Great run Hud! It looked like he was the only guy still running the top at the end of the race and it paid off. When the isw gets to Haubstadt where the fastest line around the track is the top hopefully Hud can show what he is really made of.

High flying hud as klepper called him tonight looked great tonight! Fitz and wise put on a show too!
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If my calculations are correct he moved to second behind Clauson.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2009 - Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - 22nd "Indiana Sprint Week"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-12.723; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-12.766; 3. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-12.873; 4. Mike Spencer, 73, Ellis-12.927; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2, Epperson-12.934; 6. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-12.982; 7. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-13.002; 8. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-13.004; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-13.010; 10. Josh Wise, 37, Indiana Underground-13.035; 11. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-13.067; 12. Thomas Meseraull, 57m, Hazen-13.142; 13. Jeff Bland Jr., 12x, R & B-13.151; 14. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-13.153; 15. Robert Ballou, 13, Buch/VKCC-13.164; 16. Casey Riggs, 37R, Indiana Underground-13.203; 17. Keith Bloom Jr., 27k, Braund-13.249; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.260; 19. Hud Cone, 11, Walker/Guiducci-13.283; 20. Trey Robb, 12, R & B-13.293; 21. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-13.298; 22. Cole Carter, 7c, Carter-13.306; 23. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-13.335; 24. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-13.349; 25. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.367; 26. Darren Hagen,
67, Kunz-13.395; 27. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts-13.411; 28. Shane Hmiel, 10, R & B-13.426; 29. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-13.467; 30. Brent Beauchmp, 11x, B & B-13.480; 31. J.J. Yeley, 1x, Triple Crown-13.506; 32. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-13.506; 33. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-13.512; 34. Ted Hines, 12H, Hines-13.521; 35. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-13.535; 36. Gary Rooke, 42A, Concept Motorsports-13.604; 37. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-13.621; 38. Dustin Morgan, 93, M & M-13.652; 39. Jerry Bell, 85, Bell-13.720; 40. Caleb Armstrong, 11D, Walker/Guiducci-13.722; 41. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-13.759; 42. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-13.809; 43. Kyle Robbins, 17R, Robbins-13.811; 44. Josh Spencer, 66, Spencer-13.841; 45. Joss Moffatt, 5J, Moffatt-13.848; 46. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-13.987; 47. Shane Hollingsworth, 34, Olson-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Ted Hines, 3. Cummins, 4. Morgan, 5. Goodnight, 6. Gardner, 7. J.Spencer, 8. Rooke, 9. Armstrong, 10. Bell, 11. Hollingsworth, 12. Studley, 13. Robbins, 14. Moffatt. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Bland, 6. Thomas, 7. Armstrong, 8. Bloom, 9. Goodnight, 10. Cottle, 11. Memmer. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Hagen, 3. Weir, 4. Boat, 5. Beauchamp, 6. Wise, 7. Gardner, 8. Coons, 9. Carter, 10. Ted Hines.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cone, 2. Yeley, 3. Shuman, 4. Clauson, 5. Darland, 6. Ballou, 7. Cummins, 8. Kaplan, 9. Faas, 10. J.Spencer. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Whitt, 3. Meseraull, 4. Clarke, 5. Morgan, 6. Rooke, 7. Hmiel, 8. M.Spencer, 9. Robb, 10. Riggs. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Wise, 2. Coons, 3. Hmiel, 4. Darland, 5. Gardner, 6. Ballou, 7. Bland, 8. Beauchamp, 9. Faas, 10. Cottle, 11. Morgan, 12. Carter, 13. C.Armstrong, 14. Thomas, 15. Cummins, 16. Goodnight, 17. Rooke, 18. Bloom. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chad Boat, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Hud Cone, 6. Blake Fitzpatrick, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Josh Wise, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Cole Whitt, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Thomas Meseraull, 14. Scotty Weir, 15. Dave Darland, 16. J.J. Yeley, 17. Bobby East. 18. Damion Gardner, 19. Shane Hmiel, 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 21. Henry Clarke, 22. Robert Ballou, 23. Tracy Hines. NT

**Gardner flipped during qualifications. Moffatt flipped during the qualifying race. Studley flipped during the qualifying race. Ted Hines flipped during the second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Boat.

NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-968; 2-Darland-917; 3-Whitt-847; 4-Coons-838; 5-Hines-721; 6-Gardner-680; 7-Hagen-664; 8-Jesse Hockett-647; 9-Sweet-580; 10-Boat-520.
NEW "INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-201; 2-Boat-186; 3-Jones-177; 4-Fitzpatrick-147; 5-Darland-140.

NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: - July 15 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - 22nd "Indiana Sprint Week"

I did not see it, but I will say that Demons Crew Chief is a class act. Don't know the other guys but I will say in their defense that they busted their asses tonight to get in and the racing contact was just hard racing. In the heat of the moment on nights like this you take everything a little more personally. If you ask a lot of people that are behind the scenes, Ballou is not a big favorite of some. If anything he is considered to be a hot head that can dish it out on the track, but not take it. I can see Robert's side of the story, but he has driven people the same way and has gotten away with it.
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I am not sure this was a racing deal, Kaplan was running a quarter mile and Faas was on a half mile. Watch the video and you will see there was no way in hell Faas was going to make it around one without hitting something, (awesome run down the front strech) we are in no way upset with Nick as he was going after the transfer just like the rest of us. We have a broken race car but we still have Josh and a little luck as Ryan's nerf bar took the paint off the top of Josh's helmet. You can say one thing about the racing so far and that is it is as intense as I have seen in a long time. Josh is a little sore and he did not even take the ride the other two drivers took, with a couple days to heal hopefully the rest of the tour will be a little less crazy as it has been for some of the drivers.



Jerry #66j

I have never understood why USAC makes such a point of mentioning the flips in every race report, but aren't they missing at least a couple here? Don't I recall seeing Kaplan rather high in the air, while Fass was getting a close look at the surface?

Glad Josh was okay. My first thought was the possibility of fuel leaking down on him.
Strange coincidence that Mike Spencer also had a car land on him.

I feel bad for the Spencer team as they had terrible luck getting caught up in messes at Gas City and Kokomo. Hopefully the second leg of Sprintweek is better than the first.

thats not the first time gardner has put the wheel to someone.
I don`t blame ballou for being pissed.