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USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2008 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” – Co-sanctioned by Powri

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Brett Anderson (#11A Anderson), 2. Chris Windom (#17 Windom), 3. Brady Bacon (#99 Kahne), 4. Casey Shuman (#10 Moore), 5. Ryan Criswell (#11c R & C), 6. Tony Roney (#1T Roney), 7. Kent Schmidt (#5k Schmidt), 8. David Gough (#14A Hardy), 9. Garrett Hood (#11H Two Hoods), 10. Jay Mounce (#12J Mounce). 2:03.18

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Dave Darland (#32 RFMS), 2. Steve Buckwalter (#0 Buckwalter), 3. Henry Clarke (#67k Kunz), 4. Austin Brown (#7B Brown), 5. Kellen Conover (#76 K & D), 6. Caleb Armstrong (#7c C & A), 7. Shane Cottle, (#1s Saucier), 8. Daniel Robinson (#24D Robinson), 9. Matt Johnson (#85 Central Motorsports), 10. Donnie Lehmann (#31L Lehmann). 2:03.94

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Brad Sweet (#49 Kahne), 2. Brad Kuhn (#07 Mentgen), 3. Michael Pickens (#15H Hatton), 4. Mike Hess (#4x Hardy), 5. Davey Ray (#14 Hardy), 6. Dave Camfield (#86c Camfield), 7. Scott Hatton (#15x Huston), 8. Dakoda Armstrong (#7a C & A), 9. Ryan Hamilton (#4m Meents), 10. Dustin Morgan (#67 Kunz). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Jonathan Beason (#36 Beason), 2. Chad Boat (#30 Boat), 3. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 4. Daniel Adler (#401k Kirkpatrick), 5. Cole Whitt (#71 Kunz), 6. Chad McDaniel (#1c McDaniel), 7. Jimmy Glenn (#54 Burke), 8. Derrick Myers (#25M Myers), 9. Mike Riley (#05R Riley), 10. Rich Camfield (#87 Camfield). NT

FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#11 Wilke/Pak), 2. Chase Barber (#90 Barber), 3. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 4. Kody Swanson (#19 Nine Racing), 5. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 6. Tim Siner (#15 Siner), 7. Travis Berryhill (#57 RAB), 8. Danny Frye Jr. (#5s Frye), 9. Johnny Murdock (#0x Murdock). 2:06.16

SIXTH HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Brad Loyet (#05s Loyet), 2. Matt Sherrill (#35s Sherrill), 3. J.J. Yeley (#1H Triple Crown), 4. Danny Stratton (#5F Simmons), 5. Steve Knepper (#21x Stroud), 6. Jon Stanbrough (#55 Ferns), 7. Darren Hagen (#9 Nine Racing), 8. Derek King (#91 Harris), 9. Tyler Robbins (#35 Robbins). NT

C-MAIN #1: (10 laps – no points) 1. King, 2. Gough, 3. Frye, 4. Lehmann, 5. Robbins, 6. Johnson. NT

C-MAIN #1: (10 laps – no points) 1. Morgan, 2. Robinson, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. Hood, 5. Mounce. NT

B-MAIN #1: (15 laps – no points) 1. Whitt, 2. Hatton, 3. Brown, 4. Criswell, 5. Daum, 6. Swanson, 7. Stanbrough, 8. D.Camfield, 9. Siner, 10. King, 11. Gough, 12. Adler, 13. Schmidt, 14. Berryhill, 15. Stratton, 16. Knepper. NT

B-MAIN #2: (15 laps – no points) 1. Pickens, 2. Jones, 3. East, 4. Morgan, 5. Ray, 6. Shuman, 7. Hess, 8. Robinson, 9. McDaniel, 10. Hagen, 11. C.Armstrong, 12. Roney, 13. Glenn, 14. Conover, 15. Clarke, 16. Cottle. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps – no points) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Dave Darland, 4. Chad Boat, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Michael Pickens, 8. Brad Loyet, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Scott Hatton, 11. Steve Buckwalter, 12. Jonathan Beason, 13. Cole Whitt, 14. Ryan Criswell, 15. Matt Sherrill, 16. Davey Ray, 17. Chris Windom, 18. Zach Daum, 19. J.J. Yeley, 20. Chase Barber, 21. Austin Brown, 22. Dustin Morgan, 23. Bobby East, 24. Brett Anderson. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Coons, Laps 3-4 Darland, Laps 5-10 Coons, Laps 11-12 Darland, Laps 13-19 Coons, Laps 20-21 Darland, Laps 22-25 Sweet.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-1,138; 2-Whitt-1,072; 3-Sweet-1,007; 4-East-972; 5-Bacon-961; 6-Jones-960; 7-Hagen-900; 8-Coons-774; 9-Darland-742; 10-Kuhn-713.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 11 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway - “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”

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USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: October 9, 2008 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” - Co-sanctioned by Powri

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Steve Buckwalter (#0 Buckwalter), 2. Cole Whitt (#71 Kunz), 3. Austin Brown (#7B Brown), 4. Dave Camfield (#86c Camfield), 5. Chase Barber (#90 Barber), 6. Thomas Meseraull (#2 Rush), 7. Kent Schmidt (#5k Schmidt), 8. Tony Roney (#1T Roney), 9. Gary Altig (#67m Mecum), 10. Rich Camfield (#87 Camfield). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Jon Stanbrough (#55 Ferns), 2. Tracy Hines (#21 Stewart), 3. Scott Hatton (#15x Huston), 4. Brad Kuhn (#07 Mentgen), 5. Casey Shuman (#10 Moore), 6. Steve Knepper (#21x Stroud), 7. Derrick Myers (#25M Myers), 8. Ryan Criswell (#11c R & C), 9. Derek King (#91 Harris), 10. Darren Hagen (#9 Nine Racing). 2:03.00

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Jonathan Beason (#36 Beason), 2. J.J. Yeley (#1H Triple Crown), 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (#11 Wilke/Pak), 4. Tim Siner (#15 Siner), 5. Travis Berryhill (#57 RAB), 6. Davey Ray (#14 Hardy), 7. Daniel Adler (#31 Lehmann), 8. Jay Mounce (#12J Mounce), 9. Danny Frye Jr. (#5s Frye), 10. Johnny Murdock (#0x Murdock). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Brad Loyet (#05s Loyet), 2. Dustin Morgan (#67 Kunz), 3. Shane Cottle, (#1s Saucier), 4. Brett Anderson (#11A Anderson), 5. Caleb Armstrong (#7c C & A), 6. Dave Darland (#32 RFMS), 7. Dakoda Armstrong (#7a C & A), 8. David Gough (#14A Hardy), 9. Kellen Conover (#76 K & D), 10. Tyler Robbins (#35 Robbins). 2:02.71

FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Brad Sweet (#49 Kahne), 2. Mike Hess (#4x Hardy), 3. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 4. Chad Boat (#30 Boat), 5. Brady Bacon (#99 Kahne), 6. Chris Windom (#17 Windom), 7. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 8. Donnie Lehmann (#31L Lehmann), 9. Henry Clarke (#67k Kunz), 10. Mike Riley (#05R Riley). NT

SIXTH HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 2. Michael Pickens (#15H Hatton), 3. Matt Sherrill (#35s Sherrill), 4. Chad McDaniel (#1c McDaniel), 5. Ryan Hamilton (#4m Meents), 6. Daniel Robinson (#24D Robinson), 7. Garrett Hood (#11H Two Hoods), 8. Matt Johnson (#85 Central Motorsports), 9. Jimmy Glenn (#54 Burke), 10. Kody Swanson (#19 Nine Racing). NT

C-MAIN #1: (10 laps – no points) 1. Lehman, 2. Hood, 3. Clarke, 4. R.Camfield, 5. Frye, 6. Mounce, 7. Riley, 8. Altig, 9. Murdock. NT

C-MAIN #2: (10 laps – no points) 1. Gough, 2. Roney, 3. King, 4. Swanson, 5. Robbins, 6. Conover, 7. Glenn, 8. Hagen, 9. Johnson. NT

B-MAIN #1: (15 laps – no points) 1. Anderson, 2. Pickens, 3. Boat, 4. D.Camfield, 5. Siner, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Shuman, 8. Criswell, 9. Lehmann, 10. Meyers, 11. Brown, 12. Hood, 13. Hamilton, 14. Knepper, 15. Barber, 16. Robinson. NT

B-MAIN #2: (15 laps – no points) 1. Coons, 2. Bacon, 3. Cottle, 4. Darland, 5. Sherrill, 6. East, 7. Meseraull, 8. Ray, 9. D.Armstrong, 10. Adler, 11. Gough, 12. Schmidt, 13. Roney, 14. Berryhill, 15. McDaniel, 16. Windom. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps – no points) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Brad Loyet, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Jonathan Beason, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Brett Anderson, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Chad Boat, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Dave Camfield, 13. Mike Hess, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Dustin Morgan, 16. Matt Sherrill, 17. Tim Siner, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Zach Daum, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Steve Buckwalter, 22. J.J. Yeley, 23. Scott Hatton, 24. Michael Pickens. NT

**Buckwalter flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Whitt, Laps 7-25 Sweet.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 10 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway - “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”

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JONES GOES FOR #5 WHEN CRA RETURNS TO PERRIS OCT. 18!

Defending USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champ Tony Jones of Norco, Calif. became the first driver in Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car history to win four consecutive feature races at the Perris Auto Speedway, leading all 30 laps of Saturday night’s Southern California Fair race.

Jones piloted the Alexander Trucking/La Villa Restaurant DRC/JC Performance machine to the win over Blake Miller, Nic Faas, Danny Sheridan and Matt Mitchell. Miller cut series point leader Mike Spencer’s lead to just 63 points with his second place finish, while Spencer finished 20th Saturday night.

Jones ranks fifth in the new series points as a result of his recent success. He’ll try for an unprecedented fifth consecutive win at the 1/2-mile dirt oval October 18.

The October 18 event is the annual “Legends of Ascot” featuring the legends of the now-defunct Gardena, California oval which hosted so many races for so many years.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Mike Spencer  1,251
2. Blake Miller  1,188
3. Danny Sheridan 1,154
4. Garrett Hansen 1,039
5. Tony Jones  927
6. Cory Kruseman 884
7. Tyler Brown  874
8. David Cardey  790
9. Josh Ford  690
10. Nic Faas  531

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RICH “GOLD CROWN MIDGET NATIONALS” NEXT UP AT TRI-CITY;WHITT TAKES 57TH “HUT HUNDRED”

The USAC National Midget Series heads for Tri-City Speedway bin Pontoon Beach, Ill. this week for the richest Midget race of the year, the “Gold Crown Midget Nationals,” and Tracy Hines continues to lead the standings in search of USAC’s career “Triple Crown.”

Hines owns championships in USAC’s Silver Crown and National Sprint Car series but would like to add the Midgets to become the fifth driver in history to own career titles in all three National series. The others are Tony Stewart, Pancho Carter, Dave Darland and J.J. Yeley.

Jerry Coons Jr., who won the last two USAC National Midget crowns, also is seeking a career “Triple Crown” as he currently leads USAC’s K & N Silver Crown points and the USAC National Sprint car standings. Coons will be among Hines’ challengers in this week’s events at Tri-City Speedway. Preliminaries are slated Thursday and Friday, with a 25-lap feature each night on the 3/8-mile dirt oval. Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win finale is 40 laps.

Cole Whitt of Alpine, Calif. won Saturday’s 57th First Financial Bank “Hut Hundred” USAC Mopar National Midget race at the Terre Haute Action Track, presented by Dorsett Mitsubishi. Whitt started alongside pole winner Brad Sweet and led the first 45 laps in his Red Bull/MMI Bullet/Esslinger Ford.

Shane Cottle, who was involved in a multi-car tangle on lap one and restarted at the back of the field, raced through the pack to take the lead on lap 46 in his Tony Stewart Racing machine. On lap 79, Whitt regained the lead and led the final 22 laps for the victory. Cottle finished second ahead of Sweet, series point leader Hines and Bobby East.

