HAUBSTADT, Ind. — The USAC National Sprint Car Series entered the final night of the Chevy-sponsored Indiana Sprint Week presented by Fatheadz locked in one of the closest battles in the history of the two-decade old series. 
In a dandy finale Saturday at Tri-State Speedway, Hunter Schuerenberg captured his first USAC victory, while Levi Jones collected his second Sprint Week title  with a second-place effort. 
“It’s huge,” Schuerenberg said. “Any time you can beat this field it’s awesome. I can’t think of a better race to win, at a better race track or with a better series.”
Damion Gardner grabbed the early lead from outside the front row, but Schuerenberg kept Jeff Walker and Darryl Guiducci’s Maxim just off his bumper. On the fifth tour of the quarter-mile oval, Schuerenberg dove to the inside and took the lead. Gardner countered with a slide-job in one, but Schuerenberg cut to the inside and reclaimed the lead as they exited the second turn. 
Several incidents eliminated top drivers from the event. Chris Windom and Shane Cottle got tangled in turn four on lap eight, sliding into the outside wall. Unable to avoid them, Hud Cone caught a wheel and tumbled down the front straight.
Brian Clauson and Daron Clayton were involved in an incident that collected Brad Sweet, and before it was finished, Dustin Morgan and Scotty Weir were also involved. But the evening’s roughest ride was taken by Jon Stanbrough, whose hard luck continued on lap 17. Cole Whitt bicycled in turn two and as he righted his car, Stanbrough caught the front tire and somersaulted halfway down the backstretch.
Schuerenberg built a comfortable lead on the restart, as Jones passed Gardner for second on the next circuit. Jones chased Schuerenberg, closing the gap marginally as the laps ran down. Jones finished second, with his Tony Stewart Racing teammate Tracy Hines taking third.
Jeff Bland, Jr. romped from 20th to finish fourth with Gardner fifth.

Levi Jones

The second-place finish gave Jones his second Sprint Week crown, a scant six points ahead of Dave Darland, who finished sixth. 
“This one feels pretty good,” Jones admitted. “To be that close, racing Jerry and Dave, two guys that are really good race-car drivers, you know, beating the Hoffmans, the winningest team in USAC and beating the team that got me going. It’s awesome.”
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Tracy Hines, Stewart 21, 13.221; 2. Chad Boat, Boat 30, 13.286; 3. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 13.318; 4. Cole Whitt, Kunz 67k, 13.346; 5. Damion Gardner, Leffler 71, 13.372; 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, Walker/Guiducci 11, 13.375; 7. Dave Darland, 2B Racing 2b, 13.395; 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., Dynamics 69, 13.418; 9. Kyle Cummins, Cummins 3c, 13.428; 10. Chad Boespflug, Gatten 98, 13.434; 11. Daron Clayton, R & B 10, 13.452; 12. Thomas Meseraull, R & B 10t, 13.456; 13. Jon Stanbrough, Fox 53, 13.498; 14. Bryan Clauson, Jones 2, 13.535; 15. Chris Windom, Triple Crown 1h, 13.583; 16. Brad Sweet, Kahne 9, 13.605; 17. Scotty Weir, Edison 10e, 13.619; 18. Mat Neely, Ellis 73, 13.667; 19. John Memmer, Memmer 4m, 13.710; 20. Shane Cottle, Contos 4, 13.753; 21. Blake Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick 10f, 13.753; 22. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 13.833; 23. Dustin Morgan, M & M 93, 13.867; 24. Ryan Pace, Pace 44, 13.881; 25. Brady Short, Short 36, 13.932; 26. Josh Spencer, Batcheldor 66, 13.946; 27. Jeff Bland, Jr., Bland 21s, 13.972; 28. Robert Ballou, MPHG 81, 13.974; 29. Brett Burdette, Burdette 17b, 13.983; 30. Hud Cone, Cone 14, 14.017; 31. Sammy Imel, Imel 35, 14.022; 32. Tim Spindler, Rock Steady 2c, 14.078; 33. Kyle Wissmiller, Price 0, 14.080; 34. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 14.089; 35. Bret Mellenberndt, Mellenberndt 97, 14.106; 36. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 14.147; 37. Kyle Robbins, Robbins 17r, 14.176; 38. Kevin Thomas, Thomas 9k, 14.339.
First Heat (10 laps): Short, Stanbrough, Hines, Weir, Gardner, Burdette, Fitzpatrick, Cummins, Robbins, Wissmiller.
 Second Heat (10 laps): Cone, Bacon, Clauson, Schuerenberg, Boat, Boespflug, Neely, Spencer, Hockett, Thomas.  
Third Heat (10 laps): Bland, Morgan, Jones, Darland, Windom, Mellenberndt, Imel, Memmer, Clayton.
 Fourth Heat (10 laps): Ballou, Cottle, Whitt, Coons, Spindler, Sweet, Hagen, Pace, Meseraull.
Semi (12 laps): Gardner, Meseraull, Windom, Boat, Sweet, Clayton, Hagen, Neely, Boespflug, Spindler, Pace, Hockett, Fitzpatick, Wissmiller, Burdette, Thomas, Mellenberndt, Imel, Spencer, Cummins, Robbins.
Feature (30 laps): Schuerenberg, Jones, Hines, Bland, Gardner, Darland, Short, Coons, Meseraull, Ballou, Hagen, Boat, Bacon, Clauson, Weir, Windom, Cottle, Whitt, Stanbrough, Clayton, Sweet, Morgan, Cone.