History is made at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – USAC Honda Youth .25 Series “Once in a Lifetime Experience”

 

(Indianapolis) – The 2015 USAC Honda .25 “Battle at the Brickyard” is in the books!  There were 352 cars signed in, 107 races ran and the greatest spectacle in Quarter Midget Racing was born!

 

This is the 7^th time that the USAC “Battle at the Brickyard” has taken place.  This time it was anything but routine.  USAC history was made as this was the largest car count for the USAC Honda .25 Midget series.  But yet another historical moment was seen as 178 cars presented on the grid at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   We are told it is the most cars ever on the 2.5 mile oval.   They say the Indy 500 is the biggest spectacle in racing – we just saw the biggest spectacle to ever hit Quarter Midgets!

 

Young Ben Burchard, a Quarter Midget driver, 12 years old, from Indianapolis, was on the pole.  Ben served as Grand Marshall of the event.  “Just last year we were here racing with everyone.  “Now Ben is fighting Metatastic OsteoSarcoma, a form of bone cancer.  We are so thankful to USAC for giving Ben this opportunity.  I hope they know how happy they have made my son,” said mom, Tammy.

 

Haulers entered the hallowed grounds at Indy on Thursday, July 9^th at noon.  Practice began at 8 am on Friday morning but rained cancelled the 2^nd round.  After the track was dry, heats races began.  As the sun began to set, officials worked with the IMS crews to re-schedule the ‘one lap around the track’ drive for the .25 drivers.  Saturday morning, heats were finished and 40 lower mains ran before drivers began to grid at IMS.  Spots were marked off and every driver had a number where they would be placed.  Families pulled their cars to their assigned spot and lowered them from their pit carts.  Parents all loaded on pit road as photos were taken. “Just standing out here at IMS is unbelievable,” said Joe Hyland of Colorado. The IMS Chevrolet Safety Crew Trucks started the pace car led quarter midget lap and the IU ambulances brought up the rear.  “We lost just a few of the cars around the track, but it really was very cool for our families,” said Kyle McCain USAC Director.  “Man, I’ve been coming here since I was 7 years old,” said Joe Axsom,” father of young racer Emerson.  “We live here in Indy and we are at the 500 every year. But absolutely nothing can top this.  I’m kinda little jealous actually.”  “It was totally awesome!” said Tanner Reif of Henderson, NV, after he jumped out of his car.  “I had a lump in my throat as I saw all of the kids start coming down the front stretch,” said Kelly Yonchuk. Mom  of driver’s Connor and Katie.

 

One of the best stories of the weekend was when one young driver just couldn’t get going as the large field passed by him.  After most of the kids had returned and were out of their cars, they jumped over the wall and began pushing him so that he too could experience the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track.  Quarter midget drivers are very competitive, but their camaraderie tends to build  life-long friendships.

 

Sunday morning racing started off with Race #21 – the Hvy Honda C Main won by Will Edwards.  A Mains began around noon with Grand Marshall, Ben Burchard waving the first green flag.  There were 35 races to complete all of the 2015 “Battle at the Brickyard.”  One of the highlights of the event is the “Race of Champions,” the inaugural event won last year by Berklee Jimenez of San Antonio, TX.  Due to weather and time constraints, the event was cancelled.

 

Brady Johnson of Terrell, NC (Jr Honda, Briggs Jr Animal), Connor Gross of Middleton, MA (Lt ‘AA, Briggs Lt World Formula), Famous Rhodes, II of Parkland, FL (Briggs Sr Animal, Lt Mod) and Carson Hocevar of Portage, MI (Honda Hvy 160, Briggs Hvy World Formula all doubled up winning the top spot on their podium.  Kolby Hannah of Great Falls, MT took his first ever USAC National win in the Briggs Un-restricted Animal class.  Justin Oplinger of Mt Holly, NC won Sr Honda, Hudson Halder of Cumming, GA took Hvy Honda, Chase Burda of LaPeer, MI won Honda Lt 160 and Zeb wise captured the checkered in Hvy ‘AA.  Stone Christy of Sheridan, IN won in Blue Rookie and Braden Etchison finished first in the Red Rookie #1 Main.  Former USAC Champions Jerry Coons, Jr and Jeremy Sherman saw their young sons Cale and Drew battle it out in the second Red Rookie race with Cale crossing the line first.   

 

All Rookie drivers received participation medallions and the top 3 drivers in each class received a gold, silver or bronze USAC Medallion along with an engraved special edition “Battle at the Brickyard” brick.  Awards were distributed in Victory Lane while Julian Macias of Honda congratulated all of the drivers. 

