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USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 12, 2007 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.005; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.133; 3. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-14.177; 4. JoJo Helberg, 7x, Helberg-14.310; 5. Jeff Bergener, 21, Gunn-14.385; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.500; 7. Rick Pardee, 10, Pardee-14.582; 8. Paul Marconi, 70, Marconi-14.608; 9. Sam James, 2, Burdett-15.062; 10. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-15.137; 11. Mike Straub, 11, Straub-NT.

 FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Helberg, 2. Waters, 3. Marconi, 4. Andrus, 5. James. 2:02.07

 SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pardee, 2. Campbell, 3. J.Bergener, 4. Burdett, 5. R.Bergener, 6. Straub. 2:01.15

 FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jo Jo Helberg, 2. Rick Pardee, 3. Ryan Burdett, 4. Paul Marconi, 5. Mel Andrus, 6. Sam James,7. Jim Waters, 8. Mike Straub, 9. Ray Bergener, 10. Jeff Bergener, 11. Jim Campbell. NT 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Marconi, Laps 18-40 Helberg.

NEW YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Burdett-467; 2-Pardee-398; 3-Campbell-385; 4-Waters-378; 5-J.Bergener-360; 6-Marconi-346; 7-Greg Anderson-260; 8-Straub-235; 9-Audra sasselli-221; 10-Andrus-215.

NEXT YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: August 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceway

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SPRINTS GEAR UP FOR SHARON SPEEDWAY RACE AUGUST 25;RAIN FORCES HALT TO SALEM 50-LAPPER

 Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. will lead the Lucas Oil USAC National Sprint Cars to Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio August 25, the next stop for USAC’s “Thunder & Lightning” series. Unfortunately Thunder and Lightning prevailed Saturday night as the 48th Cardinal Contracting “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial” at the Salem (Ind.) Speedway was rained out.

 Only 15 of the 50 scheduled laps had been completed at Salem before the rains fell. An abbreviated points payout was allocated to the participants, which left Jones 104 points ahead of Darren Hagen in the new standings. Jones was Saturday’s fastest Salem qualifier and won the 10-lap semi.

 Heat race victories at Salem went to Dave Darland, Jesse Hockett and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

LUCAS OIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1. Levi Jones 1206  6. Kevin Swindell 8222. Darren Hagen 1102  7. Jesse Hockett 7823. Dave Darland 1027  8. Brady Short 7804. Brady Bacon 906  9. Jon Stanbrough 6725. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 850  10. Damion Gardner 671

CRA SPRINTS HEAD FOR SANTA MARIA SATURDAY;SPENCER TRIUMPHANT IN PERRIS 30-LAPPER

 The Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars return to Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway Saturday night and it couldn’t come at a better time for Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif.

 Spencer won at Santa Maria in June and scored his third victory of the season Saturday night at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. He ranks second in the current USAC/CRA standings behind leader Tony Jones.

 Spencer passed Rickie Gaunt on lap 10 and led the final 21 laps at Perris in his Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply/Arizona Race Mart Maxim/Shaver to beat Gaunt, Jones, Tyler Brown and Blake Miller.

 Three drivers who rank in the “top-10” in USAC/CRA points are still seeking their initial 2007 victories, namely Rickie Gaunt, Rip Williams and David Cardey. All three have second-place feature finishes this year at the PAS.

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1. Tony Jones 1303  6. Rip Williams 8582. Mike Spencer 1131  7. Cory Kruseman 7783. Rickie Gaunt 1082  8. David Cardey 6804. Danny Sheridan 1041  9. R.J. Johnson 6505. Scotty Weir 910  10. Blake Miller 606

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LEVI JONES – No. 20 TSR/CHEVROLET/MAXIM (USAC)

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES AT SALEM SPEEDWAY – AUGUST 4USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SEIRES AT SALEM SPEEDWAY – AUGUST 4

• Sat., Aug. 4 – Salem (Ind.) Speedway (1/2-mile paved oval) – USAC National Sprint Car Series• Was running fifth on lap 15 of the 50-lap feature when inclement weather forced cancellation of the program.• Set quick time of 22 cars. • Finished seventh in the first heat race.• Won the semi-feature event.

• Sat., Aug. 4 – Salem (Ind.) Speedway (1/2-mile paved oval) – USAC National Midget Car Series• Finished second in the 30-lap feature event.• Qualified seventh of 22 cars. • Finished second in the first heat race.

• To date:• Jones has won five sprint feature events this season – (4) USAC and (1) open event. • Jones leads the USAC National Sprint Car Series championship standings with 1,206 points.• Jones is ranked fifth in the USAC National Midget Car Series championship with 539 points.

HE SAID IT…

LEVI JONES ON THE NO. 20 TSR TEAM’S SECOND PLACE FINISH AT SALEM SPEEDWAY:

 “Saturday was probably the first time I’ve ever been happy to come in second. We had a great run in the midget and our performance really reflected how hard everyone has been working to improve our pavement program. That was also a great confidence booster for me as we head into Indiana Midget Week later this week. I was also really excited to set quick time in the sprint car, our Chevrolet engines have really been running well. I think we would have had something for them had the rain not ended the night early. It was a good night all around for the No. 20 Tony Stewart Racing/Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops team.”

FAST FORWARD…

• Tues., Aug. 7 – Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa (1/2-mile)• Jones will compete in the Ultimate Challenge event featuring O’Reilly Sprint Bandits non-winged sprint cars. • Southern Iowa Speedway (SIS) is a half-mile oval. • The feature event winner will collect a $30,000 payday. • Jones won the event in 2005 en route to the O’Reilly Sprint Bandit and USAC Sprint Series titles. • Tickets can be purchased by calling McTwo Promotions at 515-957-0020. • The official Web site of SIS is www.rlpromotions.com/oskaloosa.

• Thus., Aug. 9 – Kamp Motor Speedway in Boswell, Ind. (3/8-mile)• Jones will compete in the first leg of the USAC Indiana Midget Week Series. • Kamp Motor Speedway (KMP) is a 3/8-mile semi-banked clay oval. • The feature will be 30 laps in length. • Racing is set to begin at 7 p.m. • This is the first time that Jones will compete at KMP with the USAC Midget Series. • The official Web site of KMP is www.kampmotorspeedway.com.

• Fri., Aug. 10 – Gas City I-69 Speedway in Gas City, Ind. (1/4-mile)• Jones will compete in the second leg of the USAC Indiana Midget Week Series. • Gas City I-69 Speedway is a ¼-mile, semi-banked oval. • The feature will be 30 laps in length. • Grandstand gates will open at 4 p.m. EDT on Aug. 10.• Jones earned a ninth place finish at the facility on Aug. 16, 2006, in Indiana Midget Week competition. • The official Web site of Gas City I-69 Speedway is www.gascityi69speedway.com. • Sat., Aug. 11 – Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, Ind. (1/4-mile)• Jones will compete in the third leg of the USAC Indiana Midget Week Series. • Lawrenceburg Speedway is a ¼-mile dirt oval. • The feature will be 30 laps in length. • Pit gates will open at 4 p.m. CDT, grandstand gates will open at 5 p.m.• Racing is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. EDT. • The official Web site of Lawrenceburg Speedway is www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com.

• Sun., Aug. 12 – Kokomo Speedway in Kokomo, Ind. (1/4-mile)• Jones will compete in the fourth and final leg of the USAC Indiana Midget Week Series. • Kokomo Speedway is a ¼-mile dirt oval. • The feature will be 30 laps in length. • Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. EDT, grandstand gates will open at 4 p.m.• Jones earned a sixth place finish at the facility on Aug. 20, 2006, in Indiana Midget Week competition. • The official Web site of Kokomo Speedway is www.kokomospeedway.net.

LUCAS OIL/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2007 – Salem, Indiana – Salem Speedway – Cardinal Contracting “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Classic”

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.717; 2. Marc Jessup, 67k, Kunz-15.746; 3. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-15.756; 4. Cameron Dodson, 67x, Kunz-15.778; 5. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-15.859; 6. Cole Whitt, 29w, CW-15.919; 7. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-15.929; 8. Eric Gordon, 51, Bowman-15.930; 9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-15.976; 10. Kevin Swindell, 9, Kahne-15.999; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-16.023; 12. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-16.029; 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 4, Contos-16.173; 14. Aaron Pierce, 69, Dynamics-16.177; 15. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.263; 16. Ron Gregory, 2B, 2B Racing-16.515; 17. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-16.560; 18. Kevin Feeney, 99x, Stewart-16.708; 19. Dave Darland, 5G, Goacher-16.735; 20. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-17.110; 21. Ryan Scott, 50, RAM-17.520; 22. Bret Sanderson, 66, Sanderson-18.411. (NOTE: Chase Scott also in car #50).

 FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Coons, 3. Hagen, 4. Dodson, 5. Swindell, 6. Gregory, 7. Jones, 8. Sanderson. 2:13.57

 SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hockett, 2. Jessup, 3. Gerster, 4. Gardner, 5. Pierce, 6. Bacon, 7. Gordon. NT

 THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stenhouse, 2. Ballou, 3. Whitt, 4. Murgoitio, 5. Feeney, 6. Windom, 7. R.Scott. 2:12.25

 SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Windom, 3. Gordon, 4. Pierce, 5. Swindell, 6. Gregory, 7. Bacon, 8. Feeney, 9. R.Scott, 10. Sanderson. 2:45.90

 FEATURE: Rained Out 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Rained Out

NEW LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,206; 2-Hagen-1,102; 3-Darland-1,027; 4-Bacon-906; 5-Stenhouse-850; 6-Swindell-822; 7-Hockett-782; 8-Brady Short-780; 9-Jon Stanbrough-672; 10-Gardner-671.

NEXT LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 25 – Hartford, OH -  Sharon Speedway

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2007 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.978, 2. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.078, 3. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-17.193, 4. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.481, 5. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.579, 6. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.584, 7. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.645, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 94, Gardner-17.652, 9. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-17.675, 10. Tyler Brown, 97x, Crossno-17.711, 11. Alan Ballard, 11, Wilkerson-17.777, 12. J Hicks, 66, Miller-17.785, 13. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.802, 14. Brian Venard, 12, Blair-17.850, 15. David Cardey, 83, Crossno-17.879, 16. Jimmy Crawford, 75, Stansberry-17.939, 17. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-18.015, 18. Tom Ogle, 5az, Turner-18.090, 19. Seth Wilson, 17, Wilson-18.150, 20. Nadine Gardner, 16, Gardner-18.427, 21. Ross Millar, 67, Millar-18.904, 22. Jonas Reynolds, 48, Reynolds-19.390, 23. John Butler, 54, Butler-NT

 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Williams, 2. Ford, 3. Spencer, 4. Wilson, 5. Crawford, 6. Brown, 7. Reynolds, 8. Sheridan.  NT

 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Venard, 3. Ballard, 4. Miller, 5. Gaunt, 6. Bates, 7. Gardner. NT

 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Weir, 3. Hansen, 4. Hicks, 5. Argo, 6. Millar, 7. Ogle. 2:59.09

 SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Argo, 3. Brown, 4. Bates, 5. Millar, 6. Gardner, 7. Reynolds, 8. Sheridan, 9. Crawford, 10. Ogle. NT

 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Tyler Brown, 5. Blake Miller, 6. David Cardey, 7. Danny Sheridan, 8. Garrett Hansen, 9. Brian Venard, 10. Seth Wilson, 11. Jonny Bates, 12. Nadine Gardner, 13. Alan Ballard, 14. Ross Millar, 15. Scotty Weir, 16. Josh Ford, 17. Rodney Argo, 18. Rip Williams, 19. Jonas Reynolds, 20. J Hicks, 21. Jimmy Crawford, 22. Tom Ogle. NT 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Gaunt, Laps 10-30 Spencer.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jones-1,303; 2-Spencer-1,131; 3-Gaunt-1,082; 4-Sheridan-1,041; 5-Weir-910; 6-Williams-858; 7-Cory Kruseman-778; 8-Cardey-680; 9-R.J. Johnson-650; 10-Miller-606.

NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 11 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway

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“JOE JAMES/PAT O’CONNOR CLASSIC” SATURDAY AT SALEM;CARDINAL CONTRACTING “JOE JAMES/PAT O’CONNOR CLASSIC”

 The 48th Annual Cardinal Contracting “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Classic,” honoring the memory of two of our sport’s more accomplished drivers, is slated this Saturday at the Salem (Ind.) Speedway and could be pivotal in the chase for USAC’s 2007 Lucas Oil National Sprint Car Championship. The USAC National Midgets share the billing Saturday, with a 30-lap Midget feature followed by the 50-lap Sprint car feature. The race is the last currently on the 2007 calendar for the National Sprint Cars on pavement.

 Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. leads the series standings in quest of his second USAC title. His 100-point lead over Darren Hagen will not be challenged Saturday but Hagen could take a huge bite out of it with a strong performance. Hagen, of Riverside, Calif., is seeking his first National title.

 Saturday’s event began at Salem in 1953. Larry Crockett won the inaugural race and in the ensuing years the list of winners is impressive, including Indianapolis 500 winners Bob Sweikert, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser. O’Connor also won the event twice prior to his death in a 1958 racing accident.

 Bryan Clauson is the defending race winner, while former champions Brian Tyler, Eric Gordon and Dave Darland are expected to seek repeat wins on Saturday.

LUCAS OIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1. Levi Jones 1166  6. Kevin Swindell 8062. Darren Hagen 1066  7. Brady Short 7803. Dave Darland 1007  8. Jesse Hockett 7624. Brady Bacon 891  9. Jon Stanbrough 6725. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 824  10. Mat Neely 655

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Collects over $2,000 in Lucas Oil Canadian Invasion Series Victory.

GRANBY, QC – The month of July is the heat of the summer and Antwerp, N.Y.’s Jeff Cook is heating up on the Empire Super Sprint (ESS) circuit and the tour brought to you by Jacobs Motorsports.  Taking advantage of his outside pole starting spot, Cook and his North Country Welding Maxim took the lead at the drop of the green flag and led all 25 laps to capture the Fondations 4 Saisons A-Main at Autodrome Granby.  The victory for the Lucas Oil Canadian Invasion Series event was worth over $2,000 in cash and marked his second triumph in the last three events.  A late afternoon rain made the big half-mile tacky the entire night and Cook is not afraid to tell you that it does fit into his style.  “I just seem to do better when there is bite out there.  This car seems to like it too.  Just like Edelweiss, we had rain early in the night and the track just had so much bite in it and it lasted all night” noted Cook shortly after his second victory of 2007.  “This has been a good car for me, anytime you can drive a car hard and be comfortable is a big help.”  And, how fast was the Granby oval on this night?  With two laps to go in the A-Main, his #10 was gunned at 133 M.P.H. on the back stretch!  But, most importantly for the driver who is on the full ESS tour for the fourth season, it marked the first time he has a podium finish at a track he really likes.  “I hope the jinx is over.  I didn’t care where I finished; first, second, third, I just wanted a podium finish for once.” Cook was reflecting with a smile and then he quickly joked, “It feels good to be on this side of the fence for once!”  He was referring to one year ago during the A-Main when his sprinter went over the wall, through the fence and landed near the turn four grandstands.  The 2006 Jereco Competition Engines rookie of the year in Michael Parent started the event on the pole in front of many hometown friends and fans.  But, it was Cook on the outside that got the jump with Parent, Cory Sparks, Alain Bergeron and Jeff VanDusen in tow.  A red flag on lap two for Anthony Cain who flipped wildly in turn one was the only time the action was stopped or slowed in the 25 lap event.  Cain walked away unharmed.  With the final 23 laps under the green lights, it was up to Cook to maneuver the lapped traffic and not to make a mistake.  While Parent stayed within reach, the opening of the door never did happen. He wanted his first career ESS victory on this night badly, but, it was to be a career best and well earned runner-up finish.  It was Cook by several lengths for his sixth career ESS victory which ironically puts him just one behind former ESS star Adrian Flath, Cook is Flath’s son-in-law.  Parent’s well wishes were extended well into the night for second with VanDusen moving his #56D into third late to close the overall point standings.  Bergeron kept the French-Canadian crowd smiling with a fine fourth as Lance Yonge was home for fifth.  Rounding out the top ten were current point leader Steve Poirier who earned the Lane’s Yamaha Hard Charger bonus after starting in 12th. Sparks was seventh, Jared Zimbardi, Mike Stelter and Tommy Wickham finished up the top ten.  Taking the Car Mate Custom Built Trailer heats were Yonge, Wickham and Bergeron.  ESS/GRANBY NOTES: Making first starts in 2007 were DIRTCar sportsman star Alex Boisvert as a teammate to Parent, Boisvert was to make his debut at Cornwall two weeks ago but was rained out.  Also, after three year hiatus, Tim Zimbardi took the wheel alongside his son Jared…A scary incident in the heats saw a broken suspension piece on the sprinter of Justin Barger.  Not able to turn, Barger made hard contact with the outside wall destroying his mount.  Except for a sore wrist, Barger was fine…The stars and cars of the Jacobs Motorsports tour will make one more visit to Granby on August 31 followed up by a visit to Autodrome Drummond the next night…ESS will now take two weeks off before it’s a big three race Lucas Oil Series weekend at Edelweiss, Brockville and Cornwall to make up the July 15th rain out.

** Note – The event at Autodrome Drummond on July 28th fell to rain.

RESULTS:Heat 1 – Lance Yonge, Michael Parent, Steve Poirier, Cory Sparks, Normand Beaudreault, Tim ZimbardiHeat 2 – Tommy Wickham, Jared Zimbardi, Jeff VanDusen, Mike Stelter, Daniel Lampron, Rich Van Keuren, Lori CookHeat 3 – Alain Bergeron, Jeff Cook, Anthony Cain, Alex Boisvert, Bubby Kerrick, Justin BargerA-MAIN – JEFF COOK, Michael Parent, Jeff VanDusen, Alain Bergeron, Lance Yonge, Steve Poirier, Cory Sparks, Jared Zimbardi, Mike Stelter, Tommy Wickham, Alex Boisvert, Daniel Lampron, Normand Beaudreault, Bubby Kerrick, Rich Van Keuren, Anthony Cain, Tim Zimbardi, Lori Cook.DNS – Justin Barger

Gater News Lap Leader – Cook 1-25Fondations 4 Saisons Winners Bonus – Cook $200Canadian Sprint Car Nationals Winners Bonus – Cook $100National Parts Peddler Halfway Bonus – Cook $100Les Constructions Ultra Blue Collar Award – Yonge $100Lane’s Yamaha Hard Charger Bonus – Poirier (6 pos.) $50Cook’s Contracting Bridesmaid Bonus – Parent $50HG Associates Pole Award – Parent $50

Winner’s Contingencies:Sway-A-Way $105, Finish Line Racewear $100, Griffin Thermal Products $100, Hank’s Performance Products $50, Kreitz Oval Track Products $50, Saldana Racing Products $50, Racing Optics $30, Rod End Supply $30, Brake Man $25, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse $20, Area Auto Racing News $20, Earl’s Indy $20, Ultra Shield $10, Pepsi Cola $5

Other Contingencies:Weld Racing Hard Luck – Cain $100Penske Shocks – Lance Yonge $100Mangus Pumps – Parent $100Finish Line Racewear – Parent $75, VanDusen $50Design 500 – Wickham $200, Yonge $200ATL – VanDusen $100M&W Aluminum Products – Yonge $75Leaf Racewear – Bergeron $75 Zemco Headers – Yonge $50Joe Hunt Magnetos – Cain $50Intense Fabrication and Design – Parent $50 Racing Optics – Parent $30Wings Unlimited – Sparks $25DMI – L. Cook $25Pancho’s Racing Products – Sparks $25Gater News – Parent $20Ultra Shield – Parent $10Pepsi Cola – Wickham, Yonge, Bergeron $5

Empire Super Sprints Point Standings as of 7/27/071. Steve Poirier 11262. Jeff VanDusen 10873. Lance Yonge 10114. Jeff Cook 10095. Michael Parent 9566. Alain Bergeron 9447. Mike Stelter 9318. Justin Barger 9299. Tommy Wickham 82110. Bubby Kerrick  797 Lucas Oil Canadian Invasion Series Points as of 7/27/071. Jeff VanDusen 7042. Jeff Cook 7023. Alain Bergeron 6734. Lance Yonge 6725. Steve Poirier 663

Walt’s Hobby Dash Series Points1. Steve Poirier 322. Alain Bergeron 293. Jeff Cook 244. Justin Barger 195. Mike Stelter  18

Gater News Lap Leader Points1. Justin Barger 592. Steve Poirier  493. Jeff Cook 364. Jeff VanDusen 325. Bubby Kerrick  27

Lane’s Yamaha Hard Charger Points1. Steve Poirier 412. Jeff VanDusen 403. Lance Yonge 354. Justin Barger 325. Chuck Hebing 24

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LUCAS OIL/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2007 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week” – Presented by BDP International

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-11.149; 2. Neil Shepherd, 4N, Shepherd-11.375; 3. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-11.400; 4. Dave Darland, 44, Pace-11.456; 5. Cole Whitt, 29w, CW-11.471; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-11.500; 7. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Thomas-11.521; 8. Brady Short, 2B, 2B Racing-11.535; 9. Chrs Windom, 17, Windom-11.566; 10. Daron Clayton, 11D, Walker/Guiducci-11.569; 11. Dustin Morgan, 11, Walker/Guiducci-11.597; 12. Jon Sciscoe, 7s, Sciscoe-11.602; 13. Mike Spencer, 67k, Kunz-11.624; 14. Kevin Swindell, 9, Kahne-11.628; 15. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-11.638; 16. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-11.670; 17. Danny Holtsclaw, 3, Holtsclaw-11.670; 18. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-11.676; 19. Shane Hollingsworth, 10, R & B-11.684; 20. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-11.709; 21. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-11.736; 22. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-11.752; 23. Mat Neely, 17N, Neely-11.753; 24. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-11.807; 25. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-11.819; 26. Michael Trimble, 4, Alexander-11.860; 27. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-11.868; 28. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-11.881; 29. Dickie Gaines, 11P, Pottorff-11.885; 30. Jeff Bland, 21x, Bland-11.890; 31. Davey Pombo, 38s, Crossno-11.892; 32. Jimmy Light, 23, Light-11.896; 33. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-11.902; 34. Hunter Scheurenberg, 10T, R & B-11.908; 35. Danny Williams, 6m, Melchi-11.919; 36. Jonathan Vennard, 2J, Yeley-11.996; 37. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-12.080; 38. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-12.099; 39. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-12.100; 40. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-12.100; 41. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-12.104; 42. Casey Shuman, 24, Hoyer-12.117; 43. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-12.143; 44. Derek Franks, 77, Law-12.191; 45. Geoff Dodge, 7m, Morgan-12.199; 46. Kevin Studley, 57s, Studley-12.218; 47. Josh Clemons, 71c, Clemons-12.832; 48. Bobby Stines, 88, Stines-13.657; 49. #29x, CW-NT; 50. #21s, Stewart-NT; 51. #67x, Kunz-NT; 52. #20s, Stewart-NT; 53. #71x, Kunz-NT.

 NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #1: (10 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Burdette, 3. Armstrong, 4. Westfall, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Dodge, 7. Clemons, 8. Williams. 1:37.65

 NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #2: (10 laps) 1. Scheurenberg, 2. Stines, 3. Memmer, 4. Shuman, 5. Studley, 6. Vennard, 7. Briscoe, 8. Franks. 1:38.48

 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaines, 2. Holtsclaw, 3. Boespflug, 4. Stenhouse, 5. Whitt, 6. Windom, 7. Weir, 8. M.Spencer, 9. Ballou. NT

 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bland, 2. Clayton, 3. Kruseman, 4. Swindell, 5. Shepherd, 6. Trimble, 7. Hockett, 8. Coons, 9. Burdette. NT

 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Pombo, 3. Neely, 4. Gardner, 5. Hollingsworth, 6. Scheurenberg, 7. Morgan, 8. Thomas, 9. Mellenberndt. NT

 FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Light, 3. Darland, 4. Jones, 5. Sciscoe, 6. Short, 7. Robbins, 8. Hagen, 9. Stines. NT

 SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Shepherd, 3. Whitt, 4. Short, 5. Ballou, 6. Windom, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Morgan, 9. Trimble, 10. Sciscoe, 11. Scheurenberg, 12. Robbins, 13. Hockett, 14. Thomas, 15. M.Spencer, 16. Mellenberndt, 17. Weir, 18. Burdette, 18. Stines. NT

 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 6. Kevin Swindell, 7. Jesse Hockett, 8. Neil Shepherd, 9. Chris Windom, 10. Shane Cottle, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Dickie Gaines, 14. Brady Short, 15. Cole Whitt, 16. Danny Holtsclaw, 17. Jeff Bland Jr., 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Jimmy Light, 21. Mat Neely, 22. Chad Boespflug, 23. Davey Pombo, 24. Michael Trimble, 25. Daron Clayton. NT **Gardner flipped during qualifying. Hagen flipped during the fourth heat. Robbins flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Coons, Laps 2-24 Bacon, Laps 25-30 Darland.

NEW LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,146; 2-Hagen-1,039; 3-Darland-976; 4-Bacon-871; 5-Swindell-779; 6-Short-779; 7-Sgtenhouse-760; 8-Hockett-730; 9-Gardner-647; 10-Stanbrough-615.NEW LUCAS OIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Darland-396; 2-Jones-353; 3-Stanbrough-352; 4-Bacon-337; 5-Stenhouse-328; 6-Hagen-276; 7-Coons-264; 8-Short-246; 9-Hockett-241; 10-Cottle-238.

NEXT LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 21 – Haubstadt, IN – Tri-State Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week”

LUCAS OIL/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 21, 2007 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week” – Presented by BDP International

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-12.912; 2. Daron Clayton, 11D, Walker/Guiducci-13.110; 3. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-13.212; 4. Dustin Morgan, 11, Walker/Guiducci-13.240; 5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-13.288; 6. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-13.295; 7. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-13.316; 8. Kyle Wissmiller, 2k, Wissmiller-  .3169. 9. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.327; 10. Mat Neely, 17N, Neely-13.344; 11. Mike Spencer, 67k, Kunz-13.350; 12. Hunter Scheurenberg, 10T, R & B-13.376; 13. Dave Darland, 44, Pace-13.409; 14. Brady Short, 2B, 2B Racing-13.415; 15. Hud Cone, 14, Cone/Corry-13.427; 16. Shane Hollingsworth, 10, R & B-13.430; 17. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-13.491; 18. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-13.500; 19. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-13.524; 20. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-13.557; 21. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.574; 22. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-13.579; 23. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-13.590; 24. Chris Urish, 77u, Urish-13.592; 25. Michael Trimble, 4, Alexander-13.616; 26. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.639; 27. Jimmy Light, 23, Light-13.646; 28. Cole Whitt, 29x, CW-13.675; 29. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-13.684; 30. Davey Pombo, 38s, Crossno-13.690; 31. Neil Shepherd, 4N, Shepherd-13.693; 32. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-13.707; 33. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-13.725; 34. Danny Holtsclaw, 3, Holtsclaw-13.772; 35. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-13.775; 36. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-13.786; 37. Todd Chandler, 5c, Chandler-13.789; 38. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-13.813; 39. Tim Spindler, 2c, Byram-13.957; 40. Kevin Swindell, 9, Kahne-13.982; 41. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-14.012; 42. Geoff Dodge, 7m, Morgan-14.015; 43. Kevin Studley, 57s, Studley-14.093; 44. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-14.137; 45. Randy Bateman, 51, Bateman-15.337; 46. #21s, Stewart-NT; 47. #29w, CW-NT; 48. #20s, Stewart-NT; 49. #67x, Kunz-NT; 50. #71x, Kunz-NT.

 NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 laps) 1. Holtsclaw, 2. Swindell, 3. Rose, 4. Weir, 5. Mellenberndt, 6. Hagen, 7. Dodge, 8. Thomas, 9. Spindler, 10. Bateman, 11. Chandler, 12. Burdette, 13. Studley. NT

 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Memmer, 2. Hockett, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Stenhouse, 5. Darland, 6. Trimble, 7. Coons, 8. Holtsclaw, 9. Robbins. 2:19.84

 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Bacon, 3. Swindell, 4. Pombo, 5. Short, 6. Neely, 7. Gardner, 8. Windom, 9. Clayton. 2:16.07

 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cone, 2. Shepherd, 3. Boespflug, 4. Kruseman, 5. Spencer, 6. Beauchamp, 7. Cottle, 8. Light, 9. Rose. NT

 FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Ballou, 3. Weir, 4. Scheurenberg, 5. Cummins, 6. Urish, 7. Wissmiller, 8. Morgan, 9. Hollingsworth. 2:23.19

 SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Cottle, 3. Coons, 4. Morgan, 5. Neely, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Darland, 8. Gardner, 9. Spencer, 10. Trimble, 11. Rose, 12. Beauchamp, 13. Light, 14. Hollingsworth, 15. Robbins, 16. Windom, 17. Urish, 18. Short, 19. Holtsclaw, 20. Cummins. NT

 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Daron Clayton, 2. Ricky Stenhouse, 3. Chad Boespflug, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Dustin Morgan, 6. Shane Cottle, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Mat Neely, 9. Hunter Scheurenberg, 10. Cole Whitt, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Cory Kruseman, 13. Darren Hagen, 14. Jesse Hockett, 15. Scotty Weir, 16. Kevin Swindell, 17. John Memmer, 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 19. Davey Pombo, 20. Michael Trimble, 21. Hud Cone, 22. Neil Shepherd, 23. Kyle Wissmiller, 24. Brady Bacon, 25. Robert Ballou. NT **Clayton flipped during the second heat. Windom flipped during the semi. Hollingsworth flipped during the semi. Bacon & Wissmiller flipped on lap five of the feature. Shepherd & Swindell flipped on lap six of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Stenhouse, Laps 23-30 Clayton.

NEW LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,166; 2-Hagen-1,066; 3-Darland-1,007; 4-Bacon-891; 5-Stenhouse-824; 6-Swindell-806; 7-Short-780; 8-Hockett-762; 9-Stanbrough-672; 10-Neely-655.FINAL LUCAS OIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Darland-427; 2-Stanbrough-409; 3-Jones-403; 4-Bacon-357; 5-Stenhouse-329; 6-Hagen-303; 7-Cottle-290; 8-Coons-289; 9-Clayton-278; 10-Hockett-273.

NEXT LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 4 – Salem (IN) Speedway – “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Classic””

LUCAS OIL USAC WESTERN/USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 21, 2007 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.193; 2. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.195; 3. Jim Campbell, 66x, Campbell-14.227; 4. Tony Hunt, 1, Kaiser-14.238; 5. JoJo Helberg, 07, Helberg-14.263; 6. Tanner Swanson, 17, Swanson-14.330; 7. Jimmy Wysong, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.338; 8. Kody Swanson, 7s, Scot-14.377; 9. Mel Andrus, 22x, Andrus-14.397; 10. Ryan Kaplan, 21, Kaplan-14.438; 11. Brian McClish, 04, McClish-14.496; 12. Jeff Bergener, 21x, Gunn-14.539; 13. Paul Marconi, 70, Marconi-14.558; 14. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.652; 15. Laura Hayes, 22, Hayes-14.860; 16. Jim Kaiser, 12, Kaiser-15.078; 17. Mike Straub, 11, Straub-15.120; 18. Audra Sasselli, 24s, Ault-19.660; 19. Rick Pardee, 10, Pardee-NT.

 FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pardee, 2. Campbell, 3. T.Swanson, 3. Andrus, 5. Bergener, 6. Hayes. NT

 SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. McClish, 3. Burdett, 4. Helberg, 5. Straub, 6. Hogg. NT

 THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Marconi, 2. Waters, 3. Kaplan, 4. Wysong, 5. Hunt, 6. Kaiser. NT

 FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jim Wysong, 2. JoJo Helberg, 3. Rick Pardee, 4. Ryan Burdett, 5. Ryan Kaplan, 6. Jim Waters, 7. Paul Marconi, 8. Tony Hunt, 7. Jeff Bergener, 10. Jim Kaiser, 11. Jim Campbell, 12. Tanner Swanson, 13. Laura Hayes, 14. Shauna Hogg, 15. Kody Swanson, 16. Mel Andrus, 17. Mike Straub, 18. Brian McClish. NT 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 K.Swanson, Laps 2-18 Wysong, Lap 19 K.Swanson, Laps 20-100 Wysong.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Kaplan-381; 2-Helberg-372; 3-Hunt-371; 4-Greg Anderson-314; 5-Hogg-305; 6-T.Swanson-279; 7-Kaiser-255; 8-K.Swanson-220; 9-Hayes-220; 10-McClish-195.NEW YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Burdett-400; 2-Campbell-341; 3-Pardee-331; 4-Waters-322; 5-Bergener-317; 6-Marconi-288; 7-Greg Anderson-260; 8-Sasselli-221; 9-Straub-193; 10-Andrus-159.

NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: August 18 – Tracy, CA – Altamont Motorsports ParkNEXT YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: August 12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceway

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LUCAS OIL/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 19, 2007 – Boswell, Indiana – Kamp Motor Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week” – Presented by BDP International

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Neil Shepherd, 4N, Shepherd-13.149; 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-13.210; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-13.267; 4. Mat Neely, 17N, Neely-13.597; 5. Dave Darland, 44, Pace-13.629; 6. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-13.662; 7. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-13.681; 8. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.687; 9. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-13.691; 10. Daron Clayton, 11D, Walker/Guiducci-13.729; 11. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-13.730; 12. Mike Spencer, 67k, Kunz-13.766; 13. Dustin Morgan, 11, Walker/Guiducci-13.774; 14. Cory Kruseman, 21T, Kruseman-13.811; 15. Brady Short, 2B, 2B Racing-13.892; 16. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-13.895; 17. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.899; 18. Jeff Bland, 21x, Bland-13.941; 19. Jimmy Light, 23, Light-13.958; 20. Hunter Scheurenberg, 10T, R & B-13.981; 21. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-13.993; 22. Kevin Swindell, 9, Kahne-14.048; 23. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-14.050; 24. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.125; 25. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-14.129; 26. Casey Shuman, 24, Hoyer-14.131; 27. Critter Malone, 5x, Baldwin-14.131; 28. Steve Ott, 0T, Ott-14.133; 29. Geoff Dodge, 7m, Morgan-14.133; 30. J.J. Yeley, 2J, Yeley-14.144; 31. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-14.152; 32. Shane Hollingsworth, 10, R & B-14.262; 33. Danny Williams Jr., 6m, Melchi-14.292; 34. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-14.295; 35. Chris Urish, 77u, Urish-14.309; 36. Cole Whitt, 29w, CW-14.342; 37. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-14.383; 38. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-14.456; 39. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-14.496; 40. Michael Trimble, 21k, Kruseman-14.739; 41. Kyle Wissmiller, 2k, WIssmiller-NT; 42. #20s, Stewart-NT; 43. #21s, Stewart-NT; 44. #67x, Kunz-NT; 45. #71x, Kunz-NT; 46. #29x, CW-NT.

 NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 laps) 1. Burdette, 2. Urish, 3. Whitt, 4. Gardner, 5. Williams, 6. Memmer, 7. Mellenberndt, 8. Trimble. 2:31.78

 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Darland, 3. Shepherd, 4. Jones, 5. Weir, 6. Morgan, 7. Burdette, 8. Dodge, 9. Thomas. 2:31.37

 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stenhouse, 2. Swindell, 3. Hockett,4. Kruseman, 5. Bland, 6. Shuman, 7. Clayton, 8. Urish, 9. Yeley. NT

 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Malone, 2. Whitt, 3. Hagen, 4. Coons, 5. Windom, 6. Short, 7. Light, 8. Gamester, 9. Armstrong. 2:36.09

 FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Ballou, 3. Hollingsworth, 4. Scheurenberg, 5. Neely, 6. Spencer, 7. Gardner, 8. Ott, 9. Cottle. NT

 SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Neely, 2. Clayton, 3. Short, 4. Spencer, 5. Windom, 6. Morgan, 7. Shuman, 8. Bland, 9. Weir, 10. Light, 11. Ott, 12. Dodge, 13. Gardner, 14. Burdette, 15. Armstrong, 16. Gamester, 17. Urish, 18. Thomas, 19. Cottle, 20. Yeley. 3:12.78

 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Dave Darland, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Jesse Hockett, 5. Mat Neely, 6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 7. Neil Shepherd, 8. Daron Clayton, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Brady Short, 11. Mike Spencer, 12. Robert Ballou, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Kevin Swindell, 17. Cole Whitt, 18. Dustin Morgan, 19. Hunter Scheurenberg, 20. Shane Hollingsworth, 21. Scotty Weir, 22. Cory Kruseman, 23. Damion Gardner, 24. Michael Trimble, 25. Critter Malone. NT 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hockett, Laps 2-12 Darland, Laps 13-30 Coons.

NEW LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,080; 2-Hagen-1,024; 3-Darland-907; 4-Bacon-808; 5-Short-758; 6-Swindell-729; 7-Stenhouse-702; 8-Hockett-688; 9-Stanbrough-615; 10-Gardner-613. NEW LUCAS OIL “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Stanbrough-352; 2-Darland-327; 3-Jones-317; 4-Bacon-274; 5-Stenhouse-269; 6-Hagen-261; 7-Weir-227; 8-Short-221; 9-Coons-202; 10-Kruseman-202

NEXT LUCAS OIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 20 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway – “Lucas Oil Indiana Sprint Week”

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$2,000 Awaits the Winner of the 4th Annual Earl Halaquist Memorial.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – It’s been since October 15, 1994 that the stars and cars of the Empire Super Sprints (ESS) and the tour brought to you by Jacobs Motorsports has appeared at the famed Fonda Speedway which is know as the “Track of Champions”.  This Saturday night a little history will be made as it marks the 4th annual Earl Halaquist Memorial with $2,000 going to the winner of the 25 lap A-Main event.  Fonda is rich in tradition and it’s only fitting that the event will honor the 2000 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee.  The Halaquist family lives in nearby Bainbridge, N.Y. and will have many family members on hand to celebrate the evening.  The six-time United Racing Club champion (a record that still stands), Halaquist amassed a total of 53 feature wins with the historic club which still ranks him fifth on the all-time win list.  The 2007 racing season for ESS has been filled with exciting events in both the United States and Canada and Fonda fans can expect a big field of the winged machines in the pits.  Heading the list will be current point leader Steve Poirier, second in points and a last name rich in Fonda lore, Jeff VanDusen, two-time champion Lance Yonge, defending champion Alain Bergeron, Jeff Cook, Michael Parent, Justin Barger and Mike Stelter.  These stars will be joined by local favorites Cory Sparks, Jessica Zemken, John Karklin Jr., Warren Alexson and Jami Russell.  The Car Mate Custom Built Trailer heat events will kick off the night’s action followed by he Gabriel’s IGA Markets/Walt’s Hobby Dash and the KSE Racing Products B-Main.  All that will lead up to the $2,000 to win, 25 lap A-Main where the first Fonda ESS winner will be etched in over 12 years.  It will be an exciting night as the Fonda big block modifieds will also be a part of the action.  ESS and the “Track of Champions”, it has been a 12 year wait but a wait that will be excitement guaranteed!!

For more information please log on to:www.fondaspeedway.comwww.empiresupersprints.com

Past Empire Super Sprint Winners at Fonda Speedway

July 18, 1987 John BrutcherSept. 14, 1991 Bobby ParrowAug. 2, 1992 Tom TaberOct. 15, 1994 Craig Lane  Past Winners of the Earl Halaquist Memorial

2004 - Blake Breen2005 - George Suprick2006 - Chuck Hebing.

