USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINTS AT BLOOMINGTON FRIDAY, TRI-STATE SATURDAY

Thomas Meseraull and Kyle Cummins will square off this Friday and Saturday night in a pair of USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car races, separated by just a single point in the series standings heading into this weekend’s action.

Friday night’s venue is Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway where Bryan Clauson was victorious last year. Clauson is in the midst of a challenging “Circular Insanity” pursuit of 200 races this year and could be among the favorites this weekend.

“The Brady Bunch” prevailed in each of the three series races last season at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., which hosts Saturday night’s “Spring Showdown” co-sanctioned by MSCS. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon is the defending “Spring Showdown” winner while Brady Short was victorious in the series other two events at the track.

Series points leader Meseraull of San Jose, Calif. leads the standings entering the weekend. Meseraull scored a victory and a third at Ocala, Fla. in February while Princeton, Indiana’s Cummins, second in series points, was on the podium all three nights in the Sunshine State, but continues to seek that elusive first USAC triumph.

In the only USAC Sprint feature ran at Bloomington in 2015, Cummins grabbed 17th while Meseraull was not in attendance.

At Haubstadt last season, Cummins had strong top-10 finishes of third and 7th, in the April and July races, respectively, but it was the one that got away that was most crushing to him. Leading with just five laps to go in last fall’s “Haubstadt Hustler,” Cummins got caught up in an accident encountering lapped traffic, knocking him out of the race.

Meanwhile, last year at Haubstadt, Meseraull was able to manage results of 10th and 19th in two appearances.

Dave Darland enters the fray 29 points out of the point lead after recording his record 58th series victory at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway. He now has an incredible string of 24 consecutive years with at least one USAC National feature win to his credit!

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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

DATE: Friday, April 15, 2016

SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

TRACK: Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, Indiana) - ¼-Mile, High-Banked Clay Oval

EVENT: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, 305 RaceSaver Wing Sprints and MMSA Non-Wing Sprints

TRACK ADDRESS: 5185 S Fairfax Rd, Bloomington, IN 47401

TRACK PHONE: (812) 824-7400

TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.bloomingtonspeedway.com/

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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

DATE: Saturday, April 16, 2016

SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

TRACK: Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, Indiana) – ¼-mile, high-banked dirt oval

EVENT: “Spring Showdown” featuring USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship (co-sanctioned by the Midwest Sprint Car Series) and Modifieds

STARTING TIMES: Qualifying starts at 6:30 PM with racing to start at 7:30 PM (CST)

TICKETS: Adults $25, Students (Age 13-18) $20, Children 12 & Under Free

TRACK ADDRESS: 10149 U.S. 41, Haubstadt, IN 47639

TRACK PHONE: (812) 768-5995

TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.tristatespeedway.com/index.php

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2016 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10)

1.   (269) Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, CA)

2.   (268) Kyle Cummins (Princeton, IN)

3.   (253) Chase Stockon (Haubstadt, IN)

4.   (240) Dave Darland (Lincoln, IN)

5.   (240) Justin Grant (Ione, CA)

6.   (233) Robert Ballou (Rocklin, CA)

7.   (229) Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK)

8.   (228) Max McGhee (Camby, IN)

9.   (209) Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, IN)

10. (208) C.J. Leary (Greenfield, IN)

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2016 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OWNER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10)

1.   (269) Amati Racing #66

2.   (268) Rock Steady Racing #3R

3.   (253) 32/TBI Racing #32

4.   (240) Jeff Walker/Curb-Agajanian Racing #11

5.   (240) Baldwin Brothers Racing #5

6.   (233) Ballou Motorsports #1

7.   (229) Dynamics, Inc. #69

8.   (228) Sam McGhee Motorsports #17

9.   (209) Dooling-Hayward #63

10. (203) Michael Dutcher Motorsports #17GP

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ALL-TIME BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR FEATURE WINNERS

1. (4) Bryan Clauson

2. (2) Kevin Briscoe, Dave Darland & Tony Elliott

5. (1) A.J. Anderson, Jerry Coons, Jr., Jay Drake, Bobby East, Brad Fox, Jack Hewitt, Tracy Hines, Rick Hood, Bob Kinser, Sheldon Kinser, Cory Kruseman, Larry Martin, Hunter Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Jon Stanbrough, Kevin Thomas, Kevin Thomas, Jr., Rich Vogler, Chris Windom & J.J. Yeley

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ALL-TIME TRI-STATE SPEEDWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR FEATURE WINNERS

1. (5) Daron Clayton

2. (4) Cory Kruseman

3. (3) Rick Hood

4. (2) Hunter Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Jon Stanbrough & Kevin Thomas, Jr.

