USAC AWARDS BANQUET DECEMBER 3 IN INDIANAPOLIS


    The 2010 USAC Awards Banquet is scheduled for Friday night, December 3, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in downtown Indianapolis, Ind. Champions of USAC’s 2010 racing series will be honored during the gala evening.

    The affair will be held this year in conjunction with the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS), which will be held December 1-3 at the Indiana Convention Center, located just one block south of the banquet facility.

    In addition to the various series championship awards, numerous other performance awards are part of the ceremonies as well as special recognition awards.

    USAC’s new Traxxas Off-Road Truck Championships will also be featured at the banquet, which gets under way with a cocktail hour at 6 pm and dinner to follow at 7.

    Reservations for this special evening are being accepted by Nikki Wilke at the USAC headquarters at nikki@usacracing.com or by calling 317-247-5151 (Ext. 214). Tickets for the banquet are priced at $60 each. Hotel reservations at the Embassy Suites at $145 per night are also available by contacting the housing bureau at 317-684-2573 and mentioning the “USAC” block.

    Free IMIS show registration is available by logging on to IMIS-INDY.com.

    The Indiana Roof Ballroom is located at 140 W. Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis. Don’t miss this memorable night of recognition of those who excelled during USAC’s 2010 racing season!
 

3 PONTOON BEACH RACES COULD SHAKE UP NDC STANDINGS;
COONS BACK IN 3RD AFTER “4-CROWN”


    Three nights of racing at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. this week could shake up the 2010 USAC National Driver championship standings, depending on performances by the top-ranking drivers.

    Little change took place at the top during last weekend’s “4-Crown Nationals” tripleheader at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, with Bryan Clauson entering the weekend with a 27-point cushion over Levi Jones and exiting with a 29-point cushion. Clauson posted a victory and two seconds while Jones had a win, a third and a 16th.

    Jerry Coons Jr., who won the “4-Crown” Midget race, vaulted back around Tracy Hines in the standings, now eight ahead of Hines in third place.

    The USAC Mopar National Midget Series competes in full point-paying events Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights in the “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill.

    The 2010 USAC National Drivers Champion will receive a $40,000 cash prize, while the “top-10” in the standings will share in the year-end NDC points fund.


2010 USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

1-Bryan Clauson-1,091, 2-Levi Jones-1,064, 3-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,017, 4-Tracy Hines-1,009, 5-Damion Gardner-972, 6-Dave Darland-969, 7-Shane Hmiel-886, 8-Chris Windom-847, 9-Bobby East-846, 10-Henry Clarke-799.

OCT. 23 HICKORY RACE CONCLUDES EASTERN/CAROLINA FOCUS SERIES;
HUNTER WIRE-TO-WIRE IN SATURDAY’S DILLON FEATURE


    The 2010 USAC Eastern and Carolina Ford Focus Series will conclude October 23 at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway and Scott Hunter of Mooresville, N.C. is eyeing both titles after winning Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Dillon (S.C.) Motor Speedway.

    Hunter led all 30 laps to win Saturday’a Dillon main event in his Brown & Miller Racing Solutions/Joe Gibbs Racing Oil Beast. Justin Hommel finished second and was followed by Jarett Andretti, Jeremy Frankoski and Tyler Corriher.

    Hunter’s 2010 USAC record at Hickory includes a pair of feature wins, a second, a third and a fourth in five starts.


USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe -Liguori-801, 2-Jake Blackhurst-777, 3-Kyle O’Gara-675, 4-Tyler Cottongim-607, 5-Jessica Bean-569, 6-Toby Alfrey-547, 7-Andy Nock-516, 8-Scott Hunter-418, 9-Eric Rankine-404, 10-Tate Martz-398.

FINAL USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-472, 2-Jake Blackhurst-403, 3-Eric Rankine-371, 4-Jessica Bean-361, 5-Kyle O’Gara-320, 6-Bill Kriegbaum-288, 7-Toby Alfrey-221, 8-Ross Rankine-183, 9-Byron Stowe-168, 10-Brunson Behning-167.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS

1-Jake Blackhurst-607, 2-Joe Liguori-569, 3-Kyle O’Gara-513, 4-Tyler Cottongim-482, 5-Andy Nock-411, 6-Tate Martz-398, 7-Geoff Gerline-295, 8-Toby Alfrey-294, 9-Scott Hunter-282, 10-Justin Hommel-281.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Michael Daniels-801, 2-Chuck Groat-632, 3-Ron Duncombe-553, 4-J.R. Williams-539, 5-Terra Brower-499, 6-Connor Kassik-477, 7-Gregg Fuette-456, 8-Austin Luttmer-445, 9-Jeremy McKenna-397, 10-Cody Gerhardt-351.

USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Scott Hunter-764, 2-Nick Drake-693, 3-Justin Hommel-659, 4-Chris Lamb-559, 5-Tyler Corriher-558, 6-Jarett Andretti-461, 7-Cody Acton-327, 8-Jake Blackhurst-300, 9-Billy Gaule-286, 10-Eric Coomes-281.

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Scott Hunter-967, 2-Justin Hommel-818, 3-Nick Drake-808, 4-Tyler Corriher-631, 5-Chris Lamb-545, 6-Jarett Andretti-492, 7-Cody Acton-321, 8-Billy Gaule-313, 9-Tyler Cottongim-292, 10-Eric Coomes-281.



USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Carlson-768, 2-Cody Gerhardt-764, 3-Michael Daniels-731, 4-Kyle Edwards-700, 5-Bobby Runyan-699 , 6-Chuck Groat-632, 7-Cody Thompson-575, 8-Keegan Walmer-562, 9-Connor Kassik-561, 10-Wally Pankratz-558.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS

1-Cody Gerhardt-966, 2-Bobby Runyan-879, 3-Cody Thompson-575, 4-Keegan Walmer-562, 5-Garrett Peterson-550, 6-Eli Schrock-499, 7-Austin Farley-456, 8-Connor Kassik-443, 9-Shawn Buckley-385, 10-J.R. Williams-370.

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Carlson-759, 2-Kyle Edwards-676, 3-Jet Davison-611, 4-Andrew Murray-537, 5-Andrew Mulhearn-536, 6-Zach Stout-441, 7-Wally Pankratz-404, 8-Tony Cinque-332, 9-Jake Blackhurst-272, 10-Kalvin Douglas-125.

USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Cody Gerhardt-565, 2-Garrett Peterson-550, 3-Cody Thompson-541, 4-Keegan Walmer-531, 5-Bobby Runyan-479, 6-Courtney Atkinson-255, 7-Tim Skoglund-247, 8-Connor Kassik-218, 9-J.R. Williams-204, 10-Austin Farley-151.

USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS

1-Cody Gerhardt-515, 2-Bobby Runyan-507, 3-Eli Schrock-499, 4-Austin Farley-456, 5-Shawn Buckley-385, 6-Jessica Clark-271, 7-Kyle Edwards-226, 8-Cody Thompson-217, 9-Connor Kassik-211, 10-Keegan Walmer-204.

USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brandon White-750, 2-Jarid Blondel-745, 3-Casey Martinez-730, ,4-Alex Jacobsen-719 5-Collin Henry-553, 6-Keegan Walmer-544, 7-Daniel Williams-523, 8-Cody Thompson-508, 9-Austin Farley-440, 10-Logan Williams-429.

USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS

1-Casey Martinez-730, 2-Alex Jacobsen-719, 3-Jarid Blondel-711, 4-Collin Henry-553, 5-Daniel Williams-523, 6-Logan Williams-429, 7-Bradley Morris-404, 8-Winn Frazin-283, 9-Tanner Kershaw-201, 10-Jake Blackhurst-112.

USAC WESTERN YOUNG GUNS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS

1-Brandon White-761 , 2-Keegan Walmer-544, 3-Cody Thompson-508, 4-Austin Farley-440, 5-Jarid Blondel-333, 6-Courtney Atkinson-312, 7-Jessica Clark-212, 8-Winn Frazin-108, 9-Tanner Long-68, 10-Jimmy Moon-57.

USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brandon White-438, 2-Keegan Walmer-425, 3-Cody Thompson-392, 4-Courtney Atkinson-312, 5-Austin Farley-126, 6-Jessica Clark-60, 7-Tanner Long-59, 8-Shon Gooden-55, 9-Jarid Blondel-53, 10-Winn Frazin-46.

USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Brandon White-377, 2-Austin Farley-378, 3-Jarid Blondel-333, 4-Jessica Clark-212, 5-Keegan Walmer-119, 6-Cody Thompson-116, 7-Winn Frazin-108, 8-Tanner Long-68, 9-Jimmy Moon-57.

