JONES EDGES CLAUSON IN SPECTACULAR TRI-STATE FINALE TO CLAIM ISW TITLE BY 2!

Haubstadt, Ind……..In spectacular fashion, Indiana Sprint Week concluded with a shootout unlike any in history, with Levi Jones of Brownsburg, Ind. taking the title by just two points over Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. Jones entered Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event at Tri-State Speedway one point behind Clauson and fought off repeated challenges from Clauson in the closing laps to win the series finale in his Chevy/Bass Pro Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy and claim the championship Bridgeport Rocker from John Youngs for car owner Tony Stewart Racing. Chad Boat finished third and the top three finishers also posed for the “top-three” photo in the final ISW point standings! Cole Whitt and Josh Wise rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag. Wise led the first nine laps and Robert Ballou led the next nine before Jones took over on lap 19.


 


USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 18, 2009 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway – 22nd “Indiana Sprint Week”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.125; 2. Hud Cone, 11, Walker-13.172; 3. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-13.203; 4. Josh Wise, 37, Indiana Underground-13.223; 5. Robert Ballou, 13, Buch/VKCC-13.226; 6. Jeff Bland Jr., 12x, R & B-13.239; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.249; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-13.273; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.283; 10. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-13.322; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.324; 12. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.332; 13. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-13.343; 14. Brady Short, 36, Short-13.408; 15. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-13.415; 16. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-13.435; 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2, Epperson-13.452; 18. Caleb Armstrong, 11D, Walker-13.453; 19. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-13.489; 20. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-13.538; 21. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-13.551; 22. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-13.643; 23. Dustin Morgan, 93, M & M-13.681; 24. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-13.705; 25. Jerry Bell, 85, Bell-13.752; 26. Dene McAllan, 5x, Baldwin-13.822; 27. Steve Buckwalter, 1x, Triple Crown-13.899; 28. Trey Robb, 12, R & B-13.986.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1.Weir, 2. Jones, 3. Ballou, 4. Boat, 5. Darland, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Bell. 2:12.30


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Bland, 3. Cone, 4. Short, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Thomas, 7. McAllan. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Morgan, 3. Whitt, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Gardner, 6. Goodnight, 7. Buckwalter. 2:15.61


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Coons, 3. Hagen, 4. Wise, 5. Memmer, 6. Cummins, 7. Robb. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Schuerenberg, 3, Gardner, 4. Thomas, 5. Cummins, 6. Memmer, 7. Goodnight, 8. C.Armstrong, 9. Buckwalter, 10. Robb, 11. Bell. 2:44.84


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Josh Wise, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Scotty Weir, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Brady Short, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Jeff Bland Jr., 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Henry Clarke, 15. Dustin Morgan, 16. Damion Gardner, 17. Kyle Cummins, 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 19. Steve Buckwalter, 20. John Memmer, 21. Kevin Thomas Jr., 22. Hud Cone, 23. Jon Stanbrough. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Wise, Laps 10-18 Ballou, Laps 19-30 Jones.


 


NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,201; 2-Darland-1,139; 3-Whitt-1,061; 4-Coons-993; 5-Hines-856; 6-Gardner-825; Hagen-778; 8-Boat-717; 9-Brad Sweet-692; 10-Clauson-690.


FINAL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Jones-414; 2-Clauson-412; 3-Boat-387; 4-Darland-362; 5-Whitt-312.


 


NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 31 – Newton, IA – Iowa Speedway – “Casey General Stores Challenge”