CLAUSON TIES JONES FOR ISW LEAD AFTER BLOOMINGTON VICTORY!


Bloomington, IN…….Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. won Friday night’s USAC “Indiana Sprint Week” feature at the Bloomington Speedway and is tied with Levi Jones for the ISW point lead entering Saturday night’s finale at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind! Jones finished second at Bloomington. Clauson took the lead from Jones on lap 15 and led the final 16 laps in his Parker Stone Company/Gaerte Engines Maxim/Gaerte. Jon Sciscoe finished third ahead of Hunter Schuerenberg and Brady Short. Short led the first seven laps and Jones led the next seven before yielding to Clauson. The series concludes at Haubstadt where the 2009 Indiana Sprint Week champion will be crowned.



USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 17, 2009 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – 22nd “Indiana Sprint Week”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-11.270; 2. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-11.413; 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2, Epperson-11.453; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-11.461; 5. Brady Short, 36, Short-11.462; 6. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-11.467; 7. Jon Sciscoe, 7s, Sciscoe-11.552; 8. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts-11.557; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-11.557; 10. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-11.558; 11. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-11.565; 12. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-11.569; 13. Danny Holtsclaw, 3, Holtsclaw-11.578; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-11.599; 15. Tim Spindler, 2c, Byram-11.618; 16. Robert Ballou, 13, Buch/VKCC-11.635; 17. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-11.639; 18. Josh Wise, 37, Indiana Underground-11.644; 19. Dustin Morgan, 93, M & M-11.678; 20. Chris Babcock, 35, Babcock-11.681; 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-11.693; 22. Mike Spencer, 73, Ellis-11.696; 23. Jeff Bland Jr., 12x, R & B-11.708; 24. Hud Cone, 11, Walker-11.734; 25. Jared Harris, 81H, Harris-11.768; 26. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-11.788; 27. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-11.801; 28. Ty Deckard, 48, Deckard-11.845; 29. Cole Carter, 7c, Carter-11.846; 30. Eric Smith, 14x, Smith-11.858; 31. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-11.880; 32. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-11.896; 33. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-11.908; 34. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-11.975; 35. Caleb Armstrong, 11D, Walker-11.983; 36. Drew Ikerd, 4D, Ikerd-11.984; 37. Trey Robb, 12, R & B-12.013; 38. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-12.015; 39. Dene McAllan, 5x, Baldwin-12.174; 40. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-12.192; 41. Jerry Bell, 85, Bell-12.241; 42. J.R. Douglas, 3R, Beal-12.269; 43. Keith Bloom Jr., 27k, Braund-12.289; 44. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-12.347; 45. Josh Spencer, 56, Batcheldor-12.494; 46. Gary Rooke, 42A, Concept Motorsports-12.555; 47. Robby Wolfgang, 36x, Short-12.582; 48. Steve Buckwalter, 1x, Triple Crown-12.799; 49. Ken Niflis, 01, Niflis-NT.


 


QUALIFYING RACE #1: (8 laps) 1. .Barrow, 2. C.Armstrong, 3. J.Spencer, 4. Robb, 5. Wolfgang, 6. McAllan, 7. Bloom, 8. Bell. NT


 


QUALIFYING RACE #2: (8 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Gamester, 3. Goodnight, 4. Ikerd, 5. Douglas, 6. Rooke, 7. Studley. 1:39.66


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Carter, 3. Holtsclaw, 4. Short, 5. Kaeding, 6. Coons, 7. J.Spencer, 8. Barrow, 9. Weir, 10. Harris. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wise, 2. Smith, 3. Boat, 4. Jones, 5. Hines, 6. Darland, 7. Robb, 8. M.Spencer, 9. C.Armstrong, 10. Thomas. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. East, 2. Morgan, 3. Gardner, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Sciscoe, 6. Bland, 7. Clarke, 8. Spindler, 9. Goodnight, 10. Memmer. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Ballou. 3. Cone, 4. Shuman, 5. Whitt, 6. Gamester, 7. Deckard, 8. Clauson, 9. Babcock, 10. Ikerd. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Weir, 3. Clauson, 4. Hines, 5. Whitt, 6. Sciscoe, 7. Bland, 8. Coons, 9. M.Spencer, 10. Kaeding, 11. Barrow, 12. Thomas, 13. Memmer, 14. Robb, 15. Gamester, 16. C.Armstrong, 17. Spindler, 18. Babcock, 19. Clarke, 20. Goodnight, 21. J.Spencer, 22. Harris. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Jon Sciscoe, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Brady Short, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Casey Shuman, 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Cole Whitt, 11. Josh Wise, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Bobby East, 14. Darren Hagen, 15. Chad Boat, 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Dustin Morgan, 18. Hud Cone, 19. Eric Smith, 20. Danny Holtsclaw, 21. Cole Carter, 22. Bud Kaeding, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Tracy Hines. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Short, Laps 8-14 Jones, Laps 15-30 Clauson.


 


NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,138; 2-Darland-1,104; 3-Whitt-1,000; 4-Coons-959; 5-Hines-809; 6-Gardner-802; 7-Hagen-727; 8-Brad Sweet-692; 9-Boat-565; 10-Jesse Hockett-647.


NEW “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-347; 2-Jones-347; 3-Darland-327; 4-Boat-322; 5-Wise-252.


 


NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 18 – Haubstadt, IN – Tri-State Speedway – 22nd “Indiana Sprint Week”