Thomas Charges From Mid-Pack to Win at Gas City

Kevin Thomas, Jr. in victory lane at Gas City I-69 Speedway. - Mike Campbell Photo
Kevin Thomas, Jr. in victory lane at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#17 outside) and Thomas Meseraull (#17 inside) battle for the lead. . - Bill Miller Photo
Kevin Thomas, Jr. in victory lane at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#17 outside) and Thomas Meseraull (#17 inside) battle for the lead. . – Bill Miller Photo

Results from Dick Jordan

Gas City, IN — (April 26, 2013) — Kevin Thomas, Jr. came from 10th starting position to win Friday night’s United States Auto Club AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series feature at Gas City I-69 Speedway.

Thomas took the lead over after a restart with nine laps to go and motored to victory over Thomas Meseruall, Robert Ballou, Jerry Coons, Jr., and Dave Darland.

Toby Alfrey won the USAC Ignite Midget Car Series feature.  Gage Walker and Stratton Briggs rounded out the podium.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 26, 2013 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Thomas Meseraull, 17T, McGhee-11.441; 2. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-11.601; 3. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips-11.615; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-11.620; 5. Shane Cottle, 2, Epperson-11.684; 6. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-11.7037. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-11.706; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/Tri-Star-11.719; 9. Robert Ballou, 5, Baldwin-11.738; 10. Scotty Weir, 18, Keen-11.788; 11. Chase Stockon, 32, 31 TBI Racing-11.811; 12. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-11.827; 13. Justin Grant, 11, Walker-11.836; 14. Chad Boespflug, 57, Hazen-11.841; 15. Chris Windom, 39, Walker-11.861; 16. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-11.899; 17. Gary Taylor, 40, Hery-11.925; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-11.937; 19. Landon Simon, 41, SST-11.972; 20. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, Jackson-12.151; 21. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney-12.160; 22. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.167; 23. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-12.170; 24. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-12.235; 25. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-12.262; 26.
Travis Welpott, 18x, Gorman-12.286; 27. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-12.444; 28. Tyler, Hewitt, 97x, Hewitt-12.467; 29. Anthony Nicholson, 16, Nicholson-12.796.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Courtney, 3. Meseraull, 4. Ballou, 5. Cottle, 6. Taylor, 7. Jarrett, 8. Nicholson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Weir, 3. Clauson, 4. Boespflug, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Bacon, 7. Welpott. 2:03.48

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Windom, 3. Stockon, 4. Darland, 5. Simon, 6. Gurley, 7. Gulick. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McGhee, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Hopkins, 4. Coons, 5. Drake, 6. Hewitt, 7. Thomas. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Bacon, 3. Thomas, 4. Taylor, 5. Gulick, 6. Jarrett, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Gurley. 9. Nicholson, 10. Simon, 11. Welpott, 12. Drake, 13. Hewitt. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Thomas Meseraull, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Gary Taylor, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Shane Cottle, 12. Chase Stockon, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Chad Boespflug, 15. C.J. Leary, 16. Tyler Courtney, 17. Max McGhee, 18. Logan Jarrett, 19. Scotty Weir, 20. Justin Grant, 21. Landon Simon, 22. Coleman Gulick, 23. A.J. Hopkins. NT
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**Thomas flipped during the fourth heat. Drake flipped during the semi. Simon flipped during the semi. Hopkins flipped on lap 1 of the feature.Gulick flipped on lap 2 of the feature. Weir flipped on the 22nd lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Ballou, Laps 23-30 Thomas.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schuerenberg-283, 2-Stockon-282, 3-Bacon-277, 4-Clauson-274, 5-Tracy Hines-262, 6-Darland-257, 7-Thomas-247, 8-Ballou-222, 9-Cottle-162, 10-Leary-162.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 27 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway

USAC MIDWEST IGNITE (Dirt) MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 26, 2013 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Katlynn Leer, 77x, Leer-13.225; 2. Toby Alfrey, 5, Alfrey-13.333; 3. Stratton Briggs, 2, Alfrey-13.525; 4. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-13.611; 5. Jessica Bean, 9, Bean-13.630; 6. Emmy Gray, 77, Gray-14.043; 7. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-14.153; 8. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire/Yager-14.770; 9. Bill Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-15.279; 10. Chris Phillips, 71, Gormly-NT (time of 13.718 disallowed); 11. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-NT (time of 14.291 disallowed); 12. Sam McGhee, 11, Alfrey-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. .  2. Briggs, 3. Bean, 4. Leer, 5. B.Kriegbaum, 6. Greening. 1:49.51

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Alfrey, 2. Walker, 3. Nemire, 4. Phillips, 5. Gray, 6. McGhee. 1:53.57

FEATURE: (20 Laps) 1. Toby Alfrey, 2. Gage Walker, 3. Stratton Briggs, 4. Katlynn Leer, 5. Jessica Bean, 6. Joey Greening, 7. Chris Phillips, 8. Emmy Gray, 9. Bill Kriegbaum, 10. Austin Nemire, 11. Cooper Clouse, 12. Sam McGhee. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Clouse, Laps 4-20 Alfrey.NEW MIDWEST IGNITE (Dirt) MIDGET POINTS: 1-Alfrey-73, 2-Walker-67, 3-Briggs-65, 4-Leer-62, 5-Bean-56, 6-Greening-48, 7-Phillips-47, 8-Gray-44, 9-B.Kriegbaum-40, 10-Nemire-39.NEXT MIDWEST IGNITE (Dirt) MIDGET RACE: April 27 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway