Weekend Preview (April 17-19)

Another great weekend of racing is on tap, here's what we have to look forward too.

Friday April 17

Bloomington Speedway

Time - Hot laps @ 6:30pm Racing @ 7:30pm
Forecast - Hi 75/Lo 54 Chance of Rain: 10%

Both USAC and MSCS return to action as they will co-sanction the sprint car portion of Bloomington Speedway's opener on Friday night. If the weather cooperates cars from both series will run a 30 lap feature event with a $5,000 check going to the winner. Chase Stockon comes into Friday night's event leading not only MSCS points after winning the first event last weekend but also the USAC points. Trailing Stockon in AMSOIL USAC Nat'l Sprint Car Series points is Robert Ballou (-11) followed by Dave Darland (-24).

Saturday April 18

Tri-State Speedway

Time - Hot laps @ 6:30pm Racing @ 7:30pm
Forecast - Hi 78/Lo 62 Chance of Rain: 20%

The MSCS and USAC will team up once again Saturday night as TSS hosts the Spring Showdown and the winner will once again take home $5,000 after yet another 30 lap feature event. As will be the case Friday at Bloomington, Saturday will also be the season opener at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt. This will be the 4th edition of the Spring Showdown at TSS with "The Modern Day Cowboy" Daron Clayton taking home the win in the event in 2014.

Lincoln Park Speedway

Time - Hot laps @ 6pm Racing @ 7pm
Forecast - Hi 76/Lo 57 Chance of Rain: 0%

LPS returns to action on Saturday evening with its weekly show one week removed from an exciting opener that saw Chase Stockon win the first MSCS event. Casey Shuman is the defending champion at LPS which will also feature UMP modifieds, super stocks, and bombers on Saturday night.

Twin Cities Raceway Park

Time - Hot laps @ 5:30pm with racing to follow
Forecast - Hi 78/Lo 56 Chance of Rain: 0%

For the first time of the season Twin Cities will host 410 non-wing sprint cars. Saturday evening's race will be the first of nine sprint car events this season at TCRP. A lot of people within the racing community have come together to make this one possible so if you don't have plans Saturday night and are close then North Vernon is where you want to be race fans. TCRP will also host TQs, hornets, and modifieds on Saturday evening.

Lawrenceburg Speedway

Time - Hot laps @ 6pm Racing @ 7pm
Forecast - Hi 78/Lo 54 Chance of Rain: 0%

The Kelsey Chevrolet Lawrenceburg Speedway sprint cars are in action again Saturday night on the high banks of "The Burg". Brady Bacon went wire-to-wire last weekend en route to the win but with USAC and MSCS in action at TSS on Saturday night look for the Lawrenceburg regulars to get back into victory lane. Defending track champion Shawn Westerfeld was 5th last weekend. Also in action at Lawrenceburg Saturday night: UMP modifieds, stocks, and hornets.

Saturday Night Recap

3 races around the state on Saturday night and none of them disappointed, here's a review.

Kokomo Speedway

With only 14 sprint cars in attendance one might think it would be a slow night, however it was anything but at Kokomo Speedway Saturday night. After Kyle Robbins came to a stop after 14 laps of the 25 lap feature event Justin Grant bounced through turn 1 on the restart allowing CJ Leary to make the pass for the lead, the two of which had battled intensely for the lead over the opening laps. Leary then had to navigate lapped traffic to take the win. Kevin Thomas Jr. finished in the runner-up position while Justin Grant recovered to round out the podium. Fan favorite Dave Darland finished 4th while Jerry Coons Jr. made a late pass to steal 5th away from last weeks winner at Lawrenceburg, Logan Jarrett.

Feature Finish:
1. CJ Leary
2. Kevin Thomas Jr.
3. Justin Grant
4. Dave Darland
5. Jerry Coons Jr.
6. Logan Jarrett
7. Zach Daum
8. Chris Gurley
9. Josh Spencer
10. Jamie Fredrickson

Heat 1: Grant, Thomas Jr, Darland, Daum, Robbins
Heat 2: Leary, Jarrett, Coons Jr, Spencer, Cottle

Car Count: 14

Lincoln Park Speedway

A solid car count Saturday night in Putnamville as the Midwest Sprint Car Series kicked off their 2015 campaign. The racing was great as well as treacherous as drivers battled the track at times during the feature event. In the end it was Chase Stockon taking the checkers after a battle with Casey Shuman for the top spot. Robert Ballou was fun to watch after having to make his way into the feature from the B-Main after he and Brady Short took a nasty tumble in their heat race. Ballou worked his way through the field to take the final spot on the podium while Brent Beauchamp and Daron Clayton rounded out the top five.

