Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Weekend Preview (July 29-30)

Friday, July 29

Bloomington Speedway

After being dark last weekend to shake off the Indiana Sprint Week hangover the red clay will be flying again on Friday night in Bloomington.

Brady Short leads the track points standings by just four points over Jeff Bland Jr in a points battle that has been raging all season long. Short has tallied four wins so far this season at Bloomington Speedway, the most of any driver.

In the most recent race during Indiana Sprint Week it was Brent Beauchamp picking up his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win.

Joining the sprints on Friday: 305 RaceSavers, MMSA mini-sprints and super stocks.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4:30 pm
Grandstands: 5:30 pm
Hot Laps: 6:30 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $15
Kids 12 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Twin Cities Raceway Park

For the first time in series history, the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series will make an appearance in North Vernon on Friday night when the series ventures into Indiana for a Hoosier State doubleheader this weekend.

Entering Friday night, Shawn Westerfeld holds the series points lead by 140 points over Justin Owen. Cooper Clouse sits third in the standings. Westerfeld dominated the series' most recent race at Portsmouth Raceway Park in Ohio last Saturday.

TQs and pure stocks will be joining the non-wing sprint cars on Friday.

Schedule & Prices

Gates: 3:30 pm
Drivers Meeting: 6:45 pm
Hot Laps & Racing: Follow drivers meeting

Grandstands - $15
Kids 12 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Saturday, July 30

Lawrenceburg Speedway

The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Cars will head to Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday to wrap up their Indiana doubleheader in the Jason Soudrette Memorial.

The visit will be the second and final appearance by BOSS in Lawrenceburg in 2016. Shawn Westerfeld won on the high banks when the series visited on June 11. Westerfeld, a former track champion, has recorded three wins total at Lawrenceburg Speedway this season.

Also in action: UMP modifieds, pure stocks and hornets.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 5 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7 pm

Granstands - $15
Kids 7-12 - $7
Kids 6 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Lincoln Park Speedway

Lincoln Park Speedway will host the 29th Annual Putnamville Clash on Saturday evening in which the winner will take home a $2,900 paycheck.

Shane Cockrum leads the points standings by 75 points over second place Kevin Thomas Jr going into this weekend's action. Brent Beauchamp won last Saturday after a tight battle with "T-Mez" Thomas Meseraull.

Modifieds, super stocks and bombers will also join in on the fun in Putnamville on Saturday evening.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 3:30 pm
Grandstands: 4:30 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7 pm

Grandstands - $20
Kids 10 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Paragon Speedway

After last weekend's program was cancelled due to high temperatures, the tight track championship points battle will resume on Saturday at Paragon Speedway.

Andrew Prather currently leads the standings by just two points over Josh Cunningham. Defending track champion Jake Scott, who has four wins at Paragon Speedway in 2016, sits 33 points back in third place.

Also on display on Saturday: Super stocks, pure stocks, bombers and hornets.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 5 pm
Drivers Meeting: 6 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $15
Kids 12 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Montpelier Motor Speedway

If you're a winged sprint car fan, Montpelier will be the place to be on Saturday night where the NRA Sprint Invaders will be in action.

The series was scheduled to make one other appearance earlier this season but the event was cancelled due to wet weather.

UMP modifieds, super streets and thunder cars will join the winged sprints.

Schedule & Prices

Gates: 3 pm
Hot Laps: 5 pm
Racing: 6:30 pm

Grandstands - $15
Kids 12 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Monday, July 25, 2016

Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series continues to grow

In a day where low car counts and declining crowds are hot topics within the racing community, there is one non-wing sprint car series that is defying the odds.

The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series, otherwise known as BOSS, has continued to grow steadily since its first season in 2011 when the series only consisted of two events. This year the series scheduled 22 races for its 2016 campaign, a record number for BOSS, at 16 different tracks throughout Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

BOSS, which has no registration fees for its competitors, is a driver and owner friendly series. All drivers that compete accumulate points and a number of contingency awards exist for drivers such as Hard Charger, Hard Luck, Perseverance and Lucky Pill Draw Awards among others. BOSS also has an open tire rule which is attractive to some car owners. A free Hoosier tire as well as a free American Racer are provided to the two highest finishers who run each brand of tire on all four corners.

The perks listed above are just some of the reasons why the series has continued to grow, attracting cars from across the region. Through 10 events this year, two others have rained out, the series has averaged just over 34 cars per race. In comparison, that is a higher average than the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series while the Midwest Sprint Car Series, a regional series with a similar number of races on their schedule, has averaged just under 25 cars per event.

There are number of regulars in the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series including Shawn Westerfeld, Cooper Clouse and Justin Owen. However, the series also attracts drivers that many Hoosiers are familiar with seeing on a weekly basis including: Thomas Meseraull, Shane Cottle, Brady Bacon, Landon Simon and Dakota Jackson.

With those names in the mix the series is competitive at any track it competes at. In the 10 races this year there have been seven different winners including: Kody Swanson, Cooper Clouse, Steve Irwin, Shawn Westerfeld, Justin Owen, Dustin Smith and Luke Hall.

If you have not seen the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series in action, this weekend the series will be serving up two opportunities inside the Hoosier State. On Friday night, for the first time in BOSS history, they will be at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon. The series will then travel to Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday night for the Jason Soudrette Memorial.

We'll have more information about those two events later this week in the weekend preview.

