RIGGS GETS FIRST USAC SPRINT WIN IN ISW ROUND #5
Brownstown, IN……..Casey Riggs of Shelbyville, Ind. scored his first career AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car feature victory Thursday night in round five of the 2011 “Indiana Sprint Week” at Brownstown Speedway. He trailed pole starter Chad Boespflug for the first 16 laps, then took over on lap 17 and led the rest of the way, rim-riding in his Indiana Underground Construction Maxim/Chevy. Fast qualifier Levi Jones took second by inches over Brady Short, while Tracy Hines and Bobby East rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag. Chris Windom finished 14th and continues to lead the Indiana Sprint Week standings by 29 points over Robert Ballou going into Friday’s race at Bloomington Speedway.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2011 – Brownstown, Indiana – Brownstown Speedway – 24th “Indiana Sprint Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.474; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-14.667; 3. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.796; 4. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.866; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.908; 6. Keith Bloom, 27, Abreu-14.927; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.988; 8. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.005; 9. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-15.055; 10. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-15.109; 11. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.168; 12. Chad Boespflug, 98x, Gatt-15.199; 13. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.342; 14. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.462; 15. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-15.476; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.484; 17. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.498; 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-15.510; 19. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.608; 20. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR-BCI-Curb-Agajanian-15.633; 21. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-15.698; 22. Chris Babcock, 35x, Babcock-15.710; 23. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-15.754; 24. Wes 2McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-15.845; 25. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-15.866; 26. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-15.919; 27. Daron Clayton, 69, Dynamics-16.028; 28. Shane Cottle, 11, Walker-16.137; 29. Danny Holtsclaw, 22, Grayson-16.147; 30. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-16.187; 31. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-16.222; 32. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-16.302; 33. 36. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-16.322; 34. J.R. Douglas, 09, Douglas-16.391; 35. Gary Rooke, 42a, Rooke-17.010; 36. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-17.067; 37. Todd Kirkman, 16, Kirkman-17.175; 38. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-17.201; 39. Jake Simmons, 7s, Simmons-17.563; 40. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-17.829; 41. Seth Motsinger, 44, Motsinger-18.560; 42. Jared Harris, 81H, Harris-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Grant, 3. Jones, 4. East, 5. Holtsclaw, 6. Barrow, 7. Jackson, 8. Briscoe, 9. Kirkman, 10. Motsinger, 11. Schuerenberg, NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Coons, 4. Douglas, 5. Elson, 6. Thomas, 7. Hughes, 8. Hupp, 9. Bloom, 10. Babcock. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Gulick, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. Clayton, 6. Welpott, 7. Hines, 8. Robbins, 9. Rooke, 10. Simmons, NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McIntyre, 2. Cottle, 3. Ballou, 4. Boespflug, 5. Fitzpatrick, 6. Clauson, 7. Hendrick, 8. Stockon, 9. Short, 10. Burton, NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Short, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Elson, 4. Clauson, 5. Clayton, 6. Hines, ‘7. Holtsclaw, 8. Robbins, 9. Fitzpatrick, 10. Hupp, 11. Briscoe, 12. Hendrick, 13. Burton, 14. Babcock, 15. Welpott, 16. Kirkman, 17. Motsinger, 18. Simmons, 19. Thomas, 20. Jackson, 21. Barrow, 22. Hughes, 23. Stockon, 24. Rooke. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Casey Riggs, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Brady Short, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Bobby East, 6. Chad Boespflug, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Coleman Gulick, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Hunter Schuerenberg, 12. Daron Clayton, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Bryan Clauson, 17. Justin Grant, 18. J.R. Douglas, 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 20. Andrew Elson, 21. Wes McIntyre, 22. Blake Fitzpatrick, 23. Dave Darland. NT
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**Bloom flipped during the second heat. Short flipped during the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Boespflug, Laps 17-30 Riggs.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-752; 2-Windom-707; 3-Ballou-671; 4-Stanbrough-651; 5-Clauson-643; 6-Schuerenberg-612; 7-Gardner-573; 8-Darland-571; 9-East-554; 10-Hines-505.
NEW “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Windom-293; 2-Ballou-264; 3-Clauson-243; 4-Coons-229; 5-Darland-213.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 15 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway – 24th “Indiana Sprint Week”