Prock & Young Take STARS Twin Features at Grundy County

richie · 6/15/14, 3:56 PM

PROCK & YOUNG TAKE STARS MIDGETS TWIN FEATURES AT GRUNDY COUNTY

June 14, 2014

By: Rich Murray

Double your pleasure, double your fun is not only an old advertisement for a brand of chewing gum. It also applies to Saturday night’s 10th annual Don Carter, Sr./Jim Anderson Classic at Grundy County Speedway in which twin 36-lap features were held for the STARS National Midgets. Certainly not all the drivers and teams experienced pleasure and fun in both of the features, but the fans in the grandstands certainly did get a mint of a show.

In the first feature, the race for Prock began nearly identical as it did for him in the STARS season opener two weeks ago. Prock, starting 7th in his Tony Stewart Racing/Sparco/Venolia/Calico/PPG Paints Mopar/Beast, used the high side to charge up to third place on the opening lap. After second place-running Nick Baran came to a stop on in turn two on the fourth lap, Prock inherited the second spot behind race leader Billy Hulbert.

On the lap four restart, Prock snookered Hulbert coming out of turn four and took the top spot from Hulbert on the inside as they both headed into turn one. On the 12th lap, Brad Greenup was able to snag the second spot away from Hulbert and attempted to reel in Prock, who had gained nearly a half-straightaway advantage. A Travis Young spin with five laps to go erased the sizable lead built by Prock and put Greenup on Prock’s tail tank for the final restart. While Prock was able to distance himself from the rest of the field, Jimmy Anderson made a terrific charge on the outside groove to earn third place at the checkered flag after passing Hulbert coming out of turn four on the final lap.

It was Prock, the 18-year-old native of Avon, Indiana who comes from a strong lineage in drag racing, who took his second straight STARS National Midget victory and his fifth STARS victory in the last six series races dating back to the 2013 season. Prock was able to work his way up to the front of the field very quickly in the 36-lapper, but the fact that there was a second 36-lap feature coming up later in the night did weigh on his mind. “I got up to the front pretty quick. From there on out, I just pretty much cruised and wanted to conserve my stuff.”

In the second feature of the night, Prock was looking to continue his dominant run in the series as of late, but he had to do the deed starting from the ninth spot in the 14-car field. The other storyline of the night was seeing if Jimmy Anderson could finally break through and win the event named after his dad on father’s day weekend.

As the green flag flew, Franklin, Indiana native Travis Young was able to take advantage of his outside front row starting spot to scoot out to a comfortable lead. While Young was cruising out in front, the action was getting busy behind him. Anderson had battled his way to second place from his fifth starting position while Prock had charged to the third spot. On lap 11, however, Prock and Anderson made contact with each other in turn four causing Anderson’s car to spin to a stop on the front straightaway. Anderson was out of the race and very displeased, ultimately making a couple of animated gestures at Prock as he drove by under caution.

Because of the contact, it was determined by race officials that Prock would be penalized for rough driving and sent to the tail of the field, essentially ending his bid for a third consecutive victory to start the 2014 STARS National Midget season. It was Anderson, the three-time STARS National Midget champion, though, who suffered yet another heartbreak in this race he so badly wants to win for his family. Coming into this race, Anderson had finished in second place in five of the nine Carter/Anderson Classics. A third place finish in the first feature was a solid run, but still wasn’t in the top spot where he desires to be.

For the last 25 laps of the feature, it was the Travis Young Show. Nobody else was able to challenge him as he was able to pull away for his first STARS victory of the season in his 3 Wide Life/BG Products/Indiana’s Finest Wreckers/Big T’s Auto Parts-sponsored Beast/Esslinger. Young was very pleased with how his car worked in the second feature as opposed to the first feature where he struggled to an 11th place finish after spinning out with five laps to go.

“The car was as close to perfect as I think we could get it,” Young said. “I had to do a few small adjustments throughout the race to keep it good. I just drove it hard because I knew there were lots of fast guys behind me. We didn’t start out good by any means, but we kept fighting and we ended up on top. That’s what matters.”

In other series action on the night, Pat Kelly and Greg Willis captured the twin features for the Classic Modifieds. Brian Tedeschi was able to sweep both of the INEX Legends features. Dalls Frueh made a last lap pass on Jaime Domski to earn the CSR Mini Cup feature. Jordan Caskey took top honors in the Allison Legacy cars.

The Short Track Auto Racing Series (STARS) will resume action on Saturday night, June 21st for “Kids-a-Palooza” featuring the STARS National Midgets, Classic Modifieds, INEX Legends, CSR Mini Cups, and Allison Legacy Cars. Pit gates open up at 2pm. Grandstands open at 5pm. Qualifying starts at 6pm. First race begins at 6:45pm. Adult admission is $12. Tickets for children age 5-12 are $2. Children age 4 and under get in for free! Grundy County Speedway is located one mile north of I-80 on Rt. 47 in Morris, Illinois.

richie · 6/15/14, 4:07 PM

Grundy County Speedway - STARS National Midgets "Carter/Anderson Classic" - June 14, 2014

Program #1

Feature #1 (36 Laps) Makeup feature from June 7:
1. #41 Austin Prock, 2. #4 Brad Greenup, 3. #36 Jimmy Anderson, 4. #88 Billy Hulbert, 5. #99c Mario Clouser, 6. #16g Grant Galloway, 7. #25 Tyler Trainor, 8. #99p Ryan Probst, 9. #11 Tyler Baran, 10. #6T6 Terry Ahern, 11. #11y Travis Young, 12. #12s Alex Watson, 13. #6k Kyle Kettmann, 14. #87 Nick Baran, 15. #32w Nick Wagner

Feature #1 Lap Leaders: Hulbert (1-3), Prock (4-36)

Program #2

Qualifications:
1. #11 Tyler Baran-14.428, 2. #41 Austin Prock-14.506, 3. #25 Tyler Trainor-14.530, 4. #4 Brad Greenup-14.563, 5. #16g Grant Galloway-14.570, 6. #36 Jimmy Anderson-14.574, 7. #99p Ryan Probst-14.635, 8. #99c Mario Clouser-14.645, 9. #11y Travis Young-14.695, 10. #32w Nick Wagner-14.710, 11. #88 Billy Hulbert-14.805, 12. #6k Kyle Kettmann-14.939, 13. #87 Nick Baran-15.170, 14. #6T6 Terry Ahern-15.306, 15. #12s Alex Watson-15.817

Heat Race 1:
1. #88 Billy Hulbert, 2. #11y Travis Young, 3. #99p Ryan Probst, 4. #16g Grant Galloway, 5. #25 Tyler Trainor, 6. #11 Nick Baran, 7. #12s Alex Watson-DNS, 8. #87 Nick Baran-DNS

Heat Race 2:
1. #41 Austin Prock, 2. #32w Nick Wagner, 3. #99c Mario Clouser, 4. #4 Brad Greenup, 5. #6k Kyle Kettmann, 6. #6T6 Terry Ahern, 7. #36 Jimmy Anderson

Feature #2:
1. #11y Travis Young, 2. #25 Tyler Trainor, 3. #99c Mario Clouser, 4. #41 Austin Prock, 5. #88 Billy Hulbert, 6. #16g Grant Galloway, 7. 6k Kyle Kettmann, 8. #32w Nick Wagner, 9. #99p Ryan Probst, 10. #36 Jimmy Anderson, 11. #11 Nick Baran (Replaced Tyler Baran), 12. #4 Brad Greenup, 13. #12s Alex Watson, 14. #6T6 Terry Ahern

Feature #2 Lap Leaders: Young (1-36)

Next STARS National Midget Race: June 21, 2014 "Kids-a-Palooza" at Grundy County Speedway

richie · 6/15/14, 4:11 PM

Video of the 2nd STARS National Midget Feature of the night. From Saturday, June 14, 2014:

