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8/18/21, 1:07 PM |
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Extra $ Up for Grabs at Gas City Friday
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Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 194 |
Extra Money on the Line at ‘Double Down Classic’ at Gas City Friday Night GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 18 — The second annual "Double Down Classic," the biggest non-sanctioned, non-wing, one-night sprint car event in the country, is set for this Friday night (Aug. 20) at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Featuring a purse of more than $20,000, there will be two 21-lap features for the sprints with each paying $2,000 to win and $225 to start. A $500 bonus will be paid if a driver wins both features. One $300 bonus will go to the driver who passes the most cars in the combined features. Minimum non-transfer money is $150. In addition, modifieds ($800 to win), street stocks ($500 to win, $50 to start) and hornets ($300 to win, $50 to start) will run for bigger purses as well. General admission is $20, with students $15, and children 12 and under free. Pit passes are $35. The pit gate will open at 3 p.m. on Friday and the grandstands at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and the racing starts at 7:30 p.m. The complete 2021 schedule and more information are on the track’s website at GasCityI69Speedway.com. Fans and competitors can also follow it on Twitter: @GasCitySpeedway; Instagram: @GasCitySpeedway and Facebook: GasCitySpeedwayOnTheGas. Gas City I-69 Speedway is located on State Road 22, approximately a half-mile west of I-69, exit 259. The quarter-mile dirt oval is about halfway between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, and attracts drivers and fans from all over the Midwest. |
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8/19/21, 12:52 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 12 Race Count Last Year: 10 Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 21 |
Big night for local, non-wing sprint car teams and fans. Basically fans are getting a complete racing program for $15 and then another sprint car B-Main and Feature for $5! Teams/drivers getting two big purses for an extra $5 at the pit gate as well.
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8/19/21, 3:23 PM | #3 | ||
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,061 |
This was a great show last year 🏁
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8/20/21, 11:46 PM |
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 560 |
Results for feature #1:
1. Thomas Meseraull 2. Jake Swanson 3. Scotty Weir 4. Tye Mihocko 5. Tyler Hewitt 6. Colten Cottle 7. Max Guilford 8. Tyler Kendall 9. Emerson Axsom 10. Brayden Clark 11. Tim Creech 12. Koby Barksdale 13. Anthony D'Alessio 14. Kyke Shipley 15. Travis Hery 16. Evan Mosley 17. Dustin Ingle 18. Scott Evans 19. Zack Pretorius 20. Jack Hoyer Top 12 were locked into feature #2 with another B main for cars 13th through 20th and cars from B main #1 who did not make the #1 feature. Invert for feature 2 was drawn and was a 12. Feature #2 results: 1. Jake Swanson 2. Emerson Axsom 3. Koby Barksdale 4. Colten Cottle 5. Max Guilford 6. Tyr Mihocko 7. Thomas Meseraull 8. Dustin Ingle 9. Kyle Shipley 10. Scotty Weir 11. Anthony D'Alessio 12. Tyler Hewitt 13. Evan Mosley 14. Tyler Kendall 15. Jack Hoyer 16. Zack Pretorius 17. Brayden Clark 18. Ted Kirkpatrick 19. Aaron Davis 50. Tim Creech Jake Swanson won an extra $300 for passing the most cars combined in features 1 and 2. In feature 1, he started 7th and finished 2nd and in feature #2, started 11th and finished 1st. There will be no racing at Gas City next weekend. Next race is Friday, Sept. 3 with non-wings, modifieds, street stocks, Hornets, and USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midgets. |
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8/21/21, 12:51 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 27 Race Count Last Year: 27,27,40,28,69 Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 383 |
This was Emerson Axsom's first dirt 410 non-wing races. He took 4th in the heat race, then 9th and 2nd in the two features. Saw Tim Clauson giving him instructions in the pits before the 2nd feature.
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