From last year:
ONES, THOMAS, and CLARK PICK UP "SPRING CLASH VICTORIES AT BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY
By: Chris Nunn
Bloomington, IN- April 24th, 2009- Warm temperatures and gusty winds greeted a healthy crowd at Bloomington Speedway for the second running of the "Spring Clash", paying $3,000 to win, and $300 to start PLUS $2,460 in lap prize money for the Sprints. A pit full of 46 Safety-Kleen Sprint Cars, 20 O'Neal Wood Products UMP Modifieds, and 19 Tire and Wheel Center UMP Super Stocks signed in for racing activites.
Levi Jones and Josh Wise led the field to the green flag in the 30-lap Safety-Kleen Sprint Car main event, with the initial start being brought back due to a spin for Jon Stanbrough in turn two. Attempt number two on the start went off cleanly, with Jones leading lap one. Wise was second, with Jeff Bland, Jr. in third. Jones opened up a half straightaway lead over Wise as the field completed lap five. Behind Jones and Wise, Dave Darland moved his way up to the third spot, getting around Bland, and then moved around Wise for second just one lap later on lap seven. Darland was utilizing two different groves on the racetrack in attempts to catch Jones. High in turns one and two, and low in turns three and four. By the halfway point, Darland had closed into within less than seven car lengths on Jones, as the lapping process began. Jones quickly threw two lapped cars between he and Darland, but Darland, the veteran, disposed of the first lapped car with ease. Darland then took care of the second lapped car and set sail for Jones once again. With less than ten to go, Jones put the lapped cars of Nic Faas and Jesse Cramer between he and Darland. Darland, however, was not giving up as he got around both cars. As he was getting around them, Jones opened up his advantage on Darland once again to about six car lengths. It looked as if Darland was going to get a run on Jones coming off of turn two with just two laps to go, but ran out of real estate, almost slipping off the turn two banking. This allowed Jones to pull away for the final time, taking the checkers and $5,460 worth of winnings from the Bloomington Speedway as he led every lap of the event. The Olney, IL driver is sponsored by Chevrolet, Bass Pro Shops, and the car is owned by Tony Stewart Racing. Darland, Wise, Bland Jr, and Danny Holtsclaw rounded out the top five. The Sprint Mart Hard Charger award went to Jon Sciscoe, who moved up nine spots from his 17th starting position to finish eighth.
The "Spring Clash", being the first special event of the season, allowed the Safety-Kleen Sprint Cars to time trial, with the fastest lap going to Tucson, Arizona native Jerry Coons, Jr with a time of 11.496. Five heat races were run with the wins going to Josh Wise, Levi Jones, Danny Holtsclaw, Jeff Bland, Jr., and Dave Darland. The C-Main went to Ethan Barrow, with the B-Main going to Robert Ballou
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
SAFETY-KLEEN SPRINT CARS (46 ENTRIES)
FAST QUALIFIER: Jerry Coons Jr (11.496)
HEAT ONE: Josh Wise, Chris Windom, Jerry Coons Jr, Robert Ballou, Kevin Chambers, Shane Hmiel, Adam Nigg, Drew Ikerd, Kurt Gross, Bobby Stines
HEAT TWO: Levi Jones, Jon Stanbrough, Hunter Schuerenberg, Jon Sciscoe, Kevin Thomas Jr, Nick Johnson, Jeff Wimmenauer, Kenny Niflis, John Dick
HEAT THREE: Danny Holtsclaw, Casey Riggs, Damion Gardner, Brady Short, Brett Burdette, Mark Perry III, Ethan Barrow, AJ Clark, Nick Bilbee
HEAT FOUR: Jeff Bland Jr, Bryan Clauson, Tracy Hines, Jesse Cramer, Ty Deckard, Ricky Williams, Kent Christian, JC Bland, Ray Humphrey
HEAT FIVE: Dave Darland, Nic Faas, Scott Hampton, Shelby Miles, Brent Beauchamp, Chase Briscoe, Jimmy Light, Chris Babcock, Dickie Gaines
C-MAIN: Ethan Barrow, Jimmy Light, Kent Christian, Bobby Stines, Adam Nigg, AJ Clark, JC Bland, Jeff Wimmenauer, Chris Babcock, Kurt Gross, Drew Ikerd
JB'S SALVAGE B-MAIN: Robert Ballou, Jon Sciscoe, Brady Short, Jesse Cramer, Ty Deckard, Brent Beauchamp, Kevin Chambers, Jimmy Light, Shane Hmiel, Shelby Miles, Brett Burdette, Ricky Williams, Chase Briscoe, Bobby Stines, Adam Nigg, Kent Christian, Kevin Thomas Jr, Nick Johnson, Mark Perry III, Ethan Barrow
SAFETY-KLEEN FEATURE: Levi Jones, Dave Darland, Josh Wise, Jeff Bland Jr, Danny Holtsclaw, Bryan Clauson, Casey Riggs, Jon Sciscoe, Chris Windom, Jerry Coons Jr, Tracy Hines, Jon Stanbrough, Robert Ballou, Brady Short, Damion
Gardner, Ty Deckard, Nic Faas, Jesse Cramer, Scott Hampton, Hunter Schuerenberg
