Cottle Wins Eastern Storm Finale at Susquehanna

Susquehanna, PA — (June 9, 2013) — Shane Cottle won the final night of the Eastern Storm tour for the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series.   Kevin Thomas, Jr., Tracy Hines, Bryan Clauson, and Robert Ballou rounded out the top five.   Trevor Koblarz won the ARDC Feature.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 9, 2013 – Newberrytown, Pennsylvania – Susquehanna Speedway Park – “Eastern Storm”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-17.187; 2. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-17.252; 3. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-17.429; 4. Levi Jones, 39, Walker-17.451; 5. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.525; 6. Shane Cottle, 65, Franckowiak-17.662; 7. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-17.774; 8. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-17.827; 9. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-17.841; 10. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-17.990; 11. Brent Marks, 19M, Marks-18.066; 12. Dalten Gabbard, 77, Gabbard-18.070; 13. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-18.156; 14. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-18.162; 15. Joey Biasi, B1, Biasi-18.192; 16. Landon Simon, 41, Stensland-18.259; 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-18.315; 18. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney/Anderson-18.360; 19. Mark Bitner, 15, Bitner-18.380; 20. Tim Glatfelter, 50, Strausbaugh-18.386; 21. Kyle Moody, 99M, Moody-18.499; 22. Mark Smith, 1M, Smith-18.793; 23. Billy Pauch, Jr., 175, Pietrofitta-18.836; 24. Ryan Smith, 69K, Kreitz-18.862; 25. Rick Horn, 01, Horn-19.367; 26. Denny Gross, 2, Gross-19.763; 27. Michael Hamer, 47, Hamer-19.778; 28. Tim Stallings, 59T, Stallings-19.879; 29. Dan Mazy, X, Mazy-20.374.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Darland, 3. Hines, 4. Courtney, 5. Stockon, 6. M. Smith, 7. Gross. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Cottle, 3. Bitner, 4. Windom, 5. Drake, 6. Pauch, 7. Hamer. 2:30.03

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Marks, 2. Bacon, 3. Ballou, 4. Glatfelter, 5. Biasi, 6. Stallings, 7. R. Smith. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Clauson, 3. Jones, 4. Gabbard, 5. Moody, 6. Horn, 7. Mazy. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Biasi, 2. Moody, 3. M. Smith, 4. Pauch, 5. Hamer, 6. Mazy, 7. Gross, 8. Stallings, 9. Horn, 10. Stockon, 11. Drake. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Shane Cottle, 2. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Brent Marks, 9. Daron Clayton, 10. Brady Bacon, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Dalten Gabbard, 14. Mark Bitner, 15. Billy Pauch, Jr., 16. Chase Stockon, 17. Tyler Courtney, 18. Kyle Moody, 19. Dan Mazy, 20. Tim Glatfelter, 21. Michael Hamer, 22. Joey Biasi, 23. Mark Smith. NT
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**Simon flipped during Qualifying. Biasi flipped on Lap 7 of the Feature. Glatfelter flipped on Lap 20 of the Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Cottle.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1- Darland-633; 2-Stockon-600; 3-Clauson-599; 4-Thomas-584; 5-Bacon-582; 6-Schuerenberg-560; 7-Hines-537; 8-Ballou-518; 9-Cottle-404; 10-Windom-366.
FINAL ROTONDO WEIRICH EASTERN STORM SPRINT POINTS: 1- Clauson-182; 2-Darland-181; 3-Clayton-180; 4-Hines-164; 5-Jones-163; 6-Cottle-158; 7-Thomas-146; 8-Bacon-143; 9-Schuerenberg-138; 10-Windom-120.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 21 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – 43rd “Tony Hulman Classic”