LEARY EXTENDS ISW POINT LEAD HEADING INTO THE BURG
Kokomo, Indiana (July 21, 2019)………With his third-place finish in Saturday night’s USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at Kokomo Speedway, C.J. Leary extended his lead in the NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week points from five to nine over Brady Bacon.
Although Bacon finished one spot ahead of Leary in the feature, in 2nd place, Leary picked up an additional six points for setting quick time during Fatheadz Eyewear Qualifying and six more for finishing third in his heat race. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) now holds a nine-point lead over Bacon.
The top-five remained unchanged after Kokomo with race winner Windom in third (-10), Jason McDougal in fourth (-42) and Justin Grant (-43) rounding out the top-five.
The series continues Sunday, July 21, with round four of ISW at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
2019 INDIANA SPRINT WEEK STANDINGS (After Rd. 3 of 8)
1. (223) C.J. Leary
2. (214) Brady Bacon
3. (213) Chris Windom
4. (181) Jason McDougal
5. (180) Justin Grant
6. (176) Kyle Cummins
7. (174) Kevin Thomas, Jr.
8. (163) Tyler Courtney
9. (153) Chase Stockon
10. (147) Carson Short
11. (138) Dakota Jackson
12. (129) Shane Cottle
13. (119) Josh Hodges
14. (96) Scotty Weir
15. (94) Thomas Meseraull
16. (87) Max Adams
17. (82) Jarett Andretti
18. (72) Brandon Mattox
19. (69) Matt Westfall
20. (69) Dave Darland
21. (62) Brody Roa
22. (54) Mitchell Davis
23. (53) Koby Barksdale
24. (52) Cole Ketcham
25. (51) Brent Beauchamp
26. (51) Isaac Chapple
27. (51) Anthony D'Alessio
28. (48) Terry Richards
29. (47) Dustin Ingle
30. (44) Clinton Boyles
31. (41) Corey Smith
32. (39) Zane Hendricks
33. (34) Shane Cockrum
34. (30) Matt Moore, Brian VanMeveren, Matt Goodnight, Dustin Christie, Dickie Gaines & Matt McCarthy
40. (24) A.J. Hopkins
41. (20) Chad Boespflug, Joe Stornetta & Brandon Long
44. (10) Dallas Hewitt, Eric Perrott & Andrew Prather
On Sunday, July 21 at Lawrenceburg Speedway, pits open at 4pm Eastern, front gates open at 5pm and hot laps get underway at 7pm. Adult general admission tickets are $25, kids 7-12 are $7, children 6 and under are free. Pit passes are $30. KOI Auto Parts UMP Modifieds are on the agenda as well.
After a couple days off from racing, the second half of ISW kicks off Wednesday, July 24, at the Terre Haute Action Track. Pits open at 3pm, front gates at 4pm and hot laps at 6:30pm. Adult general admission grandstand tickets are $25, adult infield tickets are $15 in the infield, children 11 and under are free when accompanied by a parent. DIRTcar Modifieds will be racing as well on the half-mile.
Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville is next up on Thursday, July 25 where the drivers meeting begins at 6pm Eastern and hot laps are scheduled for 6:30pm. Indiana Super Stocks will also be in attendance.
The “Sheldon Kinser Memorial” on Friday, July 26 at Bloomington Speedway will have the pits open at 3pm Eastern, front gates at 5pm, drivers meeting at 6pm and hot laps at 6:40pm. Adult tickets are $25, students (with valid I.D.) are $10, children 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece. RaceSaver Sprint Cars are also on the event card.
For the finale at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt on Saturday, July 27, qualifying is slated to begin at 6:30pm and racing at 7:30pm Central. Adult tickets are $25, students 13-18 are $20 and children 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30. Modifieds will also be racing.
Watch all eight races from “Indiana Sprint Week” live and on-demand at http://www.FloRacing.com/. Listen live on the USAC app. Follow along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ and https://twitter.com/USACNation, plus live timing and scoring on the Race Monitor app.
