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VENTURA RACEWAY HOSTS FORD FOCUS & YOUNG GUNS ‘DOUBLEHEADER”

The 2010 USAC Western Ford Focus and Young Guns Series begin Saturday night at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway.

Ten different USAC feature winners were crowned during 2009 USAC Ford Focus and Young Guns action at the 1/5-mile dirt oval, one of USAC’s most active tracks.

Rains forced cancellation of last Saturday’s scheduled Ventura season opener, so this Saturday’s program opens the campaign for the southern California oval. In addition to the USAC races, competition is also scheduled for VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints and Sport Compacts.

USAC’s 2009 California Dirt Ford Focus and Young Guns champions were Brody Roa and Kyle Edwards respectively. Under restructured guidelines, Saturday’s races will afford points toward both the overall Western Ford Focus and Young Guns championships, as well as 2010 Dirt Ford Focus and Dirt Young Guns titles.

SMRS MIDGETS “OFF” UNTIL TRI-CITY APRIL 30; STRATTON, LOYET TAKE COWTOWN; TITLE TO LOYET

Defending USAC/SMRS Great Plains Midget Champion Brad Loyet of Sunset Hills, Mo. is the early leader in the 2010 series standings after winning last week’s City Vending “Cowtown Midget Championships” title at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, Texas, near Fort Worth.

Loyet will continue as the point leader while the series takes a hiatus until joining the USAC Mopar National Midget Series for the April 30 race at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill.

It appeared that Danny Stratton of Fontana, Calif. was going to “sweep” the Cowtown series but his car failed post-race technical inspection Saturday night after he had appeared to have won the 35-lap finale.

Stratton drove Wayne Simmons' Iowa Speedway F5 Twister/Esslinger Ford to victory in Friday's night's race. He battled with Loyet for the early lead and eventually won the 30-lap race over Don Droud Jr., Zach Daum, Loyet and Kevin Bayer. Loyet led the opening lap and Stratton led the rest of the way.

Loyet emerged the winner of Saturday’s race in the Beaver Stripes & Custom Graphics/Bell Helmets Spike/Esslinger Ford. He scored the victory over Chett Gehrke, Daum, Matt Sherrell and Droud Jr. The Stratton disqualification left Loyet as the official leader of all 35 laps.

USAC/SMRS GREAT LAKES MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Loyet-272; 2-Don Droud Jr.-252; 3-Zach Daum-242; 4-Chett Gehrke-228; 5-Kevin Bayer-226; 6-Matt Sherrell-218; 7-Ronnie Burke Jr.-218; 8-Kevin Ramey-214; 9-Rusty Dukes-206; 10-Justin Melton-204.

USAC 360s AT HANFORD SATURDAY; ALEXANDER GRABS 2010 OPENER AT TULARE

Dean Alexander of Visalia, Calif. Leads the USAC Western Regional 360 Sprint Car Series to Giant Speedway in Hanford, Calif. this Saturday night for round two of the brand-new series.

Alexander has a five-point lead over Craig Stidham after winning last Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at the Groppetti Automotive Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway. He led the final 14 laps at Tulare driving the McCowan Motorsports Special. He passed Danny Sheridan on lap 12 and led the rest of the way to beat Stidham, Danny Faria Jr., Jace VanderWeerd and Garrett Ishii to the checkered flag.

The 2010 Western Regional 360 calendar includes 20 races at four different speedways.

Saturday’s race at Hanford is the first of five at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. The 360s return there June 5, July 17, August 21 and September 11.

USAC WESTERN REGIONAL 360 SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dean Alexander-68; 2-Craig Stidham-63; 3-Danny Faria Jr.-61; 4-Jace VanderWeerd-58; 5-Garrett Ishii-53; 6-Peter Murphy-50; 7-Richard VanderWeerd-49; 8-Chris Ennis-44; 9-Jimmy Thompson-43; 10-Andy Ferris-38.

USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS:

March 6, 2010 – Fort Worth, Texas – Cowtown Speedway – 2nd Annual City Vending “Cowtown Midget Championships”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kevin Bayer (#91k Bayer), 2. Andy Shouse (#27 Bishop), 3. Matt Sherrell (#35 Sherrell), 4. Kevin Ramey (#7m Ramey), 5. Andrew Felker (#11a Felker), 6. Ryan Cole (#11R Cole), 7. Andrew Deal (#15D Deal), 8. Eric Sandage (#60 Sandage), 9. Matt Johnson (#85 Johnson). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 2. Zach Daum (#5 Daum), 3. Brandon Moeller (#39 Moeller), 4. Rusty Dukes (#88D Dukes), 5. Blake Moeller (#18 Moeller), 6. Ryan Harvey (#93x Harvey), 7. Doug McCune (#9 Urbanosky), 8. Steve Newman (#11x Newman), 9. Roy Larkin (#24L Larkin). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Loyet (#05 Loyet), 2. Paul White (#1x White), 3. Don Droud Jr. (#44 Smith), 4. Justin Melton (#11 Melton), 5. Ronnie Burke Jr. (#4B Burke), 6. George White (#10w White), 7. Tyler Thompson (#91T Thompson), 8. Murray Erickson (#8 Guardian), 9. Will Pierce (#10 Pierce). NT

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Gehrke, 2. Loyet, 3. Bayer, 4. Shouse, 5. P.White, 6. Stratton (#5k Simmons). NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Deal, 2. Sandage, 3. Thompson, 4. Pierce, 5. Johnson, 6. McCune, 7. Larkin, 8. Harvey, 9. Newman, 10. Erickson. NT

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Brad Loyet, 2. Chett Gehrke, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Matt Sherrell, 5. Don Droud Jr., 6. Ronnie Burke Jr., 7. Rusty Dukes, 8. Paul White, 9. Tyler Thompson, 10. Justin Melton, 11. Matt Johnson, 12. Doug McCune, 13. Andrew Felker, 14. Kevin Bayer, 15. Kevin Ramey, 16. Andrew Deal, 17. Andy Shouse, 18. Eric Sandage, 19. Blake Moeller, 20. Brandon Moeller, 21. George White, 22. Will Pierce, 23. Ryan Cole. (NOTE: Danny Stratton car disqualified after winning race for failure to pass post-race technical inspection).

--------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A

NEW USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Loyet-272; 2-Droud-252; 3-Daum-242; 4-Gehrke-228; 5-Bayer-226; 6-Sherrell-218; 7-R.Burke-218; 8-Ramey-214; 9-Dukes-206; 10-Melton-204.

NEXT USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET RACE: April 30 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway

USAC WESTERN REGIONAL 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

March 6, 2010 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peter Murphy (#21 Tarlton), 2. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd), 3. Dave Knott (#28 Knott), 4. Andy Ferris (#4J Ferris), 5. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 6. Albert Pombo (#35 Pombo), 7. Jesse Mack (#8M May), 8. Matt Day (#97 Day). 2:19.87.

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dean Alexander (#11 McCowan), 2. Justyne Hamblin (#8 JH), 3. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 4. Garrett Ishii (#71G Ishii), 5. Steve Osborne (#9J Osborne), 6. Bill Jones (#16J Jones), 7. Brandon Thomson (#92 Thomson). NT.

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ricky Kirkbride (#87 Van Meter), 2. Jimmy Thompson (#71 Eames), 3. Craig Stidham (#3S Stidham), 4. Chris Ennis (#86 Ennis), 5. T.J. Smith (#14 UHL), 6. Koen Shaw (#88K Shaw), 7. Geoffrey Strole (#09S Strole). 2:26.17.

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan (#18 Kittle), 2. Danny Daria Jr. (#17V Faria), 3. Matt Streeter (#14JR Streeter), 4. Davey Pombo (#3P Bowman), 5. Wes Gutierrez (#007 WG), 6. Aaron Altaffer (#21A Dorothy), 7. Rusty Carlile (#51 Carlile). NT.

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. R. VanderWeerd, 2. A. Pombo, 3. Osborne, 4. Altaffer, 5. Mack, 6. Day, 7. Smith, 8. Shaw, 9. D. Pombo, 10. Carlile, 11. Strole. NT.

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Dean Alexander, 2. Craig Stidham, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Jace VanderWeerd, 5. Garrett Ishii, 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 7. Peter Murphy, 8. Chris Ennis, 9. Jimmy Thompson, 10. Andy Ferris, 11. T.J. Smith, 12. Jonathan Logan, 13. Steve Osborne, 14. Matt Day, 15. Justyne Hamblin, 16. Danny Sheridan, 17. Dave Knott, 18. Jesse Mack, 19. Albert Pombo, 20. Ricky Kirkbride, 21. Matt Streeter, 22. Wes Gutierrez. NT.

**Bill Jones flipped during the second heat. Gutierrez, Streeter, Kirkbride, and Sheridan flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Alexander, Laps 3-10 Murphy, Lap 11 Sheridan, Laps 12-25 Alexander.

NEW USAC WESTERN REGIONAL 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Alexander-68; 2-Stidham-63; 3-Faria-61; 4-J.VanderWeerd-58; 5-Ishii-53; 6-Murphy-50; 7-R.VanderWeerd-49; 8-Ennis-44; 9-J.Thompson-43; 10-Ferris-38.

NEXT USAC WESTERN REGIONAL 360 SPRINT RACE: March 13 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway

USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS:

March 5, 2010 – Fort Worth (Kennedale), Texas – Cowtown Speedway – 2nd Annual City Vending “Cowtown Midget Championships”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Don Droud Jr. (#44 Smith), 2. Andrew Deal (#15D Deal), 3. Kevin Bayer (#91k Bayer), 4. Ryan Cole (#11R Cole), 5. Ronnie Burke Jr. (#4B Burke), 6. Blake Moeller (#18 Moeller), 7. Brandon Moeller (#39 Moeller), 8. Doug McCune (#9 Urbanosky), 9. Steve Newman (#11x Newman). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Loyet (#05 Loyet), 2. Kevin Ramey (#7m Ramey), 3. Zach Daum (#5 Daum), 4. Eric Sandage (#60 Sandage), 5. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 6. Paul White (#1x White), 7. Rusty Dukes (#88D Dukes), 8. Tyler Thompson (#91T Thompson), 9. Scott Sawyer (#77x Sawyer), 10. Bill Eslick (#24e Eslick). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Danny Stratton (#5F Simmons), 2. Matt Sherrell (#35 Sherrell), 3. Andrew Felker (#11a Felker), 4. George White (#10w White), 5. Justin Melton (#11 Melton), 6. Matt Johnson (#85 Johnson), 7. Andy Shouse (#27 Bishop), 8. Murray Erickson (#8 Guardian), 9. Will Pierce (#10 Pierce), 10. Roy Larkin (#24L Larkin). NT

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Droud, 3. Deal, 4. Stratton. 5. Ramey, 6. Sherrell. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Shouse, 2. Brandon Moeller, 3. Dukes, 4. McCune, 5. Thompson, 6. Newman, 7. Erickson, 8. Eslick, 9. Pierce. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Stratton, 2. Don Droud Jr., 3. Zach Daum, 4. Brad Loyet, 5. Kevin Bayer, 6. Kevin Ramey, 7. Ronnie Burke Jr., 8. Andy Shouse, 9. Andrew Felker, 10. Eric Sandage, 11. Justin Melton, 12. Rusty Dukes, 13. Tyler Thompson, 14. Doug McCune, 15. Matt Sherrell, 16. Chett Gehrke, 17. Ryan Cole, 18. George White, 19. Brandon Moeller, 20. Andrew Deal, 21. Paul White, 22. Matt Johnson, 23. Blake Moeller, 24. Steve Newman. NT

**G.White flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A

NEW USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Danny Stratton-136; 2-Don Droud Jr.-136; 3-Brad Loyet-134; 4-Zach Daum-120; 5-Kevin Ramey-120; 6-Kevin Bayer-116; 7-Ronnie Burke-108; 8-Andrew Felker-108; 9-Andy Shouse-104; 10-Eric Sandage-104.

NEXT USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET RACE: March 6 – Fort Worth, TX – Cowtown Speedway – 2nd Annual City Vending “Cowtown Midget Championships”

HICKORY MIDGET TICKET DISCOUNT AVAILABLE; 2 LUCKY FANS WILL WIN A “RICHARD PETTY DRIVING EXPERIENCE”

Tickets for the March 24-25 USAC Mopar National Midget and Eastern Ford Focus Midget races at the Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway are now available and race fans can take advantage of a $5 discount by purchasing tickets on line at www.usacracing.com, by calling the USAC Headquarters at 317-247-5151 or by accessing the following link: http://www.usacracing.com/store/hickory-motor-speedway.html. Tickets are priced at $20 each night but a two-night ticket is available at the price of $35.

Fans attending the March 24-25 Hickory races will also have the opportunity to win a free “Richard Petty Driving Experience” in a 600-horsepower NASCAR-style stock car at Charlotte Motor Speedway!

The Hickory races continue a tradition of USAC racing in the Carolinas which stretches back to 1956 when the USAC Championship Cars raced at Darlington, S.C. The Hickory oval hosted Ford Focus races between 2004 and 2006 but the March 24-25 program marks the debut of USAC National racing at the .363-mile paved oval.

Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. Won USAC’s last National Midget race in the Tarheel state, at Kenly in 2008. Previous National Midget winners in the state included Mel Kenyon at Asheville in 1968, Jim Hettinger at the Charlotte Coliseum in 1990, Tony Stewart at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1998 and Bobby Santos III at Concord in 2006.

Each night of racing includes a 40-lap feature for Midgets and a 30-lapper fot the Ford Focus Midgets. Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif., who pilots the Kasey Kahne Midget entry, leads the 2010 USAC Mopar National Midget standings after wins at Tucson, Ariz. And Las Vegas, Nev., while Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. is the defending USAC Carolina Ford Focus Champion.

RICH VOGLER AMONG 2010 INDUCTEES INTO MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA

Rich Vogler, who compiled more feature victories during his career than any other USAC driver in history, is listed among the 2010 inductees into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and will be formally inducted during ceremonies at the Fillmore Detroit in Michigan on August 25.

Vogler joins fellow inductees Dale Armstrong, Joie Chitwood, Alan Kulwicki, Jeremy McGrath, Ken Squire and Jerry Titus as 2010 honorees.

In making the announcement of the inductees, Hall of Fame president Ron Watson’s cited Vogler’s true “Hall of Fame” credentials as an all-time leader in Sprint and Midget racing.

Vogler excelled in the 1980s, winning 134 USAC races and leading yearly USAC victory charts every year except 1987 and 1988. His 134 total USAC National victories (second only to A.J. Foyt’s 159) included 95 in Midgets, 35 in Sprints and four in championship cars. Including regional wins, his USAC victory total reached 171, nine more than Foyt’s 162 and his nine USAC championships are second only to Foyt’s 13. Rich won the National Midget title five times, the Sprint title twice and add two Indianapolis Speedrome Midget crowns.

His five Indianapolis 500 starts included an eighth-place finish in 1989. In 1980 Rich became the first driver to win the USAC Sprint and Midget titles in the same year. Major race victories in eight wins in the prestigious “Hut Hundred” Midget race and in 1987 he won the inaugural Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Okla. In 1988 Rich finished 17th in his only NASCAR start at Rockingham, N.C. He tragically lost his life during a USAC Sprint race in 1990 at the Salem, Ind. Speedway, a race at which ironically he was posthumously proclaimed the winner!

SMRS MIDGETS DEBUT FRIDAY-SATURDAY AT COWTOWN

The 2nd Annual City Vending “Cowtown Midget Championships” are scheduled Friday and Saturday at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, Texas, opening the 2010 USAC/SMRS “Great Plains” Midget Series.

Brad Loyet of Sunset Hills, Mo. Is the defending series champion and is coming off “top-10” finishes in all three 2010 USAC Mopar National Midget races already this season.

Brady Bacon and Bryan Clauson won last year’s “Cowtown Midget Championship” features at the quarter-mile dirt oval.

Friday’s races begin at 6 pm and a 30-lap feature is on tap. A 35-lap feature is scheduled Saturday, with racing set to begin at 4. Saturday’s events include a “fan-fest” from noon until 1:15 pm for race fans to enter the pits and get autographs, pictures and apparel.

USAC 360 SPRINTS DEBUT SATURDAY AT TULARE

A brand-new USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series debuts this Saturday at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif. In addition to marking a new chapter in the club’s history, the race will mark the first appearance of the West Coast 360s at the third-mile Tulare oval.

Support for the new series is coming from SouthWest Contractors and Hoosier Tires and series promoter Chris Kearns is excited about prospects for the series. “It’s awesome having USAC’s resources available to us,” says Kearns. “I think this is a great step in the right direction for 360 non-wing sprint racing.”

Hanford, Calif.’s Justyne Hamblin is the defending series champion and hopes to add her name to the list of female feature winners, which numbers 20 since USAC’s debut in 1956. She will face a formidable roster of talented drivers at Tulare, including Bakersfield’s Rusty Carlile, Clovis’ Peter Murphy, Tipton’s Danny Faria Jr. and Kerman’s Davey Pombo, plus 2008 Bandit Champion Jesse Mack and 2002 VRA Champion Jimmy Crawford.

The Groppetti Automotive Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway is located on the Tulare County Fairgrounds at the corner of Bardsley and K Streets in Tulare, Calif. For more info on the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint series, visit www.usacracing.com or www.racesantamariaspeedway.com.

SWEET LEADS NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET POINTS AFTER LAS VEGAS WIN; EAST WIRE-TO-WIRE IN “SOKOLA SHOOTOUT” AT PERRIS

Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. continues as the early leader in the 2010 USAC Mopar National and Western Midget Series following his 30-lap feature victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s dirt track Thursday night and subsequent second place finish at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway Sunday night. The National Series resumes March 23-24 at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway, while the Western Series resumes April 1 at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway.

Sweet led the first six laps at Las Vegas, then trailed Chad Boat until the white-flag lap when he regained the top spot in his Kasey Kahne Racing Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/Auto Value Spike/Mopar to win the Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic race. Boat took second after leading 22 laps, finishing ahead of Brad Loyet, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines. Driver Alex Bowman of Tucson, Ariz. flipped during the second heat race and was transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment of a broken collar bone, fractured rib, bruises and swelling.

Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 30 laps of Sunday night’s “Sokola Shootout” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at the Perris Auto Speedway after starting from the front row in his Club Sport Ford Racing Beast/Esslinger Ford. The victory halted Sweet’s winning streak at two as Sweet took second ahead of Boat, Bryan Clauson and Jerry Coons Jr. Hagen was the fastest qualifier.

Chris Gansen of San Bernardino, Calif. flipped on lap six of the feature and was transported to a local hospital for a precautionary checkup.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Sweet-207; 2-Bobby East-169; 3-Brad Loyet-155; 4-Darren Hagen-155; 5-Tracy Hines-155; 6-Bryan Clauson-149; 7-Dave Darland-148; 8-Chad Boat-139; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-136; 10-Mike Hess-117.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Sweet-207; 2-Bobby East-169; 3-Brad Loyet-155; 4-Darren Hagen-155; 5-Tracy Hines-155; 6-Bryan Clauson-149; 7-Dave Darland-148; 8-Chad Boat-139; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-136; 10-Mike Hess-117.

