USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 6, 2018 – Putnamville, Indiana – Lincoln Park Speedway – “Bill Gardner Sprintacular”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Carson Short, 21, RCM-12.467; 2. Kody Swanson, 3R, Rock Steady-12.560; 3. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-12.734; 4. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall/Newman-12.793; 5. A.J. Hopkins, 4J, 4J Motorsports-12.840; 6. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-12.874; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 69, Dynamics-12.884; 8. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-12.896; 9. Jordan Kinser, 70, Hurst-12.897; 10. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-12.903; 11. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-12.951; 12. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-12.966; 13. Kent Schmidt, 5K, Schmidt-13.047; 14. Brian VanMeveren, 24, Silvers-13.102; 15. Isaac Chapple, 52, LNR/Chapple-13.113; 16. Nate McMillin, 24M, McMillin-13.129; 17. Thomas Meseraull, 5B, Briscoe-13.129; 18. Tim Creech, 2C, Creech-13.143; 19. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.179; 20. Brent Beauchamp, 34, Olson-13.198; 21. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.210; 22. Colten Cottle, 5C, Cottle-13.225; 23. Mario Clouser, 6, Clouser-13.287; 24. Dave Darland, 36D, Goodnight/Curb-Agajanian-13.323; 25. Chad Boespflug, 98, NineEight Motorsports-13.335; 26. Ben Knight, 16K, Knight-13.349; 27. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-13.398; 28. Jason McDougal, 21K, Krockenberger-13.433; 29. Shelby VanGilder, 22V, VanGilder-13.517; 30. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti Autosport-13.525; 31. Kyle Cummins, 3C, EZR/Cummins-13.558; 32. Matt McDonald, 5M, McDonald-13.666; 33. Shane Cockrum, 04, Burton-13.773; 34. Brady Ottinger, 4B, 4J Motorsports-14.190; 35. Harley Burns, 16H, Rolison-14.242; 36. Eric Burns, 99B, Gasway-14.278; 37. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-14.706.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Meseraull, 2. Kinser, 3. Ballou, 4. Hopkins, 5. Short, 6. Schmidt, 7. Cockrum, 8. VanGilder, 9. Boespflug, 10. Bell. 2:12.38
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Creech, 2. Cottle, 3. Leary, 4. DiMattia, 5. Andretti, 6. Swanson, 7. Knight, 8. VanMeveren, 9. Ottinger. NT
CHALK STIX THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, to-4 transfer) 1. Grant, 2. Stockon, 3. Thomas, 4. Bacon, 5. Windom, 6. Clouser, 7. Chapple, 8. H.Burns, 9. Cummins. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Courtney, 2. Darland, 3. Beauchamp, 4. Mattox, 5. Hodges, 6. McDougal, 7. McMillin, 8. McDonald, 9. E.Burns. NT
SEMI: (12 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. Short, 2. McDougal, 3. Clouser, 4. Hodges, 5. Windom, 6. Swanson, 7. Chapple, 8. McMillin, 9. VanGilder, 10. Schmidt, 11. Bell, 12. Ottinger, 13. Boespflug, 14. E.Burns, 15. VanMeveren, 16. Cockrum, 17. McDonald, 18. Knight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps – starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Courtney(5), 2. A.J. Hopkins (4), 3. Jason McDougal (22), 4. Chris Windom (21), 5. Jordan Kinser (1), 6. Thomas Meseraull (13), 7. Dave Darland (20), 8. Brandon Mattox (12), 9. Robert Ballou (17), 10. Josh Hodges (9), 11. Brady Bacon (6), 12. C.J. Leary (10), 13. Brady Short (7), 14. Kody Swanson (8), 15. Chase Stockon (11), 16. Kevin Thomas Jr. (2), 17. Isaac Chapple (23), 18. Mario Clouser (19), 19. Justin Grant (15), 20. Tony DiMattia (3), 21. Tim Creech (14), 22. Brent Beauchamp (16), 23. Colten Cottle (18). NT
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**Andretti flips at the checkered flag of heat 2. Beauchamp flipped on lap 2 of the feature. Thomas flipped on lap 23 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Thomas, Laps 23-30 Courtney.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Jason McDougal (22nd-3rd)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHER: Carson Short
ROGER & BARB TAPY 13TH FASTEST QUALIFIER: Kent Schmidt
NEW USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Courtney-1,260, 2-Thomas-1,254, 3-Windom-1,241, 4-Ballou-1,102, 5-Stockon-1,086, 6-Bacon-1,080, 7-Darland-1,042, 8-Leary-994, 9-Grant-983, 10-Boespflug-833.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 20 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway – “Indiana Sprint Week”
USAC ENGLER SPEED2 IMRA/MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 6, 2018 – Putnamville, Indiana – Lincoln Park Speedway – “Bill Gardner Sprintacular”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trey Osborne (#11T Taylor), 2. Mark Billings (#60E Billings), 3. Tyler Roth (#18 Roth), 4. Blake Buchholz (#37 Raymond), 5. Keith Arvin (#76A Arvin), 6. Blake Vermillion (#73 Vermillion), 7. Alex Watson (#3 Watson). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chett Gehrke (#11c Gehrke), 2. Aaron Leffel (#11L Taylor), 3. Jon Watson (#25 Watson), 4. Jon Steed (#7 Steed), 5. Andy Baugh (#6B Baugh), 6. Dave Baugh (#7B Baugh), 7. Cory Guingrich (#11g Guingrich), 8. Bo Harrison (#55 Sparks). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. John Heydenreich (#22 Givens), 2. Robby McQuinn (#09 McQuinn), 3. Brandon Smith (#11 Smith), 4. Jesse Vermillion (#5 Vermillion), 5. Brent Burrows (#51 Terry), 6. Kevin Battefeld (#42 Battefeld), 7. Tim Light (#14L Light). NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Gedd Ross (#51R Johnson) and Tyler Kalb (#32T Kalb).
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Chett Gehrke, 2. John Heydenreich, 3. Trey Osborne, 4. Robby McQuinn, 5. Aaron Leffel, 6. Tyler Roth, 7. Jon Steed, 8. Jon Watson, 9. Mark Billings, 10. Blake Buchholz, 11. Brandon Smith, 12. Brent Burrows, 13. Jesse Vermillion, 14. Tim Light, 15. Andy Baugh, 16. Blake Vermillion, 17. Dave Baugh, 18. Kevin Battefeld, 19. Keith Arvin, 20. Bo Harrison, 21. Alex Watson. NT
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**Ross flipped during practice.