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Tracy Hines  1,113
2. Cole Whitt  1,047
3. Brad Sweet  982
4. Bobby East  947
5. Brady Bacon  936
6. Levi Jones  935
7. Darren Hagen  875
8. Jerry Coons Jr. 749
9. Dave Darland  717
10. Brad Kuhn  688

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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 4, 2008 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.716; 2. Matt Mitchell, 87, Mitchell-16.772; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.850; 4. Rickie Gaunt, 93J, Gardner-16.857; 5. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-16.888; 6. J Hicks, 66, Miller-16.954; 7. Nic Faas, 117, Faas-16.959; 8. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-16.977; 9. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-16.987; 10. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.098; 11. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.123; 12. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.138; 13. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.157; 14. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.157; 15. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-17.164; 16. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.185; 17. Jordan Hermansader, 32, Rase-17.259; 18. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-17.329; 19. Rusty Carlile, 51x, Carlile-17.330; 20. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-17.386; 21. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-17.528; 22. Brandon Thomson, 19T, Thomson-17.693; 23. Cody Williams, 3, Jory-17.730; 24. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.746; 25. Brian Camarillo, 22c, Camland-17.821; 26. Andrew Reinbold, 19x, Reinbold-18.029; 27. Nadine Gardner 16, Gardner-18.124; 28. Brein Kinney, 85, Persall-18.126; 29. John Aden, 12, Blair-18.158; 30. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.334; 31. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.380; 32. Matt Stewart, 55m, Everhart-18.537; 33. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.654; 34. Bobby Ferro, 91, Ferro-19.127; 35. John Butler, 54, Butler-20.583; 36. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-NT; 37. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camland-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Miller, 3. Ballard, 4. Mero, 5. Brian Camarillo, 6. Aden, 7. Murphy, 8. Collins, 9. Hermansader. 2:54.32

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Clarke, 3. Reinbold, 4. Sheridan, 5. Hicks, 6. Mitchell, 7. Everhart, 8. Ferro, 9. Thomson. 2:53.85

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Spencer, 3. Faas, 4. Williams, 5. Brown, 6. Gardner, 7. Carlile, 8. Adderson, 9. Butler. 2:55.84

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Gaunt, 3. Bragg, 4. Kruseman, 5. Argo, 6. Solberg, 7. Perkins, 8. Brent Camarillo, 9. Stewart. 2:57.60

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hicks, 2. Mitchell, 3. Hermansader, 4. Murphy, 5. Argo, 6. Brown (#16), 7. Carlile, 8. Solberg, 9. Adderson, 10. Stewart, 11. Thomson, 12. Brent Camarillo, 13. Everhart, 14. Collins, 15. Perkins, 16. Ferro, 17. Butler, 18. Brian Camarillo, 19. Aden. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Blake Miller, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Matt Mitchell, 6. David Cardey, 7. Peter Murphy, 8. Rodney Argo, 9. Josh Ford, 10. Cody Williams, 11. J Hicks, 12. Jordan Hermansader, 13. Henry Clarke, 14. Andrew Reinbold, 15. Alan Ballard, 16. Cory Kruseman, 17. Danny Faria Jr., 18. Tyler Brown (#16), 19. Rickie Gaunt, 20. Mike Spencer, 21. Greg Bragg, 22. Austin Mero. NT

**Kinney flipped during the fourth heat. Brian Camarillo flipped during the semi. Bragg flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jones.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,251; 2-Miller-1,188; 3-Sheridan-1,154; 4-Garrett Hansen-1,039; 5-Jones-927; 6-Kruseman-884; 7-Brown-874; 8-Cardey-790; 9-Ford-690; 10-Faas-531.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 18 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 4, 2008 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – 57th Running of the First Financial Bank “Hut Hundred” presented by Dorsett Mitsubishi

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-22.389; 2. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-22.563; 3. Darren Hagen, 9, Nine Racing-22.755; 4. Shane Cottle, 20s, Stewart-22.758; 5. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-22.771; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-22.951; 7. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-22.992; 8. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-23.023; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-23.140; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-23.263; 11. Jason Leffler, 32, RFMS-23.518; 12. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-23.572; 13. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-23.591; 14. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-23.691; 15. Brad Kuhn, 07, Mentgen-23.772; 16. Dustin Morgan, 67, Kunz-23.876; 17. Davey Ray, 16, Sandy-23.989; 18. Joe Liguori, 28, Owen-23.990; 19. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-24.097; 20. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-24.127; 21. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-24.217; 22. Justin Grosz, 39, Grosz-NT.

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Shane Cottle, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Bobby East, 6. Dustin Morgan, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Chase Barber, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Ricky Ehrgott, 12. Davey Ray, 13. Dakoda Armstrong, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Brad Kuhn, 16. Joe Liguori, 17. Levi Jones, 18. Brad Loyet, 19. Cole Carter, 20. Chad Boat, 21. Jason Leffler, 22. Justin Grosz. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-45 Whitt, Laps 46-78 Cottle, laps 79-100 Whitt.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS:
1. Tracy Hines 1,113
2. Cole Whitt 1,047
3. Brad Sweet 982
4. Bobby East 947
5. Brady Bacon 936
6. Levi Jones 935
7. Darren Hagen 875
8. Jerry Coons 749
9. Dave Darland 717
10. Brad Kuhn 688

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 9-10-11 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway - “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”

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57TH “HUT HUNDRED” ON TAP SATURDAY AT THE ACTION TRACK

The 57th running of the First National Bank “Hut Hundred” is on tap Saturday at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track and the 100-lap race is scheduled to start 33 cars, three abreast on the exciting 1/2-mile dirt oval.

Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. will try to continue his quest to become USAC’s fifth “Triple Crown Champion” as he leads the Mopar USAC National Midget Series standings. Hines has already won USAC’s Silver Crown and National Sprint titles and needs the Midget crown to join drivers Tony Stewart, Pancho Carter, Dave Darland and J.J. Yeley as the only ones to earn all three championships in a career.

Hines, whose only Midget win at Terre Haute came in a 2001 Regional event, is a former winner of the Hut Hundred, but that was also in 2001 when the race was run at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. Hines was also second to Jason Leffler in 1997 and Dave Darland in 1999 and third behind Donnie Beechler and Tony Elliott in 1998.

Former race winners Darren Hagen (2006), Bobby East (2004), Darland (1999 and 2003), Mike Hess (2002) and Jason Leffler (1997) are expected to be among Hines’ challengers Saturday.

Hines, who teams with two-time USAC National Sprint Champion Levi Jones on the Tony Stewart Team, has a 78-point lead over Cole Whitt, with only 66 available Saturday.

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Tracy Hines  1,060
2. Cole Whitt  982
3. Brad Sweet  922
4. Levi Jones  916
5. Brady Bacon  911
6. Bobby East  898
7. Darren Hagen  829
8. Dave Darland  717
9. Jerry Coons Jr. 710
10. Brad Kuhn  665

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CRA SPRINTS RETURN TO THE PAS SATURDAY;JONES SEEKS 4TH STRAIGHT AFTER SATURDAY’S TRIUMPH

Defending USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champ Tony Jones of Norco, Calif. will try to become the first driver in USAC/CRA history to win four straight races at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway Saturday when the series continues at the 1/2-mile dirt oval.

Jones scored his third consecutive PAS feature victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature. He passed Danny Sheridan on lap 15 and led the rest of the way in his Alexander Trucking/La Villa Restaurant DRC/JC Performance machine to beat Sheridan, Blake Miller, Rickie Gaunt and series point leader Mike Spencer.

Gaunt led the first 11 laps and Sheridan the next three before Jones moved into the lead on lap 15.

Spencer remains atop the series standings with a 109-point edge over Miller going into Saturday’s racing program.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1. Mike Spencer 1,227
2. Blake Miller 1,118
3. Danny Sheridan 1,098
4. Garrett Hansen 1,039
5. Tony Jones 859
6. Cory Kruseman 858
7. Tyler Brown 856
8. David Cardey 737
9. Josh Ford 646
10. Nic Faas 471

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1997 “HUT HUNDRED” WINNER JASON LEFFLER BACK FOR SATURDAY’S 57TH RUNNING AT TERRE HAUTE

Jason Leffler of Long Beach, Calif., the 1997 winner of the prestigious “Hut Hundred,” is entered for this Saturday’s 57th scheduled running of the 100-lap USAC Mopar National Midget race at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.

Leffler, who also won the pole for the 100-lap race in 1998, was second to Kevin Olson in his first start in 1996 and fourth in 2002, the last time he competed in the event,the only driver since the late Jimmy Davies (1960-1962) to win three consecutive USAC National Midget titles (1997-1999), Leffler joins a talented field of drivers for Saturday’s race, including former race winners Darren Hagen (2006), Bobby East (2004), Dave Darland (1999 and 2003) and Mike Hess (2002).

“I’ve never run for Don (Fike),” Leffler admits. “But the way his cars have run this year I’m looking forward to Saturday. When you talk about Midget racing in the Midwest, the Hut Hundred is always at the top of the list, and I’d like to win it again. I haven’t run at Terre Haute since 2002 but it’ll be fun to get back there.”

Leffler admits to being behind on preparation of his own car, hence the call to Fike to drive the RFMS machine Saturday. At Rossburg, Ohio, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. appeared on his way to a spectacular victory in the “4-Crown Nationals” in a Fike car until an accident on the backstretch left the car in pieces.

The Esslinger Ford Jason will run Saturday last competed with Thomas Meseraull driving at the 2008 Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla. Its last USAC appearance was at Sun Prairie, Wisc. in 2006, driven by Tracy Hines.

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COONS SNATCHES SPRINT POINT LEAD FROM JONES; BACON SIZZLES IN “WINCHESTER OLDTIMERS” 30-LAPPER

Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. is the new leader in the USAC National Sprint Car Series after finishing eighth in Sunday’s “Winchester Oldtimers Weekend” 30-lap race at the Winchester (Ind.) Speedway. Coons has a minute two-point lead over defending two-time series titlist Levi Jones, who finished 12th at Winchester. The two will resume their torrid championship duel October 30-31 and November 1 in the Budweiser Oval Nationals” at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. earned his first series triumph in Sunday afternoon’s Winchester race. Bacon caught Chris Windom in turn three on the 11th lap and led the final 20 laps to put his Kasey Kahne Racing Mopar/Team ASE Beast/Speedway Mopar in victory lane.

Sunday’s victory was the first in five USAC Sprint races at Winchester for a car NOT fielded by car owner Keith Kunz, whose drivers Darren Hagen and Cole Whitt finished second and sixth. Hagen had won the last two races at Winchester and was followed at the checkered flag by Jacob Wilson, Windom and Tracy Hines.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Jerry Coons Jr. 1,114
2. Levi Jones  1,112
3. Cole Whitt  1,051
4. Tracy Hines  1,005
5. Shane Cottle  915
6. Dave Darland  886
7. Brady Bacon  875
8. Darren Hagen  874
9. Brad Sweet  817
10. Damion Gardner 784

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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 27, 2008 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.893; 2. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-16.943; 3. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.978; 4. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.133; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.138; 6. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.166; 7. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.218; 8. Rickie Gaunt, 93j, Gardner-17.246; 9. Cody Williams, 3, Jory-17.311; 10. Nadine Gardner 16, Gardner-17.434; 11. Matt Mitchell, 87, Mitchell-17.503; 12. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-17.506; 13. Jordan Hermansader, 32, Rase-17.510; 14. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.607; 15. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.680; 16. Brian Camarillo, 22c, Camland-17.772; 17. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.790; 18. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-17.949; 19. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.956; 20. Brein Kinney, 85, Persall-18.067; 21. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.262; 22. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camland-18.415; 23. Joe Gunderson, 23, Bellegante-18.442; 24. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hermansader, 2. Bragg, 3. Sheridan, 4. Ford, 5. Adderson, 6. Brian Camarillo, 7. Brent Camarillo, 8. Gardner. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Gaunt, 3. Solberg, 4. Brown, 5. Spencer, 6. Mitchell, 7. Kinney, 8. Gunderson. 3:01.03

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Miller, 3. Cardey, 4. Ballard, 5. C.Williams, 6. Hunsaker, 7. Everhart. 2:56.43

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Blake Miller, 4. Rickie Gaunt, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Josh Ford, 7. Tyler Brown, 8. Greg Bragg, 9. David Cardey, 10. Alan Ballard, 11. Ludvig Solberg IV, 12. Todd Hunsaker, 13. Nadine Gardner, 14. Brein Kinney, 15. Royal Adderson, 16. Rodney Argo, 17. Cody Williams, 18. Jordan Hermansader, 19. Matt Mitchell, 20. Brian Camarillo, 21. Tony Everhart, 22. Brent Camarillo, 23. Joe Gunderson. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Gaunt, Laps 12-14 Sheridan, Laps 15-30 Jones.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,227; 2-Miller-1,118; 3-Sheridan-1,098; 4-Garrett Hansen-1,039; 5-Jones-859; 6-Cory Kruseman-858; 7-Brown-856; 8-Cardey-737; 9-Ford-646; 10-Nic Faas-471.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 4 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 20, 2008 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 28th “4-Crown Nationals”

Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. led the final 33 laps of Saturday night’s 50-lap “4-Crown Nationals” K & N USAC Silver Crown

Championship race at the Eldora Speedway and closed to within just 20 points of series point leader Jerry Coons Jr. entering

the final series race at Phoenix, Ariz. November 6.

