Haubstadt, IN – July 16, 2016 – It was a packed house as round six of Indiana Sprint Week played out at Tri-State Speedway Saturday night. The crowd watched as a 30 lap USAC sanctioned feature race whirled around the quarter mile track. Lap after lap there was that potential for a lead change. Drivers were passing other cars to challenge for a top five spot but one car stayed out front. Carson Short led all 30 laps. The victory was worth $5,000. It was his first win at Tri-State Speedway and his first AMSOIL USAC feature victory. The accomplishment was magnified in that it came during Indiana Sprint Week. And it continued a trend in which six races at six different tracks have produced 6 different winners. Three of those were first time USAC victors!
Short’s RCM Motorsports RASS Classic Restoration sponsored DRC was fast and his effort behind the wheel flawless. Kyle Cummins caught him, stayed close, but never found any opportunity to make a pass.
They were both brilliant in traffic as was third running Chase Stockon. Robert Ballou was gaining ground on the threesome. Ballou was honored as the Hard Charger for the race in moving up from a 16th starting spot on the grid to finish fourth. Jarett Andretti took fifth in the battle for the top paying spots.
In victory lane Carson Short found that one word to describe the feat. “Unreal! With five to go I saw Cummins down there.” But Short had the sprint car he needed. “The car got even better halfway through the race.” Cummins was complimentary. “Carson made no mistakes. He picked the right line every time.”
The second five included an on-the-move Critter Malone, USAC and IN Sprint Week points leader Brady Bacon, Chad Boespflug, semi feature winner Kevin Thomas Jr., and Max McGhee. Fast Qualifier Josh Hodges was eleventh. His lap of 13.319 seconds was the best of the field of 39 qualifiers.
The USAC heats were won by Robert Ballou, Thomas Meseraull, Logan Jarrett, and Carson Short. It was to be Short’s night as first demonstrated in his last lap pass to win an exciting fourth heat.
Brian Karraker won the C Main. In the semi or B that followed Donny Brackett flipped on the backstretch while battling for the lead with Isaac Chapple.
The UMP Open Wheel Modifieds concluded the program with a 25 lap feature which paid $1,000 to win. That winner was Levi Kissinger.
It was win number 3 for Kissinger at the speedway this year. It was a difficult venture. Matt Lane and Zach Fair battled for the top spot until lap 13 when Lane was involved in an incident in turn one which brought about a caution. Three cars retired to the pits with flats or damage. Lane restarted but the battle for the lead continued with Zach Fair using the inside while Kissinger was working to make it happen on the outside. Side by side racing continued.
Kissinger prevailed followed by Fair, Josh Harris, Brandon McDowell, and Stephen Schnapf. Matt Lane came back up through the field to claim sixth spot. Earlier in the program Matt Lane, Zach Fair, and Trent Young won the heat races for the modifieds.
Kissinger was candid in the post race interview. “I couldn’t use any more race track. I like this place but you have to drive the wheels off to do anything!”
The next race at Tri-State Speedway is scheduled for August 13th.
That is the night that the Hoosier Sprint Nationals will be held this year. The MSCS Sprints will compete for a $5,000 first prize. The UMP Modifieds and MMSA Mini-sprints will be the two accompanying attractions.
Provided as News and Information for Tri-State Speedway.
RACE SUMMARY
Tri-State Speedway
INDIANA SPRINT WEEK
Haubstadt, IN, July 16, 2016
AMSOIL USAC Sprint Car Series:
(39 Entries)
Top Qualifier -74x Josh Hodges, 13.319 seconds
First Heat – 1 Robert Ballou, 23c Tyler Courtney, 11p Brady Short, 74x Josh Hodges
Second Heat – 24 Thomas Meseraull, 7 Critter Malone, 66 Jon Stanbrough, 98e Chad Boespflug
Third Heat – 29 Logan Jarrett, 18 Jarett Andretti, 3R Kyle Cummins, 3 Dakota Jackson
Fourth Heat – 21 Carson Short, 38 Jeff Bland Jr., 04 Tyler Thomas, 32 Chase Stockon
C Main – 23k Brian Karraker, 28 Brandon Mattox, 98 Brandon Morin, 4c Daylon Chambers
Semi (B) – 4J Kevin Thomas Jr., 69 Brady Bacon, 5 Chris Windom, 17 Max McGhee, 11 Dave Darland, 15F Aaron Farney
Feature (30 Laps) – 21 Carson Short, 3R Kyle Cummins, 32 Chase Stockon, 1 Robert Ballou, 18 Jarett Andretti, 7 Critter Malone, 69 Brady Bacon, 98e Chad Boespflug, 4J Kevin Thomas Jr., 17 Max McGhee, 74x Josh Hodges, 66 Jon Stanbrough, 11p Brady Short, 29 Logan Jarrett, 17gp C.J. Leary, 15F Aaron Farney, 3 Dakota Jackson, 5 Chris Windom, 24 Thomas Meseraull, 38 Jeff Bland Jr., 04 Tyler Thomas, 23c Tyler Courtney, 52 Isaac Chapple, 11 Dave Darland
UMP Open Wheel Modifieds:
(24 Entries)
First Heat – 32 Matt Lane, 8K Levi Kissinger, 95 Larry Anderson, 84 Stan Beadles
Second Heat – 1 Zach Fair, 77 Stephen Schnapf, 41 Lance Foreman, 75 Dustin Beck
Third Heat – 10y Trent Young, 16c Josh Harris, 18 Brandon McDowell, 00 John Lane
Feature (25 Laps) – 8K Levi Kissinger, 1 Zach Fair, 16c Josh Harris, 18 Brandon McDowell, 77 Stephen Schnapf. 32 Matt Lane, 75 Dustin Beck, 95 Larry Anderson, 16jc John Clippinger, 41 Lance Foreman, 14 Shawn Cates, R43 Rod Anderson, 18a Alan Bowling, 81 Mark Cole, 0s Shannon Mudro, 23 Jeff Elliott, 10y Trent Young, 84 Stan Beadles, 2m David Mitchell, 1s Nathan Seale, 00 John Lane, 54 Josh McPherson, 672 Chad Weiner