FINAL USAC MIDWEST YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS

1-Cooper Clouse-517, 2-Ross Rankine-495, 3-Stevie Kuhn-439, 4-Gage Walker-420, 5-Max McGee-193, 6-Austin Prock-133, 7-Brendon Bock-117, 8-Derrick Morris-103, 9-Mike Gass-95, 10-Tyler Shullick-61.

SPECIAL “NON-POINTS” REGIONAL RACE AT TOLEDO OCTOBER 16;
BEDFORD WINS AT BERLIN; 2 TITLES TO ARMSTRONG


    Dalton Armstrong of New Castle, Ind. is the 2010 USAC Regional and USAC/WOMS Midget Champion after finishing second in Saturday night’s series finale at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich.

    Armstrong trailed Daniel Bedford to the checkered flag in the 25-lap race and outpointed Dillon Welch for both titles. The Regional and WOMS series will combine for a special “non-points” race October 16 in conjunction with the “Rollie Beale 150” USAC Silver Crown race at the Toledo (Ohio) Speedway.

    Bedford, of Brentwood, Calif., took the 25-lap Berlin feature in his F & F Mechanical/Esslinger Beast, leading the final five laps after getting the lead from Welch, who eventually ended up 11th in the finishing order. Armstrong was second, followed by Chris Phillips, Grant Galloway and Jim Anderson.


FINAL USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dalton Armstrong-804, 2-Dillon Welch-759, 3-Chris Phillips-672, 4-Buddy Lowther-504, 5-Dave Fuhrman-441, 6-Daniel Bedford-348, 7-Kyle Hamilton-299, 8-Levi Roberts-268, 9-Ali Jackson-235, 10-Shannon McIntosh-230.

FINAL USAC/WOMS MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dalton Armstrong-358, 2-Dillon Welch-332, 3-Chris Phillips-312, 4-Daniel Bedford-263, 5-Doug Dietsch-191, 6-Buddy Lowther-182, 7-Tom Fedorczyk-173, 8-Nick Wagner-166, 9-Grant Galloway-140, 10-Phil Rutledge-140.
 

360 SPRINTS AT TULARE’S THUNDERBOWL SATURDAY


    Saturday’s night’s “Sprinting for the Cure” racing program at the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway benefits breast cancer research and concludes the 2010 series.

    Drivers Craig Stidham and Davey Pombo will battle for the series championship Saturday, then the series will compete at Giant Speedway in Hanford, Calif. October 16 in a special “non-points” event.

    Stidham has a 26-point lead over Pombo entering Saturday’s race. A total of 74 points are available, so Saturday’s feature performance is pivotal.

    Stidham won back-to-back feature events at Tulare in April but his car was disqualified after finishing fourth there in May. He also was second to Dean Alexander in a March race at Tulare. Pombo has had a second, fourth and eighth in three Tulare starts this season.

    Bud Kaeding won the last Tulare 360 Sprint race, in May, and BK currently leads the USAC Silver Crown standings.


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Craig Stidham-1,096, 2-Davey Pombo-1,070, 3-T.J. Smith-1,019, 4-Justyne Hamblin-908, 5-Danny Faria Jr.-801, 6-Peter Murphy-784, 7-Richard VanderWeerd-758, 8-Rusty Carlile-724, 9-Jace VanderWeerd-675, 10-Wes Gutierrez-575.

CRA RETURNS TO PERRIS OCTOBER 9;
KRUSEMAN GETS “HOME-TRACK” VICTORY AT VENTURA


    The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series returns to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway October 9 in a tuneup for the upcoming November “Budweiser Oval Nationals.” Mike Spencer, seeking a record third series title, leads Danny Sheridan in the most recent standings by 226 points.

    Ventura, Calif.’s Cory Kruseman grabbed another feature event at his “home” track Saturday night, winning the 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car feature at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. Kruseman took the lead from Josh Ford on lap four and led the rest of the way in his Lucas Oil/Agromin Viper/Mopar. Tony Jones, Spencer, Brandon Thomson and Ford rounded out the top five at the checkered flag. Matt Mitchell was the fastest qualifier.

    Kruseman’s victory finds him third in the latest series standings, 43 behind Sheridan.


AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-1,074, 2-Danny Sheridan-848, 3-Cory Kruseman-805, 4-Blake Miller-763, 5-Matt Mitchell-676, 6-Tony Jones-552, 7-Greg Bragg-532, 8-David Cardey-529, 9-Jimmy Crawford-488, 10-Austin Williams-478.