For more information about the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series visit their website.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Saturday Results (July 23)

Kokomo Speedway

Feature Results:

1. Rico Abreu
2. Jamie Veal
3. Chad Kemenah
4. Sheldon Haudenschild
5. Christopher Bell
6. Brady Bacon
7. Dale Blaney
8. Dave Blaney
9. Parker Price-Miller
10. Spencer Bayston
11. Hunter Schuerenberg
12. TJ Michael
13. Cap Henry
14. Kraig Kinser
15. Tyler Courtney
16. Danny Holtgraver
17. Caleb Helms
18. Brandon Wimmer
19. Jac Haudenschild
20. Gary Taylor
21. Kody Kinser
22. Carl Bowser
23. Bryan Clauson
24. Randy Hannagan

Heat 1 Results: Bacon, Bell, Taylor, Dale Blaney, Jacobs, Kr. Kinser, Helms, Wilson, Harding
Heat 2 Results: Holtgraver, S. Haudenschild, Price Miller, Abreu, Dave Blaney, Light, Windom, Moody
Heat 3 Results: Veal, Hannagan, Courtney, Wimmer, Michael, Ko. Kinser, Terry, Swanson
Heat 4 Results: Kemenah, Clauson, Schuerenberg, Henry, Palker, Bowser, Howard, Crabtree, J. Haudenschild
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Heat 5 Results: Kr. Kinser, Dale Blaney, Bell, Bacon, Helms, Taylor, Wilson, Jacobs
Heat 6 Results: Dave Blaney, S. Haudenschild, Abreu, Price-Miller, Holtgraver, Moody, Windom, Light
Heat 7 Results: Ko. Kinser, Bayston, Wimmer, Terry, Veal, Courtney, Michael, Hannagan, Swanson
Heat 8 Results: Bowser, J. Haudenschild, Clauson, Schuerenberg, Crabtree, Henry, Kemenah, Howard, Palker

B-Main Results: Transfers - Michael, Bayston, Bowser & Helms

Car Count: 36

Lincoln Park Speedway

Feature Results:

1. Brent Beauchamp
2. Thomas Meseraull
3. Kevin Thomas Jr.
4. Shane Cockrum
5. Tyler Thomas
6. JJ Hughes
7. Nate McMillin
8. Jadon Rogers
9. Billy Cribbs
10. Hunter O'Neal
11. Ben Knight
12. Alec Sipes
13. AJ Hopkins
14. Tim Creech II
15. Jeff Bland Jr.
16. Mario Clouser
17. Casey Shuman
18. Jacob Brown (DNS)

Heat 1 Results: Hopkins, Meseraull, Beauchamp, Clouser, Creech II, Hughes, Cribbs, Sipes, Brown
Heat 2 Results: Cockrum, Bland Jr, Thomas, Thomas Jr, O'Neal, McMillin, Rogers, Knight, Shuman

Car Count: 18

Montpelier Motor Speedway 

Feature Results: 

1. Shane Cottle
2. Brady Short
3. Jon Stanbrough
4. Tyler Hewitt
5. Dave Darland
6. Matt Goodnight
7. Brandon Mattox
8. Donny Brackett
9. Josh Spencer
10. Kyle Robbins
11. Max McGhee
12. Brandon Morin
13. Ted Hines
14. Corey Smith
15. Dave Gross
16. Jared Chastain
17. Stuart Hanft

Heat 1 Results: Cottle, Hewitt, Goodnight, Brackett, Spencer, Smith, Robbins, Hines, Hanft
Heat 2 Results: Stanbrough, Short, Darland, Morin, Mattox, Gross, McGhee, Chastain

Car Count: 17

Lawrenceburg Speedway

Feature Results:

1. Jarett Andretti
2. Justin Grant
3. Jordan Kinser
4. Garrett Abrams
5. Dickie Gaines
6. Joss Moffatt
7. Pat Giddens
8. Kyle Wissmiller
9. Steve Thomas
10. Brian Gray
11. Jake Scott
12. Eric Semple
13. Ben McMurray
14. Cody Clarkson
15. CJ Leary
16. Mike Weber

Heat 1 Results: Leary, Gaines, Abrams, Moffatt, Scott, Clarkson, Gray, McMurray
Heat 2 Results: Kinser, Andretti, Grant, Wissmiller, Giddens, Thomas, Weber, Semple

Car Count: 16

Friday Results (July 22)

Kokomo Speedway

Christopher Bell grabbed night #1 of the two-day Dirt Classic Indiana at Kokomo Speedway on Friday night.

Starting from the pole in all three races he took part in (heat, dash & feature), Bell dominated the evening winning all three and ended the night by taking home his first Indiana sprint car victory of the season.

Rico Abreu finished second after a battle for the position with Bryan Clauson ended with Clauson getting upside down while Jamie Veal charged from the sixth starting position to round out the podium.

The Dirt Classic continues tonight at Kokomo Speedway where the winner will collect $12,500.

Feature Results:

1. Christopher Bell
2. Rico Abreu
3. Jamie Veal
4. Chad Kemenah
5. Brady Bacon
6. Sheldon Haudenschild
7. Randy Hannagan
8. Jac Haudenschild
9. Dave Blaney
10. Danny Holtgraver
11. Brandon Wimmer
12. Hunter Schuerenberg
13. Gary Taylor
14. Chris Windom
15. Tyler Courtney
16. Cap Henry
17. Kraig Kinser
18. Caleb Helms
19. Parker Price-Miller
20. TJ Michael
21. Bryan Clauson
22. Lee Jacobs
23. Dave Blaney
24. Kody Kinser
25. Andrew Palker

Dash Results: Bell, Clauson, Abreu, Bacon, Kemenah, Veal, Blaney, Holtgraver

B-Main Results: Courtney, Michael, Windom, Jacobs...Harding, Light, Bayston, Howard, Helms, Malone, Terry Jr, Bowser, Wilson, Moody, Swanson, Smith, Crabtree

Car Count: 37

Friday, July 22, 2016

Schedule Changes (July 23)

Because of predicted high temperatures many tracks have changed their sprint car programs for Saturday. Below is a list of races that have either changed start times or cancelled. Keep an eye on this post and our Twitter as we update any changes as they happen.

