14.369; 9. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.375; 10. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-14.431; 11. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.432; 12. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.525; 13. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.534; 14. Nathan Washam, 33, Hood-14.568; 15. Evan Bonnema, 58, Bonnema-14.693; 16. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.718; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.772; 18. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.934; 19. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-14.981; 20. Shane Golobic, 46, Von Schriltz-15.009; 21. Nick Green, 14X, Green-15.016; 22. Kyle Evans, 84, Evans-15.196; 23. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-15.382; 24. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-15.793; 25. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-15.995; 26. Dustin Baxter, 25B, Baxter-NT; 27. Scott Pierovich,
14, Vertullo/Pierson-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Simas, 3. Kruseman, 4. Ensign, 5. R. Williams, 6. Hunt, 7. Hawkins, 8. Evans, 9. Baker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Mitchell, 3. A. Williams, 4. C. Williams, 5. Kaeding, 6. Laliberte, 7. Schmidt, 8. Washam. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Spencer, 3. Roa, 4. Bernal, 5. Green, 6. Wilson, 7. Bonnema, 8. Hogg. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Cody Williams, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Brent Kaeding, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Nic Faas, 11. Tommy Laliberte, 12. Seth Wilson, 13. Evan Bonnema, 14. Marty Hawkins, 15. Tyler Schmidt, 16. Kyle Evans, 17. Tony Hunt, 18. Shauna Hogg, 19. Nick Green, 20. Geoff Ensign, 21. Taylor Simas, 22. Danny Sheridan, 23. Shane Golobic. NT
**Baxter flipped during qualifications. Baker flipped during the first heat. Simas and Hogg flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Roa, Laps 2-20 Bernal, Laps 21-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-475, 2-Faas-416, 3-Matt Mitchell-375, 4-A.Williams-356, 5-Bernal-344, 6-Roa-322, 7-R.Williams-310, 8-Kruseman-278, 9-Wilson-270, 10-C.Williams-250.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-224, 2-Hunt-215, 3-Bernal-148, 4-Gordon Rodgers-132, 5-Baker-131, 6-Cody Gerhardt-117, 7-Tim Skoglund-117, 8-Pierovich-115, 9-Hawkins-115, 10-Matt Mitchell-113.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: June 16 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: June 16 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway
June 13 2012
Clauson Wins USAC Eastern Storm Sprint Title
From USAC
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. parlayed back-to-back victories in the two Eastern Storm openers into the Eastern Storm title, beating Jones by 28 points after the four events.
Clauson opened the swing Tuesday with a 40-lap win at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa. Clauson passed Jerry Coons Jr. on lap 19 in his Curb Records/R & B Truckers Maxim/Fisher and led the final 22 laps to beat Jones, Kevin Thomas Jr., Chris Windom and Coons.
In race two at New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway Thursday, Clauson led the final 16 laps after passing Dave Darland. Coons took second ahead of Darland, Damion Gardner and Jones.
Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. returned to the site of his first USAC Sprint win on Friday and led all 30 laps at Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville, Pa. in his Fox Paving/Claxton Engines Maxim/Mopar. Tracy Hines, Chase Stockon, Gardner and Jones rounded out the "top-five" at the checkered flag.
Gardner, of Concord, Calif., closed out the tour Saturday with a 30-lap win at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. He assumed the lead when Darren Hagen crashed on lap 24 and led the final seven laps in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver. Hines was again second ahead of Stanbrough, Robert Ballou and Darland.
SANTA MARIA JUNE 23 NEXT FOR WEST COAST USAC SPRINTS;
KAEDING WINS AGAIN AT KINGS SPEEDWAY
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. is now 3-for-6 in 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car competition after leading all 30 laps of Saturday night’s race at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
BK enjoys a 59-point lead over Matt Mitchell in the new series standings going into a June 23 race at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Kaeding was trailed at Hanford by Richard Vander Weerd, Mitchell, Cory Kruseman and Danny Sheridan.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-388, 2-Matt Mitchell-329, 3-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-292, 5-Markus Niemela-289, 6-Ryan Bernal-287, 7-Danny Sheridan-211, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-211, 9-Justyne Hamblin-199, 10-Kevin Barnes-186.
June 12 2012
USAC SPRINTS EYE WISCONSIN “DOUBLE” JUNE 23-24;
CLAUSON WINS 2 & EASTERN STORM TITLE, WINDOM, GARDNER ALSO WIN
by DICK JORDAN
Jon Stanbrough will lead the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car series to June 23 and 24 Wisconsin races at Wilmot and Sun Prairie after emerging from the recent Eastern Storm swing with a 10-point lead over defending series champ Levi Jones.
Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. parlayed back-to-back victories in the two Eastern Storm openers into the Eastern Storm title, beating Jones by 28 points after the four events.
Clauson opener the swing Tuesday with a 40-lap win at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa. Clauson passed Jerry Coons Jr. on lap 19 in his Curb Records/R & B Truckers Maxim/Fisher and led the final 22 laps to beat Jones, Kevin Thomas Jr., Chris Windom and Coons.
In race two at New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway Thursday, Clauson led the final 16 laps after passing Dave Darland. Coons took second ahead of Darland, Damion Gardner and Jones.
Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. returned to the site of his first USAC Sprint win on Friday and led all 30 laps at Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville, Pa. in his Fox Paving/Claxton Engines Maxim/Mopar. Tracy Hines, Chase Stockon, Gardner and Jones rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.
Gardner, of Concord, Calif., closed out the tour Saturday with a 30-lap win at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway. He assumed the lead when Darren Hagen crashed on lap 24 and led the final seven laps in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver. Hines was again second ahead of Stanbrough, Robert Ballou and Darland.
2012 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Jon Stanbrough-634; Levi 2-Jones-624; 3-Dave Darland-609; 4-Damion Gardner-600; 5-Tracy Hines-599; 6-Bryan Clauson-528; 7-Chris Windom-495; 8-Robert Ballou-492; 9-Hunter Schuerenberg-485; 10-Darren Hagen-478.
2012 USAC EASTERN STORM FINAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-255, 2-Levi Jones-227, 3-Dave Darland-211, 4-Damion Gardner-210, 5-Tracy Hines-208, 6-Jerry Coons Jr.-200, 7-Chris Windom-196, 8-Jon Stanbrough-180. 9-Hunter Schuerenberg-174, 10-Robert Ballou-165.
SANTA MARIA JUNE 23 NEXT FOR WEST COAST USAC SPRINTS;
KAEDING WINS AGAIN AT KINGS SPEEDWAY
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. is now 3-for-6 in 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car competition after leading all 30 laps of Saturday night’s race at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.
BK enjoys a 59-point lead over Matt Mitchell in the new series standings going into a June 23 race at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Kaeding was trailed at Hanford by Richard Vander Weerd, Mitchell, Cory Kruseman and Danny Sheridan.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-388, 2-Matt Mitchell-329, 3-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-292, 5-Markus Niemela-289, 6-Ryan Bernal-287, 7-Danny Sheridan-211, 8-Ricky Kirkbride-211, 9-Justyne Hamblin-199, 10-Kevin Barnes-186.
June 10 mid day
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 9, 2012
Pennsylvania – Port Royal Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-19.080; 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-19.260; 3. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.264; 4. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-19.267; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-19.270; 6. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-19.284; 7. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-19.310; 8. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-19.327; 9. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-19.413; 10. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-19.562; 11. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-19.568; 12. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-19.632; 13. Mark Smith, 1M, J&B-19.645; 14. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-19.646; 15. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-19.733; 16. Chad Layton, 7x, Middleswarth-20.013; 17. Trevor Utt, U2, Utt-20.060; 18. Kyle Moody, 175, Pietrofitta-20.258; 19. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-20.291; 20. Mark Bitner, 15, Bitner-20.373; 21. Daryl Stimeling, 30x, Stimeling-21.265; 22. Brian Ehrenzeller, 33, Leach-21.618; 23. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Clauson, 4. Gardner, 5. Smith, 6. Layton, 7. Thomas, 8. Ehrenzeller. 2:37.59
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Windom, 4. Ballou, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Bitner, 7. Utt. 2:40.34
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Hagen, 3. Hines, 4. East, 5. Moody, 6. Hendrick, 7. Stimeling. 2:43.17
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Jerry Coons, Jr., 10. Chris Windom, 11. Mark Smith, 12. C.J. Leary, 13. Bobby East, 14. Mark Bitner, 15. Jonathan Hendrick, 16. Chad Layton, 17. Kyle Moody, 18. Darren Hagen, 19. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 20. Daryl Stimeling, 21. Brian Ehrenzeller, 22. Trevor Utt, 23. Chase Stockon. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Hagen, Laps 24-30 Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-634; 2-Jones-624; 3-Darland-609; 4-Gardner-600; 5-Hines-599; 6-Clauson-528; 7-Windom-495; 8-Ballou-492; 9-Schuerenberg-485; 10-Hagen-478.
FINAL ROTONDO WEIRICH EASTERN STORM POINTS: 1-Clauson-255; 2-Jones-227; 3-Darland-211; 4-Gardner-210; 5-Hines-208; 6-Coons-200; 7-Windom-196; 8-Stanbrough-180; 9-Schuerenberg-174; 10-Ballou-165.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 23 – Wilmot, WI – Wilmot Raceway
June 9 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 8, 2012
– Minersville, PA – Big Diamond Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-15.237; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.280; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.349; 4. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.414; 5. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-15.423; 6. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-15.427; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.474; 8. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-15.566; 9. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-15.648; 10. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.677; 11. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.687; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.691; 13. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.832; 14. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.843; 15. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.878; 16. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-15.942; 17. Mark Smith, 1M, J&B-16.103; 18. Joey Biasi, B1, Biasi-16.152; 19. Mark Bitner, 15, Bitner-16.301; 20. Billy Pauch, Jr., 175, Pietrofitta-16.357; 21. Mike Gular, 8, Petry-17.050; 22. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Hendrick, 3. Jones, 4. Stockon, 5. Coons, 6. Leary, 7. Bitner. 2:07.64
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gulick, 2. Clauson, 3. Smith, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Windom, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Pauch. 2:08.20
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Biasi, 4. Gardner, 5. East, 6. Gular. 2:11.02
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Chase Stockon, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Jerry Coons, Jr., 10. Dave Darland, 11. Bobby East, 12. Coleman Gulick, 13. C.J. Leary, 14. Hunter Schuerenberg, 15. Jonathan Hendrick, 16. Mark Smith, 17. Billy Pauch, Jr., 18. Mark Bitner, 19. Joey Biasi, 20. Mike Gular, 21. Robert Ballou, 22. Kevin Thomas, Jr. 8:36.25
**Darland & Gulick flipped after the checkered in the Main Event.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Windom.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-577; 2-Stanbrough-571; 3-Darland-553; 4-Gardner/Hines-532; 6-Clauson-471; 7-Windom-456; 8-Hagen-453; 9-Stockon-441; 10-Ballou-436.
ROTONDO WEIRICH EASTERN STORM POINTS: 1-Clauson-198; 2-Jones-180; 3-Coons/Windom-157; 5-Darland-155; 6-Gardner-142; 7-Hines-141; 8-Hagen-134; 9-Stockon-132; 10-Schuerenberg-123.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 9 – Port Royal, PA – Port Royal Speedway
June 9 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 7, 2012
– New Egypt, NJ – New Egypt Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-16.344; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-16.445; 3. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-16.569; 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-16.599; 5. Mark Bitner, 15, Bitner-16.693; 6. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-16.759; 7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-16.762; 8. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-16.859; 9. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-16.900; 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-16.903; 11. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-16.915; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.934; 13. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.937; 14. Mark Smith, 1M, J&B-16.960; 15. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-16.988; 16. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-17.022; 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-17.068; 18. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.331; 19. Kyle Moody, 175, Pietrofitta-17.413; 20. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-17.414; 21. Joey Biasi, B1, Biasi-17.493; 22. Robbie Stillwaggon, 89, Kennedy; 23. Jimmy Carpenter, 87, Carpenter-18.899.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Leary, 3. Clauson, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Gulick, 6. Thomas, 7. Moody, 8. Stillwaggon. 2:13.32
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Hendrick, 3. Stockon, 4. Smith, 5. Bitner, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Hagen, 8. Carpenter. 2:13.13
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. Darland, 3. Hines, 4. Coons, 5. Ballou, 6. Biasi, 7. Windom. 2:13.41
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. Dave Darland, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Chase Stockon, 13. Coleman Gulick, 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Mark Bitner, 16. Joey Biasi, 17. Mark Smith, 18. Kyle Moody, 19. Robbie Stilwaggon, 20. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 21. Jimmy Carpenter, 22. Bobby East, 23. Jonathan Hendrick.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Coons, Laps 11-14 Darland, Laps 15-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-526; 2-Jones-517; 3-Darland-512; 4-Gardner-472; 5-Hines-467; 6-Ballou-416; 7-Clauson-414; 8-Hagen-413; 9-Schuerenberg-404; 10-Thomas-401.
ROTONDO WEIRICH EASTERN STORM POINTS: 1-Clauson-141; 2-Jones-120; 3-Coons-117; 4-Darland-114; 5-Hagen-94; 6-Schuerenberg-93; 7-Windom-91; 8-Ballou-89; 9-Stanbrough-83; 10-Gardner-82.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 8 – Minersville, PA – Big Diamond Speedway
June 7 2012
From USAC
Bechtelsville, PA…….Bryan Clauson kicked off the 2012 “Rotondo Weirich Eastern Storm” in dominating fashion to win the “Jesse Hockett Classic” 40-lap Main Event Tuesday night at Grandview Speedway. It was the first win of the season for Clauson and his Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian Curb Records – R&B Trucker’s #7 Maxim/Fisher. Clauson is also partially sponsored by mini-series sponsor Rotondo Weirich.
The turning point came on a restart with 24 laps in the books, when the top groove finally became the place to be. Early leader Jerry Coons, Jr. stuck to the bottom while cars jockeyed for position behind him. Clauson emerged from the fray and took the lead off turn two on lap 19. He was never challenged as the race went green the rest of the distance, with Clauson posting a winning margin of 7.395 seconds.
“We had a pretty good car the first 16 laps. I knew eventually I’d have to try the top. I felt it out under that caution, and on that restart, Jerry had us bogged down on the bottom. (Chris) Windom actually showed me the top first, so I had to get on attack and get to the cushion. The bottom was going away, and we just got Jerry hanging off turn-two. From there, I just tried to catch lapped cars in the right spots, and I knew I had to run as hard as I could, especially when I saw the #20 (Levi Jones) move up to second,” Clauson said.
Kevin Thomas, Jr. followed Clauson to the front on the restart and appeared to be headed for a runner-up finish, but Jones recovered to run him down and take the second spot coming to the white flag aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing – Chevrolet Performance #20 Maxim/Kistler Chevy.
“I’ve won two races here running the bottom, and I lost last year trying to run the top. I wasn’t gonna go to the top until someone tried it. Those guys just drove by us on the restart, and then I got behind Kevin Thomas, and he was blowing water and all that, so we had to work to get by him. We definitely weren’t as good tonight as Bryan, though, so we’ll work on our stuff and go at it again in a couple days,” Jones said.
