Hoping for a great race tonight

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Sure did miss TN tonight. His updates are so much better than USAC's. But at least there are updates to follow.

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THOMAS TAKES SEVENTH WIN OF 2013 IN “HAUBSTADT HUSTLER”

Haubstadt, Indiana…….Kevin Thomas, Jr. again became the winningest driver on the AMSOIL National Sprint Car tour this season, as he picked up his seventh win of the season, and first since July 17th, in Saturday’s “Haubstadt Hustler” at Tri-State Speedway.

Tracy Hines got the jump on the field to start the 40-lapper, but Brady Short grabbed the lead to close lap one. A quick caution on lap-two set up a long green-flag run, with Short out front as Dave Darland moved to second and brought Thomas and Brady Bacon with him.

As the leaders sliced through traffic, Darland cut into Short’s lead as he ran the top while Thomas and Bacon battled for the third spot. The cushion was getting more and more treacherous, as Short and Thomas both ran through the middle without issue. Just past the halfway point, the top-four all ran together before Darland faltered on the cushion and Thomas cut underneath for second.

From there, Thomas wasted no time diving under leader Short to take the top spot on lap 27, just before Darland slowed with issues after dropping to fourth.

The final thirteen laps went without issue as Thomas sped away, crossing the line just before A.J. Hopkins flipped in turn-four to bring out a red flag. For Thomas, it gave him a sweep of the races at Tri-State this season in the Mike Dutcher/RW/TriStar Motorsports – Black Jack Oil Company #17RW Maxim/Fisher.

“It’s good to get back here and get us a win. This place has treated us really well. This thing was a chariot tonight, so I just had to be patient and work traffic. We just can get off the corner on the bottom so well here. Hopefully, we have things back where they should be now and can keep the momentum going through the end of the season,” Thomas said.

Short came home second in the Pottorff Logging – Indiana Stone Works #11P Maxim/SPEC.

“I lost a little bit at the end, but it was fun and $5,000 for second ain’t bad. I kinda figured KT was gonna be the guy to beat, just knowing how good they’ve been here. I finally saw his nose in lapped traffic and knew I was in trouble. Once he got in front of me, I knew I couldn’t do much to get him back,” Short said.

Bacon finished on the podium for the third time in his last four races aboard the Hoffman Auto Racing – Mean Green #69 Triple X/Stanton Mopar.

“I’ve never really done that well here, so it was good to get a good finish with a good car. It got a little trickier and more technical on the top as the race went on. We had a little stumble that really hurt us a couple times. I think we shoulda gotten Brady for second, if not for that. I felt like we were as fast as anybody in open track, but they could maneuver a little better, especially in traffic,” Bacon said.

Jon Stanbrough came home fourth in the Marion Underground Construction – Shane Wade Enterprises #66 J&J/Dynotech, while Kyle Cummins came from 12th to finish fifth in the Rick Pollock – Bates Commodities #21x Maxim/Advanced.

AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 14, 2013 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway (co-sanctioned with Midwest Sprint Car Series)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dave Darland (71P, Phillips), 2. Blake Fitzpatrick (10, Fitzpatrick), 3. Kyle Cummins (21x, Pollock), 4. Kurt Gross (1x, Gross), 5. Chase Stockon (32, 32/TBI), 6. Tyler Courtney (23c, Courtney/Anderson), 7. Daron Clayton (35, Byram), 8. Bradley Sterrett (90, Leer).

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tracy Hines (4, Hines), 2. Bryan Clauson (20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Brady Short (11P, Pottorff), 4. Wes McIntyre (83, McIntyre), 5. Jeff Bland, Jr. (04, Burton), 6. Aric Gentry (21G, Gentry).

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brady Bacon (69, Dynamics), 2. Seth Parker (38P, Parker), 3. Nick Drake (55, Cline), 4. Carson Short (21, Short), 5. Chase Briscoe (5B, Briscoe), 6. Chet Williams (38, Williams), 7. Kevin Chambers (18, DC).

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar), 2. Shane Cottle (2, Epperson), 3. Jon Stanbrough (66, Wade), 4. A.J. Hopkins (14, Hopkins), 5. Chris Babcock (35x, Babcock), 6. Kent Schmidt (5K, Schmidt).

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Robert Ballou (12, Ballou), Braylon Fitzpatrick (3, Fitzpatrick).