Montpelier Motor Speedway - MMS has pushed back their starting times 1 hour. Qualifying will now take place at 6 pm instead of 5 pm with racing beginning at 7:30 pm.

Lincoln Park Speedway - LPS has pushed back their hot laps back to 7 pm with racing beginning at 8 pm.

Lawrenceburg Speedway - Hot laps at Lawrenceburg Speedway have been pushed back to 7 pm while their opening ceremonies will now be at 7:30 pm.

Paragon Speedway - Paragon Speedway has cancelled their program for July 23.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Weekend Preview (July 22-23)

Friday, July 22

Kokomo Speedway

We will kick off the weekend in style on Friday night when the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions visit Kokomo Speedway for the first night of the Dirt Classic.

Entering Friday night, Chad Kemenah holds a slight advantage over defending ASCoC champion Dale Blaney in series points. Other drivers scheduled to appear in the two night event include Bryan Clauson and Rico Abreu.

Making the feature on Friday will prove important as it will determine the starting lineups for the first round of heat races on Saturday.

For more on the format for the weekend visit the Dirt Classic website here.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 3 pm
Grandstands: 3 pm
Hot Laps: 6:30 pm
Racing: 8 pm

Grandstands - $22
Kids 10 & Under - Free (GA Only)
Reserved Seats - $25
Pit Passes - $30

Saturday, July 23

Montpelier Motor Speedway

The Midwest Sprint Car Series (MSCS) returns to action on Saturday night for the first time since July 2, this time at the Montpelier Motor Speedway.

Brandon Morin currently holds a 10 point lead in the points standings over Brady Short while Carson Short sits only 15 points behind Morin. Both Brady Short and Carson Short are hot off wins during Indiana Sprint Week.

Joining the MSCS sprint cars will be UMP modifieds, super streets and thunder cars.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 4 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $15
Kids 12 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Kokomo Speedway

The Dirt Classic continues at Kokomo Speedway on Saturday night where the feature will pay $800 to start and the winner will collect $12,500.

The UMRA TQ midgets will be joining the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions on Saturday evening.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 3 pm
Grandstands: 3 pm
Hot Laps: 6:30 pm
Racing: 8 pm

Grandstands - $25
Kids 10 & Under - Free (GA Only)
Reserved Seats - $30
Pit Passes - $35

Lincoln Park Speedway

Sprint cars return to Putnamville on Saturday night for the first time since last Thursday night when Brady Short dominated the fourth round of Indiana Sprint Week.

Heading into Saturday night's action it is Shane Cockrum well out front in the track championship points standings, his nearest competitor being Cullman, Alabama's Kevin Thomas Jr. who sits 76 points back.

Modifieds, super stocks and bombers will also be in action on Saturday evening at LPS.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 3 pm
Grandstands: 4:30 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7 pm

Grandstands - $15
Kids 10 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Lawrenceburg Speedway

The Kelsey Chevrolet sprint cars will resume their tight points battle on Saturday night which is also CDL Night in Lawrenceburg. Anyone presenting a valid CDL will be granted free admission.

Jarett Andretti currently holds just a 10 point lead in the track championship standings over former track champion Shawn Westerfeld. Defending track champion Joss Moffatt sits in third place, 105 points back.

UMP modifieds, pure stocks and hornets will join the sprint cars on Lawrenceburg Speedway's high banks. For fans planning on attending the races on Saturday evening please note the different times for hot laps and opening ceremonies below. The promoter has chosen to move back the times due to the predicted high temperatures.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 5 pm
Hot Laps: 7 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $15
Kids 7-12 - $7
Kids 6 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Paragon Speedway

As is the case on most Saturday nights, sprint cars will be racing at Paragon Speedway where Josh Cunningham and Shane Cockrum both won features last Saturday night.

Andrew Prather currently holds a narrow two point lead over Josh Cunningham in the points standings while defending track champion Jake Scott, who has collected four wins at Paragon Speedway in 2016, sits in third place.

Also in action Saturday evening at Paragon Speedway, MMSA mini-sprints, super stocks, pure stocks, hornets and bombers.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 5 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $15
Kids 12 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Schedule subject to change

Monday, July 18, 2016

2016 Indiana Sprint Week Recap

The 2016 version of Indiana Sprint Week is now in the books and with it we have gained a first time champion along with four new USAC feature winners.

The week began at Gas City I-69 Speedway on July 8. After spinning on the first lap of the 30 lap feature not many would have thought it would only take "Sunshine" a little over 20 laps to pass all 23 competitors but that's exactly what happened.

Courtney rolled the bottom as the top went away and was able to get by two-time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion Bryan Clauson in route to his first series victory. Courtney was followed by Clauson and 2011 Indiana Sprint Week champion, Chris Windom.

