SHORT “STORMS” TO BROWNSTOWN INDIANA SPRINT WEEK VICTORY

 


Brownstown, IN……..Brady Short of Bedford, Ind. rode the high rim past Chris Windom on lap 27 and led the final four laps to win Thursday night’s 30-lap USAC AMSOIL National Sprint race at Brownstown Speedway, round five of the 2010 Indiana Sprint Week. Short and his Indiana Stoneworks/Short Trucking Maxim/Chevy beat Windom, Jon Stanbrough, Levi Jones and hunter Schuerenberg to the checkered flag in a feature conducted under threatening skies as summer storms were in the area. Jones’ finish propelled him back into the Indiana Sprint Week point lead, 14 ahead of Short going into Friday’s race at Bloomington Speedway. Dave Darland, the point leader entering the Brownstown race, was unable to secure a feature starting berth Thursday night and is now fifth in the ISW standings. Justin Grant was Thursday’s fastest qualifier.


 


USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 15, 2010 – Brownstown, Indiana – Brownstown Speedway – 23rd “Indiana Sprint Week”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Justin Grant, 5B, Baldwin-14.305; 2. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-14.445; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.465; 4. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-14.481; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.500; 6. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-14.503; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.509; 8. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-14.516; 9. Mike Spencer, 15m, Pierce/Ellis-14.520; 10. Brady Short, 36, Short-14.545; 11. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-14.585; 12. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-14.597; 13. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.617; 14. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-14.685; 15. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.686; 16. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-14.710; 17. Shane Hmiel, 17s, 56 Inc.-14.727; 18. Dickie Gaines, 21, Roberts/Tate-14.732; 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-14.848; 20. Jeff Bland Jr., 38s, Bland-14.895; 21. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-14.916; 22. Mark Perry III, 3m, Perry-14.929; 23. Scotty Weir, 22, Simon-14.936; 24. Caleb Armstrong, 7, Tucker-14.948; 25. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.971; 26. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-14.973; 27. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-14.983; 28. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-14.986; 29. Greg Bragg, 1B, Deskovick-14.986; 30. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.019; 31. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-15.074; 32. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-15.084; 33. Josh Cunningham, 6s, Hamm-15.121; 34. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-15.194; 35. J.C. Bland, 98, Bland-15.206; 36. Keith Bloom Jr., 27k, Braund-15.235; 37. Hud Cone, 21x, Pollock-15.488; 38. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-15.599; 39. Lynsey Tilton, 11T, Felker-15.667.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Hmiel, 3. Grant, 4. Clarke, 5. Hines, 6. Bragg, 7. Cone, 8. Cunningham, 9. Gross, 10. Spencer. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. Gaines, 3. Clauson, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Ballou, 6. Elson, 7. Perry, 8. Hupp, 9. Barrow, 10. Robbins. 2:33.22


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Hendrick, 3. Fitzpatrick, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Gardner, 6. Darland, 7. Weir, 8. Tilton, 9. J.C. Bland. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Riggs, 3. Jeff Bland Jr., 4. Cottle, 5. Mitchell, 6. Hughes, 7. Williams, 8. Armstrong, 9. Bloom. 2:41.91


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Elson, 2. Ballou, 3. Perry, 4. Cone, 5. Gardner,  6. Barrow, 7. Tilton, 8. Hupp, 9. Armstrong, 10. Darland, 11. J.C. Bland, 12. Gross, 13. Bragg, 14. Spencer, 15. Hughes, 16. Weir, 17. Hines, 18. Robbins, 19. Williams, 20. Cunningham. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Short, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Jeff Bland Jr., 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Hud Cone, 9. Justin Grant, 10. Dickie Gaines, 11. Casey Riggs, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Blake Fitzpatrick, 14. Shane Hmiel, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 17. Ethan Barrow, 18. Mark Perry III, 19. Andrew Elson, 20. Greg Bragg, 21. Damion Gardner, 22. Tracy Hines, 23. Bryan Clauson, 24. Shane Cottle. NT


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**Cunningham flipped during the semi.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Short, Laps 3-6 Schuerenberg, Laps 7-10 Jones, Laps 11-16 Schuerenberg, Laps 17-26 Windom, Laps 27-30 Short.


 


NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,378; 2-Gardner-1,257; 3-Clauson-1,255; 4-Coons-1,211; 5-Windom-1,169; 6-Hines-1,133; 7-Clarke-1,008; 8-Darland-819; 9-Hmiel-816; 10-Williams-634.


NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,161; 2-Gardner-1,010; 3-Clauson-996; 4-Windom-980; 5-Coons-952.


NEW “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1- 8-Jones-268; 2-Short-254; 3-Stanbrough-249; 4-Clauson-223; 5-Darland-219; 6-Windom-217; 7-Daron Clayton-192; 8-Coons-192; 9-Fitzpatrick-185; 10-Gardner-158.


 


NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 16 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway – 23rd “Indiana Sprint Week”