From Dick Jordan
Gas City, IN — Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Mo. earned his second career USAC feature victory in Friday night’s 30-l,ap AMSOIL USAC National Sprint car race at Gas City I-69 Speedway. He led wire-to-wire in his Fatheadz Eyewear/R & B Truckers Foxco to beat Chris Windom, Bryan Clauson, Mike Spencer and Bill Rose. Saturday night’s race at Lawrenceburg Speedway has been cancelled, so the next series event is Sunday night at Kokomo Speedway. Clauson assumed the point lead after his third-place finish.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 29, 2011 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-12.656; 2. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-12.716; 3. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-12.954; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.038; 5. Mike Spencer, 71p, Phillips-13.063; 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-13.091; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.172; 8. Bill Rose, 10T, R & B-13.203; 9. Steve Irwin, 42G, R & M-13.290; 10. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-13.435; 11. Scotty Weir, 22s, Simon-13.440; 12. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-13.503; 13. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.520; 14. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-13.525; 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-13.544; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.622; 17. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-13.670; 18. Kyle Larson, 11, Walker-13.696; 19. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-13.719; 20. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-13.737; 21. Adam Nigg, 25N, Nigg-13.755; 22. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.756; 23. Robbie Shuttleworth, 11x, Shuttleworth-13.802; 24. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-13.850; 25. Chris Gurley, 12c, Team Automotive-13.927; 26. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-13.939; 27. Todd Keen, 18x, Keen-13.961; 28. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-13.990; 29. Damion Gardner, 71x, DG-14.059; 30. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-14.083; 31. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-14.123; 32. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-14.149; 33. Jason Holt, 41, SST-14.182; 34. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.191; 35. Thomas Meseraull, 57, Hazen-14.225; 36. Chad Wilson, 14x, Wilson-14.304; 37. Todd Kirkman, 16x, Kirkman-14.304; 38. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-14.347; 39. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-14.365; 40. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-14.368; 41. Brent Turner, 51, Slinkard-14.544; 42. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-14.551; 43. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-14.551; 44. A.J. Francis, 21, Francis-14.609; 45. Brian Olson, 7B, Olson-14.647; 46. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-NT; 47. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Hendrick, 2. Gulick, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Meseraull, 5. McIntyre, 6. Wilson, 7. Goodnight, 8. Turner, 9. Robbins, 10. Simon, 11. Olson, 12. Kirkman, 13. Holt. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. M.Spencer, 3. Shuman, 4. Gardner (#71x), 5. Clauson, 6. Hendrick, 7. Gurley, 8. Nigg, 9. Irwin. 2:20.19
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Jones, 4. Darland, 5. Grant, 6. Gulick, 7. Riggs, 8. J.Spencer, 9. Welpott. 2:21.07
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Cottle, 4. Coons, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Ted Hines, 7. Keen, 8. Shuttleworth, 9. Weir. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Burdette, 3. Ballou, 4. East, 5. Westfall, 6. Meseraull, 7. Hupp, 8. Elson, 9. Rose. 2:19.89
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Rose, 3. Clauson, 4. Westfall, 5. Grant, 6. Riggs, 7. Elson, 8. Ted Hines, 9. Hendrick, 10. Gurley, 11. Gulick, 12. Hupp, 13. Shuttleworth, 14. Welpott, 15. Meseraull, 16. Nigg, 17. Keen, 18. Irwin, 19. Weir, 20. J.Spencer. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Bill Rose, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Matt Westfall, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Brett Burdette, 14. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 15. Casey Riggs, 16. Damion Gardner (#71x), 17. Kyle Larson, 18. Justin Grant, 19. Bobby East, 20. Blake Fitzpatrick, 21. Shane Cottle, 22. Jon Stanbrough. NT
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**Gardner flipped during qualifying. Kirkman flipped during the non-qualifiers race. Stanbrough flipped on lap 7 of the feature. Larson flipped on lap 20 of the feature. Riggs flipped on the final lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Schuerenberg.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-234; 2-Schuerenberg-231; 3-Jones-231; 4-Gardner-227; 5-Stanbrough-187; 6-Fitzpatrick-180; 7-Windom-174; 8-Ballou-160; 9-Riggs-145; 10-Bud Kaeding-143.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 1 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway