MAY 23, 2009 --- Nic Faas made winning his first King of Indiana Sprint Series
feature look easy as he paced all but the first four circuits at Lawrenceburg
Speedway Saturday night. Jonathan Hendrick secured his best KISS finish with a
strong second place run. Casey Shuman, Dave Darland and Jeff Bland Jr. filled
the top five.
Ted Hines was the early race leader, as Faas moved up from the fifth starting
slot. Brady Short bicycled in the first turn and spun on the first lap, but was
able to rejoin from the tail. Defending series champion Jon Stanbrough fell
victim to a flat right rear tire during the 30-lap event, as did John Memmer and
Mark Perry III.
Hines claimed the first heat race, and Faas and Hendrick finished the second in
the same order as they would complete the main event. The third heat was
captured by Short. Thomas Meseraull outran Robert Ballou in the semi.
King of Indiana Sprint Series - "The Eddie Bennett Memorial"
Lawrenceburg Speedway, May 23, 2009
HEAT 1
1- 12H Ted Hines, 2- 10 Casey Shuman, 3- 21S Jeff Bland, Jr., 4- 7R Dave
Darland, 5- 5J Joss Moffatt, 6- 89 Shawn Westerfeld, 7- 11 Jon Stanbrough, 8- 07
Hunter Schuerenberg, 9- 14 Coleman Gulick, 10- 2 Brad Stevens
HEAT 2
1- 17F Nick Faas, 2- 68 Jonathan Hendrick, 3- 3M Mark Perry III, 4- 9K Kevin
Thomas, Jr., 5- 54 Matt Westfall, 6- 81 Robert Ballou, 7- 4M John Memmer, 8- 9R
Russ Harper, 9- 22W Mike Weber
HEAT 3
1- 36 Brady Short, 2- 9H Logan Hupp, 3- 11W Ricky Williams, 4- 1X Kurt Gross, 5-
11X Brent Beauchamp, 6- 12 Thomas Meseraull, 7- 44 Jason Soudrette, 8- 68D John
Dick, 9- 73 Steve Wilmot
B MAIN
1- 12 Thomas Meseraull, 2- 81 Robert Ballou, 3- 4M John Memmer, 4- 11 Jon
Stanbrough, 5- 14 Coleman Gulick, 6- 07 Hunter Schuerenberg, 7- 89 Shawn
Westerfeld
8- 2 Brad Stevens, 9- 44 Jason Soudrette, 10- 9R Russ Harper, 11- 22W Mike Weber
DNS- 68D John Dick, DNS- 73 Steve Wilmot
FEATURE
1- 17F Nick Faas, 2- 68 Jonathan Hendrick, 3- 10 Casey Shuman, 4- 7R Dave
Darland, 5- 21S Jeff Bland, Jr., 6- 12H Ted Hines, 7- 11W Ricky Williams, 8- 81
Robert Ballou, 9- 14 Coleman Gulick, 10- 36 Brady Short, 11- 5J Joss Moffatt,
12- 12 Thomas Meseraull, 13- 11 Jon Stanbrough, 14- 9H Logan Hupp, 15- 11X Brent
Beauchamp, 16- 9K Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17- 1X Kurt Gross, 18- 3M Mark Perry III,
19- 4M John Memmer, 20- 54 Matt Westfall
The KISS series will continue, Friday, May 29, at Bloomington Speedway. The
KISS feature pays $2,500 to win, and $200 to start. General admission is $15,
and ages 12 and under are free general admission with a paid adult. Pit passes
are priced at $30. The racing program includes UMP Modifieds ($700 to win) and
UMP Super Stocks ($600 to win). The pit gate opens at 4:30 pm and grandstand
gates at 5:30. Hot laps start at 6:30 and racing at 7:30. Directions are
available at http://www.bloomingtonspeedway.com/. All KISS races follow the
rules of the host track. Teams need to check with the specific track to answer
questions regarding track rules.
In addition to the feature race payoff, the B-Main pays $100 to all starters who
do not transfer to the feature. The $3,600 KISS point fund awards the top five
point finishers. The 2009 King of Indiana Sprints will also receive a new
Simpson helmet with original and unique artwork by Eagle Graphix.
2009 King Of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule
Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday, May 15 Bryan Clauson
Lawrenceburg Speedway Saturday, May 23 Nic Faas
Bloomington Speedway Friday, May 29
Kokomo Speedway Sunday, May 31
Tri-State Speedway Saturday, June 6
Paragon Speedway Saturday, June 20
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.
Many thanks to the series sponsors, including Indiana Stone Works for the
B-Main, Simpson Performance Products, Sprint Car & Midget Magazine and Eagle
Graphix for the champion’s helmet, Elliottbrand Web Designs, in Westport, IN,
and Kiva Networking in Bloomington for the KISS website ( www.kissracing.com).
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