JONES BACK-TO-BACK “TONY HULMAN CLASSIC” WINNER

Terre Haute, IN…….Levi Jones of Avon, Ind. piloted the Tony Stewart Racing Chevy/Bass Pro Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy to victory in Thursday night’s 30-lap “Tony Hulman Classic” at the Terre Haute Action Track. The victory in the 39th running of the First National Bank race presented by Clabber Girl and Budweiser made Jones the race’s second three-time winner and the first to win back-to-back “Tony Hulman Classics” at the Action Track. Jones led all 30 laps to beat Bryan Clauson, Jesse Hockett, Jerry Coons Jr. and Chris Windom. Hunter Schuerenberg was the fastest qualifier. Tracy Hines and Jon Stanbrough escaped injury in separate flips.


 


USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 21, 2009 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – 39th First Financial Bank “Tony Hulman Classic” presented by Budweiser and Clabber Girl


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Hunter Schuerenberg, 07, WBR-20.842; 2. Jeff Bland Jr., 21s, Bland-20.871; 3. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-21.021; 4. Jesse Hockett, 13, VKCC-21.028; 5. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-21.165; 6. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-21.228; 7. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-21.263; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-21.308; 9. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-21.416; 10. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-21.461; 11. Brady Short, 36, Short-21.476; 12. Shane Hmiel, 10, R & B-21.570; 13. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-21.593; 14. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-21.626; 15. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-21.633; 16. Ryan Pace, 44, Pace-21.646; 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-21.657; 18. Thomas Meseraull, 12, R & B-21.671; 19. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-21.678; 20. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-21.709; 21. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-21.733; 22. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-21.848; 23. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-21.911; 24. Dustin Morgan, 11, Walker-21.935; 25. Danny Holtsclaw, 11p, Pottorff-21.962; 26. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-22.147; 27. Geoff Dodge, 7m, Morgan-22.155; 28. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-22.191; 29. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-22.216; 30. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-22.285; 31. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-22.306; 32. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-22.356; 33. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-22.381; 34. Tracy Hines, 21x, Stewart-22.600; 35. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-22.758; 36. Shawn Krockenberger, 21k, Krockenberger-22.844; 37. Josh Wise, 37, Indiana Underground-23.193; 38. Darren Krockenberger, 42, Krockenberger-24.649; 39. Eric Krockenberger, 21E, Krockenberger-NT; 40. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Hendrick, 3. Wise, 4. Clauson, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Holtsclaw, 7. Boat, 8. Clarke, 9. Cottle, 10. Goodnight. 2:49.57


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Coons, 3. Kaplan, 4. Darland, 5. Whitt, 6. Meseraull, 7. Bland, 8. Hines, 9. Gross, 10. D.Krockenberger. 2:46.77


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Rose, 3. Kaeding, 4. Short, 5. Fitzpatrick, 6. Robbins, 7. Stockon, 8. Dodge, 9. Ballou, 10. E.Krockenberger. 2:51.71


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Hockett, 3. Sweet, 4. Gardner, 5. Hmiel, 6. Faas, 7. S.Krockenberger, 8. Pace. 2:51.50


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bland 2. Whitt, 3. Boat, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Meseraull, 6. Hmiel, 7. Hines, 8. Robbins, 9. Clarke, 10. Stockon, 11. Holtsclaw, 12. Gross, 13. Goodnight, 14. Fitzpatrick, 15. Cottle, 16. Dodge, 17. S.Krockenberger, 18. Faas. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Jesse Hockett, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Chris Windom, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Jeff Bland Jr., 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. Chad Boat, 10. Brad Sweet, 11. Shane Hmiel, 12. Cole Whitt, 13. Darren Hagen, 14. Brady Short, 15. Thomas Meseraull, 16. Josh Wise, 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 18. Damion Gardner, 19. Bill Rose, 20. Ryan Kaplan, 21. Bud Kaeding, 22. Jon Stanbrough. NT


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**Hines flipped during qualifying. Stanbrough flipped at the start of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jones.


 


NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-443; 2-Jones-431; 3-Hockett-425; 4-Coons-388; 5-Whitt-348; 6-Sweet-339; 7-Gardner-317; 8-Hines-301; 9-Windom-265; 10-Stanbrough-260.


 


NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: June 2 – Bechtelsville, PA – Grandview Speedway