GARDNER 4-FOR-5 AFTER LAS VEGAS, PERRIS TRIUMPHS; WILL TAKE POINT LEADS TO PERRIS MARCH 27 & ELDORA APRIL 2

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. has emerged as the early 2010 point leader in both the USAC Amsoil National and CRA Sprint Car series following feature victories at Las Vegas, Nev. and Perris, Calif. The National series is “off” until April 2-3 when it resumes at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. The CRA series continues March 27 with a race at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Gardner came from 15th starting position to win Thursday night’s 30-lap “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” USAC Amsoil National/CRA Sprint feature at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track. Gardner didn’t crack the “top-10” until lap 19, then methodically chased down the leaders and took the lead from Dave Darland on lap 28. He pulled away from the field in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to beat Darland, Chris Windom, Tracy Hines and fast qualifier Jerry Coons Jr.

Gardner posted a dominant performance in Sunday night’s 30-lap “Sokola Shootout” at the Perris Auto Speedway. He passed leaders Chris Windom, Henry Clarke and Hines in a daring move on lap six and led the rest of the way in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to beat Clarke, Windom, Hines and fast qualifier Mike Spencer. The victory was Gardner’s fourth in five 2010 series events! Former USAC/CRA Champion Tony Jones escaped injury in a flip on lap two of the feature.

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Damion Gardner-324; 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-275; 3-Levi Jones-247; 4-Bryan Clauson-237; 5-Henry Clarke-232; 6-Robert Ballou-232; 7-Tracy Hines-229; 8-Dave Darland-202; 9-Chris Windom-192; 10-Shane Hmiel-145.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Damion Gardner-187; 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-171; 3-Tracy Hines-154; 4-Henry Clarke-150; 5-Chris Windom-147; 6-Levi Jones-143; 7-Robert Ballou-140; 8-Mike Spencer-133; 9-Bryan Clauson-119; 10-Bud Kaeding-118.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS:

February 28, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway - “Sokola Shootout”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.380; 2. Tony Jones, 4x, Alexander-17.423; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-17.546; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-17.598; 5. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.602; 6. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.622; 7. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.631; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-17.673; 9. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.674; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.756; 11. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-17.760; 12. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-17.763; 13. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-17.776; 14. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.812; 15. Jimmy Crawford, 11x, Crawford-17.823; 16. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.846; 17. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.861; 18. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.902; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.907; 20. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-17.915; 21. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-18.000; 22. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-18.016; 23. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-18.082; 24. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-18.095; 25. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-18.112; 26. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-18.128; 27. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-18.142; 28. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-18.146; 29. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.273; 30. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-18.360; 31. Cody Kershaw, 38, Crossno-18.360; 32. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.372; 33. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-18.478; 34. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-18.857; 35. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.023; 36. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-20.295; 37. Kenny Perkins, 5k, Perkins-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Gaunt, 3. Boat, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Clauson, 6. Sweet, 7. R.Gardner, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Spencer. 2:53.02

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Hines, 3. Shuman, 4. Cardey, 5. Clarke, 6. Miller, 7. A.Williams, 8. Mero, 9. T.Jones. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Mitchell, 3. Crawford, 4. L.Jones, 5. Bragg, 6. Darland, 7. Bloom, 8. Kershaw, 9. C.Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Windom, 3. Sheridan, 4. Coons, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Johnson, 7. Cummins, 8. Welton, 9. Hmiel, 2:50.97

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. T.Jones, 3. Clarke, 4. Hmiel, 5. Darland, 6. Clauson, 7. Bloom, 8. Johnson, 9. R.Gardner, 10. A.Williams, 11. Ricky Williams, 12. Miller, 13. Kershaw, 14. Cummins, 15. Mero, 16. C.Williams, 17. Welton, 18. Shedarowich, 19. Bragg. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Henry Clarke, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Shane Hmiel, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. David Cardey, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Chad Boat, 13. Matt Mitchell, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Jimmy Crawford, 16. Rickie Gaunt, 17. Blake Miller, 18. Seth Wilson, 19. Bryan Clauson, 20. Bud Kaeding, 21. Dave Darland, 22. Ronnie Gardner, 23. Casey Shuman, 24. Tony Jones. NT

**Tony Jones flipped on lap 2 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Hines, Laps 3-5 Windom, Laps 6-30 D.Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-324; 2-Coons-275; 3-L.Jones-247; 4-Clauson-237; 5-Clarke-232; 6-Ballou-232; 7-Hines-229; 8-Darland-202; 9-Windom-192; 10-Hmiel-145. NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-187; 2-Coons-171; 3-Hines-154; 4-Clarke-150; 5-Windom-147; 6-L.Jones-143; 7-Ballou-140; 8-Spencer-133; 9-Clauson-119; 10-Kaeding-118.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 2 & 3 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS:

February 28, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway - “Sokola Shootout”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-17.701; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-17.830; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.851; 4. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-17.871; 5. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-17.873; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-17.942; 7. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.942; 8. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-18.091; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-18.097; 10. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-18.144; 11. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-18.155; 12. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-18.171; 13. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-18.260; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-18.267; 15. Josh Lakatos, 4x, Bristing-18.316; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-18.345; 17. Randi Pankratz, 8x, Pankratz-18.384; 18. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-18.562; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-18.571; 20. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-18.579; 21. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-18.607; 22. Austin Mero, 17k, Kruseman-18.623; 23. Jake Swanson, 05x, Swanson-18.634; 24. Erine Bartley III, 74, Bartley-18.823; 25. Chris Gansen, 04, Gansen-19.092; 26. Tracy Hines, 8E, Guardian-19.169; 27. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-19.309; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-19.341; 29. Kenny Warren, 78, Burggraf-23.371; 30. Dennis Carrier, 2D, Carrier-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Kruseman, 3. Daum, 4. Pierovich, 5. Pankratz, 6. McQueen, 7. Gansen. 3:01.29

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. East, 3. Hines, 4. Mero, 5. Darland, 6. Erickson, 7. Clauson. 3:00.82

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Clarke, 3. Boat, 4. Lakatos, 5. J.Swanson, 6. Josett, 7. Jones. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hess, 3. Kuhn, 4. Loyet, 5. Schutte, 6. Bartley, 7. Lowther. 3:01.29

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Darland, 3. Schutte, 4. Josett, 5. Gansen, 6. Bartley, 7. Erickson, 8. Lowther, 9. Pankratz, 10. McQueen, 11. J.Swanson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Zach Daum, 7. Henry Clarke, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Brad Loyet, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Brad Kuhn, 13. Mike Hess, 14. R.J. Johnson, 15. Scott Pierovich, 16. Robby Josett, 17. Josh Lakatos, 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. Austin Mero, 20. Alex Schutte, 21. Chris Gansen, 22. Ernie Bartley III. NT

**McQueen flipped during the semi. Gansen flipped on lap 6 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 East.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-207; 2-East-169; 3-Loyet-155; 4-Hagen-155; 5-Hines-155; 6-Clauson-149; 7-Darland-148; 8-Boat-139; 9-Coons-136; 10-Hess-117. NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-207; 2-East-169; 3-Loyet-155; 4-Hagen-155; 5-Hines-155; 6-Clauson-149; 7-Darland-148; 8-Boat-139; 9-Coons-136; 10-Hess-117.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: March 24 & 25 – Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: April 1 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS:

February 25, 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track - “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-20.547; 2. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-20.972; 3. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.014; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-21.139; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.162; 6. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-21.222; 7. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-21.240; 8. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-21.264; 9. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-21.399; 10. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-21.435; 11. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-21.571; 12. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-21.605; 13. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.645; 14. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-21.692; 15. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-21.858; 16. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-21.933; 17. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-22.002; 18. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-22.096; 19. Jason Leffler, 6, Klatt-22.107; 10. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-22.162; 21. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-22.271; 22. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-22.273; 23. Austin Mero, 17k, Kruseman-22.444; 24. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-22.842; 25. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-23.200; 26. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-23.248; 27. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-NT .

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Kuhn .6. Boat, 7. Leffler, 8. Prickett, 9. Carrier. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Jones, 3. Sweet, 4. Kruseman, 5. Mero, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther, 8. Bowman, 9. Erickson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Loyet, 3. Clarke, 4. Hess, 5. McQueen, 6. Clouser, 7. Josett, 8. Schutte, 9. Postle. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Daum, 3. Leffler, 4. Clouser, 5. Prickett, 6. Schutte, 7. Carrier, 8. Postle, 9. Josett, 10. Lowther, 11. Erickson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Brad Loyet, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Mike Hess, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. Bobby East, 11. Jason Leffler, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Alex Schutte, 15. Shannon McQueen, 16. Henry Clarke, 17. David Prickett, 18. Austin Mero, 19. Brad Kuhn, 20. Dennis Carrier, 21. Zach Daum. NT

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Bowman flipped during the second heat and was transported to University Medical Center.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Sweet, Laps 7-28 Boat, Laps 29-30 Sweet.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77. NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic” NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS:

February 25, 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track - “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Hoffman-19.191; 2. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.358; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-19.430; 4. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-19.710; 5. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-19.918; 6. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-20.038; 7. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-20.132; 8. Johnny Herrera, 45x, Herrera-20.144; 9. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-20.165; 10. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-20.237; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-20.259; 12. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-20.262; 13. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb Agajanian-20.509; 14. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-20.517; 15. Cody Kershaw, 38, Crossno-20.602; 16. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.752; 17. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-20.972; 18. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-21.060; 19. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-21.075; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-21.125; 21. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-21.167; 22. Blake Miller, 7, M-M-21.266; 23. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-21.341; 24. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-21.464; 25. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-21.491; 26. Keith Bloom, 27, Kaeding-21.580; 27. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-21.731; 28. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-21.763; 29. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-21.778; 30. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.859; 31. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-21.993; 32. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-22.100; 33. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-22.410; 34. Jimmy Crawford, 11x, Crawford-22.510.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Spencer, 3. Hmiel, 4. Sheridan, 5. Shuman, 6. Bragg, 7. Coons, 8. Cummins, 9. Shedarowich. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Sweet, 3. Windom, 4. Miller, 5. Hines, 6. Burdette, 7. Bloom, 8. Crawford. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Ballou, 3. Kaeding, 4. Boat, 5. Kruseman, 6. Wilson, 7. Kershaw, 8. Ricky Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Herrera, 3. Clarke, 4. Mellenberndt, 5. A.Williams, 6. C.Williams, 7. Mero, 8. Carlile. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Shuman, 3. Hines, 4. Wilson, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Burdette, 7. Mero, 8. Kruseman, 9. Crawford, 10. Bloom, 11. Cummins, 12. Bragg, 13. C.Williams, 14. Shedarowich, 15. A.Williams. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Johnny Herrera, 9. Henry Clarke, 10. Robert Ballou, 11. Mike Spencer, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Brad Sweet, 14. Blake Miller, 15. Bud Kaeding, 16. Chad Boat, 17. Shane Hmiel, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Bret Mellenberndt, 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Brett Burdette, 22. Cody Williams, 23. Levi Jones, 24. Ricky Willliams. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Darland, Laps 2-7 Ballou, Laps 8-27 Darland, Laps 28-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-259;2-Coons-225;3-Clauson-221; 4-Jones-193; 5-Darland-188; 6-Ballou-188; 7-Clarke-172; 8-Hines-171; 9-Windom-131; 10-Brady Short-122. NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Coons-124; 2-Gardner-122; 3-Clauson-103; 4-Kaeding-97; 5-Hines-96; 6-Ballou-96 7-Clarke-90; 8-Jones-89; 9-Darland-87; 10-Windom-86.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic” NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”

HAGEN LOOKING FOR PERRIS MIDGET REPEAT IN “SOKOLA CLASSIC”

Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. came from the back of the pack to annex last year’s “Sokola Shootout” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway, He hopes he doesn’t have to work so hard to repeat in this year’s event, scheduled this Saturday night at the half-mile dirt California oval.

Hagen finished eighth in this year’s National/Western debut at Tucson, Ariz. Sunday and is competing in Thursday night’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway dirt track before heading to Perris Saturday.

Saturday’s program, honoring the memory of former CRA President & USAC official Gary Sokola and his son Mark, begins with qualifying at 3 pm and racing gets under way at 5:45.

Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. leads the 2010 standings entering Thursday’s races at Las Vegas. He finished fourth in last year’s “Sokola Shootout” and is expected to pilot a Kasey Kahne entry in Saturday’s event.

Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind., who flirted with victory in last year’s “Sokola Shootout,” losing the lead to Hagen on the white-flag lap, hopes to be among challengers again this year. Sunday at Tucson Hines nearly won, leading several laps late, only to slip to third in the closing laps behind Sweet and Bobby East.

CLAUSON EYES 3-FOR-5 PERRIS RECORD AT “SOKOLA SHOOTOUT”

Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. will aim for his third victory in his last five Perris Auto Speedway Sprint races when the USAC Amsoil National/CRA Sprint series combine for this Saturday night’s “Sokola Shootout” at the half-mile dirt California oval.

Clauson won last year’s season “Glenn Howard Memorial” finale and a “Perris Oval Nationals” prelim three weeks earlier. He will pilot the Rotondo Weirich/Benic Enterprises RWB Motorsports Maxim/Gaerte Chevy in Saturday night’s event, which also includes the USAC Mopar National/Western Midgets.

Clauson is coming off a dynamic 2009 season which saw him win eight USAC National races and he’s one of four drivers who has finished in the “top-10” in each of the first three races of 2010. He was second and seventh in the openers at Tampa, Fla. and sixth last Sunday at Tucson, Ariz. The series is scheduled to compete at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway dirt track this Thursday before heading to Perris.

Saturday’s events honor the memory of former CRA President & USAC official Gary Sokola and his son Mark. Qualifying begins at 3 pm and racing gets under way at 5:45.

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. leads the 2010 National standings and defending USAC National Champ Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. leads the CRA points entering Thursday’s races at Las Vegas. Gardner swept both Tampa features and Jones captured last Sunday’s race at Tucson. Gardner is the all-time USAC/CRA victory leader at Perris with 22 career wins. Jones earned his initial Perris win in a Perris Oval Nationals prelim last November.

Rickie Gaunt of Torrance, Calif. is the defending “Sokola Shootout” champion and one of 10 different USAC Sprint winners at Perris in a dozen 2009 races.

“SOKOLA SHOOTOUT” SATURDAY AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY

Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway will kick off its oval track-racing season this Saturday, February 27th, when the Amsoil USAC National & CRA Sprint Cars and the USAC Mopar National & Western Midgets contest the annual “Sokola Shootout.” Main events for both divisions will be 30 laps. Spectator gates will open earlier than normal at 1 PM. Qualifying will start at 3 PM with the first race at 5:45. In case there is a rainout on Saturday, the entire show would be run on Sunday.

Saturday’s race will be the fifth of the year for the USAC National Sprint Cars. It will be the third race of the new season for CRA and National & Western Midgets. Before heading to The PAS on Saturday, all of the series will be competing at Las Vegas, Nev. on Thursday. The “Sokola Shootout,” which honors the memory of former CRA President & USAC official Gary Sokola and his son Mark, will be a full points paying event for each of the four competing series.

At last years “Sokola Shootout,” popular Rickie Gaunt of Torrance, California, spanked the field to win his first ever USAC National Sprint Car main event. Riverside, California’s Darren Hagen scored a thrilling hometown win when he came from the back to win the Midget portion of the show. This Saturday Gaunt will be in his new ride for the 2010 season, the David Miller owned #66, while Hagen will be at the controls of the RFMS Midget.

Concord, California native Damion Gardner opened the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series season when he literally walked over the competition two weeks ago at East Bay Speedway in Gibsonton, Florida. The defending Budweiser Oval Nationals Champion not only won both main events staged in Florida, but he led all 60 laps of main event action. Last Sunday afternoon on the third of a mile USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona, Gardner placed fourth in the “Copper on Dirt.” Defending and three-time USAC National Sprint Car champion Levi Jones of Olney, Illinois, driving for Tony Stewart Racing, won the Tucson main ahead of hometown star Jerry Coons Jr. and third generation racer Bud Kaeding of Campbell, California. Heading into Thursday’s race in Las Vegas, Gardner holds a 19-point lead over Jones in the 2010 championship point standings.

Grass Valley, California’s Brad Sweet, driving for NASCAR star Kasey Kahne, out qualified the field and led 24 of the 30 laps to win the Midget main event at Tucson. Bobby East placed second with past USAC National Sprint Car and Silver Crown champion Tracy Hines, of Greenfield, Indiana, taking third. All three, along with defending race champion Hagen, who ended up eighth at Tucson, will be on hand for the “Sokola Classic.”

Advance tickets are available 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849. They can also be ordered on the Internet at tix.com or perrisautospeedway.com.

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds.

2009 FQ SWEET HEADS FOR LAS VEGAS AFTER TUCSON VICTORY

Brad Sweet, the fastest qualifier for last year’s USAC Midget race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track, is headed back to the 1/2-mile dirt oval for Thursday night’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic.” Sunday he won the 30-lap Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz.

Sweet finished 14th at LVMS last year and hopes to improve on that as he comes to Las Vegas as the 2010 USAC Mopar National and Western Midget point leader. He led 24 of the 30 laps at Tucson in his Kasey Kahne Racing Ollie’s Bargain Outlets/Auto Value Spike/Mopar, including the last three after passing Tracy Hines on lap 28. Hines slipped to third at the finish behind Bobby East, as Dave Darland and defending USAC National Midget Champion Brad Kuhn rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.

Sweet was Friday’s fastest Midget qualifier at Tucson but rains forced postponement of Saturday’s scheduled events to Sunday.

Thursday’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” which also feature the USAC Amsoil National/CRA Sprint Cars, gets under way with practice at 3 pm. Fans are encouraged to meet their favorite USAC stars during the autograph session on the Dirt Track’s midway from 5:15-6:15 p.m.

Two-time USAC National Midget Champ and “Triple Crown” titlist Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. is the defending winner of the Las Vegas Midget feature. He finished ninth at Tucson.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Sweet-73; 2-Bobby East-63; 3-Tracy Hines-63; 4-Dave Darland-58; 5-Brad Kuhn-52; 6-Bryan Clauson-52; 7-Brad Loyet-49; 8-Darren Hagen-47; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-44; 10-Tanner Swanson-39.

USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Sweet-73; 2-Bobby East-63; 3-Tracy Hines-63; 4-Dave Darland-58; 5-Brad Kuhn-52; 6-Bryan Clauson-52; 7-Brad Loyet-49; 8-Darren Hagen-47; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-44; 10-Tanner Swanson-39.

ONE JACKPOT UNDER HIS BELT, JONES HEADS FOR LAS VEGAS

Defending three-time USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. hit the jackpot Sunday in Tucson, Ariz. and now heads for the “home” of jackpots, Las Vegas, Nev., for Thursday night’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track.

Jones, bidding to become USAC’s first-ever four-time National Sprint Champ, moved to within 19 points of series point leader Damion Gardner after winning Sunday afternoon’s 40-lap Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” feature at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. Jones trailed Chris Windom for the first 38 laps but took over the lead when Windom’s car ran out of fuel on the white-flag lap!

Jones led the final two laps to post the Tucson victory in his Tony Stewart Racing Bass Pro Shops/Chevy Maxim/Kistler Chevy. Jerry Coons Jr. finished second ahead of Bud Kaeding, Gardner and Robert Ballou as Windom was relegated to a 17th-place finish.

Gardner, who won the two series openers in Tampa, Fla., enters the Las Vegas races as the point leader and seeks to better his 2009 Las Vegas finish of sixth.

Kaeding was the fastest Tucson qualifier, while rain forced Saturday night’s Tucson events to be postponed to Sunday.

Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif., the defending two-time Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion, holds the 1-lap LVMS track record of 17.015 seconds going into Thursday’s National/CRA competition at the 1/2-mile dirt oval. Spencer finished 12th in Sunday’s Tucson feature. The National track record at LVMS is 17.334 seconds, set last year by Jon Stanbrough.

