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Eldora Speedway
Clauson Scores
USAC Sprint Car Victory
Madsen Wins World of Outlaws Race
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 6, 2016) – Bryan Clauson, from Noblesville,
Indiana, survived a late restart and brushed the turn four wall, but
won the United States Auto Club Sprint Car Feature at Eldora Speedway
during Night #1 of the #LetsRaceTwo Doubleheader Weekend.
Clauson, who started sixth, worked his way through to third through the
first 20 laps of the A-Feature. As the leader raced through
traffic with 10 laps to go, Clauson first passed Thomas Meseraull for
second-place in turn four and then, one lap later, moved past leader
C.J. Leary.
“We’ve been so close in the past, it was nice to get it done,” said
Clauson, who scored his first USAC Sprint Car Series win at Eldora. “I
almost gave it away there – I about put it in the fence there in turn
four. It’s kind of tough because you’re really fast, but it’s because
your banging the boards up there and sometimes you hit them a little
too hard.”
Leary, from Greenfield, Indiana, was second, while Meseraull, Dallas
Hewitt and Brady Bacon rounded out the top-five.
There was just one accident in the USAC Sprint Car A-Feature, as
defending series champion, Robert Ballou, from Rocklin, California,
tumbled in turn two and was hit by Jarett Andretti of Mooresville,
N.C., which just three laps to go. Neither driver was injured.
The second half of the #LetsRaceTwo saw Kerry Madsen, who hails from
Australia, but lives in Knoxville, Iowa, charge from the pole position
to lead all 30 laps of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
A-Feature.
“The car was unbelievable,” Madsen said. “It was a great win. The guys
worked so hard. We’ve been pulling our hair out trying to get fast and
it’s nice to get it done tonight. When I got to lapped cars, I couldn’t
quite whip around them and had to change my line a bit. But it was a
great win.”
Chad Kemenah, from Findley, Ohio, started 10th and finished a close
second, while David Gravel, from Watertown, Connecticut pulled to
third. Daryn Pittman was fourth and Kraig Kinser, who started 12th, was
fifth.
Clauson finished 11th in his second race of the night.
During qualifying veteran Dave Blaney hit the turn one wall and flipped
several times before his car landed in turn two.
He was transported via ground to a local hospital but was released
later in the night.
The racing at Eldora continues on Saturday, May 7 with the Final Night
of the #LetsRaceTwo Doubleheader Weekend featuring the World of Outlaws
Craftsman Sprint Car Series and the USAC National Sprint Cars.
Admission gates will open at 2 p.m. (EDT), with hot laps 6 p.m. and a
complete racing program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be
bought at www.EldoraSpeedway.com, by phone at (937) 338-3815 or at the
box office at the race track. It’s $28 for adults and kids 12 and under
are free.
The complete schedule for Eldora’s 63nd consecutive season, including
ticket and campsite information, is available at www.EldoraSpeedway.com.
