Story by Ken de la Bastide
ANDERSON, Ind. (October 12, 2014) – Nobleville’s Brian Gerster drove to a dominating win in the season finale for the USSA Sprint Car Series at Anderson Speedway on Saturday.
Gerster passed Pendleton’s Travis Welpott with an outside move down the back straight on lap five to grab the point on Community Hospital “Paint the Night Pink”.
The championship battle took an unexpected turn on lap nine when point leader Chris Neuenschwander pushed Brad Armstrong through turn three. As they exited the fourth corner Armstrong’s car turned sideways and Neuenschwander flipped on the front straight.
When Jason Fuller finished eighth in the field, Neuenschwander was crowned champion by 30 points.
There was a shake-up in the front of the field with seven laps remaining when Donnie Adams Jr. and Geoff Kaiser while battling for the second spot encountered the lapped car of Doug Dietsch. Adams spun in turn four and was relegated to the back of the lead lap cars.
On the final restart Kaiser was able to challenge Gerster for the lead but was not able to make the outside pass. Davey Hamilton Jr. finished third after starting 13th, followed by Scott Hampton and Adams.
Kyle O’Gara led all 30 laps to capture the Mel Kenyon Midget feature, his second win in three starts.
He was chased the entire distance by Cole Fehr, who won the championship, with rookie of the year Colten Dooley taking third.
Entering the final race of the season Jessica Bean was second in the point chase but she crashed on the first lap in turn three, ending any chance of a title. With Bean’s misfortune it allowed Dooley to finish second in the point standings.