Thursday’s “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” events get under way with practice at 3 pm and also includes the USAC Mopar National/Western Midgets. Fans are encouraged to meet their favorite USAC stars during the autograph session on the Dirt Track’s midway from 5:15-6:15 p.m.

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Damion Gardner-191; 2-Levi Jones-172; 3-Bryan Clauson-171; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-167; 5-Robert Ballou-148; 6-Henry Clarke-127; 7-Dave Darland-123; 8-Brady Short-122; 9-Tracy Hines-113; 10-Shane Cottle-88.

USAC AMSOIL CRA SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-68; 2-Bud Kaeding-68; 3-Jerry Coons Jr.-66; 4-Robert Ballou-56; 5-Damion Gardner-54; 6-Bryan Clauson-53; 7-Henry Clarke-45; 8-R.J. Johnson-43; 9-Casey Shuman-38; 10-Tracy Hines-38.

IOWA NEXT FOR SILVER CROWN SERIES; JONES EARNS #1 FOR HIMSELF & #23 FOR STEWART AT TUCSON

Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa hosts the next outing for the USAC Silver Crown Championship Series and Levi Jones of Olney, Ill., fresh from his initial series victory, will lead the series to the 7/8-mile paved oval.

Jones won Sunday afternoon’s 50-lap Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” feature at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz., passing defending three-time series champion Bud Kaeding on the final lap. The victory in the Tony Stewart Racing Bass Pro Shops/Chevy Maxim/Kistler Chevy was Jones’ first in series competition and a record-tying 23rd for his team, which now stands tied with Team 6R.

Three times previously a runner-up but never a feature winner in Silver Crown, Jones, who earned his third USAC National Sprint Car title last year, finished second to Cameron Dodson in last year’s 100-lap race at Iowa Speedway.

Jones paced Friday’s Silver Crown qualifying at Tucson, then won the “dash” to earn the pole starting position for Sunday’s 50-lap race, which had been postponed from Saturday due to rain. Kaeding led the first 49 laps before Jones made his winning move. Kaeding finished second ahead of Bobby East, Jerry Coons Jr. and Tracy Hines. Coleman Gulick won Sunday’s 12-lap “qualifying race.”

USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-63; 2-Bud Kaeding-60; 3-Bobby East-54; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-51; 5-Tracy Hines-48; 6-Shane Hollingsworth-45; 7-A.J. Fike-42; 8-Derek Hagar-39; 9-Brian Tyler-36; 10-Russ Gamester-33.

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS:

February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-17.016; 2. Bryan Clauson, 22, Stewart-17.157; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-17.337; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-17.469; 5. Derek Hagar, 91, Hagar-17.574; 6. Brian Tyler, 21, Team 6R-17.610; 7. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-17.642; 8. Tracy Hines, 16, Lightfoot-17.668; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.695; 10. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-17.849; 11. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-17.963; 12. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-18.061; 13. Justin Carver, 991, Edwards/RE-18.128; 14. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-18.138; 15. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-18.177; 16. Kody Swanson, 19, Team 6R-18.324; 17. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-18.525; 18. Mike Martin, 116, Racing Associates-18.539; 19. Bobby Santos III, 199, Edwards/RE-19.273; 20. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-19.856.

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Jones, 2. Clauson, 3. Hmiel, 4. Hagar, 5. Coons, 6. Tyler. NT

QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Gulick, 2. Hollingsworth, 3. Gamester, 4. Carver, 5. T.Swanson, 6. Santos, 7. Daum, 8. K.Swanson, 9. Martin, 10. Erickson. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Bobby East, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Shane Hollingsworth, 7. A.J. Fike, 8. Derek Hagar, 9. Brian Tyler, 10. Russ Gamester, 11. Bryan Clauson, 12. Justin Carver, 13. Tanner Swanson, 14. Kody Swanson, 15. Bobby Santos III, 16. Murray Erickson, 17. Coleman Gulick, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Mike Martin, 20. Zach Daum. NT

**K.Swanson flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-49 Kaeding, Lap 50 Jones.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jones-63; 2-Kaeding-60; 3-East-54; 4-Coons-51; 5-Hines-48; 6-Hollingsworth-45; 7-Fike-42; 8-Hagar-39; 9-Tyler-36; 10-Gamester-33.

NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: May 22 – Newton, Iowa – Iowa Speedway

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:

February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park – Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-16.281; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.283; 3. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-16.596; 4. Rick Ziehl, 8, BRAT-16.643; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.648; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.655; 7. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-16.677; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.738; 9. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-16.741; 10. Charles Davis Jr., 50az, Massey-16.788; 11. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-16.828; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.856; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.857; 14. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.865; 14. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.888; 16. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-16.905; 17. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-16.917; 18. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-16.921; 19. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-16.922; 20. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-17.007; 21. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.017; 22. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-17.070; 23. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.071; 24. Nathan High, 0, Price-17.136; 25. Brandon Lane, 9a, Lane-17.180; 26. Jimmy Crawford, 11c, Crawford-17.219; 27. Andrew Reinbold, 19, Reinbold-17.330; 28. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-17.331; 29. Tony Elliott, 8m, Minks-17.422; 30. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-17.444; 31. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-17.556; 32. Thomas Ogle, 48T, DAR-17.573; 33. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.645; 34. JoJo Helberg, 75, Minks-17.753; 35. Stevie Sussex, 21az, Sussex-17.867; 36. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.894; 37. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-18.321; 38. Lance Norick, 90, Norick-18.333; 39. John Evans, 23, Astenius-19.838; 40. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Kaeding, 2. Johnson, 3. Jones, 4. Boat, 5. Sheridan, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Elliott, 8. Lane, 9. C.Williams, 10. Rip Williams,

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Davis, 3. Clarke, 4. Sweet, 5. Crawford, 6. Helberg, 7. Norick, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Coons, 10. Miller. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Spencer, 2. Hines, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Gulick, 7. Hmiel, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sussex, 10. Evans. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Ballou, 2. Bloom, 3. Ziehl, 4. Shuman, 5. Gardner, 6. Loyet, 7. Clark, 8. Ogle, 9. High. NT

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Jones, 4. Ziehl, 5. Darland, 6. Kaeding. NT

SEMI: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Coons, 2. Gardner, 3. Ricky Williams, 4. Mellenberndt, 5. Crawford, 6. Gulick, 7. Shedarowich, 8. Clark, 9. Sussex, 10. Elliott, 11. Reinbold, 12. Ogle, 13. Loyet, 14. Helberg, 15. Miller, 16. Lane, 17. Cummins, 18. Sheridan, 19. High, 20. Evans, 21. Hmiel. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Rick Ziehl, 8. Henry Clarke, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. Casey Shuman, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Mike Spencer, 13. Charles Davis Jr., 14. Jimmy Crawford, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Bret Mellenberndt, 17. Chris Windom, 18. Ronnie Clark, 19. Brad Sweet, 20. Coleman Gulick, 21. Chad Boat, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Danny Sheridan, 24. Mathew Shedarowich, 25. Ricky Williams, 26. Keith Bloom. NT

**Rip Williams flipped during the first heat. Coons and Miller flipped during the second heat. Bloom flipped during the feature. Boat flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-38 Windom, Laps 39-40 Jones.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-191; 2-Jones-172; 3-Clauson-171; 4-Coons-167; 5-Ballou-148; 6-Clarke-127; 7-Darland-123; 8-Brady Short-122; 9-Hines-113; 10-Shane Cottle-88. NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-68; 2-Kaeding-68; 3-Coons-66; 4-Ballou-56; 5-Gardner-54; 6-Clauson-53; 7-Clarke-45; 8-Johnson-43; 9-Shuman-38; 10-Hines-38.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS:

February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.606; 2. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-16.649; 3. Gary Taylor, 12, Allen-16.798; 4. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-16.851; 5. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-`6.872; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-16 .916; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.927; 8. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-16.929; 9. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.958; 02. Josh Pelkey, 12jr, Allen-17.000; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-17.047; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.054; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-17.066; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.090; 15. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-17.184; 16. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-17.217; 17. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-17.257; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.297; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-17.350; 20. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-17.366; 21. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-17.429; 22. Robby Josett, 2 Josett-17.540; 23. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-17.790; 24. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-17.808; 25. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-17.905; 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-18.246; 27. Kenny Warren, 78, Warren-20.020; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-NT; 29. Jake Swanson,. 05x, Swanson-NT; 30. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Hagen, 2. Sweet, 3. Schutte, 4. Darland, 5. Kuhn, 6. Clouser, 7. K.Swanson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clarke, 2. Bowman, 3. Clauson, 4. Pelkey, 5. Boat, 6. Josett, 7. Carrier, 8. Erickson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Coons, 2. Johnson, 3. East, 4. Taylor, 5. Hess, 6. Postle, 7. Warren. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. T.Swanson, 2. Loyet, 3. Hines, 4. Goodwin, 5. Rossi, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther. NT

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Sweet, 4. Taylor, 5. Darland, 6. Bowman. NT

SEMI: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Kuhn, 2. Hess, 3. Postle, 4. Erickson, 5. Carrier, 6. Warren, 7. Boat, 8. Josett, 9. Daum, 10. Rossi, 11. Clouser, 12. K.Swanson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Bobby East, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Brad Loyet, 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Mike Hess, 11. Tanner Swanson, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Alex Schutte, 14. Dennis Carrier, 15. Josh Pelkey, 16. Murray Erickson, 17. Brian Postle, 18. Terry Goodwin, 19. R.J. Johnson, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Robby Josett, 22. Alex Bowman, 23. Kody Swanson, 24. Gary Taylor, 25. Chad Boat, 26. Kenny Warren. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Sweet, Laps 22-27 Hines, Laps 28-30 Sweet.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-East-63; 3-Hines-64; 4-Darland-58; 5-Kuhn-52; 6-Clauson-52; 7-Loyet-49; 8-Hagen-47; 9-Coons-44; 10-T.Swanson-39. NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-East-63; 3-Hines-64; 4-Darland-58; 5-Kuhn-52; 6-Clauson-52; 7-Loyet-49; 8-Hagen-47; 9-Coons-44; 10-T.Swanson-39.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

CLAUSON, SWEET, JONES CLAIM “COPPER ON DIRT” POLES CLAUSON, SWEET, JONES CLAIM “COPPER ON DIRT” POLES

Tucson, AZ…….Bryan Clauson, Brad Sweet and Levi Jones earned pole starting positions in Saturday night’s Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” feature events by winning Friday night’s dashes in USAC racing action at USA Raceway. Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., will start from the pole in Saturday’s 30-lap USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race, while Sweet, of Grass Valley, Calif., is on the pole for the 40-lap USAC Amsoil National/CRA Sprint race. Jones, of Olney, Ill., starts from the pole in Saturday’s 50-lap USAC Silver Crown feature at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. A total of 90 race cars competed in Friday’s preliminaries, with Sweet (Midgets), Bud Kaeding (Sprints) and Jones (Silver Crown) posting the fastest qualifying times. Midget heat races were won by Darren Hagen, Henry Clarke, Jerry Coons Jr. and Tanner Swanson, while Sprint heats went to Bud Kaeding, Clauson, Mike Spencer and Robert Ballou.

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 19-20, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.606; 2. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-16.649; 3. Gary Taylor, 12, Allen-16.798; 4. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-16.851; 5. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-`6.872; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-16 .916; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.927; 8. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-16.929; 9. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.958; 02. Josh Pelkey, 12jr, Allen-17.000; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-17.047; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.054; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-17.066; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.090; 15. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-17.184; 16. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-17.217; 17. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-17.257; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.297; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-17.350; 20. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-17.366; 21. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-17.429; 22. Robby Josett, 2 Josett-17.540; 23. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-17.790; 24. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-17.808; 25. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-17.905; 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-18.246; 27. Kenny Warren, 78, Burggraf-20.020; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-NT; 29. Jake Swanson,. 05x, Swanson-NT; 30. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Hagen, 2. Sweet, 3. Schutte, 4. Darland, 5. Kuhn, 6. Clouser, 7. K.Swanson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clarke, 2. Bowman, 3. Clauson, 4. Pelkey, 5. Boat, 6. Josett, 7. Carrier, 8. Erickson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Coons, 2. Johnson, 3. East, 4. Taylor, 5. Hess, 6. Postle, 7. Warren. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. T.Swanson, 2. Loyet, 3. Hines, 4. Goodwin, 5. Rossi, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther. NT

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Sweet, 4. Taylor, 5. Darland, 6. Bowman. NT

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 19-20, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park – Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Kaeding, 2. Johnson, 3. Jones, 4. Boat, 5. Sheridan, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Elliott, 8. Lane, 9. C.Williams, 10. Rip Williams,

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Davis, 3. Clarke, 4. Sweet, 5. Crawford, 6. Helberg, 7. Norick, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Coons, 10. Miller. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Spencer, 2. Hines, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Gulick, 7. Hmiel, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sussex, 10. Evans. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Ballou, 2. Bloom, 3. Ziehl, 4. Shuman, 5. Gardner, 6. Loyet, 7. Clark, 8. Ogle, 9. High. NT

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Jones, 4. Ziehl, 5. Darland, 6. Kaeding. NT

KUHN HOPES TO REPEAT 2005 USA RACEWAY MIDGET VICTORY IN THIS WEEKEND’S ROSEMONT COPPER ‘COPPER ON DIRT”

Defending USAC Mopar National Midget Champion Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. is one of five previous USAC Midget feature winners at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz., site of this week’s Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt.”

Kuhn led the final 13 laps to win the 30-lap Western Midget race in October of 2005 and last year racked up eight podium finishes on his way to his first National championship.

Defending USAC Western Midget Champion Garrett Hansen owns two USAC Midget wins at USA Raceway, while Chris Rahe, Nathan High and Johnny Rodriguez have also found the USAC Midget winners circle at the Tucson track.

Drivers will be aiming at Jerome Rodela’s 1-lap track mark of 16.542 seconds, set in 2006, when preliminaries for this weekend’s event get under way Friday. Semis and feature events are set for Saturday. A 30-lap Mopar National/Western Midget feature will be followed by a 40-lapper for the Sprints and a 50-lapper for the Silver Crown.

Former “Copper on Dirt” Midget champions are Cory Kruseman, Darren Hagen and Brad Sweet.

7 DIFFERENT SPRINT WINNERS IN A ROW AT USA RACEWAY? ROSEMONT COPPER “COPPER ON DIRT” THIS WEEKEND

Nobody has yet been able to grab a second checkered flag in USAC Sprint racing at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. That could change this weekend when the Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” unfolds at the 3.8-mile dirt oval.

The six previous USAC Sprint races at the track have yielded six different winners. One of those was 2010 USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car point leader Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. Gardner comes to Tucson with an unblemished 2010 record, leading all 60 laps of the two 30-lap series openers last week in Tampa, Fla.

The other USAC winners at USA Raceway have been Jesse Hockett in 2005, Josh Pelkey and Cory Kruseman in 2006 and Charles Davis Jr. and Scotty Weir in 2007.

Gardner has a 15-point lead over Brady Short in the 2010 standings and is a former USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion (2005). He has 35 career USAC/CRA victories to lead the all-time standings over Kruseman, who has 28.

Kruseman, however, set the 1-lap USAC/CRA Sprint car track record of 15.582 seconds at USA Raceway in 2005.

The USAC Amsoil National and CRA Sprints join the USAC Silver Crown and USAC Mopar National and Western Midgets for this weekend’s “tripleheader” with preliminaries on Friday and semis and feature events on Saturday.

Former “Copper on Dirt” Sprint champions include Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Shane Cottle and Darren Hagen.

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Damion Gardner-137; 2-Brady Short-122; 3-Bryan Clauson-118; 4-Levi Jones-104; 5-Dave Darland-101; 6-Jerry Coons Jr.-101; 7-Robert Ballou-92; 8-Shane Cottle-88; 9-Jon Stanbrough-84; 10-Henry Clarke-82.

STEWART CHASING 6R FOR ALL-TIME SILVER CROWN LEAD

Tony Stewart Racing and Team 6R Motorsports are locked in a battle for the all-time lead in victories in USAC’s Silver Crown Championship Series entering this weekend’s Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz.

Stewart owns 22 series wins as a car owner, while Team 6R’s Daryl Guiducci claims 23 wins. Ironically both started their success in Arizona! Team 6R’s first Silver Crown win came at Phoenix International Raceway in 1992 with driver Jim Keeker. Stewart’s first Silver Crown win as an owner came eight years later at the same track, with driver Jason Leffler.

Brian Tyler and brothers Kody and Tanner Swanson will compete in Team 6R cars at Tucson, while Levi Jones pilots the lone Stewart entry. Tyler has 16 career series wins, 11 in Team 6R cars, while Jones continues to seek his first win after some near misses.

Tyler posted Team 6R’s last series wins, scoring victories at Richmond, Va. and Oswego, N.Y. last year. The last Stewart Silver Crown win came with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at the wheel at Springfield, Ill. in 2007.

Team 6R’s winners have included Tyler (11), Hewitt (8), Dave Steele (2) and Keeker (2). Stewart’s wins have come with J.J. Yeley (6), Jay Drake (6), Steele (4), Josh Wise (2), Leffler (2), Kasey Kahne (1) and Stenhouse.

Team 6R has fared better on the dirt, with 13 wins, compared to Stewart’s eight.

Preliminaries for this weekend’s “tripleheader,” also featuring the USAC Amsoil National and CRA Sprint cars and the USAC Mopar National and Western Midgets are slated Friday, with semis and feature events on Saturday. The 50-lap Silver Crown race follows a 30-lapper for the Midgets and a 40-lapper for the Sprints.

Former “Copper on Dirt” Silver Crown champs are Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jerry Coons Jr. and Bud Kaeding.

$20,000 POINT FUND FOR WEST COAST 360s

(SANTA MARIA, CA – FEBRUARY 6, 2010) Series Promoter Chris Kearns has announced that the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series will have a $20,000 point fund. With sponsorship provided by the United States Auto Club, Hoosier Tire, and SouthWest Contractors, the series champion is guaranteed a minimum of $5,000. "It is great to have a sanctioning body like USAC involved in the West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series. When someone thinks of Non-Wing Sprint Car Racing, USAC is obviously the first name to come to mind," says Kearns. “I am very humbled that USAC has chose to support our series.”

Santa Maria Speedway, Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway, Bakersfield Speedway and Hanford’s Giant Speedway will host the 20-race schedule, including the SouthWest Contractors 360 Clash. The 4 race mini-series will be held April 10th at Tulare, May 29th at Bakersfield, August 28th at Santa Maria, and September 11th at Hanford. The 360 Clash will carry it’s own $5,000 point fund.

"USAC is proud to extend its enterprise in the Western Region. 360 Sprint Car racing is a natural extension for USAC and I feel being a part of the West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series is a perfect fit for us,” says USAC President Kevin Miller. “Chris Kearns has a great formula for 360 Sprint Car racing and we are proud to be part of it and will support the series will any of the resources we can provide."

USAC will be sanctioning the West Coast 360 Sprint Cars and competitors must have a USAC West Coast 360 membership if attending more than 1 event. Memberships are $250 for drivers and $150 for crewmembers. The driver memberships will include discount pit pass rates at all USAC tracks and eligibility for both the $20,000 championship point fund and the $5,000 SouthWest Contractors 360 Clash point fund.

With a West Coast 360 USAC membership packet, drivers will receive product certificates from Crow Enterprises ($30), Hinchman-Indy Racing Uniforms ($100), DJ Safety ($50), Kruseman Driving School ($200), Kaeding Performance ($25), Extreme Mufflers ($50), Saferacer.com (10%), and Amsoil (25%). Drivers that attend all 20 USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car events will be eligible for drawing at the end of the year. To date, a new set of Integra Racing Shocks are in the drawing.

“It is going to be awesome to have USAC's resources available to us. Our racers deserve the National recognition they are now going to receive,” says Kearns. “I feel we are really taking a step in the right direction for 360 Non-Wing Sprint Car Racing. We are getting tremendous support from the racers, and already have great support from SouthWest Contractors as one of our main points fund sponsors."

The USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series will open their 2010 campaign at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway on March 6th with the World of Outlaws. For more information, visit www.tularethunderbowl.com and www.racesantamariaspeedway.com.

JACK HEWITT WILL DO IT AT THE COPPER ON DIRT

Kevin Montgomery Tucson, AZ (February 13th, 2010) – Jack Hewitt, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee and undoubtedly one of the greatest open wheel drivers of all time, will make his way to Tucson’s USA Raceway were he will be honored as Grand Marshal for the 4th running of The “Copper on Dirt”.

Hewitt, the first and only driver to win the elusive 4-Crown at Eldora Speedway, will also be in action on the track! The famous two-seat sprint car will be on hand and attendee’s of the event will have a rare opportunity to ride along with the legendary Jack Hewitt.

Two USAC Silver Crown Championships are just a few notables on a very renowned racing career. Known for his straight talking no-nonsense personality, Hewitt is one of the most respected drivers in the history of the sport with several hundred victories to his credit and sits at the top of the all time win list in USAC Silver Crown competition. Hewitt also ranks in the top spots for all time career USAC Sprint Car feats and ultimately achieved a life long quest when he finished 12th in the 1998 Indianapolis 500.

“This is a once in a life time opportunity to have such a great racer come to USA Raceway and we are extremely excited for him to be part of the Copper on Dirt,” said Benji Lyons of USA Raceway. “I can not wait to see the face’s on the people that are brave enough to get in and take a ride in the back seat of a sprint car with Jack Hewitt at the wheel.”

The 4th Annual “Copper on Dirt” featuring USAC Silver Crown, USAC National/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC National/Western States Midgets all taking part in a sensational racing spectacle at Tucson’s USA Raceway’s for two nights on February 19th and 20th marking USA Raceway as one of only two dirt track venues to host USAC’s Triple Crown all in one event.

As the 2010 racing season goes into to full swing, USAC championship hopefuls will make their way west to start the year off at one of the premier events of the season. More than a hundred of the nations top open wheel teams are anticipated to take part in the 4th Annual “Copper on Dirt” making this a must see event of 2010.

Ticket pricing, seating charts and purchasing information can be found online at http://www.usaraceway.net/Uploads/CopperOnDirtTicketForm.pdf or by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-574-8515

Hotel Information can be found at www.usaraceway.net/lodging.php or by calling the Tucson Airport Courtyard by Marriott at 520-573-0000

USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 exit 265, then 1.6 miles south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information please, contact the track at 520-574-8515 or additional information regarding USA Raceway can be found at http://www.usaraceway.net

Mississippi’s Ricky Stenhouse became the first and only driver to win multiple “Copper on Dirt” features in a single year. Stenhouse set the bar high at the inaugural “Copper on Dirt” by winning back to back races in the 40-lap sprint car feature and finishing off the night by capturing the 50-lap USAC Silver Crown Feature.

California native, Darren Hagen, is the only other driver to win in two divisions with a midget victory in 2008 and a sprint car win in 2009. Hagen will lead the USAC trio into Tucson as the defending “Copper on Dirt” Sprint Car Champion while Brad Sweet and Bud Kaeding will likely set out to defend the USAC Midget and Silver Crown titles respectively. Hagen also leads the “Copper on Dirt” stats with 8 of 9 feature starts (Did not participate in 2007 Silver Crown portion) and an average finish of 5th in 8 total events.

Past Copper on Dirt Winners: 2007 USAC Midgets - Cory Kruseman 2007 USAC Sprint Cars - Ricky Stenhouse 2007 USAC Silver Crown - Ricky Stenhouse 2008 USAC Midgets – Darren Hagen 2008 USAC Sprint Cars – Shane Cottle 2008 USAC Silver Crown – Jerry Coons Jr. 2009 USAC Midgets – Brad Sweet 2009 USAC Sprint Cars – Darren Hagen 2009 USAC Silver Crown – Bud Kaeding

4th “COPPER ON DIRT” NATIONAL/CRA SPRINTS AT TUCSON; GARDNER SWEEPS “BUBBA ARMY SPRINT NATIONALS” AT TAMPA

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. takes an unblemished 2010 record to USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. this weekend for this year’s 4th Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt.” He led all 60 laps in winning the two 30-lap features comprising the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” at Tampa, Fla.’s East Bay Raceway Park last week.

Gardner, the 2005 USAC/CRA Champion, leads the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car standings into the “tripleheader” at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. The program features the USAC Silver Crown, Amsoil National and USAC/CRA Sprints and the USAC Mopar National and Western Midgets. Preliminaries are Friday, with semis and feature events on Saturday. A 40-lap Sprint race will be joined by a 30-lapper for the Midgets and a 50-lapper for the Silver Crown series.

Darren Hagen is the defending Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” Sprint champion, passing Kevin Swindell five laps from the end of last year’s race at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the 2007 inaugural and Shane Cottle won in 2008.

Gardner, who has six Arizona USAC victories to his credit, five at Manzanita and one in 2006 at Tucson, trails A.J. Foyt and Dave Steele by just two wins for the all-time Arizona USAC lead. Mel Kenyon and Jerry Coons Jr. each have seven Arizona USAC wins.

Gardner and his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver started alongside pole starter Dave Darland at Tampa Wednesday and grabbed the lead exiting turn two on the opening lap. A yellow for a stalled Robert Ballou on lap 24 bunched up the field but on the restart Gardner again pulled away for the win. Darland took second ahead of fast qualifier Coons, Brady Short and defending series champion Levi Jones, who came from 18th starting spot! On Monday, Gardner took advantage of first-lap spins by both front-row starters and led all the way. He was slated to start fourth but a spin by rookie pole starter Ricky Williams on the first lap and a subsequent spin by outside-front row starter Shane Hmiel on the restart left Shane Cottle and Gardner lined up on the revised front row. Gardner fought off Cottle’s challenge to lead the first lap and stretched his lead in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to a full straightaway before the field bunched up under the yellow flag at lap 22. Gardner then pull ed away in the closing laps to win the race over Bryan Clauson, fast qualifier Short, Cottle and Jon Stanbrough. Jones finished seventh after starting 14th.

Jones is aiming for a record fourth USAC National Sprint Car championship after claiming titles in 2005, 2007 and last year. Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. is trying to win a third consecutive USAC/CRA Sprint car title, having swept championships in 2008 and 2009.

Tuesday night’s Tampa race was washed out by rain.

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

KAEDING EYES “COPPER ON DIRT” JUMP START AS SILVER CROWN SERIES DEBUTS AT USA RACEWAY

Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. hopes to start the 2010 USAC Silver Crown Championship Series the same way he started the 2009 campaign, with a victory in the Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt.”

The three-time series titlist hopes to become the first driver in USAC history to win four Silver Crown championships. Jimmy Sills also won three Silver Crown titles, but Kaeding’s victory at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix last year propelled him to a record-tying crown.

This year’s 4th Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” takes place at USA Raceway Friday and Saturday in Tucson, Ariz., including the Silver Crown, USAC Amsoil National & CRA Sprints and the USAC Mopar National & Western Midgets.

Preliminary events are slated Friday, with semis and feature events on Saturday. A 50-lap Silver Crown feature follows a 30-lap feature for the Midgets and a 40-lapper for the Sprint Cars.

Kaeding won last year’s “Copper on Dirt” Silver Crown race, taking the lead from Jesse Hockett three laps from the checkered flag. He wound up winning the series title by 59 points over A.J. Fike. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2007) and Jerry Coons Jr. (2008) are also former winners of the “Copper on Dirt” Silver Crown race.

Kaeding has five career wins in the Silver Crown machines and has a pair of USAC Sprint car wins in Tucson in 1999 and 2000 at Tucson Raceway Park.

An interesting sidelight will be the battle for the all-time lead in car owner Silver Crown feature wins between Tony Stewart Racing and Six-R Racing. Stewart trails Six-R Racing by one, 23-22, entering the 2010 series. Levi Jones and Bryan Clauson will pilot cars for Stewart at Tucson, while Brian Tyler, Kody Swanson and Tanner Swanson will pilot Six-R machines.

HAGEN AIMS FOR 3RD “COPPER ON DIRT” TITLE AT TUCSON

Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. each have two “Copper on Dirt” feature victories but Hagen hopes to notch his third triumph when the 4th Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” unfolds this weekend at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz.

Hagen won the 2008 Midget race and last year’s Sprint feature at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. and is among top threats for this year’s USAC Mopar National and Western Midget race, part of the rare USAC “tripleheader.” The event also features the USAC Silver Crown and Amsoil USAC National and CRA Sprints.

Hagen finished third in last year’s National Midget points and has five career wins in the very competitive National series. Last year he ran down Kevin Swindell five laps from the finish to win the Sprint feature and finished fifth in the Midgets.

Brad Kuhn is the defending USAC Mopar National champ and Garrett Hansen won last year’s USAC Western Midget crown.

Preliminaries are set for Friday, while the semis and feature events are Saturday. A 30-lap Midget feature precedes the 40-lap Sprint race and the 50-lap Silver Crown finale.

Brad Sweet is the defending Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt” Midget champ, passing Bryan Clauson two laps from the end of last year’s race at Manzanita. Cory Kruseman won the 2007 inaugural and Hagen won two years ago.

The Tucson event kicks off the 2010 Mopar National and Western Midget campaigns.

ROSEMONT COPPER DIGS IN AS TITLE SPONSOR FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL “COPPER ON DIRT”

Kevin Montgomery Tucson, AZ (February 11th, 2010) – As the 2010 racing season goes into to full swing, USAC championship hopefuls will make their way west to start the year off at one of the premier events of the season – USA Raceway’s Fourth Annual “Copper on Dirt.”

New this year, USA Raceway is pleased to announce Rosemont Copper has signed on as title sponsor of the event.

“We are excited to be a part of the ‘Copper on Dirt’ and look forward to being at USA Raceway,” said Rod Pace, President and CEO of Rosemont Copper. “This sponsorship illustrates one of the many ways Rosemont is building partnerships within the community,” he added.

“Obviously we couldn’t ask for a better fit with Rosemont Copper being a part of the Copper on Dirt,” commented Benji Lyons of USA Raceway. “This is a great company that is making a huge impact to not only our fan base and the region, but the entire state of Arizona.”

The proposed Rosemont Copper project is located just southeast of Tucson and will provide a significant impact to the economy of Southern Arizona. Rosemont is expected to add 2900 jobs to the state and stream more than $700 million dollars into the local economy annually.

“The Copper on Dirt is one of our marquee events and Rosemont Copper is a great addition. We are ecstatic to be teamed with a company that is working to be a big part of the Tucson community,” added Lyons.

Ticket pricing, seating charts and purchasing information can be found online at http://www.usaraceway.net/Uploads/CopperOnDirtTicketForm.pdf or by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-574-8515

Hotel Information can be found at www.usaraceway.net/lodging.php or by calling the Tucson Airport Courtyard by Marriott at 520-573-0000

Past Copper on Dirt Winners: 2007 USAC Midgets - Cory Kruseman 2007 USAC Sprint Cars - Ricky Stenhouse 2007 USAC Silver Crown - Ricky Stenhouse 2008 USAC Midgets – Darren Hagen 2008 USAC Sprint Cars – Shane Cottle 2008 USAC Silver Crown – Jerry Coons Jr 2009 USAC Midgets – Brad Sweet 2009 USAC Sprint Cars – Darren Hagen 2009 USAC Silver Crown – Bud Kaeding

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:

February 10, 2010 – Gibsonton, Florida – East Bay Raceway Park - “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-15.039; 2. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.086; 3. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-15.126; 4. Jeff Bland Jr., 38, Bland-15.143; 5. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.159; 6. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-15.162; 7. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-15.169; 8. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.197; 9. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-15.264; 10. Thomas Meseraull, 4G, Cook-15.267; 11. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.270; 12. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-15.282; 13. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-15.310; 14. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-15.328; 15. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-15.339; 16. Caleb Armstrong, 7, Tucker-15.347; 17. Kent Christian, 1c, Christian-15.389; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.399; 19. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.412; 20. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-15.424; 21. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.433; 22. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-15.606; 23. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-15.642; 24. Eric Smith, 14, Smith-15.688; 25. Justin Grant, 5B, Baldwin-15.695; 26. Alex Shanks, 39w, Wade-15.780; 27. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-16.220; 28. Shane Wade, 66, Wade-16.641; 29. Dwayne Spille, 71s, Spille-16.798; 30. Rob Chaney, 9x, SC-16.959; 31. Shawn Lawler, 18L, Lawler-17.425; 32. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2, Epperson-20.813.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Williams, 3. Gardner, 4. Coons, 5. Riggs, 6. Burdette, 7. Grant, 8. Spille.

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Clauson, 3. Clarke, 4. Meseraull, 5. Cottle, 6. Shanks, 7. Cummins, 8. Chaney.

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Darland, 3. Hines, 4. Gross, 5. East, 6. Weber, 7. Lawler, 8. Windom.

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Bland, 3. Short, 4. Stanbrough, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Wade, 7. Smith, 8. Schuerenberg.

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Cottle, 3. Burdette, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. East, 6. Cummins, 7. Riggs, 8. Smith, 9. Shanks, 10. Chaney, 11. Grant, 12. Weber, 13. Wade, 14. Lawler, 15. Spille.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Brady Short, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Jeff Bland Jr., 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Robert Ballou. 9. Henry Clarke, 10. Brett Burdette, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Jon Stanbrough, 13. Shane Hmiel, 14. Shane Cottle, 15. Thomas Meseraull, 16. Bobby East, 17. Ricky Williams, 18. Kyle Cummins, 19. Kurt Gross, 20. Kent Christian, 21. Casey Riggs, 22. Caleb Armstrong, 23. Chris Windom. NT

**Spille flipped during the semi-feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-137; 2-Short-122; 3-Clauson-118; 4-Jones-104; 5-Darland-101; 6-Coons-101; 7-Ballou-92; 8-Cottle-88; 9-Stanbrough-84; 10-Clarke-82.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 19-20 – Tucson, AZ – USA Raceway - “Copper on Dirt”

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:

February 8, 2010 – Gibsonton, Florida – East Bay Raceway Park - “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.027; 2. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-15.115; 3. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.275; 4. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-15.395; 5. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.437; 6. Thomas Meseraull, 4G, Cook-15.483; 7. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-15.589; 8. Caleb Armstrong, 7, Tucker-15.590; 9. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-15.596; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-15.672; 11. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-15.809; 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-15.818; 13. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-15.828; 14. Jeff Bland Jr., 38, Bland-15.951; 15. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.982; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.055; 17. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-16.128; 18. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-16.297; 19. Justin Grant, 5B, Baldwin-16.303; 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2, Epperson-16.323; 21. Kent Christian, 1c, Christian-16.329; 22. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.360; 23. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-16.437; 24. Alex Shanks, 39w, Wade-16.439; 25. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-16.513; 26. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-17.061; 27. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-17.226; 28. Eric Smith, 14, Smith-17.415; 29. Shane Wade, 66, Wade-17.427; 30. Rob Chaney, 9x, SC-17.460; 31. Frank Carlsson, 20x, Carlsson-17.738; 22. Dwayne Spille, 71s, Spille-18.154.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Hines, 3. Christian, 4. Short, 5. Darland, 6. East, 7. Wade, 8. Riggs. 4:26.00

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Clauson, 3. Cummins, 4. Bland, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Meseraull, 7. Gross, 8. Chaney. 4:58.00

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Williams, 3. Jones, 4. Gardner, 5. Burdette, 6. Windom, 7. Weber, 8. Carlsson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Coons, 3. Ballou, 4. Cottle, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Shanks, 7. Smith, 8. Spille. 4:29.00

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Windom, 3. Stanbrough, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Darland, 6. Burdette, 7. East, 8. Gross, 9. Smith, 10. Chaney, 11. Shanks, 12. Wade, 13. Weber, 14. Carlsson, 15. Spille, 16. Meseraull. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Brady Short, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Casey Riggs, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Shane Hmiel, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Henry Clarke, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Justin Grant, 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 17. Kent Christian, 18. Brett Burdette, 19. Caleb Armstrong, 20. Bobby East, 21. Kyle Cummins, 22. Ricky Williams, 23. Jeff Bland Jr. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-69; 2-Clauson-69; 3-Short-65; 3-Cottle-59; 5-Riggs-51; 6-Stanbrough-50; 7-Jones-48; 8-Ballou-45; 9-Hmiel-41; 10-Hines-38.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 9 – Gibsonton, FL – East Bay Raceway Park – “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”

2ND ANNUAL COWTOWN MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN 2010 USAC/SMRS “GREAT PLAINS” SERIES

The 2010 USAC/SMRS “Great Plains Midget Series” opens this weekend at Cowtown Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas and Brad Loyet of Sunset Hills, Mo. is the defending series champion.

A 30-lap feature caps Saturday’s activities at the “fastest li’l dirt track in Texas.” A 35-lapper is on tap Sunday at the quarter-mile dirt oval. Racing starts at 4 pm Saturday and at 1 pm Sunday.

Brady Bacon and Bryan Clauson won last year’s inaugural Cowtown features. Last year’s USAC/SMRS series produced a dozen different feature winners, with Loyet grabbing six checkered flags.

In addition to the spectacular racing action, the popular “fan fest” returns to Cowtown Speedway on Saturday from noon until 1:15 pm. Ticket holders for Saturday’s race will be allowed into the pit area during that time to meet with the race teams, get autographs, apparel, pictures and much more.

This year’s USAC/SMRS series then continues April 30 in conjunction with the National series at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill.

9 WINNING DRIVERS FROM 2009 IN FIELD FOR “BUBBA ARMY SPRINT NATIONALS” AT TAMPA

At least nine drivers who posted USAC feature victories during 2009 are among entered drivers for the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” starting tonight at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. The Amsoil USAC National Sprint Cars take to the 3/8-mile dirt oval for three straight nights of competition opening the 2010 USAC National racing calendar.

The nine aforementioned drivers accounted for 30 USAC victories a year ago. They include Jerry Coons, Jr. of Tucson, Ariz., whose six wins topped the list. Coons will be trying to add an all-time record 74th National Sprint victory for the Dynamics, Inc. racing team from Milford, Ohio.

Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. won five USAC races in 2009, Followed by Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. and defending National Sprint Champ Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. (4 each). Caleb Armstrong and Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. each scored three wins last year, while Jon Stanbrough of Avon, Ind. and Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. won twice. Shane Hmiel of Pleasant Garden, N.C. won once. Not all of these victories were in Sprint cars, but sprinkled through USAC’s various racing series.

A 30-lap feature race is on tap tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday at the track located in southern Tampa. It marks the first time USAC’s Sprint cars have ever competed at East Bay and the first time they’ve appeared on dirt in Florida since 1987.

The three USAC openers, part of track’s Winternationals, are available on a pay-per-view basis on the internet. Just go to www.usacracing.com to sign up.

JULY 31 “FREEDOM 40” MARKS USAC SPRINT RETURN TO K-C

The “Freedom 40” on July 31 will mark the return of USAC Sprint car racing to K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio. The race is part of the 2010 Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series.

Dave Darland, who won the last race at K-C 16 years ago, is excited about the return engagement at the 3/8-mile dirt oval.

