HMIEL TAKES “VOGLER CLASSIC” & SPRINT PAVEMENT TITLE

 


Winchester, IN……..Shane Hmiel of Pleasant Garden, N.C. is the top point scorer in USAC Sprint pavement racing for 2010. Sunday afternoon he led the final 30 laps to win the 40-lap “Rich Vogler Classic” at Winchester Speedway on “Winchester Oldtimers Weekend.” Hmiel passed Levi Jones on the 11th lap and led the rest of the way in his Rotondo Weirich/Benic Enterprises Beast/ITI Performance special to beat Damion Gardner, fast qualifier Tracy Hines, AMSOIL National series point leader Jones and Bobby East. Jones led the first 10 laps. Hmiel’s victory gave him a sweep of the August races at the Salem and Winchester high banks.


 


USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 22, 2010 – Winchester, Indiana – Winchester Speedway – “Rich Vogler Classic” – “Winchester Oldtimers Weekend”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 2V, Vance-14.211; 2. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.351; 3. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-14.353; 4. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-14.366; 5. Shane Hmiel, 17s, RWB-14.376; 6. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.399; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.420; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-14.439; 9. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR-Team 6R-14.440; 10. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-14.447; 11. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-14.468; 12. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-14.513; 13. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-14.619; 14. Tanner Swanson, 17T, TK-14.687; 15. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-15.055; 16. Charlie Schultz, 50m, Ram-15.230.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Hines, 3. Gardner, 4. Windom, 5. K.Swanson, 6. Wilson, 7. Helberg, 8. Gerster. 1:59.05


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Coons, 3. Jones, 4. East, 5. Pierce, 6. Clauson, 7. Schultz, 8. T.Swanson. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Shane Hmiel, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Bobby East, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. JoJo Helberg, 9. Jacob Wilson, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Aaron Pierce, 12. Charlie Schultz, 13. Brian Gerster, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Henry Clarke, 16. Tanner Swanson. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Jones, Laps 11-40 Hmiel.


 


NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,717; 2-Gardner-1,645; 3-Clauson-1,615; 4-Coons-1,485; 5-Hines-1,448; 6-Windom-1,425; 7-Clarke-1,158; 8-Dave Darland-1,086; 9-Hmiel-1,059; 10-Jon Stanbrough-773.


FINAL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR PAVEMENT STANDINGS: 1-Hmiel-425; 2-Clauson-370; 3-Gardner-360; 4-Hines-360; 5-Coons-356.


 


NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – September 10 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway – “Billy Marvel Classic”