Haubstadt, IN – May 26, 2013. Daron Clayton charged to a victory in the Memorial Day Classic held at Tri-State Speedway Sunday night.

The Sikeston, MO, driver picked up $2,500 for his winning efforts with the Merry Go Round Restaurant sponsored sprint car. Clayton also won the Memorial weekend event in 2007 but this year the race was also a King of Indiana Sprint Series event as well as a MSCS show.

The 30 lap main had the potential to be an eight or 10 car shootout.

Hunter Schuerenberg stated on the pole but fell out of the competition on the first lap. Clayton moved up a spot from the second row for the restart and shot off into the lead. The track was fast and the action widespread. Robert Ballou and Chase Stockon began battling for the second spot. Ballou stopped in turn four on lap seven with engine woes and Stockon could then concentrate on catching the leader. The racing between the two was close. Stockon got high in turn two and rolled his car over.

Another chapter developed in the race! Jon Stanbrough then picked up the challenge. Stanbrough passed Clayton on lap 17. But his turn at the lead ended 3 laps later with a flat left rear tire. He had evidently ran over some debris on the track. Clayton had the lead back. Kyle Cummins, now in second, would lead the chase to try and catch the Modern Day Cowboy. A green, white, checker finish ensured a close race with Cummins, Kevin Thomas Jr., Levi Jones, and Brady Short rounding out the top five.

Both Kevin Thomas Jr. and Kyle Cummins mentioned in the post race interviews that Clayton’s car was missing a rear shock. Daron was not aware of it.
Jon Stanbrough returned to action in the race after a visit to the work area and managed to move back up to finish sixth. Pennsylvania driver Mark Smith was seventh in only his second appearance at the track. Donny Brackett, Bub Cummings, and MSCS rookie Bradley Sterrett rounded out the top ten. Dakota Jackson finished eleventh and was named as the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award Winner for the event.

The three sprint car heat races to open the show were won by Chase Stockon, Hunter Schuerenberg, and Daron Clayton. Although all three winners came from the first two rows, first and second heat runner-ups Jon Stanbrough and Robert Ballou had started ninth. Levi Jones was second in the third heat.

Mark Smith won the B Main. It was eventful with one pile-up involving at least six drivers. Donny Brackett finished second after starting eleventh. There were six caution periods in the 12 lap event.

The Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger of the Race was Bub Cummings.

He arrived at the track after hot laps and did not do well in his heat. He then started on the tail of the B and managed to edge Kurt Gross at the line to gain the last transfer spot to the A. Cummings improved 11 spots in the feature to finish in the top ten.

Prior to the start of the KISS-MSCS feature event the 20 car starting field formed the traditional 4 wide parade lap followed by a tribute to Josh Burton using the missing man formation. Burton, who had raced with MSCS as recently as May 11th , had passed away from injuries received at a race elsewhere Friday night. Sprint car teams had also taken the time to apply 04 decals and add orange trim to their car’s roll bars or Hoosier Tires in memory of Josh.

The next event for MSCS will be on June 15th at Tri-State Speedway.

This is the first time that the non wing MSCS sprints and the winged MOWA sprints will appear on the same program. The Southern Indiana Sprint Stampede will offer fans two distinctly different sprint car feature events.
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FAIR VICTORIOUS IN THE MODS

The UMP Open Wheel Modifieds raced on the same program. Zach Fair of Petersburg, IN, won the exciting 25 lap feature. It was his second victory in a row. Veteran Everett Bradham finished second. Chad Kinder, Brandon McDowell, and Mark Lamont rounded out the top five.

Bradham, Larry Anderson, and Levi Kissinger won the 3 heat races for the 27 cars and drivers. Tim Lewis won the B Main.

The next event at Tri-State Speedway is on Saturday June 8th and it will feature the UMP Modifieds along with the PCRA Late Models. The Summit Modified Nationals that night will pay $3,000 to win! A large field of mods are expected for this Tri-State Summer Showdown.

Tri-State Speedway
Haubstadt, IN
May 26, 2013

MSCS and KISS SPRINTS:
(29 Entries)

First Heat – 2x Chase Stockon, 66 Jon Stanbrough, 1 Mitch Wissmiller, 5k Kent Schmidt, 11p Brady Short, 90x Bradley Sterrett, 1x Kurt Gross, 90 Patrick Budde, 64 Alex Pettas, 38w Chet Williams

Second Heat – 35 Hunter Schuerenberg, 5 Robert Ballou, 3x Dakota Jackson, 10 Aric Gentry, 5j Jordan Kinser, m1 Mark Smith, 15j Nick Johnson, 21 Carson Short, 4B Donny Brackett, 71x Bub Cummings

Third Heat – 92 Daron Clayton, 12 Levi Jones, 3c Kyle Cummins, 17rw Kevin Thomas Jr., 21k Casey Shuman, 38p Seth Parker, 5b Chase Briscoe, 18 Kevin Chambers, 79 Matt Humphrey

B Main – Smith, Brackett, Parker, Sterrett, Cummings, Gross, Chambers, C. Short, Johnson, Pettas, Humphrey, Budde, Williams, Briscoe

A Main – 1) Clayton, 2) Cummins, 3) Thomas Jr., 4) Jones, 5) B. Short, 6) Stanbrough, 7) Smith, 8) Brackett, 9) Cummings, 10) Sterrett, 11) D. Jackson 12) Gentry, 13) Shuman, 14) Kinser, 15) Wissmiller, 16) Stockon, 17) Schmidt, 18) Ballou, 19) Schuerenberg, 20) Parker

UMP Dirt Car Open Wheel Modifieds:
(27 Entries)

First Heat Winner – Everett Bradham
Second Heat Winner – Larry Anderson
Third Heat Winner – Levi Kissinger

B Main – Tim Lewis, Larry Lambert, Kenny Carmichael, Alan Griffin, Matt Lane, Rocky Wilson, Matt Hines, Matt Smith, Jake Houts

A Main – 1) Zach Fair, 2) Everett Bradham, 3) Chad Kinder, 4) Brandon McDowell, 5) Mark Lamont, 6) Tim Lewis, 7) Michael Fox, 8) Lance Foreman, 9) Larry Lambert, 10) Shawn Cates, 11) Kenny Carmichael, 12) Trent Young, 13) Levi Kissinger, 14) Dave Beck, 15) Stan Beadles, 16) Larry Anderson, 17) Brian Shaw, 18) Cliff Tooley DNS