Bacon Wins USAC Sprint Car Opener at Ocala

(l to r) Third place Dave Darland, winner Brady Bacon, and second place Tracy Hines. - Paul Gretzinger Photo
(l to r) Third place Dave Darland, winner Brady Bacon, and second place Tracy Hines. – Paul Gretzinger Photo

From Dick Jordan

Ocala, FL — (February 20, 2014) — Brady Bacon strated the 2014 USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series in victory lane after winning the 30-lap feature event on Thursday night at Bubba Raceway Park.  Bacon ran down early leader Tracy Hines for the victory.  Hines held on for second with Dave Darland, Shane Cottle, and Chase Stockton rounded out the top five.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 20, 2014 – Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games V”

      QUALIFYING: 1. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.564; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-14.704; 3. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-14.733; 4. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.819; 5. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.956; 6. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-14.997; 7. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-15.031; 8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-15.050; 9. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.076; 10. Shane Cottle, 2E, Epperson-15.084; 11. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti Autosport Short Track-15.125; 12. Jon Stanbrough, 37RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-15.160; 13. Matt Westfall, 54, Best Performance-15.225; 14. Carson Short, 21, Short-15.232; 15. Mark Smith, 1M, Mach1-15.236; 16. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.281; 17. Casey Shuman, 21x, Pollock-15.366; 18. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.375; 19. Brady Short, 11P, Pottorff-15.418; 20. Shane Cockrum, 66, Wade-15.504; 21. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20N, Schuerenberg/Nolen-15.540; 22. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-15.541; 23. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-15.549; 24. Dalten Gabbard, 5, Baldwin-15.562; 25. Kody Swanson, 63, DePalma-15.658; 26. Derek Hastings, 32M, Marshall-15.738; 27. Steve Irwin, 2M, Marshall-15.753; 28. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller-15.846; 29. Collin Cabre, 12c, Cabre-15.974; 30. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-16.170; 31. Chris Jones, 59, Powell-16.558; 32. Nathan Moore, 48, Moore-16.853; 33. Frank Carlsson, 20x, Carlsson-17.110; 34. Mike Weber, 22, Weber-18.193.

      FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Grant, 4. Bacon, 5. Shuman, 6. Cabre, 7. Swanson, 8. Carlsson, 9. Westfall. 2:05.08

      SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Darland, 3. Stockon, 4. Hery, 5. Jarrett, 6. Hastings, 7. Chambers, 8. C. Short, 9. Weber. NT

      THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Short, 3. Andretti, 4. Smith, 5. Windom, 6. Farney, 7. Jones, 8. Irwin. 2:04.80

      FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Thomas, 4. Leary, 5. Cockrum, 6. Moore, 7. Wissmiller, 8. Gabbard. NT

      SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Westfall, 3. C. Short, 4. Shuman, 5. Cockrum, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Gabbard, 8. Swanson, 9. Farney, 10. Hastings, 11. Jones, 12. Carlsson, 13. Cabre, 14. Chambers, 15. Moore. NT

      FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Justin Grant, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Jon Stanbrough, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Chris Windom, 11. C.J. Leary, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14. Mitch Wissmiller, 15. Jarett Andretti, 16. Mark Smith, 17. Shane Cockrum, 18. Travis Hery, 19. Carson Short, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Brady Short, 22. Matt Westfall. NT

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**Wissmiller flipped in Heat 4. Ballou & B. Short flipped on lap 9 of the Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hines, Lap 2 Darland, Laps 3-17 Hines, Laps 18-30 Bacon.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bacon-71; 2-Hines-67; 3-Darland-62; 4-Cottle/Stockon-59; 6-Clauson-56; 7-Stanbrough-46; 8-Schuerenberg-43; 9-Leary-39; 10-Windom-37.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 21 – Ocala, FL – Bubba Raceway Park – “Winter Dirt Games V”