HOCKETT POCKETS $15,000 AT OSKALOOSA!

Oskaloosa, IA…….Jesse Hockett of Warsaw, Mo. took home the $15,000 first prize Tuesday night at Southern Iowa Speedway, winning the Casey’s General Stores “Ultimate Challenge” USAC National Sprint race in his Parker Store of Phoenix/Butlerbuilt JEI/Stanton Mopar. Hockett trailed defending race winner Dave Darland for the first 15 laps before making his winning pass coming off turn four. The following lap saw a red flag for a flip by Travis Rilat, the sixth driver to get upside down during the night’s program. He was unhurt. As the race wore down, Darland closed the gap and made a desperate bid for victory at the start/finish line, ending up just a half-car length short! Chad Boat, Levi Jones and Cole Whitt rounded out the top-five at the checkered flag. Jones’ finish left him holding a 48-point lead over Darland entering this Saturday’s 50th “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial” at the Salem (Ind.) Speedway.


 


USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 11, 2009 – Oskaloosa, Iowa – Southern Iowa Speedway – Casey’s General Stores USAC “Ultimate Challenge” Presented by Searsboro Telephone


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robert Ballou (#81 MPHG), 2. Tracy Hines (#21 Stewart), 3. Bryan Clauson (#7 Tucker), 4. Hunter Schuerenberg (#11 Walker), 5. Chad Boat (#30 Boat), 6. Kevin Swindell (#83J Roth), 7. Cale Conley (#1Z Benic), 8. Bruce St. James (#7k St. James), 9. Casey Riggs (#37R Indiana Underground), 10. Mike Moore (#69x Moore). 2:41.39


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shane Hmiel (#12B RWB), 2. Jerry Coons Jr. (#69 Dynamics), 3. Cole Whitt (#67k Kunz), 4. Darren Hagen (#12 Bell), 5. Nic Faas (#17F Faas), 6. Casey Shuman (#1x Triple Crown), 7. Matt Westfall (#9x SC), 8. Wayne Johnson (#1G Gorby), 9. Sheldon Leesekamp (#1F Butler), 10. Kaley Gharst (#7x Williams), 11. Terry Babb (#21x Pollock). 3:10.16


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jesse Hockett (#13 Buch/VKCC), 2. Dave Darland (#2B RWB), 3. Brad Sweet (#9 Kahne), 4. Don Droud Jr. (#71x Stubgeon), 5. Johnny Herrera (#2w Woodward), 6. Hud Cone (#7D Daugherty), 7. Chris Urish (#77u Urish), 8. Caleb Armstrong (#11D Walker), 9. Robert Bell (#71B Bell). 2:56.37


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Damion Gardner (#71 DG), 2. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 3. Henry Clarke (#67 Kunz), 4. Brady Bacon (#99 Eubanks), 5. Travis Rilat (#1s Bell), 6. Matthew Shedarowicz (#8z Shedarowicz), 7. Zach Chappell (#50z Chappell), 8. Kyle Cummins (#4u Stapp), 9. Josh Wise (#37 Indiana Underground). NT


 


FIRST QUALIFIER: (8 laps - no points) 1. Rilat, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Hines, 4. Coons, 5. Hmiel, 6. Herrera, 7. Shedarowicz, 8. Johnson, 9. Cummins, 10. Moore, 11. McAllan. NT


 


SECOND QUALIFIER: (8 laps – no points) 1. Hockett, 2. Boat, 3. Whitt, 4. Gardner, 5. Droud, 6. Cone, 7. Conley, 8. St. James, 9. Gharst, 10. Riggs. 3:29.17


 


THIRD QUALIFIER: (8 laps – no points) 1. Darland, 2. Bacon, 3. Jones, 4. Faas, 5. Shuman, 6. Westfall, 7. Bell, 8. Sweet, 9. Leesekamp. NT


 


FOURTH QUALIFIER: (8 laps – no points) 1. Swindell, 2. Ballou, 3. Hagen, 4. Clauson, 5. Wise, 6. Clarke, 7. Armstrong, 8. Urish, 9. Chappell. 2:53.78


 


ALSO AT THE TRACK: Dene McAllan (#5x Baldwin), Rob Chaney (#57B Burkey) and Coleman Gullick (#14 Gullick).


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Westfall, 2. Wise, 3. Cone, 4. Herrera, 5. Gharst, 6. Conley, 7. St. James, 8. Urish, 9. Moore, 10. Chappell, 11. Cummins, 12. Bell, 13. Shedarowicz, 14. Armstrong, 15. Johnson. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jesse Hockett, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Kevin Swindell, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Josh Wise, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11. Bryan Clauson, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Damion Gardner, 14. Tracy Hines, 15. Shane Hmiel, 16. Matt Westfall, 17. Casey Shuman, 18. Johnny Herrera, 19. Henry Clarke, 20. Hud Cone, 21. Nic Faas, 22. Travis Rilat, 23. Don Droud Jr., 24. Darren Hagen. NT


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**Gullick flipped during practice. Wise flipped during the fourth heat. McAllan flipped during the first qualifier. Sweet and Leesekamp flipped during the third qualifier. Rilat flipped on lap 17 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Darland, Laps 16-30 Hockett.
   


NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,305; 2-Darland-1,257; 3-Whitt-1,161; 4-Coons-1,073; 5-Hines-941; 6-Gardner-901; 7-Hagen-829; 8-Boat-779; 9-Sweet-728; 10-Clauson-727.


 


NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – August 15 – Salem (IN) Speedway – 50th “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial”