STANBROUGH WINS “FIRST FINANCIAL BANK SPRINT CAR CLASSIC”
Terre Haute, Ind……..Jon Stanbrough outlasted the field to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “First Financial Bank Sprint Car Classic” at the Terre Haute Action Track. Stanbrough emerged with the win after leading the final two laps in his Fox Racing DRC/Foxco. Chase Stockon led the first nine laps and Levi Jones led the next 17, then a flat tire thwarted Jones’ bid and put Jerry Coons Jr. in the lead on lap 27 but Coons ran short of fuel before the checkered flag. Cole Whitt finished second ahead of Robert Ballou, Dave Darland and Shane Hmiel. Darland’s finish leaves him only 25 points behind Jones in the new USAC National Sprint Car standings. Coons won the T.H.A.T. “”King of the Action Track” honors for 2009.
USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 12, 2009 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track - “First National Bank Sprint Car Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.183; 2. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-20.230; 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11D, Walker-20.309; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-20.393; 5. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-20.439; 6. Chris WIndom, 11, Walker-20.440; 7. Cole Carter, 7c, Carter-20.511; 8. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-20.531; 9. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-20.539; 10. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-20.555; 11. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-20.576; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-20.641; 13. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-20.645; 14. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-20.699; 15. Josh Wise, 37, Indiana Underground-20.778; 16. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-20.852; 17. Darren Hagen, 12, Bell-20.865; 18. Shane Hmiel, 12B, RWB-20.869; 19. Jon Sciscoe, 7x, Sciscoe-20.933; 20. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-20.943; 21. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-20.949; 22. Jeff Bland Jr., 11p, Pottorff-21.134; 23. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-21.160; 24. Casey Riggs, 37R, Indiana Underground-21.190; 25. Ty Deckard, 48, Deckard-21.252; 26. Matt Westfall, 9x, SC-21.269; 27. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-21.381; 28. Mike Severs, 45s, Severs-21.394; 29. Terry Babb, 21x, Pollock-21.586; 30. Chad Branson, 71x, Branson-21.851; 31. J.C. Bland, 98, Bland-21.869; 32. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-22.186.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Deckard, 2. Whitt, 3. Hines, 4. Hagen, 5. Jones, 6. Boat, 7. Babb, 8. Stockon. 2:49.65
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Westfall, 2. Hmiel, 3. Darland, 4. Clarke, 5. Windom, 6. Branson, 7. Jeff Bland, 8. Hendrick. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Gross, 3. Carter, 4. Faas, 5. J.C. Bland, 6. Sciscoe, 7. Wise, 8. Schuerenberg. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. Ballou, 3. Coons, 4. Weir, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Riggs, 7. Severs, 8. Studley. 2:53.58
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Jones, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Windom, 5. Boat, 6. Stockon, 7. J.C. Bland, 8. Branson, 9. Severs, 10. Studley, 11. Wise, 12. Babb. 4:12.86
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Cole Whitt, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Shane Hmiel, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Matt Westfall, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Levi Jones, 11. Josh Wise, 12. Chad Boat, 13. Damion Gardner, 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 15. Chase Stockon, 16. Darren Hagen, 17. Ty Deckard, 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 19. Nic Faas, 20. Chris Windom, 21. Kurt Gross, 22. Henry Clarke, 23. Cole Carter. NT
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**Bland and Hendrick flipped during the second heat. Sciscoe flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Stockon, Laps 10-26 Jones, Laps 27-28 Coons, Laps 29-30 Stanbrough.
NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,388; 2-Darland-1,363; 3-Whitt-1,285; 4-Coons-1,178; 5-Hines-1,061; 6-Gardner-980; 7-Hagen-855; 8-Boat-809; 9-Brad Sweet-728; 10-Bryan Clauson-727.
NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – September 26 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 29th “4-Crown Nationals”