By MudclodBob/Dick Jordan
Chris Windom won a barn burner over Tracy Hines to capture Night #2 of the USAC “Sprint Car Smackdown” at Kokomo Speedway Friday night in front of a large crowd. Thomas Meseraull and Tracy Hines satrted on the front row with Hines leading four laps until a red flag for a flip by CJ Leary on lap four. Leary was not injured.
Sixth starting Dave Darland was fast on the high side and by lap eight had moved into 2nd with Meseraull, Windom and Kyle Larson following. Now Darland and Hines running low were swapping the lead several times per lap but Hines maintained the lead. After another caution on lap 10 Windom now was moving into the battle and was up to 3rd. Darland and Hines were still locked in a dogfight until Windom took 2nd on lap 17. Bryan Clauson had worked his way towards the front and was now involved.
Then it was a new fight with Windom and Hines with Windom finally getting under Hines with two lap to go. Windom went on to take the checkers with Hines, Clauson, Meseraull and Darland following.
Heats for the 39 cars were won by Levi Jones, Jonathan Hendrick, Justin Grant and Scotty Weir. The B main went to Brent Beachamp.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 24, 2012 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Sprint Car Smackdown”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.799; 2. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-12.993; 3. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-13.056; 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.095; 5. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beacuhamp-13.106; 6. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-13.113; 7. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.137; 8. Kyle Larson, 53, Fox-13.145; 9. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-13.171; 10. Chris Windom, 21, Pollock-13.172; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.174; 12. Casey Shuman, 17, McGhee-13.186; 13. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.200; 14. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-13.203; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 69, Dynamics-13.209; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-13.217; 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-13.226; 18. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-13.243; 19. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-13.253; 20. Chad Boespflug, 22, Batcheldor/Rice-13.262; 21. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.319; 22. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.327; 23. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 10E, Edison-13.329; 24. Scotty Weir, 57 Hazen-13.349; 25. Brady
Short, 36, Pottorff-13.365; 26. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-13.368; 27. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-13.415; 28. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.445; 29. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-13.455; 30. Ryan Bernal, 5x, Baldwin-13.483; 31. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.571; 32. Dakota Jackson, 9p, Ronk-13.593; 33. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-13.605; 34. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-13.677; 35. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.719; 36. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-13.727; 37. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.758; 38. Damion Ramsay, 71x, Indy Race Parts-14.000; 39. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Cottle, 5. Beauchamp, 6. Clauson, 7. Briscoe, 8. Short, 9. Spencer, 10. Stockon. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hendrick, 2. Ballou, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. McIntyre, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. Courtney, 8. Gordon, 9. Bernal, 10. Ramsay. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Meseraull, 4. Gulick, 5. Gardner, 6. Leary, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Jarrett, 9. Thomas, 10. Gurley. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Boespflug, 3. Larson, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Shuman, 6. Jackson, 7. Schuerenberg, 8. Drake, 9. Gross. 2:18.31
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Beauchamp, 2. Clauson, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Leary, 5. Courtney, 6. Gardner, 7. Drake, 8. Shuman, 9. Short, 10. Stockon, 11. Briscoe, 12. Spencer, 13. Fitzpatrick, 14. Ted Hines, 15. Gross, 16. Ramsay, 17. McIntyre, 18. Jackson, 19. Gordon, 20. Gurley. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Thomas Meseraull, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Coleman Gulick, 9. Kyle Larson, 10. Jonathan Hendrick, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Shane Cottle, 14. Jon Stanbrough, 15. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 16. Scotty Weir, 17. Brett Beauchamp, 18. Chase Stockon, 19. Chad Boespflug, 20. Tyler Clourtney, 21. Justin Grant, 22. C.J. Leary, 23. Jerry Coons Jr.
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**Gurley flipped during the third heat. Leary flipped on lap 5 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Tracy Hines, Laps 29-30 Windom.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-1,572, 2-Jones-1,570, 3-Darland-1,526, 4-Clauson-1,427, 5-Gardner-1,325, 6-Tracy Hines-1,313, 7-Stockon-1,222, 8-Ballou-1,215, 9-Schuerenberg-1,206, 10-Thomas-1,162.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 25 – Kokomo (IN)Speedway – “Sprint Car Smackdown”