#LetsRaceTwo – Night 1
May 6, 2016
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
Qualifying
1.83-Joey Saldana, 13.947; 2.22D-Cole Duncan, 14.097; 3.49-Brad Sweet,
14.168; 4.9-Daryn Pittman, 14.271; 5.1-Sammy Swindell, 14.312;
6.1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.312; 7.29-Kerry Madsen, 14.367; 8.5-David
Gravel, 14.376; 9.99-Brady Bacon, 14.417; 10.10H-Chad Kemenah, 14.426;
11.15-Donny Schatz, 14.478; 12.11K-Kraig Kinser, 14.485; 13.71M-Dave
Blaney, 14.493; 14.2-Shane Stewart, 14.501; 15.7-Paul McMahan, 14.515;
16.17W-Bryan Clauson, 14.547; 17.20W-Greg Wilson, 14.577; 18.71-Jamie
Veal, 14.600; 19.41-Jason Johnson, 14.609; 20.49X-Tim Shaffer,
14.614; 21.82-Dusty Zomer, 14.672; 22.7S-Jason Sides, 14.705;
23.23-Trey Starks, 14.808; 24.6M-Jac Haudenschild, 14.827; 25.71MX-Paul
May, 14.881; 26.1ST-Gary Taylor, 14.950; 27.93-Sheldon Haudenschild,
15.007; 28.19M-Brent Marks, 15.044; 29.21-Cap Henry, 15.129;
30.07-Jacob Wilson, 15.131; 31.23X-DJ Foos, 15.132; 32.19-Paige Polyak,
15.185; 33.33M-Caleb Griffith, 15.200; 34.23C-Tyler Courtney, 15.315;
35.70-Danny Holtgraver, 15.347; 36.5T-Travis Philo, 15.357;
37.20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 15.431; 38.97-Dean Jacobs, 15.447;
39.11N-Randy Hannagan, 15.538; 40.2X-Parker Price-Miller, 15.539;
41.1A-Jacob Allen, 15.545; 42.40-Caleb Helms, 15.654; 43.35-Stuart
Brubaker, 16.152; 44.35X-Wes McGlumphy, 17.050; 45.57-Gary Edwards,
17.275;
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 49-Brad Sweet[2] ; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[3] ; 3. 83-Joey Saldana[1] ;
4. 17W-Bryan Clauson[4] ; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 6. 23-Trey
Starks[6] ; 7. 33M-Caleb Griffith[8] ; 8. 19M-Brent Marks[7] ; 9.
11N-Randy Hannagan[10] ; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[9] ; 11. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[11]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 22D-Cole Duncan[1] ; 2. 29-Kerry Madsen[2] ; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer[5] ;
4. 7-Paul McMahan[3] ; 5. 71-Jamie Veal[4] ; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor[6] ; 7.
21-Cap Henry[7] ; 8. 23C-Tyler Courtney[8] ; 9. 97-Dean Jacobs[9] ; 10.
1A-Jacob Allen[10] ; 11. 57-Gary Edwards[11]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 9-Daryn Pittman[1] ; 2. 5-David Gravel[2] ; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3] ;
4. 2-Shane Stewart[4] ; 5. 7S-Jason Sides[6] ; 6. 20W-Greg Wilson[5] ;
7. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[10] ; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[11] ; 9. 19-Paige
Polyak[9] ; 10. 07-Jacob Wilson[8] ; 11. 71MX-Paul May[7]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[1] ; 2. 99-Brady Bacon[2] ; 3. 11K-Kraig
Kinser[3] ; 4. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[6] ; 5. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[7] ;
6. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 7. 2X-Parker Price-Miller[10] ; 8. 23X-DJ
Foos[8] ; 9. 41-Jason Johnson[5] ; 10. 35X-Wes McGlumphy[11] ; 11.
70-Danny Holtgraver[9]
Dash - (6 Laps)
1. 29-Kerry Madsen[2] ; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[4] ; 3. 99-Brady Bacon[1] ;
4. 5-David Gravel[3] ; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5] ; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman[7]
; 7. 22D-Cole Duncan[6] ; 8. 49-Brad Sweet[8]
C-Feature - (10 Laps)
1. 11N-Randy Hannagan[3] ; 2. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[4] ; 3. 97-Dean
Jacobs[1] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[8] ; 5. 70-Danny Holtgraver[2] ; 6.
