Indiana Sprint Week Is Upon Us

Week of excitement coming
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Thursday, July 9, 2009

After a week of testing and tuning, it all comes down to this. The biggest week for the USAC sprint cars is straight ahead. In an eight day period, the USAC Sprint cars will do battle on seven big speedways in and around Indiana. The 22nd edition of Indiana Sprint Week is set to hit the state of Indiana tomorrow (Friday, July 10th).

All the action starts this Friday, July 10th, when the USAC Sprints race the Robbie Stanley Classic at Lawrenceburg Speedway (Lawrenceburg, IN.). Then the Sprints make their way up north to race at Gas City (I-69) Speedway (Gas City, IN.) on Saturday, July 11th). On Sunday, July 12th, the USAC Sprints head over to Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, IN.). Kokomo Speedway is where some of the USAC Sprint car drivers race on their off days.

The USAC Sprint racers take a few days off before returning to action at the Terre Haute Action Track (Terre Haute, IN.) on Wednesday, July 15th. On Thursday, July 16th, the USAC Sprinters take on the Kamp Motor Speedway (Boswell, IN.). Then it's off to race at the always exciting Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, IN.) on Friday, July 17th. The final stop on this huge week of USAC Sprint car racing action is the Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN.

The last time the USAC Sprints raced, Bobby East collected his first victory last Friday (July 3rd) at Toledo Speedway in Toledo, OH. This week also has a big affect on the USAC Sprint Car points race. Heading into the 22nd Indiana Sprint Week, Tony Stewart Racing's Levi Jones holds the top spot with 791. Then in second sits Dave Darland with 777 points. Third belongs to Cole Whitt with 749 points. Jerry Coons Jr. stands in fourth with 741, while Jone's TSR teammate Tracie Hines rounds out the top five spots with 660 points this season.