USAC 360 SPRINTS DEBUT SATURDAY AT TULARE

A brand-new USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series debuts this Saturday at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif. In addition to marking a new chapter in the club’s history, the race will mark the first appearance of the   West Coast 360s at the third-mile Tulare oval.

Support for the new series is coming from SouthWest Contractors and Hoosier Tires and series promoter Chris Kearns is excited about prospects for the series. “It’s awesome having USAC’s resources available to us,” says Kearns. “I think this is a great step in the right direction for 360 non-wing sprint racing.”

Hanford, Calif.’s Justyne Hamblin is the defending series champion and hopes to add her name to the list of female feature winners, which numbers 20 since USAC’s debut in 1956. She will face a formidable roster of talented drivers at Tulare, including Bakersfield’s Rusty Carlile, Clovis’ Peter Murphy, Tipton’s Danny Faria Jr. and Kerman’s Davey Pombo, plus 2008 Bandit Champion Jesse Mack and 2002 VRA Champion Jimmy Crawford.

The Groppetti Automotive Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway is located on the Tulare County Fairgrounds at the corner of Bardsley and K Streets in Tulare, Calif. For more info on the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint series, visit www.usacracing.com or www.racesantamariaspeedway.com.

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SWEET LEADS NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET POINTS AFTER LAS VEGAS WIN; EAST WIRE-TO-WIRE IN “SOKOLA SHOOTOUT” AT PERRIS

Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. continues as the early leader in the 2010 USAC Mopar National and Western Midget Series following his 30-lap feature victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s dirt track Thursday night and subsequent second place finish at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway Sunday night. The National Series resumes March 23-24 at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway, while the Western Series resumes April 1 at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway.

Sweet led the first six laps at Las Vegas, then trailed Chad Boat until the white-flag lap when he regained the top spot in his Kasey Kahne Racing Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/Auto Value Spike/Mopar to win the Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic race. Boat took second after leading 22 laps, finishing ahead of Brad Loyet, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines. Driver Alex Bowman of Tucson, Ariz. flipped during the second heat race and was transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment of a broken collar bone, fractured rib, bruises and swelling.

Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 30 laps of Sunday night’s “Sokola Shootout” USAC Mopar National/Western Midget race at the Perris Auto Speedway after starting from the front row in his Club Sport Ford Racing Beast/Esslinger Ford. The victory halted Sweet’s winning streak at two as Sweet took second ahead of Boat, Bryan Clauson and Jerry Coons Jr. Hagen was the fastest qualifier.

Chris Gansen of San Bernardino, Calif. flipped on lap six of the feature and was transported to a local hospital for a precautionary checkup.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1-Brad Sweet-207; 2-Bobby East-169; 3-Brad Loyet-155; 4-Darren Hagen-155; 5-Tracy Hines-155; 6-Bryan Clauson-149; 7-Dave Darland-148; 8-Chad Boat-139; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-136; 10-Mike Hess-117.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1-Brad Sweet-207; 2-Bobby East-169; 3-Brad Loyet-155; 4-Darren Hagen-155; 5-Tracy Hines-155; 6-Bryan Clauson-149; 7-Dave Darland-148; 8-Chad Boat-139; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-136; 10-Mike Hess-117.

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GARDNER 4-FOR-5 AFTER LAS VEGAS, PERRIS TRIUMPHS; WILL TAKE POINT LEADS TO PERRIS MARCH 27 & ELDORA APRIL 2

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. has emerged as the early 2010 point leader in both the USAC Amsoil National and CRA Sprint Car series following feature victories at Las Vegas, Nev. and Perris, Calif. The National series is “off” until April 2-3 when it resumes at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. The CRA series continues March 27 with a race at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Gardner came from 15th starting position to win Thursday night’s 30-lap “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” USAC Amsoil National/CRA Sprint feature at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track. Gardner didn’t crack the “top-10” until lap 19, then methodically chased down the leaders and took the lead from Dave Darland on lap 28. He pulled away from the field in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to beat Darland, Chris Windom, Tracy Hines and fast qualifier Jerry Coons Jr.

Gardner posted a dominant performance in Sunday night’s 30-lap “Sokola Shootout” at the Perris Auto Speedway. He passed leaders Chris Windom, Henry Clarke and Hines in a daring move on lap six and led the rest of the way in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to beat Clarke, Windom, Hines and fast qualifier Mike Spencer. The victory was Gardner’s fourth in five 2010 series events! Former USAC/CRA Champion Tony Jones escaped injury in a flip on lap two of the feature.