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Clayton, 3. Hopkins, 4. Courtney, 5. Ballou, 6. Bland, 7. Babcock, 8. Sterrett, 9. Schmidt, 10. Gentry, 11. Williams, 12. Chambers.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 2. Brady Short, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Daron Clayton, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Shane Cottle, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Blake Fitzpatrick, 13. Jeff Bland, Jr., 14. Bradley Sterrett, 15. Nick Drake, 16. Carson Short, 17. Chase Briscoe, 18. A.J. Hopkins, 19. Kurt Gross, 20. Tyler Courtney, 21. Dave Darland, 22. Wes McIntyre, 23. Seth Parker. NT
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**Hopkins flipped on the final lap of the Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 B. Short, Laps 27-40 Thomas.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,577; 2-Darland-1,572; 3-Bacon-1,521; 4-Thomas-1,396; 5-Stockon-1,392; 6-Hines-1,291; 7-Ballou-1,231; 8-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,000; 9-Chris Windom-980; 10-Cottle-952.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 21 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway “4 Crown Nationals”

That was one heck of a race tonight! Glad I was finally able to see one ran

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Wonderful evening at the races. I stayed for the mod. feature afterwards and it was over at 10:10 pm. Well run program tonight. Tommy and crew really know how to work that track, but, that is stating the obvious.

YES, Clauson to the point lead!

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How many drivers make the redraw for the feature? I thought it was six? Because if my math was correct, Clauson was 5th in passing points. But he started 8th? I'm not trying to stir anything up, I'm just curious.

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I actually thought they should have left the track alone for the feature. I know everyone sets their cars up these days to run the middle and top but a third groove would have made the leaders in lapped traffic even more exciting. The bottom is pretty much no mans land at TSS anymore. KT jr is unreal at TSS though. Once his car came in about halfway through he was definitely the class of the field. Even though Clayton never made it up to challenge for the win he still put on one hell of a show. Made the drive and money spent worth it!

Originally Posted by illiNOISE:
How many drivers make the redraw for the feature? I thought it was six? Because if my math was correct, Clauson was 5th in passing points. But he started 8th? I'm not trying to stir anything up, I'm just curious.

They had to re-draw

Originally Posted by Knoke77:
I actually thought they should have left the track alone for the feature. I know everyone sets their cars up these days to run the middle and top but a third groove would have made the leaders in lapped traffic even more exciting. The bottom is pretty much no mans land at TSS anymore. KT jr is unreal at TSS though. Once his car came in about halfway through he was definitely the class of the field. Even though Clayton never made it up to challenge for the win he still put on one hell of a show. Made the drive and money spent worth it!

Not disagreeing or agreeing with u either way on the track prep but I will guarantee there was never a thought or hesitation on wether or not to work the track at intermission. At Haubstadt the track will get worked at intermission.

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Originally Posted by Knoke77:
I actually thought they should have left the track alone for the feature. I know everyone sets their cars up these days to run the middle and top but a third groove would have made the leaders in lapped traffic even more exciting. The bottom is pretty much no mans land at TSS anymore. KT jr is unreal at TSS though. Once his car came in about halfway through he was definitely the class of the field. Even though Clayton never made it up to challenge for the win he still put on one hell of a show. Made the drive and money spent worth it!

Many fans shared that opinion!

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Any info on what happened to Dave Darland's car? TSS is definitely his hard luck track. Several of us were having a discussion as to whether Dave has ever won a feature there, (thought he may have had one win) but none of us were positive. How about it racegal, can you enlighten us?

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Originally Posted by ronmil:
Any info on what happened to Dave Darland's car? TSS is definitely his hard luck track. Several of us were having a discussion as to whether Dave has ever won a feature there, (thought he may have had one win) but none of us were positive. How about it racegal, can you enlighten us?

Hi! Yes, he has won there. Not sure when.
Last night it was gear troubles! :15::19:

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Originally Posted by racegal:
Hi! Yes, he has won there. Last night it was gear troubles! :15::19:

Thanks for the info! We thought maybe the car had just come out of gear, but when they pushed him to the pits, we were puzzled as to what was wrong, as there was no smoke or any obvious signs of trouble. Hope he has better luck at the Four Crown. Earlene and I will be cheering him on from our seats in the patio.