2X-Parker Price-Miller[6] ; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 8. 1A-Jacob
Allen[5] ; 9. 35X-Wes McGlumphy[10]
B-Feature - (12 Laps)
1. 23-Trey Starks[1] ; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[2] ; 3. 20W-Greg Wilson[4] ;
4. 1ST-Gary Taylor[3] ; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[13] ; 6. 19M-Brent Marks[5]
; 7. 41-Jason Johnson[6] ; 8. 21-Cap Henry[7] ; 9. 11N-Randy
Hannagan[15] ; 10. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[16] ; 11. 71MX-Paul May[8] ;
12. 23C-Tyler Courtney[11] ; 13. 19-Paige Polyak[14] ; 14. 33M-Caleb
Griffith[9] ; 15. 07-Jacob Wilson[10] ; 16. 23X-DJ Foos[12]
A-Feature - (30 Laps)
1. 29-Kerry Madsen[1] ; 2. 10H-Chad Kemenah[10] ; 3. 5-David Gravel[4]
; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman[6] ; 5. 11K-Kraig Kinser[12] ; 6. 1S-Logan
Schuchart[5] ; 7. 20W-Greg Wilson[23] ; 8. 99-Brady Bacon[3] ; 9.
15-Donny Schatz[2] ; 10. 22D-Cole Duncan[7] ; 11. 17W-Bryan Clauson[13]
; 12. 49-Brad Sweet[8] ; 13. 7S-Jason Sides[18] ; 14. 49X-Tim
Shaffer[17] ; 15. 1ST-Gary Taylor[24] ; 16. 83-Joey Saldana[9] ; 17.
82-Dusty Zomer[11] ; 18. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[20] ; 19. 2-Shane
Stewart[14] ; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell[22] ; 21. 71-Jamie Veal[19] ; 22.
7-Paul McMahan[15] ; 23. 41-Jason Johnson[25] ; 24. 23-Trey Starks[21]
; 25. 6M-Jac Haudenschild[16]
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USAC National Sprint Cars
Qualifying
1.63-Bryan Clauson, 16.611; 2.98E-Chad Boespflug, 16.805; 3.66-Thomas
Meseraull, 16.867; 4.18X-Scotty Weir, 16.898; 5.23C-Tyler Courtney,
17.039; 6.17GP-CJ Leary, 17.068; 7.16-Dallas Hewitt, 17.122; 8.69-Brady
Bacon, 17.125; 9.1-Robert Ballou, 17.267; 10.5-Justin Grant, 17.303;
11.17-Max McGhee, 17.420; 12.57-Shane Cottle, 17.547; 13.11-Dave
Darland, 17.575; 14.63X-Kody Swanson, 17.646; 15.4J-Kevin Thomas Jr,
17.661; 16.18A-Jarett Andretti, 17.677; 17.15F-Aaron Farney, 17.719;
18.40-Chris Windom, 17.823; 19.10E-Jerry Coons Jr, 17.879; 20.50-Tony
DiMattia, 17.952; 21.21-Carson Short, 18.136; 22.24L-Lee Underwood,
18.176; 23.46-Cody Gardner, 18.186; 24.41K-Cole Ketcham, 18.189;
25.32-Chase Stockon, 18.263; 26.24-Landon Simon, 18.395; 27.97-Bret
Mellenberndt, 18.621; 28.96-Riley VanHise, 18.725; 29.29-Logan Jarrett,
18.736; 30.15-Brandon Whited, 18.760; 31.3R-Kyle Cummins, 18.811;
32.39-Matt Goodnight, 18.981; 33.10-Aric Gentry, 19.116; 34.52-Issac
Chapple, 19.218; 35.38-Matt Westfall, 99.999;
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 11-Dave Darland[3] ; 2. 1-Robert Ballou[4] ; 3. 21-Carson Short[1] ;
4. 63-Bryan Clauson[6] ; 5. 32-Chase Stockon[7] ; 6. 23C-Tyler
Courtney[5] ; 7. 15F-Aaron Farney[2] ; 8. 10-Aric Gentry[9] ; 9.
29-Logan Jarrett[8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 40-Chris Windom[2] ; 2. 98E-Chad Boespflug[6] ; 3. 17GP-CJ Leary[5]
; 4. 5-Justin Grant[4] ; 5. 63X-Kody Swanson[3] ; 6. 15-Brandon
Whited[8] ; 7. 24L-Lee Underwood[1] ; 8. 52-Issac Chapple[9] ; 9.
