DARLAND WINS “ISW” OPENER AT GAS CITY

 


Gas City, IN……..Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. led all 30 laps of Friday night’s 2011 “Indiana Sprint Week” AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car opener at the Gas City I-69 Speedway in his Leer Racing DRC/Speedway special. The win puts him atop the ISW standings going into Saturday night's round two at the Kokomo Speedway. Chris Windom finished second ahead of Robert Ballou, Bryan Clauson and Shane Cottle. Darland's win was the 76th USAC National victory of his career, tying him with Jack Hewitt for seventh on the all-time list. The win was also his 15th in Indiana Sprint Week history, an all-time record. Jerry Coons Jr. was the fastest of 48 qualifiers.


 


AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 8, 2011 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – 24th “Indiana Sprint Week”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-13.175; 2. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.260; 3. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-13.307; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR-BCI-Curb-Agajanian-13.412; 5. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-13.426; 6. Chad Boespflug, 98x, Gatt-13.496; 7. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.498; 8. Daron Clayton, 69, Dynamics-13.522; 9. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.542; 10. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.545; 11. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-13.616; 12. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-13.619; 13. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.630; 14. Todd Kirkman, 16, Kirkman-13.639; 15. Brady Short, 36, Short-13.661; 16. Ryan Pace, 44, Pace-13.693; 17. Shane Cottle, 11, Walker-13.695; 18. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.711; 19. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.737; 20. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-13.747; 21. Critter Malone, 7x, CM Sport-13.763; 22. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.775; 23. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-13.776; 24. Thomas Meseraull, 57, Hazen-13.795; 25. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-13.822; 26. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-13.871; 27. Dustin Morgan, 2x, M & M-13.928; 28. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-13.954; 29. Keith Bloom, 27B, Abreu-13.983; 30. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.993; 31. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.044; 32. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-14.065; 33 Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-14.106; 34. Wes McIntyre, 83. McIntyre-14.145; 45. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.210; 36. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-14.261; 37. Casey Shuman, X, Barnhill-14.296; 38. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.309; 39. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-14.582; 40. Kevin Studley, 57x, Studley-14.588; 41. A.J. Francis, 21F, Francis-14.692; 42. Matt Mitchell, 2J, Yeley-14.768; 43. J.C. Bland, 98, Bland-14.853; 44. Gary Rooke, 42A, Rooke-14.944; 45. Jake Simmons, 7s, Simmons-15.610; 46. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-NT; 47. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-NT; 48. Logan Jarrett, 29x, Jarrett-NT.


 


QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. McIntyre, 2. Gardner, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Shuman, 5. Burdette, 6. Goodnight, 7. Bland, 8. Jarrett, 9. Francis, 10. Simmons, 11. Studley, 12. Rooke, 13. Briscoe, 14. Weir. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Ballou, 3. Coons, 4. McIntyre, 5. Hines, 6. Hughes, 7. Malone, 8. Grant, 9. Bloom. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Darland, 3. Gulick, 4. Jones, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. Boespflug, 8. Kirkman, 9. Gardner. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Short, 3. Windom, 4. Hendrick, 5. East, 6. Welpott, 7. Morgan, 8. Robbins, 9. Schuerenberg. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Pace, 3. Elson, 4. Clauson, 5. Shuman, 6.Riggs, 7. Jackson, 8. Gurley, 9. Clayton. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Clayton, 3. Hughes, 4. East, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Gurley, 7. Kirkman, 8. Malone, 9. Welpott, 10. Riggs, 11. Robbins, 12. Shuman, 13. Grant, 14. Jackson, 15. Ted Hines, 16. Fitzpatrick, 17. Morgan, 18. Schuerenberg. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Shane Cottle, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Chad Boespflug, 8. Coleman Gulick, 9. Daron Clayton, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Bobby East, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. Levi Jones, 15. Brady Short, 16. Damion Gardner, 17. Wes McIntyre, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Andrew Elson, 20. Thomas Meseraull, 21. J.J. Hughes, 22. Jonathan Hendrick, 23. Ryan Pace, 24. Chris Gurley. 6:25.08


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**Burdette flipped during the qualifying race. Briscoe flipped during the qualifying race. Morgan flipped during the semi.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland.


 


NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-568; 2-Stanbrough-492; 3-Windom-481; 4-Ballou-468; 5-Clauson-459; 6-Schuerenberg-459; 7-East-431; 8-Darland-425; 9-Gardner-424; 10-Tracy Hines-355.


NEW “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Darland-67; 2-Windom-67; 3-Ballou-61; 4-Clauson-59; 5-Coons-57.


 


NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 9 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway – 24th “Indiana Sprint Week”