Stanbrough Wins Tulare, Jones 2009 USAC National Sprint Car Series Champ

Tulare, CA — Stanbrough won the Pacfic Coast Nationals at the Tulare Thunderbowl. Chad Boat, Bud Kaeding, Damion Gardner, and Bryan Clauson rounded out the top five.

After a 12th place finish in the finale Levi Jones was crowned the 2009 USAC National Sprint Car Champion.

USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 15, 2009 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – 30th “Pacific Coast Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-14.874, 2. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.884, 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-15.051, 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.090, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-15.111, 6. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.172, 7. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-15.185, 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.246, 9. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.248, 10. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-15.256, 11. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-15.342, 12. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.359, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 83jr, Roth-15.364, 14. Kyle Larson, 99, Kaeding-15.447, 15. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-15.460, 16. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-15.522, 17. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.528, 18. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-15.565, 19. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-15.569, 20. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Braund-15.574, 21. Darren Hagen, 71g, Iish-15.608, 22. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-15.635, 23. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-15.693, 24. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.720, 25. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.724, 26. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-15.729, 27. Davey
Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-15.732; 28. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-15.746, 29. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-15.747, 30. Kevin Swindell, 83, Roth-15.773, 31. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.811, 32. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-15.814, 33. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-15.821, 34. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-15.821, 35. Shane Golobic, 88g, Golobic-15.941 36. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-15.947, 37. Greg Taylor, 7t, Taylor-15.976, 38. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-15.996, 39. Jesse Hockett, 13, Buch/VKCC-15.996, 40. Cale Conley, 1Z, 2B Racing-16.004, 41. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.056, 42. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.190, 43. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.211, 44. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.232, 45. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.236, 46. Danny Sheridan, 18x, Kittle-16.348, 47. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.387, 48. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH Motorsports-16.408, 49. Shain Matthews, 167, Matthews-16.553, 50. Anthony Simone, 10, Simone-16.830, 51. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-20.431. (Danny
Sheridan, 18, Kittle-withdrawn)

“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Murphy, 3. Hansen, 4. Golobic, 5. Hockett, 6. Taylor, 7. Miller, 8. Carlile, 9. C.Williams, 10. Bragg, 11. Faria, 12. Sheridan, 13. Conley, 14. A.Williams, 15. Gutierrez, 16. Shedarowich, 17. Hamblin, 18. Matthews, 19. Simone. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Coons, 4. Cardey, 5. Rose, 6. R.Williams, 7. Spencer, 8. Hockett, 9. Hagen, 10. Short. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swindell, 2. Kruseman, 3. Hines, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Sweet, 6. Murphy, 7. Taylor, 8. Streeter, 9. Larson, 10. Clarke. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pombo, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Darland, 4. Hansen, 5. Boat, 6. Clauson, 7. Faas, 8. Riggs, 9. Miller, 10. Gullick. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Jones, 3. Bloom, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Grant, 6. Mero, 7. Golobic, 8. J.VanderWeerd, 9. Kaeding, 10. Carlile. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Kaeding, 3. Clauson, 4. Spencer, 5. Clarke, 6. Sweet, 7. Larson, 8. R.Williams, 9. Faas, 10. Streeter, 11. Golobic, 12. Murphy, 13. Gullick, 14. Riggs, 15. Rose, 16. Taylor, 17. Grant, 18. Mero, 19. C.Williams, 20. Hagen, 21. J.VanderWeerd, 22. Hockett, 23. Carlile. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Tracy Hines, 9. David Cardey, 10. Brad Sweet, 11. Garrett Hansen, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Kyle Larson, 14. Mike Spencer, 15. Kevin Swindell, 16. Matt Mitchell, 17. Davey Pombo, 18. Keith Bloom Jr., 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Cole Whitt, 21. Nic Faas, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Jesse Hockett, 24. Blake Miller, 25. Greg Bragg, 26. Cory Kruseman, 27. Richard VanderWeerd, 28. Austin Williams (#3). NT

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**Darland flipped during practice. Faria & Sheridan flipped during qualifying. Simone, Matthews, Gutierrez, Faria & Sheridan flipped during the C-Main. Larson & Clarke flipped during the second heat. Larson flipped on lap-8 of the feature. Bragg flipped on lap 11 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Stanbrough

FINAL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,827; 2-Whitt-1,603; 3-Darland-1,601; 4-Hines-1,408; 5-Coons-1,401; 6-D.Gardner-1,399; 7-Clauson-1,040; 8-Hagen-1,006; 9-Boat-973; 10-Stanbrough-945.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-997; 2-Cardey-897; 3-Hansen-847; 4-Miller-719; 5-Bragg-700; 6-Sheridan-698; 7-Mitchell-634; 8-R.Williams-601; 9-Kruseman-564; 10-D.Gardner-443.
NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Memorial”