BACON AND WINDOM KNOTTED UP IN PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (March 2, 2020)………Early season USAC National winners Brady Bacon and Chris Windom find themselves tied atop the ProSource Passing Master standings entering the month of March.
Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) and Windom (Canton, Ill.) have each passed 16 cars throughout the four USAC National events held thus far in 2020. Bacon, however, competed in just two of them, sweeping both nights with back-to-back victories in the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car portion of Winter Dirt Games in Ocala, Fla. after starting 9th.
Windom, meanwhile, captured the win on the second night of the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets in Ocala, Fla.
Longtime USAC supporter ProSource is putting up a year-end $2,500 reward to the driver who passes the most total cars during the feature events throughout USAC’s 2020 National season.
Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) is third in the Passing Master standings with 10, followed by Andrew Layser (Collegeville, Pa.) at 9 and Mario Clouser (Auburn, Ill.) with 8.
Bacon, Windom, Pursley, Layser and many others are among those who will be in action in this Saturday’s Shamrock Classic on March 7 at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin.
Competitors can enter the Shamrock Classic presented by Dooling Machine Products Midget at https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/2020-shamrock-midget-entry until Thursday, March 5th at noon eastern time. After that deadline, entries for the midget division will increase to $100. Early entry is highly suggested as officials prepare to set heat race lineups with a “draft,” similar to that used previously at Du Quoin’s “Junior Knepper 55” in 2018 and the 2019 “BC39” at the IMS Dirt Track.
Shamrock Classic tickets are on sale at https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/2020-usac-shamrock-classic with reserved seats at $25, while general admission tickets are $20 for ages 13 and up. Children’s general admission tickets (Age 6-12) are $10. Kids 5 and under are free. Pit passes for Saturday are $35, and those attending both days can purchase pit passes for $55. Tickets and pit passes will be available at the door both days.
Doors open on Saturday, March 7, at 1pm Central to prepare for hot laps starting at 4pm. More information can be found at http://www.ShamrockClassicDuQuoin.com.
Winged micro-sprints will complete their program on Saturday after competing in preliminary events on Friday night, March 6th. Micro competitors are urged to enter at: https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/2020-shamrock-micro-entry?fbclid=IwAR3bLKcOlN8E3aUJK8zMTkHLjfX81-4fUwa6p_ABGbeiuOJZfleWzJiq4fg.
Micros will complete the majority of their program on Friday night, starting at 6:30pm Central and culminating with dashes to set up Saturday’s events. Only last chance races and the feature will be mixed into a full program for the National Midget Series, which will feature a passing-points format with both heat races and qualifying races.
The “Shamrock Classic” features appearance points only for competitors chasing the NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship, so all eyes will be on the top prize, elevated to $5,000 for the fifth annual event thanks to event sponsors DM Machine, WWT Raceway, and Fast Lane Racing Apparel.
Fans and competitors alike are invited to join the fun on Friday night at the St. Nicholas Brewing Company in Du Quoin for food and drink specials after a night of micro-sprint racing. Midget teams are also welcome to unload and park on Friday night. Gates open on Friday at 4pm Central with cars on track at 6:30pm. Grandstand tickets for Friday are just five dollars, with pit passes at $25.
2020 PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER STANDINGS:
(Entering March 2020)
1. (16) Brady Bacon & Chris Windom
3. (10) Daison Pursley
4. (9) Andrew Layser
5. (8) Mario Clouser
6. (7) Dave Darland & Anton Hernandez
8. (6) Zeb Wise, Steve Buckwalter, Oliver Akard & Stephen Schnapf
12. (5) Cannon McIntosh, Chase Stockon & Matt Westfall
15. (4) Tanner Thorson, Jesse Colwell & Brandon Mattox
18. (3) Mark Cole, Kevin Thomas Jr., Kyle Cummins & Anthony D'Alessio
22. (2) C.J. Leary & Katlynn Leer