Sprint Week continued on July 9 at Kokomo Speedway. For the second straight night it was a new winner in victory lane as Princeton, Indiana's Kyle Cummins picked up the win. Cummins was able to hold off last years Indiana Sprint Week champion Robert Ballou in a photo finish at the line after running the bottom nearly perfect for the final 8 laps. Kevin Thomas Jr. finished third.

Rounding out the first half of Indiana Sprint Week cars next appeared in Lawrenceburg where Bryan Clauson led all but the first five laps of the feature to pick up his seventh USAC sprint car feature victory of 2016. Tyler Courtney and Chris Windom rounded out the podium.

Indiana Sprint Week was scheduled to resume in Terre Haute on July 13 but rain forced drivers and fans to wait until the following night at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville.

This time it was Brady Short picking up his 7th Indiana sprint car win of the season on a track, that just 24 hours earlier, had been flooded. Short picked off 10 cars in the first 10 laps and was able to get around Dave Darland to lead lap 12 and would never relinquish the position. Chase Stockon was second followed by Chad Boespflug in third.

Last Friday night took the series to Bloomington Speedway where we were once again treated to a first time USAC winner when Brent Beauchamp out-dueled USAC's all-time winningest sprint car driver in Dave Darland. The pair traded blows for much of the feature and officially there were seven different lead changes between the two until Beauchamp pulled away over the final 10 laps.

Brady Bacon, continuing a string of consistent finishes would come home second in the #69 while Dave Darland finished third.

The week's trend of first time winners continued on Saturday night when Carson Short picked up the victory at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.

Short led all 30 laps en route to the victory while Kokomo winner Kyle Cummins finished second followed by Chase Stockon. The finish set up a dramatic climax to Indiana Sprint Week with Brady Bacon leading defending USAC sprint car champion Robert Ballou in the Indiana Sprint Week standings by just 10 points.

As usual, the legendary Action Track at Terre Haute did not disappoint on Sunday in the Indiana Sprint Week finale. Chase Stockon became the seventh different winner in the seven race series after holding off numerous challenges by Robert Ballou. Bryan Clauson had been charging hard before losing a right rear and being forced to restart from the tail and finishing with a top ten.

In the process Brady Bacon won the Indiana Sprint Week title for the first time in his career behind consistent runs over the seven race series. Bacon did not score a win but tallied multiple top fives and finished outside the top ten only once when he finished 11th at Putnamville.

Final Indiana Sprint Week standings

1. Brady Bacon
2. Robert Ballou (-9)
3. Tyler Courtney (-58)
4. Chase Stockon (-66)
5. Chris Windom (-89)

Updated USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car standings

1. Brady Bacon
2. Robert Ballou (-170)
3. Chase Stockon (-214)
4. Thomas Meseraull (-244)
5. Dave Darland (-364)

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Indiana Sprint Week Sunday Results (July 17)

Terre Haute Action Track

After getting rained out on Wednesday, sprints returned to Terre Haute on Sunday night to round out the 2016 edition of Indiana Sprint Week.

Chase Stockon was able to hold off Robert Ballou to pick up the win and Brady Bacon picked up the Indiana Sprint Week crown after yet another top five finish.

The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars now take a short break before resuming their season in late July at Tri-City Speedway in Illinois.

Feature Results:

1. Chase Stockon
2. Robert Ballou
3. Tyler Courtney
4. Brady Bacon
5. Aaron Farney
6. Chris Windom
7. Logan Jarrett
8. Jerry Coons Jr.
9. Bryan Clauson
10. CJ Leary
11. Max McGhee
12. Chad Boespflug
13. Dave Darland
14. Thomas Meseraull
15. Jon Stanbrough
16. Carson Short
17. Riley Kreisel
18. Jarett Andretti
19. Tyler Thomas
20. Bret Mellenberndt
21. Kevin Thomas Jr.
22. Tom Harris

Heat 1 Results: Clauson, Leary, Darland, C. Short...Thomas Jr, Mattox, Phillips, S. Thomas
Heat 2 Results: Bacon, Ballou, T. Thomas, Boespflug...McGhee, Wissmiller, Rose, Bell
Heat 3 Results: Courtney, Mellenberndt, Stanbrough, Andretti...Hughes, Chapple, Windom, Farney
Heat 4 Results: Meseraull, Coons Jr, Jarrett, Stockon...Kreisel, Harris, Ketcham, Chambers

B-Main Results: Windom, Farney, Harris, Thomas Jr, Kreisel, McGhee...Wissmiller, Mattox, Hughes, Rose, Phillips, S. Thomas, Bell

Car Count: 32

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Indiana Sprint Week Thursday Results (July 14)

Lincoln Park Speedway

In front of yet another huge Indiana Sprint Week crowd we were treated to our 4th different winner in as many rounds as Brady Short cruised to victory on Thursday night in Putnamville.

Short was able to get around Dave Darland to take the lead and never looked back winning in dominating fashion. Chase Stockon, who started on the front row, had a strong run and finished second while the #98 of Chad Boespflug rounded out the podium.

Defending USAC sprint car champion Robert Ballou finished 4th while Thomas Meseraull who was in a new ride tonight provided by Landon Simon Racing broke in his new ride with a top five finish.

Indiana Sprint Week continues tomorrow night on the red clay of Bloomington Speedway.

