By Bob Baker
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (August 7, 2013) – After night six, when Jon Stanbrough of Indiana won the Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge at Oskaloosa, defending “Mr. Sprint Car” Kyle Larson is back on top of the 2013 Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week point standings. Night number seven is Wednesday, August 7, with the first preliminary night of the World of Outlaws (WoO) FVP Knoxville Nationals at the famed Knoxville Raceway.
The unofficial top twenty in the 2013 Cox Design Iowa Speed Week points after six nights is as follows: 1., Kyle Larson, 230 points; 2., Kevin Swindell, 195 points; 3., Brian Brown, 189 points; 4., Jason Johnson, 153 points; 5., Shane Stewart, 146 points; 6., Justin Henderson, Danny Lasoski, Brad Sweet, 135 points (tie); 9., Scott Winters, 126 points; 10., Brad Loyet, 120 points; 11., Jonathan Cornell, Terry McCarl, 114 points (tie); 13., Don Droud, Jr., 113 points; 14., Josh Higday, 109 points; 15., Jon Agan, 107 points; 16., Justyn Cox, Brandon Wimmer, 105 points (tie); 18., Tasker Phillips, 104 points; 19., Randy Hannagan, 103 points; 20., Lee Grosz, 102 points.
The Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speedweek includes ten straight nights of sprint car racing between Knoxville Raceway and the Southern Iowa Speedway. The top three places pay $2,500, $1,000, and $500, respectively, with the winner declared the Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” titlist. Past “Mr. Sprint Car” titlists include Ricky Logan (2002) of Arkansas, Shane Stewart (2003, ’04) of Oklahoma, Billy Alley (2005) of Nebraska, Jason Johnson (2006) of Louisiana, Wayne Johnson (2007, ‘08) of Oklahoma, Terry McCarl (2009) of Iowa, Sammy Swindell (2010, ‘11) of Tennessee, and Kyle Larson (2012) of California.