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1-Damion Gardner-324; 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-275; 3-Levi Jones-247; 4-Bryan Clauson-237; 5-Henry Clarke-232; 6-Robert Ballou-232; 7-Tracy Hines-229; 8-Dave Darland-202; 9-Chris Windom-192; 10-Shane Hmiel-145.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1-Damion Gardner-187; 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-171; 3-Tracy Hines-154; 4-Henry Clarke-150; 5-Chris Windom-147; 6-Levi Jones-143; 7-Robert Ballou-140; 8-Mike Spencer-133; 9-Bryan Clauson-119; 10-Bud Kaeding-118.

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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: February 28, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway - “Sokola Shootout”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.380; 2. Tony Jones, 4x, Alexander-17.423; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-17.546; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-17.598; 5. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.602; 6. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.622; 7. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.631; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-17.673; 9. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.674; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.756; 11. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-17.760; 12. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-17.763; 13. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-17.776; 14. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.812; 15. Jimmy Crawford, 11x, Crawford-17.823; 16. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.846; 17. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.861; 18. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.902; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.907; 20. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-17.915; 21. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-18.000; 22. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-18.016; 23. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-18.082; 24. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-18.095; 25. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-18.112; 26. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-18.128; 27. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-18.142; 28. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-18.146; 29. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.273; 30. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-18.360; 31. Cody Kershaw, 38, Crossno-18.360; 32. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.372; 33. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-18.478; 34. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-18.857; 35. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.023; 36. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-20.295; 37. Kenny Perkins, 5k, Perkins-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Gaunt, 3. Boat, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Clauson, 6. Sweet, 7. R.Gardner, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Spencer. 2:53.02

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Hines, 3. Shuman, 4. Cardey, 5. Clarke, 6. Miller, 7. A.Williams, 8. Mero, 9. T.Jones. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Mitchell, 3. Crawford, 4. L.Jones, 5. Bragg, 6. Darland, 7. Bloom, 8. Kershaw, 9. C.Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Windom, 3. Sheridan, 4. Coons, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Johnson, 7. Cummins, 8. Welton, 9. Hmiel, 2:50.97

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. T.Jones, 3. Clarke, 4. Hmiel, 5. Darland, 6. Clauson, 7. Bloom, 8. Johnson, 9. R.Gardner, 10. A.Williams, 11. Ricky Williams, 12. Miller, 13. Kershaw, 14. Cummins, 15. Mero, 16. C.Williams, 17. Welton, 18. Shedarowich, 19. Bragg. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Henry Clarke, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Shane Hmiel, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. David Cardey, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Chad Boat, 13. Matt Mitchell, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Jimmy Crawford, 16. Rickie Gaunt, 17. Blake Miller, 18. Seth Wilson, 19. Bryan Clauson, 20. Bud Kaeding, 21. Dave Darland, 22. Ronnie Gardner, 23. Casey Shuman, 24. Tony Jones. NT

**Tony Jones flipped on lap 2 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Hines, Laps 3-5 Windom, Laps 6-30 D.Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-324; 2-Coons-275; 3-L.Jones-247; 4-Clauson-237; 5-Clarke-232; 6-Ballou-232; 7-Hines-229; 8-Darland-202; 9-Windom-192; 10-Hmiel-145.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-187; 2-Coons-171; 3-Hines-154; 4-Clarke-150; 5-Windom-147; 6-L.Jones-143; 7-Ballou-140; 8-Spencer-133; 9-Clauson-119; 10-Kaeding-118.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 2 & 3 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 28, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway - “Sokola Shootout”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-17.701; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-17.830; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.851; 4. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-17.871; 5. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-17.873; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-17.942; 7. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.942; 8. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-18.091; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-18.097; 10. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-18.144; 11. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-18.155; 12. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-18.171; 13. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-18.260; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-18.267; 15. Josh Lakatos, 4x, Bristing-18.316; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-18.345; 17. Randi Pankratz, 8x, Pankratz-18.384; 18. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-18.562; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-18.571; 20. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-18.579; 21. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-18.607; 22. Austin Mero, 17k, Kruseman-18.623; 23. Jake Swanson, 05x, Swanson-18.634; 24. Erine Bartley III, 74, Bartley-18.823; 25. Chris Gansen, 04, Gansen-19.092; 26. Tracy Hines, 8E, Guardian-19.169; 27. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-19.309; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-19.341; 29. Kenny Warren, 78, Burggraf-23.371; 30. Dennis Carrier, 2D, Carrier-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Kruseman, 3. Daum, 4. Pierovich, 5. Pankratz, 6. McQueen, 7. Gansen. 3:01.29