Thomas, who earlier in the evening set a new one-lap track record of 13.360 seconds, was celebrating the 71st birthday of his crew chief and sprint car legend Bubby Jones. He aggressively attacked the cushion to get to second before giving up the spot in the final laps, still matching his best-career finish with the series.
“I could tell the top was gonna be the place to be. We got to second on that restart, and I tried to hold off Levi toward the end, but our engine got a little hot and started to lay down some, but another podium’s not bad. We needed a good finish to start the trip, and we got a track record for Bub on his birthday,” said the driver from Cullman, Alabama.
Chris Windom finished fourth in the Baldwin Brothers Racing – Fox Paving #5 Maxim/Claxton Mopar, while Coons rounded out the top-five aboard the Phillips Motorsports – Greene’s Truck & Auto #71P DRC/Foxco.
The event was red-flagged on lap two when Coleman Gulick hopped a wheel in turn three and flipped out of the ballpark, taking out a billboard and wedging against a tree. A lengthy red-flag period was needed to take his car off the track, but Gulick walked away under his own power.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 5, 2012
– Bechtelsville, PA – Grandview Speedway – “Jesse Hockett Classic”
QUALIFYING: 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-13.360; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.398; 3. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-13.439; 4. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.536; 5. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.579; 6. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-13.621; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.652; 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-13.738; 9. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-13.746; 10. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.776; 11. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.783; 12. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-13.809; 13. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.839; 14. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.890; 15. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.953; 16. Mark Bitner, 15, Bitner-13.975; 17. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.999; 18. Mark Smith, 1M, J&B-14.016; 19. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.270; 20. Kyle Moody, 175, Pietrofitta-14.410; 21. Joey Biasi, B1, Biasi-14.582; 22. Dan Mazy, X, Mazy-14.923; 23. Mike Gular, 8, Petry-15.358.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bitner, 2. Ballou, 3. Gardner, 4. Thomas, 5. Jones, 6. Stockon, 7. Mazy, 8. Stanbrough. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Coons, 4. Windom, 5. Clauson, 6. Gulick, 7. Moody, 8. Gular. 1:52.81
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Darland, 3. East, 4. Leary, 5. Hendrick, 6. Hagen, 7. Biasi. 1:55.86
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 4. Chris Windom, 5. Jerry Coons, Jr., 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Bobby East, 13. Chase Stockon, 14. Mark Smith, 15. Joey Biasi, 16. Kyle Moody, 17. Mike Gular, 18. Damion Gardner, 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. C.J. Leary, 21. Mark Bitner, 22. Coleman Gulick. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Coons, Laps 19-40 Clauson.
**Mazy flipped in Heat 1. Gulick flipped on Lap 2 of the Feature.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-487; 2-Jones-461; 3-Darland-447; 4-Hines-430; 5-Gardner-413; 6-Thomas-385; 7-Ballou-370; 8-Hagen-368; 9-Schuerenberg/Windom-357.
ROTONDO WEIRICH EASTERN STORM POINTS: 1-Clauson-69; 2-Thomas-65; 3-Jones-64; 4-Windom-58; 5-Coons-54; 6-Hagen/Darand-49; 8-Schuerenberg-46; 9-Ballou-43; 10-Hines/East-39.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 7 – New Egypt, New Jersey – New Egypt Speedway
June 5 2012
KAEDING LEADS USAC WC SPRINTS TO HANFORD SATURDAY
by DICK JORDAN 12-60
USAC West Coast Sprint Car point leader Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. leads the series to Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Saturday for a complete program of racing on the 3/8-mile dirt oval.
Four “top-five” finishes in four starts have helped Kaeding to the point lead, although his worst finish of fifth was scored at Hanford.
Don’t rule him out, though as a favorite Saturday, In 2011 he had a first and second in three Hanford starts.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-317, 2-Matt Mitchell-266, 3-Markus Niemela-263, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-251, 5-Ryan Bernal-234, 6-Richard Vander Weerd-224, 7-Rusty Carlile-181, 8-Steve Conrad-181, 9-Ricky Kirkbride-163, 10-Danny Sheridan-156.
USAC EASTERN SPRINT SWING STARTS TUESDAY AT GRANDVIEW
by DICK JORDAN
The always exciting visit to the East Coast is at hand for the stars and cars of USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series. Four races in five nights comprise the 2012 calendar.
It all begins Tuesday night at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa. where Levi Jones will open defense of his 2011 Eastern Storm title. Bobby East was last year’s Grandview feature winner.
Thursday night’s venue is New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey where Hunter Schuerenberg was the 2011 winner.
Friday night’s race is at Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville, Pa. and the finale Saturday night is at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway.
Jon Stanbrough takes a 56-point lead ovaed Dave Darland into Eastern Storm, while defending Eastern Storm kign Levi Jones is third, just one behind Darland.
2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Jon Stanbrough-454, 2-Dave Darland-398, 3-Levi Jones-397, 4-Tracy Hines -391, 5-Damion Gardner-390, 6-Robert Ballou-327, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-320, 8-Darren Hagen-319, 9-Casey Shuman-316, 10-Hunter Schuerenberg-311
USAC CLASSIC SPRINTS FACE AL POMBO CLASSIC AT MADERA
by DICK JORDAN
Saturday’s “Al Pombo Classic” at the Madera (Calif.) Speedway is next for USAC’s “Classic Sprint Car” series.
Coupled with USAC’s Mopar Western Midgets on the one-third mile paved oval, the Classic sprints always provide the race fans a varied entertainment package.
Tony Hunt, who has an impressive record at Madera in various forms of racing, leads the Classic standings by a single point over Shauna Hogg entering Saturday’s race.
2012 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Tony Hunt-107, 2-Shauna Hogg-106, 3-Tom Baker-83, 4-Gordon Rodgers-80, 5-Ryan Bernal-74, 6-Brian McClish-68, 7-Tim Skoglund-64, 8-Brent Kaeding-63, 9-Taylor Simas-60, 10-Makus Niemela-58.
June 4 2012
USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 2, 2012 – Yuma, Arizona – Cocopah Speedway
From USAC
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.734; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.094; 3. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-17.184; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-225; 5. Austin Williams, 44, Jory-17.746; 6. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-17.783; 7. Cory Kruseman, 7, 17.795; 8. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.834; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.953; 10. Stevie Sussex, 2Y, Yeley-17.965; 11. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.981; 12. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-18.091; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-18.093; 14. Bobby Bender, 11, 18.150; 15. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-19.058; 16. Jim Donley, 71K, Kruseman-19.414; 17. Jordan Stetson, 8AZ, Stetson-19.483.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Bezio, 3. Kruseman, 4. C. Williams, 5. Roa, 6. Wilson, 7. Faas, 8. Everhart, 9. Stetson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A. Williams, 2. Spencer, 3. B. Bender, 4. R. Williams, 5. Martin, 6. Sussex, 7. A.J. Bender, 8. Donley. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brody Roa, 2. Seth Wilson, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Matt Mitchell, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Austin Williams, 8. David Bezio, 9. Cody Williams, 10. Rip Williams, 11. Stevie Sussex, 12. Bobby Bender, 13. Tony Everhart, 14. Jordan Stetson, 15. Jim Donley, 16. Mike Martin, 17. A.J. Bender. NT
**Faas flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Roa
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: June 15 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway
May 26 2012
KAEDING COLLECTS USAC's TERRE HAUTE "HULMAN CLASSIC"
Terre Haute, Indiana.......The complexion of Thursday night's 42nd "Tony Hulman Classic" at the Terre Haute Action Track changed many times in just a few short laps. In the end, it was Bud Kaeding cutting celebratory donuts and collecting the famed Winchester rifle for the 30-lap Main Event win.
Race-long leader Jon Stanbrough saw Darren Hagen use a turn-one slide-job on lap 22 for the top spot before a caution slowed the pace. Instead of Hagen giving up the lead for the restart, he found himself collected in the turn-four incident with Thomas Meseraull, relegated to the tail for the restart after changing a right-rear tire.
The restart was just the break Kaeding needed. The Campbell, California driver, who has experienced victories and a near career-ending flip at the half-mile, wasted no time in assaulting Stanbrough for the lead aboard his Kaeding Performance - Alviso Rock #29K Maxim/Speedway Chevy. He finally sealed the deal on lap 23 with a turn-one slide-job of his own, distancing himself from the pack over the final seven rounds.
"Darren kinda woke me up there. On that restart, I knew it was my last chance. Our car was running pretty good there at the end, as well as it has in a long time. This race has meant a lot to me for a long time. Getting hurt here is one reason, and then living with the Hulman family, being a roommate to Ed (Carpenter). Knowing the family all this time, getting back here and winning this race is awesome," Kaeding said.
Behind him, it was mayhem for top-five spots, with slide-jobs being thrown everywhere. Stanbrough steadied himself to hold onto the runner-up spot in the Roberts/Tate Racing - Leer Racing #21x DRC/Speedway Chevy.
"Our car was really good at the beginning, and I knew it was really good. It was just right, and I was actually thinkin' about it during the race that if it was this good, I hoped it stayed that good. I could tell before we got passed that we were getting a little loose off the corner, and I just couldn't save it with adjustments. I'm disappointed that we didn't win, but we shoulda gained points on a lot of guys tonight," Stanbrough said.
The dust settled on a great battle behind the top two with Damion Gardner claiming the final podium spot after starting 11th in the DG Racing - Pace Lighting #71 Eagle/Shaver.
"The car was good late for us. The track's been good here lately, with big sliders and stuff like that, it's always fun. Bob (East) had the car good for us there towards the end, and I just wanna thank Pace and Pat (Kehoe) for being a little bit patient, and hopefully we can kinda get on a roll here," Gardner said.
Shane Cottle jumped off the bench to be a super sub aboard the Corey Tucker Racing/BCI/Curb-Agajanian entry, as regular driver Bryan Clauson focuses on Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Cottle started 13th and finished fourth in the Curb Records - R&B Trucker's #7 Maxim/Fisher. Binghamton, New York's Coleman Gulick rounded out the top-five in the Hazardous Sports - Rob's Market #14 DRC/Claxton.
Robert Ballou put on a great show in advancing from 18th to sixth to earn the Schroeder Torsion Bars "Hard Charger" award, while Levi Jones picked up the DMI Lucky-7 award for finishing seventh. Chris Windom took home the Wilwood Brakes Lucky-13 award for his 13th-place finish.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 24, 2012 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - 42nd "Tony Hulman Classic"
QUALIFYING: 1. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-20.162; 2. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-20.299; 3. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-20.317; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29K, BK-20.344; 5. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-20.352; 6. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-20.373; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-20.470; 8. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-20.595; 9. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-20.659; 10. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-20.825; 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-20.828; 12. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-20.835; 13. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.897; 14. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-20.952; 15. Shane Cottle, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-21.066; 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-21.092; 17. Thomas Meseraull, 41, Stensland-21.100; 18. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-21.103; 19. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-21.109; 20. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-21.124; 21. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-21.185; 22. Kyle Larson, 1K, Abreu-21.408; 23. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-21.553; 24. Seth Parker, 38P, Parker-21.646; 25. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-21.652; 26. Mark Smith, 1M, J&B-21.697; 27. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-21.705; 28. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-21.909; 29. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller-22.220; 30. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-22.552.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Jones, 3. Gardner, 4. Hagen, 5. Gulick, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. McIntyre, 8. Wissmiller. 2:47.41
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Coons, 3. Windom, 4. Grant, 5. Hines, 6. Smith, 7. Studley, 8. East. 2:50.91
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Darland, 3. Shuman, 4. Thomas, 5. Cottle, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Jarrett. 2:52.52
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hendrick, 5. Parker, 6. Mattox, 7. Clayton. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Hines, 3. Fitzpatrick, 4. Gulick, 5. Cottle, 6. McIntyre, 7. East, 8. Smith, 9. Jarrett, 10. Parker, 11. Wissmiller, 12. Studley, 13. Mattox. 4:12.45
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Coleman Gulick, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 9. Justin Grant, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Kyle Larson, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Bobby East, 17. Casey Shuman, 18. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 19. Chase Stockon, 20. Thomas Meseraull, 21. Blake Fitzpatrick, 22. Wes McIntyre, 23. Jonathan Hendrick. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Stanbrough, Laps 23-30 Kaeding.
East flipped during Heat 2.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-454; 2-Darland-398; 3-Jones-397; 4-Hines-391; 5-Gardner-390; 6-Ballou-327; 7-Thomas-320; 8-Hagen-319; 9-Shuman-316; 10-Schuerenberg-311.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 5 - Bechtelsville, PA - Grandview Speedway
May 25 2012
May 23 2012
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS RETURN TO PERRIS FOR SALUTE TO INDY!
by Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, May 22, 2012) Southern California's home to major league Sprint Car racing, Perris Auto Speedway, will play host to the annual Salute to Indy featuring the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars this Saturday night, May 26th. Joining the stars of USAC/CRA on the triple header open wheel program will be the PAS Senior Sprints and the California Lightning Sprint Cars. It will also be night #3 of "The Power of Purple" Relay for Life benefiting the American Cancer Society. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will be at 7:00.
The Salute to Indy has taken place on the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval every year since the track opened in 1996. However, the race's roots go deeper than that as it has been a Southern California tradition since the days at Ascot Park when many of the same drivers who roared around the dirt oval at 190th and Vermont in Gardena, also raced in the Indianapolis 500. This year two drivers who have competed at Perris Auto Speedway are in the starting field for Sunday's 500. Bryan Clauson, who won the 2009 Glenn Howard Memorial at The PAS, will start 31st on Sunday and Ed Carpenter, who will start 28th.
Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda comes into Saturday's race as the defending Salute to Indy champion. The handsome driver who turned 25-years-old on May 12th has had an outstanding beginning to 2012 on the Don Kazarian prepared dirt surface. In the first three races of the season at the track he has a second place finish and two thirds. However, last Saturday night he was involved in a lap one tangle at King's Speedway in Hanford and was the first car out of the main event. Heading into Saturday race, Mitchell is ranked fourth in the championship point standings.
Temecula's Mike Spencer, the 4-time defending USAC/CRA champion, has won two of the first three races at The PAS in 2012, but the Cal Poly Pomona engineering graduate has never sipped the milk of the winner at the Salute to Indy. Last year he had problems and finished 15th in the race. He heads into Saturday's affair with an 18-point lead over Nic Faas of Huntington Beach in the standings. Last year Faas placed fourth in the Salute to Indy. Third in the standings is Hollister high school senior Ryan Bernal who will be contesting his first Salute to Indy. Bernal won the USAC Western Midget main event last Saturday at Hanford.
Ventura's Cory Kruseman, who drives Mark Priestley's bright yellow #7 in USAC/CRA competition at The PAS, has won four of the track's first 16 Salute to Indy races.
