POINT LEADER JONES GIVES OWNER STEWART A “HOME-TRACK” 4-CROWN WIN
Rossburg, OH……..AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point leader Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. gave car owner and track owner Tony Stewart a “4-Crown Nationals” feature victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event at the Eldora Speedway. Jones led all 30 laps in his STP/Bass Pro Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy to beat Bryan Clauson, Damion Gardner, fast qualifier Jerry Coons Jr. and Bud Kaeding. Jones takes a 91-point lead over Clauson into west coast races in November.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 25, 2010 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 29th “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-15.602; 2. Thomas Meseraull, 71x, Meseraull-15.715; 3. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-15.739; 4. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.754; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.805; 6. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.883; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.894; 8. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-15.906; 9. Shane Hmiel, 17s, 56 Inc.-15.923; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.954; 11. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-16.111; 12. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-16.157; 13. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-16.177; 14. Matt Westfall, 22, Simon-16.277; 15. Jeff Bland Jr., 38s, Bland-16.292; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.357; 17. Mike Brecht, 8, Wood-16.390; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.424; 19. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-16.467; 20. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-16.476; 21. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-16.491; 22. Randy Hannagan, 77x, Hill-16.621; 23. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-16.683; 24. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-16.687; 25. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.749; 26. Mitch Wissmiller, 1x, Wissmiller-16.763; 27. Bill Rose, 9x, SC-16.795; 28. Matt Goodnight, 39G, Goodnight-17.212; 29. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-17.245; 30. Steve Irwin, 0, Flying O-27.398; 31. Chett Gehrke, 59, Gehrke-17.465; 32. Toby Alfrey, 5, Alfrey-17.563; 33. Dallas Hewitt, 40, Hery-17.880; 34. Dwayne Spille, 71s, Spille-18.128; 35. Kirk Jeffries, 78L, Jeffries-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Windom, 4. Brecht, 5. Memmer, 6. Hmiel, 7. Hupp, 8. Miller, 9. Hewitt. 2:15.38
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Clarke, 3. Hendrick, 4. Meseraull, 5. Westfall, 6. Hannagan, 7. Wissmiller, 8. Spille. 2:18.64
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Bland, 3. Clauson, 4. Hines, 5. Hughes, 6. Burdette, 7. Rose, 8. Gehrke. 2:21.42
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Ballou, 3. Riggs, 4. Gardner, 5. Stockon, 6. Alfrey, 7. Goodnight, 8. Darland. 2:22.77
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Westfall, 3. Stockon, 4. Hughes, 5. Darland (#39G), 6. Burdette, 7. Hannagan, 8. Wissmiller, 9. Miller, 10. Alfrey, 11. Hupp, 12. Gehrke, 13. Hewitt, 14. Spille. 3:41.31
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Mike Brecht, 8. Thomas Meseraull, 9. Matt Westfall, 10. Dave Darland (#39G), 11. Scotty Weir, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Jeff Bland Jr., 14. Chase Stockon, 15. J.J. Hughes, 16. Casey Riggs, 17. Brett Burdette, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Randy Hannagan, 21. Tracy Hines, 22. Henry Clarke, 23. Chris Windom, 24. Mitch Wissmiller. NT
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**Hendrick flipped on lap 24 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jones.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,898; 2-Clauson-1,807; 3-Gardner-1,769; 4-Coons-1,652; 5-Hines-1,564; 6-Windom-1,508; 7-Clarke-1,232; 8-Darland-1,202; 9-Hmiel-1,080; 10-Jon Stanbrough-909.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,589; 2-Clauson-1,437; 3-Gardner-1,409; 4-Coons-1,296; 5-Windom-1,252.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: November 4-5-6 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Budweiser Oval Nationals”