WINDOM WIRE-TO-WIRE IN DOMINANT “HURTUBISE CLASSIC” VICTORY
Terre Haute, IN……..Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic” AMSOIL USAC National Sprint race at the Terre Haute Action Track. Levi Jones came from 16th to second to hang onto a 16-point lead in the standings. Windom piloted the Fox Paving/Claxton Engines Maxim/Mopar to the victory. Hunter Schuerenberg, Keith Bloom Jr. and Robert Ballou rounded out the “top-five.” Four drivers flipped during the program, including Bryan Clauson, who cleared the wall in turn one on the opening lap of the feature, but there were no injuries.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 10, 2011 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – “Jim Hurtubise Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.337; 2. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-19.365; 3. Casey Shuman, 69, Dynamics-19.397; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-19.405; 5. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-19.482; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-19.513; 7. Hud Cone, 21, Pollock-19.597; 8. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-19.613; 9. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-19.625; 10. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-19.652; 11. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-19.671; 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-19.704; 13. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-19.717; 14. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-19.724; 15. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-19.732; 16. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-19.759; 17. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-19.786; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-19.833; 19. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-19.848; 20. Shane Cottle, 11, Walker-19.934; 21. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-20.000; 22. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-20.025; 23. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-20.397; 24. Kevin Studley, 57x, Studley-20.660; 25. Steve Thomas, 20T, Thomas-21.482; 26. Patrick Budde, 90, Budde-21.725.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Gardner, 3. Hughes, 4. Cone, 5. Hines, 6. Stanbrough, 7. East, 8. Thomas, 9. Hendrick. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Windom, 3. Mattox, 4. Bloom, 5. McIntyre, 6. Budde, 7. Fitzpatrick, 8. Gulick, 9. Clauson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Jones, 3. Clayton, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Coons, 6. Ballou, 7. Shuman, 8. Studley. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Shuman, 3. Clauson, 4. Fitzpatrick, 5. Ballou, 6. East, 7. Studley, 8. Mattox, 9. Budde, 10. Thomas. 4:02.90
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Keith Bloom Jr., 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Bobby East, 10. Blake Fitzpatrick, 11. Chase Stockon, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Daron Clayton, 15. Hud Cone, 16. J.J. Hughes, 17. Damion Gardner, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Shane Cottle, 20. Brandon Mattox, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Kevin Studley. NT
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**Hendrick flipped during the first heat. Gulick flipped during the second heat. Clauson flipped over the wall in turn 1 on the first lap of the feature. Gardner flipped on lap 29 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Windom.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,149; 2-Windom-1,133; 3-Stanbrough-1,081; 4-Schuerenberg-993; 5-Ballou-982; 6-Darland-934; 7-Hines-883; 8-Gardner-852; 9-Clauson-830; 10-East-727.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – September 17 – Haubstadt, IN – Tri-State Speedway