8. (1) Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou, Steve Butler, Jay Drake, Tony Elliott, Blake Fitzpatrick, Damion Gardner, Tracy Hines, Kenny Jacobs, Levi Jones, Casey Riggs & J.J. Yeley

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2016 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Feb 18: Ocala, FL - Bubba Raceway Park

WINNER: Bryan Clauson

Feb 19: Ocala, FL - Bubba Raceway Park

WINNER: Robert Ballou

Feb 20: Ocala, FL - Bubba Raceway Park

WINNER: Thomas Meseraull

Apr 2: Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway

WINNER: Dave Darland

Apr 15: Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Speedway

Apr 16: Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway

Apr 23: Montpelier, IN - Montpelier Motor Speedway

May 6: Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway

May 7: Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway

May 20: Gas City, IN - Gas City I-69 Speedway

May 21: Brownstown, IN - Brownstown Speedway

May 25: Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track

Jun 7: Bechtelsville, PA - Grandview Speedway

Jun 8: Abbottstown, PA - Lincoln Speedway

Jun 9: New Egypt, NJ - New Egypt Speedway

Jun 11: Port Royal, PA - Port Royal Speedway

Jun 12: York Haven, PA - Susquehanna Speedway

Jun 23: Jackson, MN - Jackson Motorplex

Jun 24: Eagle, NE - Eagle Raceway

Jun 25: Kansas City, KS - Lakeside Speedway

Jun 26: Kansas City, KS - Lakeside Speedway

Jul 1: Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway

Jul 8: ***Gas City, IN - Gas City I-69 Speedway

Jul 9: ***Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

Jul 10: ***Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway

Jul 13: ***Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track

Jul 14: ***Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway

Jul 15: ***Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Speedway

Jul 16: ***Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway

Jul 29: Granite City, IL - Tri-City Speedway

Jul 30: Granite City, IL - Tri-City Speedway

Aug 20: (SE) Brandon, SD - Badlands Motor Speedway

Aug 21: (SE) Brandon, SD - Badlands Motor Speedway

Aug 24: (SE) Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

Aug 25: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

Aug 26: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

Aug 27: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

Sep 16: Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track

Sep 17: Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway

Sep 24: Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway

Oct 1: Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway

Oct 15: Flora, IL - Route 45 Raceway

Nov 4: ### Queen Creek, AZ - Arizona Speedway

Nov 5: ### Queen Creek, AZ - Arizona Speedway

Nov 10: ### Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway

Nov 11: ### Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway

Nov 12: ### Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway

-------- KEY DEFINITIONS --------

Races noted with (SE) represent a non-points-paying "Special Event"

Races noted with %%% represent Eastern Storm

Races noted with @@@ represent California Sprint Week.

Races noted with *** represent Indiana Sprint Week

Races noted with ### represent a race with the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series.

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2016 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS

FEATURE WINS:

1. (1) Robert Ballou (Bubba Raceway Park on Feb. 19)

     (1) Bryan Clauson (Bubba Raceway Park on Feb. 18)

     (1) Dave Darland (Lawrenceburg Speedway on Apr. 2)

     (1) Thomas Meseraull (Bubba Raceway Park on Feb. 20)

 

FEATURE LAPS LED:

1. (55) Robert Ballou

2. (39) Bryan Clauson

3. (7) Chase Stockon

4. (6) Dave Darland & Max McGhee

6. (3) Thomas Meseraull & Shawn Westerfeld

8. (1) Justin Grant

 

TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES:

1. (3) Kyle Cummins

2. (2) Bryan Clauson, Dave Darland, Max McGhee, Thomas Meseraull & Chase Stockon

7. (1) Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou, Chad Boespflug, Justin Grant, C.J. Leary, Scotty Weir & Chris Windom

 

TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES:

1.   (4) Justin Grant, Thomas Meseraull & Chase Stockon

4.   (3) Robert Ballou, Bryan Clauson, Kyle Cummins, Dave Darland & C.J. Leary

9.   (2) Brady Bacon, Chad Boespflug, Max McGhee & Chris Windom

13. (1) Aaron Farney, Dallas Hewitt, Carson Short, Jon Stanbrough & Scotty Weir

 

PROSOURCE FAST QUALIFYING TIMES:

1. (2) Max McGhee

2. (1) C.J. Leary & Thomas Meseraull

 

HEAT RACE WINS (Presented by Simpson Race Products, Competition Suspension (CSI), Benic Enterprises & Indy Race Parts):

1. (2) Brady Bacon, Chad Boespflug & Shane Cottle

4. (1) Jarett Andretti, Robert Ballou, Bryan Clauson, Kyle Cummins, Justin Grant, Max McGhee, Thomas Meseraull, Brady Short, Jon Stanbrough & Chase Stockon

