Jon Stanbrough Takes Sprint Week Opener

GAS CITY, IN JULY 11, 2014 -RIS- Jon Stanbrough was in the winners circle for the second year in a row as he captured the Sprint week opening race at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Starting on the pole, Stanbrough lead every lap on an unusually slick track which made passing nearly impossible. Running on the bottom the whole race Stanbrough had Justin Grant near him for all of the 30 lap feature.

“The car was good. I don't know if we were the best car out there. I couldn't see behind us. I think it was right around the bottom. You know it was good enough to win. It was really good off the bottom coming out of one and two. The car was good, I was just struggling to get off of four a little bit. I got hit in the rear end a few times, maybe because I wasn't getting off there good. I can't complain, the car was really good it was just me trying to find the line and get of of there good.” Said Stanbrough.

It was disappointing to most everyone but Stanbrough because the event had started with such promise. Fifty three cars were there with racy action in the heats and preliminaries. Dave Darland was the fast qualifier at 12.093 seconds. Coons, Short, Ballou and Clauson were the heat race winners. The last chance race saw Shane Cottle win and go on to the semi where he came from 19th to finish fifth.

The B also saw the most serious accident of the evening as Jeff Bland flipped heavily in turn two.

Saturday is day two of 2014 Indiana Sprint Week and it will be Kokomo Speedway, a venue which rarely dissapoints.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 11, 2014 - Gas City, Indiana - Gas City I-69 Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips-12.093; 2. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-12.114; 3. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-12.159; 4. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-12.196; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 41, SST-12.268; 6. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-12.269; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-12.276; 8. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-12.303; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 37RW, Dutcher-12.328; 10. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-12.349; 11. Daron Clayton, 3R, Byram-12.357; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, KT-12.389; 13. Shane Cockrum, 66, Amati-12.397; 14. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20N, Schuerenberg/Nolen-12.423; 15. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-12.441; 16. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-12.449; 17. Jimmy Light, 23, Two-Time-12.452; 18. Adam Byrkett, 78, Byrkett-12.493; 19. Robert Ballou, 12x, Mallou-12.495; 20. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-12.500; 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-12.503; 22. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-12.533; 23. Mark Smith, 1M, Smith-12.577; 24. Chad Boespflug, 57, Hazen-12.595; 25. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-12.603; 26. Scotty Weir, 18x, Keen-12.610; 27. Tyler Courtney, 21x, Pollock-12.616; 28. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-12.633; 29. Jeff Bland Jr., 04, Burton-12.633; 30. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-12.634; 31. Casey Shuman, 21k, Krockenberger-12.637; 32. Travis Welpott, 18W, Welpott-12.640; 33. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-12.645; 34. Matt Westfall, 54, Best Performance-12.648; 35. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.668; 36. Mike Gass, 17G, Gass12.716; 37. Shane Cottle, 2E, Epperson-12.734; 38. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-12.818; 39. A.J. Hopkins, 14H, Hopkins-12.867; 40. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-12.886; 41. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-12.911; 42. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-12.937; 43. Lee Dakus, 75, Dakus-12.985; 44. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-12.998; 45. Mike Terry Jr., 85, Terry-13.059; 46. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-13.133; 47. Nathan Moore, 48, Moore-13.166; 48. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt-13.174; 49. Gary Taylor, 4G, Cook-13.373; 50. Jay Waugh, 99a, Waugh-13.376; 51. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-13.447; 52. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-NT; 53. Randy Johns, 27K, Johns-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Darland, 3. Cockrum, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Cottle, 6. Leary, 7. Jarrett, 8. Light, 9. Meseraull, 10. Terry, 11. Bland, 12. Hery. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Windom, 4. Weir, 5. McGhee, 6. Andretti, 7. Spencer, 8. Moore, 9. Westfall, 10. Jackson. 11. Byrkett, 12. J.Vander Weerd. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Smith, 3. Stockon, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Hopkins, 6. Bacon, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Dakus, 9. Clayton, 10. Schmidt, 11. Shuman, 12. Courtney. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Boespflug, 3. Grant, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Gurley, 6. Briscoe, 7. Thomas, 8. Taylor, 9. Farney, 10. Gass, 11. Roa, 12. Welpott.

QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Westfall, 3. Hopkins, 4. Briscoe, 5. Roa, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Taylor, 8. Schmidt, 9. Terry, 10. Dakus, 11. Barrow, 12. Ted Hines, 13. Gass, 14. Waugh, 15. Jarrett, 16. Simon. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bacon., 2. Spencer, 3. Thomas, 4. Meseraull, 5. Cottle, 6. Light, 7. McGhee, 8. Westfall, 9. Byrkett, 10. Andretti, 11. Clayton, 12. Farney, 13. Gurley, 14. Briscoe, 15. Leary, 16. Welpott, 17. Hopkins, 18. Bland, 19. Courtney, 20. Shuman. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Shane Cockrum, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Jimmy Light, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Brady Short, 13. Richard Vander Weerd, 14. Robert Ballou, 15. Shane Cottle, 16. Kevin Thomas, Jr. 17. Thomas Meseraull, 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 19. Jarett Andretti, 20. Josh Spencer, 21. C.J. Leary, 22. Gary Taylor, 23. Mark Smith, 24. Chad Boespflug, 25. Scotty Weir. NT

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**Terry flipped during the first heat. Bland flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Stanbrough.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bacon-1,051, 2-Darland-1,021, 3-Stanbrough-972, 4-Clauson & Stockon-943, 6-Tracy Hines-909, 7-Grant-849, 8-Windom-806, 9-Schuerenberg-792, 10-Leary-708.

NEW INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Stanbrough & Windom-65, 3-Grant-63, 4-Tracy Hines-59, 5-Stockon-54, 6-Bacon-53, 7-Darland-52, 8-Cockrum-48, 9-Clauson-41, 10-Coons-39.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 12- Kokomo (IN) Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week