Another note of interest for Saturday's race features 2010 winner David Cardey of Riverside. The veteran racer will be taking the final ride in his own #59 Sprint Car. When the series comes back to The PAS on July 4th, Cardey will be taking his maiden voyage in the famous Tom & Lauri Sertich owned Moose Racing #92.
Veteran Guy Maresch heads the list of entries for the California Lightning Sprint Cars on Saturday night. The Anaheim Hills veteran took the series point lead two weeks ago at the Bakersfield Speedway. Ventura's Bruce Douglass tops the points in The PAS Senior Sprints.
After qualifying, fans will be invited onto the racetrack for an autograph and photo session with all of the drivers.
Saturday night's "Power of Purple" benefit will be the third night in The PAS longtime fight against cancer. Every year, through the generosity of the fans, drivers, teams, sponsors and promoter Don Kazarian, the track raises $10,000.00 for the Relay for Life. On Saturday, there will be special raffles to raise money and the drivers will pass through the grandstands collecting money in their helmets.
Fans who live more than 100-miles away from the track can watch the race live on the Circle Track Network. http://www.circletracknetwork.com/ Those who live within the 100-mile black out radius or anywhere else can watch it "On Demand" 24-hours after the final checkered flag.
Adults tickets for Saturday's are $25.00. Seniors get in for $20.00. For active military members with proper id, teens 13-18 with their school id and kids 6-12 it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free.
You can also keep up with the latest news and receive special offers from The PAS Twitter site: http://twitter.com/perrisautospdwy.
Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2012 season. 1-800LoanMart, 777 Racecars, Aaron's, Ahern Rentals, All Coast Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Budweiser, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Comfort Inn, Day Construction, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Frazee Paint, Hoosier Tires, K&N Engineering, P.I.P.E., Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Prolong Super Lubricants, Snap-on, Soboba Casino, Square H, Swedish Speed, Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, Trench Shoring, US Foods, Valley Auto Salvage and Zanzabuku Sports Lounge.
Video and DVD productions of all racing events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Loudpedal Productions. For more information on these productions you can contact them by calling (805) 844-3854, E-mailing mailto:trtruex@gmail.com or you can visit the web site http://www.loudpedalvideo.com/
For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.
Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds.
Amsoil USAC/CRA Top 10 in Points
1. Mike Spencer - Temecula - 272
2. Nic Faas - Huntington Beach - 254
3. Ryan Bernal - Hollister - 227
4. Matt Mitchell - Yorba Linda - 216
5. Austin Williams - Yorba Linda - 191
6. Brody Roa - Buena Park - 181
7. Rip Williams - Yorba Linda - 173
8. David Cardey - Riverside - 142
8. Richard Vander Weerd - Visalia - 136
10. Jace Vander Weerd - Visalia - 133
PAS Senior Sprint Points
1. Bruce Douglass - Ventura - 177
2. Bill Badger - Santa Clarita - 162
3. Victor Davis - Ventura - 153
3. Brian Williams - Newport Beach - 147
5. Wiley Miller - Yorba Linda - 144
6. Ed Schwartz - Santa Fe Springs - 138
7. Bob Alderman - Santa Inez - 132
7. Mike Collins - Lake Forest - 132
9. Erik Rickard - Carson - 67
10. Jim Donnely - 39
California Lightning Sprint Points
1. Guy Maresch - Anaheim Hills - 615
2. Dan Hillberg - Placentia - 598
3. Steve Limon - Corona - 537
4. Dale Gamer - Anaheim - 521
5. Alexander Bissett - Hemet - 509
6. Bobby Michnowicz - Lomita - 508
7. Damon Arnett - San Diego - 506
8. Darren Hillberg - Corona - 477
9. Zach Zauss - Murrieta - 460
10. Kevin Michnowicz - Lomita - 447
May 20 2012
Bobby East takes USAC Bloomington AMSOIL Sprint Feature
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 18, 2012
- Bloomington, Indiana - Bloomington Speedway - "Larry Rice Classic"
QUALIFYING: 1. Brady Bacon, 99, BBR-11.845; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-11.868; 3. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-11.918; 4. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-11.934; 5. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-11.977; 6. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-11.977; 7. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-11.998; 8. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-12.001; 9. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-12.039; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-12.043; 11. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-12.073; 12. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-12.095; 13. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-12.148; 14. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-12.148; 15. Casey Riggs, 37, Kunz/Indiana Underground-12.162; 16. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beauchamp-12.165; 17. Bobby Stines, 88, Stines-12.173; 18. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-12.178; 19. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.181; 20. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-12.182; 21. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-12.218; 22. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-12.218; 23. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-12.313; 24. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-12.316; 25. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-12.317; 26. Jeff Bland, Jr., 38, Pottorff-12.373; 27. Brady Short, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.377; 28. Danny Holtsclaw, 14x, Smith-12.385; 29. Nick Bilbee, 17, Bilbee-12.439; 30. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-12.455; 31. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-12.473; 32. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.486; 33. Ty Deckard, 48, Deckard-12.532; 34. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-12.578; 35. Mark Smith, 1M, J&B-12.607; 36. Chris Babcock, 35x, Babcock-12.664; 37. Bub Cummings, 71x, Cummings-12.788; 38. Patrick Budde, 90, Budde-13.456.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Briscoe, 3. East, 4. Stockon, 5. Gulick, 6. Barrow, 7. Deckard, 8. Bilbee, 9. Stines, 10. Cummings. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Darland, 3. Jones, 4. Shuman, 5. Bland, 6. Stanbrough, 7. McIntyre, 8. Hagen, 9. Budde, 10. Jackson. 2:05.17
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Ballou, 3. Coons, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Short, 6. Burton, 7. Smith, 8. Windom, 9. Riggs. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Beauchamp, 3. Thomas, 4. Hendrick, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Holtsclaw, 7. Babcock, 8. Ted Hines, 9. Jarrett. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Windom, 4. Gulick, 5. Bland, 6. Burton, 7. Stines, 8. McIntyre, 9. Holtsclaw, 10. Riggs, 11. Jarrett, 12. Hagen, 13. Ted Hines, 14. Short, 15. Smith, 16. Babcock, 17. Cummings, 18. Budde, 19. Deckard, 20. Barrow, 21. Bilbee, 22. Jackson. 2:38.16
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Shane Cottle, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9. Josh Burton, 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 11. Casey Shuman, 12. Chris Windom, 13. Damion Gardner, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 17. Chase Briscoe, 18. Coleman Gulick, 19. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20. Brent Beauchamp, 21. Brady Short, 22. Darren Hagen, 23. Bud Kaeding, 24. Jeff Bland, Jr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 East.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-390; 2-Darland-356; 3-Hines-354; 4-Jones-348; 5-Gardner-330; 6-Thomas, Jr.-298; 7-Shuman-291; 8-Hagen-289; 9-Stockon-286;
May15 2012
NOTHING CAN STOP LARSON AT USAC WEST TULARE, SWEEPS WEEKEND
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 12, 2012 -
Tulare, California - Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway - "Chris & Brian Faria Memorial"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. D.J. Netto, 7N, Netto-16.101; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.236; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.267; 4. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.320; 5. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.386; 6. Kyle Larson, 72, Ford-16.390; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.415; 8. Peter Murphy, 11, Iturriria-16.484; 9. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-16.491; 10. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.492; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.569; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.588; 13. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.601; 14. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-16.608; 15. Ronnie Gardner, 73, Ford-16.655; 16. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.668; 17. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-16.681; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.738; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.785; 20. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-16.803; 21. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-16.825; 22. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.935; 23. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-16.952; 24. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-17.027; 25. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.067; 26. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-17.123; 27. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.145; 28. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.147; 29. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.235; 30. Kyle Smith, 51T, Smith-17.454; 31. Burt Foland Jr., 4, Foland-17.589; 32. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.913; 33. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-17.972.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Hamblin, 3. Conrad, 4. Carlile, 5. Netto, 6. DeBlauw, 7. Little, 8. Day, 9. Knight. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Barnes, 3. C. Gansen, 4. Ennis, 5. K. Smith, 6. Frith-Smith, 7. Bender, 8. Larson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. R. Vander Weerd, 3. Logan, 4. Hawkins, 5. Dolacki, 6. Liggett, 7. Gardner, 8. Foland. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Murphy, 3. Sheridan, 4. Kirkbride, 5. D. Gansen, 6. A. Smith, 7. Araki, 8. J. Vander Weerd. NT
SEMI: (7 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Netto, 3. J. Vander Weerd, 4. Larson (#73), 5. D. Gansen, 6. Dolacki, 7. Little, 8. DeBlauw, 9. K. Smith, 10. Foland, 11. Day, 12. Knight, 13. Bender, 14. A. Smith, 15. Frith-Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson (#73), 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Marty Hawkins, 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 9. Austin Liggett, 10. Don Gansen, 11. Markus Niemela, 12. Chris Ennis, 13. Tyler Dolacki, 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Steve Conrad, 16. Jonathan Logan, 17. Kevin Barnes, 18. D.J. Netto, 19. Danny Faria Jr., 20. Danny Sheridan, 21. Justyne Hamblin, 22. Peter Murphy. NT
**Larson flipped during the second heat. J. Vander Weerd flipped during the fourth heat. A. Smith flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Mitchell, Laps 20-25 Kaeding, Laps 26-30 Larson.
NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: June 9 - Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
SCHUERENBERG SHOOTS DOWN ANOTHER USAC WIN!
Haubstadt, Indiana.......Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Missouri backed up his win from last week by dominating most of a flag-to-flag 30-lap "Spring Showdown" Main Event on Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. The event was held in conjunction with the Midwest Sprint Car Series.
After polesitter Levi Jones grabbed the early advantage, Schuerenberg used a tall cushion to take the lead on lap four. He would never relinquish it, setting a torrid pace through traffic and establishing a 30-lap track record in his Hank Byram-owned Fatheadz Eyewear - R&B Trucker's #35 Spike/Rider.
"Anytime you're out front, you just try to keep your momentum up and keep clicking off laps. Once we got the track blown off a little, I could just run the top nice and went right by Levi. I was trying to keep my rhythm and with the car a little tight, I couldn't be conservative, really. I like winning at Haubstadt - it's a great track with a great crowd, and it's always great to get another USAC win," an excited Schuerenberg said after his seventh career win.
Jones started to reel in Schuerenberg late in the race, but he ran out of time to post his first win of the year. The five-time champion made up ground on the bottom in his Tony Stewart Racing - GM Performance #20 Maxim/Kistler Chevy before coming home second.
"I thought that the bottom would be pretty good. We finally cleaned it off after being a little too snug. We were definitely good at the end, better than we've been lately. We've made some changes and got our car feeling like a race car again, which is good with all the races we've got coming up," Jones said.
The battle of the race unfolded behind the top-two as they stretched out a straightaway lead. Chase Stockon and Brady Short traded the third spot before Daron Clayton came calling. In the end, it was Cullman, Alabama driver Kevin Thomas, Jr. coming out on top of a duel with Clayton to notch his career-best finish of third in the Black Jack Oil Company - Indy Metal Finishings #9K DRC/Rider.
"It was great to battle with Clayton there at the end. This is only my second USAC top-ten ever, and for it to come at my favorite race track, it feels really good. Just being able to run up there with these guys is great for me," the 20-year old Thomas, Jr. said.
Clayton took fourth in his first race of the season aboard the Chad Smith Motorsports - Cornwell Tools #92 DRC/J&D Performance. Stockon held on for the fifth spot in his Terre Haute First Financial Bank - Superior Tank & Trailer #32 DRC/Fisher.
Because of a short rain delay earlier in the evening, time trials were cancelled and heat races were run utilizing passing points. With the event varying from a traditional format, all teams in attendance were awarded appearance points only.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 12, 2012 - Haubstadt, Indiana - Tri-State Speedway - "Spring Showdown" - Co-Sanctioned by Midwest Sprint Car Series
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (35, Byram), 2. Jerry Coons, Jr. (71P, Phillips), 3. Tracy Hines (4, Hines), 4. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (9K, BlackJack), 5. Chet Williams (38w, Williams), 6. Casey Shuman (21, Pollock), 7. Jon Stanbrough (21x, Roberts/Tate), 8. Dave Darland (11, Walker). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Levi Jones (20, Stewart), 2. Chase Stockon (32, Stockon), 3. Kyle Cummins (3c, Cummins), 4. Brandon Mattox (28, Mattox), 5. Braylon Fitzpatrick (3F, Fitzpatrick), 6. Robert Ballou (81, MPHG), 7. Jeff Bland, Jr. (38, Pottorff). 2:18.25
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brady Short (7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Dakota Jackson (3, Jackson), 3. Daron Clayton (92, Clayton), 4. Bobby East (2B, Benic), 5. Nic Faas (53, Fox), 6. Blake Fitzpatrick (10, Fitzpatrick), 7. Darren Hagen (69, Dynamics). 2:18.42
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Casey Riggs (37, KKM/Indiana Underground), 2. Jonathan Hendrick (68, Hendrick), 3. Damion Gardner (71, DG), 4. Wes McIntyre (83, McIntyre), 5. Chase Briscoe (5B, Briscoe), 6. Chris Windom (5, Baldwin), 7. Donny Brackett (4B, Brackett). 2:20.22
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bland, 2. Shuman, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Briscoe, 5. Williams, 6. Faas, 7. Ballou, 8. Brackett, 9. Windom, 10. Darland. 2:48.53
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 4. Daron Clayton, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Brady Short, 7. Jeff Bland, Jr., 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 9. Kyle Cummins, 10. Wes McIntyre, 11. Jon Stanbrough, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Casey Shuman, 14. Casey Riggs, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 17. Chase Briscoe, 18. Chet Williams, 19. Dakota Jackson, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Brandon Mattox, 22. Nic Faas, 23. Bobby East. 9:33.03
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Jones, Laps 4-30 Schuerenberg.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-342; 2-Darland-324; 3-Hines-299; 4-Gardner-295; 5-Jones-295; 6-Hagen-275; 7-Clauson-273; 8-Shuman-255; 9-Schuerenberg-254; 10-Thomas-253.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 18 - Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Speedway - "Larry Rice Classic"
May 9 2012
A Look Ahead at the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Cars
Jon Stanbrough leads the AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series back into action this weekend with the "Spring Showdown" with the Midwest Sprint Car Series at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana. Stanbrough and his Roberts/Tate Racing - Leer Racing #21x DRC/Speedway hold a nine-point lead going into Saturday, but his closest challenger will not be in attendance.
Bryan Clauson has practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday in preparation for an attempt at his first Indianapolis 500. The Corey Tucker Racing - BCI - Curb/Agajanian team has tabbed Brady Short to fill the seat of the #7 Maxim/Fisher for the time leading up to Memorial Day. Short has four career National Sprint Car wins, with the last coming in July of 2010.
Last year's winners at Haubstadt, Damion Gardner and Casey Riggs, will both be in attendance. Both drivers have seen a change in their programs, however, as Gardner now employs Bob East as his crew chief, while Riggs has gone to the Keith Kunz Motorsports stable after his former crew chief, Mike Dutcher, moved to Clauson's team.
