Weekend Recap

Friday April 17

Bloomington Speedway

Friday evening at Bloomington Speedway's opener we saw a great group of cars take to the track for the first USAC/MSCS co-sanctioned event of the year. In the feature event Carson Short used his front row starting position to his advantage to lead the first 12 laps of the 30 lap race. Bryan Clauson, in his Priority Aviation #7, charged from the third row using the aid of an early caution as well to the steal the lead away from Short on lap 13 and immediately started to stretch the gap to 2nd place. On the final lap Clauson jumped the cushion and nearly gave the race away to a charging Jon Stanbrough, however he was able to recover to take the victory. Stanbrough finished 2nd followed by Chase Stockon. Tracy Hines as Brady Bacon rounded out the top five.

Feature Finish:
1. Bryan Clauson
2. Jon Stanbrough
3. Chase Stockon
4. Tracy Hines
5. Brady Bacon
6. Carson Short
7. Brady Short
8. Robert Ballou
9. Shane Cottle
10. Dave Darland

Heat 1: Bacon, Cottle, Cummins, C. Short
Heat 2: Darland, Ballou, Tr. Hines, Boespflug
Heat 3: Stockon, Clauson, Grant, McGhee
Heat 4: Cockrum, Simon, B. Short, Leary
B-Main: Thomas Jr, Jarrett, Stanrbough, Briscoe, Coons Jr.

Car Count: 35

Saturday April 18

Tri-State Speedway

For the second time in as many nights USAC and MSCS came together to co-sanction an event. This time the Spring Showdown at TSS. In the feature event Tracy Hines and Kyle Cummins used their front row starting positions to both lead laps early however a very fast Brady Bacon got around both to capture the lead early and began a dominant run to the finish. A very quick Robert Ballou, coming from the 7th starting position, was able to get to 2nd and was applying heavy pressure to Bacon before a top 5 running Kevin Thomas Jr. clipped a lapped car and brought out the races only caution. On the restart Bacon was able to get away from the ever present Ballou to get the win. Ballou finished as the runner-up followed by Kyle Cummins, Brady Short, and Chase Stockon. A very consistent Stockon, who collected another pair of top 5's this weekend continues to lead USAC points after this weekends action.

Feature Finish:
1. Brady Bacon
2. Robert Ballou
3. Kyle Cummins
4. Brady Short
5. Chase Stockon
6. Tracy Hines
7. Dave Darland
8. Kevin Thomas Jr.
9. CJ Leary
10. Carson Short

Heat 1: Ballou, Darland, Jarrett, Farney
Heat 2: B Short, Leary, Bland Jr, Tr. Hines
Heat 3: Bacon, Brackett, Cummins, Stockon
B-Main: Grant, C Short, Stanbrough, Lyerla, Ted Hines

Car Count: 24

Lawrenceburg Speedway

For the second time in as many weeks 22 cars were on hand to battle it out on the high banks of Lawrenceburg Speedway. The feature had plenty of drama as "T-Mez" Thomas Meseraull and Joss Moffatt had a great battle for the top position while Jarett Andretti looked to get into the mix at times. When the checkered flag flew it was Meseraull who claimed the top spot followed by Moffatt who put in an impressive drive. Andretti came home in the 3rd spot while 2014 track champion Shawn Westerfeld finished 4th. Max McGhee collected the final spot inside the top 10.

Feature Finish:
1. Thomas Meseraull
2. Joss Moffatt
3. Jarett Andretti
4. Shawn Westerfeld
5. Max McGhee
6. Garrett Abrams
7. Matt Goodnights
8. Evan Gindling
9. Mike Miller
10. Michael Fischesser

Heat 1: Moffatt, McGhee, Fischesser, Abrams
Heat 2: Owen, Goodnight, Brenton, Little
Heat 3: Andretti, Westerfeld, Meseraull, Miller

Car Count: 22

Lincoln Park Speedway

After getting a good car count on a night in which we found 4 Indiana tracks in actions as far as sprints are concerned it was a Chad Boespflug vs. Casey Shuman battle at LPS in Putnamville on Saturday night. Boespflug starting from the 5th position in the 25 lap feature event was able to fight his way to the front of the pack to take the win while pole position starter Casey Shuman finished 2nd. Tyler Hewitt, who started 3rd, finished 3rd followed by Shane Cottle in the Hazen #57 and Jerry Coons Jr to round out the top five.

Feature Finish:
1. Chad Boespflug
2. Casey Shuman
3. Tyler Hewitt
4. Shane Cottle
5. Jerry Coons Jr.
6. Cole Smith
7. Austin Prock
8. Justin Peck
9. Conner Donelson
10. Brandon Morin

Heat 1: Cottle, Hewitt, Prock, Morin
Heat 2: Boespflug, Babcock, Beldin Jr, Underwood
Heat 3: Coons Jr, Shuman, Smith, Newlin

Car Count: 20

Twin Cities Raceway Park

Did not have a ton of information coming out of TCRP as sprints returned to the track for the first time in 2015. What we do know is there were 16 cars in action and there was apparently some drama concerning Logan Hupp and Jake Scott during the 25 lap feature event. Mitch Wissmiller picked up the victory on the evening followed by Jake Scott while Jordan Kinser rounded out the podium.

Feature Finish:
1. Mitch Wissmiller
2. Jake Scott
3. Jordan Kinser
4. Dickie Gaines
5. Scott Hampton
6. Drew Abel
7. Ethan Barrow
8. Braxton Cummings
9. Logan Hupp
10. Ron Combs

Heat 1: Scott, Combs, Phillips, Link
Heat 2: Wissmiller, Hupp, Kinser, Abel

Car Count: 16