Coons finished third behind Brian Tyler, with Shane Cottle and Levi Jones rounding out the “top-five.” Coons led the first 17

laps before Darland put his Jarvis Enterprises/Plastic Express Beast/Foxco Chevy into the lead.

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-19.019; 2. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-19.029; 3. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-19.315; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-19.557; 5. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-19.648; 6. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-19.713; 7. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-19.898; 8. Shane Cottle, 4, Contos-19.931; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 5, Baldwin-19.935; 10. Mat Neely, 17, RW-20.009; 11. Kevin Huntley, 97, SC Racing-20.054; 12. Mike Stroehle, 83, Stroehle-20.115; 13. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-20.155; 14. Derek Hagar, 35, RE-20.163; 15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 199, Edwards/RE-20.243; 16. J.J. Yeley, 03, Dooling-20.546; 17. Bruce Kindberg, 98, Lesko-20.554; 18. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-20.572; 19. Patrick Bruns, 81, Quick Draw-20.705; 20. Dustin Morgan, 93, M & M-20.976; 21. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-20.988; 22. Chris Urish, 77, Urish-21.043; 23. Rex Norris III, 163, Norris-21.217; 24. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-21.329; 25. Tad Roach, 84, Spivey-21.384; 26. Chad Boat, 28, Pierson-21.667; 27. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-NT; 28. Paul White, 99, Mucci-Matczak-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps) 1. Hollingsworth, 2. Hagar, 3. Stenhouse, 4. Morgan, 5. Gamester, 6. Yeley, 7. Kindberg, 8. Urish, 9. Bruns, 10. Boat, 11. Fike, 12. Bateman, 13. Norris, 14. Roach. 4:37.62

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Kevin Huntley, 7. Shane Hollingsworth, 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Mike Stroehle, 12. Mat Neely, 13. A.J. Fike, 14. Kevin Swindell (#199), 15. Chad Boat, 16. Randy Bateman, 17. Bill Rose (#98), 18. Chris Urish, 19. Dustin Morgan, 20. Patrick Bruns, 21. J.J. Yeley, 22. Kody Swanson, 23. Russ Gamester, 24. Derek Hagar. NT

**Hagar flipped on lap 2 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Coons, Laps 18-50 Darland.

NEW SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Coons-392; 2-Darland-372; 3-Tyler-335; 4-Cottle-303; 5-Jones-292; 6-Hines-280; 7-Fike-245; 8-Hollingsworth-242; 9-Neely-224; 10-Kaeding-199.

NEXT SILVER CROWN SERIES RACE: November 6 – Phoenix (AZ) International Raceway – “Copper World Classic”

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 20, 2008 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway –28th “4-Crown Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 2B, 2B Racing-16.507; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.700; 3. Hunter Scheurenberg, 11, Walker/Guiducci-16.792; 4. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-16.808; 5. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.860; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.883; 7. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-16.908; 8. Jeff Bland Jr., 21s, Bland-16.924; 9. Scotty Weir, 51x, Grant-16.980; 10. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-17.010; 11. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-17.210; 12. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-17.213; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.217; 14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 11D, Walker/Guiducci-17.238; 15. Darren Hagen, 10, R & B-17.259; 16. Mike Brecht, 9x, SC-17.366; 17. Dickie Gaines, 11p, Porttoff-17.383; 18. Critter Malone, 97x, Seeling-17.384; 19. Derek Hagar, 9jr, Hagar-17.510; 20. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-17.627; 21. Josh Spencer, 66, Batcheldor-17.728; 22. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-17.752; 23. Thomas Meseraull, 10T, R & B-17.756; 24. Dustin Morgan, 67, Kunz-17.781; 25. Jon Stanbrough, 7R, Daugherty-17.841; 26. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-17.902; 27. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-18.001; 28. J.J. Yeley, 1H, Triple Crown-18.052; 29. Dale Christian, 83, Christian-18.091; 30. Hud Cone, 320, Kissel-18.189; 31. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-18.192; 32. Shane Cottle, 4, Contos-18.213; 33. Josh Clemons, 71c, Clemons-18.225; 34. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-18.229; 35. Sammy Imel, 35, Imel-18.324; 36. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-18.340; 37. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-18.365; 38. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-18.391; 39. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-18.566; 40. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-18.572; 41. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-18.853; 42. Aron McFadden, 23m, McFadden-18.929; 43. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-19.024; 44. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-19.377; 45. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-20.519; 46. Steve Ott, 0T, Ott-NT; 47. Lee Stark, 16, Stark-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Clemons, 2. Hess, 3. Imel, 4. Westfall, 5. Burdette, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. D.Smith, 8. Studley, 9. Carter, 10. Mellenberndt, 11. McFadden, 12. Clayton. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Weir, 3. Darland, 4. Gaines, 5. Clemons, 6. Ballou, 7. Boat, 8. Christian, 9. Spencer. 2:16.42

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Jones, 3. Coons, 4. Malone, 5. Cone, 6. Stenhouse, 7. Memmer, 8. Gamester, 9. Hess. 2:15.94

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hockett, 2. Hagar, 3. Hagen, 4. Sweet, 5. Whitt, 6. Meseraull, 7. Imel, 8. C.Smith, 9. Scheurenberg. 2:18.12

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Cottle, 3. Brecht, 4. Bland, 5. Windom, 6. Yeley, 7. Hines, 8. Morgan, 9. Westfall. 2:19.18

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Windom, 3. Ballou, 4. Memmer, 5. Whitt, 6. Boat, 7. Stenhouse, 8. Clemons, 9. Yeley, 10. Meseraull, 11. Cone, 12. C.Smith, 13. Morgan, 14. Imel, 15. Hess, 16. Spencer, 17. Christian, 18. Gamester. 3:27.91

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Mike Brecht, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Dickie Gaines, 5. Jesse Hockett, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Cole Whitt, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Derek Hagar, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Darren Hagen, 13. J.J. Yeley, 14. Shane Cottle, 15. Tracy Hines, 16. Critter Malone, 17. Jon Stanbrough, 18. John Memmer, 19. Josh Clemons, 20. Chad Boat, 21. Jeff Bland Jr., 22. Robert Ballou, 23. Brady Bacon, 24. Dave Darland. NT

**Ott flipped during qualifying. Scheurenberg flipped during the third heat. Bacon flipped on lap 11 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Sweet.

NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,076; 2-Coons-1,067; 3-Whitt-995; 4-Hines-942; 5-Darland-886; 6-Cottle-885; 7-Hagen-808; 8-Bacon-806; 9-Sweet-784; 10-Gardner-750.

NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 28 – Winchester (IN) Speedway – “Winchester Oldtimers Weekend”

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USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 20, 2008 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 28th “4-Crown Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-16.650; 2. Kevin Swindell, 75, Pedregon-16.710; 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 32, RFMS-16.747; 4. J.J. Yeley, 4, Klatt-16.757; 5. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-16.815; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.815; 7. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-16.847; 8. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-16.848; 9. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-16.897; 10. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-16.910; 11. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.916; 12. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-16.927; 13. Shane Hollingsworth, 85, Hollingsworth-16.928; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-16.930; 15. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.978; 16. Dustin Morgan, 67, Kunz-16.995; 17. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-17.016; 18. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-17.050; 19. Brad Kuhn, 07, Mentgen-17.065; 20. Darren Hagen, 9, Nine Racing-17.134; 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-17.176; 22. Steve Buckwalter, 54, Burke-17.228; 23. Gary Altig, 67m, Mecum-17.260; 24. Mike Hess, 16, Sandy-17.281; 25. Joe Liguori, 28, Owen-17.310; 26. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-17.624; 27. Derek Hagar, 9jr, Hagar-17.670; 28. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Bacon, 3. Morgan, 4. Darland, 5. Yeley, 6. Carter, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Barber, 9. Liguori, 10. Buckwalter. 2:16.25

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Altig, 3. Coons, 4. Boat, 5. Hines, 6. Ehrgott, 7. Hendrick, 8. Swanson, 9. Swindell. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Armstrong, 2. Windom, 3. Loyet, 4. Stenhouse, 5. Whitt, 6. Sweet, 7. Jones, 8. Hess, 9. Hagar. 2:19.94

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Sweet, 3. Hess, 4. Carter, 5. Hollingsworth, 6. Hendrick, 7. Buckwalter, 8. Barber, 9. Liguori, 10. Ehrgott. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Mike Hess, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Brad Loyet, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Cole Carter, 12. Chris Windom, 13. Shane Hollingsworth, 14. Dustin Morgan, 15. Dakoda Armstrong, 16. Gary Altig, 17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 18. Chad Boat, 19. Brad Kuhn, 20. Jonathan Hendrick, 21. Tracy Hines, 22. Steve Buckwalter. NT

**Swindell & Swanson flipped during the second heat. Ehrgott flipped during the semi. Hines flipped on lap 3 of the feature. Stenhouse flipped on lap 20 of the feature and was transported to Wayne Hospital in Greenville, OH.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Yeley, Laps 12-16 Stenhouse, Laps 17-25 Yeley.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-1,060; 2-Whitt-982; 3-Sweet-922; 4-Jones-916; 5-Bacon-911; 6-BobbY East-898; 7-Hagen-829; 8-Darland-717; 9-Coons-710; 10-Kuhn-665.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 4 – Terre Haute (IN) Action Track – “First Financial Bank Hut Hundred”

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USAC EXTENDING CAREER LADDER TO INCLUDE QUARTER-MIDGETS

The United States Auto Club today announced the formation of its new Quarter-Midget Racing Series, under the direction of James Spink of Indianapolis, Ind. Quarter midget racing, encompassing youth beginning at age five, offers an entertaining venue for youngsters and families as well as offering fundamentals for race drivers aspiring to develop professional careers, and it will form the foundation for USAC’s career “ladder” system.

USAC’s Quarter Midget Series will be national in scope. Participant services will include memberships, rules and a dedicated presence on USAC’s website, usacracing.com.

USAC’s scope of sanctioning automotive contests has spanned the gamut of the motorsports industry and between 2001 and 2006 USAC actually served as a business office for the quarter midget racing. Grand National Champions were annually honored by USAC at its National Awards Dinner at the conclusion of each calendar year.

The concept of USAC’s involvement will encompass sanctioning of clubs, regions and districts, with each club or region conducting its own series of races and championship. USAC will host four district championships and a national event in 2009.

Although the roots of quarter-midget racing are somewhat vague, the first notice of an organized meet for youngsters was a two day event called the "Children's Speed Classic" staged on May 26-27, 1934 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The cars were built by Floyd "Pop" Dreyer, who worked for the Duesenberg Brothers, Indianapolis race car builders. Oil drums were placed on a section of the main straightaway to mark out a small oval where the cars reached the fantastic speed of 20 m.p.h. Pop's three-year old son was one of the drivers.