 

SEMI WINS:

1. (1) Max McGhee, Carson Short, Casey Shuman & Chris Windom

 

FEATURE STARTS:

1.  (4) Jarett Andretti, Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou, Chad Boespflug, Shane Cottle, Kyle Cummins, Dave Darland, Justin Grant, C.J. Leary, Max McGhee, Thomas Meseraull, Carson Short, Landon Simon, Jon Stanbrough & Chase Stockon

16. (3) Bryan Clauson, Aaron Farney, Brady Short, Kody Swanson, Chris Windom & Mitch Wissmiller

22. (2) Casey Shuman

23. (1) Jerry Coons, Jr., Aric Gentry, Dallas Hewitt, Cole Ketcham, Joss Moffatt, Kent Schmidt, Brandon Spithaler, Kevin Thomas, Jr., Scotty Weir & Shawn Westerfeld

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KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE

2/18: Bubba Raceway Park - Brady Short (7 positions)

2/19: Bubba Raceway Park – Bryan Clauson (13 positions)

2/20: Bubba Raceway Park – Jon Stanbrough (13 positions)

4/2: Lawrenceburg Speedway – Dallas Hewitt (15 positions)

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ALL-TIME USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR DRIVER FEATURE WINS

1. [58 wins] Dave Darland

2. [52 wins] Tom Bigelow

3. [47 wins] Tracy Hines

4. [46 wins] Jack Hewitt

5. [45 wins] Larry Dickson

6. [42 wins] Pancho Carter

7. [40 wins] Gary Bettenhausen

8. [37 wins] Sheldon Kinser

9. [35 wins] Bryan Clauson, Jon Stanbrough & Rich Vogler

12. [32 wins] Rollie Beale

13. [28 wins] Levi Jones & J.J. Yeley

15. [26 wins] Tony Elliott & Dave Steele

17. [25 wins] Steve Butler & Jay Drake

19. [23 wins] Robert Ballou, A.J. Foyt & Roger McCluskey

22. [22 wins] Rick Hood, Bubby Jones & Sam Sessions

25. [21 wins] Greg Weld

26. [17 wins] Jerry Coons, Jr., Parnelli Jones & Bud Kaeding

29. [15 wins] Brady Bacon, Bobby East, Damion Gardner, Cory Kruseman, Jud Larson & Brian Tyler

35. [14 wins] Billy Cassella, Jim Hurtubise, Lee Kunzman & Bruce Walkup

39. [13 wins] Don Branson & Steve Chassey

41. [12 wins] Eric Gordon

42. [11 wins] Daron Clayton & Greg Leffler

44. [10 wins] Tony Stewart & Chris Windom

46. [9 wins] Mario Andretti, Robbie Stanley & Kevin Thomas Jr.

49. [8 wins] Mike Bliss, Chet Fillip, Johnny Rutherford, Joe Saldana & Hunter Schuerenberg

54. [7 wins] Kevin Doty, Darren Hagen, Kenny Irwin Jr., Doug Kalitta, Jim Keeker, Bobby Santos, Kevin Thomas, Bobby Unser & Josh Wise

63. [6 wins] Kevin Briscoe, Jac Haudenschild, Jason McCord, Jan Opperman, Brady Short, Tom Sneva, George Snider, Chase Stockon & Dick Tobias

72. [5 wins] Larry Cannon, Dana Carter, Derek Davidson, Gene Lee Gibson, Jeff Gordon, Chuck Gurney, Shane Hmiel, Kevin Huntley, Frankie Kerr, Kelly Kinser, Eddie Leavitt, Jim Mahoney, Andy Michner, Johnny Parsons, Bill Puterbaugh & Cole Whitt

88. [4 wins] Rob Chaney, Cary Faas, Jesse Hockett, Steve Kinser, Michael Lewis, Don Nordhorn, Lee Osborne, Red Riegel, Ken Schrader, Al Smith & Danny Smith

99. [3 wins] Chuck Amati, Sonny Ates, Jeff Bloom, Mark Cassella, Shane Cottle, Jerry Daniels, Bob East, Bob Frey, Dickie Gaines, Justin Grant, Wayne Hammond, Tray House, Kenny Jacobs, Tony Jones, Kyle Larson, Ralph Liguori, Charlie Masters, Thomas Meseraull, Mike Mosley, Larry Rice, Ron Shuman, Mitch Smith & Doug Wolfgang

