Ballou Tops USAC Field at the Valley

Robert Ballou . - Mermaid Racing Photos / Serena Dalhamer

Robert Ballou . - Mermaid Racing Photos / Serena Dalhamer
Grain Valley, MO — (August 4, 2012) — Robert Ballou won his first AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series feature of the season Saturday night at Valley Speedway. Jon Stanbrough, Bryan Clauson, Levi Jones, and Chad Boespflug rounded out the top five.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2012 – Grain Valley, Missouri – Valley Speedway

QUALIFYING: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.811; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.825; 3. Stu Snyder, 21s, RHS-13.831; 4. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.847; 5. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.987; 6. Justin Grant, 71P, Phillips-13.990; 7. Chad Boespflug, 69, Dynamics-14.102; 8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, BlackJack-14.218; 9. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.226; 10. Brad Ryun, 1x, Ryun-14.237; 11. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.265; 12. Bob Thoman, 27, Thoman-14.424; 13. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.436; 14. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.493; 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.508; 16. J.D. Black, 3B, Black-14.653; 17. Chad Shields, 81x, Shields-14.664; 18. Austin Alumbaugh, 26, Smith-14.738; 19. Lane Stone, 73, Stone-14.759; 20. Mitchell Moore, 51, Potter-14.778; 21. Chris Parkinson, 66, Parkinson-14.801; 22. Curtis Evans, 1A, Evans-15.023; 23. John Helm, 12, Helm-15.043; 24. Cody Baker, 38, Hall-15.065; 25. Aaron Kuhn, 1K, Kuhn-15.151; 26. Joe Boyles, 4F,
Boyles-15.580; 27. Tom Nading, 20T, Nading-15.699; 28. Chad Tye, 88, Tye-15.765; 29. Josh Stephens, 09, Stephens-16.755; 30. Kenny Potter, 55, Potter-NT; 31. Michael Sosebee, 50, Sosebee-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Darland, 3. Jones, 4. Ballou, 5. Shields, 6. Parkinson, 7. Potter, 8. Kuhn. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Stockon, 3. Grant, 4. Alumbaugh, 5. Ryun, 6. Evans, 7. Boyles. 1:53.88

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Clauson, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Stone, 5. Snyder, 6. Helm, 7. Nading. 1:55.79

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Gardner, 3. Moore, 4. Black, 5. Baker, 6. Thoman, 7. Tye. 1:53.93

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Snyder, 2. Thoman, 3. Ryun, 4. Shields, 5. Kuhn, 6. Baker, 7. Potter, 8. Parkinson, 9. Boyles, 10. Evans, 11. Helm, 12. Nading, 13. Stephens, 14. Tye. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Chad Boespflug, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Brad Ryun, 12. Bob Thoman, 13. Mitchell Moore, 14. Stu Snyder, 15. Chad Shields, 16. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17. Cody Baker, 18. Aaron Kuhn, 19. Justin Grant, 20. Austin Alumbaugh, 21. J.D. Black, 22. Lane Stone. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Boespflug, Laps 8-17 Ballou, Lap 18 Stanbrough, Laps 19-21 Ballou, Laps 22-28 Stanbrough, Laps 29-30 Ballou.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,332, 2-Jones-1,311, 2-Darland-1,221, 4-Clauson-1,145, 5-Gardner-1,065, 6-Hines-1,039, 7-Ballou-996, 8-Schuerenberg-977, 9-Thomas-974, 10-Stockon-967.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 5 – Cameron, MO – U.S. 36 Raceway