“I remember it was a real nice track,” says Darland, who hasn’t been back to K-C since his victory. “It had a nice cushion and a lot of banking. That night, the cushion was the place to be and it worked for me. I don’t remember passing a lot of people so I must have led most of the race. It’ll be fun to go back and I’m sure we’ll put on a great show for the fans.”

Jeff Schrader, the track owner, is also excited about the return of USAC racing to his track. “Our fans are really ready for this,” he says. “We’re getting a lot of chatter about this event and they all say they can’t wait to see the USAC stars return. I was at the Four Crown Nationals at Eldora last September and was really impressed with the competition there. Our fans are familiar with the “Freedom 40” since the race name has a 10-12 year history here at K-C.”

The July 31 race will be the sixth USAC Sprint race at K-C. Jack Hewitt won races there in 1992 and 1993, while Kelly Kinser won in 1991 and Kenny Jacobs won the inaugural in 1987.

2010 USAC “NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP” ANNOUNCED

The United States Auto Club announced today a new “National Drivers Championship” which will recognize extraordinary performance in 2010 for drivers competing in USAC Racing’s National Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget Championships. The new National Driving Championship is being instilled to complement the tradition of awarding Championships in each of USAC’s three pillar series.

For 2010, the “National Drivers Championship” will calculate points earned based on performance in all three National Series combined. Of the eighty-eight potential races between the three national series (Silver Crown, Sprints & Midgets), USAC will tally points for the best 25 finishes of competitors for recognizing the new overall National Driving Champion.

The National Drivers Champion will be awarded with a year-end payout of $40,000 for the first place alone. A large fund has been established for the top 10 finishing competitors of the National Driving Championship. The total point fund for the three National series combined is being increased by 35% in 2010, with the increase benefitting both car owners and drivers with USAC’s 50/50 points fund structure.

“The new National Drivers Championship has been established to bring fan focus to our top drivers and allow for expanded marketing efforts,” stated Kevin Miller, CEO of USAC Racing. “During 2009, we ran a parallel points structure which proved to have a close top 10 race and dramatic finish for the season. This will now allow a competitor with just a dirt sprint car or midget, or one with a pavement concentration, to compete for a USAC Championship.”

Also for 2010, along with the overall National Sprint Car and Midget Championships, USAC will recognize dirt and pavement points leader car entrants in each of these series at their annual “Night of Champions” banquet scheduled for December 3 at the eloquent Indiana Roof Ballroom in downtown Indianapolis.

USAC Championships have a storied past and are recognized among the sports most iconic thresholds. Past USAC National Champions include Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Al and Bobby Unser, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne.

JEFF STOOPS ELECTED USAC RACING CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

The United States Auto Club (USAC Racing) announced today significant changes to its Board of Directors, including the election of Jeff Stoops as Chairman, replacing the retiring John Capels.

Stoops is a long-standing USAC Board Member and former car owner whose achievements include the 1987 and 1988 USAC National Sprint Car Owner championships. He fills the seat vacated by Capels, who ends an eight-year tenure as Chairman. Capels served as USAC’s President from 1998-2002. Stoops is President of Stoops Freightliner, one of North America’s largest dealers with locations throughout Indiana and Ohio.

Additionally, the Board nominated Charlie Mancuso, President of Feld Motorsports, to the USAC Board of Directors. Mancuso oversees one of the world’s leading producer and promoter of motorsports, including Monster Jam Series, AMA Supercross Series, AMA Arenacross Series, Freestyle Motocross, Nuclear Cowboyz and Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series sanctioned by IHRA.

Mr. Mancuso joins many prominent members which comprise the current USAC Board of Directors including Tony George, Brett Frood, EVP of Stewart-Haas Racing, Curt Brighton, CEO of Hulman & Company, Sterling Pratz, CEO of Autonet Mobile, Peter Morse, Partner at Barnes & Thornburg, and Ricky Johnson, seven time AMA Motorcyle Champion.

13TH FUN AT FASTIMES MARCH 13 SALUTES THE LIFE OF CROCKY WRIGHT

Teams captains have been announced for the 13th annual “Fun at Fastimes” 3-hour karting endurance race, scheduled March 13 at Fastimes Indoor Karting Indy on the northeast side of Indianapolis, Ind. Once again, 10 teams of drivers, captained by professional USAC race drivers, will compete on the unique two-level course for prizes and awards, with all proceeds benefiting the USAC Benevolent Foundation.

This year’s event is being held in memory of the late auto racing historian Crocky Wright, who passed away in December at age 90 after more than 60 years of involvement in the sport of auto racing.

Individual and team entries are still available by contacting Bill Marvel, event coordinator, at 606-787-0243, 859-749-0646 or billmarvel@gmail.com.

Team captains announced today include 5-time defending champion Tracy Hines, 2007 champion Billy Puterbaugh, Jr. and 2005 champion J.T. Stapp plus Donnie Adams Jr., Adam Andretti, Jeff Bland Jr., Cole Carter, Jerry Coons Jr., Tyler Cottongim, Damion Gardner, Brian Gerster, Darren Hagen, John Heydenreich, Brad Kuhn, Justin Marvel, Stephanie Mockler, Rex Norris III, Jon Stanbrough, Danny Stratton and recent Fort Wayne indoor Midget champion Billy Wease.

A drivers meeting and team pictures precede the 12:30 pm green flag on March 13. Ten members comprise each team, including the USAC drivers. Registration is schedule from 11 to 11:45 am and the mandatory drivers meeting is at 12 noon.

Medals will be awarded for championship performances and a special team award is also planned for the winning team. Entries officially close at noon on Wednesday, March 10, so those wishing to participate are urged to call the numbers listed here.

Former team captain or co-captain champions of this event include: Tracy Hines (1997, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2008), Ted Hines (1998, 2001, 2003 and 2004), Kent Christian (2004 and 2007), Kevin Besecker (1997), Tony Elliott (1998), Johnny Parsons III and Stevie Reeves (1999), Dave Darland (2000), Dickie Gaines and Bobby East (2002), J.T. Stapp (2005), Levi Jones (2006), and Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (2007). The event was not held in 2009.

Fun at Fastimes is located on the southeast corner of 96th Street and North Keystone Avenue, one block north of the North Keystone exit from I-465, next to Woodland Bowl.

NEW RIDES ABOUND FOR TAMPA SPRINT OPENERS

Several drivers will be in new or relatively new seats when the 2010 Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series arrives at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. for the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” February 8-10.

Dave Darland, Bryan Clauson, Tracy Hines, Chris Windom, Cole Carter, Kyle Cummins and Justin Grant are among early entries who will be “sorting out” new rides in the three-night non-winged spectacular at the 3/8-mile dirt oval on the south side of Tampa.

Darland will make his first appearance in the Keith Kunz sprinter in six years, while Clauson hops into the RWB Motorsports #2B vacated by Darland after the 2009 season. Hines will pilot an entry for Bob Parker, for whom he drove selected Midget races in 2009. Cole Carter and Kyle Cummins are entered in Steve Stapp entries and Justin Grant makes his debut in the Baldwin Brothers entry. Carter’s father Pancho and uncle Dana both piloted Stapp entries during their USAC Sprint car careers.

The “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” are part of the track’s 34th Winternationals and mark the first time USAC Sprint cars have raced on dirt in the Sunshine State since Rich Vogler’s victory at the Florida State Fairgrounds 23 years ago.

Stapp’s entries continue a long tradition of family involvement in the sport. Steve ranks second all-time in terms of USAC National feature wins with 51, while Dynamics, Inc., who will field a car for Jerry Coons Jr. at East Bay, is the all-time leader at 74.

A special “match race” for the news media in four-cylinder stocks is planned during Monday night’s (Feb. 8) activities, with the participants to be announced soon.

The Tampa races officially open USAC’s 2010 National racing calendar, which continues with a Silver Crown/Sprint/Midget tripleheader February 19-20 at USA Raceway Park in Tucson, Ariz. (the “Copper on Dirt”) and Sprint/Midget doubleheaders February 25 at Las Vegas, Nev. and Feb. 27 at Perris, Calif.

CLAUSON TRIPLES HIS ODDS FOR COPPER ON DIRT VICTORY

Bryan Clauson will triple his chances for a victory at USA Raceway’s 4th Annual Copper on Dirt as he enters the event with a seat for all three divisions. While he is among many drivers planning to do triple duty, Clauson is arguably the guy to beat in 2010.

Notably one of the hottest open wheel drivers in the country going into 2010, Clausen will look to resume his success of 2009 and likely gain distance from a field of some of the best open wheel racers in the country. Twenty year old Clauson has the accomplishments of a seasoned veteran after racking up an incredible year filled with more than 20 victories in Sprint Car and Midget competition including the Belleville Midget Nationals, USAC Indiana Midget Week Champion, The Night Before the Brickyard, The Turkey Night Grand Prix and the Glenn Howard Memorial to name a few.

The 2009 National Midget Driver of The Year will come to Tucson driving the familiar Corey Tucker owned Parker Stone Company/Esslinger Midget entry that has been a stable of success. Clauson will add to his arsenal by joining the stout RWB Sprint Car team fielded by Scott Benic and a very powerful Tony Stewart Silver Crown team. This will mark the first Copper on Dirt start for the Sprint car portion of the event and the first ever Silver Crown start for Clauson.

“I can’t wait for this event,” commented Clauson. “I am really excited to get down to Tucson and get the 2010 season under way.”

The 4th Annual “Copper on Dirt” featuring USAC Silver Crown, USAC National/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC National/Western States Midgets all taking part in a sensational racing spectacle at Tucson’s USA Raceway’s for two nights on February 19thand 20th marking USA Raceway as one of only two dirt track venues to host USAC’s Triple Crown all in one event.

Ticket pricing, seating charts and purchasing information can be found online at http://www.usaraceway.net/Uploads/CopperOnDirtTicketForm.pdf or by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-574-8515

Hotel Information can be found at www.usaraceway.net/lodging.php or by calling the Tucson Airport Courtyard by Marriott at 520-573-0000

4 CALIFORNIA DIRT TRACKS HOST NEW “360 SPRINT” SERIES

The brand-new USAC 360 Sprint Car Series debuts in 2010 at four California dirt tracks and with a $20,000 point fund race fans are assured of extremely competitive racing.

USAC, Hoosier Racing Tire and SouthWest Contractors have joined to present the new series, which is expected to continue to elevate non-wing sprint car racing in the Golden State.

“We expect some heavy hitters to compete in this new series,” says coordinator Chris Kearns. “I am excited about the possibilities this series presents and I expect west coast racing to benefit from the opportunities it will create.”

Santa Maria Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Bakersfield Speedway and Giant Speedway in Hanford are the venues for the 20-race series, which will include a four-race SouthWest Contractors Mini-Series featuring one race at each track. The mini-series will carry its own $5,000 point fund.

In 1998 USAC last conducted dirt-track 360 Sprint races in California under the banner “Regional Rebels” and Hanford’s Monte Faccinto earned the championship with seven feature victories.

The series opens on March 6 at Tulare and is scheduled to conclude October 2 at Tulare. In between are three additional Tulare dates, six races at Santa Maria, five at Hanford and four at Bakersfield.

The 2010 USAC 360 Sprint Series calendar is as follows:

March 6 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway
March 13 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway
March 27 – Bakersfield, CA – Bakersfield Speedway
April 3 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway
April 10 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway
April 17 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Maria Speedway
May 8 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Maria Speedway
May 15 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway
May 29 – Bakersfield, CA – Bakersfield Speedway
June 5 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway
June 19 – Bakersfield, CA – Bakersfield Speedway
June 26 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Maria Speedway
July 17 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway
July 24 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Maria Speedway
August 7 – Bakersfield, CA – Bakersfield Speedway
August 21 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway
August 28 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Maria Speedway
September 11 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway
September 25 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Maria Speedway
October 2 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway

HUT HUNDRED RETURNS, MOVES TO TRI-STATE SPEEDWAY

The 58th running of one of America’s most traditional short-track races is scheduled for May 8 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. It will be the “Hut Hundred at Haubstadt” featuring the nation’s top Midget racers in 100 laps of thrilling action on one of the country’s most exciting quarter-mile dirt ovals.

Although absent from the 2009 calendar, the race dates back to 1954 and has been held at four different Indiana speedways. The Terre Haute Action Track, which hosted the inaugural event, was the site for most of the races, while the Indiana State Faigrounds in Indianapolis hosted the 1987 running, Lawrenceburg Speedway was the venue in 1989 and Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville hosted the race in 1988, 2000 and 2001.

Race organizer Tom Helfrich, who is responsible for maintaining one of America’s best-manicured dirt ovals, is excited about not only the return of the tradition, but the competition his track should provide. “We are glad to be a part of this historic event,” says Helfrich. “We’ve cultivated a new generation of open-wheel fans here and this is the type of racing they want to see at our track. We want to put on a race people will not forget and with the traditional three-abreast start of eleven rows we are sure we will give them just that.”

Cole Whitt won the 2008 race on his way to that year’s USAC National Midget Championship and the race history contains names of many of America’s finest oval track stars. Four-time Indianapolis 500 Champion A.J. Foyt won it twice, seven-time USAC Midget Champ Mel Kenyon is a former winner and NASCAR champions Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon are also listed among the former race winners. But nobody can come close to what Rich Vogler achieved, winning the Hut Hundred eight times on his way to becoming the winningest driver in USAC racing history. Those eight wins came at three different tracks!

Tri-State Speedway’s USAC history dates back to 1978 when Sleepy Tripp was victorious in a Midget there. Last year the track was the scene of the closest finish in the history of Indiana Sprint Week, as Levi Jones edged Bryan Clauson by a single point for the series title!

DARLAND-KUNZ SPRINT TEAM DEBUTS AT TAMPA

Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind., whose 28 career USAC Sprint Car wins trail only Tracy Hines’ 37 on the all-time National victory list among active drivers, has switched teams for the 2010 season. He will pilot one of two Keith Kunz Motorsports/Advanced Racing entries in the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” February 8-10 at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla.

Darland, who finished third in the 2009 standings, won the 1999 series championship and is one of only five USAC “Triple Crown Champions.” His Sprint car career includes victories in the Tony Hulman Classic, Joe James/Pat O’Connor Classic, Rich Vogler Classic, Glen Niebel Classic, Robbie Stanley Classic, Four Crown Nationals and the Ultimate Challenge at Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Darland and teammate Henry Clarke of Villa Park, Calif., who claimed the 2009 series “Rookie of the Year” honors, will try to give the Kunz Motorsports team their first USAC National Sprint Car owner’s crown. The team finished second in the 2009 standings and were second in 2003, fourth in 2007 and 2008 and fifth in 2006.

The Kunz team ranks fifth on the all-time USAC Sprint car feature winners list, with 35 wins to their credit, including three with Cole Whitt in 2009.

“I’m looking forward to getting back to Florida,” says Dave, who admits his first outings at East Bay a few years ago were less than successful. “It’s a hard track to figure out and has an odd shape,” he adds. “I’m glad to be in a Kunz car because they always field top-notch equipment. I have to thank Cory Kruseman for suggesting that I call Kunz and it should be a fun 2010 for us.”

In 2004 Dave dominated to win the “Four Crown Nationals” Midget race at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio in a Kunz entry, then finished second in the same race in a Kunz car in 2008. His only previous outings in a Kunz Sprinter were at Joliet, Ill. in 2003 where he did not qualify and at the Mopar Million at Eldora in 2004 where he finished 12th in a field of 138 cars!

The three back-to-back National Sprint races at East Bay, located in Gibsonton, Fla., serve as the 2010 Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car series openers and are part of the track’s 34th “Winternationals.”

In an effort to generate maximum participation at what he considers his “home track,” an added bonus for pre-registered USAC car entrants at Tampa will be a free right rear Hoosier tire compliments of Bubba “The Love Sponge” for any appearing car entrants whose entries were filed prior to the entry deadline.

Each night (Monday through Wednesday) contains a complete racing program capped by a 30-lap feature on the very competitive 1/3-mile dirt oval located in Gibsonton, a Tampa suburb.

NEW END-OF-YEAR PRIZES FOR FOCUS & YOUNG GUNS COMPETITORS

USAC’s 2010 Ford Focus calendar reflects a new structure, offering district and sub-series championships, with cash bonuses posted for year-end achievements in both Ford Focus and Young Guns racing series. This new structure recognizes a growing Ford Focus program and instills an enhanced regional approach for USAC’s developmental series.

Each district will crown a champion and in 2010 the districts will be designated at Eastern, Midwest and Western. The West will have three sub-series. They include West Coast pavement, West Coast dirt and Utah. The East and Midwest will have two sub-series, pavement and dirt.

Season-ending bonuses include a point fund for the top three finishers in each district and the champion in each sub-series. The drivers’ best 12 finishes in the Focus districts and the top eight finishes in any of the Young Guns districts will be utilized to determine the standings in each district.

The champion of each Focus district will receive a year-end bonus of $2,500, with $1,000 going to second place and $500 to third. Each sub-series champion will also be awarded a $1,000 cash bonus. Each Young Guns District champ will receive a $1,000 savings bond.

“We expect this re-alignment of the Focus championships to generate enthusiastic response, leading to unprecedented competition,” says USAC Developmental Racing Director James Spink. “The Ford Focus concept has been a great launching pad for USAC racing careers and in 2010 we are taking the next step in solidifying that foundation.”

The 2010 racing schedules for all Ford Focus and Young Guns championships are being finalized and will be posted on the USAC website at www.usacracing.com.

77 WESTERN FOCUS EVENTS HIGHLIGHT 2010 SEASON

Seventy-seven races at 13 different speedways in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah are listed on the 2010 USAC Western Ford Focus calendar released today.

Various championships will be available, some for the first time in USAC history, as “district” concepts are employed to maximize car counts.

In addition to overall Ford Focus and Young Guns championships, championships will also be awarded in Utah and for pavement and dirt competition. In addition, Eastern and Midwest Young Guns Championships will be contested for the first time in 2010.