 

Special thanks to Impact Racing for their donation of a Mini Vapor Helmet won by the Spicola Family of Colorado. 

 

 

For more information about the USAC Honda .25 program log on to http://www.USACRacing.com or follow us on Facebook – USAC25, USAC Developmental. 

 

RED  ROOKIE  -  FEATURE #1

1. Braden  Etchison
2. Kaine  Lowry
3. Kanon  Posey
4. Christopher  Paladino
5. Madison  Imus  (DNF)
6. Evan  Hooley  (DNA)

 

RED  ROOKIE  -  FEATURE #2

1. Cale  Coons
2. Drew  Sherman
3. Cooper  Hokanson
4. Waylan  Roese
5. Maxim  Thompson
6. John David  Camden  (DNF)

 

BLUE  ROOKIE  -  FEATURE #1

1. Stone  Christy
2. Tyler  Taulman
3. Ethan  Burdett
4. Phillip  Lowry
5. Aalyi  Ohab
6. Johnny  Weaver
7. Kenzie  Lynch  (DNF)

 

JR.  HONDA  –  A MAIN

1. Brady  Johnson
2. Colby  Sokol
3. Bryce  Lucius
4. Tyler  Reif
5. Preston  Lattomus
6. Creed  Kemenah
7. Easton  Combs
8. Delana  Hodge  (DNF)
9. Gavan  Boschele  (DNF)
10. Johnny  Venezia  (DNF)

 

JR.  HONDA  –  B MAIN

1. Delana  Hodge
2. Tyler  Reif
3. Gavan  Boschele
4. Creed  Kemanah
5. Dalton  Dowdy
6. Dawson  Knaul
7. Date  Hettinger
8. James  Andrichuk
9. Cade  Randall
10. Caidyn  Brinkman

 

JR.  HONDA  –  C MAIN

1. Delana  Hodge
2. Caidyn  Brinkman
3. Cade  Randall
4. Dalton  Dowdy
5. Miles  Massie
6. Alex  Sexton
7. Preston  Auld
8. Koulten  Herbert
9. Katie  Yonchuk
10. Justis  Sokol  (Racing DQ)

 

JR.  HONDA  –  D MAIN

1. Delana  Hodge
2. Koulten  Herbert
3. Miles  Massie
4. Justis  Sokol
5. Lucas  Johnson
6. Levi  Lux
7. Max  Hulisz
8. Noah  Dininger
9. Zac  Massie
10. Kaylee  Boston  (DNF)

 

JR.  HONDA  –  E MAIN

1. Delana  Hodge
2. Miles  Massie
3. Zac  Massie
4. Noah  Dininger
5. Conor  Jencik
6. Ryan  Arieta
7. Hailey  Vallerand
8. Jensen  Vadnais
9. Gavin  Miller  (DNF)
10. P.J.  Majors  (DNF)

 

JR.  HONDA  –  F MAIN

1. Delana  Hodge
2. P.J.  Majors
3. Enzo  Spicola
4. Miles  Massie
5. Ryan  Arieta
6. Kayla  Martin
7. Alyssa  Long
8. Jace  Clark  (DNF)
9. Seth  Pugh  (DNF)
10. Maddox  Miller  (DNA)

 

JR.  HONDA  –  G MAIN

1. Jace  Clark
2. Kayla  Martin
3. Maddox  Miller
4. Alyssa  Long
5. Billy  Lieb
6. Zane  Marlin  (DNF)
7. Brayden  Crow  (DNF)

 

SR  HONDA  -  A MAIN

1. Justin  Oplinger
2. Dylan  Zampa
3. Billy  Green
4. Christopher  Oplinger
5. Emerson  Axsom
6. Chase  Burda
7. Nick  Loden
8. Charlie  Auld
9. Bryson  Shaffer
10. Brayden  Clark  (DNF)

 

SR  HONDA  -  B MAIN

1. Chase  Burda
2. Dylan  Zampa
3. Emerson  Axsom
4. Christopher  Oplinger
5. Jackson  Slone
6. Beau  Brandon
7. Holly Clark
8. Nick  McFarland
9. Chase  Randall
10. Tanner  Reif  (DNF)

 

SR  HONDA  -  C MAIN

1. Emerson  Axsom
2. Chase  Burda
3. Dylan  Zampa
4. Jackson  Slone
5. Chase  Spicola
6. Michael  Crafton
7. Scotty  Milan
8. Joe  Valento
9. Sam  Johnson
10. Michael  Donoho

 

SR  HONDA  -  D MAIN

1. Emerson  Axsom
2. Michael  Crafton
3. Chase  Spicola
4. Jackson  Slone
5. Charlie  Allen
6. J.J.  Venezia
7. Sam  Butler
8. Mickey  Leach
9. Dylan  Andrix
10. Ariana  Jencik

