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Hoosier Hundred Kicks Off USAC Silver Crown Series May 25th
Indianapolis – With the Indianapolis 500 looming just two days later, the 59th running of the “Hoosier Hundred” on Friday, May 25th at the Indiana State Fairgrounds for the Traxxas Silver Crown Series takes center-stage with a full cast of racers ready for the test of 100 grueling miles around the storied Indy Mile. Defending race-winner Jerry Coons, Jr. of Tucson, Arizona leads the charge aboard his RW Motorsports #27 as two-time series champion Levi Jones … Read entire article »
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Second Place at Tri-State Doesn’t Help Jones in USAC Sprint Points Battle
Haubstadt, Indiana – Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Missouri backed up his win from last week by dominating most of a flag-to-flag 30-lap “Spring Showdown” Main Event on Saturday at Tri-State Speedway. The event was held in conjunction with the Midwest Sprint Car Series. After polesitter Levi Jones grabbed the early advantage, Schuerenberg used a tall cushion to take the lead on lap four. He would never relinquish it, setting a torrid pace through traffic and establishing … Read entire article »
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USAC Sprints Head to Gas City Friday and Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday
By Dick Jordan A trio of “top-10” finishes has Justin Grant of Ione, Calif. atop the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car standings entering this week’s races at Gas City, Ind. (Friday) and Putnamville, Ind. (Saturday). He has a three-point lead over Jon Stanbrough. Rain forced postponement of last Friday’s race at Gas City I-69 Speedway, setting up this Friday’s “Border Wars” finale at the quarter-mile dirt oval. Lincoln Park Speedway hosts Saturday’s race at Putnamville. Tracy Hines … Read entire article »
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Last lap pass gives Hines the Border Wars win at Eldora
Rossburg, OH – Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. passed Dave Darland on the final lap of Saturday night’s 30-lap “Border Wars” AMSOIL USAC National Sprint race at the Eldora Speedway. Darland led the first 29 laps before Hines made the winning move in his MP Environmental Services DRC/Shaver. Trailing Darland in third was Matt Westfall, with Robert Ballou coming from 18th to finish fourth and new series point leader Justin Grant taking fifth. “Border Wars” … Read entire article »
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Terre Haute Actiton Track in solid hands for years to come!
The legendary Terre Haute Action Track will be under solid care for multiple years with Illinois based race organizers Bob Sargent and the O’Connor Family, whose promotions have involved some of auto racing’s most storied venues in recent years. These two veteran promoters are once again teamed up to preserve the heritage and future of one of the sport’s most revered race tracks. The track will be under the promotional guidance of Bob Sargent and … Read entire article »
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Gardner snags 5th season opener in 6 tries
Ocala, FL – Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. started the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car season much the way he has started the last two after capturing the opening round of “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors at Bubba Raceway Park on Thursday night. Gardner took his DG Racing Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver #71 to the point on lap six, slipping past early leader Brady Bacon, and led the distance despite heavy pressure … Read entire article »
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Jones Looks To Continue Climbing USAC Hierarchy
INDIANAPOLIS – When Levi Jones fires off the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing No. 20 Chevrolet Performance/Curb Records/Maxim Sprint Car on Thursday night, it won’t be just another United States Auto Club (USAC) season opener. After winning three straight USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car titles and five in the previous seven seasons, nothing less than another championship campaign will satisfy him. And his title hunt begins anew with the opening night of the three-night Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games, … Read entire article »
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Levi Jones Opens Pursuit of USAC Title Number 8
INDIANAPOLIS — Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. appears ready to challenge one of USAC’s most revered all-time records. That pursuit begins February 9-11 when the AMSOIL National Sprint Cars open their 2012 campaign with ‘Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. The 2011 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Champion and Traxxas Silver Crown king now owns seven USAC National Championships and only one driver stands between him and the top of the … Read entire article »
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Levi Jones named North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll “Driver of the Year” for 2011
KNOXVILLE, IOWA – Tony Stewart Racing driver Levi Jones of Olney, Illinois, has been named the 2011 “Driver of the Year” by the North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers for the third time. The United States Auto Club (USAC) champion and 2005 and ‘09 “Driver of the Year” earned eleven (11) of the seventeen (17) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Those drivers ranked second … Read entire article »
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