Recent quarter-midget graduates have excelled in other forms of motorsports, including USAC’s series. Among the more notable graduates are current USAC point leaders Jerry Coons Jr. and Tracy Hines, NASCAR and USAC Champion Jeff Gordon, NASCAR Champs Bobby & Terry Labonte and USAC Champs Ryan Newman, Jason Leffler and Bobby East.

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CRA SPRINTS RETURN TO PERRIS SEPTEMBER 27; JONES WINS AGAIN WITH FINAL-LAP DRAMATICS!

Mike Spencer continues to ride the point wave in the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car series, taking a 120-point lead over Blake Miller into the September 27 race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Spencer finished third in Saturday night’s Perris thriller, won by Tony Jones.

Jones, of Norco, Calif., caught Rip Williams exiting turn four and beat him to the checkered flag in Saturday’s 30-lapper in his La Villa Restaurant/Ferreira Dairy DRC/JD Performance machine. Williams took second ahead of Spencer, Josh Ford and David Cardey.

Greg Bragg led the first three laps and Nic Faas led the next 23 before encountering mechanical problems. Williams then led three laps before yielding to Jones at the finish.

Miller was forced to “borrow” Tyler Brown’s car for the 30-lap feature after qualifying second-fastest in his original car. He then raced to 10th place, emerging second in the standings as a result.

USAC/CRA POINT STANDINGS
1. Mike Spencer  1,173
2. Blake Miller  1,053
3. Garrett Hansen 1,039
4. Danny Sheridan 1,035
5. Cory Kruseman 858
6. Tyler Brown  804
7. Tony Jones  790
8. David Cardey  695
9. Josh Ford  590
10. Nic Faas  471

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FORD THE MAN TO BEAT AT VENTURA SATURDAY?

Josh Ford of Camarillo, Calif. appears the be the driver to beat Saturday when the USAC Western Midgets convene at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. Although he’s 10th in series standings, Ford has won two of the three races at Ventura this year and was third in the other outing.

Robby Josett, third in the current standings, won the other Ventura race and would like to improve his point ranking in the season’s final events,

All drivers are chasing Nic Faas, though, as Faas has a commanding lead in the points, with seven “podium” finishes so far, including wins at Santa Maria, Hanford and Bakersfield, Calif. Nic’s worst finish in the last nine starts has been an eighth!

Scott Pierovich, who ranks second in the latest standings, has had a second and third at Ventura among his six “podium” finishes this season.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Nic Faas  832
2. Scott Pierovich 683
3. Robby Josett  612
4. C.J. Sarna  572
5. Shannon McQueen 470
6. Ernie Bartley III 428
7. Randi Pankratz 354
8. Paul Zimmerly 328
9. Daniel Bedford 284
10. Josh Ford  280

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2-TIME “4-CROWN” CHAMP HINES EYES ELDORA AFTER WINNING ANDERSON’S 100-LAPPER; O.R.P. RAINED OUT

Two-time “4-Crown Nationals” Champion Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. is looking forward to this Saturday’s 28th classic at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio after winning last Saturday night’s 100-lap race at Anderson, Ind.

Hines took the lead on lap 88 at Anderson Speedway and paced the final 13 laps in his Tony Stewart Racing Chevy/Bass Pro Shops Beast/Chevy. Mike Murgoitio led the first 87 laps before being sidelined by mechanical problems. Dakoda Armstrong finished second ahead of Brian Olson, fast qualifier Darren Hagen and Kody Swanson.

Hines won the “4-Crown” in 1996 and 2006 but sat out last year’s race recuperating from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident early in 2007. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won last year’s race and is expected to defend his win Saturday.

Hines currently leads Cole Whitt by 111 points in the Mopar National Midget standings, hopeful of concluding his drive to USAC’s “Triple Crown.” Tracy won the USAC Silver Crown title in 2000 and the National Sprint title in 2002.

Former “4-Crown” Midget Champ J.J. Yeley (2001) is also in Saturday’s field and should be among pre-race favorites.

Rain forced cancellation of Friday’s scheduled Mopar National Midget race at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind.

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Tracy Hines  1,041
2. Cole Whitt  930
3. Bobby East  898
4. Levi Jones  873
5. Brad Sweet  864
6. Brady Bacon  853
7. Darren Hagen  788
8. Jerry Coons Jr. 659
9. Dave Darland  649
10. Brad Kuhn  642

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JONES RIDES SPRINT “HOT SEAT” TO SATURDAY’S “4-CROWN”

Two-time defending USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones has a tenuous 13-point lead over Jerry Coons Jr. going into Saturday’s 28th “4-Crown Nationals” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

Jones won the title in 2005 and 2007 and has two wins and four seconds so far this season, but his two Eldora appearances did not produce a “top-five” finish. Coons, on the other hand, has eight straight “top-10s,” including two victories, but like Levi, has not had the best of luck at Eldora, missing the “top-10” both times.

Jones’ Tony Stewart Racing teammate, Tracy Hines, has been the man to beat at the Ohio oval in 2008, winning both in May and June. Hines is currently fourth in the standings behind Cole Whitt.

Whitt trails Jones by 66 points and has a mathematical chance of taking the point lead at Eldora too, with 74 points up for grabs. Whitt has been eighth and 12th at Eldora in 2008 but has feature wins in Pennsylvania and at Gas City, Ind.

A 30-lap Sprint feature is on tap, following the 25-lap Mopar National Midget race and preceding the 50-lap Silver Crown Championship race.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Levi Jones  1,019
2. Jerry Coons Jr. 1,006
3. Cole Whitt  953
4. Tracy Hines  919
5. Dave Darland  861
6. Shane Cottle  853
7. Brady Bacon  785
8. Darren Hagen  773
9. Brad Sweet  719
10. Damion Gardner 703

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COONS, DARLAND, TYLER CONTINUE SILVER CROWN POINT BATTLE IN SATURDAY’S “4-CROWN”

Three drivers enter this Saturday’s “4-Crown Nationals” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio with a chance to carry the USAC K & N Silver Crown Series point lead to the season’s final race at Phoenix, Ariz. The series concludes November 6 at Phoenix International Raceway but only 57 points separate Jerry Coons Jr., Dave Darland and Brian Tyler with 66 available at Eldora.

Coons is seeking his initial Silver Crown title, while Darland and Tyler have already been there. All three are former “4-Crown” Silver Crown champs, Coons winning last year, Darland in 2004 and 2005 and Tyler in 2002.

Saturday’s 50-lap Silver Crown feature follows a 25-lap Mopar National Midget feature and a 30-lap National Sprint feature on the 1/2-mile banked dirt oval.

This year’s “4-Crown” is the 28th and historically serves as a pivotal event in the Silver Crown title chase.

Coons is in the midst of two USAC National title races, also second in the National Sprint points. Championships in both would make him a “Triple Crown” champion, having won the National Midget crown the past two years.

Tyler is on a “hot streak,” winning both the “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at Springfield, Ill. and the “Ted Horn 100” at DuQuoin, Ill. in August. The last driver to win three straight Silver Crown races on the dirt was J.J. Yeley in 2002 and 2003.

Nobody else has won on the dirt this year, Coons taking the series opener at Manzanina Speedway in Phoenix and Darland the ‘Sumar Classic 100” at Terre Haute, Ind. in July.

USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Jerry Coons Jr. 335
2. Dave Darland  309
3. Brian Tyler  278
4. Shane Cottle  252
5. Tracy Hines  247
6. Levi Jones  244
7. A.J. Fike  218
8. Shane Hollingsworth 200
9. Mat Neely  195
10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1187

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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 13, 2008 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rickie Gaunt, 93J, Gardner-16.648; 2. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.766; 3. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.793; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.838; 5. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-16.883; 6. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.945; 7. Garrett Hansen, 7, Preistley-16.948; 8. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.962; 9. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.012; 10. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.118; 11. Nic Faas, 117, Faas-17.123; 12. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-17.145; 13. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.166; 14. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-17.365; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.373; 16. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.423; 17. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-17.460; 18. Nadine Gardner, 16, Gardner-17.481; 19. Alex Schutte, 5k, Kruseman-17.490; 20. Jordan Hermansader, 32, Rase-17.538; 21. Jonnny Bates, 83, Crossno-17.602; 22. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.655; 23. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.742; 24. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-17.831; 25. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.834; 26. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-17.842; 27. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.989; 28. Donnie Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.998; 29. Brein Kinney, 85, Persall-18.387; 30. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-18.918; 31. Joe Gunderson, 23, Bellegante-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Solberg, 2. R.Williams, 3. Kruseman, 4. Ballard, 5. Case, 6. Kinney, 7. Gaunt, 8. Bates. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Jones, 3. Brown, 4. Adderson, 5. Gardner, 6. Collins, 7. Hunsaker, 8. Miller. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Schutte, 3. Faas, 4. Ford, 5. Hansen, 6. Perkins, 7. C.Williams, 8. Gunderson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Sheridan, 3. Gansen, 4. Spencer, 5. Hermansader, 6. Clarke, 7. Mero. 2:52.91

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Hansen, 3. Case, 4. Hermansader, 5. C.Williams, 6. Bates, 7. Hunsaker, 8. Kinney, 9. Perkins, 10. Mero, 11. Gunderson, 12. Gardner, 13. Collins, 14. Gaunt. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Josh Ford, 5. David Cardey, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Rodney Argo, 8. Danny Sheridan, 9. Alex Schutte, 10. Tyler Brown, 11. Greg Bragg, 12. Jordan Hermansader, 13. Donnie Gansen, 14. Jonny Bates, 15. Royal Adderson, 16. Cody Williams, 17. Ronnie Case, 18. Nic Faas, 19. Ludvig Solberg IV, 20. Alan Ballard, 21. Garrett Hansen, 22. Cory Kruseman. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Bragg, Laps 4-26 Faas, Laps 27-29 R.Williams, Lap 30 Jones.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,173; 2-Hansen-1,039; 3-Sheridan-1,035; 4-Miller-1,020; 5-Kruseman-858; 6-Brown-837; 7-Jones-790; 8-Cardey-695; 9-Ford-590; 10-Faas-471.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 27 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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CRA VISITS VENTURA RACEWAY SATURDAY;SWINDELL, KAEDING TOP “LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC” SPRINTS

Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. takes a 92-point lead into this Saturday night’s USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. He finished sixth and 12th in last weekend’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” features at the Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway.

Blake Miller, third in the current points behind Spencer and Garrett Hansen, won one of last year’s three Ventura races, while fifth-ranking Cory Kruseman also won at his “home” track in 2007. Scotty Weir also won at Ventura last year.

Kevin Swindell, of Germantown, Tenn. passed Bill Rose on lap five and led the final 26 laps of Sunday night’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint race at Calistoga, concluding the two-night USAC racing extravaganza at the 1/2-mile dirt oval. Swindell piloted the Tom Wolfe Trucking/Honey Run Quilters Maxim/Ott and was trailed at the checkered flag by Jesse Hockett, Saturday’s Calistoga Sprint winner Tim Kaeding, Damion Gardner and Miller. Hockett, who also finished second Saturday, was Sunday’s fastest Sprint qualifier.

Tim and Brent Kaeding finished first and third in Saturday night’s 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” Sprint race at Calistoga. Tim trailed Hockett for 20 laps, then led the final 10 in his HR Cattle/DTR Trucking JEI/Kistler. Hockett finished second ahead of Brent Kaeding, Swindell and Miller.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Mike Spencer 1074
2. Garrett Hansen 982
3. Blake Miller 961
4. Danny Sheridan 927
5. Cory Kruseman 771
6. Tyler Brown 744
7. Tony Jones 658
8. David Cardey 588
9. Josh Ford 506
10. Jesse Hockett 427

FAAS LEADS MIDGETS TO BAKERSFIELD SATURDAY;RODRIGUEZ “BACK-TO-BACK” WINNER AT “LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC”

Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif. posted a pair of “top-10” finishes in Saturday and Sunday races at Calistoga, Calif. and emerged with a healthy 138-point lead over Scott Pierovich in the latest USAC Western Midget Series standings. The series heads to Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway this Saturday, a track where Faas already has logged a sixth and a third this season.