 

SR  HONDA  -  E MAIN

1. Emerson  Axsom
2. Jackson  Slone
3. Charlie  Allen
4. Mikey  Leach
5. Chase  Hyland
6. Max  Hennebal
7. Thomas  Prychka
8. Blaise  Rush
9. Greyson  Springer
10. Brooke  Vallerand  (DNF)
11. Devon  Jencik  (DNF)

 

SR  HONDA  -  F MAIN

1. Emerson  Axsom
2. Charlie  Allen
3. Devon  Jenick
4. Thomas  Prychka
5. Chase  Hyland
6. Najah  Lott
7. Ryan  Hise
8. Houston  Ling  (DNF)
9. Justin  Bruck  (DNF)
10. Kadin Insch  (Racing DQ)

 

SR  HONDA  -  G MAIN

1. Thomas  Prychka
2. Houston  Ling
3. Chase  Hyland
4. Kadih  Inscho
5. Ashton  VanSparrentak
6. Hunter  Forrester
7. Steven  Emerick
8. Auston  Newby

 

HVY.  HONDA  -  A MAIN

1. Hudson  Halder
2. Jacob  Borst
3. Carson  Hocevar
4. George  Kutz
5. Harrison  Halder
6. Taylor  Nibert
7. Will  Edwards
8. Febe  Wolf
9. Ben  McFarland
10. Holt  Halder  (Racing DQ)

 

HVY.  HONDA  -  B MAIN

1. Ben  McFarland
2. Taylor  Nibert
3. George  Kurtz
4. Will Edwards
5. Philip  Peters
6. Jaxson  Lutz
7. Jagger  Parker
8. Dylan  LaDuke
9. Madilyn  Blanch
10. Taylor  Kohoe  (DNF)

 

HVY.  HONDA  -  C MAIN

1. Will  Edwards
2. Philip  Peters
3. Dylan  LaDuke
4. Madilyn  Blanch
5. Cody  Miles
6. Caleb  Pratt

 

LT.  160 – A MAIN

1. Chase  Burda
2. Emerson Axsom
3. Connor  Yonchuk
4. Justin  Oplinger
5. Connor  Gross
6. Dylan  Zampa
7. Famous  Rhodes
8. Townsend  Wright
9. Nick  Loden
10. Chase  Randall

 

LT.  160 – B MAIN

1. Justin  Oplinger
2. Famous  Rhodes
3. Connor  Yonchuk
4. Nick  Loden
5. Gage  Painter
6. Tanner  Reif
7. Christopher Oplinger
8. Neal  Allison
9. Nick  McFarland
10. Gage  Bowers  (DNF)

 

LT.  160 – C MAIN

1. Justin  Oplinger
2. Neal  Allison
3. Famous   Rhodes
4. Connor  Yonchuk
5. Christian  Bruno
6. Chase  Spicola
7. Jake  Garcia
8. Connor  Wolf
9. Charlie  Auld
10. Scotty  Milan

 

LT.  160 –D  MAIN

1. Famous  Rhodes
2. Jake  Garcia
3. Neal  Allison
4. Connor  Wolf
5. Preston  Lattomus
6. Owen  Carlson
7. Bryson  Shaffer
8. Brady  Johnson
9. Evan  Spaulding
10. Colby  Sokol
11. Jackson  Slone  (DNS)

 

LT.  160 – E  MAIN

1. Famous  Rhodes
2. Jake  Garcia
3. Owen  Carlson
4. Connor  Wolf
5. Bryson  Shaffer
6. Dylan  Andrix
7. Colsen  Cochran
8. Ariana  Jencik
9. Charlie  Allen
10. Chase  Hyland

 

LT.  160 – F  MAIN

1. Famous  Rhodes
2. Jake  Garcia
3. Connor  Wolf
4. Charlie  Allen
5. Holly  Clark
6. Hunter  Lynch
7. Mikey  Leach
8. Taylor  Imus
9. Mike  Donoho
10. Max  Hennebal

 

LT.  160 – G  MAIN

1. Famous  Rhodes
2. Connor  Wolf
3. Holly  Clark
4. Hunter  Lynch
5. Delana  Hodge
6. Thomas  Prychka
7. Troy  Hokanson
8. Matt  Vallerand
9. Bryan  Brewer
10. Landon  Hathaway

 

