Stanbrough Holds The Line At Gas City
Jon Stanbrough locked up the Border Wars XIII championship for the Lucas Oil USAC National Sprint Car Series with a victory Thursday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway.
Jon Stanbrough won Thursday's USAC sprint-car race at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway. (Ginny Heithaus photo).
GAS CITY, Ind. — Jon Stanbrough locked up the Border Wars XIII championship for the Lucas Oil USAC National Sprint Car Series with a victory Thursday night at Gas City I-69 Speedway.
Stanbrough claimed the title in the two-race series, which opened earlier this year at Eldora Speedway.
Stanbrough, who finished fourth April 28 at Eldora, led all 30 laps at the quarter-mile dirt track.
Wheeling the Fox Brothers No. 53, Stanbrough beat Brady Bacon to the checkered flag for his second USAC victory of the season. Point-leader Levi Jones finished third, ahead of Brady Short and Brad Sweet.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 12.558; 2. Daron Clayton, Clayton 92, 12.639; 3. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 12.666; 4. Shane Hollingsworth, R & B 10, 12.912; 5. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 9, 12.934; 6. Jon Stanbrough, Fox 53, 12.956; 7. A.J. Anderson, Hazen 57, 13.034; 8. Shane Cottle, Edison 10e, 13.045; 9. Robert Ballou, MPHG 81, 13.052; 10. Critter Malone, Baldwin 5x, 13.055; 11. Brad Sweet, Walker/Guiducci 11, 13.134; 12. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 13.135; 13. Matt Rossi, Yeley 2j, 13.227; 14. Danny Williams, Melchi 6m, 13.255; 15. Dave Darland, Pace 44, 13.268; 16. Dustin Morgan, Walker/Guiducci 2x, 13.327; 17. Brady Short, 2B Racing 2b, 13.398; 18. Bret Mellenberndt, Mellenberndt 97, 13.457; 19. Mat Neely, Neely 17n, 13.496; 20. Jimmy Light, Light 23, 13.503; 21. Kyle Robbins, Robbins 17r, 13.522; 22. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 13.558; 23. Tony Elliott, Anderson 34, 13.577; 24. Sammy Imel, Imel 35, 13.592; 25. Steve Ott, Ott OT, 13.604; 26. Jerry Coons, Jr., Dynamics 69, 13.632; 27. Damion Gardner, Leffler 71, 13.653; 28. Hunter Schuerenberg, R & B 10t, 13.674; 29. Neil Shepherd, Shepherd 4n, 13.676; 30. Josh Spencer, Spencer 66j, 13.693; 31. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 13.755; 32. Ted Hines, Hines 12, 13.898; 33. Jake Martens, Martens 48j, 14.051; 34. Dustin Morgan, Walker/Guiducci 11d, no time; 35. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 20s, no time.
First Heat (10 laps): Ott, Jones, Shepherd, Short, Swindell, Robbins, Rossi, Martens, Ballou.
Second Heat (10 laps): Coons, Stanbrough, Clayton, Windom, Spencer, Mellenberndt, Malone, Williams, Stenhouse.
Third Heat (10 laps): Hagen, Elliott, Darland, Gardner, Sweet, Bacon, Anderson, Neely.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Morgan, Hines, Schuerenberg, Hockett, Cottle, Hollingsworth, Imel, Light.
Semi (12 laps): Hollingsworth, Swindell, Neely, Anderson, Bacon, Sweet, Robbins, Imel, Stenhouse, Spencer, Martens, Light, Mellenberndt, Malone, Cottle, Rossi, Williams, Ballou.
Feature (30 laps): Stanbrough, Bacon, Jones, Short, Sweet, Anderson, Coons, Clayton, Hockett, Windom, Gardner, Morgan, Hagen, Swindell, Shepherd, Hollingsworth, Schuerenberg, Ott, Elliott, Light, Hines, Neely, Darland.