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Eldora Speedway
USAC Sprints,
Midget at Eldora Saturday
(Courtesy USAC Racing PR) USAC SPRINTS HEAD TO ELDORA FOR
SATURDAY’S 4-CROWN NATIONALS - Saturday night’s 35th “4-Crown
Nationals” brings all three of USAC’s National divisions to Rossburg,
Ohio’s half-mile Eldora Speedway for one night and, as usual, the one
thing that is predictable in the AMSOIL National Sprint Car portion of
the program is unpredictability.
There have been nine different feature winners in the last nine
“4-Crown” Sprint Car races and no repeat winner since Bud Kaeding in
2001 and 2002.
San Jose, California’s Thomas Meseraull earned his first career USAC
National victory in last year’s event and joins Brady Bacon (2014),
Chris Windom (2013), Jerry Coons Jr. (2009) and Dave Darland (1999) as
series regulars who are expected to compete this Saturday night.
Current drivers in the top-ten in the AMSOIL National Sprint points who
are looking for their first “4-Crown” triumph include Chase Stockon
(third), C.J. Leary (seventh) and Aaron Farney (tenth). Hanford,
California’s Chad Boespflug (sixth) won at Eldora in May, but seeks his
first career “4-Crown” win this Saturday.
Bacon, of Broken Arrow, Okla., is firmly locked into the lead in the
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship standings by a whopping
219 points over the injured Robert Ballou – a 2007 “4-Crown” Sprint
winner.
Chase Stockon is poised to take over the number two position in the
standings, trailing Ballou by just two points after last Saturday’s
race at Haubstadt, Ind. won by Kyle Cummins. Ballou continues to
recuperate from injuries suffered in a crash at Calistoga, Calif.
earlier this month.
Cummins, of Princeton, Ind., led the final 21 laps of last Saturday’s
“Haubstadt Hustler” co-sanctioned by MSCS after passing Tyler Courtney
on lap 20 in his Rock Steady Racing/ProGlide Bearings – Tim Mason
ReMax/Mach-1/Cummins. Tyler Courtney took second ahead of Shane Cottle,
Kevin Thomas Jr. and Stockon.
Tyler Hewitt was Saturday’s ProSource fast qualifier while Jon
Stanbrough came from 22nd to 10th to claim the KSE Racing Products Hard
Charger Award.
Last Friday night’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.)
Action Track was rained out and has been rescheduled for Saturday,
October 15.
Spectator Gates open at noon, while hot laps are set to begin at 4:30pm
with qualifications and racing to immediately follow.
Saturday night’s card at Eldora also features the USAC Silver Crown
Championship, the USAC Midget National Championship and the Arctic Cat
All Star Circuit of Champions.
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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT:
DATE: Saturday, September 24, 2016
SERIES: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK: Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) – 1/2-mile, dirt oval
EVENT: 35th “4-Crown Nationals” featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car
National Championship, USAC Silver Crown Championship, USAC Midget
National Championship and the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.
STARTING TIMES: 11:30 AM: Turn 3 Race Registration opens (pit passes
& media credential sign-in), 11:30 AM: Main Gate Ticket Office
opens (tickets, pit passes, & will call), 11:30 AM: Turn 4 Ticket
Office opens (tickets & pit passes), 11:30 AM: Gates Cleared to
prepare for Opening, 12:00 PM: Spectator Gates open. 4:30 PM: Hot Laps
begin, 8:00 PM: Racing begins.
TICKETS: (General Admission) Ages 13 & up: $30, Ages 12 &
under: FREE! (Reserved) Ages 13 & up: $34, Ages 12 & under: $14.
TRACK ADDRESS: 13929 Ohio 118, New Weston, OH 45348
TRACK PHONE: (937) 338-3815
TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/
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PAST “4-CROWN NATIONALS” USAC SPRINT CAR WINNERS:
1981: Steve Kinser, 1982: Steve Kinser, 1983: Jack Hewitt, 1985: Larry
Rice, 1986: Rich Vogler, 1987: Tony Elliott, 1988: Steve Butler, 1989:
Steve Butler, 1990: Jack Hewitt, 1991: Jack Hewitt, 1992: Danny Smith,
1993: Tony Elliott, 1994: Kevin Doty, 1995: Tony Stewart, 1996: Jimmy
Sills, 1997: Jack Hewitt, 1998: Jack Hewitt, 1999: Dave Darland, 2000:
Tracy Hines, 2001: Bud Kaeding, 2002: Bud Kaeding, 2004: Dickie Gaines,
2005: Levi Jones, 2006: Tracy Hines, 2007: Robert Ballou, 2008: Brad
Sweet, 2009: Jerry Coons Jr., 2010: Levi Jones, 2011: Kyle Larson,
2012: Tracy Hines, 2013: Chris Windom, 2014: Brady Bacon, 2015: Thomas
Meseraull
(Courtesy USAC Racing PR) - TIGHT USAC MIDGET POINT RACE ENTERS ELDORA
FOR SATURDAY’S 4-CROWN NATIONALS - A four-man race atop the USAC Midget
National Championship standings makes its next stop to Rossburg, Ohio’s
Eldora Speedway Saturday night, September 24 for the 35th running of
the “4-Crown Nationals.”