Feature Finish:
1. Chase Stockon
2. Casey Shuman
3. Robert Ballou
4. Brent Beauchamp
5. Daron Clayton
6. Chad Boespflug
7. Max McGhee
8. Jon Stanbrough
9. Shane Cockrum
10. Aaron Farney

Heat 1: Shuman, CShort, McGhee, Morin
Heat 2: Stanbrough, Clayton, Farney, Beauchamp
Heat 3: Stockon, Bland Jr, KCummins, Gaines
B-Main Transfers: Boespflug, Ballou, Brackett, Wissmiller

Car Count: 28

Lawrenceburg Speedway

The race Saturday evening at The Burg was in honor of Lauren Hill, a Lawrenceburg High School graduate who passed away on April 10 following her battle with terminal cancer.

In the feature event Brady Bacon went wire-to-wire leading all 25 laps in the Hoffman #69 to take the win in dominating fashion. Landon Simon also had a strong showing in 2nd while "TMez" Thomas Meseraull finished third. Jarrett Andretti and 2014 track champion Shawn Westerfeld rounded out the top five.

Feature Finish:
1. Brady Bacon
2. Landon Simon
3. Thomas Meseraull
4. Jarrett Andretti
5. Shawn Westerfeld
6. Justin Owen
7. Joss Moffatt
8. Michael Fischesser
9. Garrett Abrams
10. Matt Goodnight

Heat 1: Simon, Abrams, Meseruall, Owen, Moffatt
Heat 2: Bacon, Westerfeld, Andretti, Hupp, Gnat
Heat 3: Gardner, Hewitt, Goodnight, Fischesser, Liguori

Car Count: 22

Weekend Preview (April 10-12)

Our first true big weekend of sprint car racing is this weekend with 3 tracks across the state hosting 4 shows. Here is what's on tap for this weekend.

Friday April 10

Kokomo Speedway (This race has been cancelled and will not be made up)

Time - Hot laps @ 6pm with racing to follow
Forecast - Hi 61/Lo 37 Chance of rain: 10%

Kokomo Speedway will be the place to be on Friday evening when sprint cars return to one of the premier tracks in not only Indiana but in the country. With the USAC Midgets in action for the Kokomo Grand Prix sprints will also be in action. Notable drivers who have announced they will be taking part in the action include Shane Cottle who makes his 2015 debut in the Paul Hazen #57 as well as Kevin Thomas Jr. If you don't have plans for Friday night we can sum it up for you with one popular hashtag from Twitter....#GYATK.

Saturday April 11

Lincoln Park Speedway

Time - Hot laps @ 6pm, Racing @ 7pm
Forecast - Hi 63/Lo 42 Chance of rain: 0%

Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville also kicks off it's season this weekend when it will host the season opener for the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series on Saturday night for IndianaOpenWheel.com Racin' Fest. The winner of Saturday night's 30 lap feature will collect a $4,000 pay check with 3 other classes also taking the track that evening. The defending MSCS champion is 4-time champion Kyle Cummins with Brady Short taking the runner-up position for the MSCS in 2014.

Lawrenceburg Speedway

Time - Hot laps @ 6pm, Racing @ 7pm
Forecast - Hi 64/Lo 37 Chance of rain: 0%

A week removed from an exciting USAC show in which Logan Jarrett picked up his first win in that series, the high banks at Lawrenceburg will once again have sprints in action when the Lawrenceburg Kelsey Chevrolet sprints take the track. Shawn Westerfeld was the track champion in 2014 with Joss Moffatt coming home in the runner-up position. There will also be three other classes in action at The Burg on Saturday evening.

Kokomo Speedway

Time - Hot laps @ 6pm with racing to follow
Forecast - Hi 61/Lo 40 Chance of rain: 0%

For the second night in a row sprints will be in action at Kokomo in conjunction with night two of the USAC Midgets Kokomo Grand Prix. Once again it should be an exciting night of racing with many familiar names pulling double duty. The defending track champion at Kokomo is Bryan Clauson. We should be in attendance both nights to give you updates on Twitter @INSprintCarNews.

USAC Results from Lawrenceburg Speedway

It was an underdog type night as Kokomo, Indiana native Logan Jarrett picked up his first ever USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series win Saturday night after a dominating performance in the 30 lap feature event at Lawrenceburg Speedway. An outcome not many fans probably predicted.

Logan Jarrett went to the lead on lap 1 and never looked back leading all 30 laps on the high banked oval in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Jarrett and Kyle Robbins led the field to the green with Jarrett quickly jumping out front as Robbins faded as the race progressed. Jarrett in his #29 Claxton powered J&J Trucking car were able to build a huge lead as the "Madman" Robert Ballou and "The People's Champ" Dave Darland gave chase before Jarrett's lead was erased with a caution inside of 10 to go. However after multiple restarts after Landon Simon stopped on a restart and another caution was called for debris Jarrett was able to get back out front cleanly to win his first USAC sprint car race with plenty of exciting racing behind him.