Johnny Rodriguez of Elk Grove, Calif. led the final five laps to win Saturday night’s 20-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” USAC Western Midget race at Calistoga Speedway. Rodriguez passed Pierovich on lap 16 and led the rest of the way in his Mancha Realtors/JM Realty Spike/Esslinger Ford to beat Pierovich, Shane Golobic, John Sarale and Randi Pankratz

On Sunday night Rodriguez trailed Pierovich for 10 laps, then led the final 15 to win the 25-lapper over Garrett Hansen, Pierovich, Faas and Randi Pankratz. Shane Golobic led the opening lap, Hansen led the next two and Pierovich paced the next seven before Rodriguez took over.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1. Nic Faas 703
2. Scott Pierovich 565
3. Robby Josett 513
4. C.J. Sarna 509
5. Shannon McQueen 368
6. Ernie Bartley III 363
7. Paul Zimmerly 328
8. Daniel Bedford 284
9. Josh Ford 280
10. Justin Grant 274

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COONS RETAINS SILVER CROWN POINT LEAD;TYLER TAKES DuQUOIN’S “TED HORN 100”

Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. retained his lead in the USACSilver Crown Championship standings Sunday night, finishing seventh in the “Ted Horn 100” despite a final-lap spin. Coons had raced from 23rd starting position to fourth before the spin. He emerged from the race at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds with a 23-point lead over Dave Darland in the new standings going into the September 20 “4-Crown Nationals” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

Brian Tyler of Parma, Mich. earned his second straight 100-mile USAC K & N Silver Crown Championship race victory Sunday night at DuQuoin. Tyler trailed defending race winner Shane Cottle for the first 75 laps, then led the final 25 laps in his Toyota/Fatheadz Sunglasses Beast/Toyota. He won the “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at Springfield, Ill. two weeks ago.

Darland finished second in a spirited run from the back of the pack after a lap-74 restart. He was running fourth but pitted for a tire and rejoined the race. In the final 26 laps he passed everyone but Tyler, whom he challenged for the victory on a final lap restart after series point leader Jerry Coons Jr. spun in turn two.

Cottle won the pole and ended up third ahead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Mat Neely.

Series veteran Johnny Parsons lasted only seven laps in his final start due to loss of power steering. He announced his retirement from the sport as a driver at the end of the race. Parsons’ mother Arza gave the traditional command “Gentlemen, Start Your Engines.”

USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Jerry Coons Jr. 335
2. Dave Darland 312
3. Brian Tyler 278
4. Shane Cottle 249
5. Tracy Hines 247
6. Levi Jones 244
7. A.J. Fike 218
8. Shane Hollingsworth 200
9. Mat Neely 195
10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 187

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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2008 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jesse Hockett, 2, McMillan-19.530; 2. Garrett Hansen, 7, Preistley-19.581; 3. Daron Clayton, 83, Crossno-19.710; 4. Tim Kaeding. 83jr, Roth-19.737; 5. Nic Faas, 117, Faas-19.835; 6. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-19.862; 7. Kevin Swindell 10, Rolfe-19.998; 8. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.019; 9. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-20.061; 10. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-20.105; 11. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-20.106; 12. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-20.177; 13. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-20.185; 14. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Schank-20.195; 15. Brent Kaeding, 69, BK-20.241; 16. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-20.243; 17. Shane Golobic, 121, Golobic-20.270; 18. Jason York, 25n, York-20.379; 19. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-20.449; 20. Mike Benson, 77, Benson-20.515; 21. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-20.590; 22. Shain Matthews, 67, Matthews-20.597; 23. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.622; 24. Jason Statler, 00, Rios-20.683; 25. Daniel Hood, 33h, Hood-20.798; 26. Darrell Hanstad, 40, Hanstad-20.881; 27. Alex Schutte, 5, Kruseman-21.089; 28. Arvo Backholm, 96x, Backholm-21.135; 29. Jim Richardson 8, Richardson-NT; 30. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-NT; 31. Mike Mossi, 87, Mossi-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hockett, 2. Hood, 3. Golobic, 4. Rose, 5. Faas, 6. Brown, 7. Cardey, 8. Richardson. 2:51.97

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. York, 3. Hansen, 4. Matthews, 5. Miller, 6. Schank. 2:51.38

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B. Kaeding, 2. R. Williams, 3. Clayton, 4. Swindell, 5. Clarke, 6. Schutte, 7. Bragg. 3:03.94

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Statler, 2. Sheridan, 3. T. Kaeding, 4. Spencer, 5. Kruseman, 6. Benson, 7. Backholm. 2:54.43

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Miller, 3. Brown, 4. Kruseman, 5. Bragg, 6. Schank, 7. Cardey, 8. Clarke, 9. Benson, 10. Schutte, 11. Richardson, 12. Backholm, 13. Mossi. 3:37.64

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Swindell, 2. Jesse Hockett, 3. Tim Kaeding, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Blake Miller, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Garrett Hansen, 8. Daron Clayton, 9. Brent Kaeding, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Danny Sheridan, 12. Mike Spencer, 13. Jason Statler, 14. Shane Golobic, 15. David Cardey 16. Greg Bragg, 17. Terry Schank, Jr., 18. Tyler Brown, 19. Nic Faas, 20. Shain Matthews, 21. Jason York, 22. Rip Williams. 11:15.35

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Rose, Laps 5-30 Swindell.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,074; 2-Hansen-982; 3-Miller-961; 4-Sheridan-927; 5-Kruseman-771; 6-Brown-744; 7-T.Jones-658; 8-Cardey-588; 9-Josh Ford-506; 10-Faas-448.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 6 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

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USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2008 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 40, Western Speed-20.723; 2. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-20.906; 3. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.100; 4. Johnny Rodriguez, 87, Mitchell-21.163; 5. Shannon McQueen, 7 McQueen-21.186; 6. Shane Golobic, 26x, Galedrige-21.526; 7. Quintin Crye, 15, Crye-21.589; 8. Matt Streeter, 14, Streeter-21.637; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-21.655; 10. Travis Berryhill, 11z, Berryhill-21.710; 11. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-21.747; 12. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-21.849; 13. Ernie Bartley III, 74, Bartley-21.883; 14. John Sarale, 32, John Sarale-22.054; 15. Robby Josett, 99, Josett-22.210; 16. Jimmy Voitel, 2, Voitel-22.529; 17. Dave Stoltz, 77, Stoltz-22.761; 18. Doug DeWitt, 11d, DeWitt-23.481; 19. Kyle Larson, 27b, Blackwell. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Johnny Rodriguez, 2. Garrett Hansen, 3. Scott Pierovich, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Randi Pankratz, 6. Robby Josett, 7. Shannon McQueen, 8. Jimmy Voitel, 9. Doug DeWitt, 10. C.J. Sarna, 11. Dave Stoltz, 12. John Sarale, 13. Ernie Bartley III, 14. Quintin Crye, 15. Matt Streeter, 16. Shane Golobic, 17. Travis Berryhill, 18. Matt Mitchell. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Golobic, Laps 2-3 Hansen, Laps 4-10 Pierovich, Laps 11-25 Rodriguez.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Faas-760; 2-Pierovich-623; 3-Josett-558; 4-Sarna-542; 5-McQueen-412; 6-Bartley-390; 7-Paul Zimmerly-328; 8-Pankratz-318; 9-Daniel Bedford-284; 10-Josh Ford-280.

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 6 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway

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USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2008
DuQuoin, Illinois
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
“Ted Horn 100”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Cottle, 4, Contos-30.997; 2. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-31.406; 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 199, Edwards/RE-31.468; 4. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-31.476; 5. Donnie Beechler, 14. McQuinn-31.580; 6. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-31.657; 7. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-31.682; 8. Chris Urish, 77, Urish-31.723; 9. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-31.723; 10. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-31.756; 11. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-31.760; 12. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-31.871; 13. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-31.980; 14. Mat Neely, 17, RW-31.982; 15. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-32.089; 16. Kevin Huntley, 97, SC-32.141; 17. Dustin Morgan, 93, M & M-32.385; 18. Chappy Knaack, 36, Miller-32.433; 19. Johnny Parsons, 43, Nix-32.488; 20. Joey Moughan, 155, Baker-33.004; 21. Patrick Bruns, 81, Quick Draw-33.228; 22. Derek Hagar, 35, RE-33.461; 23. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-NT; 24. J.J. Yeley, 03, Dooling-NT; Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-NT.

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Shane Cottle, 4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 5. Mat Neely, 6. Tom Capie, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. A.J. Fike, 9. Derek Hagar, 10. Kevin Huntley, 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Randy Bateman, 15. Donnie Beechler, 16. Joey Moughan, 17. Russ Gamester, 18. Chris Urish, 19. Chappy Knaack, 20. J.J. Yeley, 21. Shane Hollingsworth, 22. Dustin Morgan, 23. Patrick Bruns, 24. Johnny Parsons. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-75 Cottle, Laps 76-100 Tyler.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Coons-335; 2-Darland-312; 3-Tyler-278; 4-Cottle-249; 5-Hines-247; 6-Jones-244; 7-Fike-218; 8-Hollingsworth-200; 9-Neely-195; 10-Stenhouse-187.

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: September 20 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway – “4-Crown Nationals”

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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 30, 2008 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Daron Clayton, 83, Crossno-19.904; 2. Tim Kaeding. 83jr, Roth-19.928; 3. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-19.955; 4. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-20.022; 5. Brent Kaeding, 69, BK Racing-20.116; 6. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-20.168; 7. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.175; 8. Nic Faas, 117, Faas-20.272; 9. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-20.351; 10. Jason Statler, 00, Rios-20.366; 11. Jesse Hockett, 2, McMillan-20.390; 12. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-20.493; 13. Kevin Swindell, 10, Rolfe-20.561; 14. Andy Forsberg, 75, Stansberry-20.561; 15. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.569; 16. Shain Matthews, 67, Matthews-20.585; 17. Jason York, 25n, York-20.616; 18. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-20.728; 19. Alex Schutte, 5, Kruseman-20.759; 20. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-20.800; 21. Darrell Hanstad, 40, Hanstad-20.802; 22. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-20.810; 23. Mike Benson, 77, Benson-20.816; 24. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-20.874; 25. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Schank-20.937; 26. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.944; 27. Shane Golobic, 121, Golobic-21.141; 28. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-21.285; 29. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-21.292; 30. Jim Richardson 8, Richardson-21.612; 31. Daniel Hood, 33h, Hood-21.796; 32. Ben Astenius, 23, Fleming-23.999.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Swindell, 3. Brown, 4. B.Kaeding, 5. Schank, 6. Clayton, 7. Rose, 8. York. 3:31.38

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Kruseman, 3. Statler, 4. Cardey, 5. T.Kaeding, 6. Forsberg, 7. Hanstad, 8. Richardson. 3:35.30

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Hockett, 3. Hansen, 4. Schutte, 5. Benson, 6. R.Williams, 7. Spencer, 8. Hood. 3:37.72

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Gardner, 3. Miller, 4. Faas, 5. Astenius, 6. Bragg, 7. C.Williams, 8. Matthews. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. T.Kaeding, 2. Spencer, 3. Rose, 4. R.Williams, 5. York, 6. Hanstad, 7. Matthews, 8. Hood, 9. Benson, 10. Schank, 11. Forsberg, 12. Richardson, 13. C.Williams, 14. Astenius. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tim Kaeding, 2. Jesse Hockett, 3. Brent Kaeding, 4. Kevin Swindell, 5. Blake Miller, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Jason York, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Rip Williams, 10. Tyler Brown, 11. Jason Statler, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Greg Bragg, 14. Shane Golobic, 15. Alex Schutte, 16. Bill Rose, 17. Garrett Hansen, 18. Nic Faas, 19. Darrell Hanstad, 20. Damion Gardner, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Danny Sheridan, 23. David Cardey. NT

**Matthews flipped during the fourth heat, C.Williams flipped during the semi. Cardey & Mitchell flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Hockett, Laps 21-30 T. Kaeding.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,040; 2-Hansen-929; 3-Miller-909; 4-Sheridan-889; 5-Kruseman-737; 6-Brown-725; 7-Tony Jones-658; 8-Cardey-564; 9-Josh Ford-506; 10-Faas-427.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 31 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “Louie Vermeil Classic”

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USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 30, 2008 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 40, Western Speed-21.213; 2. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-21.249; 3. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.428; 4. Matt Streeter, 14, Streeter-21.573; 5. Quintin Crye, 15, Crye-21.629; 6. Johnny Rodriguez, 87, Mitchell-21.768; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-21.891; 8. Shannon McQueen, 7 McQueen-21.964; 9. John Sarale, 32, John Sarale-22.011; 10. Shane Golobic, 26x, Galedrige-22.018; 11. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-22.071; 12. Ernie Bartley III, 74, Bartley-22.151; 13. Kyle Larson, 27b, Blackwell-22.251; 14. Robby Josett, 99, Josett-22.272; 15. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-22.358; 16. Dave Stoltz, 77, Stoltz-22.995; 17. Jimmy Voitel, 2, Voitel-23.828; 18. Travis Berryhill, 11z, Berryhill-NT.

