EAST WINS “SUMAR CLASSIC” & TRAXXAS SILVER CROWN TITLE
 
Terre Haute, IN……..Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. is the 2012 TRAXXAS USAC Silver Crown Champion, dominating the final race in the series, leading all 100 laps of Saturday night’s “Sumar Classic 100” at the Terre Haute Action Track. East started second in the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian entry and grabbed the lead from pole starter Bryan Clauson at the start. The #17 RW/Curb-Agajanian entry driven to sixth by Clauson ended up as the 2012 TRAXXAS Silver Crown car entrant champion. Jerry Coons Jr. took second in Saturday night’s race and ended up second in the final standings. Russ Gamester came from 11th to take third at the checkered flag, with Bud Kaeding fourth and Tracy Hines fifth. East’s final margin of victory over Coons in the 100-lapper was 12.751 seconds.
 
TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 13, 2012 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – “Sumar Classic 100”
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 17, RW-20.467; 2. Bobby East, 22, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-20.480; 3. Robert Ballou, 63, DePalma-20.799; 4. Tracy Hines, 16, Lightfoot-20.965; 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-20.975; 6. Kody Swanson, 33, Six-R-21.007; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-21.025; 8. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-21.135; 9. Brian Tyler, 21, Six-R-21.376; 10. Dave Darland, 19, Six-R-21.419; 11. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-21.795; 12. Rich Tobias Jr., 39, Aqualini-NT; 13. Shane Cottle, 14, McQuinn-NT; 14. Tanner Swanson, 23, Six-R-NT; 15. Steve Adams, 500, 500 Motorsports-NT.
 
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Russ Gamester, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Brian Tyler, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Tanner Swanson, 11. Rich Tobias Jr., 12. Dave Darland, 13. Shane Hollingsworth, 14. Shane Cottle. NT
 
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**Adams flipped during practice and was transported for observation for a concussion. T.Swanson cleared the wall during practice.
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 East.
 
FINAL SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-East-412, 2-Coons-400, 3-K.Swanson-374, 4-Kaeding-358, 5-T.Swanson-325, 6-Hines-310, 7-Tyler-276, 8-Levi Jones-270, 9-Bobby Santos-253, 10-Gamester-249.