CLAUSON, SWEET, JONES CLAIM “COPPER ON DIRT” POLES

Tucson, AZ…….Bryan Clauson, Brad Sweet and Levi Jones earned pole starting positions in Saturday night’s Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” feature events by winning Friday night’s dashes in USAC racing action at USA Raceway. Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., will start from the pole in Saturday’s 30-lap USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race, while Sweet, of Grass Valley, Calif., is on the pole for the 40-lap USAC Amsoil National/CRA Sprint race. Jones, of Olney, Ill., starts from the pole in Saturday’s 50-lap USAC Silver Crown feature at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. A total of 90 race cars competed in Friday’s preliminaries, with Sweet (Midgets), Bud Kaeding (Sprints) and Jones (Silver Crown) posting the fastest qualifying times. Midget heat races were won by Darren Hagen, Henry Clarke, Jerry Coons Jr. and Tanner Swanson, while Sprint heats went to Bud Kaeding, Clauson, Mike Spencer and Robert Ballou.


 


AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 19-20, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park – Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-16.281; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.283; 3. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-16.596; 4. Rick Ziehl, 8, BRAT-16.643; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.648; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.655; 7. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-16.677; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.738; 9. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-16.741; 10. Charles Davis Jr., 50az, Massey-16.788; 11. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-16.828; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.856; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.857; 14. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.865; 14. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.888; 16. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-16.905; 17. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-16.917; 18. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-16.921; 19. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-16.922; 20. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-17.007; 21. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.017; 22. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-17.070; 23. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.071; 24. Nathan High, 0, Price-17.136; 25. Brandon Lane, 9a, Lane-17.180; 26. Jimmy Crawford, 11c, Crawford-17.219; 27. Andrew Reinbold, 19, Reinbold-17.330; 28. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-17.331; 29. Tony Elliott, 8m, Minks-17.422; 30. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-17.444; 31. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-17.556; 32. Thomas Ogle, 48T, DAR-17.573; 33. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.645; 34. JoJo Helberg, 75, Minks-17.753; 35. Stevie Sussex, 21az, Sussex-17.867; 36. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.894; 37. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-18.321; 38. Lance Norick, 90, Norick-18.333; 39. John Evans, 23, Astenius-19.838; 40. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Kaeding, 2. Johnson, 3. Jones, 4. Boat, 5. Sheridan, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Elliott, 8. Lane, 9. C.Williams, 10. Rip Williams,


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Davis, 3. Clarke, 4. Sweet, 5. Crawford, 6. Helberg, 7. Norick, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Coons, 10. Miller. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Spencer, 2. Hines, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Gulick, 7. Hmiel, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sussex, 10. Evans. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Ballou, 2. Bloom, 3. Ziehl, 4. Shuman, 5. Gardner, 6. Loyet, 7. Clark, 8. Ogle, 9. High. NT


 


DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Jones, 4. Ziehl, 5. Darland, 6. Kaeding. NT