Feature Results:

1. Brady Short
2. Chase Stockon
3. Chad Boespflug
4. Robert Ballou
5. Thomas Meseraull
6. Jerry Coons Jr.
7. Shane Cottle
8. Tyler Courtney
9. Kevin Thomas Jr.
10. Dave Darland
11. Brady Bacon
12. Aaron Farney
13. Jarett Andretti
14. Tyler Thomas
15. Brent Beauchamp
16. CJ Leary
17. Justin Grant
18. Logan Jarrett
19. Chris Windom
20. Zach Daum
21. Isaac Chapple
22. Hunter Schuerenberg
23. JJ Hughes
24. Jon Stanbrough

Heat 1 Results: Courtney, Boespflug, Hughes, Thomas Jr...Coons Jr, S. Cottle, DiMattia, Mattox, Hopkins, Schmidt, Light, Harris, Creech II
Heat 2 Results: Meseraull, Beauchamp, Windom, Grant...Stanbrough, Schuerenberg, Farney, C. Smith, Williams, Cummins, Underwood, McMillin
Heat 3 Results: Short, Bacon, Daum, Stockon...Leary, C. Cottle, Gaines, Shuman, Chamber, Mellenberndt, Ketcham
Heat 4 Results: Ballou, Jarrett, Andretti, Darland...Chapple, Cockrum, Hodges, T. Thomas, Gass, Kreisel, L. Smith, McGhee

C-Main Results: C. Cottle, Hopkins, Farney, Hodges...Creech II, Williams, Gaines, Mellenberndt, Light, Schmidt, Kreisel, Chambers, Underwood, Gass, Brannin, Chapple, L. Smith

B-Main Results: Thomas, Leary, Schuerenberg, Coons Jr, S. Cottle, Stanbrough....Cockrum, Mattox, McGhee, DiMattia, Cummins, Hodges, Farney, Hopkins, Shuman, C. Cottle, C. Smith

Car Count: 50

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Indiana Sprint Week at THAT postponed

Wednesday night's Don Smith Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track has been postponed until Sunday, July 17 due to inclement weather.

The next round of Indiana Sprint Week is slated to happen tomorrow night in Putnamville at Lincoln Park Speedway.

Make sure you're following us on Twitter on the handle @INSprintCarNews as we try to keep you updated on the weather as the rest of the week is predicted to be somewhat wet.

Indiana Sprint Week Preview Pt. 2 (July 13-16)

It is time for the final four events of Indiana Sprint Week for 2016. Entering Wednesday night in Terre Haute it is Indiana's own Tyler Courtney leading the ISW standings by 20 points over 2014 USAC sprint car champion Brady Bacon. Chris Windom is in third 22 points back of Courtney.

Courtney collected his first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win on Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway after charging from the rear of the field. Kyle Cummins repeated the feat of becoming a first time series winner on Saturday night after edging Robert Ballou in a photo finish at Kokomo Speedway in the Tony Elliott Classic.

In the most recent round, Bryan Clauson picked up the win at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Clauson currently sits fourth in the Indiana Sprint Week standings and 10th in USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car standings but is not slated to run the entire Indiana Sprint Week schedule due to obligations to his winged sprint car team.

Wednesday, July 13

Terre Haute Action Track

Indiana Sprint Week resumes on Wednesday night for the Don Smith Classic in Terre Haute.

Aaron Farney collected his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win last year after leading all 30 leaps in the feature event. Farney would go on to win USAC sprint car Rookie of the Year honors in 2015.

The USAC sprint cars have visited the very fast half-mile track once in 2016. Robert Ballou picked up the victory in the Tony Hulman Classic in May after a spirited race-long battle with San Jose, California's Thomas Meseraull. The win was Ballou's second in a row in the Tony Hulman Classic.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 3 pm
Grandstands: 4 pm
Hot Laps: 6:30 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $25
Infield - $15
Kids 10 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Thursday, July 14

Lincoln Park Speedway

Downtown Putnamville will be the spot to be on Thursday night as the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars take to the dirt of Lincoln Park Speedway for round number five of Indiana Sprint Week.

Robert Ballou won in dominating fashion at LPS when USAC visited back on July 1 as part of the Bill Gardner Sprintacular. During the 2015 edition of Indiana Sprint Week it was Brady Bacon picking up the victory.

UMP super stocks will join the sprint cars for this years edition of Indiana Sprint Week Thursday Night Thunder.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 4:30 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7 pm

Grandstands - $25
Kids 10 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Friday, July 15

Bloomington Speedway

Running on their normal night, the red clay of Bloomington Speedway plays host to round six of Indiana Sprint Week for the Sheldon Kinser Memorial.

Last year's event was rained out following the completion of the B-Main. Bryan Clauson won in USAC action in Bloomington in mid-April. Brady Short has dominated at the track in 2016 racking up four wins.

Sprint car fans will not only be treated to the USAC non-wing sprints next Friday night but also the Bloomington Speedway 305 RaceSaver winged sprint cars as well.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 5:30 pm
Hot Laps: 6:40 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $25
Pit Passes - $30

Saturday, July 16

Tri-State Speedway

The 2016 edition of Indiana Sprint Week wraps up in Haubstadt on Saturday night when we cap off the best week in racing at 'The Class Track', Tri-State Speedway.

Brady Short won the 2015 Indiana Sprint Week finale at TSS after which Robert Ballou was crowned the 2015 Indiana Sprint Week champion. More recently, Chase Stockon triumphed in Haubstadt in USAC action at the track in April.

UMP modifieds will join the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars for the finale.

Schedule & Prices (Note: Times for TSS are CST)

Pit Gates: 3 pm
Grandstands: 4 pm
Hot Laps: 6:30 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $25
Students - $20
Kids 12 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30 
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For any additional information you might be looking for, try our Guided to Indiana Sprint Week here:

http://indianasprintcarnews.blogspot.com/p/indiana-sprint-week.html

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Indiana Sprint Week Saturday Results (July 9)

Kokomo Speedway

Just one night after Tyler Courtney collect is first ever USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win we gained another first time winner on Saturday night on non wing sprint car racing's biggest stage.

