Indy Car
INDYCAR NEWS AND NOTES – Aug. 15, 2011
Today’s IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights headlines:
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SCHATZ WINS AGAIN IN KNOXVILLE NATIONALS
Donny Schatz made a dynamic leap to the front in the early going and then stayed in front to win the Goodyear Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway
USAC Silver Crown Series
COONS, SWANSON BATTLE FOR SILVER CROWN POINT LEAD IN SATURDAY’S “TONY BETTENHAUSEN 100” AT SPRINGFIELD
Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. and Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. enter this Saturday’s “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield in a tie for the points lead in USAC’s Traxxas Silver Crown Championship.
USAC Pavement Sprint Car Series
SANTOS LEADS PAVEMENT SPRINTS TO INDY
Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. will lead USAC’s Pavement Sprint Car Series to Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind. this Thursday night, but his point lead is tenuous at best
Angell Park Speedway
3 TITLE CONTENDERS EYE SUNDAY’S ANGELL PARK RACE
Three drivers separated by 29 points will battle for the 2011 USAC Mopar National Midget Series point lead Sunday night at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc., home of the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
Perris Auto Speedway
CRA BACK TO THE PAS THIS SATURDAY
Mike Spencer has won four of the five AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint races held so far this year at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Saturday night he’ll try to continue that success at the half-mile dirt oval.
USAC Rocky Mt. Sprint Car Series
SEPTEMBER 3 “SHOWDOWN” FOR BURDETT & WATERS AT RMR
Former USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Champion Ryan Burdett and Jim Waters will square off for the series point lead in the penultimate race of the series at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah September 3
USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series
HANFORD’S GIANT CHEVROLET KINGS SPEEDWAY HOSTS 360s
The 2011 USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Championship resumes Saturday night at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. and point leaders Richard and Jace VanderWeerd of Visalia, Calif. will continue their season-long struggle for the point lead
USAC Indiana Midget Championship
KALAMAZOO NEXT FOR MOPAR D1 MIDGETS
This Saturday night’s USAC “tripleheader” at the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Motor Speedway includes the Mopar D1 Midgets, Midwest Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns, and the Mopar .25 Midgets are also on the grounds, competing at Little Kalamazoo.
United States Auto Club
MOPAR .25s SET FOR KALAMAZOO “BACK TO SCHOOL BASH”
The penultimate round of the 2k11 USAC Mopar .25 Generation Next Tour unfolds this weekend at “Little Kalamazoo,” the track located adjacent to Kalamazoo (Mich.) Motor Speedway.
Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets
3 CHALLENGERS POSE THREAT TO KRAWIEC AT BEAR RIDGE
Drivers Scott Holcomb, Ray Miller and Kevin Chaffee all stand within one race of the point lead in the USAC DMA Midget Series, but they all have to catch Joe Krawiec.
Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints
AVSS Canceled at South Bend
The Auto Value Super sprint event scheduled for this Saturday night August 20 at The South Bend Speedway has been canceled.
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
SAMMY SWINDELL EARNS JESSE HOCKETT “MR. SPRINT CAR” TITLE AND DEDICATES COX DESIGN IOWA SPEED WEEK TO THE LATE EARL GAERTE
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) inductee Sammy Swindell earned his second consecutive Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” title Saturday night by finishing third in the 50-lap Goodyear Knoxville Nationals at the Knoxville Raceway.
Selinsgrove Speedway
SELINSGROVE POINT CHASES HEATING UP AS 2011 RACING SEASON WINDS DOWN
While the 2011 racing season at Selinsgrove Speedway is beginning to wind down, the championship chases are heating up, particularly in the A&A Auto Stores 358 sprint car and Jeff’s Auto Body & Recycling Center late model divisions
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Knoxville Nips JA
Saturday night at the Knoxville Nationals, Chico, CA native, Jonathan Allard, fell victim to an opening lap flip in the C-main ending his 2011 Nationals very abruptly