USAC/CRA winner and currently second in CRA points, Nic Faas, is expected to be back in Indiana this weekend to wheel the famous Fox Brothers #53 DRC/Foxco, formerly piloted by Stanbrough to a win at Haubstadt.
Current MSCS point leader Robert Ballou won their series opener at the Terre Haute Action Track before Thomas Meseraull won on Saturday at Lawrenceburg. Ballou is also 13th in USAC National points. Stanbrough sits second in the MSCS standings.
May 8 2012
BERNAL'S SECOND STRAIGHT COMES AT SANTA MARIA
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
May 5, 2012 - Santa Maria, California - Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria, 17v, Faria-15.727; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-16.054; 3.Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.221; 4. Kevin Barnes, 36b, Barnes-16.314; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.323; 6. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-16.332; 7. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.357; 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.483; 9. Kyle Smith, 51T, Smith-16.587; 10. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-16.656; 11. Tom Hendricks, 14K, Kruseman-16.742; 12. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.778; 13. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-16.787; 14. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.804; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, VanMeter-16.815; 16. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.866; 17. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.911; 18. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.056; 19. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-17.118; 20. Bob Alderman, 21x, Alderman-17.193; 21. Jeff Culver, 71c, Culver-17.194; 22. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.348; 23. Tyler Dolacki, 18x, Dolacki-17.459; 24. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.151; 25. Brian Baker, 5x, Swaim-NT; 26. Andrew Murray, 21, Murray-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D. Gansen, 2. Faria, 3. Kaeding, 4. Smith, 5. Culver, 6. DeBlauw, 7. Baker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1.Hamblin, 2. Ennis, 3. Mitchell, 4. Carlile, 5. Sheridan, 6. Bernal. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1.Kirkbride, 2. Conrad, 3. Hendricks, 4. Niemela, 5. Dolacki, 6. R. VanderWeerd. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1.Liggett, 2. J. VanderWeerd, 3. Alderman, 4. C. Gansen, 5. Knight, 6. Barnes. NT
SEMI: (10 Laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R. VanderWeerd, 3. Sheridan, 4. Barnes, 5. Dolacki, 6. Culver 7. Baker. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Danny Faria Jr. 4.Markus Niemela, 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Richard VanderWeerd, 8. Chris Ennis, 9. Kyle Smith, 10. Rusty Carlile, 11. Chris Gansen, 12. Steve Conrad, 13. Tyler Dolacki, 14. Austin Liggett, 15. Justyne Hamblin, 16. Jace VanderWeerd, 17. Kevin Barnes, 18. Don Gansen, 19. Danny Sheridan, 20. Bob Alderman, 21. Jeff Culver, 22. Tim Hendricks. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 J. VanderWeerd, Laps 27-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Bernal-203; 2-Kaeding-182; 3-Niemela-178; 4-Faria-175; 5-Mitchell-146; 6-Ennis-118; 7-Conrad-101; 8-R.VanderWeerd-99; 9-Barnes-97; 10-Carlile-97.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: May 11 - Tulare, CA - Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway
Apr 30 2012
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 28, 2012 Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.162; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.275; 3. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-16.594; 4., Ronnie Gardner, 42, Cheney-16.635; 5. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.639; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.664; 7. Ryan Bernal, 18, Kittle-16.673; 8. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-16.681; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.744; 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.810; 11. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.830; 12. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-16.999; 13. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestely-17.004; 14. Johnny McCall, 44J McCall-17.059; 15. Jake Swanson, 41, Jones-17.106; 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.110; 17. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.123; 18. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.131; 19. Bobby Bender12, Bender-17.181; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.192; 21. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.294; 22. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-17.470; 23. David Bezio Jr., 37x, Bezio-17.705; 24. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.771; 25. Adam Frith-Smith, 62a, Frith-Smith-17.879; 26. A.J. Bender, 11,
Bender-17.895; 27. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.924; 28. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.925; 29. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-17.938; 30. Gary Matlock, 25, Matlock-19.075; 31. Jerry Welton Jr., 62, Welton-19.433.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Spencer, 3. Mitchell, 4. A.Williams, 5. Perkins, 6. Alexander, 7. Frith-Smith, 8. Adderson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. R.Williams, 3. Sweeney, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. C.Smith. 6. A.J. Bender, 7. Matlock, 8. McCall. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Cardey, 3. Bernal, 4. Bezio, 5. Ford, 6. Everhart, 7. Welton, 8. B.Bender. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (6 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Roa, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Gardner, 5. A.Smith, 6. Wilson, 7. Potter. NT
SEMI: (9 laps) 1. Ford,. 2. Alexander, 3. Wilson, 4. Everhart, 5. A.J. Bender, 6. A.Smith, 7. Perkins, 8. C.Smith, 9. Matlock, 10. McCall. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. David Cardey, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Nic Faas, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Ryan Bernal, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Seth Wilson, 13. Josh Ford, 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 15. Jake Swanson, 16. Verne Sweeney, 17. David Bezio, 18. A.J. Bender, 19. Tony Everharrt, 20. Ronnie Gardner, 21. Austin Smith, 22. Greg Alexander. NT
**Perkins & C.Smith flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Bernal, Laps 9-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-207, 2-Faas-196, 3-Mitchell-194, 4-Bernal-160, 5-Cardey-142, 6-A.Williams-140; 7-Roa-136; 8-R.Williams-121; 9-R.Vander Weerd-107, 10-Kruseman-106.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 19 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
Apr 28 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 28, 2012
– Putnamville, Indiana – Lincoln Park Speedway
RACES POSTPONED BY RAIN – TRACK & USAC OFFICIALS ARE WORKING ON A REPLACEMENT DATE
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 12 – Haubstadt, IN – Tri-State Speedway
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 27, Gas City I-69 Spdwy – “Border Wars”
QualiFICATIONS: 1. Scotty Weir, 10E, Edison-11.571; 2. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beauchamp-11.610; 3. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-11.667; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-11.698; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-11.711; 6. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-11.747; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Rock Steady-11.763; 8. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-11.763; 9. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-11.787; 10. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-11.799; 11. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-11.826; 12. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-11.833; 13. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-11.840; 14. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-11.945; 15. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-11.947; 16. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-11.953; 17. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-11.956; 18. Jon Sciscoe, 57, Hazen-11.967; 19. Kyle Larson, 1K, Abreu-12.050; 20. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.068; 21. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-12.071; 22. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-12.088; 23. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-12.150; 24. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-12.175; 25. Thomas Meseraull, 4
1,
Stensland-12.180; 26. Bobby East, 2B, 2B Racing-12.239; 27. Travis Welpott, 18, Welpott-12.297; 28. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-12.298; 29. CJ Leary, 30, Leary-12.381; 30. Casey Riggs, 37, KKM/Indiana Underground-12.421; 31. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 3, Fitzpatrick-12.432; 32. Tyler Hewitt, 21H, Hewitt-12.473; 33. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-12.530; 34. Josh Spencer, 42G, Jackson-12.581; 35. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-12.599; 36. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-12.751; 37. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-12.956; 38. Joe Bares, 19x, Test-12.976.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Darland, 3. Weir, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Thomas, 6. Stockon, 7. Jarrett, 8. Leary, 9. Meseraull, 10. Hewitt. 2:04.24
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Sciscoe, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Windom, 6. East, 7. Beauchamp, 8. McIntyre, 9. Bares, 10. Riggs. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Hendrick, 3. Cottle, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Hagen, 6. Ted Hines, 7. Blake Fitzpatrick, 8. Welpott, 9. Braylon Fitzpatrick. 2:06.08
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Shuman, 3. Ballou. 4. Gardner, 5. Grant, 6. Gulick, 7. Goodnight, 8. Swanson, 9. Spencer. 2:08.71
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Hagen, 3. Thomas, 4. Windom, 5. Beauchamp, 6. East, 7. Gulick, 8. Stockon, 9. Ted Hines, 10. McIntyre, 11. Blake Fitzpatrick, 12. Goodnight, 13. Grant, 14. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 15. Riggs, 16. Welpott, 17. Jarrett, 18. Leary, 19. Bares, 20. Hewitt, 21. Meseraull. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2. Shane Cottle, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Scotty Weir, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Casey Shuman, 9. Brent Beauchamp, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Jon Sciscoe, 14. Kyle Larson, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Jerry Coons, Jr., 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 18. Levi Jones, 19. Chase Stockon, 20. Bobby East, 21. Damion Gardner, 22. Kody Swanson, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Justin Grant. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Schuerenberg.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-282; 2-Clauson-273; 3-Darland-264; 4-Hines-239; 5-Grant-237; 6-Gardner-235; 7-Jones-235; 8-Hagen-215; 9-Shuman-195; 10-Kaeding-195.
FINAL “BORDER WARS” POINTS: 1-Darland-114, 2-Stanbrough-103, 3-Hines-102, 4-Weir-101, 5-Schuerenberg-96.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 28 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway
Apr 26 2012
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS RETURN TO PERRIS AFTER SENSATIONAL MAIN EVENT!
by Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, April 24, 2012) After what many are calling the greatest Sprint Car main event in the 17 season history of Perris Auto Speedway on March 31st, the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars return to the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval this Saturday night, April 28th. Joining the best traditional Sprint Car drivers west of the Mississippi on the program will be the PAS Senior Sprints and the California Lightning Sprint Cars. It will also be night #2 of "The Power of Purple" Relay for Life benefiting the American Cancer Society. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will be at 7:00.
At the last race, four time defending series champion Mike Spencer of Temecula edged Cal State Fullerton student Nic Faas in one of the closest finishes since the track opened in March of 1996. Like Faas did at the season opening race on February 25th, Spencer had a perfect night by out qualifying the 33-car field and winning his 10-lap heat race as well. His fast qualifying time of 15.871 was the second fastest for a non wing car in track history. Faas has the quickest at 15.833 at the season opener.
"It is to bad the weather affected the crowd at the last race," promoter Don Kazarian said. "It was one of the best main events I have seen anywhere. Just when you thought it was over as Spencer led Faas through the lapped traffic in turn three on the last lap, Faas threaded the needle through the lappers and nearly stole the win at the line. It was incredible. The race was a great one from start to finish."
To relive that main event courtesy of Loudpedal Video, please click on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvou12ybJt8
Spencer, a 30-year old engineering graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, finds himself trailing Faas by 7-points in the championship standings heading into Saturday's race. Yorba Linda's Matt Mitchell, who has opened the USAC/CRA season with two successive third place finishes, is only ten points from the lead. Hollister high school student Ryan Bernal, who finished second to Faas in the season opener, is fourth and only 20 points behind. Brody Roa, a 21-year-old from Buena Park who is contesting his first full season of 410 Sprint Car racing, rounds out the top five in the standings.
Saturday's race will be the third of the year for USAC/CRA and all three will have been at The PAS. Before it comes back to the track at the base of the Lake Perris Dam for the Annual Salute to Indy on May 26th, the series will race at King's Speedway in Hanford on May 19th.
Murrieta's Stuart Hielscher Jr., who took three seasons off while playing college football, leads the California Lightning Sprint Car Series back to The PAS on Saturday. Hielscher's return to racing was a memorable one when he won the main event on March 31st. Longtime veteran Dan Hillberg of Placentia leads 18-year-old Kevin Michnowicz of Lomita by 2-points in the CLS championship standings heading into Saturday event.
Coming off his win in the last PAS Senior Sprint (drivers 45 and older) race, Ventura's Bruce Douglass has a nine-point lead over defending champion Bill Badger of Santa Clarita as they prepare for Saturday night. Brian Williams of Newport Beach, who had a violent flip in the last main, is third in the title hunt.
After qualifying, fans will be invited onto the racetrack for an autograph and photo session with all of the drivers.
Saturday night's "Power of Purple" benefit will be the second night in The PAS longtime fight against cancer. Every year, through the generosity of the fans, drivers, teams, sponsors and promoter Don Kazarian, the track raises $10,000.00 for the Relay for Life. On Saturday, there will be special raffles to raise money and the drivers will pass through the grandstands collecting money in their helmets. Other nights for the benefit are May 26th and July 4th.
Fans who live more than 100-miles away from the track can watch the race live on the Circle Track Network. http://www.circletracknetwork.com/ Those who live within the 100-mile black out radius or anywhere else can watch it "On Demand" 24-hours after the final checkered flag.
Adults tickets for Saturday's are $25.00. Seniors get in for $20.00. For active military members with proper id, teens 13-18 with their school id and kids 6-12 it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free.
Media, attached to this release is a photo of 4-time defending USAC/CRA champion Mike Spencer posing with a young fan at the pre race autograph session. Please feel free to publish the photo and please give photo credit to Doug Allen.
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Amsoil USAC/CRA Top 10 in Points
1. Nic Faas - Huntington Beach - 141
2. Mike Spencer - Temecula - 134
3. Matt Mitchell - Yorba Linda - 131
4. Ryan Bernal - Hollister - 121
5. Brody Roa - Buena Park - 93
6. Austin Williams - Yorba Linda - 82
7. David Cardey - Riverside - 77
8. David Bezio - San Diego - 69
8. Greg Alexander - Torrance - 69
10. Josh Ford - Camarillo - 68
PAS Senior Sprint Points
1. Bruce Douglass - Ventura - 117
2. Bill Badger - Santa Clarita - 108
3. Brian Williams - Newport Beach - 102
3. Victor Davis - Ventura - 102
5. Ed Schwarz - Santa Fe Springs - 99
6. Wiley Miller - Yorba Linda - 96
7. Mike Collins - Santa Ana - 75
8. Jim Donnely - 39
9. Erik Rickard - 36
10. Mike Cook - 33
California Lightning Sprint Points
1. Dan Hillberg - Placentia - 358
2. Kevin Michnowicz - Lomita - 356
3. Guy Maresch - Anaheim Hills - 330
4. Darren Hillberg - Corona - 315
5. Dale Gamer - Anaheim - 311
6. Alexander Bissett - Hemet - 308
7. Damon Arnett - San Diego - 293
8. Steve Limon - Corona - 257
9. James McCauley - 246
10. Donna Kotlinski - Nuevo - 237
Apr 24 2012
BERNAL LEADS WC USAC SPRINTS BACK TO SANTA MARIA MAY 5;
RAIN POSTPONES SANTA MARIA’S “RON OTTO MEMORIAL”
by DICK JORDAN 1
The USAC West Coast Sprints will try again May 5 to present the “Ron Otto Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway and Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. will lead the series back to the third-mile dirt oval.
Heavy rains early in the week forced postponement of the event last Saturday night.
Bernal leads two USAC series after winning last Friday’s Western Classic Sprint opener at Watsonville, Calif.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Ryan Bernal-134, 2-Markus Niemela-122, 3-Bud Kaeding-117, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-108, 5-Matt Mitchell-95, 6-Kevin Barnes-74, 7-Chris Ennis-72, 8-Danny Sheridan-66, 9-Justyne Hamblin-65, 10-Steve Conrad-65.
USAC SPRINTS BACK TO GAS CITY FRIDAY, AT LINCOLN PARK SATURDAY;
HINES WINS “BORDER WARS” OPENER AT ELDORA
by DICK JORDAN
A trio of “top-10” finishes has Justin Grant of Ione, Calif. atop the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car standings entering this week’s races at Gas City, Ind. (Friday) and Putnamville, Ind. (Saturday). He has a three-point lead over Jon Stanbrough.
Rain forced postponement of last Friday’s race at Gas City I-69 Speedway, setting up this Friday’s “Border Wars” finale at the quarter-mile dirt oval. Lincoln Park Speedway hosts Saturday’s race at Putnamville.
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. took the first step toward becoming the second four-time “Border Wars” champion (1999, 2002 and 2003) by winning Saturday night’s “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Bryan Tyler also already owns four “Border Wars” titles. Hines’ victory was spectacular as he passed Dave Darland in turn one on the final lap to put his MP Environmental Services DRC/Shaver in victory lane. Darland led the first 29 laps and finished second ahead of Matt Westfall, Robert Ballou coming from 18th to finish fourth and new series point leader Grant.
The victory was Hines’ 42nd in USAC National Sprint racing and his 78th in USAC National competition, putting him one behind sixth-ranking Bob Wente on the all-time list.
Hines and Darland emerged in a virtual tie for the “Border Wars” lead, six points ahead of Ballou. Darland and Ballou are seeking their initial “Border Wars” titles.
2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Justin Grant-224, 2-Jon Stanbrough-221, 3-Damion Gardner-217, 4-Dave Darland-215, 5-Bryan Clauson-214, 6-Levi Jones-210, 7-Tracy Hines-202, 8-Bud Kaeding-195, 9-Darren Hagen-189, 10-Robert Ballou-165.
“BORDER WARS” POINTS: 1-Tracy Hines-65, 2-Dave Darland-65, 3-Robert Ballou-59, 4-Justin Grant-57, 5-Levi Jones-51.
FAAS, SPENCER RESUME USAC RIVALRY AT PERRIS SATURDAY
by DICK JORDAN
AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car point leaders Nic Faas and Mike Spencer will be hard-pressed to top their last performance at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway when the series resumes at the half-mile dirt oval this Saturday night.
Spencer, of Temecula, Calif., posted the win March 31, but not before being challenged multiple times in the closing laps by Faas, of Huntington Beach, Calif. Faas fell less than a half-car length short at the checkered flag but he has a seven-point lead over the defending four-time champion entering this Saturday’s race.
Spencer has a total of 17 series wins at Perris, while Faas will be seeking his fifth career win there this weekend.
Matt Mitchell, a three-time Perris winner, sits only 10 points behind Faas in the current standings.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Nic Faas-141, 2-Mike Spencer-134, 3-Matt Mitchell-131, 4-Ryan Bernal-121, 5-Brody Roa-93, 6-Austin Williams-82, 7-David Cardey-77, 8-Greg Alexander-69, 9-David Bezio-69, 10-Josh Ford-68.
RAIN POSTPONES SANTA MARIA’S “RON OTTO MEMORIAL”
by DICK JORDAN
The USAC West Coast Sprints will try again May 5 to present the “Ron Otto Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway and Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. will lead the series back to the third-mile dirt oval.
Heavy rains early in the week forced postponement of the event last Saturday night.
Bernal leads two USAC series after winning last Friday’s Western Classic Sprint opener at Watsonville, Calif.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Ryan Bernal-134, 2-Markus Niemela-122, 3-Bud Kaeding-117, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-108, 5-Matt Mitchell-95, 6-Kevin Barnes-74, 7-Chris Ennis-72, 8-Danny Sheridan-66, 9-Justyne Hamblin-65, 10-Steve Conrad-65.
Apr 22 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 21, – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.872; 2. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-14.885; 3. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.887; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.895; 5. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-15.002; 6. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.074; 7. Scotty Weir, 77, Wingo/Wing-15.103; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.107; 9. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.118; 10. Matt Westfall, 22, Simon-15.164; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-15.177; 12. Kyle Larson, 1x, Abreu-15.202; 13. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-15.234; 14. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-15.236; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-15.271; 16. Casey Riggs, 37, Kunz/Indiana Underground-15.310; 17. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Black Jack-15.366; 18. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.418; 19. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-15.496; 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.571; 21. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.673; 22. Thomas Meseraull, 9x, SC-15.693; 23. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.713; 24. Landon Simon, 45, Simon-15.725; 25. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-15.843; 26. Cha
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Boespflug, 98, Nine Eight-15.965; 27. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-16.260; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.338; 29. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-17.647; 30. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Thomas, 3. Gulicki, 4. East, 5. Hagen, 6. Jones, 7. Shuman, 8. Hendrick. 2:06.71
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Westfall, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Meseraull, 5. Gardner, 6. Grant, 7. Jarrett. 2:05.51
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Kaeding, 3. Stockon, 4. Weir, 5. Leary, 6. McIntyre, 7. Windom. 2:07.67
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Larson, 3. Clauson, 4. Hines, 5. Riggs, 6. Simon, 7. Hery. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Jones, 3. Gardner, 4. Hagen, 5. Riggs, 6. Shuman, 7. Leary, 8. McIntyre, 9. Simon, 10. Jarrett, 11. Hendrick, 12. Windom. 3:14.15
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Matt Westfall, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Scotty Weir, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Chase Stockon, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Damion Gardner, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Coleman Gulick, 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Thomas Meseraull, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Casey Riggs, 20. Casey Shuman, 21. Kevin Thomas Jr., 22. Bobby East, 23. Bryan Clauson, 24. Kyle Larson. NT
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**Hery flipped during the fourth heat. Larson flipped on lap 8 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Darland, Lap 30 Hines.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Grant-224, 2-Stanbrough-221, 3-Gardner-217, 4-Darland-215, 5-Clauson-214, 6-Jones-210, 7-Hines-202, 8-Kaeding-195, 9-Hagen-189, 10-Ballou-165.
NEW “BORDER WARS” POINTS: 1-Hines-65, 2-Darland-65, 3-Ballou-59, 4-Grant-57, 5-Jones-51.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 27 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway
Apr 21 2012
USAC RAIN POSTPONES GAS CITY'S "BORDER WARS"
Heavy rains this afternoon have forced postponement of Friday night's "Border Wars" opener for the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars at the Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway. The race has been rescheduled for Friday night, April 27. "Border Wars" is now slated to start with Saturday night's "Don Branson/Jud Larson Larson Classic" at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 20, 2012
- Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-13.120; 2. Zach Tyler, XXX, Tyler-13.464; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-13.490; 4. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.510; 5. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-13.626; 6. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-13.681; 7. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-13.734; 8. Kyle Hurst, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-13.765; 9. Brent Kaeding, 69, Kaeding-13.784; 10. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-13.809; 11. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.875; 12. Shane Golobic, 46, Golobic-13.903; 13. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-13.923; 14. Scott Hall, 56v, Hall-14.084; 15. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-14.521; 16. Jimmy Riddell, 19, Riddell-14.722; 17. John Gerber, 14s, Gerber-16.290; 18. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-17.827; 19. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-NT; 20. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Mitchell, 3. Streeter, 4. Hawkins, 5. Hogg, 6. Riddell, 7. Rodgers. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hurst, 2. Hunt, 3. Hall, 4. Niemela, 5. Tyler, 6. Gerber, 7. Cisco. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Ensign, 3. Kaeding, 4. Simas, 5. Faria, 6. Baker. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Brent Kaeding, 3. Taylor Simas, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Marty Hawkins, 6. Shauna Hogg, 7. Geoff Ensign, 8. Matt Mitchell, 9. Tom Baker, 10. Zach Tyler, 11. Tony Hunt, 12. Jimmy Riddell, 13. John Gerber, 14. Gordon Rodgers, 15. Kyle Hurst, 16. Matt Streeter, 17. Shane Golobic, 18. Jerry Cisco, 19. Scott Hall, 20. Danny Faria Jr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Kaeding, Laps 9-12 Hurst, Laps 13-14 Bernal, Laps 15-26 Hurst, Laps 27-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Bernal-74, 2-Kaeding-63, 3-Simas-60, 4-Niemela-58, 5-Hawkins-53, 6-Hogg-52, 7-Ensign-49, 8-Mitchell-46, 9-Tyler-42, 10-Baker-39.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: May 5 – Madera (CA) Speedway
Apr 19 2012
WEATHER PROVISIONS DISCUSSED
by DICK JORDAN
USAC National driving champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. returns to the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series this weekend for races at Gas City, Ind. (Friday) and Rossburg, Ohio (Saturday).
Last week he competed in the Toyota Celebrity Race at the Long Beach Grand Prix and was fighting for the lead in the pro division three laps from the finish when he clipped a tire barrier, but recovered to finish.
If weather intervenes provisions have been made for rescheduling Friday’s Sprint and Focus races at Gas City to the following Friday, April 27.
“It’ll be nice to get back behind the wheel of my Sprint car at Gas City,” says Bryan. I still hold the one-lap track record from 2009 and would like to get back to victory lane.”
Chad Boespflug will sub for Darren Hagen in the Hoffman Auto Racing machine Friday and Hagen returns Saturday at Eldora. Boespflug is one of several drivers seeking their initial series victory, while the Hoffman’s continue to search for their record 80th.
Tracy Hines is also one to watch, aiming for his 42nd career triumph as the active leader.
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Apr 17 2012
GAS CITY, ELDORA HOST “BORDER WARS” SPRINTS;
RAIN POSTPONES LAWRENCEBURG
by DICK JORDAN
“Border Wars,” the popular AMSOIL USAC National Sprint race “doubleheader” featuring races in Indiana and Ohio, returns this weekend with back-to-back races at Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway and Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Friday and Saturday night respectively.
Persistent inclement weather and forecasted heavy rains in Indiana conspired to force postponement of last Saturday’s AMSOIL/USAC National Sprint races at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. USAC and track officials are working to try to reschedule the event for a later date.
“Border Wars” originated in 1995 and was held each year through 2008. Cole Whitt won the 2008 title, the eighth driver to win the honor. Brian Tyler is a four-time champion (1996-97-98-2000), while Tracy Hines owns three “Border Wars” crowns (1999-2002-2003). Jay Drake won two titles (2004-2005). Tony Stewart was the 1995 king, J.J. Yeley won it in 2001, with Jerry Coons Jr. the 2006 champ and Jon Stanbrough on top in 2007.
Saturday night’s Eldora race is also the ‘Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic.” Eighteen different winners of the event have been crowned in 28 races although last year’s race was rained out. Jerry Coons Jr., Robert Ballou, Tracy Hines, Rich Vogler, Jack Hewitt, Frankie Kerr, Kevin Doty and Jac Haudenschild are all two-time winners and Jay Drake earned three wins in the classic.
Bryan Clauson is the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point leader entering the weekend races, nine points ahead of Damion Gardner.
2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-192, 2-Damion Gardner-183, 3-Jon Stanbrough-179, 4-Justin Grant-167, 5-Levi Jones-159, 6-Bud Kaeding-159, 7-Darren Hagen-153, 8-Dave Darland-150, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-140, 10-Tracy Hines -137.
BERNAL LEADS WEST COAST SPRINTS TO “RON OTTO MEMORIAL”
RAIN FORCES TULARE POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 12
by DICK JORDAN
Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. continues to lead the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint standings entering this Saturday’s “Ron Otto Memorial” race at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. Bernal has a 12-point lead over Markus Niemela in the series points.
Heavy rains on the west coast forced postponement of last Saturday’s “Brian & Chris Faria Memorial” USAC West Coast Sprint race at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Speedway. The race has been reset for May 12.
Bernal won two of the four races contested at Santa Maria last season. The other two winners were Jace Vander Weerd and Danny Sheridan.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Ryan Bernal-134, 2-Markus Niemela-122, 3-Bud Kaeding-117, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-108, 5-Matt Mitchell-95, 6-Kevin Barnes-74, 7-Chris Ennis-72, 8-Danny Sheridan-66, 9-Justyne Hamblin-65, 10-Steve Conrad-65
USAC CLASSIC SPRINTS DEBUT AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY
by DICK JORDAN
The 2012 USAC Western Classic Sprint Series, following a March rainout at Madera, Calif., will try this weekend for a debut at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif.
Geoff Ensign of Sebastopol, Calif. is the defending series champ and finished second to Cory Kruseman in last year’s Western Classic feature at the quarter-mile dirt oval.
The race is the first of four scheduled for the series at Watsonville this year. Return engagements are slated June 15, July 6 and August 10.
Tony Hunt, the 2012 series runner-up, also bears watching Saturday, as he continues his quest for USAC driving championships to add to the eight he has already earned.
Apr 14 2012
USAC at LAWRENCEBURG SUCCUMBS TO WEATHER; GAS CITY NEXT
Lawrenceburg, IN……..Persistent inclement weather and forecasted heavy rains in Indiana have conspired to force postponement of Saturday’s AMSOIL/USAC National Sprint races at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. USAC and track officials are working to try to reschedule the event for a later date. The next series events are April 20-21 at Gas City, Ind. and ROssburg, Ohio respectively.
Apr 12.5 2012
USAC WESTERN COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS for: April 14
- Tulare, California – Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”
RACES POSTPONED TO MAY 12 DUE TO HEAVY RAINS
NEXT USAC WESTERN COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: April 21 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway - “Ron Otto Memorial”
Apr 10 2012
SHORT REPLACES CLAUSON FOR LAWRENCEBURG;
USAC/CRA STAR FAAS ALSO EXPECTED TO COMPETE
by DICK JORDAN
Two-time USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. leads the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series but his commitment to the Toyota Pro-Celebrity race at Long Beach, Calif. this week means that Brady Short will sub for him for this Saturday night’s AMSOIL USAC race at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway
Short, of Bedford, Ind., has four career USAC Sprint wins to his credit, including a 2008 win at the Lawrenceburg oval. He also scored at Bloomington, Ind. in 2006, North Vernon, Ind. in 2007 and Brownstown, Ind. in 2010.
Among drivers to keep an eye on at Lawrenceburg is USAC/CRA Sprint Car star Nic Faas of Huntington Beach. Calif., who is slated to compete in the Fox Brothers Racing entry. Faas finished a close second to Mike Spencer in a March 31 thriller at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway which many call one of the track’s greatest races in history. Faas made a half-dozen USAC National Sprint appearances at the end of last season and scored a feature win at Perris.
The Foxco entry will also take center stage in subsequent AMSOIL USAC National Sprint races at Gas City, Ind. and Rossburg, Ohio April 20-21 with four-time USAC/CRA Sprint Car king Mike Spencer at the wheel.
Clauson has a five-point lead over Damion Gardner in the 2012 standings, seeking his first title in the series. Gardner was one of two Florida race winners, the other being Darren Hagen, who finds himself atop the early USAC National Drivers Championship.
Lawrenceburg has proven to be an unpredictable track in recent times. The last six USAC Sprint races there have produced seven different winners. Defending four-time series champion Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. was one of the two winners there in 2011. The other was Robert Ballou.
Jones holds the track’s 1-lap qualifying record of 12.926 seconds, set in 2008.