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INDIANAPOLIS  – With the excitement of the King’s Royal by Crown Royal and the Brad Doty Classic behind them, the competitors of the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series are already marching on as they continue with the SuperClean Month of Money. For Paul McMahan and the No. 20 Tony Stewart Racing (TSR)/Bass Pro Shops/Eagle team, this week’s five-race schedule is a welcome opportunity to boost their bank accounts.  

First on the docket is a single-day event at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., today. McMahan will make his second appearance at the 4/10-mile oval this season. On May 15, he earned a 16th-place A-main finish.

The WoO Sprint Series moves on to Williams Grove Speedway for a three-day event Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In McMahan’s last appearance at the track on May 18, he finished fourth in the A-main.

Lebanon Valley Speedway will host the WoO on Sunday. McMahan scored a third-place finish on May 28, 2005, in his last appearance at the facility.

In 43 WoO starts this season, McMahan has earned two wins, nine top-five finishes, 22 top-10s and four quick time awards. He enters this week’s events ranked eighth in the WoO Sprint Series championship standings with 5,668 points. McMahan trails series leader Donny Schatz by 591 points and is only 183 points out of fifth place.

Pit gates will open at Lernerville Speedway today at 3 p.m. EDT. Grandstands will open at 4 p.m., with hot laps set to begin at 7:15 p.m. The official Web site of Lernerville Speedway is www.lernerville.com. For tickets or more information, call 724-353-1511.

For the Thursday-to-Saturday triple feature at Williams Grove Speedway, pit gates will open each day at 4 p.m. EDT. The grandstands will open at 5:30 p.m., with hot laps set to begin at 7:15 p.m. Williams Grove Speedway is a half-mile oval located in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The official track Web site is www.williamsgrove.com. Tickets can be purchased by calling 717-697-5000.

Lebanon Valley Speedway is located in West Lebanon, N.Y. Pit gates will open at the half-mile oval Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT. Grandstand gates will open at 4 p.m. with hot laps scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Tickets can be pre-purchased for the WoO Sprint Series event by calling 518-794-9965 or 518-794-9606. The official Web site of Lebanon Valley is www.lebanonvalley.com.

Race fans can also listen to all the action from this weekend on the DIRTVision.com cybercast, as well as on the DIRT Radio Network. Visit www.DIRTVision.com for more information on all the features, including updated results from each night of racing, as well as a chat room to interact with other fans listening to the action. 

The WoO Sprint Series also returned to television this year, with the series’ sixth broadcast on ESPN2 set for Sunday at noon EDT. A total of 20 races will be televised either on SPEED or ESPN2, including the World of Outlaws SuperClean Summer of Money Series. ESPN2 began broadcasting eight races on June 17 and continuing through Aug. 5. For a complete television schedule, log on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.

Quotes from Paul McMahan, driver of the No. 20 TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Eagle:

With two stand-alone events at Lernerville Speedway and Lebanon Valley Speedway before and after the three-day run at Williams Grove, are you looking forward to that change of pace?

“While it’s good to have a few days at a particular track to really settle into the groove, I also enjoy the one-day shows. We get to go into a track, put on a great show and leave the fans wanting to come back for more next year. Heading into Lernerville, I am really looking forward to competing in the Don Martin event. It’s a great event, as he has such a legacy in the sport. Lernerville is also one of the nicest facilities we compete at all year in terms of how the staff receives us. They really work to make us feel at home and it’s nice to go into a race track with that type of atmosphere. Lebanon Valley is in a beautiful part of the country. With all the traveling we do across the mid-section of the country, it’s nice to change up the scenery. Upstate New York is also just such a historic place. It’s a lot of fun to experience some of those sights with your family.” 

Would you consider the Summer Nationals at Williams Grove one of the toughest events of the season?

“Any time you race in Pennsylvania, you know you have to have your game face on. There are so many good teams and drivers in that part of the country and it’s the heart of winged sprint car territory. You’ve got a group of guys that battled week in and week out at those key Pennsylvania tracks that are just so tough. They’re used to having to fight their way into the A-main every week and working their way from the back to the front isn’t a problem. You just really have to focus on qualifying well and getting out of your heat race each night. You don’t want a handicap trying to get into the A-main.”

With a Bass Pro Shops store in Harrisburg, Pa., will the No. 20 TSR/Bass Pro Shops/Eagle team be making any detours to do a little shopping between races?

“We’re going to do an appearance at the Harrisburg store on Wednesday night. The staff at the store has been great to work with. They always make us feel very welcome and we have a great time. We’ll have the No. 20 car and transporter on display and I’ll be signing autographs from 6-8 p.m. I think they’re also going to have a few other winged sprint car teams bring their display cars out. For directions to the store, race fans can log on to www.basspro.com. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get them in the winner’s circle at Williams Grove later this week.”

For complete WoO Sprint Series results, log on to www.worldofoutlaws.com. For information regarding TSR, McMahan, Bass Pro Shops or Chevrolet, log on to www.tonystewartracing.com, www.paulmcmahanracing.com, www.basspro.com or www.chevrolet.com.

-TSR-

In less than three decades, Bass Pro Shops has grown from a small display in Springfield, Mo., into the nation’s leading retailer of premium outdoor gear. Bass Pro Shops has established itself as a cutting-edge innovator in the highly competitive world of outdoor retailing often imitated by other outdoor retailers. Now totaling 41 locations nationwide, and planning to add up to eight more stores in 2007, Bass Pro Shops have become destination locations for over 80 million consumers each year with their unique combination of entertainment, outdoor education and conservation appreciation. Bass Pro Shops has won the prestigious “Trendsetter of the Year” award, as well as Chain Store Age’s “Retailer of the Year” award and Sporting Goods Business' “Specialty Retailer of the Year” award. The company also has been named the #1 Outdoor Retailer in America by Sporting Goods Business magazine for the past two years. For more information regarding Bass Pro Shops, store locations and racing involvement, log on to www.basspro.com.

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