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You're welcome! I hope Dave's #1 fan is feeling much better by now!
I know I can always depend on you two to help me cheer Dave on!!:9::8::8::8::22:

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Another classic at TSS! With all the cars and stars of USAC here it was a no miss event. Then you put that much cash up for grabs and the level escalates up a notch or two. Heats were all very entertaining as well as the consolation event. It seemed to me that some of the fastest lap times may have been turned in the consi. Haubstadt has just found the perfect mix offering up just the two classes of cars and an efficiently run program getting you out at a very decent fan/family friendly time.
As I had earlier predicted, Kevin Thomas Jr. and team have the number on this track. He is as smooth as glass and bids his time until he has to go. It is going to be very difficult for any other team to surpass his domination that he has achieved this season at TSS. But , Brady Short who was having his best Haubstadt run in ages here gave it his best shot and was appreciative of his 5K 2nd place pay. Poor ole DD cant get a break at TSS for the life of him. Clayton's Haubstadt buzz was alive and well as always, and if he could get that car to settle down some , would have a much better chance. Straight away wheelies and wheelies in the middle of the turns are a photographers dreams and look very cool from the stands, but dont tend to be the fastest way around the 1/4 mile. TSS track crew did their usual five star set up as not a speck of dust was seen or felt all night long. Thanks USAC for letting them do their thing and track conditions molted into several racing grooves which lended itself to fantastic racing with plenty of passing. Could not ask for anything else. Very enjoyable night at the ole ballpark!

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Originally Posted by racegal:
You're welcome! I hope Dave's #1 fan is feeling much better by now!
I know I can always depend on you two to help me cheer Dave on!!:9::8::8::8::22:

Susan, she is still weak and tires easily, but Eldora is one of the better facilities to attend as there are no hills to climb, and the patio seats are comfortable. Biggest issue for her will be the five hour car ride getting there.

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It should have been $5,000 for 2nd, but USAC web site showed $10 to win $4,000 2nd, $2,500 for 3rd, for some odd reason.

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Originally Posted by ronmil:
Susan, she is still weak and tires easily, but Eldora is one of the better facilities to attend as there are no hills to climb, and the patio seats are comfortable. Biggest issue for her will be the five hour car ride getting there.

I hope you have a good safe trip!! Hope to see you there! :)

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When is Tri State Speedway going to have a 3 day show similar to the Smackdown?? They have the equipment and facilities for a race like that.

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Susan, You going to Eldora?

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Susan, You going to Eldora?

Yes indeed! :8::8:

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Good, It will be easy to spot the three Amigos jumping up and down in the stands.

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Good, It will be easy to spot the three Amigos jumping up and down in the stands.

:3::5: So you are going to be there too? Yay!!

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Saturday only. IM going to try to go. Yes!

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We are only going to Saturday too. See you there!!:8:
Friday night Gas City!!

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My only complaint was getting hit with dirt clods during the last 20 minutes coming out of turn two where they push onto the track. They had all the dirt pushed up so far into the turn when they would bounce off the cushion it would throw dirt clods into the stands. This is something as a facility I would address because someone could get hit with one and cause some serious damage.

Originally Posted by BigWheel7:
My only complaint was getting hit with dirt clods during the last 20 minutes coming out of turn two where they push onto the track. They had all the dirt pushed up so far into the turn when they would bounce off the cushion it would throw dirt clods into the stands. This is something as a facility I would address because someone could get hit with one and cause some serious damage.

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Boy you should have been at Wayne County for the POWRi show. Blasted with dirt clods and loved every minute of it. My only issue of this race was that cheeseburgers were gone by intermission!

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Originally Posted by ronmil:
Any info on what happened to Dave Darland's car? TSS is definitely his hard luck track. Several of us were having a discussion as to whether Dave has ever won a feature there, (thought he may have had one win) but none of us were positive. How about it racegal, can you enlighten us?

Ron If I remember right Dave drove the Walker blue 11 to a win least 5 years ago Thinking it was when they ran weekly

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Originally Posted by Andrew S. Quinn:
When is Tri State Speedway going to have a 3 day show similar to the Smackdown?? They have the equipment and facilities for a race like that.

Andrew,I'd love to see that also but with Tommy's farm I don't think we'll see that any time soon......but I'd sure love to be wrong about that!!:6:

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Originally Posted by ronmil:
Any info on what happened to Dave Darland's car? TSS is definitely his hard luck track. Several of us were having a discussion as to whether Dave has ever won a feature there, (thought he may have had one win) but none of us were positive. How about it racegal, can you enlighten us?

I read DD broke rear end gears