WINDOM TAKES BLOOMINGTON’S “LARRY RICE CLASSIC”

Chris Windom. - Mike Campbell Photo

From Dick Jordan

Bloomington, IN……..Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. passed Jon Stanbrough on lap 24 and led the final seven laps to win Friday night’s “Larry Rice Classic” USAC AMSOIL National Sprint car feature at the Bloomington Speedway. Trailing Windom’s Sprint Mart/Claxton Engines Maxim at the checkered flag were Stanbrough, Kyle Larson, fast qualifier Dave Darland and Levi Jones. Jones emerged from the race with a 17-point lead over Damion Gardner in the new series standings going into next Thursday’s 41st First National Bank “Tony Hulman Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 20, 2011 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – “Larry Rice Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts-Tate-11.712; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-11.713; 3. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-11.762; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-11.852; 5. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-11.887; 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-11.896; 7. Daron Clayton, 69, Dynamics-11.903;. 8. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-11.908; 9. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-11.917; 10. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-11.978; 11. Kyle Larson, 11, Walker-11.996; 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-12.033; 13. Danny Holtsclaw, 3, Holtsclaw-12.045; 14. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-12.067; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.088; 16. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-12.097; 17. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-12.142; 18. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-12.189; 19. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-12.210; 20. Jesse Cramer, 12T, Cramer-12.220; 21. Brady Short, 36, Short-12.232; 22. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.239; 23. Bob Cummings, 71x, Cummings-12.248; 24. Jon Sciscoe, 7s, Sciscoe-12.261; 25. Ethan Barrow, 15,
Barrow-12.275; 26. Chris Babcock, 35x, Babcock-12.282; 27. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-12.287; 28. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-12.302; 29. Ty Deckard, 48, Deckard-12.341; 30. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-12.348; 31. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-12.395; 32. Lance Grimes, 14, Smith-Grimes-12.406; 33. Jordan Kinser, 5k, Kinser-12.504; 34. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-12.516; 35. Seth Motsinger, 44, Motsinger-12.534; 36. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-12.570; 37. Bobby Stines, 88, Stines-12.620; 38. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-12.630; 39. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-12.645; 40. Jake Simmons, 7x, Simmons-12.887; 41. Nick Johnson, 15J, Johnson-13.347.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. Darland, 3. Holtsclaw, 4. Riggs, 5. Windom, 6. Ballou, 7. Barrow, 8. Stines, 9. Kinser, 10. Johnson, 11. Deckard. 2:02.87

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. East, 3. Gardner, 4. Jones, 5. Clauson, 6. Briscoe, 7. Babcock, 8. Hughes, 9. Robbins, 10. Schuerenberg. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cummings, 2. Larson, 3. Clayton, 4. Hines, 5. Beauchamp, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. Hupp, 8. Motsinger, 9. McIntyre, 10. Studley. 2:07.65

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sciscoe, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Coons, 4. Shuman, 5. Bloom, 6. Hendrick, 7. Grimes, 8. Elson, 9. Simmons, 10. Cramer. 2:07.45

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. Windom, 3. Bloom, 4. Ballou, 5. Babcock, 6. Clauson, 7. Hupp, 8. Robbins, 9. Barrow, 10. Hughes, 11. Hendrick, 12. Beauchamp, 13. Kinser, 14. Motsinger, 15. Studley, 16. McIntyre, 17. Stines, 18. Johnson, 19. Elson, 20. Simmons, 21. Briscoe, 22. Grimes, 23. Cramer, 24. Deckard. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Kyle Larson, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Danny Holtsclaw, 7. Bobby East, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Keith Bloom Jr., 10. Jon Sciscoe, 11. Blake Fitzpatrick, 12. Brady Short, 13. Casey Riggs, 14. Bob Cummings, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Tracy Hines, 18. Bryan Clauson, 19. Casey Shuman, 20. Daron Clayton, 21. Chase Babcock, 22. Brady Bacon. NT
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**Schuerenberg flipped during the second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Larson, Laps 21-23 Stanbrough, Laps 24-30 Windom.

NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-289; 2-Gardner-272; 3-Stanbrough-254; 4-Clauson-252; 5-Windom-237; 6-Schuerenberg-232; 7-Fitzpatrick-219; 8-East-192; 9-Ballou-184; 10-Darland-180.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: May 26 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – 41st “Tony Hulman Classic”