Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

Yes, it's over.

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

Originally Posted by racefans3:
is the race over

yes casey riggs won.

Top 3 cars had the words USAC painted on their right rears immediatley after the race - they were checking fuel earlier this week - sounds like it's time for tires now
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Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

RIGGS GETS FIRST USAC SPRINT WIN IN ISW ROUND #5


Brownstown, IN……..Casey Riggs of Shelbyville, Ind. scored his first career AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car feature victory Thursday night in round five of the 2011 “Indiana Sprint Week” at Brownstown Speedway. He trailed pole starter Chad Boespflug for the first 16 laps, then took over on lap 17 and led the rest of the way, rim-riding in his Indiana Underground Construction Maxim/Chevy. Fast qualifier Levi Jones took second by inches over Brady Short, while Tracy Hines and Bobby East rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag. Chris Windom finished 14th and continues to lead the Indiana Sprint Week standings by 29 points over Robert Ballou going into Friday’s race at Bloomington Speedway.



AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2011 – Brownstown, Indiana – Brownstown Speedway – 24th “Indiana Sprint Week”



QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.474; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-14.667; 3. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.796; 4. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.866; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.908; 6. Keith Bloom, 27, Abreu-14.927; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.988; 8. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.005; 9. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-15.055; 10. Andrew Elson, 27a, Elson-15.109; 11. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.168; 12. Chad Boespflug, 98x, Gatt-15.199; 13. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.342; 14. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.462; 15. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-15.476; 16. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.484; 17. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.498; 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-15.510; 19. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.608; 20. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR-BCI-Curb-Agajanian-15.633; 21. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-15.698; 22. Chris Babcock, 35x, Babcock-15.710; 23. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-15.754; 24. Wes 2McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-15.845; 25. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-15.866; 26. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-15.919; 27. Daron Clayton, 69, Dynamics-16.028; 28. Shane Cottle, 11, Walker-16.137; 29. Danny Holtsclaw, 22, Grayson-16.147; 30. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-16.187; 31. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-16.222; 32. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-16.302; 33. 36. Dakota Jackson, 3, Jackson-16.322; 34. J.R. Douglas, 09, Douglas-16.391; 35. Gary Rooke, 42a, Rooke-17.010; 36. Josh Burton, 04, Burton-17.067; 37. Todd Kirkman, 16, Kirkman-17.175; 38. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-17.201; 39. Jake Simmons, 7s, Simmons-17.563; 40. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-17.829; 41. Seth Motsinger, 44, Motsinger-18.560; 42. Jared Harris, 81H, Harris-NT.



FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Grant, 3. Jones, 4. East, 5. Holtsclaw, 6. Barrow, 7. Jackson, 8. Briscoe, 9. Kirkman, 10. Motsinger, 11. Schuerenberg, NT



SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Coons, 4. Douglas, 5. Elson, 6. Thomas, 7. Hughes, 8. Hupp, 9. Bloom, 10. Babcock. NT



THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Gulick, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. Clayton, 6. Welpott, 7. Hines, 8. Robbins, 9. Rooke, 10. Simmons, NT



FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McIntyre, 2. Cottle, 3. Ballou, 4. Boespflug, 5. Fitzpatrick, 6. Clauson, 7. Hendrick, 8. Stockon, 9. Short, 10. Burton, NT



SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Short, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Elson, 4. Clauson, 5. Clayton, 6. Hines, ‘7. Holtsclaw, 8. Robbins, 9. Fitzpatrick, 10. Hupp, 11. Briscoe, 12. Hendrick, 13. Burton, 14. Babcock, 15. Welpott, 16. Kirkman, 17. Motsinger, 18. Simmons, 19. Thomas, 20. Jackson, 21. Barrow, 22. Hughes, 23. Stockon, 24. Rooke. NT



FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Casey Riggs, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Brady Short, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Bobby East, 6. Chad Boespflug, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Coleman Gulick, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Hunter Schuerenberg, 12. Daron Clayton, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Bryan Clauson, 17. Justin Grant, 18. J.R. Douglas, 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 20. Andrew Elson, 21. Wes McIntyre, 22. Blake Fitzpatrick, 23. Dave Darland. NT

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**Bloom flipped during the second heat. Short flipped during the fourth heat.



FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Boespflug, Laps 17-30 Riggs.



NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-752; 2-Windom-707; 3-Ballou-671; 4-Stanbrough-651; 5-Clauson-643; 6-Schuerenberg-612; 7-Gardner-573; 8-Darland-571; 9-East-554; 10-Hines-505.

NEW “INDIANA SPRINT WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Windom-293; 2-Ballou-264; 3-Clauson-243; 4-Coons-229; 5-Darland-213.



NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – July 15 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway – 24th “Indiana Sprint Week”

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

Anyone know what happened with Darland? Thanks.

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

I was told that his motor just let go. Sounds odd since he had been running so stroing early ton. Oho well, two more tracks he excels on should make this last two nights pretty interesting.

Brett

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

They always seem to run real well right before they let go.

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Regardless of so many complaining i thought thought the racing was good tonight at Brownstown. Seen 4 wide a couple times. Yes it was dusty but i have been to several tracks that have been dusty. The heats were good racing. Brady did one heck of a job in the b-main and feature. Once Brady caught uo with Riggs he was all over him with Levi right behind. With about 5 laps to go Brady was trying slide under Riggs for the pass but Riggs held him off. Brady got high with about 3 to go which gave Levi second. Brady did a slide on Levi coming out turn 4 on the last lap but Levi held on for second by inches. Now for those of who stayed home because of the dust, you missed some real good racing. I hope i can make it to Bloomington as so far Gas City and Brownstown are the only two i have been able to attend.

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

It was one of those nights that started out really bad, but ended up better than it could have. It wasn't the worst night of Indiana Sprint Week, so far. Not even close. But, it was nowhere near the thrillers we witnessed at Terre Haute and Kokomo, either.

Chad Boespflug jumped out to the early lead and for a little bit, it was a nice lead. And it lasted for more than half the race. Eventually, Casey Riggs would reel him in, while being caught by Brady Short and Levi Jones, himself. Riggs would eventually take the lead and Boespflug would nearly spin, shortly after. He made a real nice save, although he would drop back several spots. At the same time, although passing wasn't all that easy, Bobby East had it working on the bottom and was gaining spots within the top 10. And Shane Cottle, who had started near the back, was passing everybody. So, there was a point most of the way through the race, that you had Riggs starting to pull away some, Levi eventually passing Short back for second. East threatening to gain some more spots. And Hines, Schurenberg, Stanbrough, Ballou and Boespflug were all working each other over to establish the pecking order for the pack right behind the leaders. Hines found something up top and not only come out on top of this group, but would eventually take East's position away from him, too. Boespflug regrouped and had a resurgence that would help him win one of the race's better battles, with Cottle. And Gulick would pressure Ballou for nearly the entire race to finally take his spot away from him. That one was half way decent, as well. All as Riggs extended his lead and ended up winning comfortably.

So, all in all, the feature kind of saved the day, for this program. There were enough things going on for most of it to keep it interesting. It was one of those cases of the best drivers anywhere bailing out a not-so-well ran show.

Jerry

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

Indiana Sprint Week Points Standings as of Brownstown:
Chris Windom 293 0
Robert Ballou 264 29
Bryan Clauson 243 50
Jerry Coons Jr. 229 64
Dave Darland 213 80
Mike Spencer 195 98
Coleman Gulick 186 107
Jon Stanbrough 184 109
Tracy Hines 184 109
Shane Cottle 184 109
Levi Jones 182 111
Chad Boespflug 169 124
Justin Grant 166 127
Hunter Schuerenberg 154 139
Casey Riggs 138 155
Bobby East 136 157
Brady Short 135 158
Keith Bloom Jr. 126 167
Damion Gardner 118 175
Daron Clayton 113 180
Blake Fitzpatrick 79 214
Andrew Elson 58 235
Dustin Morgan 54 239
Wes McIntyre 48 245
J.J. Hughes 38 255
Johnathan Hendrick 36 257
Chris Gurley 34 259
Kevin Thomas Jr. 34 259
Scotty Weir 27 266
Kyle Robbins 25 268
Critter Malone 24 269
Chase Stockton 23 270
J.R. Douglas 23 270
Thomas Meseraull 22 271
Ryan Pace 20 273
Jake Simmons 4 289
Gary Rooke 4 289
Kevin Studley 3 290
Todd Kirkman 3 290
Dakota Jackson 3 290
Ted Hines 2 291
Casey Shuman 2 291
J.C. Bland 2 291
Logan Hupp 2 291
Travis Welpott 2 291
Logan Jarrett 1 292
Matt Mitchell 1 292
Brandon Whited 1 292
Shawn Westerfeld 1 292
Dewayne Spille 1 292
Mike Weber 1 292
Danny Holtsclaw 1 292
Chase Briscoe 1 292
John Burton 1 292
Chris Babcock 1 292
Seth Motsinger 1 292
Ethan Barrow 1 292
Brett Burdette 0 293
Matt Goodnight 0 293
A.J. Francis 0 293
Eric Krockenberger 0 293
Brandon Mattox 0 293
Seth Parker 0 293
Jared Harris 0 293

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

Originally Posted by REALDEAL:
I have never heard ONE driver say that they love it when the track is so slick and dusty that you cannot use 1/4 throttle and the racing is like a freight train around the bottom. I have also never heard ONE fan say they LIKE that type of track and racing. Who does that leave?
Obviously Diggsy, if you think that drinking mud and returning home filthier than Pigpen is good racing, maybe you should spend a couple hundred bucks and go to one of these craptracks and enjoy yourself.

I have plenty of experience with Brownstown. I don't know, maybe it's the late model fan in me, but when I'm at Brownstown I'm prepared to wear home several layers of dirt. For whatever reason, they have a recent history of letting the track get too dry on them. I'm not sure if it's the dirt itself, a basic lack of water, they don't cut it up deep enough, or if they overwork it, but whatever the reason, more often than not, the track does dry out. Yet when that happens, Keithley does what he can to turn the track around. And if the descriptions of the racing by others are accurate, it sounds like he did a good job of that again last night.

I've been going to dirt tracks for 40 years now and in that time I've learned that not every track is going to be perfect, not every race is going to be a thriller, I'm going to come home dirty now and then, and my guy isn't going to win every night. I've also learned that I can either let those things bother me or be happy that there are people who can still afford to own race teams and promoters who are still willing to put up with all the negativity. I'm grateful to be at each race I'm able to go to, so I find a way to enjoy myself regardless of how bad the track may be or how dirty I may get. If others can't or won't do the same, that's on them.

Re: brownstown ISW sprintweek race #5
 

As for last night, yep it got dusty and they put water on it a few times to try to help the track out. Thanks for the effort. However I will have to say in 45 years I have been attending races I have never seen a Water truck join in on a heat race. WOW!!!

In the feature there was some great racing going on there towards the end when Brady was doing everything he could to get around Casey. The one slidejob he attempted in 1+2 I thought was going to be a big crash, Casey never even thought about letting off of it to let Brady come up and take the lead.

Congrats to Casey Riggs on his first USAC win and driving one heck of a race. Driving like that it won't be long before #2 comes along either.

I think back a few years ago when the Rigg's were running 2 cars with Casey in one and Josh Wise in the other, it seems that this was a great boost for Casey to be able to work with a very good driver like Wise and is now progressing very fast. But this is just my thoughts, and that don't mean alot. See ya at Bloomington.