Kyle Cummins was able to fend off a hard-charging Robert Ballou in front of a capacity crowd in Kokomo in what can only be described as a wild and crazy feature event. The win was Cummins' first ever USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series win and his second win overall this year in Indiana, his other coming in MSCS action.

Ballou, the defending series champion, finished second while Kevin Thomas Jr. finished third. Jerry Coons Jr. finished fourth while Brady Bacon charged back to the front for a fifth place finish after getting caught up in an incident and having to tag the tail after running inside the top five earlier in the feature.

Indiana Sprint Week continues Sunday at Lawrenceburg Speedway.

Feature Results:

1. Kyle Cummins
2. Robert Ballou
3. Kevin Thomas Jr.
4. Jerry Coons Jr.
5. Brady Bacon
6. Chad Boespflug
7. Tyler Courtney
8. Jarett Andretti
9. Chris Windom
10. Shane Cottle
11. Thomas Meseraull
12. Tyler Thomas
13. Logan Jarrett
14. Chase Stockon
15. Dave Darland
16. Aaron Farney
17. Max McGhee
18. CJ Leary
19. Bryan Clauson
20. Kent Schmidt
21. Hunter Schuerenberg
22. Jon Stanbrough
23. Josh Hodges
24. Cole Ketcham

Heat 1 Results: Stockon, Meseraull, Leary, Coons Jr...Hodges, Beauchamp, Courtney, Grant, Farney, Bland Jr, Mattox, Spencer
Heat 2 Results: Bacon, Andretti, Ballou, Cummins...Daum, Darland, Malone, McGhee, Goodnight, Robbins, Creech II, Hopkins
Heat 3 Results: Thomas, Windom, Clauson, Ketcham...C. Cottle, Schuerenberg, Clouser, Karraker, Gaines, Mellenberndt, Hines, Williams
Heat 4 Results: Boespflug, S. Cottle, Thomas Jr, Jarrett...Stanbrough, DiMattia, Light, Schmidt, Simon, Chapple, Bares

B-Main Results: Stanbrough, Darland, Schuerenberg, Courtney, Hodges, Schmidt...McGhee, Clouser, Daum, Farney, Grant, DiMattia, Bland Jr, C. Cottle, Karraker, Goodnight, Light, Beauchamp

C-Main Results: Bland Jr, DiMattia, Farney, Light, Goodnight, Mellenberndt, Gaines, Robbins, Mattox, Chapple, Spencer, Malone, Williams, Creech II, Hines

Car Count: 47

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Food drive at Kokomo Speedway Saturday

Kokomo Speedway is hosting the Fans for Cans Food Drive on Saturday for the Friends of Howard Haven.

For each can of food brought by fans you will receive a raffle ticket for a drawing later in the evening that will include this years Indiana Sprint Week shirt signed by all drivers competing at Kokomo on Saturday. Others that have also donated items to be given away in the raffle include:
  • Bryan Clauson
  • Shane Cottle
  • Dave Darland
  • Josh Spencer
  • JJ Yeley
  • Logan Jarrett
  • Colten Cottle
  • Chad Boespflug
  • Max McGhee
  • Parker Price-Miller
  • Indy Race Parts
  • Arctic Cat courtesy of the All Star Circuit of Champions 

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Indiana Sprint Week Preview Pt. 1 (July 8-12)

It is once again time for one of the most challenging weeks in racing, Indiana Sprint Week. Here is a preview looking ahead to each night of action prior to the halfway break after round three. For more details about each round take a look at our Guide to Indiana Sprint Week. It has details about each track, where to camp, places to stay and spots to pick up some food or a cold beverages to stock your cooler.

Friday, July 8

Gas City I-69 Speedway

We start the 29th edition of Indiana Sprint Week at Gas City I-69 Speedway on Friday night. 

In the series' most recent appearance in Gas City, local product Scotty Weir picked up his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win after a tight battle with Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Brady Bacon while Kevin Thomas Jr rounded out the podium. Bryan Clauson won the only other sprint car event at the track in 2016 during Indiana Midget Week in June.

Chase Stockon won the Indiana Sprint Week event last year in Gas City while Jon Stanbrough has more national series wins at the track than any other driver with six.

UMP modifieds will be joining the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars on Friday night. 

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 4 pm
Grandstands: 4 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

General Admission - $25
Kids 10 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Saturday, July 9

Kokomo Speedway

Round two of Indiana Sprint Week takes us to 'Indiana's Baddest Bullring' in Kokomo for the Tony Elliott Classic.

Elliott won eight track championships at Kokomo Speedway as well as two USAC Sprint Car championships. The Warsaw, Indiana native captured the Indiana Sprint Week title in 1999. Elliott and three others passed away in October after the plane they were traveling in crashed as they flew to South Carolina for a Notre Dame football game. 

Last year's Indiana Sprint Week event at the track was hampered by rain and could not be resumed until the evening prior to the start of the Sprint Car Smackdown later in the year. Chris Windom picked up the win in that makeup race. 

Bryan Clauson and Kevin Thomas Jr. have dominated at the track in 2016 during weekly action, both racking up two wins a piece while New Mexico's Josh Hodges is the only sprint car driver to tally a feature victory in Kokomo in 2016.

