From Dick Jordan/Bob Buffenbarger MudclodBob photo
Rossburg, OH……..Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. won his first USAC Mopar National Midget feature victory of the season Saturday night at Eldora Speedway, leading all 25 laps of the “4-Crown Nationals” after starting on the poll in his Toyota/Speedway Motors Spike/Toyota. Bryan Clauson made it close after a charge the final four laps but could not catch Coons. Brad Kuhn took third ahead of Tracy Hines and Bobby East. Shane Hmiel was not injured when he hit the turn four wall and tumbled on lap eight of the race.
Heats were won by Dave Darland and Brad Kuhn.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24-25, 2010 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 29th “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept 24) 1. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-16.431; 2. Shane Hmiel, 8x, Guardian-16.452; 3. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.524; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.734; 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-16.737; 6. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-16.773; 7. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-16.775; 8. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-16.839; 9. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-16.895; 10. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-16.902; 11. Matt Westfall, 14w, Bordner-17.191; 12. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-17.195; 13. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-17.371; 14. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.405; 15. Jonathan Hendrick, 0, 2B-17.547; 16. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-17.944; 17. Bob Shreffler, 21s, Shreffler-19.599; 18. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-NT; 19. Craig Heathcote, 86, Stamper-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (Held Sept 25 – 8 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Darren Hagen, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Zach Daum, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Chase Barber, 8. Henry Clarke.
SECOND HEAT: (Held Sept 25 – 8 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Shane Hmiel, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Bobby East, 5. Matt Westfall, 6. Jonathan Hendrick, 7. Levi Roberts, 8. Bob Shreffler.
FEATURE: (Held Sept.25 – 25 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Brad Kuhn, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Bobby East, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Matt Westfall, 9. Jonathan Hendrick, 10. Zach Daum, 11. Levi Roberts, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Bob Shreffler, 14. Chase Barber, 15. Shane Hmiel, 16. Levi Jones, 17. Craig Heathcote. NT
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**Hmiel flipped on lap 8 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Coons.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-1,257; 2-Hines-1,194; 3-Coons-1,156; 4-Kuhn-1,143; 5-Hagen-1,118; 6-Darland-1,064; 7-Brad Sweet-860; 8-Clarke-746; 9-East-724; 10-Daum-719.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-953; 2-Kuhn-918; 3-Coons-911; 4-Hines-865; 5-Darland-813.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 30/October 1-2 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”
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Rossburg, OH……..AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point leader Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. gave car owner and track owner Tony Stewart a “4-Crown Nationals” feature victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event at the Eldora Speedway. Jones led all 30 laps in his STP/Bass Pro Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy to beat Bryan Clauson, Damion Gardner, fast qualifier Jerry Coons Jr. and Bud Kaeding. The red flag appeared on lap 24 for a flip by Jonathon Hendrick.
Robert Ballou and Mike Brecht both made charges to finish 6th and 7th after starting 14th and 15th.
Heats went to Jones, Bud Kaeding, Hunter Schurenburg and Scotty Weir. In the B Main Dave Darland had to start last in his team-mates 39G car as Darlands car didn’t make the call for his heat race. Darland did get up to 5th and qualified for the feature. Shane Hmeil won the 12 lap affair.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 25, 2010 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 29th “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-15.602; 2. Thomas Meseraull, 71x, Meseraull-15.715; 3. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-15.739; 4. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.754; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.805; 6. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.883; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.894; 8. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-15.906; 9. Shane Hmiel, 17s, 56 Inc.-15.923; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.954; 11. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-16.111; 12. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-16.157; 13. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-16.177; 14. Matt Westfall, 22, Simon-16.277; 15. Jeff Bland Jr., 38s, Bland-16.292; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.357; 17. Mike Brecht, 8, Wood-16.390; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.424; 19. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-16.467; 20. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-16.476; 21. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-16.491; 22. Randy Hannagan, 77x, Hill-16.621; 23. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-16.683; 24. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-16.687; 25. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.749; 26. Mitch Wissmiller, 1x,
