SMACKDOWN VIII POINTS: (After Night 1 of 3)
Kokomo, Indiana (August 22, 2019)………Tyler Courtney leads all drivers in terms of Sprint Car Smackdown VIII points following Thursday night’s round one of three for the eighth annual event featuring USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars at Indiana's Kokomo Speedway.
Courtney (Indianapolis, Ind.) set quick time in qualifying, won his heat race and finished second in Thursday night's feature event behind winner Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, Calif.). Meseraull stands third in points, five behind Courtney, while third place feature finisher Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) occupies the second slot in the standings, four behind Courtney.
Drivers who are in the top-8 of the standings following Friday’s second round of Smackdown VIII will clinch an automatic spot in Saturday’s $11,000-to-win feature event.
1. (168) Tyler Courtney
2. (164) Justin Grant
3. (163) Thomas Meseraull
4. (156) Brady Bacon
5. (156) Chase Stockon
6. (151) Kyle Cummins
7. (148) Hunter Schuerenberg
8. (145) Scotty Weir
9. (139) C.J. Leary
10. (137) Chris Windom
11. (135) Dave Darland
12. (134) Carson Short
13. (134) Kevin Thomas, Jr.
14. (134) Logan Seavey
15. (133) Jason McDougal
16. (121) Dustin Smith
17. (121) Isaac Chapple
18. (116) Shane Cottle
19. (111) Carmen Perigo
20. (109) Max Adams
21. (97) Matt Westfall
22. (95) Brandon Mattox
23. (92) Josh Hodges
24. (91) Cole Ketcham
25. (91) Corey Smith
26. (89) Tye Mihocko
27. (86) Timmy Buckwalter
28. (83) Sterling Cling
29. (82) Jarett Andretti
30. (80) Brian VanMeveren
31. (78) Ty Tilton
32. (76) Matt Goodnight
33. (72) Dustin Christie
34. (68) Travis Hery
35. (53) Anthony D'Alessio
36. (28) Brad Greenup
The racing festivities at Kokomo continue Friday, August 23. All gates open at 3pm Eastern with cars on track at 6:45pm. Adult general admission tickets are $25 and children age 12 and under free. Pit passes are $35 apiece.
On the final night of Smackdown on Saturday, August 24, all gates open at 3pm Easter with cars on track at 6pm. Adult general admission tickets are $35 and children age 12 and under free. Pit passes are $45 apiece. The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series will also be on the event card.
All three nights of Smackdown will be shown live and on-demand on FloRacing. You can listen to live audio of each night on the USAC app and follow along with live timing and scoring on the Race-Monitor app as well as the USAC app.
