May 22, 2008
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute Action Track
38th First Financial “Tony Hulman Classic” presented by Budweiser
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-19.979; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-20.033; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.044; 4. Thomas Meseraull, 10T, R & B-20.092; 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-20.128; 6. Brad Kuhn, 2B, 2B Racing-20.130; 7. Dave Darland, 44, Pace-20.178; 8. Jesse Hockett, 75, VKCC-20.194; 9. Shane Cottle, 4, Contos-20.333; 10. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-20.373; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-20.442; 12. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-20.442; 13. Kyle WIssmiller, 0, Price-20.457; 14. Scotty Weir, 10E, Edison-20.503; 15. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-20.531; 16. Jeff Bland Jr., 21s, Bland-20.564; 17. Hunter Scheurenberg, 11D, Walker/Guiducci-20.598; 18. Brady Short, 36, Short-20.599; 19. Daron Clayton, 10, R & B-20.605; 20. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-20.606; 21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 11, Walker/Guiducci-20.611; 22. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-20.631; 23. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-20.670; 24. Kenny Biro, 22, Biro-20.692; 25. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-20.713; 26. Chris Windom, 1H, Triple Crown-20.724; 27. Dustin Morgan, 93, M & M-20.754; 28. Mat Neely, 2, Reid-20.842; 29. Josh Spencer, 66, Batcheldor-20.930; 30. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-20.973; 31. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-21.048; 32. Neil Shepherd, 4N, Shepherd-21.055; 33. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-21.134; 34. Shawn Krockenberger, 21k, Krockenberger-21.731; 35. Lee Stark, 16, Stark-22.072; 36. Daren Krockenberger, 42k, Krockenberger-22.109; 37. #67x, Kunz-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Hines, 3. Stenhouse, 4. Sweet, 5. Scheurenberg, 6. Cottle, 7. Wissmiller, 8. Spencer, 9. Goodnight. 2:44.93
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Gardner, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Short, 5. Windom, 6. Weir, 7. Kuhn, 8. Fitzpatrick, 9. S.Krockenberger. 2:48.15
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Bacon, 3. Ballou, 4. Darland, 5. Clayton, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Boat, 8. Stark, 9. Morgan. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Shepherd, 3. Hockett, 4. Meseraull, 5. Biro, 6. Rose, 7. Neely, 8. D.Krockenberger, 9. Bland. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Cottle, 3. Bland 4. Boat, 5. Scheurenberg, 6. Clayton, 7. Weir, 8. Windom, 9. Rose, 10. Mellenbendt, 11. Biro, 12. Neely, 13. Wissmiller, 14. Fitzpatrick, 15. Stark, 16. S.Krockenberger, 17. Spencer, 18. D.Krockenberger, 19. Goodnight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Brad Kuhn, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Daron Clayton, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Thomas Meseraull, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Chad Boat, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Dave Darland, 11. Jon Stanbrough, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Hunter Scheurenberg, 15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 16. Brad Sweet, 17. Neil Shepherd, 18. Jesse Hockett, 19. Brady Short, 20. Jeff Bland Jr., 21. Robert Ballou, 22. Damion Gardner. NT
Morgan flipped during the third heat. Goodnight flipped during the semi. Gardner flipped on lap 3 of the feature. Bland flipped on lap 18 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Coons, Laps 2-9 Jones, Laps 10-17 Coons, Laps 18-30 Jones.
NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-300; 2-Bacon-280; 3-Whitt-274; 4-Hines-261; 5-Hagen-260; 6-Coons-243; 7-Cottle-242; 8-Darland-220; 9-Short-209; 10-Sweet-202.
NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – June 3 – Bechtelsville, PA – Grandview Speedway
Fred Zirzow
