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CLAYTON VICTORIOUS IN MSCS AT TRI-STATE By Eldon & Oleva Butcher |
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Haubstadt, IN - May 27. Daron Clayton won the 30 lap Memorial Weekend
Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series event at Tri-State Speedway Sunday night.
Clayton provided fans with a drive from deep in the pack to the front in just 18
laps. Then he added a king sized helping of dirt track doughnuts in turns one
and two during his victory lap. It was the first trip to victory lane in the
series for the Dark Horse Motorsports Race team this season. The Indianapolis
based driver picked up $3,000 in winnings. The Maxim is owned by Gene Clayton of
Clayton Motorsports, Inc. Clayton was elated in victory lane. An occasional drop of rain did not dampen the spirit! "This was a great night. We've been looking for this night. MSCS is the best sanction right now . I love racing with them!" Clayton not only won the race but took the MSCS-Keizer AluminumWheels' Hard Charger of the Race award after moving forward 15 positions in a well balanced field of drivers. Shane Hollingsworth and Hunter Schuerenberg shared the front row at the start
of the feature in the Truckers 24 Hr. Team cars. They then shared the lead with
Hollingsworth the last driver to finally give way to the Clayton charge. Critter
Malone of Indianapolis, IN, finished second in the feature in the Baldwin
Brothers Racing Team entry. Mat Neely of Robinson, Il, was third, Chad Boat of
Phoenix, AZ, was fourth, and Mitch Wissmiller of Saybrook, IL, was fifth.
Clayton and Malone were making their first starts with MSCS this season and for
15 year old Chad Boat it was his first MSCS start ever. The Arizona driver
stayed in the middle of a changing top 5 the whole race. The rest of the rundown for sixth through tenth spots in the feature went to Shane Hollingsworth, Brady Short, Chris Windom, Alex Shanks, and Kyle Cummins. Danny Holtsclaw by finishing eleventh became the third different recipient of the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award. Alex Shanks, Critter Malone, Hunter Schuerenberg, and Shane Hollingsworth won the four qualifying heat races conducted for the 42 participants. Chris Windom won a hotly contested B-main over Bobby Stines, and Jon Sciscoe. John Paynter won the C-Main. The Midwest Sprint Car Series has a double header weekend scheduled for June
8th and 9th. A Friday night appearance at the Morgan County Speedway in
Jacksonville, IL, paying $3,000 to win will be followed by Saturday night's 50th
Anniversary Race at Tri-State Speedway with a special purse granting the winner
$5,050.50. |
