CLARKE NOTCHES 1ST USAC NATIONAL WIN AT TOLEDO

Toledo, OH……..Henry Clarke of Villa Park, Calif. earned his first-ever USAC National feature victory Friday night at Toledo Speedway, leading the final 31 laps of the 50-lap “Hemelgarn Racing Super Fitness Night” USAC AMSOIL Sprint race. Trailing Clarke’s Advanced Racing/Rise Up Foundation Beast/Speedway Mopar were Shane Hmiel, Bobby East, Levi Jones and Tracy Hines. Jones led the first 19 laps before yielding to Clarke. Hmiel and Clarke contacted each other in the final turn of the final lap, then finished 1-2.



AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 2, 2010 – Toledo, Ohio – Toledo Speedway – “Hemelgarn Racing Super Fitness Night’


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-14.668; 2. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-14.714; 3. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-14.733; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17s, RWB-14.754; 5. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.757; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-14.810; 7. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-14.820; 8. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.824; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.853; 10. Tracy Hines, 2v, Vance-14.856; 11. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-14.858; 12. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-14.891; 13. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-14.919; 14. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-14.925; 15. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-15.031; 16. Dave Baumgartner, 19, Durnwald-15.076; 17. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-15.215; 18. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.224; 19. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-15.246; 20. Chad Atkinson, 39, Atkinson-15.917.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Baungartner, 2. T.Swanson, 3. Hines, 4. Clauson, 5. Hmiel, 6. K.Swanson, 7. Hunt. 2:01.14


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fike, 2. McCune, 3. Williams, 4. Clarke, 5. Gardner, 6. Helberg, 7. Atkinson. 2:00.43


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Jones, 3. East, 4. Coons, 5. Wilson, 6. Windom. 1:59.40


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Henry Clarke, 2. Shane Hmiel, 3. Bobby East, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Kody Swanson, 8. JoJo Helberg, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Tanner Swanson, 11. Jimmy McCune, 12. Ricky Williams, 13. A.J. Fike, 14. Dave Baumgartner, 15. Casey Riggs, 16. Damion Gardner, 17. Chad Atkinson, 18. Jacob Wilson, 19. Tony Hunt. NT


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**Gardner flipped on lap 33 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Jones, Laps 20-50 Clarke.


 


NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-1,110; 2-Gardner-1,099; 3-Clauson-1,032; 4-Coons-993; 5-Windom-952; 6-Hines-937; 7-Clarke-876; 8-Hmiel-714; 9-Darland-600; 10-Williams-582.


NEW NATIONAL SPRINT PAVEMENT POINTS: 1-Hmiel-286; 2-Coons-263; 3-Clauson-259; 4-Gardner-249; 5-Clarke-235; 6-Hines-226; 7-East-221; 8-Jones-213; 9-Windom-190; 10-K.Swanson-190.


 


NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 9 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway – “Indiana Sprint Week”