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BALLOU MAKES IT TWO NATIONALS IN A ROW AT LAWRENCEBURG |
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Lawrenceburg, In - Oct 4, 2008. Robert Ballou was once again the big winner at the City of Lawrenceburg Nationals for sprint cars. Ballou's victory was the second in as many years at this special event and it presented him with a $10,000 pay day. Ballou was in the now familiar red MPHG Promotions Maxim sponsored by Behavior Consultants, JC. Plew Inc., and Builders Solutions Alliance. The win was Ballou's sixth in Hoosier Tire MSCS Sprint Car competition. It was a fast, hard fought race to gain a place in victory lane with the race in doubt all the way. Ballou explained to the crowd just how difficult it became for him. "About 15 laps in we blew a brake line." It was a tough feature! The Camby, IN, driver reminded fans that the runner-up Jon Stanbrough ran a clean race. He continued, " I also want to thank MSCS and Dave Rudusell from the track . Jimmy Jones gave me a good car tonight." Jones serves as the crew chief for Ballou. This year's Nationals once again served as the final event on the MSCS schedule. The promotion and timing of the event provided a large field of 57 non-wing sprint cars and drivers that could make them perform. The immediate result was a need for six heat races, a C Main, and two B Mains to set the field for the evening's feature. Jeff Bland Jr., Ricky Williams, Hunter Schuerenberg, Dave Darland, J.J. Yeley, and Robert Ballou won those 10 lap opening rounds. Runner-ups in each heat also transferred to the feature. J. R. Douglas won the C Main. Daron Clayton and Joshua Clemons won the two B-mains which sent 8 more cars to the finale. The last 4 spots were then filled by an equal number of MSCS and track provisional starters including Kyle Cummins, John Memmer, Logan Hupp, and Kyle Robbins. The feature this year was for forty very competitive laps. The second pill draw put Robert Ballou and Ricky Williams on the front row for the start. The lineup paired the 2007 Lawrenceburg National's winner and the newly named 2008 MSCS Rookie of the Year. The green flag waved and Williams won the race back to the starting line. He continued to lead while Dave Darland slipped in and out of second for laps 6 thru 11. Ballou took second back on lap 12 and closed back in on Williams to make another race of it. Robert Ballou moved up higher on the track and swept by Williams at the line on lap 19. On lap 21 the top running trio changed as Jon Stanbrough passed Dave Darland for third and then passed Williams for second on the next circuit. Stanbrough set his sights higher! Williams slipped back and Darland moved up to third within reach of the leaders. The race encountered only two yellow flags. On lap 35 Stanbrough made his move and found the lead briefly for a 2 lap interval. But it would be Ballou who would once again battle back to lead the final 4 laps and claim the victory over Stanbrough. Darland finished third in the feature, Daron Clayton was fourth, and Joss Moffatt fifth. The second five consisted of Ricky Williams, Chris Windom, Damion Gardner, Jeff Bland Jr., and J.J. Yeley. Lance Grimes was the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award recipient with an 11th place finish. Jon Stanbrough was the MSCS Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hardcharger of the Race in a bolt from seventeenth