Extra Money on the Line at ‘Double Down Classic’ at Gas City Friday Night

GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 18 — The second annual "Double Down Classic," the biggest non-sanctioned, non-wing, one-night sprint car event in the country, is set for this Friday night (Aug. 20) at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Featuring a purse of more than $20,000, there will be two 21-lap features for the sprints with each paying $2,000 to win and $225 to start. A $500 bonus will be paid if a driver wins both features. One $300 bonus will go to the driver who passes the most cars in the combined features. Minimum non-transfer money is $150.

In addition, modifieds ($800 to win), street stocks ($500 to win, $50 to start) and hornets ($300 to win, $50 to start) will run for bigger purses as well.

General admission is $20, with students $15, and children 12 and under free. Pit passes are $35.

The pit gate will open at 3 p.m. on Friday and the grandstands at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and the racing starts at 7:30 p.m.

The complete 2021 schedule and more information are on the track’s website at GasCityI69Speedway.com. Fans and competitors can also follow it on Twitter: @GasCitySpeedway; Instagram: @GasCitySpeedway and Facebook: GasCitySpeedwayOnTheGas.

Gas City I-69 Speedway is located on State Road 22, approximately a half-mile west of I-69, exit 259. The quarter-mile dirt oval is about halfway between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, and attracts drivers and fans from all over the Midwest.

Big night for local, non-wing sprint car teams and fans. Basically fans are getting a complete racing program for $15 and then another sprint car B-Main and Feature for $5! Teams/drivers getting two big purses for an extra $5 at the pit gate as well.

This was a great show last year 🏁

Results for feature #1:
1. Thomas Meseraull
2. Jake Swanson
3. Scotty Weir
4. Tye Mihocko
5. Tyler Hewitt
6. Colten Cottle
7. Max Guilford
8. Tyler Kendall
9. Emerson Axsom
10. Brayden Clark
11. Tim Creech
12. Koby Barksdale
13. Anthony D'Alessio
14. Kyke Shipley
15. Travis Hery
16. Evan Mosley
17. Dustin Ingle
18. Scott Evans
19. Zack Pretorius
20. Jack Hoyer

Top 12 were locked into feature #2 with another B main for cars 13th through 20th and cars from B main #1 who did not make the #1 feature. Invert for feature 2 was drawn and was a 12.

Feature #2 results:
1. Jake Swanson
2. Emerson Axsom
3. Koby Barksdale
4. Colten Cottle
5. Max Guilford
6. Tyr Mihocko
7. Thomas Meseraull
8. Dustin Ingle
9. Kyle Shipley
10. Scotty Weir
11. Anthony D'Alessio
12. Tyler Hewitt
13. Evan Mosley
14. Tyler Kendall
15. Jack Hoyer
16. Zack Pretorius
17. Brayden Clark
18. Ted Kirkpatrick
19. Aaron Davis
50. Tim Creech

Jake Swanson won an extra $300 for passing the most cars combined in features 1 and 2. In feature 1, he started 7th and finished 2nd and in feature #2, started 11th and finished 1st.

There will be no racing at Gas City next weekend. Next race is Friday, Sept. 3 with non-wings, modifieds, street stocks, Hornets, and USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midgets.

This was Emerson Axsom's first dirt 410 non-wing races. He took 4th in the heat race, then 9th and 2nd in the two features. Saw Tim Clauson giving him instructions in the pits before the 2nd feature.