Hines Wins Wild Second Night at Ocala

Tracy Hines sideways in hot laps. - Bill Miller Photo
Tracy Hines sideways in hot laps. - Bill Miller Photo
Tracy Hines sideways in hot laps at Gas City I-69 Speedway. – Bill Miller Photo

Ocala, FL — (February 22, 2013) — Tracy Hines did not lead until the final lap, but crossed the finish line first to win the second night of AMSOIL United States Auto Club National Sprint Car Series action at Bubba Raceway Park on Friday.   Hines passed Robert Ballou, who lead a majority of the feature event, after Ballou blew a tire on the final lap to take the victory.  Thursday night winner Bryan Clauson and Hunter Schuerenberg rounded out the podium.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 22, 2013 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games IV”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.819; 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.931; 3. Scotty Weir, 40, Hery-14.063; 4. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.079; 5. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-14.110; 6. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-14.191; 7. Levi Jones, 39, Walker-14.311; 8. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.362; 9. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.371; 10. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-14.517; 11. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-14.525; 12. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.548; 13. Mark Smith, 1M, Smith-14.548; 14. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-14.562; 15. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-14.571; 16. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.672; 17. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, Jackson-14.746; 18. Brady Short, 11P, Pottorff-14.752; 19. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-14.808; 20. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.822; 21. Collin Cabre, 12x, Cabre-14.971; 22. Dallas Hewitt, 2M, Marshall-15.301; 23. Jac Haudenschild, 41, Stensland-15.389; 24. Chris Gurley, 12, Team Automotive-15.424; 25. Brian Hayden, 77,
Wingo-15.489; 26. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-15.663; 27. Brian Paulus, 28, Paulus-15.777; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.766; 29. Dan Statter, 59, Statter-18.275; 30. Landon Simon, 41s, Stensland-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Clauson, 3. Darland, 4. Smith, 5. Hopkins, 6. Cabre, 7. Hayden, 8. Statter. 1:54.16

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Windom, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Ballou, 5. Courtney, 6. Hewitt, 7. Gross. 1:56.82

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Grant, 3. Thomas, 4. Jones, 5. Weir, 6. Paulus, 7. Haudenschild. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Gulick, 3. Hines, 4. Leary, 5. Gurley, 6. Drake, 7. Hery. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Weir, 3. Courtney, 4. Hewitt, 5. Hopkins, 6. Hayden, 7. Paulus, 8. Gurley, 9. Hery, 10. Gross, 11. Cabre, 12. Statter. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 8. Mark Smith, 9. C.J. Leary, 10. Brady Short, 11. Scotty Weir, 12. Shane Cottle, 13. A.J. Hopkins, 14. Robert Ballou, 15. Dallas Hewitt, 16. Brian Hayden, 17. Chris Gurley, 18. Coleman Gulick, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Levi Jones, 21. Justin Grant, 22. Nick Drake, 23. Tyler Courtney. NT
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**Cabre flipped during the semi. Windom flipped on Lap 11 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Ballou, Lap 30 Hines.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-139; 2-Schuerenberg-125; 3-Darland-119; 4-Bacon-117; 5-Stockon-110; 6-Hines-106; 7-Thomas-100; 8-Ballou-86; 9-Weir-80; 10-Leary-71.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 23 – Ocala, FL – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games IV”