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STANBROUGH TAKES THE  DON SMITH CLASSIC AT TERRE HAUTE
By Eldon Butcher  

Terre Haute, IN. - June 14, 2009.  Jon Stanbrough of Brownsburg, IN, won the Don Smith Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track Sunday evening.  Stanbrough’s victory in the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series feature was earned behind the wheel of the familiar Fox Brothers sprinter.  It marked his first MSCS win of this season and eighth victory overall to move him into a share of the top spot on the MSCS All Time Winners List.

     Stanbrough had started on the pole for the feature but during the early course of the event he fell back to fourth until making a late race drive that gave him one last opportunity.  Coming off the final corner of the final lap he steered to the outside of Damion Gardner, planted his foot, and took the lead as the two drivers passed in front of the grandstands.  A long arduous race had ended with an unbelievably exciting finish.

     Gardner first took the lead on the fifth lap.  He sailed past the front running duo of Jon Stanbrough and Robert Ballou on a restart.  Turn one got exciting.  Gardner had the lead and would hold it until the final lap. MSCS Points leader Kyle Cummins moved up to third at the midway point in the race.  A fuel issue developed late in the race with 11 laps to go.   Ballou was among the first group of drivers with empty tanks.  Yellow flags and restarts had used up the allotted number of laps and the entire field was stopped under the red for refueling purposes and then the race was resumed.

     Cummins finished third behind Stanbrough and Gardner.  Ricky Williams was fourth and Ballou finished fifth.  The second five included Blake Fitzpatrick, Ty Deckard, Chase Stockon, Chase Briscoe, and Jonathan Vennard.  Fitzpatrick was one of the drivers who was able to steer out of a troubling situation when he completed a 360 in turn four and continued.  Fitzpatrick also earned the MSCS Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger Award.  Chase Briscoe had the highest finish of the rookies present.  Adam Nigg was the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award Winner.  The MSCS Rookie finished 11th in the A-Main after improving upon a last place starting position for his qualifying heat. 

     Fourteen cars finished the feature on the lead lap.  Twenty-eight drivers had started the 30 lap main.   The three qualifying heat races were won by Stanbrough, Jon Sciscoe, and Robert Ballou.  A B-Main was not held.  Elements of the rain from the day before were still present and time was needed to prepare and maintain the track Sunday.  Sunday became the fourth attempt to run the race.  Saturday the show was rained out before hot laps.  Twenty nine drivers were on hand each day.

     The first lap of the feature brought out the first red flag.  An accident sent cars tumbling down the backstretch reducing the field by 5 cars.  Damaged cars included those driven by Jamie Frederickson, J.T. Stapp, Ron Gerhardt, Marc Arnold, and Craig Budde.  Red flags were also needed twice later for separate flips in turn two.  Brandon Mattox and Aric Gentry were the two drivers involved.  Gentry was transported to Regional Hospital for an evaluation.  In total there were at least three red flags thrown plus five caution periods for spins or debris.

     The next event on the schedule for the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series will be on June 27th at the Vermilion County Speedway in Danville, IL.  It is a quarter mile facility with $2,000 going to the winner. 

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