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BRYAN CLAUSON NOW TWO FOR TWO IN EASTERN STORM

09/06/2016, USA, Motorsport-Speedway, USA Speedway Racing, Article # 18168441

BRYAN CLAUSON NOW TWO FOR TWO IN EASTERN STORM, SIMON CLAIMS FIRST EVER USAC WIN ON THIRLLING NIGHT AT LINCOLN

 

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (June 8, 2016) – Noblesville, IN’s Bryan Clauson claimed his second straight Eastern Storm victory in the non-stop 30 lap USAC AMSOIL National Non-Wing Sprint Car Championship event while Tipp City, OH’s Landon Simon picked up his first ever USAC victory in the 25 lap make-up feature.   Jeff Halligan held off a determined Chandler Leiby to win the exciting twenty lap 358 Sprint car feature.  Twenty-nine USAC sprint cars were on hand with  thirty-one 358 sprints taking part in the Wednesday night show at the Lincoln Speedway.

 

In the first of two USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship Series events, Fremont, CA’s Shane Golobic shot from the pole to take the early lead in the 30 lap A-main event, with Chase Stockon – rocketing on the high-side of the Speedway from the sixth starting position -- following right on his rear bumper.  Stockon took the top spot from Golobic on the fifth circuit and pulled a five car lead. 

 

With Stockon powering away,  Bryan Clauson charged into 2nd place with his sights set on the leader.  Stockon hammered away on the high side as Clauson began to close in just prior to the half way point.  Chris Windom made his intentions known as he battled into the third position.

 

While at one time in Clauson’s sights, Stockon charged forward to an almost 10 car lead while Clauson fought to hold off third place runner, Chris Windom at the halfway point.

 

Stockon hit lapped traffic on the 18th circuit running in the middle of corners one and two, while Clauson – holding off a hard charging Windom – raced around the high side of the Speedway.

 

Clauson slid passed Stockon with five-laps remaining quickly pulling a strong lead and claiming his second straight Eastern Storm Victory in a caution free 30 lap event.  Clauson earned $6,000 for the victory.    Windom would pull by Stockon to claim second position, with Thomas Meseraull and Shane Golobic rounding out the top five finishers.

 

In the make-up USAC A-main,  Landon Simon charged, from the front row, into the lead on the initial start while CJ Leary raced around just inches from the outside guardrail – powering from the sixth starting spot in 2nd position by the third circuit.

 

The first caution of the evening fell on the ninth lap with an incident that included earlier winner Bryan Clauson and retiring the cars of Thomas Meseraull, Tony DiMattia and Shane Cottle.

 

Simon launched away on the restart followed quickly by Brady Bacon and Aaron Farney.  Switching from running the far top side to the bottom, Bacon closed on Simon running some of his fastest laps of the evening.  Inch-by-inch Bacon closed on Simon and was within two car lengths with five laps to go, while Aaron Farney stayed right on their tail.

 

Bacon moved to the outside coming to the checkered flag but couldn’t make it all the way.  Landon Simon would claim his first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship win.    Simon earned $3,000 for the win.    Brady Bacon would settle for second, Aaron Farney finished third, Kyle Moody was fourth and CJ Leary came home in  fifth.

 

Ephrata, PA’s Jeff Halligan held off a hard charging Chandler Leiby to pick up the win in the 20 Lap 358 Sprint Car event and claim the $1,000 top prize.  Brie Hersey jumped to the early lead before emitting a puff of smoke just prior to the halfway point sidelining the No. 91 machine.  Halligan inherited the lead racing hard around the top side with Leiby closing on the bottom.  The only other yellow flag flew on the eleventh circuit but that didn’t slow Halligan’s efforts.  He ran away at the re-start and claiming his 3rd career Lincoln Speedway victory and his first of the season.

 

Leiby settled for second place, Matt Campbell finished in third, Jordan Givler in the fourth position and Doug Hammaker completed the top five.

