LARSON EMERGES FROM WILD “4-CROWN” SPRINT RACE WITH A VICTORY!

 


Rossburg, OH………Reviving memories of Jack Hewitt’s amazing “sweep” of the 1998 “4-Crown Nationals,” Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. scored a spectacular victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL National Sprint race at the Eldora Speedway. The win came after he had already won the 25-lap Midget race and was about to start from the pole in the 50-lap Traxxas Silver Crown finale. Larson ran 11th in the early stages of the race but advanced through the field as the leaders encountered tire problems. Levi Jones blew a tire on lap 21 and Jerry Coons, Jr., running second, got caught up in the mess. Coons was out of the race and Jones restarted. Chris Windom led the next seven laps but he too had tire problems on lap 28. That put Dave Darland in the lead for one lap but another yellow put Larson right behind Darland on the restart. He quickly moved to the front and put the Dynamics, Inc. Mean Green/Mopar Chalk Stantion Mopar in victory lane! Darland finished second ahead of Bobby East, fast qualifier Tracy Hines and Hunter Schuerenberg.


 


AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2010 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.057; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.071; 3. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-15.098; 4. Matt Westfall, 22s, Simon-15.148; 5. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.226; 6. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.282; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.331; 8. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-15.357; 8. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.489; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-15.511; 11. Kyle Larson, 69, Dynamics-15.519; 12. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.523; 13. Scotty Weir, 23s, Simon-15.620; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.659; 15. Derek Hagar, 9, Hager-15.670; 16. Hud Cone, 21c, Pollock-15.837; 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.878; 18. Dallas Hewitt, 6, Miller-15.881; 19. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.892; 20. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.899; 21. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-15.904; 22. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-15.910; 23. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-15.922; 24. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.946; 25. Kyle Wissmiller, 29x, Wissmiller-16.254; 26. Mark Cassella, 91, Gagliardi-16.354; 27. Daron Clayton, 11, Walker-16.476; 28. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.503; 29. Joe Liguori, 6rr, Liguori-16.520; 30. Todd Kane, 9x, SC-16.634; 31. Wesley Gordon, 3, Sweat Racing-16.652; 32. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-16.742; 33. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-16.764; 34. Brian Smith, 14w, Wilson-16.944; 35. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-17.117; 36. Kirk Jeffries, 59J, Jeffries-17.338; 37. Brandon Whited, 15, AWC-NT; 38. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-NT; 39. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-NT; 40. Jason Cox, 320, Kistle-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Grant, 4. Weir, 5. Ballou, 6. Hines, 7. Gulick, 8. K.Wissmiller, 9. Mattox, 10. Liguori. 2:07.28


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Jones, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Hewitt, 6. Kane, 7. Cassella, 8. Smith, 9. Simon. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Stockon, 3. Bloom, 4. Gardner, 5. Windom, 6. Clayton, 7. Hagar, 8. Gordon, 9. Studley. 2:13.41


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Westfall, 3. Clauson, 4. Hendrick, 5. Darland, 6. Cone, 7. Hughes, 8. Miller, 9. Jeffries. 2:14.39


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Windom, 3. Darland, 4. Ballou, 5. Clayton, 6. Cone, 7. Hagar, 8. Gulick, 9. Simon, 10. Kane, 11. Hughes, 12. Hewitt, 13. Liguori, 14. Cassella, 15. Miller, 16. Gordon, 17. Studley, 18. Smith, 19. Mattox. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Bobby East, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Daron Clayton, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Derek Hagar, 11. Damion Gardner, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Keith Bloom Jr., 14. Matt Westfall, 15. Hud Cone, 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 17. Scotty Weir, 18. Chase Stockon, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Casey Riggs, 21, Jerry Coons Jr., 22, Robert Ballou, 23. Coleman Gulick, 24. Justin Grant. NT


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**Cox flipped during qualifying.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Coons, Laps 14-20 Jones, Laps 21-27 Windom, Lap 28 Darland, Laps 29-30 Larson.


 


NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,257; 2-Windom-1,215; 3-Stanbrough-1,190; 4-Schuerenberg-1,109; 5-Ballou-1,058; 6-Darland-1,053; 7-Hines-1,004; 8-Gardner-948; 9-Clauson-924; 10-East-787.


 


NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 1 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway