Jones, who trailed Bacon for the better part of 30 laps, inched forward by the slimmest of margins to post his first victory since 2005 and first as a driver for Tony Stewart Racing Enterprises.

Jones pounced on Bacon just a handful of laps from the end, and used a lapped car as a pick to jump around Bacon exiting the fourth turn of the quarter-mile oval. It was the only lap Bacon didn’t lead.

Bacon started fourth but benefited from Dustin Morgan’s first-lap spin, moving into the front row for the restart. He had to wait until the green flag was thrown a third time after Tracy Hines spun.

Polesitter Brett Burdette got the advantage on the third start, jumping ahead of Bacon and his Kasey Kahne Racing teammate, Kevin Swindell, but got bobbled up on the backstretch. The Kahne teammates split him entering turn three, with Bacon taking the lead.

The only caution after the early set of restarts occurred on lap 18 when Burdette and Brady Short tangled.

Bacon pulled away on the restart, but Jones closed the gap in  traffic.

As the pair drove into turn three, Bacon couldn’t get through the lapped pack, and Jones stayed on the outside. The duo came off turn four nearly even, but it was that little momentum and help from another car that gave Jones the advantage he needed to take the checkered flag first.

“What a last lap,” Jones said. “I had a really good time racing Brady. I’m really looking forward to this sort of competition all year long. Jay (Drake) and the rest of the guys did a great job with the setup of the car.”

Bacon scored a career-best second-place finish. Trailing were Swindell, who set the night’s fast qualifying time and track record at 11.647 seconds, Robert Ballou and defending series champion Josh Wise.

Rookie Neil Shepherd, the son of former USAC National Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year Terry Shepherd, was transported to Dearborn County Hospital after flipping during heat-race action.

Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, Ind., April 21, 2007

The summary:

• Qualifications: 1. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 79, 11.647; 2. Tracy Hines, Stewart 21, 11.755; 3. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 11.837; 4. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 11.877; 5. Dustin Morgan, Walker/Guiducci 11d, 11.922; 6. Brett Burdette, Burdette 17b, 11.962; 7. Josh Wise, Kunz 67k, 11.963; 8. Robert Ballou, MPHG 81, 11.990; 9. Jerry Coons, Jr., Dynamics 69, 11.996; 10. Jon Stanbrough, Fox 53, 12.030; 11. Brady Short, 2B Racing 2b, 12.040; 12. A.J. Anderson, Hazen 57, 12.055; 13. Damion Gardner, Leffler 71, 12.122; 14. Hunter Schuerenberg, R & B 10t, 12.131; 15. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 12.135; 16. Shane Hollingsworth, R & B 10, 12.140; 17. Bill Rose, Rose 6, 12.163; 18. Daron Clayton, Clayton 92, 12.168; 19. Neil Shepherd, Shepherd 4n, 12.174; 20. Darren Hagen, Kunz 67, 12.176; 21. Shane Cottle, Walker/Guiducci 11, 12.190;. 22. Kevin Briscoe, Briscoe 5, 12.220; 23. Jimmy Light, Light 23, 12.229; 24. Dave Darland, Pace 44, 12.296; 25. Mat Neely, Neely 17n, 12.307; 26. Danny Williams, Jr., Melchi 6m, 12.309; 27. Dickie Gaines, Reid 2, 12.346; 28. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 12.424; 29. Scotty Weir, Weir 22w, 12.431; 30. Matt Westfall, Westfall 54, 12.434; 31. Bret Mellenberndt, Mellenberndt 97, 12.452; 32. Chad Boespflug, Gatten 90, 12.549; 33. Ted Hines, Hines 12, 12.792; 34. Kyle Robbins, Robbins 17r, 12.833; 35. John Heydenreich, Burkey 57b, 12.950; 36. Mike Weber, Weber 22x, 12.952; 37. Derek Franks, Law 77, 13.327; 38. Matt Goodnight, Goodnight 39g, 13.847; 39. Brad Stevens, Stevens 97x, no time; 40. Jake Martens, Martens 48j, no time; 41. Brent Beauchamp, Beauchamp 112, no time.
• First Heat (10 laps): Cottle, Morgan, Neely, Gardner, Weir, Ted Hines, Swindell, Rose, Coons.
• Second Heat (10 laps): Tracy Hines, Stanbrough, Westfall, Burdette, Robbins, Clayton, Williams, Briscoe, Schuerenberg.
• Third Heat (10 laps): Light, Hockett, Short, Bacon, Wise, Heydenreich, Gaines, Mellenberndt, Shepherd.
• Fourth Heat (10 laps): Windom, Boespflug, Hagen, Darland, Ballou, Hollingsworth, Jones, Anderson, Weber.
• Semi (12 laps): Swindell, Jones, Ballou, Clayton, Wise, Hollingsworth, Coons, Anderson, Schuerenberg, Mellenberndt, Weir, Heydenreich, Weber, Ted Hines.
• Feature (30 laps): Jones, Bacon, Swindell, Ballou, Wise, Burdette, Hockett, Darland, Hollingsworth, Stanbrough, Hagen, Cottle, Hines, Clayton, Windom, Gardner, Neely, Light, Short, Boespflug, Coons, Morgan, Westfall.