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Originally Posted by Chris Nunn
starting this friday, i will be providing a full coverage story for the bloomington herald times once again. there has been a lack of it the past few years in the local papers.
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The post was about PR, here is some
By Chris Nunn
May 4, 2013
Bloomington Speedway welcomed the King of Indiana Sprint Series to the famed 1/4 -mile red clay oval on Friday night, which meant a veritable who’s who of non-winged sprint car racers in the pits.
For the past 12 years, racers have vied for the crown of “King of Indiana,” as the series takes the racers to different tracks in the state to test their mettle. The reigning “King of Indiana” is Avon-native Jon Stanbrough, who capped off his sixth KISS series crown last year. Stanbrough joined former KISS champions Brady Short and Dave Darland in the pits for Friday’s activities. Unfortunately for Stanbrough, he was not able to make the feature, failing to transfer out of the first Sprint Car B-Main. Both Short and Darland transferred out of the heat races into the main event.
The $2,500-to-win, 30-lap sprint car main saw last week’s feature winner, Bub Cummings, joined by Indianapolis 500 veteran Bryan Clauson on the front row as raindrops began to fall.
Clauson would lead the first lap over Cummings as Jerry Coons Jr. and Hunter Scheurenberg battled for third. Scheurenberg shot around Clauson for the lead on lap 4 using the high side of the speedway.
On lap 16, Brady Short, who had started in the eighth row, shot around both Levi Jones and Josh Burton into the fourth spot, and then began to put pressure on Cummings for third. Short took third from Cummings on lap 18, then second from Clauson on lap 19. Short snagged the lead from Scheurenberg on lap 21 and immediately began to pull away.
With five laps to go, Clauson moved under Scheurenberg to attempt to take the runner-up spot away but lapped traffic stalled his efforts. Up front it was all Short, who took the win in the caution-free affair over Scheurenberg, Clauson, Cummings and Burton.
Heat winners were Max McGhee, Bub Cummings, Robert Ballou and Bryan Clauson. The B-Mains went to Kevin Thomas Jr. and Wes McIntyre.
Heavier rans began to fall just as the super stock feature rolled onto the speedway causing the event to be red-flagged, and the rest of the program was canceled. The super stocks, modifieds and hornets all got their preliminary events in.
Super stock heats were won by Aaron Fields, Josh McDaniel, and Chris Hillman. Kent Robinson, Chad Combs and Jake Humphrey won the modified heats, with the B-Main going to Jake Byers. Hornet heat winners were Chris Deckard, Felisha Deweese, and David Brummett.
The Speedway will be off next Friday night but will return on May 17th with the USAC Sprint Cars headlining.