HOCKETT’S A ROCKET IN “EASTERN STORM” OPENER AT GRANDVIEW

Bechtelsville, PA…….Jesse Hockett of Warsaw, Mo. led all 50 laps of Tuesday night’s “Eastern Storm” Thunder & Lightning Tour opener for the USAC National Sprint Cars at Grandview Speedway. Hockett drove the VKCC Motorsports/Parker Store of Phoenix JEI/Stanton Mopar to victory over Chris Windom, Bryan Clauson, fast qualifier Tracy Hines and Jerry Coons Jr. Dave Darland finished sixth to maintain his point lead going into the June 3 race at the Williams Grove (Pa.) Speedway.



USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 2, 2009 – Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania – Grandview Speedway – “Eastern Storm” Thunder & Lightning Tour


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.909; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-14.024; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.096; 4. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-14.121; 5. Jesse Hockett, 13, VKCC-14.148; 6. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.149; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-14.225; 8. Scotty Weir, 5, Baldwin-14.238; 9. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.260; 10. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-14.276; 11. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-14.293; 12. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-14.294; 13. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-14.400; 14. Billy Pauch, 1z, Zemaitis-14.422; 15. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-14.425; 16. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-14/478; 17. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.738; 18. Kevin Swindell, 1J, Triple Crown-14.740; 19. Josh Weller, 63, Weller-15.461; 20. Steve Petry, 8, Petry-16.539.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Whitt, 3. Windom, 4. Coons, 5. Hines, 6. Kaeding, 7. Weller. 1:55.69


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pauch, 2. Clauson, 3. Ballou, 4. Weir, 5. Hockett, 6. Clarke, 7. Petry. 1:58.58


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hagen, 3. Gardner, 4. Boat, 5. Jones, 6. Swindell. 1:58.58


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Jones, 3. Clarke, 4. Kaeding, 5. Hockett, 6. Weller, 7. Swindell, 8. Petry. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Jesse Hockett, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Tray Hines, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Dave Darland, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Chad Boat, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Cole Whitt, 11. Brad Sweet, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Billy Pauch, 14. Darren Hagen, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Scotty Weir, 17. Bud Kaeding, 18. Josh Weller, 19. Kevin Swindell, 20. Steve Petry. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Hockett.


 

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-496; 2-Hockett-488; 3-Jones-480; 4-Coons-441; 5-Whitt-388; 6-Sweet-378; 7-Hines-362; 8-Gardner-359; 9-Windom-331; 10-Boat-290.

 


NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: June 3 – Williams Grove (PA) Speedway