Gas City, IN — (April 27, 2012) — Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Missouri picked up his first AMSOIL National Sprint Car win of the year after leading every official circuit in Friday’s 30-lap Main Event at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway. Schuerenberg led the opening lap from the pole before falling to third at the completion of lap two, but a caution behind him gave Schuerenberg another chance at the front of the field, and he took advantage in his Rock Steady Racing – Fatheadz Eyewear – R&B Trucker’s Spike/Rider #35.
“I got another shot at the lead after that caution. Luckily, that was the break we needed. This is a big win for us. We got a terrible start to the year, so a win just gets us going back in the right direction,” Schuerenberg said after some celebratory donuts.
Jon Stanbrough closed on the leader late in the race as traffic bottled up the top-three. With Stanbrough looking for an option to get by Schuerenberg on the final lap, Shane Cottle slipped underneath in his Epperson Painting DRC/Claxton #2 to take the runner-up spot. Stanbrough filled the podium in the Roberts/Tate Racing – Leer Racing DRC/Speedway #21x. Filling out the top-five were Billy Puterbaugh, Jr. in the Puterbaugh Racing – Lucas Oil DRC/Foxco #16 and Bryan Clauson in the CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian R&B Trucker’s Maxim/Fisher #7.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2012 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Border Wars”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scotty Weir, 10E, Edison-11.571; 2. Brent Beauchamp, 11B, Beauchamp-11.610; 3. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-11.667; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-11.698; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-11.711; 6. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-11.747; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Rock Steady-11.763; 8. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-11.763; 9. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-11.787; 10. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-11.799; 11. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-11.826; 12. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-11.833; 13. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, Black Jack-11.840; 14. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-11.945; 15. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-11.947; 16. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-11.953; 17. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-11.956; 18. Jon Sciscoe, 57, Hazen-11.967; 19. Kyle Larson, 1K, Abreu-12.050; 20. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.068; 21. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-12.071; 22. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71P, Phillips-12.088; 23. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-12.150; 24. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-12.175; 25. Thomas Meseraull, 41, Stensland-12.180; 26. Bobby East, 2B, 2B Racing-12.239; 27. Travis Welpott, 18, Welpott-12.297; 28. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-12.298; 29. CJ Leary, 30, Leary-12.381; 30. Casey Riggs, 37, KKM/Indiana Underground-12.421; 31. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 3, Fitzpatrick-12.432; 32. Tyler Hewitt, 21H, Hewitt-12.473; 33. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-12.530; 34. Josh Spencer, 42G, Jackson-12.581; 35. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-12.599; 36. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-12.751; 37. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-12.956; 38. Joe Bares, 19x, Test-12.976.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Darland, 3. Weir, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Thomas, 6. Stockon, 7. Jarrett, 8. Leary, 9. Meseraull, 10. Hewitt. 2:04.24
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Coons, 3. Sciscoe, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Windom, 6. East, 7. Beauchamp, 8. McIntyre, 9. Bares, 10. Riggs. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Hendrick, 3. Cottle, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Hagen, 6. Ted Hines, 7. Blake Fitzpatrick, 8. Welpott, 9. Braylon Fitzpatrick. 2:06.08
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Shuman, 3. Ballou. 4. Gardner, 5. Grant, 6. Gulick, 7. Goodnight, 8. Swanson, 9. Spencer. 2:08.71
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Hagen, 3. Thomas, 4. Windom, 5. Beauchamp, 6. East, 7. Gulick, 8. Stockon, 9. Ted Hines, 10. McIntyre, 11. Blake Fitzpatrick, 12. Goodnight, 13. Grant, 14. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 15. Riggs, 16. Welpott, 17. Jarrett, 18. Leary, 19. Bares, 20. Hewitt, 21. Meseraull. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2. Shane Cottle, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Scotty Weir, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Casey Shuman, 9. Brent Beauchamp, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Jon Sciscoe, 14. Kyle Larson, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Jerry Coons, Jr., 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 18. Levi Jones, 19. Chase Stockon, 20. Bobby East, 21. Damion Gardner, 22. Kody Swanson, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Justin Grant. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Schuerenberg.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stanbrough-282; 2-Clauson-273; 3-Darland-264; 4-Hines-239; 5-Grant-237; 6-Gardner-235; 7-Jones-235; 8-Hagen-215; 9-Shuman-195; 10-Kaeding-195.
FINAL “BORDER WARS” POINTS: 1-Darland-114, 2-Stanbrough-103, 3-Hines-102, 4-Weir-101, 5-Schuerenberg-96.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 28 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway