BALLOU LEADS EASTERN STORM ENTERING PORT ROYAL
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Port Royal, Pennsylvania (June 19, 2021)………Robert Ballou leads the Eastern Storm standings entering Saturday night’s fourth round of the mini-series for the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway.
Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.) owns a slim four-point lead in Eastern Storm after three-straight top-five finishes: 5th at Grandview, 1st at Bridgeport and 2nd at Selinsgrove.
Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) stands second in the standings following a pair of victories this week at Grandview and Selinsgrove, and 6th at Bridgeport.
Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), the Eastern Storm champion of 2014, runs only 10 points behind Ballou in the standings while Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Ala.) is -34 and 2017-18 Eastern Storm champ Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) is -51.
C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.), the 2019 Eastern Storm champion, is sixth in the standings while Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.) leads the East Coast contingent in seventh.
Saturday’s Eastern Storm event at Port Royal features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, 410 Wing Sprint Cars and an EMMR Exhibition.
Pits open at 4pm EDT on Saturday with front gates opening at 4pm, drivers meeting at 5:45 and cars on track at 6:15. Adult admission tickets are $25, students age 13 to 18 are $10 and children 12 and under will be admitted free. Pit passes are $35.
All Eastern Storm events will be streamed live on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3dgONXz.
2021 EASTERN STORM POINTS
(After Round #3 of 5)
1. Robert Ballou-224
2. Justin Grant-220
3. Brady Bacon-214
4. Kevin Thomas Jr.-190
5. Chris Windom-173
6. C.J. Leary-168
7. Briggs Danner-162
8. Tanner Thorson-161
9. Shane Cottle-158
10. Alex Bright & Jake Swanson-143
12. Timmy Buckwalter-119
13. Steven Drevicki & Chase Stockon-116
15. Charles Davis Jr. -111
16. Logan Seavey-110
17. Matt Westfall-102
18. Mark Smith-100
19. Paul Nienhiser-94
20. Brandon Mattox-89
21. Isaac Chapple-87
22. Carmen Perigo-53
23. Nash Ely-52
24. Chase Johnson-48
25. Mark Bitner-27
26. Alex Banales & Craig Pellegrini-20
28. Chris Allen Jr., Mike Meyers & Tom Savage-10
2021 USAC EASTERN STORM SCHEDULE:
June 15: Grandview Speedway – Bechtelsville, PA (USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars)
June 16: Bridgeport Speedway – Swedesboro, NJ (USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars)
June 17: Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, PA (USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars)
June 18: Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, PA (USAC Silver Crown)
June 19: Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, PA (USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars)
June 20: Bloomsburg Fair Raceway – Bloomsburg, PA (USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars)