Wissmiller-16.763; 27. Bill Rose, 9x, SC-16.795; 28. Matt Goodnight, 39G, Goodnight-17.212; 29. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-17.245; 30. Steve Irwin, 0, Flying O-27.398; 31. Chett Gehrke, 59, Gehrke-17.465; 32. Toby Alfrey, 5, Alfrey-17.563; 33. Dallas Hewitt, 40, Hery-17.880; 34. Dwayne Spille, 71s, Spille-18.128; 35. Kirk Jeffries, 78L, Jeffries-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Windom, 4. Brecht, 5. Memmer, 6. Hmiel, 7. Hupp, 8. Miller, 9. Hewitt. 2:15.38
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Clarke, 3. Hendrick, 4. Meseraull, 5. Westfall, 6. Hannagan, 7. Wissmiller, 8. Spille. 2:18.64
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Bland, 3. Clauson, 4. Hines, 5. Hughes, 6. Burdette, 7. Rose, 8. Gehrke. 2:21.42
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Ballou, 3. Riggs, 4. Gardner, 5. Stockon, 6. Alfrey, 7. Goodnight, 8. Darland. 2:22.77
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Westfall, 3. Stockon, 4. Hughes, 5. Darland (#39G), 6. Burdette, 7. Hannagan, 8. Wissmiller, 9. Miller, 10. Alfrey, 11. Hupp, 12. Gehrke, 13. Hewitt, 14. Spille. 3:41.31
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Robert Ballou, 7. Mike Brecht, 8. Thomas Meseraull, 9. Matt Westfall, 10. Dave Darland (#39G), 11. Scotty Weir, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Jeff Bland Jr., 14. Chase Stockon, 15. J.J. Hughes, 16. Casey Riggs, 17. Brett Burdette, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Randy Hannagan, 21. Tracy Hines, 22. Henry Clarke, 23. Chris Windom, 24. Mitch Wissmiller. NT
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**Hendrick flipped on lap 24 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jones.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,898; 2-Clauson-1,807; 3-Gardner-1,769; 4-Coons-1,652; 5-Hines-1,564; 6-Windom-1,508; 7-Clarke-1,232; 8-Darland-1,202; 9-Hmiel-1,080; 10-Jon Stanbrough-909.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,589; 2-Clauson-1,437; 3-Gardner-1,409; 4-Coons-1,296; 5-Windom-1,252.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: November 4-5-6 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
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Rossburg, OH……..USAC Silver Crown Rookie Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. led all 50 laps after starting outside 1st row to give car owner and Eldora Speedway owner Tony Stewart a victory in Saturday night’s race at the 1/2-mile Ohio oval. Following Clauson’s Bass Pro Shops/Armor All Beast/Kistler Chavy entered by Stewart and Curb-Agajanian Racing were Dave Darland, fast qualifier Levi Jones, Shane Hmiel and Todd Kane. Series point leader Bud Kaeding finished sixth.
Clauson was clearly the fastest car on the track as he built large leads and after yellow flags Clauson wasted no time jumping out to a big advantage. Jeff Swindell looked very good and had a solid 3rd place run going until a lap 42 spin. Another notable finish was Todd Kane coming home 5th after starting 13th.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24-25, 2010 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 29th “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept. 24) 1. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-16.759; 2. Bryan Clauson, 22, Stewart-16.861; 3. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-16.909; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-16.939; 5. Jeff Swindell, 199, Edwards/RE-16.969; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.126; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-17.176; 8. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-17.293; 9. Shane Cottle, 5, Baldwin-17.380; 10. Justin Carver, 991, Edwards/RE-17.433; 11. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-17.469; 12. Brian Tyler, 21, Team 6R-17.491; 13. Derek Hagar, 91, Hagar-17.566; 14. Todd Kane, 63, DePalma-17.576; 15. Tracy Hines, 16, Lightfoot-17.701; 16. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-17.710; 17. Tanner Swanson, 19, Team 6R-17.818; 18. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-17.921; 19. Mike Hess, 39, Aqualini-18.010; 20. Bill Rose, 97, SC-18.025; 21. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-18.156; 22. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-18.248; 23. Robert Ballou, 125, Sachs/Yermal-18.388; 24. Kody Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-18.453; 25. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-19.326; 26. Kellen Conover, 76,
Conover-20.130.
QUALIFYING RACE: (Held Sept. 25 – 15 laps) 1. Kane, 2. Hollingsworth, 3. Hagar, 4. Ballou, 5. T.Swanson, 6. K.Swanson, 7. Rose, 8. Daum, 9. Hines, 10. Bateman, 11. Conover, 12. Hess, 13. Gamester, 14. Fike. NT
FEATURE: (Held Sept. 25 – 50 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Shane Hmiel, 5. Todd Kane, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Shane Hollingsworth, 10. Brian Tyler, 11. Derek Hagar, 12. Kody Swanson, 13. Jeff Swindell, 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 15. Bill Rose, 16. Bobby East, 17. Zach Daum, 18. Tracy Hines, 19. Randy Bateman, 20. A.J. Fike, 21. Kellen Conover, 22. Mike Hess, 23. Shane Cottle, 24. Russ Gamester, 25. Justin Carver, 26. Tanner Swanson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Clauson.
NEW SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Kaeding-341; 2-Jones-300; 3-Hmiel-299; 4-K.Swanson-289; 5-Coons-279; 6-Tyler-263; 7-Fike-259; 8-Clauson-258; 9-Hines-220; 10-East-217.
NEXT SILVER CROWN SERIES RACE: October 9 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – “Sumar Classic 100”