 

USAC  QUALIFYING RESULTS: 1. Chase Stockon, 32, - 15.730; 2. C.J. Leary, 17GP, - 15.891; 3. Chad Boespflug, 98E, - 16.051; 4. Chris Windom, 5, - 16.212; 5. Bryan Clauson, 63, - 16.290; 6. Joey Biasi, B1, -16.354; 7. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 4J -16.358; 8. Shane Golobic, 60, -16.372; 9. Robert Ballou, 1, -16.449; 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 39, -16.467; 11. Thomas Meseraull, 66, -16.521; 12. Brady Bacon, 69, -16.558; 13. Carmen Perigo, 21, -16.608; 14. Isaac Chapple, 52, -16.612; 15. Shane Cottle, 3, -16.614; 16. Bret Mellenberndt, 97, -16.733; 17. Tony DiMattia, 50, -16.736; 18. Dave Darland, 11, -16.849; 19. Max McGhee, 17, -16.941; 20. Kyle Moody, 99m, -17.111; 21. Lilleandon Simon, 24, -17.266; 22. Tom Harris, 5E, -17.292; 23. Dustin Smith, 77, -17.340; 24. Mark Smith, 3R, -17.376; 25. Harris Kohen, 0, -17.470; 26. Aaron Farney, 15F, -17.491; 27. Dick Mahoney, 79, -17.793; 28. Michael Hamer, 47, -21.018; 29. Jarett Andretti, 18, -22.433.

 

HEAT 1 RESULTS (8 Laps): 1. Carmen Perigo  2. Bryan Clauson  3. Landon Simon  4. Chase Stockon  5. Tony DiMattia  6. Robert Ballou  7. Harris Kohen

 

HEAT 2 RESULTS (8 Laps): 1. Jerry Coons, Jr.  2. Dave Darland  3. Joey Biasi  4. C.J. Leary  5. Tom Harris  6. Isaac Chapple  7. Aaron Farney

 

HEAT 3 RESULTS (8 Laps): 1. Shane Cottle  2. Max McGhee  3. Thomas Meseraull  4. Dustin Smith  5. Kevin Thomas Jr.  6. Chad Boespflug  7. Dick Mahoney

 

HEAT 4 RESULTS (8 Laps): 1. Chris Windom  2. Kyle Moody  3. Shane Golobic  4. Mark Smith  5. Brady Bacon  5. Mellenberndt

 

B-MAIN (12 Laps):  1. Chad Boespflug  2 Kevin Thomas, Jr.  3. Brady Bacon  4. Robert Ballou  5. Tony DiMattia  6. Aaron Farney

 

USAC Feature (30 Laps) – 1. Bryan Clauson  2. Chris Windom  3. Chase Stockon  4. Thomas Meseraull  5. Shane Golobic  6. Robert Ballou  7. Kevin Thomas  8. Joey Biasi  9. Chad Boespflug  10. Jerry Coons, Jr.  11. Dave Darland  12. Kyle Moody  13. Shane Cottle  14. CJ Leary  15. Max McGhee  16. Brady Bacon  17. Aaron Farney  18. Landon Simon  19. Carmen Perigo  20. Dustin Smith  21. Tony DiMattia  22. Mark Smith

 

 

USAC Make-Up Feature (25 Laps) -  1. Landon Simon  2. Brady Bacon  3. Aaron Farney  4. CJ Leary  5. Kyle Moody  6. Max McGhee  7. Dave Darland  8. Jerry Coons, Jr.  9. Chris Windom  10. Kevin Thomas  11. Shane Golobic  12. Robert Ballou  13. Bryan Clauson  14. Carmen Perigo 15. Mark Smith  16. Chase Stockon  17. Dustin Smith  18. Joey Biasi  19. Shane Cottle  20. Chad Boespflug  21. Thomas Meseraull  22. Tony DiMattia

DNQ: Dick Mahoney, Tom Harris, Isaac Chapple, Harris Kohen, Bret Mellenberndt

 

358 HEAT 1 RESULTS (8 LAPS) – 1. Matt Campbell 2. Jeff Rohrbough  3. Jordan Givler  4. Ashley Capetta  5. Tyler Esh  6. Brian Allman  7. Wyatt Hinkle  8. Jake Eldreth  9. Brandon Noel 10. Nat Tuckey DNS - George Streaker

 

358 HEAT 2 RESULTS (8 LAPS) – 1. Doug Hammaker  2. Brie Hersey  3. Jeff Halligan  4. Chandler Leiby  5. Mike Bittinger  6.  Adrian Shaffer  7. Kyle Abrahams  8. Matt Findley  9. Chris Arnold  10. Kevin Nouse