2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-187; 2-Damion Gardner-182; 3-Jon Stanbrough-179; 4-Justin Grant-167; 5-Levi Jones-159; 6-Dave Darland-147; 7-Darren Hagen-140; 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-140; 9-Tracy Hines-137; 10-Casey Shuman-135.
WEST COAST SPRINTS BACK TO TULARE FOR “FARIA MEMORIAL” SATURDAY;
BERNAL TAKES KINGS SPEEDWAY 30-LAPPER
by DICK JORDAN
Ryan Bernal, the 2011 runner-up in the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series, is the 2012 point leader entering this Saturday’s Chris & Brian Faria Memorial” at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway.
Bernal, of Hollister, Calif., sped to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint Car race at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., leading the final 26 laps after passing Richard Vander Weerd on lap five. Trailing Bernal’s Keith Ford King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine Spike/Raney to the checkered flag were Danny Sheridan, Markus Niemela, Danny Faria Jr. and Bud Kaeding, who recovered from a flip during qualifying.
Kaeding has “owned” the Tulare oval in recent times, winning three of the last five USAC West Coast Sprints there. Bernal, however, won the most recent race at the one-third mile dirt oval last October.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Ryan Bernal-134, 2-Markus Niemela-122, 3-Bud Kaeding-117, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-108, 5-Matt Mitchell-95, 6-Kevin Barnes-74, 7-Chris Ennis-72, 8- Danny Sheridan-66, 9-Justyne Hamblin-65, 10-Steve Conrad-65.
Apr 3 2012
KINGS THIS SATURDAY FOR USAC WEST COAST LEADERS BK, MITCHELL
by DICK JORDAN
USAC West Coast Sprint Car point leaders Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. and Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda, Calif. enter this Saturday’s race at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. in a virtual tie for the lead.
Kaeding seeks to stay undefeated in 2012 after winning a non-points special event at Las Vegas and the subsequent series opener March 24 at Bakersfield, Calif.
Kaeding had a victory and three seconds in five West Coast Sprint starts at Kings Speedway last year. Mitchell did not compete in last year’s USAC/CRA finale at Kings in 2011.
Both need to keep an eye on third-ranking Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. Bernal scored a pair of victories and a pair of seconds at the 3/8-mile dirt oval last year.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-68, 2-Matt Mitchell-68, 3-Ryan Bernal-62, 4-Markus Niemela-59, 5-Josh Ford-55, 6-Peter Murphy-52, 7-Danny Faria Jr.-50, 8-Kevin Barnes-49, 9-Don Gansen-41, 10-Chris Gansen-37.
CLASSIC SPRINTS HEAD FOR OCEAN SPEEDWAY APRIL 20;
RAIN FORCES POSTPONEMENT OF MADERA’S “GERHARDT CLASSIC”
by DICK JORDAN
The 2012 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series will now debut April 20 at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. following postponement of Saturday night’s race at Madera, Calif. due to rain.
Madera’s “Gerhardt Classic” will hopefully be rescheduled for later in the season with a new date yet to be announced.
Defending Western Classic Sprint Champion Geoff Ensign finished second in last year’s Western Classic feature at Watsonville behind race winner Cory Kruseman.
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USAC/CRA IDLE UNTIL APRIL 28 AT THE PAS;
SPENCER TOPS FAAS IN THRILLING 30-LAP “PHOTO-FINISH”
by DICK JORDAN
Nic Faas and defending four-time AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Mike Spencer are separated by seven points as the series now prepares for an April 28 return to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Threatening rain held off to allow race fans to witness one of the best races in Perris Auto Speedway history Saturday night as Spencer beat Faas to the checkered flag in a photo finish!
Spencer, of Temecula, Calif., grabbed the lead from early leader R.J. Johnson on lap eight and led the rest of the way, but he and Faas traded the lead back and forth through traffic lap after lap keeping the crowd in a frenzy. Spencer’s margin of victory in his Grubstake Mini Storage/Madera Produce Eagle/Shaver was less than a car length.
Matt Mitchell took third ahead of Ryan Bernal and Austin Williams, which put Mitchell third in the series standings, just 10 behind Faas.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Nic Faas-141, 2-Mike Spencer-134, 3-Matt Mitchell-131, 4-Ryan Bernal-121, 5-Brody Roa-93, 6-Austin Williams-82, 7-David Cardey-77, 8-Greg Alexander-69, 9-David Bezio-69, 10-Josh Ford-68.
Apr 1 2012
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 31, 2012 - Perris, California – Perris Auto Spdwy
QUALI
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Swanson, 3. Bernal, 4. Rose, 5. R.Williams, 6. J.VanderWeerd, 7. A.Smith, 8. Welton. 2:48.95
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Johnson, 4. Faas, 5. Roa, 6. Perkins, 7. Ballard, 8. Kairot. 2:51.14
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Bezio, 3. Alexander, 4. Gardner, 5. Pelkey, 6. Adderson, 7. C.Smith, 8. Collins. 2:50.64
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Ford, 3. Wilson, 4. C.Williams, 5. Sweeney, 6. Everhart, 7. Blinn. 2:52.64
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Roa, 3. Pelkey, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Sweeney, 6. Everhart, 7. Perkins, 8. C.Smith, 9. Blinn, 10. Ballard, 11. Kairot, 12.Welton, 13. A.Smith, 14. Adderson, 15. Bender. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Austin Williams, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Brody Roa, 9. David Bezio, 10. Josh Ford, 11. Seth Wilson, 12. Jace VanderWeerd, 13. Bill Rose, 14. Verne Sweeney, 15. Tony Everhart, 16. Jake Swanson, 17. Rip Williams, 18. Richard VanderWeerd, 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. David Cardey, 21. Josh Pelkey, 22. Cody Williams. NT
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**Bender flipped during practice. C.Williams flipped on lap 1 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Johnson, Laps 8-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Faas-141, 2-Spencer-134, 3-Mitchell-131, 4-Bernal-121, 5-Roa-93, 6-A.Williams-82, 7-Cardey-77, 8-Alexander-69, 9-Bezio-69, 10-Ford-68.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: April 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
Mar 27 2012
“CLASSIC” SPRINTS DEBUT IN MADERA’S “GERHARDT CLASSIC”
by DICK JORDAN
Saturday’s 9th “Gerhardt Classic” at the Madera (Calif.) Speedway serves as the 2012 opener for USAC’s Western Classic Sprint Series as the track’s USAC “tripleheader” also showcases the Mopar Western Midgets and Focus Midgets on its one-third-mile paved oval.
“Super Saturday Round #1 presented by Coors Light offers an ambitious racing program which also includes super-modifieds and NCMA Sprints. A 100-lap USAC/BCRA Midget race is on tap, while the Classic Sprint and Focus features are 50-lappers.
Tony Hunt, winner of more USAC Madera features than any other driver in history (11), is expected to be among favorites, after finishing second in the 2011 series standings. Hunt won last year’s ”Gerhardt Classic” Sprint. He also scored a second 2011 Madera Sprint win, while Scott Pierovich won last September’s Madera Sprint feature.
Other 2011 Western Classic pavement race winners included Cody Gerhardt, the great grandson of Gerhardt family patriarch Fred Gerhardt, who would like nothing better than to win this race, Tim Barber and Tanner Swanson, who won the 2011 closer at Irwindale, Calif. on Thanksgiving Night.
Defending Western Classic Sprint Champion Geoff Ensign scored a third and a fourth in his three 2011 Madera starts.
--USAC--
WEST COAST SPRINTS EYE APRIL 7 DATE AT KINGS SPEEDWAY;
KAEDING STAYS “UNBEATEN” IN 2012 WITH BAKERSFIELD WIN
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. will lead the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series to Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. April 7 seeking his third win in three West Coast outings this season.
BK won a “special event” non-points race at Las Vegas, Nev. March 8 and claimed last Saturday night’s official series opener at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway in the Buster & Ziggy Enterprises/Kaeding Performance Bullet/Reitz.
Kaeding led the final three laps at Bakersfield. He trailed until lap 28 when Brody Roa, who led the first 17 laps, got caught in a multi-car tangle. Roa officially ended up 17th after a spirited drive. Matt Mitchell, Ryan Bernal, Markus Niemela and Josh Ford rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag. USAC AMSOIL National Sprint star Tracy Hines posted the fastest qualifying time in the 27-car field. Mitchell actually amassed enough points to share the current point lead with Kaeding,
Kaeding owns three Hanford Sprint trophies, two from last May at the 3/8-mile dirt oval and one from 2010. Third-ranking Ryan Bernal scored a pair of Hanford victories during his rookie season last year.
2012 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bud Kaeding-68, 2-Matt Mitchell-68, 3-Ryan Bernal-62, 4-Markus Niemela-59, 5-Josh Ford-55, 6-Peter Murphy-52, 7-Danny Faria Jr.-50, 8-Kevin Barnes-49, 9-Don Gansen-41, 10-Chris Gansen-37.
FAAS LEADS CRA SPRINTS BACK TO PERRIS SATURDAY
by DICK JORDAN
AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series point leader Nic Faas leads the series back to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway this Saturday night for the “Power of Purple" Relay for Life Fundraiser benefiting the American Cancer Society.
Faas, of Huntington Beach, Calif., won the series opener at the PAS last month and has an eight-point lead over Matt Mitchell entering Saturday’s events at the half-mile dirt oval.
Faas and Mitchell will need to keep an eye on Ryan Bernal, currently third in the standings. Bernal won last Friday’s USAC Mopar Western Midget opener at Chico, Calif. and finished third in Saturday night’s USAC Western Sprint Car feature at Bakersfield, Calif. Bernal trails Faas by 12 points in the standings.
Faas has won four of the last six Perris features, including three late in 2011 and this year’s opener. Among his top challengers will be defending four-time series champion Mike Spencer, who owns 17 Perris feature trophies. Spencer will try to become the first driver in USAC history to win five consecutive titles in a single racing series.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Nic Faas-74; 2-Matt Mitchell-66; 3-Ryan Bernal-62; 4-Mike Spencer-60; 5-Cory Kruseman-53; 6-David Cardey-52; 7-Brody Roa-51; 8-Rip Williams-42; 9-Richard VanderWeerd-39; 10-Jace VanderWeerd-29.
Mar 26 2012
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2012
– Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.012; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-13.110; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-13.138; 4. Matt Mitchell, 18X, Watt-13.268; 5. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-13.291; 6. Peter Murphy, 11, Iturriria-13.324; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-13.361; 8. Josh Ford, 72, Ford-13.370; 9. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-13.405; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.461; 11. Greg Taylor, 7, Taylor-13.462; 12. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.502; 13. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-13.581; 14. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-13.603; 15. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-13.638; 16. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-13.779; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-13.792; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-13.833; 19. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-13.845; 20. Jim Richardson, 8R, Richardson-14.081; 21. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.105; 22. Matt Day, 97, Day-14.205; 23. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-14.206; 24. Brian Baker, 5X, Swaim-14.321; 25. Andrew Murray, 21, Murray-14.453; 26. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-14.658; 27. Ray Knight, 6K,
Knight-15.710.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Hines, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Conrad, 5. C. Gansen, 6. Murray, 7. Carlile. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Barnes, 3. Murphy, 4. Dolacki, 5. Buckley, 6. Bernal, 7. Day. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Faria, 3. Hamblin, 4. D. Gansen, 5. Nichols, 6. Knight, 7. Taylor. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Ford, 3. DeBlauw, 4. Richardson, 5. Baker, 6. Ennis. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Josh Ford, 6. Peter Murphy, 7. Kevin Barnes, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Don Gansen, 10. Chris Gansen, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Steve Conrad, 13. Justyne Hamblin, 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 15. Matt Day, 16. Jim Richardson, 17. Brian Baker, 18. Ray Knight, 19. Brody Roa, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Austin DeBlauw, 22. Terry Nichols. NT
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**Carlile and Murray flipped during the first heat. Taylor flipped during the third heat. Ennis flipped during the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Roa, Laps 28-30 Kaeding.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Bud Kaeding-68, 2-Matt Mitchell-68, 3-Ryan Bernal-62, 4-Markus Niemela-59, 5-Josh Ford-55, 6-Peter Murphy-52, 7-Danny Faria Jr.-50, 8-Kevin Barnes-49, 9-Don Gansen-41, 10-Chris Gansen-37.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 7 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
Mar 20 2012
WEST COAST SPRINTS OPEN 2012 SEASON AT BAKERSFIELD;
RAIN FORCES TULARE CANCELLATION
by DICK JORDAN
The USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series is now scheduled to open its 2012 season this Saturday at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway after rains forced cancellation of last Saturday’s scheduled races at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway.
Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. is the defending series champion but Saturday’s race will be the first for the USAC Sprints at the one-third mile dirt oval since 2010.
Bud Kaeding won the non-points “special event” staged at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway dirt track a couple of weeks ago.
Davey Pombo, Craig Stidham and Ricky Kirkbride won the 2010 series events at Bakersfield.
--USAC--
Mar 13 2012
KAEDING FAVORITE SATURDAY AS WEST COAST SPRINTS OPEN
AT TULARE WHERE BK WAS 3-FOR-4 IN 2011
by DICK JORDAN
Bud Kaeding returns to the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway Saturday to open the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series and is stamped as the overwhelming favorite after his 2011 successes at the one-third-mile dirt oval.
Kaeding won last Thursday night’s “Sin City Showdown” at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway dirt track, passing Ryan Bernal on the white-flag lap for the win. Last year at Tulare, Kaeding won in three straight starts and finished second in the series finale to Bernal, who ended up claiming the series “Rookie of the Year” honors. Bernal’s 2012 Tulare record included a win and three seconds.
Defending USAC West Coast Sprint Car Champion Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. had a pair of podium finishes in last year’s five Tulare outings.
Kaeding’s Las Vegas victory earned him $2,500 as he polished off the USAC vs. ASCS “Grudge Series” field on the half-mile dirt oval. The race was the first of a special three-race series which carries its own point fund but does not offer USAC West Coast Sprint points. The remaining races are July 7 and September 22 at Santa Maria, Calif. and Peoria, Ariz. respectively.
