WISE CLAIMS LAWRENCEBURG PRIZE

Lawrenceburg, IN…….Josh Wise of Riverside, Calif. led the final eight laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC National Sprint Car race at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. Wise took the lead from Brad Sweet exiting the second turn on lap 23 in his Indiana Underground Construction Maxim/Chevy. Levi Jones grabbed second from Sweet on the final lap, with Chad Boat and series point leader Dave Darland rounding out the “top five” at the checkered flag. Wise was also Saturday’s fastest qualifier.



USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 18, 2009 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Wise, 37, Indiana Underground-13.977; 2. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-14.040; 3. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-14.041; 4. Jeff Bland, 21s, Bland-14.046; 5. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.067; 6. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-14.080; 7. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-14.091; 8. Bryan Clauson, 39x, Clauson-14.108; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.199; 10. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.201; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.233; 12. Casey Riggs, 37R, Indiana Underground-14.282; 13. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-14.333; 14. Jesse Hockett, 13, Hockett-14.381; 15. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-14.408; 16. Brett Burdette, 11, Walker-14.411; 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-14.449; 18. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-14.515; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-14.518; 20. Josh Spencer, 56, Batcheldor-14.643; 21. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.647; 22. Shane Hmiel, 10, R & B-14.649; 23. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-14.658; 24. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.673; 25. Shawn Westerfeld, 89, Westerfeld-14.683; 26. Brady Short, 36, Short-14.690; 27. Hunter Schuerenberg, 07, Wilson-14.759; 28. Jimmy Light, 12, R & B-14.839; 29. Chad Boespflug, 98, Gatten-14.855; 30. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-14.898; 31. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-14.986; 32. Rick Vaughn, 22, Grayson-15.046; 33. J.R. Douglas, 3R, Beal-15.061; 34. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-15.654.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Boespflug, 3. Hendrick, 4. Coons, 5. Wise, 6. Boat, 7. Fitzpatrick, 8. Douglas, 9. Westerfeld. 2:26.53


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. Cottle, 3. Hockett, 4. Darland, 5. Ballou, 6. Faas, 7. Weber, 8. Simon, 9. Hmiel. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Sweet, 5. Whitt, 6. Gardner, 7. Goodnight, 8. Kaplan. 2:28.51


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Light, 2. Hines, 3. Bland, 4. Clauson, 5. Burdette, 6. Vaughn, 7. Riggs, 8. Spencer. 2:30.49


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Wise, 2. Faas, 3. Boat, 4. Gardner, 5. Ballou, 6. Whitt, 7. Burdette, 8. Riggs, 9. Fitzpatrick, 10. Spencer, 11. Westerfeld, 12. Goodnight,. 13. Hmiel, 14. Simon, 15. Vaughn. 16. Douglas, 17. Weber. 2:52.57


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Josh Wise, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Chad Boat, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Jesse Hockett, 8. Cole Whitt, 9. Brady Short, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Brett Burdette, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Robert Ballou, 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 18. Jimmy Light, 19. Bryan Clauson, 20. Nic Faas, 21. Jeff Bland Jr., 22. Shane Cottle, 23. Hunter Schuerenberg. NT


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Simon & Hmiel flipped during the second heat. Simon & Weber flipped at the start of the semi.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Faas, Laps 14-22 Sweet, Laps 23-30 Wise.


 


NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-368; 2-Hockett-331; 3-Jones-303; 4-Sweet-270; 5-Coons-270; 6-Whitt-267; 7-Gardner-255; 8-Stanbrough-239; 9-Hines-235; 10-Wise-207.


 


NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: May 2 – Anderson (IN) Speedway – “Glen Niebel Classic”