“GOLD CROWN MIDGET NATIONALS” AT TRI-CITY;
COONS GIVES WILKE WIN #135 IN ELDORA’s “4-CROWN”


    Defending “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” champion Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. is looking forward to this week’s event at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. after winning Saturday night’s “4-Crown Nationals” feature at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

    The Eldora win was Coons’ first in the 2010 USAC Mopar National Midget Series but gave car owner Wilke-Pak Racing an all-time record 135th USAC National feature win.

    Coons won the “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” title in 2008 and rain forced cancellation of last year’s event at the Tri-City oval. Thursday and Friday night programs conclude with 25-lap features and a 50-lap main event concludes Saturday night’s finals. The event is co-sanctioned by the O’Reilly Powri Midget Series.

    Coons led all 25 laps of the “4-Crown Nationals” feature in his Toyota/Speedway Motors Spike/Toyota. He held off fast qualifier Bryan Clauson for the win. Brad Kuhn took third ahead of Tracy Hines and Bobby East. Shane Hmiel escaped injury in a flip on lap eight of the race.


USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Bryan Clauson-1,257, 2-Tracy Hines-1,194, 3-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,156, 4-Brad Kuhn-1,143, 5-Darren Hagen-1,118, 6-Dave Darland-1,064, 7-Brad Sweet-860, 8-Henry Clarke-746, 9-Bobby East-724, 10-Zach Daum-719.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES DIRT POINT STANDINGS

1-Bryan Clauson-953, 2-Brad Kuhn-918, 3-Jerry Coons Jr.-911, 4-Tracy Hines-865, 5-Dave Darland-813, 6-Darren Hagen-718, 7-Brad Loyet-638, 8-Brad Sweet-629, 9-Zach Daum-531, 10-Henry Clarke-527.

PERRIS SPRINT “OVAL NATIONALS” NOVEMBER 4-6;
JONES INCREASES POINT LEAD WITH “4-CROWN” VICTORY


    AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point leader Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. will take a 91-point lead over Bryan Clauson into the November 4-6 “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway in search of a record-tying fourth series championship. A title would tie him with Steve Butler, who also won four championships.

    Jones gave car owner and track owner Tony Stewart a “4-Crown Nationals” feature victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Jones led all 30 laps in his STP/Bass Pro Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy to beat Bryan Clauson, Damion Gardner, fast qualifier Jerry Coons Jr. and Bud Kaeding.

    Jones also enjoys a healthy lead in the 2010 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Dirt-track standings after his Eldora triumph.


USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,898, 2-Bryan Clauson-1,807, 3-Damion Gardner-1,769, 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,652, 5-Tracy Hines-1,564, 6-Chris Windom-1,508, 7-Henry Clarke-1,232, 8-Dave Darland-1,202, 9-Shane Hmiel-1,080, 10-Jon Stanbrough-909.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT DIRT POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,589, 2-Bryan Clauson-1,437, 3-Damion Gardner-1,409, 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,296, 5-Chris Windom-1,252, 6-Tracy Hines-1,204, 7-Dave Darland-1,202, 8-Jon Stanbrough-909, 9-Henry Clarke-902, 10-Robert Ballou-794.
 

“SUMAR CLASSIC” AT TERRE HAUTE OCTOBER 9;
“ROOKIE” CLAUSON TAKES ELDORA’S 4-CROWN SILVER CROWN


    Bud Kaeding’s quest for a record fourth USAC Silver Crown Championship continues October 9 in the “Sumar Classic 100” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track. Kaeding emerged from last Saturday’s “4-Crown Nationals” at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio with a 41-point lead over Levi Jones in the standings. Kaeding finished sixth in the 50-lapper.

    USAC Silver Crown Rookie Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. led all 50 laps to give car owner and Eldora Speedway owner Tony Stewart a victory at Edlora. Trailing Clauson’s Bass Pro Shops/Armor All Beast/Kistler Chevy entered by Stewart and Curb-Agajanian Racing were Dave Darland, fast qualifier Levi Jones, Shane Hmiel and Todd Kane.

    Seven drivers are separated by just 42 points in the battle for second in the new Silver Crown standings with 66 points available at Terre Haute.


USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Bud Kaeding-341, 2-Levi Jones-300, 3-Shane Hmiel-299, 4-Kody Swanson-289, 5-Jerry Coons Jr.-279, 6-Brian Tyler-263, 7-A.J. Fike-259, 8-Bryan Clauson-258, 9-Tracy Hines-220, 10-Bobby East-217.