--USAC--
Mar 9 2012
Las Vegas, NV……..Three-time USAC Silver Crown Champion Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. won Thursday night’s 20-lap “Sin City Showdown” for the USAC West Coast and ASCS Canyon Region Sprint cars at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. Kaeding trailed Ryan Bernal until the white-flag lap, then paced the final two circuits to win the race over Bernal, Casey Shuman, Troy Rutherford and Danny Sheridan. The race featured four different leaders. Danny Sheridan led the first three laps, Rutherford led the next two and Bernal led 13 before yielding to Kaeding. The race was a “special event” and did not offer points toward the 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Championship, which kicks off next Saturday (March 17) at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: March 8, (Co-sanctioned by ASCS Canyon Region
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 2. Casey Shuman (#21X SDR), 3. Zach Sawyers (#XXX Sawyers), 4. Nick Aiuto (#27N Aiuto/Allen), 5. Jim Richardson (#8 Richardson), 6. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James) 7, Tony Everhart (#55 Everhart), 8. Kyle Evans (#84 Evans), 9. James Aragon (#99 Aragon). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Troy Rutherford (#11 Rutherford), 2. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 3. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 4. Brody Roa (#91R BR), 5. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 6. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 7. Tom Hendricks (#14K Kruseman). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan (#21 Dorathy), 2. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 3. Cory Kruseman (#21K Kruseman), 4. Jimmy Crawford (#3X Crawford), 5. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 6. Stevie Sussex (#1 Sussex), 7. Rusty Carlile (#51X Carlile), 8. Ricky Kirkbride (#87 Van Meter). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Justin Quinn (#93 Quinn), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 3. Mike Spencer (#7 Priestley), 4. Ryan Bernal (#73X Ford), 5. Danny Faria Jr. (#17V Faria), 6. Josh Ford (#73 Ford), 7. Rick Ziehl (#41W Williams), 8. Bryan Swinehart (#8SK Swinehart). NT
SEMI #1: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Ford, 3. Reinbold, 4. Martin, 5. Sawyers, 6. Logan, 7. Everhart, 8. Carlile. NT
SEMI #2: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Faria, 3. Crawford, 4. Ziehl, 5. Hendricks, 6. St. James, 7. Aragon, 8. Richardson, 9. Sussex. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Casey Shuman, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Josh Ford, 9. Mike Martin, 10. Charles Davis Jr., 11. Rick Ziehl, 12. Brian Hosford, 13. Zach Sawyers, 14. Cory Kruseman, 15. Jimmy Crawford, 16. Danny Faria Jr., 17. Tom Hendricks, 18. Andy Reinbold, 19. Justin Quinn, 20. Nick Aiuto, 21. Josh Pelkey, 22. Brody Roa. NT
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**Evans flipped during the first heat. Sussex flipped during the second semi. Aiuto and Pelkey flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Sheridan, Laps 4-5 Rutherford, Laps 6-18 Bernal, Laps 19-20 Kaeding.
ALSO AT TRACK: Dustin Morgan (#110 Jones)
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 17 – Tulare (CA) Thunderbowl Raceway
USAC 2012 NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES INCENTIVE PROGRAM
by DICK JORDAN
• All National Races Pay Minimum $5000 To Win - $500 To Start
More than $1 Million in Prize Money Available in 2012
• $103,500 Points Fund For Top 10 - $20,000 for 1st, $5000 for 10th
• $10,000 In Ignite Ethanol Fuel Incentives
• Bonus $200 Per Night In Incentives For Top 10 In Points
The United States Auto Club announced today numerous new member incentives for the 2012 AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship.
Membership in USAC has always produced rewards for participants. In 2012, USAC is expanding the financial rewards on several fronts. The strength of the AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series has been reflected with the increased activity and exposure experienced in the past 12 months and in the re-focus of the Series to an all-dirt Championship calendar.
All National Sprint Series events, with 47 on the 2012 Calendar, will pay out a minimum of $5000 to Win - $500 to Start. The Eastern Swing will continue paying $6000 to Win - $600 to Start, recognizing the great week of racing and USAC fan base in the Pennsylvania market. Additionally, 6 events will pay $10,000 or more to win making 2012 one of the richest total purses in history with more than $1 Million in purses in total for the series.
USAC will also reward the Top 10 in Owner Points entering each racing event with an additional incentive worth approximately $200 per night, or nearly $90,000 in additional incentives provided by USAC during the racing season. These incentives are a combination of cash, free pit entry and waived car entry for each night the qualified car enters an event. Named after Amsoil’s Dominator Racing Oil, the new bonus will allow fans to follow along the battle for the Top Ten in points on an event by event basis. A team achieving this status throughout the season will reap nearly $10,000 in additional incentives.
The annual points fund for the National Sprint Car Championship has been reserved for greater than $100,000 alone. The National Champions will receive a cash award of $20,000 for 1st, $10,000 for 5th and $5000 for tenth place. A complete breakdown is attached.
Additionally, Ignite Ethanol Performance Fuel is offering $10,000 in a cash reward for the top team in the Top10 owner points using Ignite Ethanol in their quest for a Championship. Cars must be registered by June 1st with USAC for qualification for these awards.
AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP FUND Bonus
1st $20,000 $10,000
2nd $15,000
3rd $12,500
4th $11,000
5th $10,000
6th $ 9,000
7th $ 8,000
8th $ 7,000
9th $ 6,000
10th $ 5,000
AMSOIL DOMINATOR BONUS
Event Incentives Per Night For Top 10 In Points
$100 Qualifying Bonus
Pit Entry - Registered Car Owner
Pit Entry - Licensed Driver
Car Entry Fee Waived
RACE COUPLES WITH SEPTEMBER 8 RACE AT WEST MEMPHIS
by DICK JORDAN
I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. will host the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series September 7 in the first of two back-to-back races in the Razorback State.
The event will mark USAC’s debut at the action-packed quarter-mile red clay oval. Only three times in USAC history has the organization competed in Arkansas. Mike Ward won in the Sprint cars at Riverside Speedway in West Memphis in 1985, while Gary Wright won a Late Model race at Fort Smith Speedway in 1986 and Matt Sherrell won a USAC/SMRS Midget feature at North Central Arkansas Speedway in Yellville three years ago.
Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis had already announced they will host the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint cars on September 8, which now creates a back-to-back Arkansas doubleheader.
“We are obviously excited about the Arkansas events as part of this year’s expanded AMSOIL slate,” says USAC’s Jason McCord. “Although we don’t have a long history of racing in the state, we are aware of the legacy of Sprint racing in the area and the talent which has been produced there. There’s a great open-wheel fan base there and we look forward to showcasing our series at these two tracks.”
Advertising its product as “hammer down racing at hammer hlll,” I-30 Speedway has a history of spectacular motorsports spanning the past half-century.
“We’ve always taken pride in the quality of events we have at I-30,” says race organizer Tracey Clay, “and we are truly excited about what USAC can bring to our loyal fan base in terms of exciting racing. We hope this is the beginning of a long-term association between USAC and the Arkansas racing scene.”
--USAC--
Mar 6 2012
WEST COAST SPRINT “SIN CITY SHOWDOWN” THURSDAY
AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY DIRT TRACK
by DICK JORDAN
Thursday night’s “Sin City Showdown” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Dirt Track will feature stars of USAC’s West Coast Sprint Series and the ASCS “360 Grudge Series.” The two groups will stage three races this season with a $5,000 bonus to driver posting the best performance. The other dates are July 7 at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway and September 22 at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.
Defending four-time AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Mike Spencer is expected to be among competitors Thursday, along with USAC/CRA stars Cory Kruseman, Ryan Bernal, Bud Kaeding and Brody Roa.
Rick Ziehl, USAC’s 2003 Southwest Sprint Car Champ, is also among drivers expected at Las Vegas, as well as Arizona regulars Bruce St. James, R.J. Johnson, Charles Davis Jr., Josh Pelkey, Stevie Sussex, Mike Martin and Jeremy Sherman.
Greg Taylor, last year’s Ventura Sprint king, and Oklahoma vet Dustin Morgan are also projected participants.
The Las Vegas dirt oval has hosted several USAC events in recent years. Damion Gardner was the last to win in the USAC Sprints there in 2010. Cole Whitt, Levi Jones Blake Miller, Darren Hagen, Josh Wise, Tony Jones, Tony Elliott, Jeff Gardner, Monte Faccinto, Ray Evans, Bobby McMahan and Ronnie Day also own USAC Sprint wins at the half-mile.
Thursday’s race is considered a “special event” and therefore offers no West Coast Sprint points. The 2012 USAC West Coast Sprint campaign officially opens March 17 at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway.
2011 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Richard VanderWeerd-866; 2-Ryan Bernal-827; 3-Wes Gutierrez-750; 4-Jace VanderWeerd-715; 5-Dennis Howell-655; 6-Danny Faria Jr.-600; 7-Greg Alexander-570; 8-T.J. Smith, Fresno-548; 9-Justyne Hamblin-540; 10-Bud Kaeding-504.
Feb 28 2012
FAAS WINS “SOKOLA SHOOTOUT,” LEADS USAC/CRA STANDINGS
by DICK JORDAN
Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif., who finished as runner-up to Mike Spencer in the 2011 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car standings, has the early lead in the 2012 points after his victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap “Sokola Shootout” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
The series resumes March 31 at Perris with “The Power of Purple” Relay for Life fundraiser benefitting the American Cancer Society.
Faas erased a nine-year-old track qualifying record during time trials with his lap of 15.833 seconds, then caught Ryan Bernal on lap 23 of the feature. Faas paced the final eight laps for the win in his Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/VP Racing Fuels entry, completing a rare clean sweep after also winning his heat race.
Trailing the 2008 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car “Rookie of the Year” to the flag were Bernal, Matt Mitchell, 4-time defending series champion Mike Spencer and pole starter Cory Kruseman.
Faas’ lead over Mitchell in the 2012 standings stands at eight points going into the March 31 race.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Nic Faas-74; 2-Matt Mitchell-66; 3-Ryan Bernal-62; 4-Mike Spencer-60; 5-Cory Kruseman-53; 6-David Cardey-52; 7-Brody Roa-51; 8-Rip Williams-42; 9-R.J. Johnson-41; 10-Richard VanderWeerd-39
--USAC--
Feb 26 2012
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 25, 2012
– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Sokola Shootout”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.833 (NTR); 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.424; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-16.513; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.516; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Buster & Ziggy-16.549; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.592; 7. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-16.632; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.648; 9. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-16.672; 10. Ryan Bernal, 73x, Ford-16.678; 11. Casey Shuman, 92, Sertich-16.681; 12. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.726; 13. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.741; 14. R.J. Johnson, 51x, Martin-16.762; 15. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-16.838; 16. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.859; 17. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.026; 18. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.065; 19. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.095; 20. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-17.110; 21. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.203; 22. Bobby Bender, 11, Bender-17.271; 23. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.292; 24. David Bezio Jr., 37x, Bezio-17.468; 25. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.485; 26. Jake Swanson,
41, Henry-17.494; 27. Gavin Matlock, 25, Matlock-17,620; 28. Johnny McCall, 44J, McCall-17.658; 29. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.693; 30. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-17.932; 31. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.088; 32. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-18.221; 33. Cory Ballard, 20, Ballard-18.344; 34. Jerry Welton Jr., 62x, Welton-18.426; 35. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-18.759; 36. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.990; 37. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-19.273.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Perkins, 3. R.VanderWeerd, 4. Pelkey, 5. Kaeding, 6. J.VanderWeerd, 7. A.Smith, 8. Ballard, 9. Adderson. 2:52.76
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Mitchell, 3. J.Swanson, 4. Bernal, 5. Wilson, 6. Carlile, 7. Bender, 8. Welton, 9. Johnson. 2:50.92
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Cardey, 3. R.Williams, 4. Roa, 5. Shuman, 6. Matlock, 7. Collins, 8. Everhart, 9. Sweeney. 2:49.13
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Forsberg, 2. Bezio, 3. Spencer, 4. Kruseman, 5. C.Williams, 6. Ford, 7. McCall, 8. R.Potter, 9. G.Potter. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. C.Williams, 3. Johnson, 4. Shuman, 5. Ford, 6. Wilson, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Everhart, 9. Ballard, 10. Matlock, 11. Bender, 12. G.Potter, 13. Collins, 14. A.Smith, 15. Carlile, 16. Welton, 17. R.Potter. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Nic Faas, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. David Cardey, 7. Brody Roa, 8. R.J. Johnson, 9. Rip Williams, 10. Richard VanderWeerd, 11. Josh Pelkey, 12. Jace VanderWeerd, 13. Josh Ford, 14. Seth Wilson, 15. Casey Shuman, 16. Cody Williams, 17. David Bezio Jr., 18. Austin Williams, 19. Bud Kaeding, 20. Jake Swanson, 21. Greg Alexander, 22. Andy Forsberg, 23. Kenny Perkins. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Bernal, Laps 23-30 Faas.
**Sweeney flipped during the third heat. A.Williams flipped during the semi. G.Potter flipped during the semi. Kaeding flipped on lap 20 of the feature. A.Williams flipped on the lap 20 feature restart.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Faas-74; 2-Mitchell-66; 3-Bernal-62; 4-Spencer-60; 5-Kruseman-53; 6-Cardey-52; 7-Roa-51; 8-R.Williams-42; 9-Johnson-39; 10-R.VanderWeerd-39.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 31 – Perrs (CA) Auto Speedway
--USAC--
Feb 22 2012
CAN ANYBODY STOP SPENCER IN 2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA OPENER?
“4-TIME” EYES USAC RECORD IN SATURDAY’s “SOKOLA SOOTOUT”
by DICK JORDAN
Four-time AMSOIL USAC/CRA Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. opens his attempt at a fifth consecutive series championship this Saturday night when Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway presents the Annual “Sokola Shootout.”
The race honors California’s Sokola family and their contributions to the sport of Sprint racing. Gary Sokola, who passed away in 2001, is among 2012 inductees into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa. As USAC’s National Sprint Car Series Supervisor and Assistant Competition Director during a span of 10 years, Gary exhibited leadership and dedication in maintaining one of the planet’s most spectacular forms of motorsports.
Spencer is the defending race champion and won four of the first five Perris races contested last year. He has 24 career USAC/CRA wins at the Perris oval.
Spencer has an opportunity to make USAC history this year. NO driver has ever strung together five consecutive championships in a single racing series.
The first six “Sokola Shootouts” occurred at the now defunct Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz., won by Tony Jones (2001), Jeremy Sherman (2002-2003), Cory Kruseman (2004) and Mike Kirby (2005-2006). The race moved to Perris in 2009 and Rickie Gaunt was the winner. Damion Gardner won the 2010 running and Spencer was the winner last year.
Five of the “top-10’ in last year’s USAC/CRA Sprint standings were unable to find victory lane in 2011. Hoping to end that streak Saturday will be Cody and Rip Williams, Danny Sheridan and Rickie Gaunt, while Casey Shuman replaces Greg Bragg for Saturday’s opener.
The PAS Senior Sprints and California Lightning Sprints share the card Saturday night.
"We are very optimistic that 2012 is going to be a very good year," promoter Don Kazarian says. "Several young drivers are jumping into the series and USAC made sure there are no conflicts between the CRA and West Coast 360 Series as there have been in the past. The amount of teams we have seen on the track at practice has been a very pleasant surprise."
Good news for the teams competing at The PAS is the increase in the purse for 2012. The purse will return to what it was a few years ago and the winner will again get $2,500.00 (as opposed to $2,000.00 the past few seasons) and it will pay a minimum of $300.00 to start the main (as opposed to $150.00).
2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-1,253; 2-Nic Faas-1,178; 3-Matt Mitchell-1,073; 4-Austin Williams-741; 5-Greg Bragg-651; 6-Cody Williams-646; 7-Danny Sheridan-614; 8-Rip Williams-588; 9-Rickie Gaunt-520; 10-Damion Gardner-507
--USAC--
Feb 14 2012
GARDNER, HAGEN NAB “WINTER DIRT GAMES” VICTORIES
AS 2012 AMSOIL SERIES DEBUTS AT OCALA, FLORIDA
by DICK JORDAN
Two-time USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. has the early lead in the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series after second and fourth-place finishes in “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” In Ocala, Fla.
