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AMP-SUPR at I-30 Speedway
RAINED OUT
SUPR/AMP Late Model Results
from I-30 Speedway
June 27, 2008 Results
Late Model -
Heats 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 20S Kevin Sitton Baytown , Tx 5
2 4 58X Gary Christian Broken Bow, Ok 4
3 5 5M Jon Mitchell Nash , Tx 3
4 3 65 Dewaine Hottinger Russellville , Ar 2
5 6 11C Jeff Chandler Minden , La 1
6 1 B79 Kenny Basco Malvern , Ar 0
7 7 23 Howard Willis Dayton , Tx 0
8 8 2 Allen Murray San Antonio, Tx 0
Late Model - Heats 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 18 Jack Sullivan Greenbriar , Ar 5
2 2 1A Ronny Adams Greenwood , La 4
3 5 93 Howard "ray" Moore Ii Shreveport , La 3
4 7 71A Allen Tippen Minden , La 2
5 3 2 Charlie Cole Harrisburg , Ar 1
6 4 1 Jeff Wells Jr. Trumann , Ar 0
7 8 TEN Mike Bowers North Little, Ar 0
8 6 84B Nicholas Brown Hodge , La 0
Late Model - Heats 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 6 21D Lee Davis Greenwood , La 5
2 2 38 Mark Andrews Marion , La 4
3 8 21 Billy
Moyer Jr. Batesville , Ar 3
4 1 76B Shane Diamant Maumelle , Ar 2
5 4 84 Tom Lorenz Mesquite , Tx 1
6 7 95H Andy Hockenhall Conway , Ar 0
7 3 7 Wayne Skinner Stuggart , Ar 0
8 5 27S Tommy Surrett Little Rock, Ar 0
SUPR Late Model - Heats 4
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 R5 Kyle Cummings Sibley , La 5
2 2 86 Kyle Beard Trumann , Ar 4
3 6 99 Clay Fisher Dewitt , Ar 3
4 3 75D Patrick Daniel Wills Point, Tx 2
5 7 C28 Kenny Merchant W. Monroe, La 1
6 4 U2 Terry Henson N. Little, Ar 0
7 5 37 Joseph Long Bryant , Ar 0
Late Model - Last Chance 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 C28 Kenny Merchant W. Monroe, La 4
2 2 2 Charlie Cole Harrisburg , Ar 3
3 4 1 Jeff Wells Jr Trumann , Ar 2
4 3 95H Andy Hockenhall Conway , Ar 1
5 5 TEN Mike Bowers North Little, Ar 0
6 6 7 Wayne Skinner Stuggart , Ar 0
7 8 27S Tommy Surrett Little Rock, Ar 0
8 7 2 Allen Murray San Antonio, Tx 0
Late Model - Last Chance 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 11C Jeff Chandler Minden , La 4
2 5 23 Howard Willis Dayton , Tx 3
3 4 U2 Terry Henson N. Little, Ar 2
4 2 84 Tom Lorenz Mesquite , Tx 1
5 7 84B Nicholas Brown Hodge , La 0
6 6 37 Joseph Long Bryant , Ar 0
7 3 B79 Kenny Basco Malvern , Ar 0
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 21D Lee Davis Greenwood , La 100
2 2 20S Kevin Sitton Baytown , Tx 95
3 3 18 Jack Sullivan Greenbriar , Ar 90
4 17 C28 Kenny Merchant W. Monroe, La 85
5 5 21 Billy Moyer Jr. Batesville , Ar 80
6 6 58X Gary Christian Broken Bow, Ok 75
7 13 71A Allen Tippen Minden , La 70
8 4 R5 Kyle Cummings Sibley , La 65
9 20 23 Howard Willis Dayton , Tx 60
10 12 93 Ray Moore Shreveport , La 55
11 11 5M Jon Mitchell Nash , Tx 50
12 7 99 Clay Fisher Dewitt , Ar 45
13 16 75D Patrick Daniel Wills Point, Tx 40
14 9 38 Mark Andrews Marion , La 35
15 15 76B Shane Diamant Maumelle , Ar 30
16 19 2 Charlie Cole Harrisburg , Ar 25
17 21 84B Nicholas Brown Hodge , La 20
18 22 1 Jeff Wells Jr Trumann , Ar 15
19 10 86 Kyle Beard Trumann , Ar 10
20 18 11C Jeff Chandler Minden , La 5
21 14 65 Dewaine Hottinger Russellville , Ar 5
22 8 1A Ronny Adams Greenwood , La 5
The 2008 King of Indiana
Sprint Series
A Summary and Some Thoughts
Stanford, IN, July 1, 2008 –-
The 2008 King of Indiana Sprint Series is in the books. While the spring
of ’08 will be remembered for heavy rains and devastating flooding around the
Hoosier state, there were five races, and they weren’t always easy to get in.
Following a week that was wracked by vicious storms, many competitors had
difficulty driving to both Haubstadt and Kokomo. Some, including Jon
Stanbrough, spent more than 8 hours on the road, as many state roads and
national highways were closed, cutting the northern half of the state off from
the southern. Yet, they showed up to race, averaging more than 23 cars a
night, as did the fans. Just days after flooding wrecked homes, cut off
electric service, and caused the evacuation of much of Paragon and nearby towns,
Paragon Speedway hosted the KISS finale.
With this havoc, six drivers, Jon Stanbrough, Hunter Schuerenberg, Kyle Cummins,
Jeff Bland Jr., A. J. Anderson, and Scott Hampton, competed in all of the
events. They made all of the feature races, with the exception of
Schuerenberg, who wrecked in his heat race the first night, at Gas City, but
rebounded to win at Kokomo Speedway and finish second in the points.
Stanbrough claimed his fourth KISS championship, the third in a row, and his
three wins gave him a series total of 14. Once he captured the first two
races, at Gas City and Bloomington, then finished second to Daron Clayton at
Tri-State Speedway, everyone knew that it would be difficult for anyone else to
challenge for the title unless some catastrophe struck. But the race for
second remained close until the final checkered flag, with Cummins, Schuerenberg,
Bland, Anderson, Brady Short and Jesse Hockett all involved.
Each event on this year’s schedule demonstrated the excitement of Hoosier
sprint car racing. At Gas City, the Demon, Damion Gardner, started 22nd,
raced to the front where he battled Stanbrough wheel-to-wheel until making
contact with a car he was lapping and flipping spectacularly. With 60 cars
in Bloomington’s pits, it was Short, dueling with Levi
Jones for second, who had fans on their feet. Schuerenberg scrapped
his way from the sixth row to win at Kokomo, and in what may have been the most
memorable performance of the series, after getting caught in a first lap tangle
during the finale at Paragon, Hockett charged through the C- and B-Mains to earn
fifth in the feature, starting at the back of each race.
“This kind of goes back to our old Indiana Sprint Week the way it used to be,
without any sanctioning bodies,” Stanbrough said after securing the title.
He pointed out that the local race tracks run the series and the atmosphere is
more laid back and enjoyable than bigger shows. “You know I’ve won the
Sprint Week championship, but this is something that I’ll be able to look back
at and be proud of having won it four times,” he added.
While he had won USAC events at Paragon Speedway in the past, the fact that he
and the Fox’s had yet to visit Paragon’s Victory Lane together wasn’t
forgotten. “It was important to me to try to come down here and win
tonight, or at least run as good as I can, because I didn’t want to win the
championship finishing in the back of the race. It makes the championship
that much sweeter to be able to win the final race down here tonight,” he
said.
Looking at the historical aspect of the King of Indiana Sprint Series, the first
five years saw as many different champions: Dickie Gaines, Tony Elliott,
Stanbrough, Michael Burthay and Justin Marvel. Stanbrough scored four wins
in those five years, but Elliott had three, Kevin Briscoe, Kent Christian and
Burthay had two each. Then, in 2006, Stanbrough teamed with Steve and Brad
Fox and the status was no longer quo.
Over the last three KISS tours, Stanbrough and the Fox brothers have won ten of
17 main events, an amazing 58.8% This performance has brought a variety of
reactions from fans and competitors. While most appreciate the fact that
the team will be remembered as one of the best sprint car teams of this or any
era, a few thought something funny was going on.
Two complaints heard were that Stanbrough always got to start the heat races on
the front row, and another was that they are using traction control.
Obviously, he doesn’t get preferential treatment at any of the tracks, and the
numbers don’t support starting every heat race at the front. This year,
his starting spots were 6 – 6 – 2 – 1 – 3, and of course his finishing
positions were 2 – 3 – 1 – 1 – 1. In 2007, his KISS heat race
starting spots were 7 – 7 – 1 – 6 – 4 – 2, and his finishes were 2 –
1 – 1 – 9 – 2 – 1. The year before, he started 2 – 5 – 6 – 3
– 6 and finished 1 – 1 – 4 – 1 – 2. One of the keys to short
track racing is to transfer to the feature through the heat race, which Jon did
nearly 100% of the time over the last three years, one of the two exceptions was
when he was caught up in a first lap wreck at Putnamville last year. And
in those same 16 races, he’s started on the front row just five times, while
starting in the third row or further back eight times, which is fairly average
for anyone running all of the races.
As for traction control, or any other technical advantages, it certainly can’t
be said that the Fox’s have a significantly larger budget than anyone else.
Each of the tracks is responsible for ensuring the rules of their facility, and
there has never been a hint of illegality in their equipment. While
traction control is not expensive and there are various schemes to hide it, it
provides more of an advantage on pavement and may be easier to detect on the
dirt. Clearly, USAC’s technical inspectors have more ability to identify
traction control devices at their events, and IF the Fox team was using it in
local and KISS races, their performance could be expected to fall off when they
remove it for a USAC program. Yet, they have won more USAC sprint car
features than anyone else over the last two years. ‘Nuff said.
Last summer, Stanbrough earned the first KISS Champion’s Helmet.
Sponsored by Sprint Car & Midget Magazine, Simpson Performance Products and
painted by Noah Ennis of Eagle Graphix, the helmet featured a theme of the
Hoosier state flag and the KISS logo. Stanbrough said that he only wanted
to wear it one time in competition, and then save it on his trophy shelf.
He wore it while winning the KISS finale at Paragon Speedway. The photo
attached to this release (photo credit: David Heithaus) shows him prior to the
start of that 30-lap feature.
Unfortunately for everyone, the weather delayed completion of construction at
the Lawrenceburg
Speedway and that event was canceled. Looking forward to the 2009
KISS series, the track promoters will have another private dinner this fall to
fashion the schedule, review the rules and determine the details. If at
all possible, it will be bigger and better than the previous eight editions.
And next May, everyone will start with 0 points and chase one of the most valued
crowns in sprint car racing.
Final 2008 KISS Points: 1. Jon Stanbrough 717, 2. Hunter Schuerenberg 563, 3.
Kyle Cummins 562, 4. Jeff Bland Jr. 547, 5. AJ Anderson 529, 6. Daron Clayton
405, 7. Scott Hampton 379, 8. Shain Matthews 359, 9. Jesse Hockett 345, 10.
Thomas Meseraull 326, 11. Scotty Weir 314, 12. Brady Short 295, 13. Chase
Stockon 273, 14. Hud Cone 270, 15. Robert Ballou 267, 16. Casey Shuman 256, 17.
Jesse Cramer and Matt Goodnight 251 (tie), 19. Brett Burdette 240, 20. Kevin
Thomas Jr. 239
2008 King Of Indiana Sprint Series
Gas City I-69 Speedway
Friday, May 16
Stanbrough
Lawrenceburg Speedway
Saturday, May 24
canceled
Bloomington Speedway
Friday, May 30
Stanbrough
Tri-State Speedway
Saturday, June 7
Clayton
Kokomo Speedway
Sunday, June 8
Schuerenberg
Paragon Speedway
Saturday, June 21
Stanbrough
2008 Indiana Modified Schedule
coming
soon
2008 King of Indiana Sprint Car Series
Gas City I-69 Speedway
Friday, May 16
Lawrenceburg Speedway
Saturday, May 24
Bloomington Speedway
Friday, May 30
Tri-State Speedway
Saturday, June 7
Kokomo Speedway
Sunday, June 8
Paragon Speedway
Saturday, June 21
AMP
2008 SERIES SCHEDULE
Battle of the States Arkansas Motorsport Professional Series V/S Mississippi
State
Champion Challenge Series
March 21 AMP/MSCCS North Alabama Speedway $2000.00 to win
March 22 AMP/MSCCS Corinth Speedway $2500.00 to win
March 29 Monticello Speedway, Monticello, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
April 4 Beebe Speedway, Beebe, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
May 9 Beebe Speedway, Beebe, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
May 10 Central Arkansas Speedway, Plummerville, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
May 17 Monticello Speedway, Monticello, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
May 23 Off- Showme 100
May 24 Off- Showme 100
June 6 Beebe Speedway, Beebe, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
June 7 Central Arkansas Speedway, Plummerville, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
June 13 Batesville Speedway, Batesville, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
June 14 I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
June 27 AMP/SUPR I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, Arkansas $1250.00
June 28 AMP/SUPR I-30 Speedway. Little Rock, Arkansas $2500.00
July 19 AMP/SUPR Greenville Speedway, Greenville, Mississippi $2500.00
August 1 AMP/SUPR I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, Ark (pending)
August 2 AMP/SUPR I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, Ark (pending)
August 9 Topless 40 Monticello, Speedway Presented by Smith Towing. $3000.00
August 15 Off- Topless 100
August 16 Off- Topless 100
August 23 Central Arkansas Speedway, Plummerville, Arkansas $1500.00 to win
October 4 Greenville Speedway, Greenville Mississippi, $1500.00
2008 Bama Brawl
BAMA BRAWL Weekend - AMP Series - World of Outlaws
October 11- 2008 BAMA BRAWL WoO Prep Race featuring AMP Late Models WoO rules
apply $1500.00
October 12- 2008 BAMA BRAWL World of Outlaws $700.00 to start $7000.00 to win
WoO
rules apply
Schedule subject to change and will be updated
King of Indiana Sprint Car Series Champion
2007 -
Jon Stanbrough
2006 - Jon Stanbrough
2005 - Justin Marvel
2004
- Michael Burthay
2003 - Jon Stanbrough
2002 -
Tony Elliott
2001 - Dickie Gaines
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