24-Landon Simon[7]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 46-Cody Gardner[1] ; 2. 16-Dallas Hewitt[5] ; 3. 66-Thomas
Meseraull[6] ; 4. 4J-Kevin Thomas Jr[3] ; 5. 17-Max McGhee[4] ; 6.
3R-Kyle Cummins[8] ; 7. 38-Matt Westfall[9] ; 8. 97-Bret
Mellenberndt[7] ; 9. 10E-Jerry Coons Jr[2]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 57-Shane Cottle[4] ; 2. 69-Brady Bacon[5] ; 3. 18A-Jarett
Andretti[3] ; 4. 18X-Scotty Weir[6] ; 5. 50-Tony DiMattia[2] ; 6.
41K-Cole Ketcham[1] ; 7. 96-Riley VanHise[7] ; 8. 39-Matt Goodnight[8]
B-Feature - (12 Laps)
1. 23C-Tyler Courtney[1] ; 2. 63X-Kody Swanson[3] ; 3. 17-Max McGhee[2]
; 4. 10E-Jerry Coons Jr[5] ; 5. 15F-Aaron Farney[4] ; 6. 50-Tony
DiMattia[6] ; 7. 24-Landon Simon[10] ; 8. 3R-Kyle Cummins[14] ; 9.
41K-Cole Ketcham[8] ; 10. 32-Chase Stockon[9] ; 11. 15-Brandon
Whited[13] ; 12. 38-Matt Westfall[18] ; 13. 96-Riley VanHise[12] ; 14.
24L-Lee Underwood[7] ; 15. 52-Issac Chapple[17] ; 16. 39-Matt
Goodnight[15] ; 17. 10-Aric Gentry[16] ; 18. 97-Bret Mellenberndt[11]
A-Feature - (30 Laps)
1. 17GP-CJ Leary[2] ; 2. 66-Thomas Meseraull[4] ; 3. 16-Dallas
Hewitt[1] ; 4. 69-Brady Bacon[8] ; 5. 23C-Tyler Courtney[7] ; 6.
98E-Chad Boespflug[5] ; 7. 57-Shane Cottle[12] ; 8. 11-Dave Darland[13]
; 9. 63X-Kody Swanson[14] ; 10. 17-Max McGhee[11] ; 11. 32-Chase
Stockon[23] ; 12. 40-Chris Windom[22] ; 13. 18X-Scotty Weir[3] ; 14.
4J-Kevin Thomas Jr[15] ; 15. 3R-Kyle Cummins[24] ; 16. 5-Justin
Grant[10] ; 17. 15F-Aaron Farney[17] ; 18. 21-Carson Short[21] ; 19.
10E-Jerry Coons Jr[19] ; 20. 46-Cody Gardner[18] ; 21. 1-Robert
Ballou[9] ; 22. 18A-Jarett Andretti[16] ; 23. 50-Tony DiMattia[20] ;
DNF. 63-Bryan Clauson[6]
About Eldora Speedway:
Since carved from a cornfield in the natural amphitheater that existed
between the Eldora Ballroom and the Wabash River by bandleader Earl
Baltes in 1954, Eldora Speedway has grown to be a frontrunner in
motorsports growth and stability. Baltes chose to sell the legendary
high-banked clay oval to motorsports entrepreneur and NASCAR, IndyCar
and USAC champion Tony Stewart in 2004. Celebrating its 63nd
season in 2016, Eldora hosts the biggest events in short-track racing
including the 22nd annual Dirt Late Model Dream by Ferris Mowers; the
33rdannual Kings Royal Weekend; the fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race on dirt presented by Aspen Dental; and the 46th annual
World 100. The complete schedule for Eldora’s 63rd consecutive season,
including ticket and campsite information, is available at
www.EldoraSpeedway.com and can be requested by phone at (937) 338-3815.
Fans can get behind-the-scenes access of Eldora Speedway by following
@EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at
www.facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and on
www.youtube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc.
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