Dave Darland is the all-time wins leader at Kokomo Speedway as well as the all-time winningest driver in Indiana Sprint Week history with 18 victories.

UMRA TQ midgets will also be in action on Saturday evening. 

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 3 pm
Grandstands: 3 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7:30 pm

Grandstands - $25
Kids 10 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Sunday, July 10

The 29th Indiana Sprint Week travels to the high banks of Lawrenceburg Speedway for round three on Sunday before we go into the mid-sprint week break. 

Brady Bacon crossed the finish line first in the 2015 edition of the race after holding off eventual Robert Ballou. Ballou would go on to capture the Indiana Sprint Week championship and the 2015 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car title.

In the series' most recent visit to the track it was Dave Darland getting the win on a frigid night in early April. In doing so, Darland extended his streak of at least one USAC national series wins to 24 straight seasons.

Former track champion Shawn Westerfeld has been victorious more than any other driver in 2016 in Lawrenceburg. Westerfeld has racked up three wins at the track this year. 

The Lawrenceburg Budweiser UMP modifieds will be joining the sprint cars on Sunday evening.

Schedule & Prices

Pit Gates: 3 pm
Grandstands: 5 pm
Hot Laps: 6 pm
Racing: 7 pm

Grandstands - $25
Kids 7 to 12 - $7
Kids 6 & Under - Free
Pit Passes - $30

Tuesday, July 12

There is no racing on Tuesday night but there is one event taking place at the Hoosier Athletic Center in Indianapolis. The facility will be the home of this years Racers Making A Change Softball Showdown. Team captains Chad Boespflug and Kevin Thomas Jr. along with their respective squads will do battle benefiting Riley Kids.

When: 6 pm
Where: Hoosier Athletic Center
             10507 E. US Hwy 136
             Indianapolis, IN 46234
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For any additional information you might be looking for, try our Guided to Indiana Sprint Week here:

http://indianasprintcarnews.blogspot.com/p/indiana-sprint-week.html

Monday, July 4, 2016

ISCN Mid-season recap

It is now July and with Indiana Sprint Week just days away we are now roughly halfway through the Indiana sprint car schedule for 2016. Here is a quick look at what has transpired so far this season.

The 2016 campaign kicked off way back in March with the No Way Out 40 at Brownstown Speedway. Bryan Clauson picked up the win that night and set the pace for what has been a dominating Indiana sprint car season for the Noblesville native. Clauson, who is trying to run 200 races this year in a plethora of cars, has tallied seven wins around the state in a non-wing 410 sprint car.

The most impressive stretch for "BC" came during Indiana Midget Week in which he picked up 4 sprint car victories in five races as well as winning the Indiana Midget Week title. Clauson has also ran a multitude of winged sprint cars events this year as well as taking part in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 in which he finished 23rd.

Another driver that has dominated much of the competition this season is Kevin Thomas Jr. The Cullman, Alabama native began his 2016 season running for Cunningham Motorsports in ARCA. In the season opening event at Daytona, Thomas Jr. was able to navigate his car to a 7th place finish, even after he was caught up in an early race accident not of his doing that eliminated multiple cars from the race and damaged his own.

However, sponsorship woes forced him from the car after only two races. Returning to the Indiana sprint car scene and wheeling the 4J Motorsports sprint car, Thomas Jr. has ripped off six wins across the state including one in USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car action at Brownstown in May. "KTJ" was also the only driver that managed to upend Bryan Clauson as he went on a rampage during Indiana Midget Week. Thomas Jr currently leads the points standings at Kokomo Speedway by seven points over a second place Jerry Coons Jr.

Brady Short, to little surprise, also has a number of wins in 2016. The 2015 Bloomington Speedway track champion has picked up four victories at that track this year and currently sits atop the track standings. Short won the Amati Classic at Paragon Speedway on June 18 and also at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville in May.

In terms of track championship races, Indiana sprint car fans will be treated to a number of battles throughout the remainder of the season.

At Lawrenceburg Speedway, Jarett Andretti leads the standings by just 10 points over 2014 track champion Shawn Westerfeld. Westerfeld, who is running for points in the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS), has taken the checkers three times at the track in 2016 and will need to repeat that feat multiple times to stay close in the standings as the BOSS series will, from time to time, pull him away from his usual duties in Lawrenceburg on Saturday nights.

There is tight two-driver battle going on this season at Bloomington Speedway. Brady Short currently sits atop the standings behind four wins on the red clay. However, Short's lead is only by four points over Jeff Bland Jr. who has finished up front consistently all season although he has yet to win a race in Bloomington this summer.

Paragon Speedway has also provided for a close points battle this season. Jake Scott, the defending track champion, started 2016 strong ripping off two victories in the first two events at Paragon. However, Scott had hit a dry spot until winning his third race of the season last Saturday night helping him gain ground in the standings. Scott currently sit 37 points back of leader Josh Cunningham. Andrew Prather, who has collected a win this year, sits in second place only three points behind Cunningham.

As mentioned earlier, Kevin Thomas Jr. has driven a dominant car in many of the races he has entered this season and that kind of driving has him sitting atop the standings at Kokomo Speedway. Thomas Jr. currently leads veteran driver Jerry Coons Jr. by seven points while Illinois driver Chris Windom sits just 12 points back in third place.

Shane Cockrum has had a consistent season at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville. Cockrum has tallied two victories at LPS this year and holds a commanding lead in the points. The nearest competitor being Kevin Thomas Jr. who is 76 points behind.

