National Speed Sport News

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. - Bryan Clauson continued his winning ways capturing Sunday night's 30-lap USAC Mopar National Midget Series feature at Angell Park Speedway. The victory gave Clauson a sweep of both National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Classic features and his third midget triumph in as many nights.

Jerry Coons, Jr. jumped into the lead at the start while Clauson moved forward from fifth.read more

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. - USAC Mopar National Midget Series point-leader Bryan Clauson claimed victory on the opening night of the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Classic at Angell Park Speedway Saturday night.

He took the lead from Jerry Coons, Jr. on a restart at lap 22 and led the final nine laps of the third-mile oval in his Parker Stone/Esslinger Spike.

Coons finished second ahead of Daveread more

INDIANAPOLIS - Levi Jones is back atop the 2010 USAC National Drivers Championship as he attempts to claim the $40,000 prize awaiting the champion at season's end.

Jones finished fourth in Sunday's USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series Rich Vogler Classic at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway, increasing his point total by six to 1,037. Clauson's seventh-place finish failed to increase his total of 1,032,read more

WINCHESTER, Ind. - Scoring his fourth USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series victory of the season, Shane Hmiel locked up the division's inaugural pavement title on Old Timers Weekend at Winchester Speedway.

As at Salem the week before, Hmiel was unchallenged once in the lead, claiming the traditional Rich Vogler Classic. Damion Gardner finished second, followed by Tracy Hines, Levi Jones and Bobbyread more

Racing has always been a big part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. For more than 100 years auto racers from all over the country have taken to the historic dirt mile, and that tradition continues this weekend when the ARCA Racing Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series invade the track located in Springfield, Ill. The following story is part three of a story provided by Track Enterprisesread more

 SPEEDWAY, Ind. - Bryan Clauson and Levi Jones are separated by a single point in the battle for USAC's inaugural National Drivers Championship, which is beginning to enter its stretch run with a $40,000 bonus awaiting the champion at season's end.

Clauson has started 55 National races and Jones has started 43, but only the best 25 finishes count in the special tally to determine the overall USACread more

Racing has always been a big part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. For more than 100 years auto racers from all over the country have taken to the historic dirt mile, and that tradition continues this weekend when the ARCA Racing Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series invade the track located in Springfield, Ill. The following story is part two of a story provided by Track Enterprisesread more

Racing has always been a big part of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. For more than 100 years auto racers from all over the country have taken to the historic dirt mile, and that tradition continues this weekend when the ARCA Racing Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series invade the track located in Springfield, Ill. The following story is part one of a story provided by Track Enterprisesread more

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Blake Miller drove to his second AMSOIL USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series triumph of the season Saturday at Santa Maria Speedway.

Rickie Gaunt led the first seven laps at the third-mile clay oval before giving way to Miller, who sped away from the field aboard his Roy Miller Freight Lines/Sander Engineering Bullet/Mopar.

Troy Rutherford moved into second late in the 30-lap event, butread more

SALEM, Ind. - Simply put, Shane Hmiel put a whipping on the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series field during the 51st Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial at Salem Speedway Saturday.

Pacing all 50 circuits, Hmiel took the checkers five seconds ahead of Tracy Hines and Bryan Clauson at the .555-mile asphalt oval.

"It means a lot," Hmiel said. "If I hadn't messed up and run over a couple of people atread more

MARNE, Mich. - Brothers Tanner and Kody Swanson swept the top two spots in Thursday night's Great Lakes 150 USAC Silver Crown Series race at Berlin Raceway.

Bryan Clauson led early at the seven-sixteenths-mile asphalt oval before giving up the lead to Bobby East on lap 43. On lap 98 T. Swanson moved into second before passing East on lap 101 to take the lead.

K. Swanson was right behind his brother,read more

OSKALOOSA, Iowa - Bud Kaeding collected a hefty bounty with a victory in the Casey's General Stores Ultimate Challenge USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series race Tuesday at Southern Iowa Speedway.

Bryan Clauson led the first nine laps of the 30-lap feature before Kaeding took over. He wheeled his Alviso Rock/High Five Pizza/Maxim/Speedway Chevy to a convincing victory at the half-mile dirt oval,read more

Aug. 2
RISING CITY, Neb. - Bryan Clauson drove to his second-straight victory during Speedway Motors Midget Money Week sanctioned by USAC-SMRS, POWRi and the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Ass'n at Butler County Motorplex Aug. 2.

Despite several caution flags, Clauson was clearly the man to beat. He powered away from the field after every restart, eventually driving the Corey Tucker-owned Spike/Fordread more

HANFORD, Calif. - Davey Pombo picked up his second USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series triumph of the season Saturday night at Giant Chevrolet Speedway.

Pombo took the lead from Wes Gutierrez on lap 12 and led the remainder of the 30-lap race on the three-eighths-mile dirt track.

Danny Faria, Jr. was second ahead of T.J. Smith, Peter Murphy and Gutierrez.

The finish:
Davey Pombo, Danny Faria, Jr.,read more

MADERA, Calif. - Tanner Swanson was dominant in winning the Super Saturday USAC AMSOIL Western Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Madera Speedway.

Swanson took the lead from JoJo Helberg on lap three and led the remainder of the 50-lap race on the third-mile asphalt oval.

Point-leader Tony Hunt was the fast qualifier and finished second with Luis Ramos III third in the slim nine-car field.

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KNOXVILLE, Iowa - Bud Kaeding nearly led the entire 26- lap distance as he claimed the USAC Knoxville Sprint Nationals Sunday night.

"I'm so excited. Winning at Knoxville.I don't care if it's a rental car," Kaeding shouted to the crowd after earning $5,000 for his first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series triumph of the season.

After the first lap fell to polesitter Scotty Weir, Brady Bacon ledread more

OSBORN, Mo. - Bryan Clauson led all 30 laps of Sunday night's USAC-SMRS and POWRi Midget Series event at U.S. 36 Raceway.

Clauson kept his No. 39 ahead of the field throughout the event on the three-eighths-mile dirt track, keeping POWRi point-leader Brad Loyet at bay. Loyet, who also leads the USAC-SMRS standings, finished second.

Matt Sherrell, Zach Daum and Andrew Felker completed the top five.

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PERRIS, Calif. - David Cardey romped to his fourth-consecutive Perris Auto Speedway victory in Saturday night's AMSOIL USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series event at the half-mile oval.

Cardey followed point-leader Mike Spencer for the opening 24 tours of the half-mile dirt track and took the lead on lap 24.

From there, Cardey kept his Circle Track Performance Viper-Picks ahead of the field to tie the recordread more

INDIANAPOLIS - The United States Auto Club has announced several schedule modifications to the 2010 Silver Crown Championship slate, including the addition of the
Rollie Beale 150 at the Toledo (Ohio) Speedway Oct. 16.

USAC has also rescheduled the previously postponed Sumar Classic 100 at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track for Oct. 9. The series has canceled the event scheduled Aug. 4 at Oswegoread more

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - T.J. Smith earned his first USAC victory Saturday night during the 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series feature at Santa Maria Speedway.

He wired the field aboard his UHL Rubber/Swedish Car Care Maxim, beating fast qualifier Danny Faria, Jr. to the finish. Series point-leader Craig Stidham was third ahead of Davey Pombo and Richard VanderWeerd.

The finish:
T.J. Smith,read more

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Ryan Burdett scored his first victory of 2010 during the 50-lap USAC AMSOIL Western Sprint Car Series feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways Saturday night.

Burdett trailed Luis Ramos III for 34 laps before putting his FRB Welding/Harrison Chiropractic Wysong/Klein in front to stay.

Jim Waters was second at the .375-mile asphalt oval ahead of Ramos, Kipp Posey and Scottread more

PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. - Dickie Gaines led all 30 laps and beat the approaching rain to win Saturday night's USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series race at Lincoln Park Speedway.

The race, which was rained out earlier this season at the five-sixteenths-mile dirt track, drew 26 cars and produced the first USAC triumph of the season for Gaines.

Driving the Tate Racing No. 21x, Gaines beat Dave Darland toread more

CLERMONT, Ind. - Kody Swanson turned in a dominant performance Thursday night, winning the 30-lap USAC Mopar National Midget Series feature at O'Reilly Raceway Park.

The victory for car owner Wilke Racing moved it to first place on the all-time USAC victory list with 134 National triumphs. The Wilkes were tied with Steve Lewis for the all-time lead prior to Thursday.

Swanson became the 30thread more

CLERMONT, Ind. - Tracy Hines captured the J.D. Byrider 100-lap USAC K&N Silver Crown event Thursday at O'Reilly Raceway Park. The highly competitive event featured six lead changes among five drivers.

The event saw 14 laps of the first quarter of the event run under caution as three different drivers led the event. On a lap-25 restart, Brad Sweet moved in front of Kody Swanson. Bobby East, whoread more

CLERMONT, Ind. - NASCAR stars Ryan Newman and Jason Leffler have their sights set on O'Reilly Raceway Park tonight as USAC showcases its K&N Silver Crown and Mopar National Midget series in a doubleheader at the .686-mile oval.

Newman will compete in the 100-lap J.D. Byrider 100 Silver Crown race as well as the companion 30-lap midget event. Leffler will also compete in the accompanying midgetread more

SPEEDWAY, Ind. - Bryan Clauson is the mid-season leader for USAC National Driver's Championship, worth a $40,000 bonus at season's end. Clauson is 21 points ahead of Levi Jones and 38 ahead of Jerry Coons, Jr. following Indiana Sprint Week.

Drivers earn points in each USAC National event in which they compete. The top 25 scores count toward the championship, with a maximum of 49 points available atread more

Sprints
STOCKTON, Calif. - Point-leader Tony Hunt raced to his third USAC Western Sprint Car Series triumph of the season Saturday night at Stockton 99 Speedway.

Hunt, the fast qualifier for the 10-car field, took the lead from Scott Pierovich on the 15th circuit of the quarter-mile asphalt oval and paced the remainder of the 50-lap event.

Pierovich finished second with Tim Skoglund third.

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Saturday

HAUBSTADT, Ind. - Indiana Sprint Week came to a dramatic conclusion at Tri-State Speedway Saturday, as young Blake Fitzpatrick scored his first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series victory and Jon Stanbrough wrapped up the Sprint Week title.

Only weeks after graduating from high school, Fitzpatrick outran Stanbrough and Dave Darland in the series finale.

"It wasn't such a fight as Iread more

Friday
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Scoring his third victory of the 23rd annual Indiana Sprint Week, Jon Stanbrough closed within seven points of Levi Jones at Bloomington Speedway Friday.

Stanbrough passed Hunter Schuerenberg for the lead at mid-race and was unchallenged the remainder of the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series event. Jones was third ahead of Damion Gardner and Jon Sciscoe.

Driving theread more

Thursday
BROWNSTOWN, Ind. - Brady Short broke through Thursday night at Brownstown Speedway.

Among the most consistent performers through the first four rounds of the 23rd annual Indiana Sprint Week series, Short rim rode past Chris Windom on lap 27 and paced the final four laps for his first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series triumph of the season.

With storms moving in on the race track,read more