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WEEKLY REWIND - Week of April 27 |
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RACE RESULTS: Levi Jones SERIES: USAC National Midget Car Series (No. 20) DATE: Sunday, April 27 TRACK: Winchester (Ind.) Speedway TRACK SIZE: Half-mile high banked pavement oval. QUALIFIED: Fourth of 26 cars. HEAT RACES: Six in the first heat race. FEATURE RACE: Ninth TOTAL LAPS: 30 RACE RESULTS: Tracy Hines SERIES: USAC National Midget Car Series (No. 21) DATE: Sunday, April 27 TRACK: Winchester (Ind.) Speedway TRACK SIZE: Half-mile high banked pavement oval. QUALIFIED: First of 26 cars. HEAT RACES: Second in the first heat race. FEATURE RACE: Third TOTAL LAPS: 30 POST-RACE QUOTES & NOTES: Levi Jones, driver of the No. 20 Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/BEAST for Tony Stewart Racing (TSR): “We were too free at the start of the feature and that condition worsened over the course of the race. I gained about an inch of stagger during the 30 lap feature. It felt like I was free enough to run a race at Eldora by the time the checkered flag came out. Our Chevy engines had plenty of power for the half-mile and we would’ve liked to have finished in the top-five for them and Bass Pro Shops. We definitely learned a few things for our next pavement race and I think we’ll be able to apply that knowledge to our cars as we get deeper into the season. Tracy Hines, driver of the No. 21 Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/Maxim for Tony Stewart Racing (TSR): “I had too much stagger at the beginning of the feature and it really made the car loose for the race. It cost us some track position in the end and we ended up third. The track was pretty much the same all day long. It didn’t change much from practice to the feature. The bias-ply tires we compete on really keep us pretty stable throughout the course of a pavement event. We also struggled a little bit on the last restart. I think a fuel pick-up issue cost me a little bit. We’ll take what we learned today and work on things for the next pavement race. I think TSR will be able to put Chevy and Bass Pro Shops in victory lane sooner rather than later.” RESULTS TO DATE: Levi Jones, driver of the No. 20 Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/BEAST for TSR: Ø Jones has earned one top-five finish and one top-10 finish in USAC National Sprint Car Series competition this year. Tracy Hines, driver of the No. 21 Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/BEAST for TSR: Ø Hines has earned one top-three finish in USAC National Sprint Cart Series competition this year. CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS TO DATE: Levi Jones, driver of the No. 20 Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/BEAST for TSR: Ø Jones is ranked second in the USAC National Sprint Car Series championship with 105 points. Tracy Hines, driver of the No. 21 Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops/BEAST for TSR: Ø Hines is ranked seventh in the USAC National Sprint Car Series standings with 80 points. Ø Hines is tied for first place in the USAC National Midget Series championship with 178 points. NEXT ON THE DOCKET: DATE: Saturday, May 3 TRACK: Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway TRACK SIZE: Quarter-mile dirt oval COMPETING SERIES: USAC Sprint (30-lap feature) TRACK NEWS & NOTES: For more information regarding Brownstown Speedway please call 812-358-5332. Tickets can be purchased at the gate on Saturday. The official Web site of Brownstown Speedway is www.brownstownspeedway.com. PREVIOUS RACE WINNERS: Saturday’s event will be the USAC National Sprint Car Series’ inaugural appearance at the facility. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Misha Geisert with True Speed Communication at 317-432-4110 or Misha.Geisert@TrueSpeedCommunication.com or log onto www.TrueSpeedCommunication.com for driver bios, stats and updated race results. Other Tony Stewart Racing-related Web sites: www.tonystewartracing.com, www.chevy.com, www.basspro.com or www.armorall.com. |