LT.  160 – H  MAIN

1. Famous  Rhodes
2. Thomas  Prychka
3. Hunter  Lynch
4. Troy  Hokanson
5. Greyson  Springer
6. Devon  Jencik
7. Dalton  Dowdy
8. Isaiah Pugh
9. Houston  Ling  (Racing DQ)
10. Riley  Wolfe  (DNA)

 

HVY. 160 – A MAIN

1. Carson  Hocevar
2. Hudson  Halder
3. Harrison  Halder
4. Kolby  Hannah
5. Jaxon  Bishop
6. Zeb  Wise
7. Corey  Heim
8. Jacob  Borst  (DNF)
9. Holt  Halder  (DNF)
10. Canon  Cochran  (DNF)

 

HVY. 160 – B  MAIN

1. Holt Halder
2. Hudson  Halder
3. Corey  Heim
4. Harrison  Halder
5. George  Kurtz
6. Cody  Dyke
7. Philip  Peters
8. Carden  Cochran
9. Ben  McFarland  (DNF)
10. Jagger  Parker  (DNF)

 

HVY. 160 – C  MAIN

1. George  Kurtz
2. Jagger  Parker
3. Corey  Heim
4. Harrison  Halder
5. Daytona  Spicola
6. Will  Edwards
7. Febe  Wolf
8. Jessica  Lutz
9. Taylor  Sexton
10. Mason  Levesque

 

HVY. 160 – D  MAIN

1. Corey  Heim
2. Harrison  Halder
3. Will  Edwards
4. Jessica  Lutz
5. Cody  Miles
6. Makenna  Long  (DNF)

 

JR.  ANIMAL  -  A MAIN

1. Brady Johnson
2. Preston  Lattomus
3. Miles  Massie
4. Colby  Sokol
5. Gavan  Boschele
6. Tyler  Reif
7. Dalton  Dowdy
8. Dawson  Knaul
9. Delana  Hodge
10. Bryce Lucius  (Racing DQ)

 

JR.  ANIMAL  -  B MAIN

1. Gavan  Boschele
2. Delana  Hodge
3. Colby  Sokol
4. Miles  Massie
5. Koulten  Herbert
6. Creed  Kemenah
7. Caidyn  Brinkman
8. Preston  Auld
9. Jace  Clark 
10. Enzo  Spicola

 

JR.  ANIMAL  -  C MAIN

1. Delana  Hodge
2. Caidyn  Brinkman
3. Preston  Auld
4. Colby  Sokol
5. Easton  Combs
6. Conor  Jencik
7. Ryan  Arieta
8. Kaylee  Boston
9. Noah  Dininger
10. Kate  Hettinger  (Racing DQ)

 

JR.  ANIMAL  -  D MAIN

1. Noah  Dininger
2. Conor  Jencik
3. Preston  Auld
4. Easton  Combs
5. Lucas  Johnson
6. Justis  Sokol
7. Seth  Pugh
8. Zac  Massie
9. P.J.  Majors
10. Johnny  Venezia  (DNF)
11. Gage  Thompson  (DNS)

 

JR.  ANIMAL  -  E MAIN

1. Preston  Auld
2. Johny  Benezia
3. Justis  Sokol
4. Easton  Combs
5. P.J.  Majors
6. Kayla  Martin
7. Levi  Lux
8. Jensen  Vadnais
9. Max  Hulisz  (DNF)
10. James  Andrichuk  (DNA)

 

SR.  ANIMAL  -  A MAIN

1. Famous  Rhodes
2. Connor  Gross
3. Neal  Allison
4. Gage  Painter
5. Carson  Hocevar
6. Zeek  Torgeson
7. Joe  Valento
8. Christian  Bruno  (DNF)
9. Chase  Burda  (DNF)
10. Emerson  Axsom  (Racing DQ)

 

SR.  ANIMAL  -  B MAIN

1. Gage  Painter
2. Emerson  Axsom
3. Neal  Allison
4. Zeek  Torgesen
5. Jake  Garcia
6. Connor  Yonchuk
7. Charlie  Auld
8. Nick  Loden
9. Dylan  Zampa
10. Cole Christy
11. Colsen  Cochran  (DNF)

 

SR.  ANIMAL  -  C  MAIN

1. Jake  Garcia
2. Zeek  Torgesen
3. Neal  Allison
4. Cole  Christy
5. Gage  Bowers
6. Colsen  Cochran
7. Tanner  Reif
8. Billy  Green  (DNF)
9. Townsend  Wright  (DNF)
10. Christopher  Oplinger  (DNF)

 

SR.  ANIMAL  -  D  MAIN

1. Jake  Garcia
2. Colsen  Cochran
3. Neal  Allison
4. Billy  Green
5. Judson  Miller
6. Michael  Crafton
7. Scotty  Milan
8. Sam  Johnson
9. Maxon  Levesque
10. Cameron  Wallace

