SMACKDOWN IX POINTS ENTERING SATURDAY’S FINAL NIGHT
Kokomo, Indiana (August 29, 2020)………Kyle Cummins, winner of the first two nights of Smackdown IX at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway, leads the Smackdown standings entering Saturday’s event finale at the quarter-mile dirt oval on August 29.
Points are accumulated throughout qualifying, the prelim events and the feature. Drivers who are in the top-8 of the standings following Friday’s second round of Smackdown IX will clinch an automatic starting spot in Saturday’s $11,000-to-win feature event.
Cummins is at the head of the class in terms of points after the first two nights of Smackdown IX, and is one of eight drivers locked into Saturday night’s 40-lap feature event along with Brady Bacon, Buddy Kofoid, Thomas Meseraull, Tyler Courtney, Chase Stockon, Chris Windom and C.J. Leary.
Those same eight drivers will participate in the B & W Auto Mart “King of the Hill” on Saturday night at Kokomo, which pits eight total cars in a tournament, bracket style format. Two cars will face off against each other at a time for three laps, carving the field down to the final two drivers who’ll duke it out for a chance to win the pole position for Saturday’s A-Main and a check for $418.29 from B & W for their efforts.
The remaining seven cars will slot in the remaining seven starting positions in the first four rows of Saturday’s feature based on how far they advanced in “King of the Hill.”
All drivers ninth in points and below had their best individual point night of each of the two previous nights of racing count as their official point total. These drivers will compete in Saturday’s Qualifying Race events and will have to transfer their way into the feature.
On Saturday night, front and pit gates open at 3pm ET, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and cars on track at 6pm. BOSS Sprint Cars join the event card for the Saturday night program.
Adult general admission tickets are $35 on Saturday with children age 12 and under free in general admission seats only. Pit passes are $45. Spectator tickets available at the gate. Pit passes are available at www.usactickets.com.
You can watch all three nights of Smackdown IX LIVE on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6.
SMACKDOWN IX POINTS:
(After Race #2 of 3 - Top-8 locked into Saturday night's feature)
1. Kyle Cummins-697
2. Brady Bacon-666
3. Buddy Kofoid-654
4. Thomas Meseraull-646
5. Tyler Courtney-633
6. Chase Stockon-631
7. Chris Windom-625
8. C.J. Leary-608
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9. Robert Ballou-337
10. Logan Seavey-317
11. Dave Darland-306
12. Tyler Thomas-304
13. Jake Swanson-303
14. Carson Short-303
15. Kevin Thomas Jr. -301
16. Clinton Boyles-293
17. Charles Davis Jr. -292
18. Bill Balog-287
19. Shane Cottle-284
20. Damion Gardner-280
21. Justin Grant-277
22. Stevie Sussex-271
23. Brandon Mattox-262
24. Anthony D'Alessio-262
25. Matt Westfall-262
26. Jadon Rogers-208
27. Colten Cottle-197
28. Eddie Tafoya Jr. -196
29. Dakota Jackson-195
30. Max Adams-195
31. Cole Ketcham-194
32. Noah Gass-192
33. Tye Mihocko-186
34. Sterling Cling-186
35. Austin Williams-185
36. Chase Jones-177
37. Matt Goodnight-170
38. Brian VanMeveren-164
39. Cole Bodine-161
40. Cody Gardner-159
41. Kyle Shipley-159
42. Brayden Fox-156
43. Max Guilford-150
44. Dustin Smith-148
45. Chris Phillips-147
46. Dustin Clark-133
47. Brandon Long-126
48. Jack James-119
49. Robert Brown Jr.-108
50. David Hair-98
51. Robert Bell-70