Originally Posted by Jerry Spencer:
Was you there? Long before the feature everything in the concession stand was 50% off. You may not have to worry about going back from what I understand, word is Mel lost a ton of money two weeks in a row.

Jerry

Hope this is false. Parking lots were full!!!! USAC costing a pretty penny?

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Originally Posted by #1Brad Kuhn Fan:
Hope this is false. Parking lots were full!!!! USAC costing a pretty penny?

The parking lot was crowded with cars, but I think everyone must have drove by themselves as the crowd was bad. The track had a big cushion and several guys took some very bad rides. If you like passing and lead changes the feature was very good. Yes they ran the sprint feature last, but that was probably because they didn't run B mains in the other classes so they were giving B main cars a chance to get ready for the feature. Sat in the 8th row, and got hit with some mud, but had no dust.

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maybe some of the people came alone but drove two cars? hate it when that happens

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HINES' GAS CITY SPRINT CAR SCORE IS 46TH CAREER WIN, TYING HEWITT

Gas City, Indiana…….Tracy Hines came out on top of a wild AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature on Friday at Gas City I-69 Speedway, taking the lead late to register his 46th career win in the series. That ties him with Jack Hewitt for third on the all-time list. The New Castle, Indiana driver started tenth and snuck under leader Shane Cottle on lap 25 to win in The Carolina Nut Company – Hansen’s Welding #4 DRC/Stanton Chevy.

“Jack was a mentor to me, and I learned a lot from him when I was younger and raced against him, so it’s neat to be up there with him. The bottom didn’t really come in tonight so much as the top got tough to run and slowed down just enough. We were even through three and four, but we finally got a launch off two on the bottom. I lost my rhythm a little before the last restart and probably went too slow trying not to miss it, but I wasn’t letting anybody under me,” Hines said.

Bryan Clauson shot to the lead from outside the front row, but Cottle used the bottom to take the top spot on lap two. Fast qualifier Brady Bacon was on the move, however, and he shot between Clauson and the wall to get to second on lap five. On lap seven, Bacon used the high side of turn-two to take the lead from Cottle.

After three quick yellows on laps thirteen and fourteen, Bacon brought out the next caution as he spun to a stop in turn-four on lap fifteen. Cottle re-assumed the lead.

Three laps later, third-running Dave Darland bounced to a stop in turn-three and his night was done. That restart proved critical, as Hines and Scotty Weir found the bottom line and made their move to the front. Hines slipped under Weir for second and then shot past Cottle out of turn-two for a lead he wouldn’t relinquish.

After a restart with three laps to go, Clauson rebounded from an earlier bicycle on the cushion to charge from fifth all the way to second on the high side aboard the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing – Chevy Performance #20 Beast/Kistler.

“I felt like I was a step behind all night; I went to the bottom and the top was fast, and I jumped to the top and the bottom came in. I figured if I stuck to the top at the end, it might come back to me. There was kind of a hole or something up in the cushion that you couldn’t see up there, and I just carried a little too much speed. I was lucky to sit it down after it bicycled. With some of the problems other guys had, we didn’t want to throw away a good points night,” Clauson said.

Weir rounded out the podium, tying his career-best finish in the Todd Keen-owned Williams Auto Parts – Spirit Medical Transport #18x DRC/Claxton.

“When the cushion is big and nasty enough that Darland has problems, I don’t need to play on it anymore. So I found the bottom off two and got going. I got to third and went back to the top, and Tracy just went right under me. We’ve had a great start to the season, for sure,” Weir said.

Cottle ended up fourth in the Epperson Painting – PPG #2E Spike/Claxton, and Chris Windom rounded out the top-five in the Jeff’s Jam-It-In Storage – Hoosier Tire #11 Maxim/Claxton.

USAC SPRINTS April 25, 2014 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway

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Crowd was Ok, better than last week. Track was different than I remember, but racing was good. No dust in the main stands and no dust on my car that was parked on the fence straight out of turn one. Things are different but also the same, drivers seemed happy, Clauson made a late bonsai run on the rim after the last yellow to nudge out Weir for 2nd. Track worked into three distinct lines so everyone had a place to race. Great racing for modifieds. Give the place a chance, a lot of good people are working on keeping it racing.