Clauson finished fourth behind winner Damion Gardner on Thursday night, then nearly beat Darren Hagen to the checkered flag in a spectacular finish to Saturday night’s 30-lapper at the three-eights mile dirt oval.
The three-night extravaganza presented by eBay Motors suffered a rainout after qualifying on Friday.
Hagen, of Riverside, Calif., held off Clauson on the final corner to take the victory on Saturday. Justin Grant set a new Track Record and the feature ended with a .092-second winning margin in the 30-lap Main Event.
“It’s just a blessing to be able to get a win for this team after all the work they’ve put in this week. They’ve been great to work with, and we’re just really pumped to take a win here tonight,” Hagen said of his Hoffman Auto Racing Mean Green Chalk/Stanton Mopar #69.
Hagen held off advances from Grant throughout the first half of the race. Hagen slipped away in lapped traffic until a caution flew with ten laps remaining. From then on, Clauson stalked the lead in his CTR/RW/Curb-Agajanian R&B Trucker’s Maxim/Fisher #7. On the final lap, Clauson went high in turn three and had a run to the line with the two making contact just before the flagstand. Clauson spun to the infield in turn one.
“We were just getting better and better. We could get some runs on him but just couldn’t get a way by. We had a shot coming to the line, but he kinda shut the door there. It’s a great way for us to start the season, though,” Clauson said.
Grant held on for third in his Hery Racing Sunset Meats DRC/Claxton #40. Defending series champion Levi Jones was fourth in the Tony Stewart Racing GM Performance Maxim/Kistler #20. Thursday’s winner Damion Gardner was fifth in the DG Racing Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver #71
Gardner, of Concord, Calif., started the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car season much the way he has started the last two after capturing the opening round of “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors at Bubba Raceway Park on Thursday night. Gardner took his DG Racing Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver #71 to the point on lap six, slipping past early leader Brady Bacon, and led the distance despite heavy pressure throughout.
“It’s just a great way to start the year. We have to keep it going, but it’s great to get this one tonight. There were a couple times I thought we weren’t going to get it, but we caught a couple lucky breaks, so it worked out well,” Gardner said.
Gardner did appear to be in trouble as Bacon pressured him in lapped traffic. After catching a caution on lap 26 to get clear track, Bacon slipped by on the restart aboard his Hoffman Auto Racing Mean Green Triple X/Stanton Mopar #69, but a caution negated the move and gave Gardner the lead back. On the ensuing restart, Bacon surrendered second to Jon Stanbrough, who also looked low for the lead. Gardner held on despite another late caution for his third win in four tries at the Ocala, Fla. oval. Gardner also went two-for-two at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton in 2010.
Stanbrough held on for second in his Roberts/Tate Racing Leer Racing DRC/Speedway #21x over Bacon. Bryan Clauson, who set a New Track Record in qualifications, finished fourth in the CTR/RW/Curb-Agajanian R&B Trucker’s Maxim/Fisher #7. Bud Kaeding was fifth in the BK Racing Kaeding Performance Maxim/Speedway #29
The 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series resumes April 14 at the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway,
2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-187; 2-Damion Gardner-182; 3-Jon Stanbrough-179; 4-Justin Grant-167; 5-Levi Jones-159; 6-Dave Darland-147; 7-Darren Hagen-140; 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-140; 9-Tracy Hines-137; 10-Casey Shuman-135.
Feb 12 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 11, 2012
– Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.017 (New Track Record); 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.123; 3. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics-14.282; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.323; 5. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-14.338; 6. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-14.340; 7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.362; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-14.370; 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.374; 10. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.391; 11. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.420; 12. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.476; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.500; 14. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-14.508; 15. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.512; 16. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller-14.520; 17. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-14.532; 18. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.594; 19. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.604; 20. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-14.663; 21. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-14.729; 22. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.745; 23. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.749; 24. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.841; 25. Logan Jarrett, 2
9x,
Jarrett-14.878; 26. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-15.044; 27. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.061; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.847; 29. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons-16.504; 30. Mark Broughman, 52, Broughman-17.651; 31. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. East, 3. Darland, 4. Grant, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Swanson, 7. Jarrett, 8. Simmons. 1:57.31
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Clauson, 3. Windom, 4. Jones, 5. Cummins, 6. McIntyre, 7. Goodnight, 8. Broughman. 1:56.78
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Hines, 3. Hagen, 4. Gulick, 5. Leary, 6. Ballou, 7. Fitzpatrick. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Hendrick, 3. Gardner, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Thomas, Jr., 6. Wissmiller, 7. Hery. 1:57.65
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Thomas, Jr., 2. Swanson, 3. McIntyre, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Ballou, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Leary, 8. Jarrett, 9. Goodnight, 10. Simmons, 11. Hery, 12. Broughman, 13. Cummins. 3:01.01
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Wes McIntyre, 8. Kody Swanson, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 12. Dave Darland, 13. Coleman Gulick, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Jonathan Hendrick, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Bobby East, 18. Casey Shuman, 19. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Chase Stockon, 22. Mitch Wissmiller, 23. Kyle Cummins. NT
**Weber flipped in Hot Laps.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hagen.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-187; 2-Gardner-176; 3-Stanbrough-174; 4-Grant-167; 5-Jones-159; 6-Hagen-153;7-Darland-147; 8-Thomas, Jr.-140; 9-Hines-137; 10-Shuman-135.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 14 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway
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Feb 11 2-12
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 10, 2012 Night 3
– Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.366 (New Track Record); 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.390; 3. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-14.455; 4. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.583; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.632; 6. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.668; 7. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-14.700; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.720; 9. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-14.806; 10. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.873; 11. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.899; 12. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.900; 13. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.920; 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-14.975; 15. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-14.983; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.988; 17. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-15.078; 18. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-15.121; 19. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.139; 20. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-15.235; 21. Logan Jarrett, 29x, Jarrett-15.239; 22. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics-15.363; 23. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-15.404; 24. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller-15.441; 25. Robert Ballou, 81,
MPHG-15.468; 26. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.476; 27. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-15.968; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.417; 29. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-17.127; 30. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons-17.246; 31. Mark Broughman, 52, Broughman-17.428
BALANCE OF PROGRAM CANCELLED
USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-128; 2-Stanbrough-126; 3-Clauson-123; 4-Darland-112; 5-Shuman-110; 6-Thomas, Jr.-105; 7-Grant-102; 8-Jones-98; 9-Fitzpatrick-95; 10-Hines-94;
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 11 – Ocala, FL – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors
Bacon fastest in Hot Laps over Hines East Hagen Swanson Thomas Hendrick Shuman Clauson Darland Stanbrough Kaeding Jones Ballou McIntyre...
Brady Bacon with a New Track Record of 14.366 seconds is Fast Time over Clauson Kaeding Darland Schuerenberg Gardner East Hines Shuman Stockon Leary Windom Jones Thomas McIntyre Stanbrough Fitzpatrick Cummins Gulick Grant Jarrett Hagen Swanson Wissmiller Ballou Hendrick Goodnight Hery Weber Simmons Broughman...
Then Rained out tonight in Ocala. Discussing running a double header tomorrow. Will advise as soon as we hear.
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Feb 10 2012
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/RW/Curb-Agajanian-14.409 (New Track Record); 2. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics- 14.589; 3. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.691; 4. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.746; 5. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.877; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.974; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.975; 8. Scotty Weir, 21H, Hery-15.024; 9. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-15.031; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.085; 11. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-15.109; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-15.134; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.136; 14. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-15.140; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.175; 16. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.192; 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.264; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.282; 19. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-15.303; 20. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-15.305; 21. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller- 15.346; 22. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins- 15.360; 23. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard- 15.445; 24. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG- 15.513; 25. Coleman Gulick,14, Gulick-15.712; 26. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.771; 27. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight- 16.098; 28. Logan Jarrett, 29x, Jarrett-16.176; 29. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons- 16.798; 30. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber- NT (time of 15.830 disallowed)
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Darland, 3. Clauson, 4. Gulick, 5. Hendrick, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Grant. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hagen, 5. McIntyre, 6. Cummins, 7. Leary, 8. Weber. 2:21.32
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. East, 3. Fitzpatrick, 4. Hines, 5. Swanson, 6. Goodnight, 7. Windom. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Jones, 3. Thomas, 4. Ballou, 5. Stockon, 6. Weir, 7. Jarrett. 2:16.59
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Stockon, 3. Weir, 4. Wissmiller, 5. Swanson, 6. Cummins, 7. Windom, 8. Leary, 9. McIntyre, 10. Goodnight, 11. Hendrick, 12. Jarrett, 13. Weber. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9. Justin Grant, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Robert Ballou, 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 15. Scotty Weir, 16. Coleman Gulick, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Chase Stockon 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Mitch Wissmiller, 21. Hunter Schuerenberg, 22. Bobby East, 23. Kyle Cummins, 24. Darren Hagen. NT
**Simmons flipped during qualifications. Windom flipped during Heat 3. McIntyre flipped during the Semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Bacon, Laps 6-30 Gardner.
What happened to Brady Bacons points? Editor
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1- Gardner-68; 2-Stanbrough-66; 3-Clauson-63; 4-Darland-52; 5-Shuman-50; 6-Thomas, Jr.-45; 7-Grant-42; 8-Jones-38; 9-Fitzpatrick-35; 10-Hines-34.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 10 – Ocala, FL – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors
Feb 7 2012
HINES STAMPS SELF AS OCALA CONTENDER AFTER NON-USAC-SANCTIONED WINS IN ARIZONA
by DICK JORDAN
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. is off to a roaring start in 2012 after taking three non-USAC sanctioned Sprint races in Arizona last week. He’ll try to increase his all-time USAC “active” feature victory record this week in USAC’s 2012 AMSOIL National Sprint Car openers at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.
Hines has 77 career USAC National wins (41 in Sprints, 28 in Midgets and eight in Silver Crown) and would like nothing better than to keep his MP Environmental Services DRC/Shaver in victory lane. In his ongoing battle with Dave Darland for the all-time “active” USAC lead, he has only one more career win than Darland, who has 76 (34 in Sprints, 28 in Midgets and 14 in Silver Crown).
“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors will feature three complete nights of sprint car action on the exciting 3/8-mile dirt oval. The racing programs, which also include the Florida Mini-Sprints, are the first of nearly 50 on the 2012 USAC AMSOIL calendar.
Hines is one of 16 drivers with USAC Sprint wins to their credit expected to compete at Ocala. Trailing Hines (41) and Darland (34) in the victory category are Levi Jones and Jon Stanbrough (27 each), Bud Kaeding (16), Bobby East (14), Jerry Coons Jr. and Damion Gardner (13 each), Bryan Clauson (11), Darren Hagen and Chris Windom (6 each), Hunter Schuerenberg (5), Robert Ballou (4), Brady Bacon and Casey Riggs (2 each) and Kody Swanson and Blake Fitzpatrick (1 each).
A practice session on Wednesday night, followed by a pre-race party for participants and fans at the Ocala WingHouse kick off the activities prior to the Florida openers.
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Feb 4 2012
Stan Bowman -winner of the first USAC event at Eldora Speedway April 22, 1962 photo found on the Eldora face book page
ROSSBURG, OH (Feb. 3) – In celebration of the 50th anniversary of USAC (United States Auto Club) Sprint Car racing at Eldora Speedway, one giant night of racing, Saturday July 28, has been inked. It will live up to the traditional Eldora standards of greatness, complete with a 50-lap finale to honor the benchmark occasion. Completing the doubleheader program will be the winged National Racing Alliance Sprint Invaders, as announced this week by Eldora general manager Roger Slack.
“Fifty years of history, memories and traditions just can’t go unobserved – this calls for another fabled Eldora Experience,” stated Slack.
A whopping minimum $10,000 payday awaits the victor of the grueling chase around Eldora’s fabled high banks with $2,000 earmarked for a tenth place finish and a minimum of $1,000 to start the historic main event. In continuing with Eldora’s respected trend of putting showmanship and excitement to the forefront, a special event format is being developed and will be released soon.
“The partnership between Eldora and USAC has been magic; one that has produced multiple storylines since that initial April 1962 event won by Stan Bowman. Non-winged Sprint Car fans have been clamoring for more USAC Sprint racing at Eldora and this will certainly whet their appetite,” continued Slack in making the announcement.
Kevin Miller, CEO/President at USAC shared the excitement, "Eldora Speedway has seemed like home to USAC participants since its first USAC race in 1962," says Miller. "The history established there in the past 50 years is incredible and we certainly look forward to another 50 years of the same type of excitement the track has always generated. We salute Eldora for this initiative of honoring this rich tradition and expect a stellar field of drivers and cars for what will most certainly be one of the track's signature events."
Since Bowman took that checkered flag in April of 1962, another 180 USAC National Sprint Car races have been contested, with 70 different drivers tasting the flavor of an Eldora victory.
That win list is populated with many of the greatest names in open wheel, non-winged Sprint Car racing; including drivers that have gone from USAC events at Eldora to heralded National events such as the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500. Recognized names include Gary Bettenhausen, Mario Andretti, Roger McCluskey, Johnny Rutherford, Larry Dickson and of course, current Eldora Speedway owner and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart.
Atop the list is a name even more common and recognizable to grassroots fans – Jack Hewitt from nearby Troy, Ohio. The colorful and outspoken Hewitt has amassed 13 USAC Sprint Car wins at Eldora, four more than his nearest rival, Larry Dickson.
Additional details and ticket information for the storied event will be released through the track’s website www.EldoraSpeedway.com. The targeted date for ticket sales is Monday, March 19; through the Eldora box office at (937) 338-3815 or online.
SPRINTS RETURN TO MICHIGAN’S I-96 SPEEDWAY AUGUST 10
by DICK JORDAN
The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series returns to Michigan August 10 for a race at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa. The race will be the first for the series on dirt in the Great Lakes State in 16 years!
The August 10 date is coupled with an already-announced August 11 race at Hartford Motor Speedway. Jay Drake won USAC’s last Sprint race at Hartford in 2000.
Mark Cassella won the last USAC Sprint race on the dirt in Michigan, a 30-lapper at I-96, which has hosted the series five times. Jack Hewitt won three of those and is one of only two drivers to record multiple USAC wins in Michigan in 25 previous appearances. The other is Eric Gordon, who also won three features.
Michigan has proven to be one of the most unpredictable states in USAC history. IN 25 races there, 21 different winners have emrged! Jud Larson won the inaugural at Berlin Raceway in 1959 and Clauson won the most recent, also at Berlin in 2010. In all classes, a total of exactly 100 different drivers have won USAC races in the state of Michigan.
"We are incredibly excited to bring these guys back to Michigan,” adds I-96 race organizer Mike Mouch. “We know it will be a spectacular night of dirt track raci