Terre Haute, IN – Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Wednesday night’s “Indiana Sprint Week” USAC National Sprint race at the Terre Haute Action Track. The victory, Sweet’s second career USAC Sprint win, came in the Kasey Kahne/Curb Racing Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Maxim/Speedway Mopar. Jerry Coons Jr. made a late-race charge to finish second ahead of Dave Darland, Cole Whitt and Josh Wise. Chad Boat, Wednesday night’s fastest qualifier, is the new Indiana Sprint Week point leader.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Wise, 3. Cottle, 4. Hagen, 5. Clauson, 6. Boat, 7. Rooke, 8. Goodnight, 9. Hmiel, 10. Fitzpatrick. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Darland, 3. Sweet, 4. Hines, 5. Bland, 6. Shuman, 7. Vennard, 8. Robb, 9. D.Krockenberger, 10. Bell. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Clarke, 3. Cummins, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Weir, 6. Cone, 7. Rose, 8. Robbins, 9. Bloom, 10. E.Krockenberger. 2:56.10
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Kaeding, 3. Morgan, 4. Yeley, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Whitt, 7. Gamester, 8. S.Krockenberger, 9. Jones. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Whitt, 3. Boat, 4. Clauson, 5. Cone, 6. Weir, 7. Shuman, 8. Rose, 9. Gamester, 10. Robb, 11. Bell, 12. Bland, 13. C.Armstrong, 14. Bloom, 15. Rooke, 16. Goodnight, 17. S.Krockenberger, 18. E.Krockenberger, 19. D.Krockenberger, 20. Vennard, 21. Robbins. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Dave Darland, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Josh Wise, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Chad Boat, 9. Scotty Weir, 10. J.J. Yeley, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Robert Ballou, 13. Bryan Clauson, 14. Darren Hagen, 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 16. Hud Cone, 17. Henry Clarke, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Bud Kaeding, 20. Shane Cottle, 21. Kyle Cummins, 22. Dustin Morgan. NT
**Hmiel flipped during the first heat. Robbins flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Sweet.
NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,017; 2-Darland-978; 3-Coons-907; 4-Whitt-901; 5-Hines-762; 6-Gardner-733; 7-Hagen-694; 8-Jesse Hockett-647; 9-Sweet-647; 10-Boat-567.
NEW “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Boat-233; 2-Clauson-229; 3-Jones-226; 4-Darland-201; 5-Coons-166.
NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 16 – Boswell, IN – Kamp Motor Speedway – 22nd “Indiana Sprint Week”
