LARSON WIRE-TO-WIRE IN MONDAY OSKALOOSA FEATURE
Oskaloosa, Iowa…….Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, California picked up right where he left off last August at Southern Iowa Speedway, as he won Monday’s 20-lap Feature to lead into tomorrow’s “Ultimate Challenge,” which he won last year. The $3,000 win came as a companion race to the traditional “Front Row Challenge” winged sprint car race, and was a non-points special event for the AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series.
As a result of his amazing drive in Heat 2, passing two cars on the final lap to garner second, Larson earned the pole and was never seriously challenged. After a couple mid-race cautions, the final nine laps went green and saw Larson stretch out a 4.662-second victory in the Mean Green – Oxydol #69 Chalk/Stanton Mopar for Hoffman Auto Racing. His only obstacle was trying to finish as the left-rear torsion arm fell off, leaving him with a handful over the final couple circuits. With no brakes and a small fire from the damage, Larson rolled into victory lane.
After starting second, Dave Darland fended off many attacks for the second spot before settling in and scoring the runner-up spot in the Jeff’s Jam-It-In Storage – Parker Store of Phoenix #11 Maxim/Claxton. Both Larson and Darland will be locked into tomorrow’s dash to determine the top eight starters in the 30-lap “Ultimate Challenge” for $15,000.
Robert Ballou started third but used a late slidejob to grab the final podium spot in the MPHG Promotions – J.C. Plew #81 Maxim/Ott. Brady Bacon came home fourth in the Infinity Shocks – Fatheadz Eyewear #99 Triple X/Wesmar. Rounding out the top-five was Levi Jones in the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing – Chevy Performance #20 Maxim/Kistler.
Racing resumes tomorrow with a full program that is tabbed with “Special Event” status, awarding show-up points toward the National Sprint Car championship while using a similar passing-points style format to line up the field for the Main Event.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 6, 2012 – Oskaloosa, IA – Southern Iowa Speedway (Non-Points Special Event)
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dave Darland (11, Walker), 2. Darren Hagen (69OT, Dynamics), 3. Jon Stanbrough (21x, Roberts/Tate), 4. Levi Jones (20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian), 5. Chase Stockon (32, Stockon), 6. Damion Gardner (71, DG), 7. Brandon Stevenson (0, Stevenson), 8. Robert Bell (71x, Bell). 2:38.45
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robert Ballou (81, MPHG), 2. Kyle Larson (69, Dynamics), 3. Bryan Clauson (7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Jerry Coons, Jr. (71P, Phillips), 5. Casey Shuman (22, Batcheldor/Rice), 6. Geoff Ensign (22, Lems), 7. Shane Cottle (5, Baldwin). 2:37.80
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild (7K, Williams), 2. Justin Grant (40, Hery), 3. Chris Windom (21, Pollock), 4. Brady Bacon (99, BBR), 5. Thomas Meseraull (5x, Baldwin), 6. Daron Clayton (92, Clayton), 7. Bret Mellenberndt (97, Mellenberndt). 2:37.25
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Terry Babb (88, Babb).
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Daron Clayton, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Chris Windom, 9. Chase Stockon, 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 11. Thomas Meseraull, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Bret Mellenberndt, 14. Robert Bell, 15. Shane Cottle, 16. Damion Gardner, 17. Justin Grant, 18. Brandon Stevenson, 19. Jac Haudenschild, 20. Jon Stanbrough, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Geoff Ensign. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Larson.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 7 – Oskaloosa, IA – Southern Iowa Speedway – 11th Annual Casey’s General Stores “Ultimate Challenge” presented by Searsboro Telephone Company
Tim Wolffrum aka Cowboy