The calendar opens with a March 13 “doubleheader” at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway and concludes with the Ford Focus race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) as part of the 2010 “Turkey Night Grand Prix.” Other tracks involved in the 2010 calendar include Havasu 95 Speedway in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Nevada and Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah, plus the following California tracks: Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway in Blythe, Stockton 99 Speedway, Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, All-American Speedway in Roseville, Perris Auto Speedway, Santa Maria Speedway, Bakersfield Speedway and Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

The 2010 USAC Western Ford Focus calendars are as follows:

WESTERN FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES

3/13 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-2)
3/20 - Lake Havasu City, AZ - Havasu 95 Speedway - (1-3-5-6)
3/27 - Blythe, CA - Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway - (1-3-5-6)
4/3 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-2)
4/10 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-3-5-6)
4/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-3-4)
5/1 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-3-4)
5/8 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-3-4-5)
5/8 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
5/15 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (1-3-4)
5/22 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-2)
5/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
5/29 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-2)
5/31 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-3-4)
6/5 - Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Speedway - (1-2)
6/5 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
6/12 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-3-5)
6/18 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (1-2)
6/19 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-3-4)
6/26 - Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway - (1-2)
6/26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
7/1 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-3-5-6)
7/3 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-3-4-5)
7/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-3-4)
7/24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-3-6)
7/31 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-2)
8/4 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway (1-2)
8/7 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (1-2)
8/7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
8/14 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-3-5)
8/14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
8/21 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (1-3-4)
8/28 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-2)
9/4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
9/6 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
9/11 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-3-4)
9/18 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-2)
9/18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-6)
10/9 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-3-5-6)
10/16 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-2)
10/23 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-2)
11/6 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-3-4-5)
11/20 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-2)
11/21 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-3-5)
11/25 – Irwindale, CA - Toyota Speedway @ Irwindale - (1-3-4-5)

KEY:
1-Western Championship; 2-West Coast Dirt Focus;
3-California Pavement Focus, 4-Northern Pavement Focus;
5-Southern Pavement Focus; 6-Utah Focus

WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES

3/13 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (7-8)
3/20 - Lake Havasu City, AZ - Havasu 95 Speedway - (7-9-11)
3/27 - Blythe, CA - Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway - (7-9-11)
4/3 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (7-8)
4/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-9-10)
5/1 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-9-10)
5/8 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (7-9-10-11)
5/15 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (7-9-10)
5/22 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (7-8)
5/29 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (7-8)
5/31 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-9-10)
6/5 - Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Speedway - (7-8)
6/12 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (7-9-10-11)
6/18 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (7-8)
6/19 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-9-10)
6/26 - Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway - (7-8)
7/1 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (7-9-11)
7/3 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (7-9-11)
7/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-9-10)
7/31 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (7-8)
8/4 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (7-8)
8/7 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (7-8)
8/14 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (7-9-11)
8/21 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (7-9-10)
8/28 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (7-8)
9/11 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-9-10)
9/18 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (7-8)
10/16 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (7-8)
10/23 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (7-8)
11/6 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (7-9-10-11)
11/20 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (7-8)
11/21 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (7-9-11)

KEY:
7-Western Young Guns Championship; 8-Dirt Young Guns;
9-Paved Young Guns; 10-North Young Guns; 11-South Young Guns

AMSOIL ANNOUCES MAJOR CONTINGENCY FOR USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES

Amsoil announced today a significant contingency program for USAC competitors in both the National and CRA sprint car series for 2010. Amsoil recently signed on with a three year series commitment for 2010 – 2012.

Amsoil will award $1000 to the Top 10 USAC car entrants in both the USAC National Sprint Car series AND the Top 10 car entrants in the CRA Sprint Car Series who use Amosil products throughout the season. Additionally, Amsoil will recognize the top points leaders in both the Western Sprint and West Coast 360 series who qualify for the contingency program (see below).

All USAC Licensed Car Entrants will automatically receive a “Preferred Customer” status with Amsoil qualifying for wholesale purchase pricing at 20-25% off retail. Further discounts are eligible for Car Entrants who enroll in the Amsoil dealer Network, open to all USAC Licensed participants.

To qualify for the Amsoil $1000 contingency, you must show proof of purchase, through your Preferred Customer account, of a minimum of $250 of Amsoil product by August 1, 2010 (any Amsoil branded product qualifies). You must also feature an Amsoil decal on both sides of your registered race car competing in the USAC National or CRA series.

Amsoil will present the awards at the 2010 USAC Night of Champions Banquet, scheduled for Friday, December 3rd, in conjunction with the International Motorsports Industry Show in Indianapolis.

AMSOIL TO SPONSOR USAC SPRINT SERIES IN 2010

Amsoil, “The First in Synthetics,” will serve as the entitlement sponsor for the 2010 USAC National and CRA Sprint Car Series, it was announced today by principals of USAC and Amsoil.

Top finishing Amsoil users in each series will be rewarded with cash bonuses at the completion of the 2010 racing season.

The 2010 Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series will debut February 8-9-10 at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton (Tampa), Fla. and the CRA Sprint Car Series debuts February 19-20 at USA Raceway Park in Tucson, Ariz.

“It’s natural that a company with Amsoil’s motorsports products and tradition of excellence serve as the series sponsor for one of America’s most competitive racing series,” says USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. “Their commitment to our sport has been well documented and we are extremely pleased they have chosen our series to support. We anticipate tremendous competition for the 2010 championships and look forward to a mutually rewarding relationship with Amsoil.”

Headquartered in Superior, Wisc., Amsoil introduced its synthetic motor oil in 1972, setting all-new standards for motor oil quality. Amsoil’s experience and technological know-how are considered industry leaders.

Amsoil also serves as the Official Motor Oil for the Traxxas TORC Off-Road Championship, which debuted under USAC sanction in 2009.

JONES EYES USAC NATIONAL SPRINT TITLE #4 AS 2010 SEASON OPENS IN TAMPA FEBRUARY 8-10

Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. hopes to add his name to a short list of drivers who have won four championships in a single USAC National racing series. The 2010 Amsoil USAC Sprint Car season opens February 8-10 with the “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla., a Tampa suburb.

The three-night racing program showcases USAC’s spectacular open-wheel competition on one of America’s most exciting short dirt ovals where wheelstands, bicycling and wheel-to-wheel competition are all part of the game, producing more passing in one night than many racing series provide in an entire season!

Jones earned his third USAC National Sprint car title last year and would become only the sixth driver to reach four titles in a single National series, joining A.J. Foyt (7 Championship Cars), Mel Kenyon (7 Midgets), Butch Hartman (5 Stock cars), Steve Butler (4 Sprints) and Rich Vogler (4 Midgets).

Jones will pilot the Bass Pro Shops/Chevy Tony Stewart Racing entry in the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night portions of East Bay’s 34th Winternationals, marking USAC’s first dirt-track Sprint races in the Sunshine state since Vogler’s victory at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa in 1987.

The 2005, 2007 and 2009 champion also finished second in the 2006 standings behind Josh Wise and his four wins last year brought his career total of USAC Sprint feature triumphs to 16. He also earned his second Indiana Sprint Week title last year, edging Bryan Clauson by a single point!

“It’s always nice to get out of Indiana in the winter time and enjoy the sunshine,” says Levi, who won a non-winged feature at East Bay three years ago. “It’s a racy track but it can change from one night to the next so you have to be at the top of your game to adjust to the conditions. I’m anxious to get back in the swing of things and it would be nice to get that fourth title.” He’ll be in a brand-new Maxim chassis to start the 2010 campaign.

Jones will face a formidable field in the three Florida events. Expected to compete are 2008 Sprint Champ Jerry Coons Jr., 2006 Champ Wise, 2002 Champ Tracy Hines and 1999 Champ Dave Darland. Hines won USAC’s last race in Florida, a Silver Crown event at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2007.

Other former USAC Sprint winners in Florida include Larry Dickson (two in 1970), and Bob Sweikert, Chuck Weyant and Pat O’Connor in USAC’s initial year, 1956. Sweikert’s win came in the first USAC Sprint race ever held, at Southland Speedway in West Palm Beach.

77 WESTERN FOCUS EVENTS HIGHLIGHT
2010 SEASON OFFERING 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS!

Seventy-seven races at 13 different speedways in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah are listed on the 2010 USAC Western Ford Focus calendar released today.

Ten different championships will be available, many for the first time in USAC history, as “regional” concepts are employed to maximize car counts.

In addition to overall Ford Focus and Young Guns championships, which will involve nearly all of the races on the schedule, championships will also be awarded for Pavement and Dirt Ford Focus, North and South Focus and Utah Focus, plus North and South and Dirt Young Guns.

The 2010 USAC Western Ford Focus calendars are as follows:

WESTERN FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES

3/13 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-6)
3/20 - Lake Havasu City, AZ - Havasu 95 Speedway - (1-2-3-5)
3/27 - Blythe, CA - Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway - (1-2-3-5)
4/3 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-6)
4/10 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-2-3-5)
4/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-2-4)
5/1 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-2-4)
5/8 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-2-3-4)
5/8 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-5)
5/15 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (1-2-4)
5/22 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-6)
5/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-5)
5/29 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-6)
5/31 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-2-4)
6/5 - Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Speedway - (1-6)
6/5 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-5)
6/12 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-2-3)
6/18 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (1-6)
6/19 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-2-4)
6/26 - Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway - (1-6)
6/26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-5)
7/1 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-2-3-5)
7/3 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-2-3-4)
7/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-2-4)
7/24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-2-5)
7/31 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-6)
8/4 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway (1-6)
8/7 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (1-6)
8/7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-5)
8/14 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-2-3)
8/14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-5)
8/21 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (1-2-4)
8/28 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-6)
9/4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (5)
9/6 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (5)
9/11 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (1-2-4)
9/18 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-6)
9/18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways - (1-5)
10/9 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-2-3-5)
10/16 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-6)
10/23 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (1-6)
11/6 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (1-2-3-4)
11/20 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (1-6)
11/21 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (1-2-3)
11/25 – Irwindale, CA - Toyota Speedway @ Irwindale - (1-2-3-4)

KEY:
1-Western Championship; 2- Pavement Focus; 3-South Focus
4-North Focus; 5-Utah Focus; 6-Dirt Focus

WESTERN YOUNG GUNS SERIES

3/13 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (9-10)
3/20 - Lake Havasu City, AZ - Havasu 95 Speedway - (8-10)
3/27 - Blythe, CA - Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway - (8-10)
4/3 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (9-10)
4/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-10)
5/1 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-10)
5/8 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (7-8-10)
5/15 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (7-10)
5/22 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (9-10)
5/29 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (9-10)
5/31 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-10)
6/5 - Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Speedway - (9-10)
6/12 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (7-8-10)
6/18 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (9-10)
6/19 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-10)
6/26 - Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway - (9-10)
7/1 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (8-10)
7/3 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (8-10)
7/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-10)
7/31 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (9-10)
8/4 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (9-10)
8/7 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway - (9-10)
8/14 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (8-10)
8/21 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway - (7-10)
8/28 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (9-10)
9/11 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway - (7-10)
9/18 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (9-10)
10/16 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (9-10)
10/23 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway - (9-10)
11/6 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - (7-8-10)
11/20 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway - (9-10)
11/21 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway - (8-10)

KEY:
7-North Young Guns; 8-South Young Guns; 9-Dirt Young Guns; 10-Young Guns Championship

WESTERN SPRINT, MIDGET SKEDS INCLUDE
77 RACES AT 18 TRACKS IN 5 STATES

A total of 86 races at 17 different speedways in five states comprise the 2010 USAC Western Sprint and Midget schedules released today by USAC.

Opening with the February Amsoil National/CRA Sprint races at Tucson, Ariz., Las Vegas, Nev. and Perris, Calif. and closing with the Amsoil CRA finale in late-November at Perris, the calendar offers championships in Western, CRA and Rocky Mountain Sprints and Western Midgets.

California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Idaho are all represented in the schedules, with several events offering points toward more than one championship.

A number of events listed as TBA (to be announced) are in the negotiation stage and will be released as they become firm.

Meridian Speedway in Idaho, Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah, Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Nevada and USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. are all part of the slate, along with the following California facilities: All-American Speedway in Roseville, Stockton 99 Speedway, Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Perris Auto Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Petaluma Speedway, Santa Maria Speedway, Calistoga Speedway, Ventura Raceway, Bakersfield Speedway, Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson and Kings Speedway in Hanford.

The 2010 USAC Western Sprint and Midget calendars are as follows:

AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES

4/17 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway
4/24 – Anderson, CA – Shasta Raceway Park
5/1 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway
5/8 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway
5/15 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway
5/31 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
6/26 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway
7/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway
7/24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
7/31 - TBA
8/7 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway
8/21 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway
9/18 - Meridian, ID - Meridian Speedway
9/19 - Meridian, ID - Meridian Speedway
10/16 - Roseville, CA - All American Speedway
11/21 - San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway
11/25 - Irwindale, CA - Toyota Speedway @ Irwindale

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES

2/19-20 - @Tucson, AZ - USA Raceway
2/25 - @Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track
2/26 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
2/27 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
3/27 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
4/10 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
5/29 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
5/30 - Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway
6/12 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
6/18 - Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway
6/19 - Petaluma, CA - Petaluma Speedway
7/3 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
7/31 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
8/14 - Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Speedway
8/28 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
9/4 - Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway
9/5 - Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway
9/18 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
9/25 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway
10/9 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
10/23 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
11/4 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
11/5 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
11/6 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
11/13 - @Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway
11/27 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway

@=Also Awards National Sprint points

YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES

5/1 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
5/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
5/31 - @Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
6/12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
6/26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
7/10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
7/24 - @Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
8/15 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
9/4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
9/11 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways

@=Also awards Western Sprint Points

WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES

2/19-20 - @Tucson, AZ - USA Raceway
2/25 - @Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
2/26 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
2/27 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway
4/1 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway
4/17 - Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway
4/24 - TBA
5/1 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway
5/8 - Tucson, AZ - USA Raceway
5/15 - Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Speedway
5/22 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway
6/26 - Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway
7/17 - Stockton, CA - Stockton 99 Speedway
8/7 - Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
9/4 - Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway
9/5 - Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway
10/2 - TBA
10/16 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
11/13 - @Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway
11/20 - @Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway
11/21 - @San Bernardino, CA - Orange Show Speedway
11/25 - @Irwindale, CA - Toyota Speedway @ Irwindale
11/27 - @Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway

@=Also awards National Midget points

USAC DOUBLEHEADER AT BURLINGTON JUNE 26 IS 1ST-EVER FOR SPRINTS & MIDGETS ON DIRT IN HAWKEYE STATE

It’s been 21 years since USAC has competed at 34 Raceway Park in Burlington, Iowa but that ends on June 26 when the USAC National Sprint Cars and Midgets combine for an historic doubleheader” at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. It will mark the first time the two USAC series have ever competed in a doubleheader on dirt in the state of Iowa.

Known for its famed “Snake Alley,” very similar to the famous Lombard Street in San Francisco, Calif., Burlington last hosted the USAC Midgets in 1973, a race won by Tommy Astone. The USAC Sprint Cars will be making their maiden appearance at the track which also hosted USAC Late Model races in 1987 and 1988 won by Ken Essary and Willy Kraft.

Iowa has a rich tradition of USAC racing, the Midgets and Sprint cars competing at Knoxville and Oskaloosa respectively last year. The previous 83 USAC races in the Hawkeye state have produced 54 different winners, the late Bob Tattersall the all-time leader with six wins. J.J. Yeley and Butch Hartman won four each and four other drivers, including Keokuk, Iowa driver Don White have three wins.

“There’s no question Iowa has a rich racing heritage and its fans are among the most avid and knowledgeable in the entire nation,” says USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. “We are absolutely thrilled to add this significant event to our 2010 calendar and hope this is the debut of an annual destination for our loyal participants and fans.”

Jesse Hockett of Warsaw, Mo., winner of last year’s “Ultimate Challenge” USAC Sprint race at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa is excited about the 2010 Burlington race. “I think it’ll be an awesome event for non-wing cars. The track has some banking and you can build a lot of momentum and a lot of speed around the top. There will be plenty of side-by-side racing, that’s for sure. Last summer I raced there and came from dead last to finish second. It’s a really racy track.”

KAEDING, JONES, KUHN HEADLINE LIST OF USAC CHAMPIONS
AT FRIDAY’S 54th “NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS” CELEBRATION

Bud Kaeding, Levi Jones and Brad Kuhn headlined Friday night’s 54th USAC “Night of Champions” National Awards Banquet in Indianapolis, Ind.
Kaeding, of Campbell, Calif. and his BK Motorsports Team, celebrating their third series championship. The title makes Kaeding only the second to claim three Silver Crown titles since the series debuted in 1971. Jimmy Sills won championships in 1990, 1994 and 1996. Joining Kaeding in Friday’s spotlight were National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones of Avon, Ind. and Mopar National Midget Champion Brad Kuhn, also of Avon. They were among numerous racing series champions and special recipients who earned distinctive Medallions, Oakley timepieces, trophies, Hoosier championship jackets and plaques.
Keys to the City of Indianapolis from the Mayor were presented to Kaeding, Jones and Kuhn in recognition of their 2009 achievements.
Emcee Rob Klepper orchestrated the presentations, which included driver and car entrant champions, Rookies of the Year, Most Improved Drivers and special award recipients, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom.
Driving champions in addition to the aforementioned included Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. (USAC/CRA Sprints), Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. (Western Sprints), Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Western Midgets), Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Ida. (Rocky Mountain Sprint), Brad Loyet of Sunset Hills, Mo. (USAC/SMRS Great Plains Midget), Kyle Hamilton of Danville, Ind. (National Pavement Ford Focus and Regional Midget), Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. (Midwest and UMARA Ford Focus), Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. (Carolina Ford Focus), Nik Romano of Atherton, Calif. (California Pavement Ford Focus), Brody Roa of Buena Park, Calif. (California Dirt Ford Focus), Kipp Posey of Lehi, Utah (Utah Ford Focus), Kyle Edwards of Fountain View, Calif. (California Young Guns) and Dillon Welch of Noblesville, Ind. (Kenyon Midget). Alex Jacobsen of San Jose, Calif. and Andrew Mulhearn of Whittier, Calif. joined Hamilton as recipients of the Henry Ford Sweepstakes Trophy
emblematic of National Ford Focus titles. Jasobsen won the Young Guns and Mulhearn won the California Dirt.
USAC’s inaugural champions of the Traxxas TORC Off-Road Championships were honored and included Jeff Kincaid of Argonne, Wisc. (Pro Light), Rob MacCachren of Las Vegas, Nev. (Amsoil Pro 2WD) and Rick Huseman of Riverside, Calif. (Kumho Pro 4x4).
Honored as inaugural USAC .25 Midget National Champions as a result of their victories at the “Battle at the Brickyard” were Garrett Ottman, Groveport, OH (Junior Rookie), Mox Price, Payne, OH (Junior Honda), Ross Rankine, Willard, OH (Senior Honda), Frankie Nervo, Stow, OH (Light 160), Ryan Fleming, Xenia, OH (Heavy B & Heavy AA), Logan Wennesheimer, Waterford, MI (Junior Stock), Cannon Konzer, Holly, MI (Heavy 160 & Heavy World Formula), Dean Creech, Clawson, MI (Half), Miranda Bieghler, Plainfield, IN (Senior Rookie), Gage Walker, Fairland, IN (Light World Formula), Zachary Hampton, Clayton, IN (Light B), Braden Nash, Winauma, FL (Junior Rookie), Brayden Trigueiro, Caruthers, CA (Senior Stock), Mike Gass, Worth, IL (Heavy Honda), Brendon Bock, Franklin Square, NY (Light AA & Light Mod) and Michael McConahay, Pickerington, OH (Heavy Mod).
A special USAC “Spirit of Youth Award” was presented to Eric Rankine of Willard, Ohio for his many contributions to the sport of quarter-midget racing.
National car entrant champions included BK Motorsports of Indianapolis, Ind. (Silver Crown), Tony Stewart Racing of Brownsburg, Ind. (National Sprint Car), RW Motorsports of Lederach, Pa. (National Midget) and Gregg Steele of Shelbyville, Ind. (Pavement Ford Focus).
Car entrant champions honored Friday night also included TK Motorsports of Kingsburg, Calif. (Western Sprint Car); Jerome Rodela of El Monte, Calif. (Western Midget); Ron Chaffin Motorsports of Madera, Calif. (USAC/CRA Sprint Car); John Givens of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Midwest and UMARA Ford Focus); Tracy Trotter of Denver, N.C. (Carolina Ford Focus); Western Speed Racing of Fresno, Calif. (California Paved Ford Focus); Brody Roa (California Dirt Ford Focus); Mike Hamilton of Danville, Ind. (Regional Midget); Welch Racing of Noblesville, Ind. (Kenyon Midget) and Kerry Posey of Springville, Utah (Utah Ford Focus).
USAC President Kevin Miller presented USAC Special Recognition Awards to Oakley (corporate) and Ricky Johnson (individual) for their contributions and dedicated service to the racing community.
Retiring USAC Chairman of the Board John Capels was named as the recipient of USAC’s prestigious Roger McCluskey Award of Excellence, recognizing his long tenure as a USAC participant and executive.
USAC’s 2010 “Race Organizer of the Year” awards were presented to Eldora Speedway (National) and Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Western).
Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. earned the 2009 USAC Silver Crown “Rookie of the Year” honors, while Henry Clarke of Villa Park, Calif. received the National Sprint Car “Rookie of the Year” honors. The Bob Stroud Memorial National Midget “Rookie of the Year” Award went to Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Ill.
Shane Hmiel of Huntersville, N.C. was named USAC “Most Improved” National Driver of 2009.
USAC’s 2009 “Mechanical Achievement of the Year” award went to Scott Benic of Fairmount, Ind.
Cole Whitt of Alpine, Calif. was presented the 2009 USAC “Super License,” earning the most National feature event points.
Buck and Betty Rice of Pro Source Consultants of Grand Saline, Texas presented their 2009 “Hard Work” awards to Thomas Buch/VKCC Racing of Brownstown, Pa. (National Sprint cars) and Dan Daum of Greenville, Ill. (National Midgets).
Second and third-place drivers and car entrants in USAC’s National racing series also received their year-end recognition and awards.
Joe DeFabis of DeFabis Photography, USAC’s Official Portrait Studio, presented his Championship Photo Artworks to the 2009 National driving champions.
Two special awards ordinarily presented during the “Night of Champions” will be presented January 30 at USAC’s “Western Awards Banquet.” They are the Jim Blunk Award for contributions to the sport of Midget racing and the Ross Hadley Memorial Achievement Award. Wally Pankratz of Orange, Calif. was announced as the recipient of the Blunk Award and Gordon Tyler of Centerville, Utah was announced as the winner of the Hadley Award.
Highlighting the evening’s ceremonies were appearances by seven-time USAC National Midget Champion Mel Kenyon, who presented Brad Kuhn’s championship awards, and three-time USAC National Sprint Car Champion Larry Dickson, who presented Levi Jones’ championship awards.
Floral decorations were provided by Jockish Flowers of Indianapolis. Tim Spillman of Auto Racing Ministries delivered the invocation, while the acoustical duo of Dave and Rae served as entertainment for dining and dancing.

USAC’s NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES OPENERS IN TAMPA PART OF EAST BAY RACEWAY’S 34TH WINTERNATIONALS

The 2010 USAC National racing calendar opens February 8-10 with three back-to-back National Sprint races at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. The “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals” events are part of the track’s 34th “Winternationals,” which also includes Feb. 11-13 Sprint races under the sanction of the All Star Circuit of Champions.

Defending USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones of Avon, Ind. is expected to lead a stellar contingent of USAC drivers and other top pilots from across the country into the races which kick off a 2010 series which includes 48 events in nine states.

Each night (Monday through Wednesday) contains a complete racing program capped by a 30-lap feature on the very competitive 1/3-mile dirt oval located in Gibsonton, a Tampa suburb.

The events mark USAC’s first Florida appearance since the Silver Crown cars raced at Homestead in 2007. The races are the first for the USAC Sprint cars in the Sunshine State since Dave Steele won on the pavement at Orlando’s Speed World in 2005 and the first on dirt since Rich Vogler’s victory at the Florida State Fairgrounds in 1987.

39 “REGIONAL” EVENTS SPICE 2010 USAC CALENDAR

USAC’s 2010 “Regional” racing calendar includes 39 races at nine different speedways, with champions crowned in four different racing series.

The opening Ford Focus events will be held March 24 and 25 at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway in conjunction with the USAC Mopar National Midgets. Six Focus events are scheduled at the Indianapolis (Ind.) Speedrome, while additional Focus events are slated at Kil-Kare Raceway in Xenia, Ohio, Plymouth (Ind.) Motor Speedway and Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway.

Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway is scheduled to host dirt-track Ford Focus races in 2010, and negotiations are underway to finalize events at the quarter-mile dirt Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway.

The Focus Young Guns, making their initial appearance in the Midwest in 2010, will also compete at the Speedrome, Plymouth and Columbus, while the Regional Midgets have six races at the Speedrome and four at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. as well as an event at Plymouth.

The USAC/WOMS Midget Racing Series calendar is currently being finalized and will be released in the immediate future. In addition, USAC is exploring venues for dirt-track “regional” Midget competition in 2010.

The 2010 “regional” calendar is as follows:

MIDWEST PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS MIDGETS

3/24 – Hickory, N.C. (Combined with Carolina Focus) 3/25 - Hickory, N.C. (Combined with Carolina Focus) 5/26 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/2 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/9 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/23 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/30 – Indianapolis Speedrome 7/7 – Indianapolis Speedrome 7/16 – Xenia, OH (Combined with Carolina Focus) 7/17 – TBA (Combined with Carolina Focus) 7/29 – Plymouth, IN 9/18 – Columbus, OH (Combined with Carolina Focus) 10/23 – Hickory, NC (Combined with Carolina Focus)

MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS MIDGETS

4/16 – Gas City, IN 7/10 – Gas City, IN 8/13 – Gas City, IN 9/24 Gas City, IN TBA – Montpelier, IN TBA – Montpelier, IN

FOCUS YOUNG GUNS

5/26 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/2 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/9 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/23 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/30 – Indianapolis Speedrome 7/7 – Indianapolis Speedrome 7/29 – Plymouth, IN 9/18 – Columbus, OH

REGIONAL MIDGETS

5/26 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/2 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/9 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/12 – Marne, MI 6/23 – Indianapolis Speedrome 6/26 – Marne, MI 6/30 – Indianapolis Speedrome 7/7 – Indianapolis Speedrome 7/29 – Plymouth, IN 8/12 – Marne, MI 9/25 – Marne, MI

TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR USAC’s “NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS”

Tickets are still available for the 54th USAC “Night of Champions” Banquet January 8, 2010 in downtown Indianapolis, Ind. The tickets, priced at $50.00 each, can be ordered online through the USAC “Store” at www.usacracing.com or by calling the USAC office at 317-247-5151.

The Indiana Roof Ballroom at 140 West Washington Street will again host this year’s USAC “Night of Champions.” The Spanish decor of the facility will create a sensational atmosphere for attendees and honored guests and augmenting the ceremonies will be the acoustical duo of Dave and Rae who will entertain the audience and also serve as a dance band.

Champions of all of USAC’s 2009 racing series will be honored, along with numerous other USAC participants and special award recipients.

Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. (K & N Silver Crown), Levi Jones of Brownsburg, Ind. (National Sprint Car) and Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. (National Midget) are featured National Series Champions who will be honored during the ceremonies.

Point fund prizes, distinctive Oakley timepieces, commemorative USAC Medallions, trophies and distinctive plaques will be distributed to top achievers and USAC’s National racing champions will also receive keys to the city of Indianapolis from the Mayor’s office.

The affair, emceed by nationally-renowned Rob Klepper, gets under way with cocktails at 6 pm and dinner is served at 7. The awards ceremonies begin at 8.

Discounted hotel rates of $119.00 per room are available at the Embassy Suites, adjacent to the banquet facility at 140 West Washington Street. Please contact (317) 236-1852 and mention USAC when making reservations.

USAC WESTERN BANQUET SLATED JANUARY 30 AT “IMAGINE THAT” IN UPLAND, CALIFORNIA

Champions of USAC’s 2009 Western racing series will be honored along with special award recipients at the USAC Western Awards Banquet January 30 in Upland, Calif.

The Imagine That Events Center, located at 1218 W. Ninth St. in Upland, serves as the host facility as it did last year for the celebration of USAC’s 2009 Western season. The affair begins with a cocktail reception at 6 pm and dinner begins at 7, with the awards ceremony to follow.

Champions of various racing series, rookies of the year and other noted recipients will be honored.

Tickets for the Western Awards Banquet are available at $55.00 per person from Jeanie Hunt at (916) 863-7223 and must be purchased by January 16, 2010. No tickets will be available at the door. RSVP’s should be directed to USAC, 7900 Winding Way, Fair Oaks, Calif. 95628.

Cocktail attire is requested for this special evening.

The Best Western Inn and Suites, located at 3400 Shelby Street in Ontario, Calif. has been selected as the banquet headqarters, with free shuttle service available to and from the “Imagine That” banquet facility. Room rates are $62.99 for a Studio King and $72.99 for an Executive or Jacuzzi room. The hotel phone number is (909) 466-9600 and ask for Julia when making reservations.

Champions of USAC’s Western Racing Series in 2009 included Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. (CRA Sprints), Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. (Western Sprints), Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Western Midgets), Brody Roa of Buena Park, Calif. (California Dirt Ford Focus), Nik Romano of Atherton, Calif. (California Pavement Ford Focus) and Kyle Edwards of Fountain View, Calif. (Young Guns Junior Focus). Previously honored at a Salt Lake City, Utah banquet were USAC’s Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Champion Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Ida. and Utah Ford Focus Champion Kipp Posey of Lehi, Utah.

Andrew Mulhearn of Whittier, Calif. (Dirt Ford Focus) and Alex Jacobsen of San Jose, Calif. (Young Guns Junior Focus) also earned USAC National titles in Western racing competition in 2009.

HOME-TOWN HERO BOWMAN TAKES “NEW YEAR’S” FOCUS FEATURE

Alex Bowman of Tucson, Ariz. led the final 20 laps of Friday’s 40-lap USAC Ford Focus special event at Tucson Raceway Park, opening the 2010 USAC racing season.

Bowman, USAC’s 2008 National and California Dirt Ford Focus Champion, took the lead at the lap 20 restart and led the rest of the way in his Gene Haas Foundation/Simpson Race Products machine to beat Cody Gerhardt, Michael J. Lewis, Connor Kassik and Austin Luttmer. Lewis posted the fastest qualifying time at 16.028.

The race was run in two 20-lap segments, with Gregg Fuette leading the first lap and Lewis leading the next 19.

Friday’s race was only third in USAC history to be held on New Year’s Day. Henry Pens won an indoor Midget race at the Cincinnati (Ohio) Gardens in 1965 and Josh Pelkey won a Southwest Sprint race at USA Race Park in Tuscon in 2005.

The 2010 USAC National racing season opens February 8-10 at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla. with the Sprint Cars competing on the 1/3-mile in the “Dirt Drift Bubba Army Sprint Nationals,” part of the track’s exciting 34th Winternationals.

USAC FORD FOCUS SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS:

January 1, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – Tucson Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-16.028; 2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-16.268; 3. Alex Bowman, 55, Bowman-16.315; 4. Austin Luttmer, 49, James-16.463; 5. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-1674; 6 Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-16.572.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Alex Bowman, 2. Cody Gerhardt, 3. Michael J. Lewis, 4. Connor Kassik, 5. Austin Luttmer, 6. Gregg Fuette. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Fuette, Laps 2-20 Lewis, Laps 21-40 Bowman.

1ST USAC RACE OF 2010 SET FOR TUCSON RACEWAY PARK NEW YEAR’S DAY

The first race of USAC’s 55th season of racing competition is less than a week away! Ford Focus Midgets will be competing at Tucson (Ariz.) Raceway Park on Thursday and Friday, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day! Qualifying is scheduled Thursday night and a 40-lap feature is on tap Friday.

The special non-points event is part of a racing program also including Modifieds, Mod-Lites and Hornets. The Ford Focus feature offers $1,500-to-win.

The race concludes a New Year’s weekend which also includes the inaugural American Shorttrack Racing Expo at Tucson’s Desert Diamond Casino I-19 December 31-January 2.

Tucson’s Alex Bowman was USAC’s National Ford Focus Champion in 2008 and Jerry Coons, Jr., one of only five USAC Triple Crown Champions in club history, also hails from Tucson.

Friday’s race marks the return of USAC racing to the 3/8-mile paved oval after a five-year hiatus. Bobby East swept a USAC National Sprint/Midget “doubleheader” there in late 2004.

SWANSON, CLARKE, DAUM GARNER NATIONAL ROOKIE HONORS; RAMOS, SCHUTTE, WILLIAMS, SIMPSON, FRANKOSKI, DANIELS, ROMANO, DODENHOFF ALSO CITED

“Rookies of the Year” for USAC’s 2009 racing season were selected today and will be honored at seasonal awards banquets in January.

Kody Swanson, Henry Clarke and Zach Daum earned National recognition and will be honored at the January 8 USAC “Night of Champions” National Awards Dinner in downtown Indianapolis, Ind.

Swanson, of Kingsburg, Calif., was recognized for his exploits in the K & N Silver Crown Series, where he finished fifth in the standings. His best finishes were a second at Phoenix International Raceway and a third at Iowa Speedway. Kody won USAC’s w005 Western Sprint Car Championship and was also the “Rookie of the Year” in USAC’s Western Sprint Car Series in 2005. He posted four wins in USAC’s 2009 Western Sprint Car Series.

Clarke, of Villa Park, Calif., posted seven “top-10” finishes on his way to 12th place in the final National Sprint Car Series point standings. He also added three “top-10” finishes in 17 USAC National Midget starts and ended up 14th in that series final standings. Among his season highlights was his impressive drive at the Belleville Midget Nationals where he nearly won the championship.

Daum, of Pocahontas, Ill. ranked 10th in the Mopar National Midget points on the strength of four “top-10” finishes. He matched that effort in USAC’s K & N Silver Crown Series as well, also finishing 10th in that series standings. He exhibited his versatility near the end of the season with back-to-back eighth-place finishes in the Midgets at the “4-Crown Nationals” on dirt at Rossburg, Ohio and the “Copper World Classic” on the pavement at Phoenix, Ariz.

Other “Rookies of the Year” include Luis Ramos III, Austin Williams, Alex Schutte, Jimmy Simpson, Jeremy Frankoski, Michael Daniels, Nik Romano and Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff.

Ramos, of Clovis, Calif., was 15th in the Western Sprint Car Series, while Williams, a son of former USAC/CRA Sprint Champion Rip Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif., was 13th in the final Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint points. Schutte, of Redding, Calif., actually challenged for the Western Midget title at times and was third in the final standings. Simpson, of Indianapolis, Ind., finished second in both the Midwest and UMARA Focus standings, while Frankoski, of Huntersville, N.C., claimed the Carolina Ford Focus title as a neophyte. Daniels, of Magna, Utah, finished fourth in the Utah Ford Focus Series and Romano, of Atherton, Calif., emerged as the California Pavement Ford Focus Champ. Dodenhoff, of Bakersfield, Calif., finished third in the California Dirt Ford Focus standings

INDIANA “SPRINT WEEK” & “MIDGET WEEK” SLATES ANNOUNCED

The 2010 USAC “Indiana Sprint Week” and “Indiana Midget Week” dates have been released and each contains new venues.

The 2010 USAC “Indiana Midget Week” slate opens on Wednesday night, June 16, at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, new to the calendar, is the Thursday night, June 17 venue. Additional dates are Friday, June 18 at Bloomington Speedway and Saturday night, June 19 at Lawrenceburg Speedway, with the series closer Sunday night, June 20 at the Kokomo Speedway.

USAC’s “Indiana Sprint Week” commences on Friday night, July 9 at Lawrenceburg. The series continues Saturday night, July 10, at Gas City and Sunday night, July 11 at Kokomo before a two-night hiatus. The Terre Haute Action Track hosts the Wednesday night, July 14 race, while Brownstown Speedway, new to the calendar, is the Thursday night, July 15 venue. The final events are Friday night, July 16, at Bloomington and Saturday night, July 17, at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.

Bryan Clauson edged Brad Kuhn by eight points to win last year’s “Indiana Midget Week” title, while Levi Jones topped Clauson by two points in last year’s sensational “Indiana Sprint Week” finish.

Clauson joins two-time champ Shane Cottle, Jerry Coons Jr. and Tracy Hines as previous “Indiana Midget Week” Champs, while Jones’ third “Indiana Sprint Week” title in 2009 put him in select company. Only Kevin Thomas has more ISW titles (four) and Dave Darland also has three in the series which debuted in 1988.

USAC’s 2009 National racing schedules are now posted on the USAC website at www.usacracing.com. Please consult the website for future schedule changes, additions and/or deletions.

USAC “TRIPLE CROWN” STRIVES FOR GOLD AT TUCSON’S 4th ANNUAL “COPPER ON DIRT”

Someone once said that visionaries create the future! In December, 2006 at an Arizona restaurant, Dennis Wood shared his idea of bringing the “Copper on Dirt” to Manzanita Speedway. He told a tale of bringing USAC Sprint Cars, Midgets and Silver Crown cars to Arizona and only had five weeks to make it happen. On February 9, 2007, Dennis successfully ran the first “Copper on Dirt” with more than 130 cars participating in the two day event.

The vision will be carried on as Arizona will host the 4th Annual “Copper on Dirt”. USAC Silver Crown, USAC National/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC National/Western States Midgets will all take part in a sensational racing spectacular at Tucson’s USA Raceway for two nights on February 19 and 20 marking USA Raceway as one of only two dirt track venues to host USAC’s Triple Crown all in one event.

“The Copper on Dirt is a great event and we are looking forward to having it at our facility,” commented Benji Lyons. “We are constantly looking at marquee events for USA Raceway and this was one that we have been after for awhile. With the closure of Manzanita Speedway we felt the need to continue to carry the torch for premier racing events in Arizona and this is one of those events.”

USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 exit 268, then 1.6 miles south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information please, contact the track at 520-574-8515 or additional information regarding USA Raceway can be found at http://www.usaraceway.net

Past Copper on Dirt Winners:

2007 - USAC Midgets - Cory Kruseman 2007 - USAC Sprint Cars - Ricky Stenhouse 2007 - USAC Silver Crown - Ricky Stenhouse 2008 - USAC Midgets – Darren Hagen 2008 - USAC Sprint Cars – Shane Cottle 2008 - USAC Silver Crown – Jerry Coons Jr. 2009 - USAC Midgets – Brad Sweet 2009 - USAC Sprint Cars – Darren Hagen 2009 - USAC Silver Crown – Bud Kaeding

FOCUSES KICK OFF 2010 SEASON AT TUCSON; “ROGER McCLUSKEY WESTERN WINTER NATIONALS” NEW YEAR’S DAY

USAC’s Ford Focus Series will kick off the 2010 racing calendar New Year’s Day with the inaugural “Roger McCluskey USAC Ford Focus Western Winter Nationals” at Tucson (Ariz.) Raceway Park.

A $1,500-to-win Ford Focus feature event, accompanied by Modified, Mod-Lite and Hornet races, is on tap at the 3/8-mile paved oval located southeast of Tucson. A practice period is slated on New Year’s Eve.

The “special non-points event” marks the 73rd appearance of USAC in Tucson and the 293rd USAC race in the Copper State. McCluskey, USAC’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer who died of cancer in 1993 after a distinguished career in motorsports, actually won USAC’s first race in his hometown, a Midget race in 1962 at Tucson Motor Speedway. McCluskey went on to start 18 Indianapolis 500s, finishing third in 1973, and also won the USAC National Championship that year. A two-time USAC Stock Car and Sprint Car Champion as well, his five Championship-car victories included the 1972 California 500 and he added 23 Stock Car, 23 Sprint Car and four Midget wins.

The January 1 race will mark the eighth time the Ford Focuses have competed in Arizona. All seven previous races were held at Havasu 95 Speedway in Lake Havasu City.

Tucson has long been a destination for USAC racers. One Tucson native, Jerry Coons Jr., is among USAC’s elite, being one of only five drivers in history to claim the USAC “Triple Crown” of winning all three USAC National titles.

Another Tucson native, Alex Bowman, has his name emblazoned on the prestigious Henry Ford Sweepstakes Trophy emblematic of his 2008 USAC Ford Focus National Championship.