 

SR.  ANIMAL  -  E MAIN

1. Jake  Garcia
2. Matthew  Ferguson
3. Billy  Green
4. Colsen  Cochran
5. Troy  Hokanson
6. Riley  Wolfe
7. Devon  Jencik
8. Matthew  Ferguson
9. Sam  Butler
10. Isaiah  Pugh  (DNF)

 

SR.  ANIMAL  -  F  MAIN

1. Billy  Green
2. Riley  Wolfe
3. Troy  Hokanson
4. Sam  Butler
5. Natalie  Johnson

 

UR.  ANIMAL  -  A MAIN

1. Kolby  Hannah
2. Ethan  Lamberson
3. Will  Edwards
4. Evan  Foster
5. Owen  Foster
6. Harrison  Halder
7. Hudson  Halder
8. Holt  Halder  (DNF)
9. Daytona  Spicola  (DNF)
10. Taylor  Nibert  (DNF)
11. Hayden  Sprague  (DNF)

 

UR.  ANIMAL  -  B MAIN

1. Evan  Foster
2. Harrison  Halder
3. Kilby  Hanah
4. Taylor  Nibert
5. Daytona  Spicola
6. Matthew  Hollon  (DNF)

 

LT.  WORLD  FORMULA  - _A  MAIN

1. Connor  Gross
2. Hunter  Lynch
3. Chase  Burda
4. Zeek  Torgesen
5. Chase  Randall
6. Gage  Painter
7. Jake  Garcia
8. Jacob  Staten
9. Caden  Hoyt
10. Emerson  Axsom  (Racing DQ)

 

LT.  WORLD  FORMULA  -  B  MAIN

1. Chase  Randall
2. Emerson  Axsom
3. Zeek Torgesen
4. Caden  Hoyt
5. Neal  Allison
6. Famous  Rhodes
7. Gage  Bowers
8. Riley  Wolfe
9. Billy Green  (DNF)
10. Scotty  Milan  (DNF)
11. Evan  Spaulding  (DNA)

 

LT.  WORLD  FORMULA  -  C  MAIN

1. Zeek  Torgesen
2. Gage  Bowers
3. Neal  Allison
4. Scotty  Milan
5. Riley  Wolf
6. Owen  Carlson
7. Chase  Hyland  (DNA)

 

HVY.  WORLD  FORMULA  -  A  MAIN

1. Carson  Hocevar
2. Zeb  Wise
3. George  Kurtz
4. Hudson  Halder
5. Jaxon  Bishop
6. Harrison  Halder
7. Jackson  Boone
8. Evan  Foster
9. Ethan  Lamberson
10. Hayden  Sprague

 

HVY.  WORLD  FORMULA  -  B  MAIN

1. Zeb  Wise
2. Jackson  Boone
3. Evan   Foster
4. Ethan  Lamberson
5. Canon  Cochran
6. Jacob  Borst
7. Kolby  Hannah
8. Will  Edwards
9. Corey  Heim
10. Carden  Cochran

 

HVY.  WORLD  FORMULA  -  C  MAIN

1. Jackson  Boone
2. Jacob  Borst
3. Canon  Cochran
4. Carden  Cochran
5. Daytona  Spicola
6. Cody  Duke
7. Jagger  Parker
8. Jessica  Lutz
9. Holt  Halder  (DNF)

 

LT. MOD  -  A MAIN

1. Famous  Rhodes
2. Miles  Massie
3. Troy  Hokanson
4. J.J.  Venezia
5. Colby  Sokol
6. Holly  Clark
7. Matthew  Ferguson
8. Owen  Sprague
9. Cameron  Wallace
10. Chase  Burda  (DNF)
11. Chase  Spicola  (DNS)

 

LT. MOD  -  B MAIN

1. J.J.  Venezia
2. Troy  Hokanson
3. Matthew  Ferguson
4. Owen  Sprague
5. Cameron  Wallace
6. Drew  Miles
7. Kaylee  Boston  (DNF)

 

LT. AA  -  A MAIN

1. Connor  Gross
2. Caden  Hoyt
3. Gage  Painter
4. Jacob  Staten
5. Jacob  Dolinar
6. Chase  Randall
7. Chase  Hyland
8. Jake  Garcia
9. Famous  Rhodes  (DNF)

 

HVY. AA  -  A MAIN

 

1. Zeb  Wise
2. Jaxon  Bishop
3. George  Kurtz
4. Carson  Hocevar
5. Hayden  Sprague
6. Evan  Foster
7. Jessica  Lutz  (DNS)