 

358 HEAT 3 RESULTS (8 LAPS) – 1. Todd Rittenhouse, Jr.  2. Dalton Dietrich  3. Brent Shearer 4. Chris Frank  5. Mark Strickler  6. Trey Hivner  7. Ryan Higgins  8. Cody Fletcher  9. Justin Whittall

 

B MAIN RESULTS (8 LAPS) – 1. Wyatt Hinkle  2. Kyle Abrahams  3. Ryan Higgins  4. Jake Eldreth  5. Matt Findley  6. Cody Fletcher

 

358 Sprint Feature (20 Laps) – 1. Jeff Halligan 2. Chandler Leiby; 3. Matt Campbell; 4. Jordan Givler; 5. Doug Hammaker; 6. Ashley Cappetta; 7. 1Brent Shearer; 8. Jeff Rohrbaugh; 9. Todd Rittenhouse, Jr.; 10. Chris Frank; 11. Adrian Shaffer; 12. Tyler Esh; 13. Dalton Dietrich; 14. Mike Bittinger; 15. Wyatt Hinkle; 16. Ryan Higgins; 17. Mark Strickler; 18. Brian Allman; 19 Trey Hivner; 20. Matt Findley; 21. Cody Fletcher; 22. Jake Eldreth; 23. Kyle Abrahims; 24. Brie Hershey

 

DNQ: Chris Arnold, Justin Whittall, Brandon Noel, Nat Tuckey, Kevin Nouse, Shai Morris 

JASON CLAUSON WINS THRILLER OVER CJ LEARY

JASON CLAUSON WINS THRILLER OVER CJ LEARY

06/06/2014, USA, Motorsport-Speedway, USA Speedway Racing, Article # 13817672
JASON CLAUSON WINS THRILLER OVER CJ LEARY AS THE USAC  EASTERN STORM INVADES NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY THURSDAY NIGHT
 
Jason Clauson of Noblesville, IN  caught early race leader CJ Leary with just two laps to go and went on to win the 30 lap AMSOIL USAC Eastern Storm feature at the New Egypt Speedway Thursday night.  The victory was worth $6,000.   CJ Leary, looking for his first ever USAC win led twenty-eight laps of the thirty lap feature.   Clauson and Leary swapped the lead twice on lap twenty-nine and on the final lap, Leary and Clauson were side-by-side down the backstretch.   Clauson brought the crowd to their feet with his run off of turn four on his way to the checker flag.  Clauson won the thriller over CJ Leary.   In the twenty-five lap ARDC feature,  the  race was equally exciting with Steve Buckwalter earning the win over  Alex Bright.  Buckwalter led the race from the outset, then with five laps to go, Alex Bright took the top spot.  Buckwalter regained the lead and went on to the win.
 
USAC heat race winners were Dalton Gabbard, Mark Smith and Chris Windom as Jon Stanbrough won the semi.  
 
In the thirty-lap USAC sprint feature, CJ Leary took immediate command of the lead with Dave Darland in the chase.  By lap four, Bryan Clauson was in second followed by Leary with  Darland in fourth.   Leary was impressive as he ran to hide from the rest of the field.    Brady Bacon was now on a strong run advancing to fourth by lap seven.  At the front of the pack, Leary was far ahead and out of sight of runner-up Bryan Clauson.
 
At the halfway point of the race, CJ Leary was far ahead with no signs of Clauson closing.   Dave Darland followed in third  with Brady Bacon fourth and Chase Stockon fifth.   Brady Bacon was now challenging  Darland for third  and made the pass on lap eighteen.
 
The  caution flag  was displayed on lap nineteen when Jon Stanbrough stopped entering turn one.  On the restart, a three car tangle took place in turn four, delaying the race for the final time. 
 
On the restart, Leary was in good company with Clauson and Bacon now challenging.   Leary had a six car length lead over Clauson but suddenly, Clauson found a fast lane on the inside of the backstretch.  With two laps to go, Clauson, racing on the bottom of the track was now challenging Leary for the win.  Leary and Clauson exchanged the lead twice on lap twenty-nine.  With the white flag waiving, Leary was back in the lead.   Off of turn two, Leary opened the door for Clauson on the bottom and  entering turn three, Clauson took the lead.  Off of turn four, Leary and Clauson were side-by-side with Clauson edging out Leary for the win at the checker flag.  Leary finished second followed by Brady Bacon,  Dave Darland and  Chase Stockon.    
 
