Stockton Leads Sprint Cars to Lawrenceburg Saturday
Chase Stockon of Elizabethtown, Ind. has yet to find victory lane this year but he sits atop the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car standings entering next Saturday’s Midwest opener at the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.
Back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 2015 openers at Ocala, Fla., followed by a pair of fifths and a ninth left him with a 14-point lead over Kevin Thomas Jr. Thomas grabbed a win at East Bay Raceway Park in Florida and has a third and a pair of fourths in five starts so far in 2015. Stockon’s initial USAC victory came at Lawrenceburg in 2012, while Thomas scored a pair of Lawrenceburg wins in 2013. Last year’s Lawrenceburg features went to Bryan Clauson and Justin Grant. Third ranking Robert Ballou, who has two wins already this year, trails Stockon by just 18 points heading to Lawrenceburg, while Dave Darland, 27 behind the leader, has a record 54 career USAC Sprint wins after scoring at Ocala in February. Darland is the winningest USAC Sprint driver at Lawrenceburg, with six career victories. Ballou scored at Lawrenceburg win in 2011. Fifth-ranking Brady Bacon, also a 2015 winner, was second behind Clauson in last September’s Lawrenceburg closer and hopes to repeat as the series champion. Drivers will aim at Levi Jones’ one-lap track record of 12.926 seconds, set in 2008. |
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UPCOMING EVENT INFO
**Saturday, April 4, 2015 TRACK: Lawrenceburg Speedway (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) – 3/8th Mile High Banked Clay Oval STARTING TIMES: Front Gate: 5:00pm Hot Laps: 6:00pm Opening Cermonies: 7:00pm
TICKETS PRICES: TRACK PHONE: (812) 539-4700 TRACK WEBSITE: lawrenceburgspeedway.com |
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#=Eastern Invasion @=Indiana Sprint Week **=Special events – Feature points only |
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2015 AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS
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2015 AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS
FEATURE WINS 1. Robert Ballou – 2 (Bubba Raceway Park on Feb. 20 & East Bay Raceway
Park on Feb. 28) 2. Brady Bacon – 1 (Bubba Raceway Park on Feb. 21) Dave Darland – 1 (Bubba Raceway Park on Feb. 22)
Kevin Thomas, Jr. – 1 (East Bay Raceway Park on Feb. 26)
TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES:
1. Chase Stockon – 4
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