6/15/14, 4:11 PM	#3 Re: Prock & Young Take STARS Twin Features at Grundy County
richie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,054	Video of the 2nd STARS National Midget Feature of the night. From Saturday, June 14, 2014: YouTube Short

6/15/14, 3:56 PM	#1 Prock & Young Take STARS Twin Features at Grundy County
richie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,054	PROCK & YOUNG TAKE STARS MIDGETS TWIN FEATURES AT GRUNDY COUNTY June 14, 2014 By: Rich Murray Double your pleasure, double your fun is not only an old advertisement for a brand of chewing gum. It also applies to Saturday night’s 10th annual Don Carter, Sr./Jim Anderson Classic at Grundy County Speedway in which twin 36-lap features were held for the STARS National Midgets. Certainly not all the drivers and teams experienced pleasure and fun in both of the features, but the fans in the grandstands certainly did get a mint of a show. In the first feature, the race for Prock began nearly identical as it did for him in the STARS season opener two weeks ago. Prock, starting 7th in his Tony Stewart Racing/Sparco/Venolia/Calico/PPG Paints Mopar/Beast, used the high side to charge up to third place on the opening lap. After second place-running Nick Baran came to a stop on in turn two on the fourth lap, Prock inherited the second spot behind race leader Billy Hulbert. On the lap four restart, Prock snookered Hulbert coming out of turn four and took the top spot from Hulbert on the inside as they both headed into turn one. On the 12th lap, Brad Greenup was able to snag the second spot away from Hulbert and attempted to reel in Prock, who had gained nearly a half-straightaway advantage. A Travis Young spin with five laps to go erased the sizable lead built by Prock and put Greenup on Prock’s tail tank for the final restart. While Prock was able to distance himself from the rest of the field, Jimmy Anderson made a terrific charge on the outside groove to earn third place at the checkered flag after passing Hulbert coming out of turn four on the final lap. It was Prock, the 18-year-old native of Avon, Indiana who comes from a strong lineage in drag racing, who took his second straight STARS National Midget victory and his fifth STARS victory in the last six series races dating back to the 2013 season. Prock was able to work his way up to the front of the field very quickly in the 36-lapper, but the fact that there was a second 36-lap feature coming up later in the night did weigh on his mind. “I got up to the front pretty quick. From there on out, I just pretty much cruised and wanted to conserve my stuff.” In the second feature of the night, Prock was looking to continue his dominant run in the series as of late, but he had to do the deed starting from the ninth spot in the 14-car field. The other storyline of the night was seeing if Jimmy Anderson could finally break through and win the event named after his dad on father’s day weekend. As the green flag flew, Franklin, Indiana native Travis Young was able to take advantage of his outside front row starting spot to scoot out to a comfortable lead. While Young was cruising out in front, the action was getting busy behind him. Anderson had battled his way to second place from his fifth starting position while Prock had charged to the third spot. On lap 11, however, Prock and Anderson made contact with each other in turn four causing Anderson’s car to spin to a stop on the front straightaway. Anderson was out of the race and very displeased, ultimately making a couple of animated gestures at Prock as he drove by under caution. Because of the contact, it was determined by race officials that Prock would be penalized for rough driving and sent to the tail of the field, essentially ending his bid for a third consecutive victory to start the 2014 STARS National Midget season. It was Anderson, the three-time STARS National Midget champion, though, who suffered yet another heartbreak in this race he so badly wants to win for his family. Coming into this race, Anderson had finished in second place in five of the nine Carter/Anderson Classics. A third place finish in the first feature was a solid run, but still wasn’t in the top spot where he desires to be. For the last 25 laps of the feature, it was the Travis Young Show. Nobody else was able to challenge him as he was able to pull away for his first STARS victory of the season in his 3 Wide Life/BG Products/Indiana’s Finest Wreckers/Big T’s Auto Parts-sponsored Beast/Esslinger. Young was very pleased with how his car worked in the second feature as opposed to the first feature where he struggled to an 11th place finish after spinning out with five laps to go. “The car was as close to perfect as I think we could get it,” Young said. “I had to do a few small adjustments throughout the race to keep it good. I just drove it hard because I knew there were lots of fast guys behind me. We didn’t start out good by any means, but we kept fighting and we ended up on top. That’s what matters.” In other series action on the night, Pat Kelly and Greg Willis captured the twin features for the Classic Modifieds. Brian Tedeschi was able to sweep both of the INEX Legends features. Dalls Frueh made a last lap pass on Jaime Domski to earn the CSR Mini Cup feature. Jordan Caskey took top honors in the Allison Legacy cars. The Short Track Auto Racing Series (STARS) will resume action on Saturday night, June 21st for “Kids-a-Palooza” featuring the STARS National Midgets, Classic Modifieds, INEX Legends, CSR Mini Cups, and Allison Legacy Cars. Pit gates open up at 2pm. Grandstands open at 5pm. Qualifying starts at 6pm. First race begins at 6:45pm. Adult admission is $12. Tickets for children age 5-12 are $2. Children age 4 and under get in for free! Grundy County Speedway is located one mile north of I-80 on Rt. 47 in Morris, Illinois.

