From Dick Jordan
Levi Jones led the final two laps on his way to victory during the USAC National/CRA Sprint Car event, part of Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” Sunday. Chasing Jones to the finish line was Jerry Coons Jr., Bud Kaeding, Damion Gardner and Robert Ballou.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park – Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”
QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-16.281; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.283; 3. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-16.596; 4. Rick Ziehl, 8, BRAT-16.643; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.648; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.655; 7. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-16.677; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.738; 9. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-16.741; 10. Charles Davis Jr., 50az, Massey-16.788; 11. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-16.828; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.856; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.857; 14. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.865; 14. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.888; 16. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-16.905; 17. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-16.917; 18. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-16.921; 19. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-16.922; 20. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-17.007; 21. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.017; 22. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-17.070; 23. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.071; 24. Nathan High, 0, Price-17.136; 25. Brandon Lane, 9a, Lane-17.180; 26. Jimmy Crawford, 11c,
Crawford-17.219; 27. Andrew Reinbold, 19, Reinbold-17.330; 28. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-17.331; 29. Tony Elliott, 8m, Minks-17.422; 30. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-17.444; 31. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-17.556; 32. Thomas Ogle, 48T, DAR-17.573; 33. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.645; 34. JoJo Helberg, 75, Minks-17.753; 35. Stevie Sussex, 21az, Sussex-17.867; 36. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.894; 37. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-18.321; 38. Lance Norick, 90, Norick-18.333; 39. John Evans, 23, Astenius-19.838; 40. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Kaeding, 2. Johnson, 3. Jones, 4. Boat, 5. Sheridan, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Elliott, 8. Lane, 9. C.Williams, 10. Rip Williams,
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Davis, 3. Clarke, 4. Sweet, 5. Crawford, 6. Helberg, 7. Norick, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Coons, 10. Miller. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Spencer, 2. Hines, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Gulick, 7. Hmiel, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sussex, 10. Evans. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Ballou, 2. Bloom, 3. Ziehl, 4. Shuman, 5. Gardner, 6. Loyet, 7. Clark, 8. Ogle, 9. High. NT
DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Jones, 4. Ziehl, 5. Darland, 6. Kaeding. NT
SEMI: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Coons, 2. Gardner, 3. Ricky Williams, 4. Mellenberndt, 5. Crawford, 6. Gulick, 7. Shedarowich, 8. Clark, 9. Sussex, 10. Elliott, 11. Reinbold, 12. Ogle, 13. Loyet, 14. Helberg, 15. Miller, 16. Lane, 17. Cummins, 18. Sheridan, 19. High, 20. Evans, 21. Hmiel. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Rick Ziehl, 8. Henry Clarke, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. Casey Shuman, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Mike Spencer, 13. Charles Davis Jr., 14. Jimmy Crawford, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Bret Mellenberndt, 17. Chris Windom, 18. Ronnie Clark, 19. Brad Sweet, 20. Coleman Gulick, 21. Chad Boat, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Danny Sheridan, 24. Mathew Shedarowich, 25. Ricky Williams, 26. Keith Bloom. NT
**Rip Williams flipped during the first heat. Coons and Miller flipped during the second heat. Bloom flipped during the feature. Boat flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-38 Windom, Laps 39-40 Jones.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-191; 2-Jones-172; 3-Clauson-171; 4-Coons-167; 5-Ballou-148; 6-Clarke-127; 7-Darland-123; 8-Brady Short-122; 9-Hines-113; 10-Shane Cottle-88.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-68; 2-Kaeding-68; 3-Coons-66; 4-Ballou-56; 5-Gardner-54; 6-Clauson-53; 7-Clarke-45; 8-Johnson-43; 9-Shuman-38; 10-Hines-38.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”