Tucson Raceway Park is not new to USAC competition, with 30 events staged there between 1993 and 2004. Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. “swept” the last USAC program at TRP, a Sprint-Midget “doubleheader” in November of 2004.

The January 1 race occurs in conjunction with the inaugural American Shorttrack Racing Expo (ASR) being held at the Desert Diamond Casino, located on Interstate 19 in Tucson, December 31, January 1-2. The expo features Sprint Car, Midget, Stock Car, Modified, Drag Car, Off Road, Motorcycle, Kart, Street Rod, and Jalopy technology. Additional info regarding the ASR can be obtained by visiting www.american-shorttrack-racing-expo.com.

ROMANO ANNEXES CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS TITLE; “TURKEY NIGHT” FOCUS FINALE TO PETERSON

Nik Romano of Pleasanton, Calif. completed his drive to the 2009 USAC California Pavement Ford Focus championship Thursday night, finishing fourth in the series finale at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. The title is his first in USAC competition.

Garrett Peterson of West Sacramento, Calif. led all 40 laps to win Thursday night’s race at Irwindale, part of the track’s 69th Lucas Oil Turkey Night Grand Prix program. Peterson started on the pole in his Sacramento Theatrical Lighting/College Cyclery Stewart and held off the late-race challenge of Taylor Ferns to post the win. Michael J. Lewis took third ahead of Romano and Shawn Buckley.

Western Speed Racing of Fresno, Calif. emerged as the 2009 California Pavement Ford Focus car owner champions.

Romano and Western Speed Racing will be among USAC champions who will be honored at USAC’s annual “Night of Champions” National Awards Banquet January 8 in Indianapolis, Ind. Tickets for the banquet may be ordered by calling USAC at 317-247-5151 or by e-mailing heidi@usacracing.com.

FINAL USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Nik Romano-1,050; 2-Cody Gerhardt-967; 3-Zach Stout-758; 4-Michael J. Lewis-564; 5-Jeff Oleen-541; 6-Eric Gunderson-481; 7-Garrett Peterson-478; 8-Connor Kassik-441; 9-J.R. Williams-437; 10-Keegan Walmer-360.

KUHN, HANSEN CELEBRATE 2009 TITLES AS CLAUSON TAKES 69TH “TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX”

Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. and Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. emerged with USAC Midget driving championships Thursday night following the 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.), won by Bryan Clauson.

Kuhn is the 2009 USAC Mopar National Midget Champion and Hansen in the 2009 USAC Western Midget Champion. Kuhn was unable to finish Thursday’s race after being involved in a lap 12 altercation but finished eight points ahead of Brad Sweet in the final standings. Hansen finished sixth in Thursday’s race to wrap up his title drive.

Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., capped a great 2009 USAC season with a victory in Thursday night’s 98-lap race at Irwindale. Clauson caught early leader Josh Wise on lap 42 and led the rest of the way in his F & F Mechanical/Esslinger Beast/Esslinger Ford. Teammate Levi Roberts finished second to garner the Don Basile “Rookie of the Race” award. Pole winner Wise led the first 41 laps and finished third, ahead of Jerome Rodela and Tanner Swanson.

RW Motorsports of Lederach, Pa. (National) and Jerome Rodela of El Monte, Calif. (Western) claimed Midget car owner championships for 2010.

Kuhn, Hansen, RW Motorsports and Rodela are among USAC champions who will be honored at USAC’s annual “Night of Champions” National Awards Banquet January 8 in Indianapolis, Ind. Tickets for the banquet may be ordered by calling USAC at 317-247-5151 or by e-mailing heidi@usacracing.com.

FINAL USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Kuhn-1,239, 2--Brad Sweet-1,231, 3-Darren Hagen-1,186, 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,103, 5-Bobby East-1,023, 6-Cole Whitt-1,022, 7-Tracy Hines-958, 8-Bryan Clauson-900, 9-Chad Boat-765, 10-Zach Daum-544.

FINAL USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Garrett Hansen-1,123, 2-Jerome Rodela-1,000, 3-Alex Schutte-973, 4-Tanner Swanson-767, 5-David Prickett-699, 6-Scott Pierovich-640, 7-Shannon McQueen-583, 8-Josh Ford-501, 9-Alex Bowman-501; 10-Levi Roberts-424.

SWANSON REPEATS AS WESTERN SPRINT CHAMP; WHITT TAKES “TURKEY NIGHT” FINALE AT IRWINDALE

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. is the 2009 USAC Western Sprint Car Champion after finishing fourth in Thursday night’s 40-lap “Turkey Night Grand Prix” Sprint race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif.

JoJo Helberg of Rohnert Park, Calif. took the series runner-up honors over Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. in a tie-breaker after the two emerged with duplicate point totals. Helberg finish eighth and Hunt ninth Thursday.

Cole Whitt of Alpine, Calif. put his Red Bull/Ferguson Beast/Chevy in the lead at the drop of the green flag and proceeded to lead all the way to win Thursday night’s race at Irwindale. Whitt was trailed at the checkered flag by Kody Swanson, Scott Pierovich, Tanner Swanson and Bobby East.

The title is the second in a row for Swanson and his car owner, TK Motorsports of Kingsburg, Calif., who will be among honorees at USAC’s annual “Night of Champions” National Awards Banquet January 8 in Indianapolis, Ind. Tickets for the banquet may be ordered by calling USAC at 317-247-5151 or by e-mailing heidi@usacracing.com.

FINAL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Tanner Swanson-845, 2-JoJo Helberg-679, 3-Tony Hunt-679, 4-Kody Swanson-651, 5-Brian McClish-604, 6-Audra Sasselli-590, 7-Eric Humphries-503, 8-Shauna Hogg-496, 9-Jimmy Riddell-304, 10-Mike Murgoitio-301.

SPENCER 1ST TO REPEAT AS USAC/CRA SPRINT CHAMP; CLAUSON CLOSES 2009 WITH 11TH USAC WIN

Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. is the first driver to claim a second Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car crown, wrapping up the championship with a fifth-place finish in Saturday night’s “Glenn Howard Memorial” finale at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. scored his 11th USAC feature victory of the 2010 season Saturday night, leading all 30 laps at the half-mile dirt Perris oval. Clauson, who also won Thursday night’s “Turkey Night Grand Prix” Midget race at Irwindale, Calif., put his Parker Stone Company Maxim/Gaerte in victory lane and was never seriously challenged during the 30-lap contest.

Tony Jones, who started on the pole but declined the option to take the $30,000 Glenn Howard Challenge and retained his starting spot instead of going to the back of the field, finished second ahead of Damion Gardner, Garrett Hansen and Spencer.

Spencer’s car owner, Ron Chaffin Motorsports of Madera, Calif., also emerged as the series car owner champions.

Spencer and Chaffin, like all other USAC champions, will be honored at USAC’s annual “Night of Champions” National Awards Banquet January 8 in Indianapolis, Ind. Tickets for the banquet may be ordered by calling USAC at 317-247-5151 or by e-mailing heidi@usacracing.com.

FINAL LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-1,056, 2-David Cardey-949, 3-Garrett Hansen-904; 4-Blake Miller-743, 5-Greg Bragg-738, 6-Danny Sheridan-732, 7-Matt Mitchell-687, 8-Rip Williams-640, 9-Cory Kruseman-608, 10-Damion Gardner-510.

CLAUSON CLOSES OUT 2010 WITH WIRE-TO-WIRE “GLENN HOWARD MEMORIAL” VICTORY

Perris, CA…….Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. scored his 11th USAC feature victory of the 2010 season Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway, leading all 30 laps of the “Glenn Howard Memorial” Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at the half-mile dirt oval. The race concluded the 2010 USAC racing season. Clauson, who also won Thursday night’s “Turkey Night Grand Prix” Midget race at Irwindale, Calif., put his Parker Stone Company Maxim/Gaerte in victory lane and was never seriously challenged during the 30-lap contest. Tony Jones, who started on the pole but declined the option to take the $30,000 Glenn Howard Challenge and retained his starting spot instead of going to the back of the field, finished second ahead of Damion Gardner, Garrett Hansen and 2009 Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Champion Mike Spencer.

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 28, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.848, 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.899, 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.984, 4. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-17.082, 5. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.094, 6. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.231, 7. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-17.263, 8. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.273, 9. Dave Darland, 41k, Kruseman-17.276, 10. Bryan Clauson, 7c, Tucker-17.442, 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.462, 12. Robert Ellis, 12, Blair-17.466, 13. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.475, 14. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.522, 15. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.559, 16. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-17.621, 17. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.704, 18. Charles Davis Jr., 66, Miller-17.710, 19. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.731, 20. Cole Carter, 7x, Carter-17.734, 21. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-17.804, 22. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.833, 23. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.884, 24. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camarillo-17.958, 25. Brian Camarillo, 22, Camarillo-18.033, 26. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-18.134, 27. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-18.167, 28. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.254, 29. Billy Felts Jr., 39, Gardner-18.302, 30. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-18.577, 31. Cal Smith, 39c, Smith-18.640, 32. Jerry Welton, 62x, Welton-19.019, 33. Matt Stewart, 27, McWilliams-19.517.

DASH: (3 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Mitchell, 3. Spencer, 4. D.Gardner. 51.49

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brian Camarillo, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Crawford, 4. T.Jones, 5. Kruseman, 6. Felts, 7. Howell, 8. Stewart, 9. Darland. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Solberg, 2. Clauson, 3. Spencer, 4. Davis, 5. Ford, 6. Miller, 7. Bragg, 8. Bates. 2:55.02

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Mitchell, 3. Hansen, 4. Sheridan, 5. A.Williams, 6. Shedarowich, 7. Smith, 8. C.Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brent Camarillo, 2. Cardey, 3. Faas, 4. Carter, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Ellis, 7. Adderson, 8. Welton. 2:56.48

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Kruseman, 3. A.Williams, 4. Darland, 5. Miller, 6. R.Gardner, 7. Ford, 8. Ellis, 9. Shedarowich, 10. Felts, 11. C.Williams, 12. Adderson, 13. Bates, 14. Stewart, 15. Smith, 16. Howell, 17. Welton. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Garrett Hansen, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. David Cardey, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Nic Faas, 10. Greg Bragg, 11. Rip Williams, 12. Danny Sheridan, 13. Austin Williams, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Ludvig Solberg IV, 17. Brent Camarillo, 18. Cole Carter, 19. Josh Ford, 20. Brian Camarillo, 21. Charles Davis Jr., 22. Cody Williams, 23. Jimmy Crawford, 24. Ronnie Gardner. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Clauson

FINAL LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,056; 2-Cardey-949; 3-Hansen-904; 4-Miller-743; 5-Bragg-738; 6-Sheridan-732; 7-Mitchell-687; 8-R.Williams-640; 9-Kruseman-608; 10-D.Gardner-510.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Wise, 11, Wilke-Pak-16.705; 2. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-16.728; 3. Levi Roberts, 2D, DeBeaumont-16.738; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.742; 5. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-16.749; 6. Ryan Kaplan, 20k, Kaplan/Gennuso-16.775; 7. Bryan Clauson, 11D, DeBeaumont-16.790; 8. Jason Leffler, 45, Western Speed-16.809; 9. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-16.844; 10. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.853; 11. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-16.857; 12. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-16.881; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-16.898; 14. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-16.901; 15. Kody Swanson, 40, Western Speed-16.911; 16. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-16.940; 17. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-16.989; 18. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.004; 19. Tanner Swanson, 51, DeBeaumont-17.012; 20. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-17.014; 21. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-17.017; 22. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-17.019; 23. Thomas Meseraull, 38, McGerigle-17.027; 24. Alex Bowman, 55, Specialty Racing-17.075; 25. Tracy Hines, 05H, Loyet-17.091; 26. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio-17.098; 27. Dave Darland, 12k, Kruseman-17.101; 28. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-17.103; 29. Shane Hmiel, 97, Kunz-17.115; 30. Cole Carter, 15, Neverlift-17.120; 31. Tony Hunt, 4x, Rosen-17.133; 32. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.180; 33. Alex Schutte, 21D, DeBeaumont-17.233; 34. Bobby Grewohl, 10c, Eskesen-17.271; 35. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.276; 36. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-17.475; 37. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-17.528; 38. Cody Swanson, 5, VanDyne-17.532; 39. Austin Mero, 14k, Kruseman-17.766; 40. Nick Chivello, 27B, Chivello-17.798; 41. #80, Western Speed-NT.

FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. Hines, 3. T.Swanson, 4. Darland, 5. Pierovich, 6. Schutte, 7. Hmiel, 8. C.Armstrong, 9. Meseraull, 10. Clarke, 11. Conley, 12. Hunt, 13. Mero. NT

SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Santos, 3. Hamilton, 4. Kramer, 5. Margeson, 6. Carter, 7. Bowman, 8. Murgoitio, 9. Loyet, 10. Grewohl, 11. C.Swanson, 12. Wagner, 13. Chivello. 3:26.03

FEATURE: (98 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Levi Roberts, 3. Josh Wise, 4.Jerome Rodela, 5. Tanner Swanson, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Garrett Hansen, 8. Alex Bowman, 9. Davey Hamilton, 10. Dakoda Armstrong, 11. Kody Swanson, 12. Caleb Armstrong, 13. Bobby East, 14. Zach Daum, 15. Henry Clarke, 16. Dave Darland, 17. Cole Whitt, 18. Chad Boat, 19. Adam Kramer, 20. Alex Schutte, 21. Evan Margeson, 22. Cole Carter, 23. Ryan Kaplan, 24. Bobby Santos III, 25. Shane Hmiel, 26. Tracy Hines, 27. Mike Murgoitio, 28. Brad Kuhn, 29. Scott Pierovich, 30. Brad Loyet, 31. Jason Leffler, 32. Darren Hagen. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-41 Wise, Laps 42-98 Clauson.

FINAL MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Kuhn-1,239; 2-Sweet-1,231; 3-Hagen-1,186; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,103; 5-East-1,023; 6-Whitt-1,022; 7-Hines-958; 8-Clauson-900; 9-Boat-765; 10-Daum-544.

FINAL WESTERN MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Hansen-1,123; 2-Rodela-1,000; 3-Schutte-973; 4-T.Swanson-767; 5-David Prickett-699; 6-Pierovich-640; 7-Shannon McQueen-583; 8-Josh Ford-501; 9-Bowman-501; 10-Roberts-424.

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-16.487; 2. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-16.519; 3. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-16.558; 4. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-16.661; 5. Cole Whitt, 29w, CW-16.672; 6. Ryan Kaplan, 20, Kaplan-16.717; 7. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-16.744; 8. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-16.828; 9. Davey Hamilton, 40, Western Speed-16.877; 10. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan-16.922; 11. Tracy Hines, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.935; 12. Tim Skoglund, 16, Harvest Supply-16.944; 13. Bryan Warf, 91, Warf-16.981; 14. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-16.987; 15. Rick Hendrix, 97, Hendrix-17.000; 16. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-17.071; 17. Jeff Bird, 51, McClouski-17.118; 18. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-17.174; 19. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-17.228; 20. Troy DeCaire, 19x, Riddell-17.246; 21. Chris Schmelzle, 25z, Zema-17.305; 22. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-17.309; 23. Randy Bauer, 50, Goetz-17.313; 24. Matt Mansell, 14m, Rendle-17.384; 25. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-17.446; 26. Jimmy Riddell, 19, Riddell-17.753; 27 . Drew Church, 28, Church-17.803; 28. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-19.437.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Scott Pierovich, 4. Tanner Swanson, 5. Bobby East, 6. Ryan Kaplan, 7. Audra Sasselli, 8. JoJo Helberg, 9. Tony Hunt, 10. Mike Murgoitio, 11. Luis Ramos III, 12. Rick Hendrix, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Davey Hamilton, 15. Bryan Warf, 16. Jeff Bird, 17. Brian McClish, 18. Tim Skoglund, 19. Troy DeCaire, 20. Ryan Burdett, 21. Jim Waters, 22. Chris Schmelzle, 23. Randy Bauer, 24. Eric Barlow, 25. Matt Mansell, 26. Drew Church, 27. Marvin Mitchell, 28. Jimmy Riddell. 19:34.98 --------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Whitt.

FINAL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Swanson-845; 2-Helberg-679; 3-Hunt-679; 4-K.Swanson-651; 5-McClish-604; 6-Sasselli-590; 7-Eric Humphries-503; 8-Shauna Hogg-496; 9-Riddell-304; 10-Murgoitio-301.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS:

November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California - Toyota Speedway at Irwindale - 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Keegan Walmer, 9, Sutton-14.524; 2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.605; 3. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.622; 4. Nik Romano, 42, Sutton-14.623; 5. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-14.666; 6. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.683; 7. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.717; 8. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-14.774; 9. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-14.795; 10. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-14.850; 11. Greg Paul, 70, Paul-14.917; 12. Austin Luttmer, 49, James-14.977; 13. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.979; 14. Dennis Simunovich, 5, Simunovich-15.028; 15. Jessica Clark, 38, Clark-15.083; 16. Brody Roa, 91, Roa-15.101; 17. Kyle Neveau, 32, Pankratz-15.153; 18. Kyle Cline, 35, Boyd-15.190; 19. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-15.196; 20. Bob Brewer, 5x, Brewer-15.223; 21. Henry Steele III, 92, Steele-15.224; 22. Gordy Edwards, 12, Edwards-15.389; 23. Gregg Fuette, 15, Fuette-15.400; 24. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.461; 25. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-15.535.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Taylor Ferns, 3. Michael J. Lewis, 4. Nik Romano, 5. Shawn Buckley, 6. Jake Blackhurst, 7. Zach Stout, 8. Michael Daniels, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Cody Gerhardt, 11. Greg Paul, 12. Bob Brewer, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Kyle Edwards, 15. Kyle Neveau, 16. Keegan Walmer, 17. Connor Kassik, 18. Kyle Cline, 19. Gregg Fuette, 20. Henry Steele III, 21. J.R. Williams, 22. Austin Luttmer, 23. Gordy Edwards, 24. Dennis Simunovich. 15:09.58 ---------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Peterson.

FINAL CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Romano-1,050; 2-Gerhardt-967; 3-Stout-758; 4-Lewis-564; 5-Jeff Oleen-541; 6-Eric Gunderson-481; 7-Peterson-478; 8-Kassik-441; 9-Williams-437; 10-Walmer-360.

“HOWARD MEMORIAL” VICTORY COULD BE WORTH $32,500-PLUS!

Victory in Saturday night’s “Glenn Howard Memorial” Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Series finale could be worth a whopping $32,500-plus for a driver willing to take the “Glenn Howard Challenge.”

Courtesy of So-Cal Performance, USAC and Perris Auto Speedway, a $30,000 bonus awaits a driver who earns the pole starting position but elects to start last, then ends up winning the 30-lap feature on the half-mile dirt oval.

Only twice in Perris Auto Speedway history has a driver been able to start last and win a Sprint car main event. Both drivers are expected to be in Saturday’s field, namely Rip Williams and Damion Gardner.

The bonus creates added excitement to what already shapes up as one of the best races of the season. Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. is headed for this year’s series championship, becoming the first two-time champion in USAC/CRA history. Runner-up David Cardey of Riverside, Calif. is currently 100 points back, but only 74 are available Saturday.

Cardey is 50 points ahead of third-ranking Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. Hansen will put the lid on his 2009 USAC Western Midget championship season Thursday at the 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. Four of the eight victories posted by the point-leading trio this year have come at the Perris oval.

Gardner won the last Perris race, the Budweiser Oval Nationals feature contested November 7, a race in which Spencer took second.

Saturday’s race honors the memory of the late driver, car owner, racing equipment businessman, sanctioning body leader and father of three sprint car drivers who passed away in 2007.

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