6/15/14, 4:07 PM	#2 Re: Prock & Young Take STARS Twin Features at Grundy County
richie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,054	Grundy County Speedway - STARS National Midgets "Carter/Anderson Classic" - June 14, 2014 Program #1 Feature #1 (36 Laps) Makeup feature from June 7: 1. #41 Austin Prock, 2. #4 Brad Greenup, 3. #36 Jimmy Anderson, 4. #88 Billy Hulbert, 5. #99c Mario Clouser, 6. #16g Grant Galloway, 7. #25 Tyler Trainor, 8. #99p Ryan Probst, 9. #11 Tyler Baran, 10. #6T6 Terry Ahern, 11. #11y Travis Young, 12. #12s Alex Watson, 13. #6k Kyle Kettmann, 14. #87 Nick Baran, 15. #32w Nick Wagner Feature #1 Lap Leaders: Hulbert (1-3), Prock (4-36) Program #2 Qualifications: 1. #11 Tyler Baran-14.428, 2. #41 Austin Prock-14.506, 3. #25 Tyler Trainor-14.530, 4. #4 Brad Greenup-14.563, 5. #16g Grant Galloway-14.570, 6. #36 Jimmy Anderson-14.574, 7. #99p Ryan Probst-14.635, 8. #99c Mario Clouser-14.645, 9. #11y Travis Young-14.695, 10. #32w Nick Wagner-14.710, 11. #88 Billy Hulbert-14.805, 12. #6k Kyle Kettmann-14.939, 13. #87 Nick Baran-15.170, 14. #6T6 Terry Ahern-15.306, 15. #12s Alex Watson-15.817 Heat Race 1: 1. #88 Billy Hulbert, 2. #11y Travis Young, 3. #99p Ryan Probst, 4. #16g Grant Galloway, 5. #25 Tyler Trainor, 6. #11 Nick Baran, 7. #12s Alex Watson-DNS, 8. #87 Nick Baran-DNS Heat Race 2: 1. #41 Austin Prock, 2. #32w Nick Wagner, 3. #99c Mario Clouser, 4. #4 Brad Greenup, 5. #6k Kyle Kettmann, 6. #6T6 Terry Ahern, 7. #36 Jimmy Anderson Feature #2: 1. #11y Travis Young, 2. #25 Tyler Trainor, 3. #99c Mario Clouser, 4. #41 Austin Prock, 5. #88 Billy Hulbert, 6. #16g Grant Galloway, 7. 6k Kyle Kettmann, 8. #32w Nick Wagner, 9. #99p Ryan Probst, 10. #36 Jimmy Anderson, 11. #11 Nick Baran (Replaced Tyler Baran), 12. #4 Brad Greenup, 13. #12s Alex Watson, 14. #6T6 Terry Ahern Feature #2 Lap Leaders: Young (1-36) Next STARS National Midget Race: June 21, 2014 "Kids-a-Palooza" at Grundy County Speedway