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Johnny Rodriguez, 2. Scott Pierovich, 3. Shane Golobic, 4. John Sarale, 5. Randi Pankratz, 6. Shannon McQueen, 7. Robby Josett, 8. Nic Faas, 9. Kyle Larson, 10. C.J. Sarna, 11. Matt Streeter, 12. Ernie Bartley III, 13. Quintin Crye, 14. Travis Berryhill, 15. Jimmy Voitel, 16. Dave Stoltz, 17. Garrett Hansen, 18. Matt Mitchell. NT

**Mitchell, Voitel & Bartley flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Rodriguez, Laps 8-15 Pierovich, Laps 16-20 Rodriguez.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Faas-703; 2-Pierovich-565; 3-Josett-513; 4-Sarna-509; 5-McQueen-368; 6-Bartley-363; 7-Paul Zimmerly-328; 8-Daniel Bedford-284; 9-Josh Ford-280; 10-Justin Grant-274.

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: August 31 – Calistoga, CA – Calistoga Speedway - “Louie Vermeil Classic”

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USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 29, 2008 - Beaver Dam, Wisconsin – Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway – 7th Mid-State Equipment “Sue Thiel Memorial Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-20.425; 2. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-20.454; 3. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-20.517; 4. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-20.521; 5. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-20.529; 6. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.537; 7. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-20.566; 8. Brad Kuhn, 07, B & T-20.588; 9. Davey Ray, 32, RFMS-20.590; 10. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-20.647; 11. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-20.653; 12. Darren Hagen, 9, Nine Racing-20.667; 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-20.728; 14. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-20.798; 15. Dustin Morgan, 67, Kunz-20.961; 16. Mike Hess, 4x, Hardy-20.967; 17. Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-21.023; 18. Gary Altig, 67x, Mecum-21.072; 19. Joe Wipperfurth, 19x, Imhoff-21.203; 20. Chad DeSelle, 57x, RAB-21.272; 21. Tim Noble, 71x, Fiscus-21.356; 22. David Gough, 14G, Hardy-21.532; 23. Matt Westfall, 14, Bordner-21.598; 24. Aaron Fiscus, 7x, Fiscus-21.688; 25. Aaron Fike, 69, RFMS-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hines, 3. Hatton, 4. Armstrong, 5. Swanson, 6. Westfall, 7. DeSelle, 8. Kuhn. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Altig, 2. Boat, 3. Morgan, 4. Noble, 5. Ray, 6. Hagen, 7. Jones. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Wipperfurth, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Bacon, 6. Hess, 7. Gough. 2:50.12

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Scott Hatton, 7. Gary Altig, 8. Mike Hess, 9. Dustin Morgan, 10. Chad Boat, 11. Davey Ray, 12. Kody Swanson, 13. Brad Sweet, 14. Brad Kuhn, 15. Joe Wipperfurth, 16. David Gough, 17. Matt Westfall, 18. Tim Noble, 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 20. Aaron Fiscus, 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 22. Chad DeSelle, 23. Bobby East. NT

**Loyet flipped during qualifying and was taken to Beaver Dam Memorial Hospital for observation. Coons flipped on lap 16 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Whitt.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-975; 2-Whitt-910; 3-Sweet-863; 4-East-854; 5-Jones-829; 6-Bacon-805; 7-Hagen-727; 8-Coons-659; 9-Dave Darland-649; 10-Kuhn-614.

NEXTNATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 12 – Indianapolis, IN – O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis – “Toyota Challenge”

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USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 29, 2008 - Beaver Dam, Wisconsin – Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway – 7th Mid-State Equipment “Sue Thiel Memorial Classic”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hines, 3. Hatton, 4. Armstrong, 5. Swanson, 6. Westfall, 7. DeSelle, 8. Kuhn. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Altig, 2. Boat, 3. Morgan, 4. Noble, 5. Ray, 6. Hagen, 7. Jones. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Wipperfurth, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Bacon, 6. Hess, 7. Gough. 2:50.12

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Scott Hatton, 7. Gary Altig, 8. Mike Hess, 9. Dustin Morgan, 10. Chad Boat, 11. Davey Ray, 12. Kody Swanson, 13. Brad Sweet, 14. Brad Kuhn, 15. Joe Wipperfurth, 16. David Gough, 17. Matt Westfall, 18. Tim Noble, 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 20. Aaron Fiscus, 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 22. Chad DeSelle, 23. Bobby East. NT

**Loyet flipped during qualifying and was taken to Beaver Dam Memorial Hospital for observation. East flipped at the start of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Whitt.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-975; 2-Whitt-910; 3-Sweet-863; 4-East-854; 5-Jones-829; 6-Bacon-805; 7-Hagen-727; 8-Coons-659; 9-Dave Darland-649; 10-Kuhn-614.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 12 – Indianapolis, IN – O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis – “Toyota Challenge”

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J.J. YELEY RETURNS TO DuQUOIN WITH ENTHUSIASM; 2002 WINNER SEEKS 2ND “TED HORN 100” TITLE

J.J. Yeley of Phoenix, Ariz. will return to the “Magic Mile” Sunday to compete in the “Ted Horn 100” USAC K & N Silver Crown Championship race at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds.

Yeley won the 2002 running of the race which dates back to 1948 and looks forward to the Sunday night atmosphere at the 1-mile dirt oval.

“I’m excited to be going back to DuQuoin,” says Yeley. “It’s the most fun of any of the Silver Crown venues for me, especially since the race switched to a night race. The track gets real wide and it’s a great place to race. In 2003, the first time the race was at night, I probably should have won it,” he adds. “I led the first 75 miles before my car lost its stagger and I slipped back to third at the end. Hopefully that won’t happen this time.”

In 2003 Yeley dominated USAC racing like no other driver ever has. Matching Tony Stewart’s 1995 feat of sweeping USAC’s National “Triple Crown,” Yeley amassed an all-time single-season record of 24 feature victories, which included four in the Silver Crown series. Two of those four wins were on the dirt miles at Indianapolis, Ind. and Syracuse, N.Y.

The 2003 series champion will pilot the Hot Hues/Dooling Machine Twister/Gaerte entered by Hartford, Ill. car owner Joe Dooling.

Yeley stands third on the all-time Silver Crown winner’s list with 15, trailing only Jack Hewitt (23) and Dave Steele (16). He’s one of only five drivers to win more than one race each on both pavement and dirt tracks and he owns more than a dozen pole starts.

Sunday night’s race marks Yeley’s first Silver Crown appearance since his ninth-place finish in last November’s Phoenix race featuring the “new-generation” pavement cars. It’ll be his first dirt-track Silver Crown start since his 2003 title-clinching Syracuse victory.

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WINE COUNTRY BECKONS USAC SPRINTS & MIDGETS; CALISTOGA HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

Calistoga Speedway will be THE place to be this weekend as the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC Western Midgets present the “Louie Vermeil Classic,” the first non-winged Sprint race at the legendary northern California dirt oval in more than 20 years! Race fans will not only get a taste of the best Sprint car racing America has to offer, but they’ll also have an opportunity to wet their taste buds with the Napa Valley’s finest wine samples.

The wine tasting will be offered by 11 different California wineries. That will occur between 1 and 5 pm on Saturday and tasters will receive a free commemorative Louie Vermeil Classic wine glass and a raffle ticket.

WRA vintage Sprint Cars and Midgets will be on display and participating wineries include: Rosso & Bianco (member of Coppola Wineries), Summers Estates, On The Edge Winery, Caymus Vineyards, Bennett Lane Winery, Chateau Montelena Winery, Saviez Wines & Estates, Zahtila Vineyards, Tudal Winery, William Harrison Winery and Tedeschi Family Winery.

Dick Vermeil, 1999 NFL Coach of the Year, will be on hand to greet fans at the tasting. The raffle tickets will make one eligible for prizes including autographed prints of Bubby & Tony Jones, Dick Vermeil autographed footballs, Dale Earnhardt Jr. prints, autographed items from Mario Andretti and numerous bottles and Magnum bottles of some of Napa Valley’s finest wines.

Event programs and t-shirts will also be on sale at the wine tasting event, plus there will be live music.

Saturday’s autograph session (2-5 pm) includes racing legends Billy Anderson, Tim Green, Leroy Van Conett, Bill Deschamps, Jimmy Boyd, Rendy Boldrini, Wally Pankratz, Lee James, Jimmy Oskie and Jimmy Sills, plus active competitors Brent Kaeding, Damion Gardner, Jesse Hockett, Daron Clayton, Rip Williams and Cory Kruseman.

Cars take to the race track at 5 pm Saturday.

Live music is again on tap Sunday at Calistoga, with a 3-5 pm autograph session featuring Johnny Anderson, Green, Van Conett, Boldrini, Boyd, Mike Andreetta, Oskie, James and Sills. A complete program of Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint and USAC Western Midget racing will close out Sunday’s activities at Calistoga Speedway.

The “Louie Vermeil Classic” is sure to be a highlight of the 2008 USAC racing calendar. Don’t miss it!

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USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 24, 2008 - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Angell Park Speedway – National Midget Auto Racing “Hall of Fame Classic” – Presented by the Sun Prairie Tourism Commission & Miller Genuine Draft (Co-Sanctioned by BMARA)

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Pickens, 15x, Huston-15.073; 2. Brad Loyet, 05x, Loyet-15.243; 3. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-15.248; 4. Davey Ray, 32, RFMS-15.263; 5. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-15.302; 6. Dave Darland, 2, Lein-15.375; 7. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.385; 8. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-15.410; 9. Darren Hagen, 9, Nine Racing-15.442; 10. Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-15.443; 11. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-15.448; 12. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-15.482; 13. Dustin Morgan, 67, Kunz-15.489; 14. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-15.499; 15. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-15.501; 16. Ryan Criswell, 13, Smith-15.545; 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-15.553; 18. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-15.559; 19. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-15.568; 20. Brandon Waelti, 3, Waelti/Schulenberg-15.646; 21. David Gough, 14, Hardy-15.650; 22. Brad Kuhn, 07, B & T-15.655; 23. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-15.670; 24. Jason Dull, 56, Dull-15.675; 25. Mike Hess, 4x, Hardy-15.682; 26. Chris Malone, 41, Jones-15.689; 27. Chad DeSelle, 57x, RAB-15.691; 28. Robbie Ray, 21s, Scheffler-15.709; 29. Joe Wipperfurth, 19x, Imhoff-15.712; 30. Buddy Luebke, 43, Bulldog-15.715; 31. Kurt Mayhew, 21k, Mayhew-15.796; 32. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-15.831; 33. Tim Noble, 71x, Fiscus-15.880; 34. Aaron Fiscus, 7x, Fiscus-15.928; 35. Bubba Altig, 63, Perkins-15.930; 36. Jon LeJeune, 34, LeJeune-16.084; 37. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Hess, 3. Wipperfurth, 4. Bacon, 5. Morgan, 6. Noble, 7. Hagen, 8. Gough, 9. Pickens.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Malone, 3. Loyet (#05x), 4. Kuhn, 5. Luebke, 6. Hatton, 7. Darland, 8. Armstrong, 9. Fiscus.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Jones, 3. Swanson, 4. Boat, 5. DeSelle, 6. Fike, 7. Ehrgott, 8. Altig, 9. Mayhew.