ARDC heat race winners were Steven Drevecki, Tim Buckwalter and Trevor Kobylarz.  In the twenty-five lap feature, Steve Buckwalter was the winner but not without a challenge.  Buckwalter was the early race leader  with Tim Buckwalter in contention.  On his way to the front was Alex Bright, racing in fourth on lap four.   Bright moved into second on lap six.  
 
Buckwalter had a commanding lead as it was up to Bright to reel him in.   At the halfway point, Steve Buckwalter continued to set the pace followed by Alex Bright, Tim Buckwalter,  Branden Bright and Trevor  Kobylarz.    By lap  eighteen,  Alex Bright was on the leader and the battle was about to start.   On lap twenty Bright took the lead but Bruckwalter continued to fight back regaining the lead.   The one and only yellow flag of the race was displayed on lap twenty for Tony DiMattia who stopped on the homestretch.  At the same time, third place runner Tim Buckwalter retired to the pits.
 
When green flag racing resumed, Steve Buckwalter held the lead as Branden Bright now moved into second.  Alex Bright returned to the runner-up stop and tried to catch the leader but he ran out of time.  Steve Buckwalter took the win over Alex Bright, Brenden Bright, Bruce Buckwalter Jr. and Trevor Kobylarz.
 
The one lap track record for the USAC non-wing sprints was broken twice early in time trials by Bryan Clauson but eventually, it was Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, OK who set the new one lap mark with a time of  15.655.
 
USAC 30 LAP FEATURE FINISH: $6,000 Bryan Clauson,  CJ Leary, Brady Bacon, Dave Darland, Chase Stockon, Tracy Hines, Justin Grant, Landon Simon, Hunter Schuerenberg, Daron Clayton, Travor Kobylarz, Kevin Thomas, Jarett Andretti, Mark Smith, Robert Ballou, Chad Boespflug, Mark Bitner, Joey Biasi, Chris Windom, Jon Stanbrough, Dalton Gabbard, Shane Chockrum.
 
ARDC 25 LAP MIDGET FEATURE: Steve Buckwalter, Alex Bright, Brenden Bright, Bruce Buckwalter Jr., Trevor Kobylarz, Steven Drevicki, Ryan Greth, Jim Radney, Brett Arndt,  John Burnett, Tommy Kunsman, Austin Burke, Brian Gilmore, Brett Wanner, Tim Buckwalter, Tony DiMatta, Greg Fitzpatrick, Nick Wean.
 
2014 Thunder Series Race Dates:
Tuesday, July 1     7:30 PM     410 Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series Plus ROC Modifieds
Tuesday, July 29   7:30 PM      17th Annual Traffic JAM ROC Modifieds & 410 Sprints
Saturday, Oct 18       6 PM     House of Thunder Halloween Party- - Features Only  Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC Midgets, Sportsman, Legends, Monster Smash Demo Derby, Blast from the Past Vintage Cars.   Rain Date:  Sunday, October 19   4 PM
 
Grandview Speedway is a high-banked one-third mile clay oval, celebrating their 52nd  Anniversary season in 2014.   The facility offers free parking,  quality food at reasonable prices (be sure to try the french fries), a program book, Grandview Speedway and Thunder on the Hill race wear and great viewing from every seat in the house.  Race fans may take part in the Inside/Out promotion, where you can sign up (no charge) to watch warm-ups from  inside turn four.  Race fans are also invited to victory lane following the racing program and, race fans may enter the pits after the races to meet the drivers.   Be ready to enjoy the spine tingling fireworks salute on the feature event parade lap.   
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LINCOLN EASTERN STORM

LINCOLN EASTERN STORM

05/06/2014, USA, Motorsport-Speedway, USA Speedway Racing, Article # 13817671
AMSOIL USAC EASTERN STORM
 
After a 90 minute rain delay at the Lincoln Speedway Wednesday night,  the USAC & URC Double header was cancelled due to rain.
 
The USAC feature was on the track at the time the rain began to fall.
 
Because 50% of the show was completed, we are required to pay the full and complete purses to both USAC and URC.
 
With USAC only coming east once per year, the only option is to reschedule the event in 2015.   USAC will run a complete show plus the make-up feature.   URC will be part of the program and run two features as well in 2015. 
 
We greatly regret the decision.  
 
We started the show tonight ahead of the scheduled starting time, and moved the show along without delay.   The rain began at 8:50 PM and continue to fall at this time.
 
We apologize and like you, we wish we could have completed the show tonight.
 
Bob Miller  & Ray Herold
Event Organizers
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AMSOILS NON-WING USAC NATIONAL SPRINT TOUR

AMSOILS NON-WING USAC NATIONAL SPRINT TOUR

01/06/2014, USA, Motorsport-Speedway, USA Speedway Racing, Article # 13817670
FLYING WINGLESS THURSDAY NIGHT, JUNE 5 AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY
AMSOILS NON-WING USAC NATIONAL SPRINT TOUR TO MAKE ONLY NEW JERSEY APPEARANCE THURSDAY NIGHT, JUNE 5
 
USAC, rich in history in the state of New Jersey, has been absent in recent years, that is until  2010 when USAC returned to New Jersey after thirty-two years.    It was June of 1978 when legendary Tom Bigelow won that event at the Flemington Fair Speedway.  USAC made their first appearance at New Egypt in 2010, returned in 2011 and 2012 then missed in 2013.  Special events promoter Bob Miller organized that historic return of USAC in 2010.
 
But have no fear, USAC is back in 2014.   New Egypt Speedway will be “Flying Wingless” on Thursday night, June 5 when the AMSOIL USAC National Non-Wing Sprints team up with the ARDC Non-Wing Midgets in an open wheel double-header.  Previous USAC winners at New Egypt Speedway include Levi Jones in 2010, Hunter Schuerenberg in 2011 and Bryan Clauson was the winner in 2012.
 
The nation’s best non-wing sprint car drivers will be in the mix.  Drivers like Jarrett Andretti of Indianapolis, IN, Shane Cottle of Kokomo, IN,  the “ Modern Day Cowboy” Daron Clayton of Sikeston, MO, Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN, Tracy Hines of New Castle, IN, Kevin Thomas, Jr.  of Cullman, AL, Robert Ballou of Rocklin, CA,  Nathan Moore of Tyler, TX,  Chad Boespflug of Hanford, CA  and Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, OK are some of the expected entries.   Look for ARDC defending champion Trevor Kobylarz of Birdsboro, PA to do double-duty  and watch for some other locals to include Billy Pauch Jr, Mark Bitner of Trenton, NJ and Central PA driver Mark Smith.
 
ARDC driver roster will include Alex Bright,  Bruce Buckwalter Jr., Brenden Bright, Steven Drevicki,  Kyle Lick, PJ Gargiulo, defending champion Trevor Kobylarz, Ryan Greth, Nick Wean and Billy Pauch Jr to name a few.
 
The USAC Non-Wing sprints will compete in time trials, a series of qualifying events all leading up to a 30 lap feature.  For the ARDC Midgets, they will compete in a heat races and a 25 lap feature.
 
 
New Egypt Speedway Facts:
WHAT:    Flying Wingless USAC Non-Wing Sprints & ARDC Midgets
WHEN:   Thursday, June 5  Gates Open 5 PM   Race Time  7:30 PM
WHERE:  New Egypt Speedway  720 Pinehurst Road  New Egypt, NJ  08522  (On Route 539)
TRACK PHONE:    609-758-1900
ADMISSION:      Adults  $25  Children  6-11  $10  Children 5 and under Free   Pit Fee  $35 license not required
PREVIOUS WINNERS:       Levi Jones 2010,  Hunter Schuerenberg  2011 ,  Bryan Clauson  2012
Facility Amenities:  The entire New Egypt Speedway facility features a daylight-quality lighting system and excellent sightlines from any seat in the house.   The track is fully wheelchair-accessible with wide, clear and well groomed walkways.   There are clean, heated rest rooms, a monitored playground area for the little fans.   Whistle-clean concession facilities serve up everything from sausage sandwiches to ice cream treats at family style prices.   Our dynamic-duo of track announcers keep fans informed and involved with a state of the art sound system.
The Track:  The racy, 7/16-mile D-shaped clay oval plays host to some of the tightest all out wheel-to-wheel competition you’ll ever witness.
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