JONES CROWNED USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CHAMPION


Tulare, Calif…(November 15, 2009) Jon Stanbrough, Avon, Ind., led all 40-lap of the
30th ”Pacific Coast Open” Sunday night’s at the Thunderbowl Raceway, taking home the
$12,500 winner’s prize in his Indiana Underground Construction No. 37x Maxim.

Chad Boat, Phoenix, Ariz., stayed close to Stanbrough throughout the race in his
Billy Boat Performance Exhaust No. 30 Maxim, but eventually had to settle for a
second-place finish. Bud Kaeding, Campbell, Calif., placed third ahead of Damion
Gardner, Concord, Calif., and Brian Clauson, Noblesville, Ind.

Levi Jones, Avon, Ind., finished 12th and was officially crowned the 2009 USAC
National Sprint Car Champion. Fast qualifier Cole Whitt was running sixth when he
slowed to a stop with mechanical issues during the 16th circuit and was credited
with a 20th place finish. Lucas Oil USAC/CRA point leader finished 14th and will be
looking to claim his second straight title in thirteen days when the series returns
to the Perris Auto Speedway for the 2nd Annual “Glenn Howard Memorial.” Spencer’s
closest rival for the championship is David Cardey, who won Hard-Charger honors with
his ninth-place drive after starting in the 24th position.


 


USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 15, 2009 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway - 30th “Pacific Coast Nationals”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-14.874, 2. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.884, 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-15.051, 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.090, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-15.111, 6. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.172, 7. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-15.185, 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.246, 9. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.248, 10. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-15.256, 11. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-15.342, 12. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.359, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 83jr, Roth-15.364, 14. Kyle Larson, 99, Kaeding-15.447, 15. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-15.460, 16. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-15.522, 17. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.528, 18. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-15.565, 19. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-15.569, 20. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Braund-15.574, 21. Darren Hagen, 71g, Iish-15.608, 22. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-15.635, 23. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-15.693, 24. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.720, 25. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.724, 26. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-15.729, 27. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-15.732; 28. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-15.746, 29. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-15.747, 30. Kevin Swindell, 83, Roth-15.773, 31. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.811, 32. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-15.814, 33. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-15.821, 34. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-15.821, 35. Shane Golobic, 88g, Golobic-15.941 36. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-15.947, 37. Greg Taylor, 7t, Taylor-15.976, 38. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-15.996, 39. Jesse Hockett, 13, Buch/VKCC-15.996, 40. Cale Conley, 1Z, 2B Racing-16.004, 41. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.056, 42. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.190, 43. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.211, 44. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.232, 45. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.236, 46. Danny Sheridan, 18x, Kittle-16.348, 47. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.387, 48. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH Motorsports-16.408, 49. Shain Matthews, 167, Matthews-16.553, 50. Anthony Simone, 10, Simone-16.830, 51. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-20.431. (Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-withdrawn)


 


“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Murphy, 3. Hansen, 4. Golobic, 5. Hockett, 6. Taylor, 7. Miller, 8. Carlile, 9. C.Williams, 10. Bragg, 11. Faria, 12. Sheridan, 13. Conley, 14. A.Williams, 15. Gutierrez, 16. Shedarowich, 17. Hamblin, 18. Matthews, 19. Simone. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Coons, 4. Cardey, 5. Rose, 6. R.Williams, 7. Spencer, 8. Hockett, 9. Hagen, 10. Short. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swindell, 2. Kruseman, 3. Hines, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Sweet, 6. Murphy, 7. Taylor, 8. Streeter, 9. Larson, 10. Clarke. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pombo, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Darland, 4. Hansen, 5. Boat, 6. Clauson, 7. Faas, 8. Riggs, 9. Miller, 10. Gullick. NT


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Jones, 3. Bloom, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Grant, 6. Mero, 7. Golobic, 8. J.VanderWeerd, 9. Kaeding, 10. Carlile. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Kaeding, 3. Clauson, 4. Spencer, 5. Clarke, 6. Sweet, 7. Larson, 8. R.Williams, 9. Faas, 10. Streeter, 11. Golobic, 12. Murphy, 13. Gullick, 14. Riggs, 15. Rose, 16. Taylor, 17. Grant, 18. Mero, 19. C.Williams, 20. Hagen, 21. J.VanderWeerd, 22. Hockett, 23. Carlile. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Tracy Hines, 9. David Cardey, 10. Brad Sweet, 11. Garrett Hansen, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Kyle Larson, 14. Mike Spencer,  15. Kevin Swindell, 16. Matt Mitchell, 17. Davey Pombo, 18. Keith Bloom Jr., 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Cole Whitt, 21. Nic Faas, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Jesse Hockett, 24. Blake Miller, 25. Greg Bragg, 26. Cory Kruseman, 27. Richard VanderWeerd, 28. Austin Williams (#3). NT


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**Darland flipped during practice. Faria & Sheridan flipped during qualifying. Simone, Matthews, Gutierrez, Faria & Sheridan flipped during the C-Main. Larson & Clarke flipped during the second heat. Larson flipped on lap-8 of the feature. Bragg flipped on lap 11 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Stanbrough


FINAL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,827; 2-Whitt-1,603; 3-Darland-1,601; 4-Hines-1,408; 5-Coons-1,401; 6-D.Gardner-1,399; 7-Clauson-1,040; 8-Hagen-1,006; 9-Boat-973; 10-Stanbrough-945.


NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-997; 2-Cardey-897; 3-Hansen-847; 4-Miller-719; 5-Bragg-700; 6-Sheridan-698; 7-Mitchell-634; 8-R.Williams-601; 9-Kruseman-564; 10-D.Gardner-443.


NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Memorial”