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DARON CLAYTON COLLECTS $10,000 IN THE HOOSIER SPRINT NATIONALS |
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Haubstadt,
IN. (July 29th, 2006) Daron
Clayton turned in an outstanding performance in what has been a brief 5 year
sprint car driving career by winning the second annual MSCS Hoosier Sprint
Nationals Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway. The 22 year old driver
took $10,000 of Hoosier cash back to Sikeston, MO, after facing down 41 other
competitors in one of dirt track racing’s biggest annual sprint car paydays.
Clayton’s winning combination includes car owner Gene
Clayton, crew chief Bubby Jones, and the Clayton Motorsports, Inc. team built
around a DRC chassis and a Foxco engine! And
Indy Great Mel Kenyon served as Grand Marshall for the race!
The Victor stacked doughnuts one on top of another at the head of the
straightaway before finally stopping for the special post race celebration.
No words spoken into a microphone could match that demonstration of
sprint car mobility or driver elation. Clayton
had delivered to an enthusiastic crowd of non-wing sprint fans that had just
minutes before voted to invert the first 10 cars in the feature lineup.
That poll by Barry Boone, MSCS Series Director, was taken to give the
paying fans a voice in setting the field to insure that they would see outright
competition for the duration of the upcoming fifty lap main event.
That put Clayton who had won the second heat in row 5 instead of row one.
The challenge, the dare, was on!
The race began!
Jared Fox showed the field a fast car for 28 laps.
He had turned a 7th place draw in heat five into a runner-up
finish behind Donny Brackett. The
inversion process then gave Fox the feature pole and a chance to outrun the
21car field. He set a torrid pace as packs of racers developed throughout
the field.
A yellow flag was needed on lap 22.
Brady Short and Shane Cottle closed in for the restart.
The next yellow was on lap 28 and unfortunately this one was for the
leader Jared Fox. Contact as he
overtook cars running at the tail of the field spoiled his chances for victory. Clayton had just won a spirited battle for second two laps
before with an inside pass that carried him past Cottle and Brady Short.
Clayton suddenly had the lead.
Then just 3 more laps into the race the big one happened.
Only nine drivers made it back to Mo Will’s caution flag after a
third-turn pileup collected 10 cars. Most
of the drivers were able to restart with minor damage. Another and last yellow
flag period was needed to send Chris Windom back into action.
Shane Cottle could not find the resources to catch Daron Clayton during
the final 16 laps and would finish second in his first MSCS run of the season.
Second place paid $5,000. A.
J. Anderson’s forward drive brought him a strong third place finish.
Brady Short and Brandon Petty completed the top five in the main.
Brandon Petty made the show by winning the B-main in a strong 20 car
field. Kyle Cummins advanced to the
A by winning the C-main and then transferring with a top five B main finish.
In review, the five qualifying heat races were won by Hunter Schuerenberg,
Clayton, A.J. Anderson, Cottle, and Donny Brackett.
Sixth through tenth spots in the feature went to Shane Hollingsworth, Mat
Neely who started 21st using an MSCS provisional, Alex Shanks, Hunter
Schuerenberg, and Kyle Cummins.
The Hoosier Tire MSCS Sprint Car Series is set to visit Western Kentucky
Speedway on August 5th before returning to Tri-State Speedway on
August 12th. Both of these upcoming shows pay $1500 to win.
RACE SUMMARY MSCS HOOSIER SPRINT NATIONALS |
