GRANT BOLSTERS USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINT LEAD ENTERING PUTNAMVILLE THURSDAY
Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (July 27, 2022)………Justin Grant added to his USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week point lead in grand fashion during Tuesday night’s round at Kokomo Speedway.
His victory at Kokomo propelled him to a 43-point lead entering Thursday night’s round number five at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville.
In the three features run thus far throughout ISW, the Ione, Calif. native hasn’t finished outside the top-two following runner-up results at both Gas City and Circle City.
With three ISW events remaining in the 35th annual edition of the series, Grant leads over Rocklin, California’s Robert Ballou (-43), Fort Branch, Indiana’s Chase Stockon (-44), Circle City winner C.J. Leary from Greenfield, Ind. (-52) and Princeton, Indiana’s Kyle Cummins (-65).
A $23,000 total purse is on the line for the top-eight in the final standings of the eight-race tour throughout the Hoosier state. The ISW champion will collect a $10,000 reward. A payout of $5,000 goes to second, $2,500 for third, $1,500 for fourth, $1,250 for fifth, $1,100 for sixth, $900 for seventh and $750 for eighth.
USAC Indiana Sprint Week will continue with round five on Thursday night, July 28, at Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.
Thursday at Lincoln Park, the pits and front gates open at 4:30pm with the drivers meeting at 6pm and hot laps at 6:30pm, followed immediately by qualifying and racing.
General admission grandstand tickets at Lincoln Park are $30. Kids 10 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 for members, $35 for non-members and free for kids 10 and under.
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2022 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS
(After Round #5 of 8)
1. 264-Justin Grant
2. 221-Robert Ballou
3. 220-Chase Stockon
4. 212-C.J. Leary
5. 199-Kyle Cummins
6. 197-Brady Bacon
7. 189-Emerson Axsom
8. 183-Shane Cottle
9. 176-Mitchel Moles
10. 166-Briggs Danner
11. 158-Jason McDougal
12. 153-Matt Westfall
13. 150-Jake Swanson
14. 148-Scotty Weir
15. 147-Logan Seavey
16. 120-Jadon Rogers
17. 113-Ryan Timms
18. 107-Tye Mihocko
19. 106-Brent Beauchamp
20. 105-Kevin Thomas Jr.
21. 104-Cole Bodine
22. 81-Brody Roa
23. 78-Thomas Meseraull
24. 76-Dave Darland
25. 62-Jack Hoyer
26. 59-Max Adams
27. 58-Dalton Stevens & Sterling Cling
29. 43-Xavier Doney
30. 40-Brandon Mattox, Braydon Cromwell, Carson Garrett, Matt McDonald & Troy Carey
35. 31-Nick Bilbee
36. 30-Alex Banales, Jack James, Ryan Barr, Saban Bibent & Zack Pretorius
41. 25-Joss Moffatt
42. 24-Chad Boespflug
43. 20-Colten Cottle, Corey Smith, Dustin Ingle, Frankie Guerrini, Kyle Shipley, Ricky Lewis, Rylan Gray, Todd Hobson & Travis Berryhill
52. 10- Andrew Cockman, Austin Graby, Brady Short, Brayden Clark, Brayden Fox, Cooper Welch, Critter Malone, Dickie Gaines, Dustin Webber, Evan Mosley, Gabriel Gilbert, Harley Burns, Koby Barksdale, Matt Goodnight, Michael Fischesser, Parker Frederickson, Stan Beadles, Tayte Williamson, Tom Harris & Travis Thompson
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2022 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK SCHEDULE:
Jul 22: Gas City I-69 Speedway | Gas City, IN | WINNER: Shane Cottle
Jul 24: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | WINNER: Mother Nature
Jul 25: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | WINNER: C.J. Leary
Jul 26: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | WINNER: Justin Grant
Jul 27: Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | WINNER: Mother Nature
Jul 28: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN
Jul 29: Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN
Jul 30: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN
