GRANT LEADS INDIANA SPRINT WEEK TITLE RACE TO SATURDAY’S FINALE AT TRI-STATE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Haubstadt, Indiana (July 30, 2022)………With five top-five finishes in five starts, Justin Grant controls the USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week standings entering Saturday night’s series finale on July 30 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.
Grant (Ione, Calif.) has won once, finished second twice and grabbed a fifth in his most recent run Thursday night at Lincoln Park Speedway as he pursues his career Indiana Sprint Week crown.
Technically, five drivers remain mathematically eligible entering the night with a maximum of 84 points possible (6 for fast qualifying time, 8 for a heat race win and 70 for a feature victory).
The five contenders for the Indiana Sprint Week are Grant along with Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon (-49), Greenfield, Indiana’s C.J. Leary (-53), Fort Branch, Indiana’s Chase Stockon (-70) and Raisin City, California’s Mitchel Moles (-81).
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 resumes Saturday, July 30, with the seventh and final round at Tri-State Speedway featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship along with the Midwest Mini Sprint Association.
Pits open at 3pm Central, grandstands at 4pm, drivers meeting at 5pm and hot laps at 5:30pm.
Adult general admission tickets are $30, students (ages 13-18) $20 & children 12 and under free. Pit passes are $30 for members & $35 for non-members.
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2022 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS
(After Round #6 of 7)
1. 394-Justin Grant
2. 345-Brady Bacon
3. 341-C.J. Leary
4. 324-Chase Stockon
5. 313-Mitchel Moles
6. 295-Shane Cottle
7. 287-Robert Ballou
8. 286-Kyle Cummins
9. 282-Emerson Axsom
10. 256-Briggs Danner
11. 253-Jason McDougal
12. 248-Jadon Rogers
13. 237-Matt Westfall
14. 198-Kevin Thomas Jr.
15. 193-Logan Seavey
16. 173-Brent Beauchamp
17. 168-Scotty Weir
18. 164-Ryan Timms
19. 162-Tye Mihocko
20. 150-Jake Swanson
21. 137-Dave Darland
22. 123-Brody Roa
23. 117-Dalton Stevens
24. 104-Cole Bodine
25. 92-Max Adams
26. 89-Brandon Mattox
27. 81-Carson Garrett
28. 78-Sterling Cling & Thomas Meseraull
30. 63-Xavier Doney
31. 62-Jack Hoyer
32. 60-Kyle Shipley & Troy Carey
34. 59-Brayden Fox
35. 50-Braydon Cromwell & Matt McDonald
37. 48-Mario Clouser
38. 40-Alex Banales, Koby Barksdale & Zack Pretorius
41. 31-A.J. Hopkins & Nick Bilbee
43. 30-Brandon Morin, Harley Burns, Jack James, Ryan Barr, Rylan Gray, Saban Bibent, Todd Hobson, Tom Harris & Travis Berryhill
52. 25-Joss Moffatt
53. 24-Chad Boespflug & Jordan Kinser
55. 20-Allen Howard Jr., Brady Short, Colten Cottle, Corey Smith, Dustin Ingle, Evan Mosley, Frankie Guerrini, Gabriel Gilbert, Geoff Ensign, Hunter Maddox, Ricky Lewis, Shane Cockrum & Travis Thompson
68. 10-Andrew Cockman, Anton Hernandez, Austin Graby, Brayden Clark, Brian Hayden, Cindy Chambers, Cooper Welch, Critter Malone, Davey Ray, Dickie Gaines, Dustin Griffitts, Dustin Webber, Ivan Glotzbach, John Sluss, Matt Goodnight, Michael Clark, Michael Fischesser, Parker Frederickson, Stan Beadles & Tayte Williamson
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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 | WINNER: Mitchel Moles
Jul 29: Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | WINNER: Kyle Cummins
Jul 30: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN
