By Dick Jordan
Indianapolis, IN……..Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. extended his lead in the 2011 AMSOIL USAC Pavement Sprint Car standings Thursday night with a 30-lap feature win in “Thursday Night Thunder” action at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Santos trailed Chris Windom for 17 laps, then got by Windom in turn three after a restart and led the final 13 laps in his Santos Motorsports/K & N Filters Beast/Gaerte. Windom took second ahead of fast qualifier Tanner Swanson, Eric Gordon and JoJo Helberg.
AMSOIL USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 18, 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Lucas Oil Raceway – “Thursday Night Thunder”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 17T, TK-20.926; 2. Bobby Santos III, 98s, Santos-20.943; 3. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-21.092; 4. Eric Gordon, 51, Bowman/Canine-21.092; 5. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-21.100; 6. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-21.126; 7. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-21.131; 8. Jacob Wilson, 07, WRB-21.137; 9. Caleb Armstrong, 7A, C & A-21.172; 10. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-21.184; 11. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-21.190; 12. Brian Olson, 59, Powell-21.198; 13. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-21.468; 14. Troy DeCaire, 1, Powell-21.712; 15. Russ Gamester, 35, Gamester-21.743; 16. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan-Gennuso-22.535.17. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. T.Swanson, 2. K.Swanson, 3. Gordon, 4. Helberg, 5. Ramos, 6. Marietta. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. Santos, 3. Wilson, 4, .Windom, 5. Pierce, 6. DeCaire. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Armstrong, 3. Hines, 4. Gerster, 5. Olson. 2:56.44
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Tanner Swanson, 4. Eric Gordon, 5. JoJo Helberg, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Jacob Wilson, 8. Brian Gerster, 9. Bobby East, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Caleb Armstrong, 12. Troy DeCaire, 13. Aaron Pierce, 14. Brian Olson, 15. Russ Gamester, 16. Luis Ramos III, 17. Mario Marietta. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Windom, Laps 18-30 Santos.
NEW AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT POINTS: 1-Santos, 2. T.Swanson-247; 3-East-224; 4-Windom-216; 5-Wilson-207; 6-K.Swanson-205; 7-Gerster-193; 8-Hines-174; 9-Gamester-153; 10-Olson-135.
NEXT AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT RACE: September 8 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis