KOKOMO, Ind. — Jon Stanbrough won for the third time in five Indiana Sprint Week events Sunday night at Kokomo Speedway, dashing Dave Darland’s dreams of winning the race named for his father on the final lap.
Darland led the first 29 laps of the Lucas Oil USAC National Sprint Car Series event on the quarter-mile oval, hoping to win the Bob Darland Memorial, but Stanbrough continued his dominance of the Indiana dirt-track scene with a final-lap pass for the lead.
Stanbrough charged from 12th on the grid and pushed his Foxco No. 53 ahead of Darland on the final circuit.
Cole Whitt slid under Darland for second at the checkered flag, as the disconsolate Darland settled for third, ahead of Darren Hagen and Dustin Morgan.
Stanbrough leads the Sprint Week standings, while Levi Jones used the five races in as many nights to claim the lead in the season-long USAC standings.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., Dynamics 69, 12.818; 2. Brad Sweet, Yeley 2j, 12.895; 3. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 21, 12.983; 4. Damion Gardner, Leffler 71, 13.044; 5. Neil Shepherd, Shepherd 4n, 13.044; 6. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 13.046; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, R&B 10t, 13.092; 8. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 13.120; 9. Dave Darland, Pace 44, 13.132; 10. Cory Kruseman, Kruseman 21k, 13.139; 11. Scotty Weir, Crossno 38, 13.182; 12. Cole Whitt, CW 29w, 13.205; 13. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 13.215; 14. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 13.219; 15. Daron Clayton, Clayton 92, 13.241; 16. Mike Spencer, Kunz 67k, 13.269; 17. Jon Stanbrough, Fox 53, 13.289; 18. Dustin Morgan, Walker/Guiducci 11, 13.342; 19. Shane Cottle, Edison 10e, 13.353; 20. Chris Urish, Urish 77u, 13.364; 21. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 9, 13.376; 22. Brent Beauchamp, Beauchamp 112, 13.398; 23. Mat Neely, Neely 17n, 13.401; 24. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 13.449; 25. Brady Short, 2B Racing 2b, 13.468; 26. Jeff Bland, Bland 21x, 13.491; 27. Shane Hollingsworth, R&B 10, 13.518; 28. Mitch Wissmiller, Mahan 7x, 13.522; 29. Matt Westfall, Westfall 54, 13.567; 30. Robert Ballou, MPHG 81, 13.650; 31. Ron Dennis, Dennis 32, 13.759; 32. Josh Spencer, Spencer 66j, 13.834; 33. Russ Gamester, Gamester 46, 13.881; 34. Kyle Robbins, Robbins 17r, 13.884; 35. Brett Burdette, Burdette 17b, 13.904; 36. Michael Trimble, Kruseman 21t, 13.914; 37. Bret Mellenberndt, Mellenberndt 97, 14.046; 38. Chad Boespflug, Gatten 90, 14.163; 39. Josh Ford, Reid 2, 14.182; 40. Patrick Haynes, Haynes 5h, 14.339.
Non-Qualifiers Race (10 laps): Robbins, Trimble, Ford, Gamester, Burdette, Boespflug, Haynes, Mellenberndt.
First Heat (10 laps): Stanbrough, Short, Darland, Coons, Shepherd, Robbins, Westfall, Windom, Swindell.
Second Heat (10 laps): Jones, Ballou, Bland, Bacon, Trimble, Morgan, Kruseman, Sweet, Beauchamp.
Third Heat (10 laps): Hollingsworth, Cottle, Clayton, Weir, Dennis, Neely, Schuerenberg, Ford, Stenhouse.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Wissmiller, Hockett, Hagen, J. Spencer, Whitt, M. Spencer, Gardner, Urish, Gamester.
Semi (12 laps): Kruseman, Whitt, Morgan, Shepherd, Stenhouse, Neely, Robbins, Ford, Westfall, M. Spencer, Dennis, Trimble, Swindell, Windom, Gamester, Urish, Gardner, Schuerenberg.
Feature (30 laps): Stanbrough, Whitt, Darland, Hagen, Morgan, Jones,  Stenhouse, Shepherd, Bacon, Kruseman, Weir, Windom, Hockett, Hollingsworth, Coons, Short, Cottle, Neely, Ballou, Swindell, Clayton, J. Spencer, Bland, Wissimller.