What's happening at Mercer?

Tim Watson · 6/6/09, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pine

Good job to Cole Whitt.
And to Jesse for another top 5.

I'm speechless. I don't even have a reply for that one

I'll give you a minute.....as comical as you are i can't believe i put the freeze on you?

Fred Zirzow · 6/6/09, 10:52 PM

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 6, 2009 - Mercer, Pennsylvania - Mercer Raceway Park - Presented by Rotondo Weirich - "Eastern Storm" Thunder & Lightning Tour"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.598; 2. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-16.660; 3. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-16.703; 4. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.774; 5. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-16.807; 6. Jesse Hockett, 13, VKCC-16.830; 7. Scotty Weir, 5, Baldwin-16.878; 8. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-16.898; 9. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-16.906; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.921; 11. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.011; 12. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-17.053; 13. Andy Priest, 21x, Priest-17.107; 14. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-17.272; 15. Arnie Kent, 18, Kent-17.451; 16. Charlie Holben, 42, Holben-17.591; 17. Scott Bonnell, 3B, Bonnell-17.785; 18. Mike Miller, 57B, Burkey-17.854; 19. Scott Priester, 11, Priester-18.031; 20. Andy Korte, 1J, Triple Crown-18.258.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Jones, 3. Priest, 4. Weir, 5. Priester, 6. Holben, 7. Gardner. 2:17.53

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Darland, 3. Bonnell, 4. Hagen, 5. Kaeding, 6. Hines, 7. Korte. 2:18.32

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Hockett, 4. Whitt, 5. Miller, 6. Kent. 2:20.88

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Hines, 3. Kaeding, 4. Kent, 5. Miller, 6. Priester, 7. Holben, 8. Korte. 3:20.87

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Jesse Hockett, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Andy Priest, 14. Arnie Kent, 15. Charlie Holben, 16. Brad Sweet, 17. Andy Korte, 18. Scott Bonnell, 19. Mike Miller, 20. Scott Priester. NT
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**Holben flipped during the first heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hockett, Laps 4-30 Whitt.

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-614; 2-Jones-608; 3-Hockett-594; 4-Whitt-522; 5-Coons-517; 6-Gardner-475; 7-Sweet-448; 8-Hines-438; 9-Windom-412; 10-Hagen-351.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: June 20 - Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway

racegal · 6/6/09, 10:59 PM

Thank you!!

Charles Nungester · 6/7/09, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Watson

I clicked on that site but i'm not getting the "live feed"?

I don't even wanna imagine

nowingsjeff · 6/7/09, 8:47 AM

Was it a good race with a good track surface at Mercer or was it dry slick follow the leader like Big Diamond?

Big D should be embarrassed with the track conditions they gave USAC. Then they dropped ARDC for those Speedsters and still charged us $25.00 to get in. *** was Big D thinking? If you thought the new Silver Crown Cars were ugly then you haven't seen a Speedster. Now that's ugly!

AERO410SCJA · 6/7/09, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nowingsjeff

Was it a good race with a good track surface at Mercer or was it dry slick follow the leader like Big Diamond?

Big D should be embarrassed with the track conditions they gave USAC. Then they dropped ARDC for those Speedsters and still charged us $25.00 to get in. *** was Big D thinking? If you thought the new Silver Crown Cars were ugly then you haven't seen a Speedster. Now that's ugly!

I don't know Jeff?I'm still waiting to talk to someone that was sitting in turn one

I don't know how in the

the drivers could see

nowingsjeff · 6/7/09, 3:13 PM

Doesn't any track back east know how to prepare a heavy track anymore?

What ever happened to letting the racecars do the wheel packing?

Even if they do get some moisture into the clay they pack it so tight with push trucks & big ass tank trucks that it rubbers down immediately, then it's dusty & slick. Promoters back here haven't done their homework. They don't understand that non wingers are huggy pole follow the leader on dry slickies. Those garbage tracks are OK for Lead Sleds & Winged Sprints but not for "Real Sprintcars".

I'm with Pine, I'm sorry everyone from out of state had to endure those terrible track conditions at Big D & Mercer.

6/6/09, 10:52 PM	#12 Re: What's happening at Mercer?
Fred Zirzow Senior Member Race Count This Year: 65 Race Count Last Year: 49 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 958	USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 6, 2009 - Mercer, Pennsylvania - Mercer Raceway Park - Presented by Rotondo Weirich - "Eastern Storm" Thunder & Lightning Tour" QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.598; 2. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-16.660; 3. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-16.703; 4. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.774; 5. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-16.807; 6. Jesse Hockett, 13, VKCC-16.830; 7. Scotty Weir, 5, Baldwin-16.878; 8. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-16.898; 9. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-16.906; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.921; 11. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.011; 12. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-17.053; 13. Andy Priest, 21x, Priest-17.107; 14. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-17.272; 15. Arnie Kent, 18, Kent-17.451; 16. Charlie Holben, 42, Holben-17.591; 17. Scott Bonnell, 3B, Bonnell-17.785; 18. Mike Miller, 57B, Burkey-17.854; 19. Scott Priester, 11, Priester-18.031; 20. Andy Korte, 1J, Triple Crown-18.258. FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Jones, 3. Priest, 4. Weir, 5. Priester, 6. Holben, 7. Gardner. 2:17.53 SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Darland, 3. Bonnell, 4. Hagen, 5. Kaeding, 6. Hines, 7. Korte. 2:18.32 THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Hockett, 4. Whitt, 5. Miller, 6. Kent. 2:20.88 SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Hines, 3. Kaeding, 4. Kent, 5. Miller, 6. Priester, 7. Holben, 8. Korte. 3:20.87 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Jesse Hockett, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Andy Priest, 14. Arnie Kent, 15. Charlie Holben, 16. Brad Sweet, 17. Andy Korte, 18. Scott Bonnell, 19. Mike Miller, 20. Scott Priester. NT ------------------------------------ **Holben flipped during the first heat. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hockett, Laps 4-30 Whitt. NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-614; 2-Jones-608; 3-Hockett-594; 4-Whitt-522; 5-Coons-517; 6-Gardner-475; 7-Sweet-448; 8-Hines-438; 9-Windom-412; 10-Hagen-351. NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: June 20 - Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway __________________ Fred Zirzow

6/6/09, 10:59 PM	#13 Re: What's happening at Mercer?
racegal Senior Member Race Count This Year: 19 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,119	Thank you!! __________________ DD FAN-atic!! Susan St. Catherine God bless America and our troops

6/7/09, 8:47 AM	#15 Re: What's happening at Mercer?
nowingsjeff Senior Member Race Count This Year: 5 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 419	Was it a good race with a good track surface at Mercer or was it dry slick follow the leader like Big Diamond? Big D should be embarrassed with the track conditions they gave USAC. Then they dropped ARDC for those Speedsters and still charged us $25.00 to get in. *** was Big D thinking? If you thought the new Silver Crown Cars were ugly then you haven't seen a Speedster. Now that's ugly!

6/7/09, 3:13 PM	#17 Re: What's happening at Mercer?
nowingsjeff Senior Member Race Count This Year: 5 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 419	Doesn't any track back east know how to prepare a heavy track anymore? What ever happened to letting the racecars do the wheel packing? Even if they do get some moisture into the clay they pack it so tight with push trucks & big ass tank trucks that it rubbers down immediately, then it's dusty & slick. Promoters back here haven't done their homework. They don't understand that non wingers are huggy pole follow the leader on dry slickies. Those garbage tracks are OK for Lead Sleds & Winged Sprints but not for "Real Sprintcars". I'm with Pine, I'm sorry everyone from out of state had to endure those terrible track conditions at Big D & Mercer.