A hard charging CJ Leary was able to finish second after starting deep in the field in 17th while Robert Ballou finished 3rd. Kevin Thomas Jr. finished in 4th and Dave Darland rounded out the top five.

Edit: KTJ was disqualified for not reporting to scales post-race.

Feature Finish:
1. Logan Jarrett
2. CJ Leary
3. Robert Ballou
4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (DQ'd for not reporting to scales, slide everyone up one spot)
5. Dave Darland
6. Jon Stanbrough
7. Chase Stockon
8. Brady Bacon
9. Tracy Hines
10. Justin Grant

Heat 1: Thomas Jr, Farney, Leary, Courtney, Stanbrough
Heat 2: Grant, Ballou, Bacon, Darland, Stockon
Heat 3: Jarrett, Coons Jr, Simon, Hupp, Clauson
Heat 4: Clayton, Robbins, Andretti, Hery, Abrams
B-Main Transfers to A-Main: Stockon, Stanbrough, Shuman, Clauson, Boespflug, Cummins

Car Count: 36

Weekend Preview (April 3-5)

With the Indiana sprint car season about to hit full stride we give you the first of many weekend previews to come this season. This weekend we only have 1 race on tap but it should do anything but disappoint.

Lawrenceburg Speedway - April 4, 2015

Time - Hot Laps @ 6pm, Racing @ 7pm
Forecast - Hi 56/Lo 37 Chance of Rain: 0%

This will be the first time USAC has been in action since the final week of February in Florida however do not expect that to hinder the on-track action Saturday night on the high banks of "The Burg".

Robert Ballou comes into Saturday night with the hot hand having won Sunday nights No Way Out 40 at Brownstown along with taking 2 races in Florida during Winter Dirt Games. Kevin Thomas Jr. also comes in hot having finished in the runner-up position on Sunday and having also picked up a victory in Florida. Other drivers to watch on Saturday include the 2014 USAC Sprint Car champion Brady Bacon and fan favorite Dave Darland, both of which picked up victories at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida. Chase Stockon leads series points entering Saturday at a track at which he gained his first ever USAC win in 2012.

No Way Out 40 Results from Brownstown Speedway

The rain held off and Robert Ballou joined an elite list of winners on Sunday evening by taking the win at Brownstown Speedway and a $7500 pay check in the No Way Out 40. Ballou, who started from the third row, was able to steal the lead from the 17RW of Kevin Thomas Jr. just before the halfway point and from there was able to navigate traffic and pull away for the victory. The podium was rounded out by Kevin Thomas Jr. in 2nd and Jeff Bland Jr. in 3rd. There were 28 cars entered in Sunday's show.

Feature Finish:
1 - Robert Ballou
2 - Kevin Thomas Jr.
3 - Jeff Bland Jr.
4 - Brady Short
5 - Jon Stanbrough

Heat 1 Finish: Bland Jr, Stockon, Darland, Babcock, Sterrett
Heat 2 Finish: Thomas Jr, Shuman, Leary, Cummins, C. Short
Heat 3 Finish: B. Short, Ballou, Stanbrough, Robbins, Fischesser
B-Main Transfers to A-Main - Koontz & Morin

No Way Out 40 Rescheduled

The No Way Out 40 at Brownstown Speedway will now take place on Sunday March 29. Gates open at noon and hot laps begin at 3:30 with qualifying and racing to follow. All purse and admission prices remain the same.

2015 Dirt Schedule Update

Update to the master schedule for 2015 include three events at Chandler Motor Speedway in Chandler, IN. Two dates in May on the 2nd and 15th and one in July on the 10th. Information about CMS can be found on the Track Information page.

No Way Out 40 Information

We are only two weeks away from the first Indiana sprint car event of the season, the No Way Out 40 at Brownstown Speedway on March 28. The show will be paying $7,500 to the winner and $400 to start the feature. Hot laps will begin at 6pm with racing to follow. Admission for the evening will be $25 and an additional $15 for a pit pass.

Previous winners of the event include: Christopher Bell, Dave Darland, Thomas Meseraull and defending champion Bryan Clauson among others.

For first time visitors Brownstown Speedway is located on Highway 250 at the Jackson County Fairgrounds just 1 mile southeast of Brownstown, Indiana.

Follow us on Twitter on race day for updates from the track @INSprintCarNews

All Star Circuit of Champions Schedule

ASCoC has released their revised schedule under it's new ownership. Their schedule includes a single Indiana race date which is May 22, 2015 at Plymouth Speedway in Indiana. Check out their full schedule here.

http://www.allstarsprint.com/schedule/