On the USAC side of life, Brady Bacon leads the championship standings by 104 points over Thomas Meseraull and 148 points ahead of Chase Stockon. Robert Ballou, the defending USAC sprint car champion, enters Indiana Sprint Week with the hot hand having won two of the last three series events and has won four events total in 2016.

Following the seven rounds of Indiana Sprint Week, the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars are scheduled to make multiple other appearances in the Hoosier State before heading west to conclude their 2016 campaign.

In the Midwest Sprint Car Series (MSCS) the field is currently chasing Brandon Morin. Morin leads second place Brady Short by 10 points while Carson Short sits 15 points back in third. There are currently seven races remaining on the MSCS schedule, all in Indiana.

There has been plenty of winged sprint car action around the state this year as well.

Brad Sweet, David Gravel, Shane Stewart and Donny Schatz have all picked up victories this year with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series in Indiana. Schatz currently leads the points standings for the series by 72 over Brad Sweet. Unfortunately the series has no other dates scheduled in Indiana for the remainder of the season.

The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions have yet to make an appearance in Indiana this season but that will be remedied later this month when the series will visit Kokomo Speedway for the two day Indiana Dirt Classic. The Tony Stewart owned series will also pay a visit to Brownstown Speedway in August.

The Neal Tire Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) sprint cars have also made multiple trips into Indiana this season. Jerrod Hull won on both occasions, once at Bloomington and the other victory coming at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt. Hull also leads the series standings.

Current series points leaders

USAC - Brady Bacon
MSCS - Brandon Morin
WoO - Donny Schatz
ASCoC - Chad Kemenah
ASCS - Sam Hafertepe Jr.
GLSS - Dustin Daggett
MOWA - Jerrod Hull

Wins leaders (in Indiana only)

7 - Bryan Clauson
6 - Brady Short, Kevin Thomas Jr.
3 - Shawn Westerfeld, Jake Scott

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For a complete schedule of sprint car action in Indiana click here

For a complete winners list from Indiana in 2016 click here

Friday, July 1, 2016

Friday Results (July 1)

Lincoln Park Speedway

Robert Ballou used his front row starting spot to cruise to victory on Friday night in Putnamville on night #1 of the Bill Gardner Sprintacular. The defending series champion was able to get out in front of polesitter Chad Boespflug and lead all 30 laps for his 4th USAC victory of the year.

Chad Boespflug finished second while Brady Bacon rounded out the podium. Shane Cottle had a strong run from his twelfth starting position to finish fourth while Dave Darland completed the top five.

Chris Windom was the evenings hard charger finishing 11th after starting 22nd.

Feature Results:

1. Robert Ballou
2. Chad Boespflug
3. Brady Bacon
4. Shane Cottle
5. Dave Darland
6. Chase Stockon
7. Josh Hodges
8. Hunter Schuerenberg
9. Max McGhee
10. Kevin Thomas Jr.
11. Chris Windom
12. CJ Leary
13. Jerry Coons Jr.
14. Jon Stanbrough
15. Jarett Andretti
16. Cole Ketcham
17. Casey Shuman
18. Brent Beauchamp
19. Shane Cockrum
20. Aaron Farney
21. Bret Mellenberndt
22. Thomas Meseraull
23. Logan Jarrett
24. Landon Simon

Heat 1 Results: Thomas Jr, Hodges, Windom, Schuerenberg...Leary, Shuman, Robbins, Creech II
Heat 2 Results: Coons Jr, Ballou, Stockon, Simon...Mellenberndt, Smith, Hines, Mattox
Heat 3 Results: Boespflug, Stanbrough, Bacon, Ketcham...Darland, Farney, McGhee, VanGilder
Heat 4 Results: Cockrum, Andretti, Meseraull, Beauchamp...Hopkins, Jarrett, Cottle, Chapple

B-Main Results: Leary, Cottle, Jarrett, Darland, Shuman, Farney....Mattox, Smith, Hopkins, Robbins, Mellenberndt, Creech II, Hines, McGhee (Chapple & VanGilder DNS)

Car Count: 32

Bloomington Speedway

It has been a tight battle as far as points are concerned all year at Bloomington Speedway between Brady Short and Jeff Bland Jr. and tonight was no different. Brady Short raced his way to his 4th Bloomington win of the year while rival Jeff Bland Jr. finished second.

Tyler Thomas, coming off his first win last weekend at Lincoln Park Speedway rounded out the podium while Bub Cummings and Dakota Jackson completed the top five.

In the 305 RaceSaver class Dakota Jackson picked up his 3rd win in as many weekends.

Feature Results:

1. Brady Short
2. Jeff Bland Jr.
3. Tyler Thomas
4. Bub Cummings
5. Dakota Jackson
6. Jordan Kinser
7. Chris Phillips
8. Brandon Morin
9. Chris Babcock
10. Lee Underwood
11. Mike Gass
12. Jadon Rogers
13. Jake Henderson
14. Cody Clarkson
15. Daylan Chambers
16. Matt McDonald
17. Drew Abel
18. Dave Gross
19. Tyler Waltz
20. Jake Scott
21. Ben McMurray

Heat 1 Results: Bland Jr, Short, Gass, Clarkson, Henderson, Underwood, Gross, Br. Cummings
Heat 2 Results: Kinser, Bub Cummings, Babcock, Morin, Phillips, McDonald, McMurray, Bilbee
Heat 3 Results: Thomas, Jackson, Rogers, Scott, Abel, Waltz, Chambers

Car Count: 23

Results are unofficial