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. East, 3. Hines, 4. Mero, 5. Darland, 6. Erickson, 7. Clauson. 3:00.82

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Clarke, 3. Boat, 4. Lakatos, 5. J.Swanson, 6. Josett, 7. Jones. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hess, 3. Kuhn, 4. Loyet, 5. Schutte, 6. Bartley, 7. Lowther. 3:01.29

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Darland, 3. Schutte, 4. Josett, 5. Gansen, 6. Bartley, 7. Erickson, 8. Lowther, 9. Pankratz, 10. McQueen, 11. J.Swanson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Zach Daum, 7. Henry Clarke, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Brad Loyet, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Brad Kuhn, 13. Mike Hess, 14. R.J. Johnson, 15. Scott Pierovich, 16. Robby Josett, 17. Josh Lakatos, 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. Austin Mero, 20. Alex Schutte, 21. Chris Gansen, 22. Ernie Bartley III. NT

**McQueen flipped during the semi. Gansen flipped on lap 6 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 East.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-207; 2-East-169; 3-Loyet-155; 4-Hagen-155; 5-Hines-155; 6-Clauson-149; 7-Darland-148; 8-Boat-139; 9-Coons-136; 10-Hess-117.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-207; 2-East-169; 3-Loyet-155; 4-Hagen-155; 5-Hines-155; 6-Clauson-149; 7-Darland-148; 8-Boat-139; 9-Coons-136; 10-Hess-117.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: March 24 & 25 – Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway

NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: April 1 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

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USAC NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: February 25, 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track - “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Hoffman-19.191; 2. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.358; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-19.430; 4. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-19.710; 5. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-19.918; 6. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-20.038; 7. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-20.132; 8. Johnny Herrera, 45x, Herrera-20.144; 9. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-20.165; 10. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-20.237; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-20.259; 12. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-20.262; 13. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart/Curb Agajanian-20.509; 14. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-20.517; 15. Cody Kershaw, 38, Crossno-20.602; 16. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.752; 17. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-20.972; 18. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-21.060; 19. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-21.075; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-21.125; 21. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-21.167; 22. Blake Miller, 7, M-M-21.266; 23. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-21.341; 24. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-21.464; 25. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-21.491; 26. Keith Bloom, 27, Kaeding-21.580; 27. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-21.731; 28. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-21.763; 29. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-21.778; 30. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.859; 31. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-21.993; 32. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-22.100; 33. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-22.410; 34. Jimmy Crawford, 11x, Crawford-22.510.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Spencer, 3. Hmiel, 4. Sheridan, 5. Shuman, 6. Bragg, 7. Coons, 8. Cummins, 9. Shedarowich. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Sweet, 3. Windom, 4. Miller, 5. Hines, 6. Burdette, 7. Bloom, 8. Crawford. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Ballou, 3. Kaeding, 4. Boat, 5. Kruseman, 6. Wilson, 7. Kershaw, 8. Ricky Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Herrera, 3. Clarke, 4. Mellenberndt, 5. A.Williams, 6. C.Williams, 7. Mero, 8. Carlile. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Shuman, 3. Hines, 4. Wilson, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Burdette, 7. Mero, 8. Kruseman, 9. Crawford, 10. Bloom, 11. Cummins, 12. Bragg, 13. C.Williams, 14. Shedarowich, 15. A.Williams. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Johnny Herrera, 9. Henry Clarke, 10. Robert Ballou, 11. Mike Spencer, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Brad Sweet, 14. Blake Miller, 15. Bud Kaeding, 16. Chad Boat, 17. Shane Hmiel, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Bret Mellenberndt, 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Brett Burdette, 22. Cody Williams, 23. Levi Jones, 24. Ricky Willliams. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Darland, Laps 2-7 Ballou, Laps 8-27 Darland, Laps 28-30 Gardner.

NEW NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-259;2-Coons-225;3-Clauson-221; 4-Jones-193; 5-Darland-188; 6-Ballou-188; 7-Clarke-172; 8-Hines-171; 9-Windom-131; 10-Brady Short-122.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Coons-124; 2-Gardner-122; 3-Clauson-103; 4-Kaeding-97; 5-Hines-96; 6-Ballou-96 7-Clarke-90; 8-Jones-89; 9-Darland-87; 10-Windom-86.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”