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. East, 2. D.Ray, 3. Whitt, 4. Waelti, 5. Criswell, 6. R.Ray, 7. Dull, 8. Barber,

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Hagen, 3. Hatton, 4. Barber. 5. Fike, 6. Morgan, 7. Criswell, 8. Armstrong, 9. Gough, 10. DeSelle, 11. Altig, 12. Noble, 13. Luebke, 14. Ehrgott, 15. LeJeune, 16. Mayhew, 17. Fiscus, 18. R.Ray.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Brad Sweet, 8. Davey Ray, 9. Scott Hatton, 10. Chad Boat, 11. A.J. Fike, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Bobby East, 14. Mike Hess, 15. Dustin Morgan, 16. Critter Malone, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Aaron Fiscus, 19. Brandon Waelti, 20. Joe WIpperfurth, 21. Brad Loyet (#05x), 22. Ryan Criswell, 23. Brad Kuhn. NT

**Pickens flipped during the first heat. Barber flipped during the fourth heat. Loyet flipped on lap 21 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Darland, Laps 21-30 Jones.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-917; 2-Whitt-842; 3-East-836; 4-Sweet-822; 5-Jones-774; 6-Bacon-740; 7-Hagen-676; 8-Darland-649; 9-Coons-638; 10-Kuhn-589.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 29 – Beaver Dam, Wisconsin – Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway – 7th Mid-State Equipment “Sue Thiel Memorial Classic”

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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 23, 2008 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.575; 2. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-16.627; 3. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.758; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.791; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.825; 6. Garrett Hansen, 07, Preistley-16.965; 7. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-16.990; 8. Eric Severson, 48n, Leonard-17.001; 9. Jimmy Crawford, 51, Crawford-17.051; 10. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-17.116; 11. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.179; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.280; 13. Shane Golobic, 121, Golobic-17.335; 14. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.920; 15. Keith Williamson, 95, Williamson-18.167; 16. Brein Kinney, 85, Persall-18.652; 17. Joe Gunderson, 23, Bellegante-18.736; 18. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-19.012; 19. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-NT; 20. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Spencer, 3. Sheridan, 4. Rose, 5. Kinney, 6. Brown. 2:55.27

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. R.Williams, 3. Severson, 4. Solberg, 5. Ballard, 6. Gunderson. 2:52.23

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. C.Williams, 3. Hansen, 4. Williamson, 5. Everhart, 6. Crawford. 2:52.21

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Garrett Hansen, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. David Cardey, 7. Blake Miller, 8. Bill Rose, 9. Shane Golobic, 10. Ludvig Solberg IV, 11. Brein Kinney, 12. Joe Gunderson, 13. Tyler Brown, 14. Cody Williams, 15. Tony Everhart, 16. Keith Williamson, 17. Eric Severson, 18. Jimmy Crawford, 19. Alan Ballard. NT

**Crawford flipped during the third heat. Severson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Severson, Laps 11-23 R.Williams, Laps 24-30 Jones.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-992; 2-Hansen-900; 3-Sheridan-868; 4-Miller-855; 5-Cory Kruseman-691; 6-Brown-686; 7-Jones-658; 8-Cardey-545; 9-Ford-506; 10-Nic Faas-405.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 30-31 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway

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USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 23, 2008 - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Angell Park Speedway – National Midget Auto Racing “Hall of Fame Classic” – Presented by McGovern’s (Co-Sanctioned by BMARA)

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.779; 2. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-14.827; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.842; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak 14.895; 5. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-14.917; 6. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-14.925; 7. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.950; 8. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.959; 9. Mike Hess, 4x, Hardy15.010; 10. Brad Kuhn, 07, Mentgen-15.018; 11. Davey Ray, 32, RFMS-15.024; 12. Joe Wipperfurth, 19, Imhoff-15.114; 13. Gary Altig, 67x, Mecum-15.131; 14. Brandon Waelti, 3, Waelti/Schuelenberg-15.168; 15. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-15.204; 16. Dave Darland, 2, Lein-15.206; 17. Critter Malone, 41, Jones-15.214; 18. Tim Noble, 71x, Fiscus-15.220; 19. Chad DeSelle, 57, RAB-15.234; 20. Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-15.245; 21. Dustin Morgan, 67, Kunz-15.261; 22. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-15.264; 23. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-15.321; 24. David Gough, 14, Hardy-15.372; 25. Aaron Fiscus, 7x, Fiscus-15.446; 26. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-15.526; 27. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-15.556; 28. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-15.563; 29. Buddy Luebke, 43, Bulldog-15.615; 30. Darren Hagen, 9, Nine Racing-15.634; 31. Kurt Mayhew, 21k, Mayhew-15.693; 32. Robbie Ray, 21F, Scheffler-15.785; 33. Paul Perkins, 63, Perkins-16.449; 34. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fiscus, 2. East, 3. Morgan, 4. Sweet, 5. Hess, 6. Altig, 7. Malone, 8. Luebke, 9. Perkins. 2:40.68

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Bacon, 3. Hagen, 4. Fike, 5. Noble, 6. Kuhn, 7. Armstrong, 8. Waelti. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Barber, 3. Whitt, 4. Ray, 5. Swanson, 6. Boat, 7. DeSelle, 8. Mayhew. 2:39.39

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hatton, 2. Coons, 3. Ehrgott, 4. Darland, 5. Wipperfurth, 6. Jones, 7. Gough, 8. Ray. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Boat, 3. Kuhn, 4. Altig, 5. Hess, 6. Noble, 7. Malone, 8. Waelti, 9. Swanson, 10. Gough, 11. Armstrong, 12. DeSelle, 13. Luebke, 14. Mayhew, 15. Perkins, 16. Ray, 17. Wipperfurth. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Davey Ray, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Tim Noble, 9. A.J. Fike, 10. Aaron Fiscus, 11. Dustin Morgan, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Mike Hess, 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 15. Chad Boat, 16. Darren Hagen, 17. Bobby East, 18. Chase Barber, 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 20. Brad Loyet, 21. Scott Hatton, 22. Gary Altig. NT

**Waelti flipped during second heat. East flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Jones, Laps 7-13 Coons, Laps 14-26 Jones, Laps 27-30 Kuhn.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-852; 2-East-801; 3-Whitt-785; 4-Sweet-768; 5-Jones-707; 6-Bacon-704; 7-Hagen-625; 8-Darland-590; 9-Coons-585; 10-Kuhn-571.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 24 – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Angell Park Speedway – National Midget Auto Racing “Hall of Fame Classic”

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RICHEST MIDGET RACE OF 2008 JOINS USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CALENDAR

The richest Midget race of 2008 – the October 9-11 DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach (Granite City), Ill., has joined the USAC Mopar National Midget calendar. Saturday night’s (Oct. 11) feature event offers $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start, completing three nights of racing at the 3/8-mile dirt oval located just east of the Mississippi River, northeast of St. Louis, Mo.

Co-sanctioned by USAC and POWRi, the event will showcase the finest Midget racing on the planet at a track with USAC history dating back to 1961.

Preliminary events are scheduled Oct. 9-10, with features each night, building to Saturday’s climactic “shootout” for $15,000.

Josh Wise won USAC’s last Midget race at Tri-City, in 2005, on his way to the USAC National Midget title. Defending two-time USAC National Midget Champion Jerry Coons Jr. finished ninth in that 30-lap race.

Tracy Hines is the current USAC Mopar National Midget Series point leader and he and Coons are trying to join USAC’s elusive list of “Triple Crown” champions this season. Hines needs to win the Midget title, while Coons needs both the K & N Silver Crown and Sprint Car titles. Coons leads the Silver Crown standings and is second in the Sprints.

The race has associate sponsorship from Wente’s O & W Restaurant and the Bob Wente Classic. The Wente family is represented among the track’s USAC feature winners as Bob won in the Midgets there in 1969.

A total of 47 USAC races have been conducted at Tri-City. Danny Frye won the first Midget race in August, 1961 and winners since then have included Indianapolis 500 veterans Tony Stewart, J.J. Yeley, Tom Bigelow, Pancho Carter, Jack Hewitt, Greg Weld, Jimmy Caruthers, Larry Rice, Mel Kenyon and Wente.

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“HOT AUGUST 70s NIGHT” SATURDAY AT THE PAS; FAAS GETS FIRST USAC/CRA VICTORY AT SANTA MARIA

Mike Spencer continues to ride the crest of the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car standings, 92 ahead of Garrett Hansen entering this Saturday night’s “Hot August 70s Night” race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Anyone born in the 1970s will be admitted for $5.00.

Spencer finished third behind runner-up Hansen in last Saturday night’s race at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway won by Nic Faas.

Faas, of Huntington Beach, Calif., earned his initial Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature victory at Santa Maria. Faas led all 30 laps in his Simpson/Advanced Racing Suspensions Maxim/Chevy to beat Hansen, Spencer, David Cardey and Rip Williams to the checkered flag. Jimmy Crawford was Saturday’s fastest qualifier.

The 11 races conducted so far this season at Perris have produced six different winners. Cory Kruseman and Danny Sheridan have each won three, while Hansen has won two. Single winners have been Spencer, Johnny Rodriguez and Rickie Gaunt.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Mike Spencer 934
2. Garrett Hansen 842
3. Blake Miller 813
4. Danny Sheridan 802
5. Cory Kruseman 691
6. Tyler Brown 656
7. Tony Jones 586
8. Josh Ford 506
9. David Cardey 492
10. Nic Faas 405

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“HALL OF FAME CLASSIC” SATURDAY-SUNDAY AT ANGELL PARK

Tracy Hines’ quest for USAC’s Triple Crown continues this weekend at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc. as the USAC Mopar National Midget Series and the Badger Midget Series combine for the annual “National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Classic.”

Hines leads the point standings and a National Midget title would complete the cycle for him, having already won USAC’s Silver Crown and National Sprint Car crowns earlier in his career. He would become only the fifth driver to win all three titles in a career, joining Tony Stewart, Pancho Carter, Dave Darland and J.J. Yeley.

Hines holds a 33-point edge over former series champion Bobby East entering Saturday and Sunday night’s races at Angell Park. Each night of racing concludes with a 30-lap feature event.

Defending two-time USAC National Midget champ Jerry Coons Jr., also hoping to land the USAC “Triple Crown,” is also among entries at Sun Prairie. Coons leads the USAC K & N Silver Crown standings and is second in the current USAC National Sprint Car points.

Hines’ teammate, Levi Jones, who will also compete at Sun Prairie, is the 2008 USAC National Sprint Car point leader.

Coons won last year’s Saturday “Hall of Fame” feature, while Michael Pickens won last year’s Sunday night main event.

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1. Tracy Hines 802
2. Bobby East 769
3. Cole Whitt 728
4. Brad Sweet 704
5. Brady Bacon 651
6. Levi Jones 649
7. Darren Hagen 598
8. Jerry Coons Jr. 560
9. Dave Darland 556
10. Brad Loyet 521

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SILVER CROWN SERIES GEARS UP FOR “TED HORN 100” AUG. 31;TYLER DOMINATES SPRINGFIELD’S “TONY BETTENHAUSEN 100”

The “Ted Horn 100” is next up for the USAC Silver Crown Championship Series. The 100-mile race at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds is set for Sunday night, August 31.

Brian Tyler of Parma, Mich. led wire-to-wire to win Saturday afternoon’s “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. The victory in the 100-mile race was worth $10,500. Tyler started second, next to pole winner Shane Hollingsworth, but took the lead on lap one and never looked back in his Toyota/Fatheadz Sunglasses Beast/Toyota.

