JONES EXTENDS INDIANA SPRINT WEEK LEAD WITH KOKOMO VICTORY
Kokomo, IN……..Levi Jones has a 32-point Indiana Sprint Week lead after Sunday night’s victory at the Kokomo Speedway. Jones, of Olney, Ill, took the low road to get by Jerry Coons Jr. on a restart at lap 19 and led the final 12 laps to post his fourth career ISW win in the Tony Stewart Racing STP/Bass Pro Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy. Jones will carry his 32-point lead over Brady Short into next Wednesday night’s race at the Terre Haute Action Track. Short finished second ahead of Chris Windom, Shane Cottle and Coons. Windom led the first 10 laps of the feature, then Coons led for eight laps before yielding to Jones.
USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 11, 2010 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – 23rd “Indiana Sprint Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-12.620; 2. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-12.668; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.700; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-12.707; 5. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-12.817; 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-12.870; 7. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.917; 8. Justin Grant, 5B, Baldwin-12.923; 9. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-12.935; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.939; 11. Mike Spencer, 15m, Pierce/Ellis-12.989; 12. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-12.992; 13. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.019; 14. Jeff Bland Jr., 38s, Bland-13.020; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-13.050; 16. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-13.065; 17. Brady Short, 36, Short-13.071; 18. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.076; 19. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-13.098; 20. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-13.154; 21. Caleb Armstrong, 7, Tucker-13.182; 22. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.208; 23. Coleman Gulick, 14x, Gulick-13.221; 24. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-13.255; 25. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-13.261; 26. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-13.284; 27. Darren Hagen, 71p, Phillips-13.376; 28. Keith Bloom, 1k, Braund-13.382; 29. Brandon Petty, 42G, Jackson-13.408; 30. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-13.418; 31. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.428; 32. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-13.435; 33. Greg Bragg, 1B, Deskovick-13.477; 34. Shane Hmiel, 17s, 56 Inc.-13.534; 35. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.553; 36. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-13.554; 37. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-13.588; 38. Anthony Peterman, 7p, Peterman-13.609; 39. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-13.662; 40. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.747; 41. Gary Rooke, 42a, Rooke-13.972.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. East, 3. Stockon, 4. Clayton, 5. Armstrong, 6. Hendrick, 7. Cottle, 8. Riggs, 9. Bragg, 10. Rooke, 11. Petty. 2:15.83
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Bland, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Ballou, 5. Fitzpatrick, 6. Elson, 7. Hmiel, 8. Peterman, 9. Weir, 10. Schuerenberg. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Clauson, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hagen, 5. Jones, 6. Gulick, 7. M.Spencer, 8. Robbins, 9. Ted Hines, 10. Williams. 2:13.87
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Windom, 3. Grant, 4. Gross, 5. Coons, 6. Clarke, 7. J.Spencer, 8. Bloom, 9. Hughes, 10. Mitchell. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Cottle, 4. Fitzpatrick, 5. Mitchell, 6. Hendrick, 7. M.Spencer, 8. Armstrong, 9. Hmiel, 10. Hughes, 11. Elson, 12. Ted Hines, 13. Bloom, 14. Bragg, 15. Robbins, 16. Rooke, 17. Riggs, 18. Peterman, 19. Petty, 20. Schuerenberg, 21. Gulick, 22. J.Spencer. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Brady Short, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Dave Darland, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Blake Fitzpatrick, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Henry Clarke, 11. Shane Hmiel, 12. Matt Mitchell, 13. Jonathan Hendrick, 14. Bud Kaeding, 15. Daron Clayton, 16. Justin Grant, 17. Chase Stockon, 18. Mike Spencer, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Jeff Bland Jr., 22. Jon Stanbrough, 23. Kurt Gross, 24. Bobby East, 25. Damion Gardner. NT
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**Schuerenberg flipped during the semi. East & Gardner flipped on lap 19 of the feature. Stanbrough flipped on lap 24 of the feature. Hagen flipped on lap 29 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Windom, Laps 11-18 Coons, Laps 19-30 Jones.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,295; 2-Gardner-1,218; 3-Clauson-1,175; 4-Coons-1,121; 5-Windom-1,075; 6-Hines-1,075; 7-Clarke-940; 8-Darland-749; 9-Hmiel-747; 10-Williams-619.
NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,078; 2-Gardner-969; 3-Clauson-916; 4-Windom-886; 5-Coons-862.
NEW “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Jones-185; 2-Short-153; 3-Darland-149; 4-Clauson-143; 5-Hines-138; 6-Clayton-135; 7-Windom-123; 8-Stanbrough-122; 9-Gardner-119; 10-Fitzpatrick-111.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 14 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – 23rd “Indiana Sprint Week”