COONS LEADS ALL 30 TO WIN “4-CROWN” SPRINT

Rossburg, OH…….Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s Team Chevy “4-Crown Nationals” USAC National Sprint race at the Eldora Speedway. The win in the Hoffman Auto Racing F5/Gaerte was a record 74th for the team in USAC Sprint racing. Tracy Hines finished second ahead of Scotty Weir, Dave Darland and Brad Sweet. Darland’s finish sliced Levi Jones’ point lead to 15 points. Jones finished seventh in Saturday’s feature. Hines was the fastest qualifier.



USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2009 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 29th Team Chevy “4-Crown Nationals”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-17.148; 2. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-17.282; 3. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-17.372; 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11D, Walker-17.378; 5. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-17.384; 6. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-17.549; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-17.555; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.597; 9. Darren Hagen, 12, Bell-17.604; 10. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-17.626; 11. Matt Westfall, 91x, SC-17.629; 12. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-17.690; 13. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.757; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.763; 15. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-17.775; 16. Brady Short, 36, Short-17.871; 17. Shane Hollingsworth, 34, Olson-18.171; 18. Josh Wise, 37, Indiana Underground-18.196; 19. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-18.206; 20. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-18.226; 21. Jon Stanbrough, 7R, Daugherty-18.252; 22. Cale Conley, 1z, Benic-18.255; 23. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-18.428; 24. Mitch Wissmiller, 23, Wissmiller-18.430; 25. Luke Hall, 9H, McClure-18.459; 26. Rob Chaney, 7k, Jessup-18.485; 27. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-18.502; 28. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-18.524; 29. Jon Sciscoe, 7s, Sciscoe-18.549; 30. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-18.587; 31. Nick Landon, 82, Landon-18.615; 32. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-18.621; 33. J.C. Bland, 98, Bland-18.780; 34. Scott Hampton, 59, Powell-18.793; 35. Aric Gentry, 5, Wise-18.882; 36. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-18.885; 37. Bill Rose, 8, Wood-19.119; 38. Mike Brecht, 9x, SC-19.190; 39. Jason Holt, 42G, Jackson-19.212; 40. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-19.295; 41. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-19.470; 42. Critter Malone, 71m, Spille-19.475; 43. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-19.561; 44. Casey Riggs, 37R, Indiana Underground-19.572; 45. Ty Deckard, 38D, Bland-19.729; 46. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-19.772; 47. Todd Keen, 18, Keen-19.956; 48. Jeff Bland Jr., 38, Bland-NT; 49. Dallas Hewitt, 2H, Hewitt-NT.


 


NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Hampton, 2. Hughes, 3. Holt, 4. J.C. Bland, 5. Rose, 6. Malone, 7. Riggs, 8. Deckard, 9. Studley, 10. Gentry, 11. Goodnight, 12. Hewitt, 13. Keen, 14. Mosley, 15. Brecht, 16. Simon, 17. Jeff Bland Jr. NT


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Darland, 3. Hagen, 4. Hines, 5. Sciscoe, 6. Clarke, 7. Rose, 8. Hall, 9. Hollingsworth, 10. Hampton. 2:14.51


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Boat, 3. Chaney, 4. Wise, 5. Whitt, 6. Sweet, 7. Conley, 8. Stockon, 9. Malone, 10. Hughes. 2:17.91


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Faas, 3. Memmer, 4. Westfall, 5. Weir, 6. Coons, 7. Elson, 8. Holt, 9. Riggs, 10. Landon. 2:19.68


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Wissmiller, 3. Hendrick, 4. Thomas, 5. Gardner, 6. Windom, 7. Schuerenberg, 8. Short, 9. Deckard, 10. J.C. Bland. 2:16.15


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Sweet, 3. Coons, 4. Gardner, 5. Windom, 6. Whitt, 7. Stockon, 8. Clarke, 9. Short, 10. Rose. 11. Hall, 12. Conley, 13. Hollingsworth,.14. Sciscoe, 15. Deckard, 16. Hughes, 17. Holt, 18. Hampton, 19. J.C. Bland, 20. Malone, 21. Schuerenberg, 22. Landon, 23. Elson. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Scotty Weir, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Cole Whitt, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Damion Gardner, 11. Chad Boat, 12. Jon Stanbrough, 13. Matt Westfall, 14. Josh Wise, 15. Henry Clarke, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 18. Brady Short, 19. Nic Faas, 20. Bryan Clauson, 21. Rob Chaney, 22. Kevin Thomas Jr., 23. John Memmer, 24. Mitch Wissmiller, 25. Chase Stockon. 14:43.39


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**Elson flipped during the semi. Schuerenberg flipped during the semi. Stockon flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Coons.


 


NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,438; 2-Darland-1,423; 3-Whitt-1,325; 4-Coons-1,240; 5-Hines-1,129; 6Gardner-1,014; 7-Hagen-906; 8-Boat-847; 9-Sweet-784; 10-Clauson-748.


 


NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 2 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway