Friday, February 26, 2010

Gardner Grabs Vegas Victory

Written By: Matt "Night" Rider

USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series
LAS VEGAS, NV.- Damion "The Demon" Gardner (Pictured Left) raced his way through the field to pick up the victory  in the 30 lap Amsoil National Sprint Car finale at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track on Thursday evening.

Lincoln, IN. racer Dave Darland put together a solid run, to finish second. Chris Windom took third place honors, while fourth belonged to New Castle, IN. native Tracy Hines. Tucson, AZ. racer Jerry Coons Jr. rounded out the top five finishers in Thursday's Amsoil Sprint Car A-Main.

Finishing behind Coons Jr. was Seth Wilson in 6th  and Noblesville, IN. native Bryan Clauson in 7th. Johnny Herrera took an eighth place finish, while nineth belonged to Henry Clarke. Closing out the top ten finishers was Robert Ballou.

Other notable finishers in Thursday night's A-Main feature included; Casey Shuman (12th). Finishing behind Shuman was Kasey Kahne Racing's Brad Sweet in 13th. Bud Kaeding took the checkered flag in 15th. Behind Kaeding was Chad Boat in 16th. Cory Kruseman finished the night in 20th, while last year's Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones came home in 23rd place. 

Jones will look to bounce back when the Amsoil National Sprint Car Series heads west to Perris, CA to race the "Sokola Shootout" at the Perris Auto Speedway on Saturday night.

Sweet Wins Second Straight in "Sin City"
USAC Mopar Midget Series 

LAS VEGAS, NV.- Kasey Kahne Racing's Brad Sweet (Pictured Left) took his second straight Mopar Midget Series feature, winning the 30 lapper at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track on Thursday evening.

Chad Boat raced his way to a second place showing. Third went to Brad Loyet, while Darren Hagan ended his night in fourth. Finishing fifth was New Castle, IN. racer Tracy Hines.

Taking sixth was Levi Jones. Mike Hess came home in seventh, while eighth went to Lincoln, IN. native Dave Darland. Cory Kruseman finished nineth, while Brownsburg, IN. racer Bobby East brought home a tenth place finish.

There was still some awesome talent that finished around the top ten. Finishing 11th was Jason Leffler. Noblesville, IN. racer Bryan Clauson took the checkers in 12th. Right behind Clauson, finishing 13th was Jerry Coons Jr. Brad Kuhn went home in 19th.

Sweet will look to continue his domination in his home state, when the Mopar Midgets Series travels to race at Perris Auto Speedway (Perris, CA.) on Saturday evening.

Damion "The Demon" