LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — There were no surprises as Indiana Sprint Week opened July 11 at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Defending Sprint Week champion Jon Stanbrough picked up his third Lucas Oil USAC National Sprint Car Series triumph of the season.
Stanbrough passed Brady Bacon on lap 15 and guided the Jarvis Enterprises DRC-Foxco to a commanding victory in the 40-lap event on the quarter-mile dirt track.
Dave Darland charged from 12th on the grid to finish second, but he was unable to challenge Stanbrough during the closing laps. Bacon finished third, with Chris Windom and Darren Hagen rounding out the top five.
It was also the fourth-straight Sprint Week triumph for Stanbrough, who won the final three races of last year’s mid-summer classic.
Stanbrough was also the fast qualifier for the 47-car field.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Jon Stanbrough, Fox 53, 12.369; 2. Mat Neely, Neely 17n, 12.423; 3. Jerry Coons, Jr., Dynamics 69, 12.520; 4. Daron Clayton, Clayton 92, 12.544; 5. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 12.552; 6. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 12.612; 7. A.J. Anderson, Hazen 57, 12.619; 8. Kyle Robbins, Robbins 17r, 12.635; 9. Brady Short, 2B Racing 2b, 12.686; 10. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 12.691; 11. Shane Cottle, Edison 10e, 12.725; 12. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 9, 12.755; 13. Dave Darland, Pace 44, 12.759; 14. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 21, 12.772; 15. Neil Shepherd, Shepherd 4n, 12.776; 16. Tim Spindler, Byram 2c, 12.785; 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, R & B 10t, 12.815; 18. Bret Mellenberndt, Mellenberndt 97, 12.831; 19. Jeff Bland, Bland 21x, 12.835; 20. Cole Whitt, CW 29w,12.845; 21. Shane Hollingsworth, R & B 10, 12.869; 22. Russ Gamester, Gamester 46, 12.887; 23. Brad Sweet, Yeley 2j, 12.913; 24. Michael Trimble, Kruseman 21t, 12.914; 25. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 12.915; 26. Mike Spencer, Kunz 67k, 12.928; 27. Brett Burdette, Burdette 17b, 12.937; 28. Chad Boespflug, Gatten 90, 12.946; 29. Jimmy Light, Light 23, 12.957; 30. Dustin Morgan, Walker/Guiducci 11, 12.986; 31. Damion Gardner, Leffler 71, 13.006; 32. Brandon Petty, Pearce 26, 13.016; 33. Robert Ballou, MPHG 81, 13.019; 34. Cory Kruseman, Kruseman 21k, 13.035; 35. Josh Ford, Reid 2, 13.085; 36. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 13.087; 37. Scotty Weir, Crossno 38, 13.112; 38. Derek Franks, Law 77, 13.200; 39. Ted Hines, Hines 12, 13.248; 40. Mike Weber, Weber 22w, 13.384; 41. Brad Stevens, Stevens 97x, 13.566; 42. John Memmer, Memmer 4m, 13.575; 43. Josh Kinser, Melchi 6m, 13.786.
Non-Qualifiers Race (10 laps): Hockett, Kruseman, Weir, Ford, Memmer, Weber, Ballou, Stevens, Franks, Hines, Kinser.
First Heat (10 laps): Hagen, Short, Stanbrough, Darland, Hockett, Light, Hollingsworth, Schuerenberg, Jones.
Second Heat (10 laps): Neely, Spencer, Windom, Morgan, Gamester, Bacon, Kruseman, Mellenberndt, Stenhouse.
Third Heat (10 laps): Shepherd, Cottle, Sweet, Coons, Weir, Anderson, Burdette, Bland, Gardner.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Boespflug, Spindler, Ford, Petty, Robbins, Whitt, Clayton, Trimble, Swindell.
Semi (12 laps): Clayton, Bacon, Swindell, Jones, Robbins, Hollingsworth, Schuerenberg, Mellenberndt, Whitt, Kruseman, Gamester, Gardner, Trimble, Weir, Stenhouse, Hockett, Burdette, Light, Anderson, Bland.
Feature (30 laps): Stanbrough, Darland, Bacon, Windom, Hagen, Swindell, Coons, Jones, Clayton, Cottle, Stenhouse, Ford, Neely, Hollingsworth, Weir, Short, Trimble, Spindler, Shepherd, Sweet, Robbins, Spencer, Gardner, Boespflug, Petty, Morgan.