EAST 10TH “NIEBEL CLASSIC” WINNER IN 10 YEARS!

Anderson, Ind…….Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. became the 10th different winner in 10 “Glen Niebel Classics,” leading the final 89 laps to win Saturday night’s 100-lap USAC National Sprint Car race at the Anderson Speedway. Driving the Klatt Enterprises Club Sport/Ford Racing Beast Ford, East started sixth as the fastest qualifier but caught early leader Bobby Santos III on lap 12 and lapped everybody but second-place finisher Tracy Hines in the race, which had no yellows and was completed in a track-record time of under 20 minutes! Santos finished third, ahead of Levi Jones and Jerry Coons Jr. Dave Darland, the series point leader, finished 15th.


 


USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 2, 2009 – Anderson, Indiana – Anderson Speedway – “Glen Niebel Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-11.243; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-11.327; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-11.402; 4. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-11.410; 5. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-11.418; 6. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-11.437; 7. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-11.447; 8. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-11.460; 9. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-11.489; 10. Jacob Wilson, 07, Wilson-11.518; 11. Tanner Swanson, 50m, Ram-11.522; 12. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-11.598; 13. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-11.695; 14. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-11.826; 15. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-11.862; 16. Jesse Hockett, 13, VKCC-11.992; 17. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Whitt, 3. East, 4. Jones, 5. Swanson, 6. Armstrong, 7. Gamester, 8. Gardner, 9. Sweet. 2:55.58


 


SECOND HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Coons, 3. Santos, 4. Hines, 5. Clarke, 6. Wilson, 7. Hockett, 8. Darland. 2:54.74


 


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Armstrong, 2. Wilson, 3. Clarke, 4. Darland, 5. Swanson, 6. Hockett, 7. Gardner, 8. Gamester, 9. Sweet. 1:57.71


 


FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Bobby Santos III, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Chris Windom, 7. Cole Whitt, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Dakoda Armstrong, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Jacob Wilson, 12. Brad Sweet, 13. Henry Clarke, 14. Jesse Hockett, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Russ Gamester, 17. Tanner Swanson. 19:53.53


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Santos, Laps 12-100 East.


 


NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-392; 2-Jones-363; 3-Hockett-361; 4-Coons-330; 5-Whitt-316; 6-Hines-300; 7-Sweet-300; 8-Gardner-295; 9-Jon Stanbrough-239; 10-Windom-209.


 


NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: May 8 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway