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Sat., September 15 – USAC National Midget Car Series - Anderson (Ind.) Speedway — (1/4-mile pavement oval)

• Jones was credited with a 22nd place finish after an ignition failure on lap five of the feature event.
• Qualified 15th fastest of 42 cars.
• Finished third in the fourth heat race to transfer into the feature event.

To date:

• Jones has won five sprint feature events this season – (4) USAC and (1) open event.
•  Jones has won one midget feature events this season (1) USAC/BMARA national event.
•  Jones leads the USAC National Sprint Car Series championship standings with 1,206 points.
•  Jones is ranked seventh in the USAC National Midget Car Series championship with 805 points.

HE SAID IT…

LEVI JONES ON THE No. 20 TEAM’S DISAPPOINTING EARLY EXIT AT ANDERSON SPEEDWAY:

“Having our night end on lap five of the feature definitely wasn’t the way we wanted to follow up last week’s win in the midget. We were really good in practice and when we went out for qualifying we just missed it a little bit. The entire field was really close in qualifying, you had to really have the setup right in order to break into the top-10. We did well in the heat race, it’s always a good thing to come out of your heat at such a tight track like Anderson. We thought we were going to have a good shot at moving up in the feature when the ignition went out early on. We’ll put this behind us and focus everything on the three races at Eldora later this week. I’m ready to head back to Eldora for the first time since April and I think we’re going to have a great shot at putting Chevy and Bass Pro Shops back in victory lane in any of the three divisions.”

FAST FORWARD…

Sat., Sept. 22 – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio – (1/2-mile high-banked dirt oval)

• Jones will compete in the USAC National Silver Crown, Sprint and Midget divisions in the ‘An American Revolution Weekend presented by Chevrolet.’
• The event is also the 26th anniversary of the USAC 4-Crown Nationals event.
•  Eldora Speedway is a half-mile, high-banked dirt oval owned by Tony Stewart.
•  The silver crown feature will be 50 laps in length. The sprint car feature will be 30 laps with the midget series event scheduled for 25 laps.
• Pit gates will open on September 22 at 11 a.m. EDT. Grandstand gates will open at 2 p.m.
• Hot laps and qualifying for all three divisions is scheduled to be held from 3 – 6 p.m. EDT. Racing will begin at 7:30 p.m.
• There will be a public autograph session featuring all USAC drivers in the multi-purpose building in between turns three and four from 6:15 p.m. – 7 p.m.
• The last USAC Midget Series event held at Eldora Speedway on Sept. 23, 2006, was won by Tracy Hines. Jones was credited with a 20th place finish.
• Hines also won the USAC Sprint Series event on Sept. 23, 2006. Jones finished 17th.
• Mat Neely won the USAC Silver Crown Series feature on Sept. 23, 2006. Jones finished eighth.
• To reserve tickets, fans can call 937-338-3815. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on Saturday.
• The official Web site of Eldora Speedway is www.eldoraspeedway.com.

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