JONES TAKES LAWRENCEBURG’S $10,000 “FALL NATIONALS” VICTORY

From Dick Jordan

Lawrenceburg, IN ……..Defending AMSOIL USAC National Champion Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. earned $10,000 for his victory in Saturday night’s City of Lawrenceburg “Fall Nationals” USAC/MSCS Sprint race at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. Jones was trailing Jonathan Hendrick by a sizeable margin on lap 23 when Hendrick was involved in a multi-car tangle in turn three and flipped. Jones took the lead on the restart in his Tony Stewart Racing GM Performance Parts Eagle/Chevy and led the final eight laps to beat Chris Windom, Hunter Schuerenberg, Casey Riggs and Tracy Hines. Brady Bacon was the fastest of 38 qualifiers. Hendrick led the first 22 laps in his bid for what would have been his first AMSOIL USAC Sprint car victory.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 1, 2011 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – City of Lawrenceburg “Fall Nationals” – Co-sanctioned by MSCS

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-13.996; 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.141; 3. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.172; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-14.179; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-14.181; 6. Chad Boespflug, 24, Simon-14.203; 7. Jac Haudenschild, 69, Dynamics-14.218; 8. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.238; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.253; 10. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-14.253; 11. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.273; 12. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-14.274; 13. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-14.287; 14. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.306; 15. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.312; 16. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.325; 17. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR-BCI-Curb-Agajanian-14.333; 18. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.400; 19. Shawn Westerfeld, 89, Westerfeld-14.423; 20. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.425; 21. Brady Short, 36, Short-14.429; 22. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-14.447; 23. Matt Westfall, 22s, Simon-14.469; 24. Joss Moffatt, 5J, Moffatt-14.570; 25. Daron Clayton, 11, Walker-14.575; 26. Landon Simon, 24k, Simon-14.617; 27. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.619; 28. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-14.707; 29. Hud Cone, 21c, Pollock-14.742; 30. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-14.886; 31. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-14.961; 32. Brett Burdett, 17B, Burdett-15.000; 33. Critter Malone, 7x, CM-15.011; 34. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-15.105; 35. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-15.738; 36. Tyler Hewitt, 21H, Hewitt-15.771; 37. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-16.045; 38. John Race, 42, Race-16.308. (NOTE: Kyle Robbins also practiced in #7).

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Jones, 3. Riggs, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Bacon, 6. Clauson, 7. Malone, 8. Weber, 9. Cone, 10. Clayton. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Gardner, 3. Ballou, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Boespflug, 6. Briscoe, 7. Simon, 8. Studley, 9. Thomas, 10. Race. 1:57.04

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Westfall, 2. Grant, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Gulick, 5. Haudenschild, 6. Westerfeld, 7. East, 8. Stockon, 9. Miller. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. Hupp, 3. Hendrick, 4. Coons, 5. Burdett, 6. Darland, 7. Moffatt, 8. Ted Hines, 9. Hewitt. 1:59.38

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Boespflug, 3. Haudenschild, 4. Clauson, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Malone, 7. Darland, 8. East, 9. Burdette, 10. Cone, 11. Simon, 12. Briscoe, 13. Studley, 14. Hewitt, 15. Weber, 16. Race, 17. Westerfeld, 18. Moffatt, 19. Thomas, 20. Miller. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Casey Riggs, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Ted Hines, 9. Bobby East, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Jac Haudenschild, 12. Brady Short, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Matt Westfall, 17. Logan Hupp, 18. Chase Stockon, 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Brady Bacon, 21. Coleman Gulick, 22. Justin Grant, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Critter Malone. NT

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**Clayton flipped during the first heat. Miller flipped during the third heat. Westerfeld flipped during the semi. Hendrick flipped on lap 23 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Hendrick, Laps 23-30 Jones.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,324; 2-Windom-1,280; 3-Stanbrough-1,242; 4-Schuerenberg-1,173; 5-Ballou-1,077; 6-Tracy Hines-1,062; 7-Darland-1,054; 8-Gardner-978; 9-Clauson-959; 10-East-823.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – October 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park