JONES WINS INAUGURAL “JESSE HOCKETT CLASSIC” AT GRANDVIEW

Bechtelsville, PA………Defending AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. won Tuesday night’s “Eastern Storm” opener at Grandview Speedway. His victory in the 40-lap race came in the inaugural “Jesse Hockett Classic,” honoring the memory of the late driver who won last year’s Grandview feature and recently succumbed to injuries suffered in a shop accident. Jones trailed Chris Windom for the first 28 laps, then traded the lead back and forth with Windom on laps 29, 30 and 31 before leading the final 10 laps in his Bass Pro Shops/Armor All Maxim/Kistler Chevy. Bryan Clauson finished second ahead of Damion Gardner, Windom and Dave Darland. Drivers Caleb Armstrong, Jerry Coons Jr. and Shane Hmiel all flipped during the program and Armstrong was taken to a local hospital in Allentown for treatment of a mild concussion and bruised lungs.



AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 1, 2010 – Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania – Grandview Speedway – “Eastern Storm” – “Jesse Hockett Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.814; 2. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.845; 3. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-13.896; 4. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.902; 5. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-13.904; 6. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-13.911; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-13.962; 8. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.005; 9. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-14.026; 10. Caleb Armstrong, 7, C & A-14.119; 11. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.131; 12. Shane Hmiel, 17s, 56 Inc.-14.287; 13. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-14.339; 14. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-14.356; 15. J.C. Bland, 98, Bland-14.359; 16. Mark Bitner, 15, Bitner-14.771; 17. Josh Weller, 63, Weller-14.828; 18. Kyle Moody, 99m, Moody-14.883; 19. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-14.892; 20. Johnny Mackison, 65, Mackison-14.911; 21. J.R. Berry, 74, Berry-15.062; 22. Jeff Geiges, 67x, Pietrofitta-15.555; 23. Jonathan Swanson, 17J, Swanson-15.559; 24. Steve Petry, 8, Petry-16.748; 25. Tim Clauson, 7x, C & A-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Coons, 3. Jones, 4. Bitner, 5. Robbins, 6. Simon, 7. Geiges, 8. C.Armstrong. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Gardner, 3. Weller, 4. Stockon, 5. Clarke, 6. Rose, 7. Mackison, 8. Swanson. 1:58.69


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Darland, 3. Hmiel, 4. Williams, 5. Moody, 6. Berry, 7. Bland, 8. Petry. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Henry Clarke, 8. Ricky Williams, 9. Bill Rose, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Mark Bitner, 12. J.R. Berry, 13. Kyle Moody, 14. Johnny Mackison, 15. Shane Hmiel, 16. Kyle Robbins, 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 18. Josh Weller, 19. J.C. Bland, 20. Jeff Geiges, 21. Landon Simon, 22. Jonathan Swanson, 23. Steve Petry. NT


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**C.Armstrong flipped during the first heat and was transported to a local hospital for observation. Coons flipped on lap 21 of the feature. Hmiel flipped on lap 36 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Windom, Lap 29 Jones, Lap 30 Windom, Laps 31-40 Jones.


 


NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-679; 2-Jones-658; 3-Coons-615; 4-Clauson-608; 5-Hines-597; 6-Windom-530; 7-Clarke-480; 8-Robert Ballou-470; 9-Darland-423; 10-Hmiel-327.


 


NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 2 – New Oxford, PA – Lincoln Speedway