Jones Wins Tight ISW Battle

Fantastic End to 22nd Indiana Sprint Week

22nd Indiana Sprint Week
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Sunday, July 19, 2009

HAUBSTADT, IN.- The Tri-State Speedway saw one of the best finishes to an Indiana Sprint Week in recent years. Tony Stewart Racing's Levi Jones won the 30 lap feature and in doing so also seeled up his second straight Indiana Sprint Week title.

Bryan Clauson finished the night with a strong second place finish in both the feature and the Indiana Sprint Week points race. 2009 Indiana Sprint Week Kokomo winner Chad Boat took third place honors. Following Boat in fourth was Cole Whitt, while fifth belonged to Josh Wise.

Darren Hagan finished just outside the top five in sixth. Marion, IN. native Scotty Weir drove to a seventh place finish, while eighth went to Levi's TSR teammate Tracy Hines. Robert Ballou finished Saturday night in nineth, while Brady Short rounded out the top ten.

Jones's 414 ISW points led the way. Clauson followed in second with 412. The third spot belonged to Boat, who had 387 ISW points. Darland had two ISW wins (Lawrenceburg and Kamp Motor) and finished with 362 points this Indiana Sprint Week. Whitt took control of the fifth spot with 312 ISW points.

Jones is the leader of the National Sprint Car series points chase with 1,201 points this season. Darland is second with 1,139 points. In third stands Whitt with 1,061. Jerry Coons Jr. is in fourth with 993, while Hines rounds out the top five in the season points race with 856.

Next the National Sprint Car series will travel to Iowa for a few events. On July 31st, the National Sprint Car series will race a 50 lap feature at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA. Then it's off to the Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA.) on August 9th. The Southern Iowa Speedway (Oskaloosa, IA.) will be the third stop for the National Sprint Car series on August 11th. There is still a lot of racing this season for the National Sprint Car series, so what the schedule to see when they are hitting a track near you.