Eastern Storm Update
 

An update on what I've been able to dig up so far from the Internet. Please feel free to make any corrections, confirmations or updates. For us wingless starved eastern sprint fans, next week is very big for us. A big thanks to all the teams heading east!

Local Teams and Drivers

Mark Smith -Likely
Brent Marks -Likely
Trevor Kobylarz -Likely
Mark Bitner –Very Likely
Chandler Leiby - Maybe
Shane Cottle in Gene Franckowiak ’s Car -Confirmed
Billy Pauch Jr. -Maybe
Trevor Utt - Maybe
Michael Hammer - Maybe
Joey Biasi two car team possibly - Confirmed
Kyle Moody - Maybe
Matt Boland's in his 22 - Fairly Certain
Kevin Albert - Fairly Certain
Wes Irwin - Fairly Certain
Bob Howard or Bradley Howard - Fairly Certain

USAC regulars I would expect/hope to see come East this year:

Top ten in points.

1 Robert Ballou 743
2 Chase Stockon 741
3 Dave Darland 728
4 Brady Bacon 698
5 Jon Stanbrough 646
6 Kevin Thomas, Jr. 619
7 Tracy Hines 612
8 C.J. Leary 610
9 Chris Windom 446
10 Justin Grant 440

15f-Aaron Farney (been following the whole USAC tour so far this year)
71-Robert Bell (been following whole USAC tour so far this year)
24-Landon Simon (been following the whole USAC tour so far this year)
18-Jarett Andretti he was out east last year.
Daron Clayton?
Logan Jarrett?
The Walker #11 no mention of a driver though

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Landon Simon confirmed on FB that they were going.

I don't know how it bodes for the storm, But B.O.S.S had thirty last week at Mercer.

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Thanks Charles!

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Brent Arnt is in the second Biasi car. Change Mark Bitner and Trevor Utt to not likely.

Mark Smith is probably not running, either. Here's the list I have as of now. Include Arndt. Kyle Moody will probably run at least a couple. Still some more maybes and guys planning to run just one or two during the week.

B1 Joey Biasi - Mary D, PA
2x Casey Shuman - Tempe, AZ
3 Shane Cottle - Kokomo, IN
3R Kyle Cummins - Princeton, IN
4 Tracy Hines - New Castle, IN
5 C.J. Leary - Greenfield, IN
12 Robert Ballou - Rocklin, CA
14 Trevor Kobylarz - Birdsboro, PA
15F Aaron Farney - Brookston, IN
17RW Kevin Thomas, Jr. - Cullman, AL
18 Jarett Andretti - Mooresville, NC
21x Chris Windom - Canton, IL
24 Landon Simon - Tipp City, OH
29 Logan Jarrett - Kokomo, IN
32 Chase Stockon - Elizabethtown, IN
39 Richard VanderWeerd - Visalia, CA
40 Justin Grant - Ione, CA
66 Chad Boespflug - Hanford, CA
69 Brady Bacon - Broken Arrow, OK
71 Robert Bell - Colfax, IA
71P Dave Darland - Lincoln, IN
81 Jon Stanbrough - Avon, IN
97 Bret Mellenberndt - SiouxFalls, SD

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Thanks Kirk!

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Don't forget there should be2 features at the Lincoln speedway. This years race plus last years rain out is to be made up. Witch not sure if he is coming yet but Daron Clayton is qualified for.

Correction/Question With USAC is the driver ( Clayton ) or the car ( 3r ) qualified?

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Chad Boespflug in the Amati Racing 66

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from lincoln press release
A spectacular show is expected with the USAC wingless Sprints running a complete show plus a 25-lap make-up feature. The line-up for the make-up feature will be determined by inverting all cars on the lead lap from the first USAC feature of the night.

full press relese here https://www.facebook.com/events/3770...7293589132087/

Anyone know if the makeup feature counts towards points?

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maybe depends on weather forecast

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Originally Posted by Scooter:
Anyone know if the makeup feature counts towards points?

From USAC:

The makeup feature from the 2014 rainout will be run as the last event of the night. The feature will be lined up based on the finishing order of the first feature, all cars that finish on the lead lap of the first feature will be completely inverted followed by all cars that were at least one lap down in their finishing order. This makeup feature will be for prize money only, no points will be awarded for this event. Teams will be allowed to use a different car for the makeup feature without penalty.

Add Richard vander weert in the Houge family car, to the list

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And the make up feature only pays $3,000 to win and $325 to start.

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Originally Posted by Dick Mahoney:
maybe depends on weather forecast

Hey, Dick. Good to see you around. Had a good, but too brief, chat with you at I-96 a couple of years ago.

I'd only add that it always depends on the weather. :D

Avoided the R word somehow.

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I just noticed that the USAC sprint division takes a sabbatical from their last appearance on June 7 until they run again on July 4 at LPS!

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Originally Posted by cowboyhar69:
And the make up feature only pays $3,000 to win and $325 to start.

Start and park!!

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Start and park? That's outlaw speak!

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I could see guys starting and parking. it is an easy $325 for what a few extra laps, leave the car the same and just go run a few laps and call it good, unless you were really strong in the first feature and believe you have a realistic shot.

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Why would they start and park? I believe they got some money for no A main last year. I always read how screwed up USAC is on this board. To suggest pissing the fans off with that start and park crap only makes the teams look bad as well. Last years situation sucked no doubt let's not compound the problem with that type of thinking. Had they not run B last year(since everybody qualified) there would have been enough time to run the A. The notion that the teams will do this is aggravating and will do nothing to help their image and product.

Originally Posted by yeleyfan76:
Why would they start and park? I believe they got some money for no A main last year. I always read how screwed up USAC is on this board. To suggest pissing the fans off with that start and park crap only makes the teams look bad as well. Last years situation sucked no doubt let's not compound the problem with that type of thinking. Had they not run B last year(since everybody qualified) there would have been enough time to run the A. The notion that the teams will do this is aggravating and will do nothing to help their image and product.

These guys are racers and it's not NASCAR where you can make 50k by starting and parking. Even if it's only 3k to win these guys will race for $50 as long as they are racing.

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Originally Posted by ronmil:
I just noticed that the USAC sprint division takes a sabbatical from their last appearance on June 7 until they run again on July 4 at LPS!

Ron I doubt if there is a team upset about that. This year is the most races they have on the schedule since the mid 70's