Spencer Bayston leads a fast bunch that includes Chad Boat, Brady Bacon
and Tanner Thorson who are all separated by just 71 points coming into
Saturday night’s 25-lap event.
Bayston enters the race with a 56-point advantage over Chad Boat, while
Brady Bacon is just 66 back of the leader in third and Tanner Thorson
is 71 behind in fourth. A maximum of 84 points are available for a
driver to earn at Eldora.
Bayston’s five podium finishes so far include a victory at Gas City in
June. Boat, winner of the recent “Belleville Midget Nationals” in
Kansas, has three wins in his last five starts. Bacon has 11 top-10
finishes in 13 series starts this year, but is still seeking his first
2016 win. Thorson has a trio of wins this year and a pair of seconds.
Veterans Dave Darland and Jerry Coons, Jr. are past “4-Crown” Midget
feature winners expected to enter Saturday night’s event. Lincoln,
Indiana’s Darland is a two-time victor in 1999 and 2004 while Coons, of
Tucson, Ariz., drove to victory lane in 2010.
The race is round five of seven in the Jonathan Byrd’s Indy Challenge.
Rico Abreu won round one at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway in June while Boat
won twice at the Belleville (Kans.) High Banks in August. Michael
Faccinto won Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway’s “Louie Vermiel Classic”
earlier this month during round four.
The only driver eligible to win one of the prizes offered in the
challenge is Phoenix, Arizona’s Boat. If he wins Saturday’s “4-Crown”
Midget feature, the final night at the “Gold Crown Nationals” in
Granite City, Ill. on Oct. 8 and the 76th running of the “Turkey Night
Grand Prix” at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway on Nov. 24, he will earn an
Indy Lights ride in the 2017 “Freedom 100” at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway.
Spectator gates open at noon Saturday, while hot laps are set to begin
at 4:30pm with qualifications and racing to immediately follow.
Saturday night’s card at Eldora also features the USAC Silver Crown
Championship, the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the
Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.
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UPCOMING USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT:
DATE: Saturday, September 24, 2016
SERIES: USAC Midget National Championship
TRACK: Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) – 1/2-mile, dirt oval
EVENT: 35th “4-Crown Nationals” featuring the USAC Midget National
Championship, USAC Silver Crown Championship, USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car
National Championship and the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions.
STARTING TIMES: 11:30 AM: Turn 3 Race Registration opens (pit passes
& media credential sign-in), 11:30 AM: Main Gate Ticket Office
opens (tickets, pit passes, & will call), 11:30 AM: Turn 4 Ticket
Office opens (tickets & pit passes), 11:30 AM: Gates Cleared to
prepare for Opening, 12:00 PM: Spectator Gates open. 4:30 PM: Hot Laps
begin, 8:00 PM: Racing begins.
TICKETS: (General Admission) Ages 13 & up: $30, Ages 12 &
under: FREE! (Reserved) Ages 13 & up: $34, Ages 12 & under: $14.
TRACK ADDRESS: 13929 Ohio 118, New Weston, OH 45348
TRACK PHONE: (937) 338-3815
TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/
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USAC NATIONAL MIDGET FEATURE WINNERS AT THE “4-CROWN NATIONALS:”
1981: Ken Schrader, 1982: Rich Vogler, 1983: Johnny Parsons, 1985: Rich
Vogler, 1986: Rich Vogler, 1987: Jack Hewitt, 1988: Rich Vogler, 1989:
Robby Flock, 1990: Stan Fox, 1991: Jeff Gordon, 1992: Johnny Parsons,
1993: Jack Hewitt, 1994: Steve Knepper, 1995: Tony Stewart, 1996: Tracy
Hines, 1997: Jay Drake, 1998: Jack Hewitt, 1999: Dave Darland, 2000:
Kasey Kahne, 2001: J.J. Yeley, 2002: Jay Drake, 2004: Dave Darland,
2005: Danny Stratton, 2006: Tracy Hines, 2007: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.,
2008: J.J. Yeley, 2009: Brad Sweet, 2010: Jerry Coons Jr., 2011: Kyle
Larson, 2012: Kyle Larson, 2013: Rico Abreu, 2014: Bryan Clauson, 2015:
Christopher Bell
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