Dave Darland finished second ahead of Hollingsworth, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Bud Kaeding.

Series point leader Jerry Coons Jr. finished sixth and takes a 41-point lead over Darland into the “Ted Horn 100” at DuQuoin.

Johnny Parsons escaped injury when he hit the wall in turn three on lap 24 of Saturday’s race.

USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1. Jerry Coons Jr. 293
2. Dave Darland 252
3. Brian Tyler 218
4. Tracy Hines 218
5. Levi Jones 217
6. Shane Cottle 192
7. Shane Hollingsworth 188
8. A.J. Fike 179
9. Mat Neely 147
10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 136

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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 16, 2008 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jimmy Crawford, 51, Crawford-14.277; 2. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-14.353; 3. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-14.380; 4. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.467; 5. Aaron Althofer, 21, Dorathy-14.502; 6. J Hicks, 66, Miller-14.543; 7. Danny Faria, 17v, Faria-14.547; 8. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.547; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.577; 10. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-14.598; 11. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-14.650; 12. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-14.810; 13. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.895; 14. Nic Faas, 117, Faas-14.939; 15. Jason May, 8m, May-15.068; 16. Daniel Hood, 33H, Hood-15.093; 17. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-15.215; 18. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-15.223; 19. Brein Kinney, 85, Persall-15.293; 20. Jeff Culver, 71c, Culver-15.338; 21. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-15.385; 22. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-15.445; 23. Dennis Rodriguez, 1D, Rodriguez-15.540; 24. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-15.562.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Hansen, 3. C.Williams, 4. R.Williams, 5. Crawford, 6. Faria, 7. Hood, 8. Kinney. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Solberg, 3. Ford, 4. Spencer, 5. Ballard, 6. Culver, 7. Rodriguez, 8. Althofer. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hunsaker, 2. Cardey, 3. Brown, 4. Hicks, 5. Sheridan, 6. Argo, 7. May, 8. Miller. 2:21.40

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Crawford, 3. Sheridan, 4. Faria, 5. Ballard, 6. Althofer, 7. Hood, 8. Culver, 9. May, 10. Kinney, 11. Miller, 12. Rodriguez. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Nic Faas, 2. Garrett Hansen, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. David Cardey, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Josh Ford, 7. J Hicks, 8. Rodney Argo, 9. Greg Bragg, 10. Danny Faria, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Aaron Althofer, 13. Todd Hunsaker, 14. Jimmy Crawford, 15. Ludvig Solberg IV, 16. Tyler Brown, 17. Jeff Culver, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Alan Ballard, 20. Daniel Hood. NT

Althofer flipped during the second heat. Sheridan flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Faas.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-934; 2-Hansen-842; 3-Miller-813; 4-Sheridan-802; 5-Cory Kruseman-691; 6-Brown-656; 7-Tony Jones-586; 8-Ford-506; 9-Cardey-492; 10-Faas-405.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 23 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 16, 2008 – Springfield, Illinois – Illinois State Fairgrounds – “Tony Bettenhausen 100”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-30.286; 2. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-30.325; 3. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-30.473; 4. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-30.483; 5. Shane Cottle, 4, Contos-30.532; 6. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-30.609; 7. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-30.725; 8. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-30.750; 9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 199, Edwards/RE-30.824; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 5, Baldwin-30.858; 11. Donnie Beechler, 14. McQuinn-30.915; 12. Mat Neely, 17, RW-30.930; 13. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-30.969; 14. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-31.053; 15. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-31.102; 16. Kevin Huntley, 97, SC-31.110; 17. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-31.200; 18. Chris Urish, 77, Urish-31.256; 19. Paul White, 99, Mucci/Matczak-31.497; 20. Patrick Bruns, 81, Quick Draw-31.767; 21. Johnny Parsons, 43, Nix-32.055; 22. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-32.917; 23. Jeff Leka, 36, Miller-33.872; 24. Mike Stroehle, 83, Stroehle-NT; 25. Derek Hagar, 35, RE-NT; 26. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-NT.

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Shane Hollingsworth, 4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Tom Capie, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. A.J. Fike, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Russ Gamester, 15. Mat Neely, 16. Patrick Bruns, 17. Randy Bateman, 18. Craig Dori, 19. Paul White, 20. Jeff Leka, 21. Johnny Parsons, 22. Donnie Beechler, 23. Chris Urish, 24. Derek Hagar, 25. Kevin Huntley, 26. Mike Stroehle. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 Tyler.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Coons-293; 2-Darland-252; 3-Tyler-218; 4-Hines-218; 5-Jones-217; 6-Cottle-192; 7-Hollingsworth-188; 8-Fike-179; 9-Neely-147; 10-Stenhouse-136.

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: August 31 – DuQuoin, IL – DuQuoin State Fairgrounds – “Ted Horn 100”

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10 ILLINI EYE “TONY BETTENHAUSEN 100” TROPHY IN SATURDAY’S USAC RACE AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR

At least 10 Illinois natives are expected to compete in Saturday’s 48th running of one of America’s most revered auto racing classics – the “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.

The 100-mile USAC K & N Silver Crown Championship Series race presented by Optima Batteries continues a long tradition of motorsports excellence at the historic 1-mile dirt oval. Billy Winn won the inaugural in 1934 and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the defending champion.

Four Illinois drivers, including Tinley Park’s Gary and Tony Bettenhausen, Chicago’s Emil Andres and Champaign’s Don Branson, have won the classic event. Tony won in 1947, 1950 and 1951, Gary won in 1978 ad 1983, Andres won in 1939 and Branson won in 1966.

Donnie Beechler of Springfield is among this year’s crop hoping to become the fifth Illini winner and is joined by Robinson’s Mat Neely, Olney’s Levi Jones, Galesburg’s A.J. Fike, Springfield’s Jeff Leka, Murphysboro’s Randy Bateman, Elkhart’s Chris Urish, Champaign’s Patrick Bruns, Granite City’s Tad Roach and Canton’s Chris Windom. Saturday’s race would be the first this season for Beechler, Bateman, Leka and Roach, while Fike finished second in last Sunday’s race at Iowa Speedway. Neely has a best of fifth this year, while Jones has a sixth, Urish has a ninth and Bruns has a 10th. Windom’s only 2008 appearance results in a 23rd-place finish.

In addition, Johnny Parsons of Speedway, Ind., who started a dozen Indianapolis 500s and finished fifth twice, is seeking his 152nd career Silver Crown start and will pilot a car fielded by Benton, Ill. car owner Ricky Nix.

Five previous race champions are expected to compete, including defending winner Stenhouse. Tracy Hines (2006), Brian Tyler (2004-05), Russ Gamester (1998) and Dave Darland (1997, 1999 and 2003) are the others.

Hines holds the 1-lap track qualifying record of 122.846 mph set in 2006. Jack Hewitt set the 100-mile race record of 106.920 mph in 1987.

Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. leads the series standings entering Saturday’s race. He is 53 points ahead of Darland, 58 ahead of Jones and 61 ahead of Hines.

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CRA SPRINTS RETURN TO SANTA MARIA SATURDAY

Mike Spencer has a 63-point lead over Blake Miller in the latest Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car standings but that’s not enough to sit tight this weekend as the series returns to Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. A total of 74 points are available.

Spencer finished second and Miller fourth in the June 14 outing at Santa Maria, won by Tyler Brown. Miller was also the fastest qualifier that night.

Spencer and Miller each have one victory so far this season, Spencer winning at Perris, Calif. in March and Miller at Las Vegas, Nev. in February.

Brown ranks sixth in the current series points but the Santa Maria victory was his only “podium” finish so far in 2008.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1. Mike Spencer 875
2. Blake Miller 812
3. Danny Sheridan 783
4. Garrett Hansen 778
5. Cory Kruseman 691
6. Tyler Brown 629
7. Tony Jones 586
8. Josh Ford 450
9. David Cardey 434
10. Levi Jones 350

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MIDGETS EYE AUG. 23-24 “HALL OF FAME CLASSIC;” TRACY HINES EMERGES AS INDIANA MIDGET WEEK CHAMPION, KUHN, RAY, SWEET & CLAUSON EARN FEATURE VICTORIES

Tracy Hines leads the USAC National Midget Series standings to the August 23-24 National Midget Auto Racing “Hall of Fame Classic” at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, WIs. after scoring a second, third, fourth and seventh in last week’s “Indiana Midget Week” events. He’s 33 points ahead of Bobby East in the latest standings.

Hines emerges as the 2008 Indiana Midget Week Champion as a result of his consistency in the four races which comprised last week’s “mini-series.” Hines finished 13 points ahead of Cole Whitt in the IMW points.

Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. led the final four laps of Wednesday night’s “Indiana Midget Week” opener at Gas City I-69 Speedway after passing Whitt on lap 27 of the 30-lap feature. Trailing Kuhn’s Fontana Automotive/All Trades Services Spike were Whitt, Davey Ray, Jerry Coons Jr. and Levi Jones. Josh Ford led the first two laps and Whitt led the next 24.

Thursday night’s Indiana Midget Week race at Union County Speedway in Liberty, Ind. was indefinitely postponed by USAC officials due to safety concerns. “We are postponing today’s race at Union County amid numerous safety concerns raised by both our Officials and Teams” stated Kevin Miller, CEO of USAC Racing. “We offer our sincerest apologies to our fans and our associates at Union County Speedway. I am confident in the final decision made by USAC Officials, as our first priority is to ensure the safety of our competitors and fans.” Series officials deemed the corrective action required could not be completed in time for the evening’s competition.

Ray, of Davenport, Iowa, led the final 26 laps of Friday night’s feature to win round two, passing Brad Sweet on lap five in his Liberty Village/McGladrey & Pullen Spike/Esslinger Ford and was trailed at the checkered flag by Sweet, Whitt, Hines and Gary Altig.

Sweet, of Grass Valley, Calif., led the final 26 laps of Saturday night’s feature at Lawrenceburg Speedway. He trailed Coons for the first four laps, then led the rest of the way in his Mopar/Team ASE Spike/Speedway Mopar. Darren Hagen finished second ahead of Hines, Kuhn and Jones.

Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. led all but four laps in his Fastenal/K & N Filters Spike/Esslinger Ford to win Sunday’s final at the Kokomo Speedway. He beat Hines, Coons, Whitt and Jones. Sweet led four laps but faltered and finished 19th.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1. Tracy Hines 802
2. Bobby East 769
3. Cole Whitt 728
4. Brad Sweet 704
5. Brady Bacon 651
6. Levi Jones 649
7. Darren Hagen 598
8. Jerry Coons Jr. 560
9. Dave Darland 556
10. Brad Loyet 521

FINAL USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINT STANDINGS
1. Tracy Hines 229
2. Cole Whitt 216
3. Brad Kuhn 206
4. Levi Jones 201
5. Davey Ray 178
6. Brady Bacon 177
7. Brad Sweet 177
8. Brad Loyet 157
9. Bobby East 147
10. Jerry Coons Jr. 146

SPRINTS ON HIATUS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20 “4-CROWN;” DARLAND GRABS OSKALOOSA’S “ULTIMATE CHALLENGE” $30,000

Levi Jones is the leader in the latest USAC National Sprint Car Series standings despite finishing 15th in Tuesday night’s Searsboro Telephone USAC “Ultimate Challenge” at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He has a 13-point margin over Jerry Coons Jr. going into the September 20 “4-Crown Nationals” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. grabbed the $30,000 winner’s check Tuesday night, holding off a late-race challenge from Kevin Swindell to win the Searsboro Telephone USAC “Ultimate Challenge” Sprint race at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Darland passed Swindell on lap four and led the rest of the way in his Rotondo Weirich/Karavan Trailers Maxim/Gaerte to score the victory over Swindell, Coons, Cole Whitt and Hunter Schuerenberg.

Drivers Justin Zimmerman, Damion Gardner and Chad Boat all escaped injury in separate flips during the 30-lap race.

Darland is a former “4-Crown” Sprint winner,