122. [2 wins] Chad Boat, Marvin Carman, Ed Carpenter, Brad Doty, Nic Faas, Cy Fairchild, Brad Fox, Arnie Knepper, Danny Lasoski, Mack McClellan, James McElreath, Lealand McSpadden, Danny Milburn, Mat Neely, Ryan Newman, Jerry Poland, Casey Riggs, Bill Rose, Mickey Shaw, Terry Shepherd, Dean Shirley, Brad Sweet, Kevin Swindell, Sammy Swindell, Mike Spencer, Bud Tingelstad, Billy Vukovich, Mike Ward & Carl Williams

151. [1 win] Donnie Adams, A.J. Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Tony Armstrong, Tommy Astone, Dick Atkins, Jeff Bland Jr., Chad Boespflug, Stan Bowman, Alan Brown, Karl Busson, Johnny Capels, David Cardey, Bob Cicconi, Henry Clarke, Troy Cline, Duke Cook, Mel Cornett, Allen Crowe, Bill Engelhart, Cotton Farmer, Aaron Farney, Gary Fedewa, Blake Fitzpatrick, Joe Gaerte, Russ Gamester, Rickie Gaunt, Elmer George, Brian Gerster, Todd Gibson, Ron Gregory, Richard Griffin, Garrett Hansen, Jerry Hansen, Jim Hemmings, Bob Hogle, Jackie Howerton, Chuck Hulse, Logan Jarrett, Marc Jessup, Gordon Johncock, Chet Johnson, Page Jones, Bob Kinser, Mike Kirby, Fred Linder, Steve Long, Hank Lower, Brett Mann, Bobby Marshman, Larry Martin, Mike Martin, Brad Marvel, Justin Marvel, Rusty McClure, Bob McCoy, Jim McElreath, Bobby Olivero, Gary Patterson, Billy Pauch, Dave Peperak, Jiggs Peters, Aaron Pierce, Paul Pitzer, Terry Pletch, Billy Puterbaugh Jr., Bud Randall, Byron Reed, Boston Reid, Rodney Ritter, Jr., David Roahrig, Billy Shuman, Jimmy Sills, Smokey Snellbaker, Wib Spalding, Greg Staab, Randy Standridge, Ron Standridge, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kody Swanson, Tanner Swanson, Mike Sweeney, Jeff Swindell, Clark Templeman, Bill Tyler, Rick Ungar, Lennie Waldo, Tyler Walker, Kenny Weld, Bob Wente, Matt Westfall, Johnny White, Rip Williams, Jacob Wilson & Eddie Wirth

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ALL-TIME USAC SPRINT CAR DRIVER CHAMPIONS

1956: Pat O'Connor (Midwest) & Tommy Hinnershitz (Eastern); 1957: Elmer George (Midwest) & Bill Randall (Eastern); 1958: Eddie Sachs (Midwest) & Johnny Thomson (Eastern); 1959: Don Branson (Midwest) & Tommy Hinnershitz (Eastern); 1960: Parnelli Jones (Midwest) & A.J. Foyt (Eastern); 1961: Parnelli Jones; 1962: Parnelli Jones; 1963: Roger McCluskey; 1964: Don Branson; 1965: Johnny Rutherford; 1966: Roger McCluskey; 1967: Greg Weld; 1968: Larry Dickson; 1969: Gary Bettenhausen; 1970: Larry Dickson; 1971: Gary Bettenhausen; 1972: Sam Sessions; 1973: Rollie Beale; 1974: Pancho Carter; 1975: Larry Dickson; 1976: Pancho Carter; 1977: Sheldon Kinser; 1978: Tom Bigelow; 1979: Greg Leffler; 1980: Rich Vogler; 1981: Sheldon Kinser; 1982: Sheldon Kinser; 1983: Ken Schrader; 1984: Rick Hood; 1985: Rick Hood; 1986: Steve Butler; 1987: Steve Butler; 1988: Steve Butler; 1989: Rich Vogler; 1990: Steve Butler; 1991: Robbie Stanley; 1992: Robbie Stanley; 1993: Robbie Stanley; 1994: Doug Kalitta; 1995: Tony Stewart; 1996: Brian Tyler; 1997: Brian Tyler; 1998: Tony Elliott; 1999: Dave Darland; 2000: Tony Elliott; 2001: J.J. Yeley; 2002: Tracy Hines; 2003: J.J. Yeley; 2004: Jay Drake; 2005: Levi Jones; 2006: Josh Wise; 2007: Levi Jones; 2008: Jerry Coons, Jr.; 2009: Levi Jones; 2010: Levi Jones (Dirt) & Shane Hmiel (Pavement); 2011: Levi Jones (Dirt) & Bobby Santos (Pavement); 2012: Bryan Clauson; 2013: Bryan Clauson; 2014: Brady Bacon; 2015: Robert Ballou