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USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 25, 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track - “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-20.547; 2. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-20.972; 3. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.014; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-21.139; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.162; 6. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-21.222; 7. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-21.240; 8. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-21.264; 9. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-21.399; 10. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-21.435; 11. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-21.571; 12. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-21.605; 13. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.645; 14. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-21.692; 15. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-21.858; 16. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-21.933; 17. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-22.002; 18. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-22.096; 19. Jason Leffler, 6, Klatt-22.107; 10. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-22.162; 21. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-22.271; 22. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-22.273; 23. Austin Mero, 17k, Kruseman-22.444; 24. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-22.842; 25. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-23.200; 26. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-23.248; 27. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Kuhn .6. Boat, 7. Leffler, 8. Prickett, 9. Carrier. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Jones, 3. Sweet, 4. Kruseman, 5. Mero, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther, 8. Bowman, 9. Erickson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Loyet, 3. Clarke, 4. Hess, 5. McQueen, 6. Clouser, 7. Josett, 8. Schutte, 9. Postle. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Daum, 3. Leffler, 4. Clouser, 5. Prickett, 6. Schutte, 7. Carrier, 8. Postle, 9. Josett, 10. Lowther, 11. Erickson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Brad Loyet, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Mike Hess, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. Bobby East, 11. Jason Leffler, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Alex Schutte, 15. Shannon McQueen, 16. Henry Clarke, 17. David Prickett, 18. Austin Mero, 19. Brad Kuhn, 20. Dennis Carrier, 21. Zach Daum. NT

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Bowman flipped during the second heat and was transported to University Medical Center.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Sweet, Laps 7-28 Boat, Laps 29-30 Sweet.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”

NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”

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USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-17.016; 2. Bryan Clauson, 22, Stewart-17.157; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-17.337; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-17.469; 5. Derek Hagar, 91, Hagar-17.574; 6. Brian Tyler, 21, Team 6R-17.610; 7. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-17.642; 8. Tracy Hines, 16, Lightfoot-17.668; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.695; 10. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-17.849; 11. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-17.963; 12. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-18.061; 13. Justin Carver, 991, Edwards/RE-18.128; 14. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-18.138; 15. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-18.177; 16. Kody Swanson, 19, Team 6R-18.324; 17. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-18.525; 18. Mike Martin, 116, Racing Associates-18.539; 19. Bobby Santos III, 199, Edwards/RE-19.273; 20. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-19.856.

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Jones, 2. Clauson, 3. Hmiel, 4. Hagar, 5. Coons, 6. Tyler. NT

QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Gulick, 2. Hollingsworth, 3. Gamester, 4. Carver, 5. T.Swanson, 6. Santos, 7. Daum, 8. K.Swanson, 9. Martin, 10. Erickson. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Bobby East, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Shane Hollingsworth, 7. A.J. Fike, 8. Derek Hagar, 9. Brian Tyler, 10. Russ Gamester, 11. Bryan Clauson, 12. Justin Carver, 13. Tanner Swanson, 14. Kody Swanson, 15. Bobby Santos III, 16. Murray Erickson, 17. Coleman Gulick, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Mike Martin, 20. Zach Daum. NT

**K.Swanson flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-49 Kaeding, Lap 50 Jones.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jones-63; 2-Kaeding-60; 3-East-54; 4-Coons-51; 5-Hines-48; 6-Hollingsworth-45; 7-Fike-42; 8-Hagar-39; 9-Tyler-36; 10-Gamester-33.

NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: May 22 – Newton, Iowa – Iowa Speedway

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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park – Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-16.281; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-16.283; 3. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-16.596; 4. Rick Ziehl, 8, BRAT-16.643; 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.648; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.655; 7. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-16.677; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.738; 9. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, Mellenberndt-16.741; 10. Charles Davis Jr., 50az, Massey-16.788; 11. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-16.828; 12. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-16.856; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.857; 14. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.865; 14. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.888; 16. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-16.905; 17. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-16.917; 18. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-16.921; 19. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-16.922; 20. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-17.007; 21. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.017; 22. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-17.070; 23. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.071; 24. Nathan High, 0, Price-17.136; 25. Brandon Lane, 9a, Lane-17.180; 26. Jimmy Crawford, 11c, Crawford-17.219; 27. Andrew Reinbold, 19, Reinbold-17.330; 28. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-17.331; 29. Tony Elliott, 8m, Minks-17.422; 30. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-17.444; 31. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-17.556; 32. Thomas Ogle, 48T, DAR-17.573; 33. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.645; 34. JoJo Helberg, 75, Minks-17.753; 35. Stevie Sussex, 21az, Sussex-17.867; 36. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.894; 37. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-18.321; 38. Lance Norick, 90, Norick-18.333; 39. John Evans, 23, Astenius-19.838; 40. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Kaeding, 2. Johnson, 3. Jones, 4. Boat, 5. Sheridan, 6. Mellenberndt, 7. Elliott, 8. Lane, 9. C.Williams, 10. Rip Williams,

