By Eldon Butcher
Haubstadt, IN – October 12, 2013 – The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series closed out the season Saturday night with the running of the third annual Harvest Cup at Tri-State Speedway. Chase Stockon of Elizabethtown, IN, won the 30 lap feature for the sprint cars. The win was worth $4,000! Once again Stockon finished the season strong.
He also won the feature at last year’s Harvest Cup.
In a stellar performance Chase Stockon won his heat race and then led the majority of the feature after starting third. The front row for the feature had Brady Short on the pole and Jon Stanbrough alongside.
The two drivers were at the top of the MSCS Standings and set to battle for the title. Stanbrough went immediately to the lead and held it for eleven laps. Then a yellow flag was needed and it was for Stanbrough after an incident in turn three. With Stanbrough’s damaged car removed to the pit area, the field retook the green.
Stockon, who had already moved into second, had the lead and the speed to finish up front.
Another restart after a 2 car spin with 27 laps completed closed up the field. Blake Fitzpatrick seized the opportunity and passed Brady Short for second. Short would finish third. Robert Ballou claimed fourth spot. Kyle Cummins moved up from 16th to finish fifth thus earning the Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger of the Race Award.
The remainder of the top ten for the feature included Braylon Fitzpatrick, Wes McIntyre, Daron Clayton, Jeff Bland Jr., and Bradley Sterrett. Aaron Farney received the Wilwood Tough Brakes Award with an 11th place finish.
Bradley Sterrett earned the MSCS Rookie of the Year Honors. He received his award at intermission. He thanked crew chief Kris
Kirchner. “I couldn’t ask for a better coach.” And he thanked
Bruce Leer of Leer Motorsports for giving him the opportunity to drive a sprint car. “It has been a great car every time I got in it.”
Based on the official race results, Jon Stanbrough was presented with the MSCS Championship trophy for 2013. It was the second MSCS title
in a row for Stanbrough. The Amati Racing sprint car he drives is
owned by Shane Wade and Daryl Tate. Brady Short was the runner-up in points. The Bedford Blaster was faced with making up a thirteen point deficit going into the feature, but came up a point short.
Preliminary MSCS events included three heats and a B Main for the overall 27 car field. Braylon Fitzpatrick and Jon Stanbrough joined Stockon in winning heat races. The second heat involved a torrid battle between Kyle Cummins and Kevin Thomas Jr. that produced a red flag with both cars flipping in turn four. Cummins was able to restart but Thomas had heavy damage to his car and his race night ended early. Brian Karraker won the B Main with Carson Short finishing second.
The program produced some harrowing moments! Hunter Schuerenberg took a wild ride in hot laps. When his car flipped the fuel cell flew over the track billboards landing at the push off chute well within in the pits. Chet Williams flipped at the start-finish line during the B. Then Dave Darland flipped at the end of the front stretch on lap 2 of the feature.
Levi Kissinger won the 25 lap UMP Open Wheel Modified feature which paid $1,000 to win. It was the second win of the season at Tri-State Speedway for the Mt. Vernon, IN, driver. Zach Fair, Trent Young, Stephen Schnapf, and Dave Beck rounded out the top five. Schnapf also won the B Main. Young, Tyler Nicely, and Kissinger won the 3 heats held for the 30 car field.
Provided as News and Information for MSCS & Tri-State Speedway.
SUMMARY
Tri-State Speedway
Harvest Cup
Haubstadt, IN
October 12, 2013
Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series:
(27 Entries)
First Heat – 3F Braylon Fitzpatrick, 12 Robert Ballou, 35 Daron Clayton,
15F Aaron Farney, 90x Bradley Sterrett, 87 Lance Grimes,
7F Ethan Fleetwood, 21 Carson Short, 121 Hunter Schuerenberg (Scratched)
Second Heat – 32 Chase Stockon, 11P Brady Short, 21K Casey Shuman,
3c Kyle Cummins, 83 Wes McIntyre, 5K Kent Schmidt,
90 Patrick Budde, 17RW Kevin Thomas Jr., 10x Eric Burns
Third Heat – 66 Jon Stanbrough, 10F Blake Fitzpatrick, 04 Jeff Bland Jr.,
56 Dave Darland, 17R Kyle Robbins, 23 Brian Karraker,
18 Kevin Chambers, 38w Chet Williams, 11 James Lyerla
B-Main – 23 Brian Karraker, 21 Carson Short, 18 Kevin Chambers, 7F Ethan Fleetwood,
11 James Lyerla, 5K Kent Schmidt, 90 Patrick Budde, 10x Eric Burns,
38w Chet Williams
A-Main (30 Laps) – 32 Chase Stockon, 10F Blake Fitzpatrick, 11P Brady Short,
12 Robert Ballou, 3c Kyle Cummins, 3F Braylon Fitzpatrick,
83 Wes McIntyre, 35 Daron Clayton, 04 Jeff Bland Jr.,
90x Bradley Sterrett, 15F Aaron Farney, 23 Brian Karraker,
18 Kevin Chambers, 17R Kyle Robbins, 66 Jon Stanbrough,
7F Ethan Fleetwood, 87 Lance Grimes, 21 Carson Short,
56 Dave Darland, 21K Casey Shuman
UMP Open Wheel Modifieds:
(30 Entries)
The 3 Heat Winners – Trent Young, Tyler Nicely, Levi Kissinger
B-Main – Stephen Schnapf, Johnny Young Jr., Shawn Cates, Chad Boone, Clay Lane,
Scott Ricketts, Rick Pauley, Neal Kramer, Mike Beatty, Aaron Zellars,
James Cross, Nathan Deisher, Scott Fetherling, John Wolfarth
A-Main (25 Laps) – Levi Kissinger, Zach Fair, Trent Young, Stephen Schnapf,
Dave Beck, Dustin Beck, Everett Bradham, Lance Foreman,
Shawn Cates, Joel Jenson, Tyler Nicely, Johnny Young Jr.,
Willie Madison, Matt Hines, Matt Lane, Nathan Seale,
Stan Beadles, Brandon McDowell