on the starting grid to second place in a short span of 22 laps. In a post race presentation Kyle Cummins of Princeton, IN, was presented with the 2008 Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series Championship trophy. This year's MSCS Car Owner's Championship trophy went to Mark Cummins. Cummins' Motorsports is sponsored by Trusses by Hobgood, ReMax Midwest, Vincennes University, and Wolf Motorsports. The Rookie of the Year trophy was presented to Ricky Williams of Clinton, OH. The primary sponsor for the Richard Williams owned car is Benic Enterprises. The 2008 Midwest Sprint Car Series season is over! Plans are already underway for an exciting 2009 season beginning in about six months. Stay in touch over the winter months by visiting www.mscssprints.com. RACE SUMMARY City of Lawrenceburg Nationals Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, IN October 4, 2008 Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series (57 Entries): First Heat - 21s Jeff Bland Jr., 97m Chris Malone, 92 Daron Clayton, 11p Dickie Gaines, 11t Tyler Reddick, 97 Bret Mellenbrendt, 23m Aron McFadden, 09 J.R. Douglas, 37 Casey Riggs, 73 Steve Wilmont Second Heat - 11w Ricky Williams, 22k Kurt Gross, 71 Damion Gardner, 36 Brady Short, 18c Jake Cook, 10F Blake Fitzpatrick, 14 Hud Cone, 34m Arin McIntosh, 15 Ethan Barrow, 4x Dylan Burge Third Heat - 11 Hunter Schuerenberg, 44 Ryan Pace, 7r Jon Stanbrough, 17r Kyle Robbins, 112 Brent Beauchamp, 77 Derek Franks, 7p Anthony Peterman, 32 Chase Stockon, 53 Mike Miller, 5b Chase Briscoe Fourth Heat - 2b Dave Darland, 17b Brett Burdette, 5j Joss Moffatt, 3c Kyle Cummins, 320 Bill Rose, 11c Danny Holtsclaw, 2 Brad Stevens, 6x Todd Kane, 23 Mitch Wissmiller Fifth Heat - 1 J.J. Yeley, 9k Kevin Thomas Jr., 71c Joshua Clemons, 87 Lance Grimes, 17 Chris Windom, 4m John Memmer, 48 Ty Deckard, 12 Chris Gurley, 10t Scotty Weir Sixth Heat - 81 Robert Ballou, 9, Bobby Stines, 9H Logan Hupp, 89 Shawn Westerfeld, 17jr Jerry Ruble, 37 Blair Julian, 22w Mike Weber, 57 Casey Schuman, 12t Jesse Cramer C-Main - 09 J.R. Douglas, 32 Chase Stockon, 12 Chris Gurley, 34m Arin McIntosh, 73 Steve Wilmot, 37 Casey Riggs, 5b Chase Briscoe, 4x Dylan Burge, 53 Mike Miller, 6x Todd Kane, 57 Casey Schuman DNS, 15 Ethan Barrow DNS, 23 Mitch Wissmiller DNS, 10t Scotty Weir DNA, 12t Jesse Cramer DNS First B-Main - 92 Daron Clayton, 71 Damion Gardner, 7r Jon Stanbrough, 11p Dickie Gaines, 36 Brady Short, 18c Jake Cook, 112 Brent Beauchamp, 97 Bret Mellenberndt, 10f Blake Fitzpatrick, 7p Anthony Peterman, 17r Kyle Robbins, 11t Tyler Reddick, 77 Derek Franks, 23m Aron McFadden, 09 J.R. Douglas, 32 Chase Stockon, 14 Hud Cone, 73 Jesse Wilmot Second B-Main - 71c Joshua Clemons, 5j Joss Moffatt, 17 Chris Windom, 87 Lance Grimes, 3c Kyle Cummins, 320 Bill Rose, 11c Danny Holtsclaw, 89 Shawn Westerfeld, 48 Ty Deckard, 2 Brad Stevens, 12 Chris Gurley, 37 Blair Julian, 34m Arin McIntosh, 4x Logan Hupp, 4m John Memmer, 17jr Jerry Ruble, 22w Mike Weber Feature (40 Laps) - 81 Robert Ballou, 7r Jon Stanbrough, 2b Dave Darland, 92 Daron Clayton, 5j Joss Moffatt, 11w Ricky Williams, 17 Chris Windom, 71 Damion Gardner, 21s Jeff Bland Jr., 1 J.J. Yeley, 87 Lance Grimes, 4x Logan Hupp, 44 Ryan Pace, 97m Chris Malone, 4m John Memmer, 11p Dickie Gaines, 9 Bobby Stines, 3c Kyle Cummins, 22k Kurt Gross, 9k Kevin Thomas Jr., 11 Hunter Schuerenberg, 17b Brett Burdette, 17r Kyle Robbins, 71c Joshua Clemons |
