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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, 2012 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “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
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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

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:

April 21, 2012 – 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

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.

CLAUSON RETURNS TO SPRINTS THIS WEEKEND

WEATHER PROVISIONS DISCUSSED

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.

GAS CITY, ELDORA HOST “BORDER WARS” SPRINTS;
RAIN POSTPONES LAWRENCEBURG

“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.

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.

SHORT REPLACES CLAUSON FOR LAWRENCEBURG

USAC/CRA STAR FAAS ALSO EXPECTED TO COMPETE


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.

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
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**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

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: 2/9, 2012

Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

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 Gulic
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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
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**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.

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

DYNAMICS FIELDING OCALA SPRINTS FOR BACON & HAGEN;
BENIC SELECTS EAST; WALKER & DARLAND TEAM FOR 2012 OPENERS


New driver/car combinations are expected to be highlights of next week’s 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car openers at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.

“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors will showcase USAC’s finest in three consecutive nights of racing on the one-third-mile dirt oval and a healthy list of entries has already revealed some new combinations.

Dynamics, Inc. of Milford, Ohio, the winningest team in USAC Sprint Car history, will seek wins #79, 80 or 81 and will field a pair of entries, driven by Oklahoma hot-shoe Brady Bacon and USAC Pavement Midget Champion Darren Hagen. Hagen has six career USAC Sprint wins and Bacon two.

Scott Benic of Fairmount, Ind., returns as a full-time car owner with driver Bobby East, whose 14 career wins include his first on dirt which came last year at Bechtelsville, Pa. Benic earned USAC’s “Chief Mechanic of the Year” honors in 2005 as he orchestrated the first of Levi Jones’ record five USAC titles.

Jeff Walker Racing of Noblesville, Ind. has selected Dave Darland to pilot its Ocala entry. Darland has 34 career USAC Sprint feature victories and won the series crown in 1999. Dave is one of only five USAC “Triple Crown Champions” who own championships in all three USAC National racing series.

Another newcomer to watch at Ocala will be C.J. Leary of Greenfield, Ind., the son of 1997 Hoosier Hundred winner Chuck Leary, who will make his series debut in a family-owned car.

“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors unfolds Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 9-11) following an open practice session at the track on Wednesday night and a special Wednesday pre-race party at the Ocala WingHouse restaurant.

HINES, DARLAND RESUME “ACTIVE” VICTORY LEAD BATTLE
IN “BUBBA’S WINTER DIRT GAMES” FEBRUARY 9-11 AT OCALA, Fla


Tracy Hines and Dave Darland will resume their battle for the all-time USAC National feature victory lead among “active” drivers when the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series opens February 9-11 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.

“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” will feature three complete nights of sprint car action on the exciting 3/8-mile dirt oval. The races are the first of nearly 50 on the 2012 USAC AMSOIL calendar.

Hines sits atop the “active” lead with 77 total wins (41 in Sprints, 28 in Midgets and eight in Silver Crown). Darland is just one back with 76 (34 in Sprints, 28 in Midgets and 14 in Silver Crown). Hines ranks seventh on the all-time USAC list, while Darland is tied with Jack Hewitt for eighth. They are chasing Bob Wente’s total of 79, then will challenge Tom Bigelow’s total of 81 and Gary Bettenhausen’s total of 82. Mel Kenyon has 111, Rich Vogler 134 and A.J. Foyt 154.

Hines failed to crack the “top-10” in his three Ocala appearances last year. Darland likewise was unable to crack the “top-10” in his two 2011 Ocala starts.

Damion Gardner won twice at Ocala in 2011 and Bryan Clauson also was victorious. Both are expected to be in the field Hines and Darland will face.

Both Hines and Darland are former series champions (Hines in 2002 and Darland in 1999). Hines’ last USAC Sprint win came at Dodge City, Kans. Last August. Darland won at Gas City, Ind. last July.

Defending five-time AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones holds the 1-lap Ocala track qualifying record of 14.758 seconds set last year. He recorded a third, fourth and ninth in last year’s three Ocala events.

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.

LEVI JONES OPENS PURSUIT OF USAC TITLE #8
WITH A.J. FOYT’S ALL-TIME RECORD OF 11 THE TARGET


Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. appears ready to challenge one of USAC’s most revered all-time records. That pursuit begins February 9-11 when the AMSOIL National Sprint Cars open their 2012 campaign with ‘Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.

The 2011 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Champion and Traxxas Silver Crown king now owns seven USAC National Championships and only one driver stands between him and the top of the pyramid – A.J. Foyt.

Driving for NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart, Jones has reeled off four titles in the past two years and is tied with Mel Kenyon and Rich Vogler with seven National crowns, four behind Foyt’s record of 11. Foyt owns seven National Championships in Indy cars, three in Stock Cars and one in Silver Crown. Jones has two Silver Crown titles in addition to his five in the Sprint cars.

Jones scored three victories on his way to the 2011 Sprint title and now has 27 career wins in USAC’s tough Sprint series. He has yet to win in the Sunshine State, however, finishing seventh and fifth in two 2010 races at East Bay Raceway Park and a fourth, ninth and third at Ocala last year.

“Just having a chance to challenge A.J. on the all-time list is something I never even dreamed about,” admits Levi. “I’m sure when he was winning all those races and championships back then he probably didn’t think much about all-time records either, so it’s not something I dwell on. I’ve had a great run the past couple of years but it’s hard to stay on top. The team Tony has assembled has sure made my job easier and it’s a pleasure to approach each race with a chance to win. Ocala offers a challenge unlike some other tracks we go to, with a different type surface which makes car set-up a primary objective. We’ve qualified well there but things seem to change by the time the feature rolls around. This year we have a different game plan so we’ll see how it works out.”

Levi has plenty of competition in the upcoming Ocala races, with drivers like USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson and Damion Gardner, the winners at Ocala last year, plus drivers like Tracy Hines, Jon Stanbrough, Dave Darland and others.

“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” open the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car calendar, which spans nearly 50 events across America.