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Davis, 3. Clarke, 4. Sweet, 5. Crawford, 6. Helberg, 7. Norick, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Coons, 10. Miller. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Spencer, 2. Hines, 3. Windom, 4. Darland, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Gulick, 7. Hmiel, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sussex, 10. Evans. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Ballou, 2. Bloom, 3. Ziehl, 4. Shuman, 5. Gardner, 6. Loyet, 7. Clark, 8. Ogle, 9. High. NT

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Jones, 4. Ziehl, 5. Darland, 6. Kaeding. NT

SEMI: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Coons, 2. Gardner, 3. Ricky Williams, 4. Mellenberndt, 5. Crawford, 6. Gulick, 7. Shedarowich, 8. Clark, 9. Sussex, 10. Elliott, 11. Reinbold, 12. Ogle, 13. Loyet, 14. Helberg, 15. Miller, 16. Lane, 17. Cummins, 18. Sheridan, 19. High, 20. Evans, 21. Hmiel. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Rick Ziehl, 8. Henry Clarke, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. Casey Shuman, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Mike Spencer, 13. Charles Davis Jr., 14. Jimmy Crawford, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Bret Mellenberndt, 17. Chris Windom, 18. Ronnie Clark, 19. Brad Sweet, 20. Coleman Gulick, 21. Chad Boat, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Danny Sheridan, 24. Mathew Shedarowich, 25. Ricky Williams, 26. Keith Bloom. NT

**Rip Williams flipped during the first heat. Coons and Miller flipped during the second heat. Bloom flipped during the feature. Boat flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-38 Windom, Laps 39-40 Jones.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-191; 2-Jones-172; 3-Clauson-171; 4-Coons-167; 5-Ballou-148; 6-Clarke-127; 7-Darland-123; 8-Brady Short-122; 9-Hines-113; 10-Shane Cottle-88.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-68; 2-Kaeding-68; 3-Coons-66; 4-Ballou-56; 5-Gardner-54; 6-Clauson-53; 7-Clarke-45; 8-Johnson-43; 9-Shuman-38; 10-Hines-38.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: February 25 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”

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MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 19-21, 2010 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Race Park - Rosemont Copper “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 19) 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.606; 2. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-16.649; 3. Gary Taylor, 12, Allen-16.798; 4. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-16.851; 5. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-`6.872; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI-16 .916; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.927; 8. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-16.929; 9. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.958; 02. Josh Pelkey, 12jr, Allen-17.000; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-17.047; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.054; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-17.066; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.090; 15. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-17.184; 16. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-17.217; 17. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-17.257; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.297; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51s, Martin-17.350; 20. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-17.366; 21. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-17.429; 22. Robby Josett, 2 Josett-17.540; 23. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-17.790; 24. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-17.808; 25. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-17.905; 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-18.246; 27. Kenny Warren, 78, Warren-20.020; 28. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-NT; 29. Jake Swanson,. 05x, Swanson-NT; 30. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Hagen, 2. Sweet, 3. Schutte, 4. Darland, 5. Kuhn, 6. Clouser, 7. K.Swanson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clarke, 2. Bowman, 3. Clauson, 4. Pelkey, 5. Boat, 6. Josett, 7. Carrier, 8. Erickson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Coons, 2. Johnson, 3. East, 4. Taylor, 5. Hess, 6. Postle, 7. Warren. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. T.Swanson, 2. Loyet, 3. Hines, 4. Goodwin, 5. Rossi, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther. NT

DASH: (8 laps – Held Feb. 19) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Sweet, 4. Taylor, 5. Darland, 6. Bowman. NT

SEMI: (12 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Kuhn, 2. Hess, 3. Postle, 4. Erickson, 5. Carrier, 6. Warren, 7. Boat, 8. Josett, 9. Daum, 10. Rossi, 11. Clouser, 12. K.Swanson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps – Held Feb. 21) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Bobby East, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Brad Loyet, 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Mike Hess, 11. Tanner Swanson, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Alex Schutte, 14. Dennis Carrier, 15. Josh Pelkey, 16. Murray Erickson, 17. Brian Postle, 18. Terry Goodwin, 19. R.J. Johnson, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Robby Josett, 22. Alex Bowman, 23. Kody Swanson, 24. Gary Taylor, 25. Chad Boat, 26. Kenny Warren. NT