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June 1, 2008 –- The racing promoters around Indiana sure know how to keep the summer interesting. The King of Indiana Sprint Series is a good example: a short, to the point, hard-nosed, old school racing series at the best weekly sprint car tracks in the state. It only takes five weekends and then it’s done. May 16 to June 21. Like a 25-lap feature, you better be ready to go when they drop the green or you’ll be left behind. With just three races remaining on the 2008 KISS schedule, the coming weekend will be critical. Saturday the racers unload at Tri-State, in Haubstadt, the southern-most part of Hoosier-land. Then Sunday, it’s up to Kokomo, just a pleasant ride north of Indianapolis, the traditional Sunday night oval. Jon Stanbrough and the Fox brothers’ team haven’t lost a step since their historic run last season and the resultant many award banquets comprising the off-season rubber-chicken circuit. Young Brady Short is still within striking distance of Stanbrough. He has already scored several victories this season and was second in Bloomington’s KISS round, but he needs to step into a couple of KISS winner’s circles in order to catch the three-time champion. And Stanbrough would have to suffer some catastrophe that would require him to miss races for anyone more than 100 points behind to catch him. In what has become a special part of the KISS schedule, the Tri-State program will again feature a KISS - Midwest Sprint Car Series showdown. But it’s hard to portray these co-sanctioned events as pitting one group against another. Rather what it really highlights is the excellence in the Hoosier sprint car racing scene. The top racers show up for both KISS and MSCS programs. This can be easily seen in the statistics. While Jon Stanbrough has won two KISS races already, he has also won a two of the three MSCS events conducted. While he leads the KISS standings, he’s a strong eighth in the MSCS points. MSCS point leader Californian Thomas Meseraull is eighth in the KISS standings. 17 of the top 20 in MSCS points were at Bloomington for the last KISS round, and all but one in the top ten KISS points are also listed in this year’s MSCS points. Kyle Cummins, the defending MSCS champion, is third in the KISS standings. Who is doing the best in both series right now? A.J. Anderson sits fourth in points in both series. So KISS and MSCS on the same card? It’s a good thing. Each event on the KISS tour will pay $2,500 to win, and 250 to start. Sponsorship from Indiana Stone Works has boosted the B-Main starting money to $100 for drivers not transferring to the A feature. The point fund pays $1000 to the new champion, who will also earn the 2008 King Of Indiana Sprint Series Champion’s Helmet. Racing starts at 7:30 at Tri-State on Saturday. Tickets for the KISS/MSCS showdown are just $15 general admission, 10 for students (13 – 18), children 12 and under are free, and pit passes are $30. The program includes modifieds. More information is available at www.tristatespeedway.com, and http://mscssprints.com for the Midwest Sprint Car Series. KISS Points (corrected): 1. Stanbrough 300, 2. Short 267, 3. Cummins 225, 4. Anderson 220, 5. Hockett 215, 6. Weir 207, 7. Bland Jr. 202, 8. Messeraull 192, 9. Matthews 190, 10. Goodnight 187 SCHEDULE. Next up will be the KISS show at historical Kokomo Speedway on Sunday, June 8. The series will then celebrate the first day of summer by crowning the 2008 King Of Indiana on Saturday, June 21 at Paragon Speedway. 2008 King Of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday, May 16 Stanbrough Lawrenceburg Speedway Saturday, May 24 canceled Bloomington Speedway Friday, May 30 Stanbrough Tri-State Speedway Saturday, June 7 Kokomo Speedway Sunday, June 8 Paragon Speedway Saturday, June 21 SPONSORS. Bedford’s Indiana Stone Works, Elliottbrand Web Designs, in Westport, IN, and Kiva Networking in Bloomington are returning sponsors for the KISS series. The 2008 KISS Championship Helmet is sponsored by Simpson Performance Products, Sprint Car & Midget Magazine and Eagle Graphix. The King of Indiana Sprint Series is organized and conducted by the individual Indiana sprint car race track promoters to provide the best sprint car racing. More information is available on our website, www.kissracing.com. |
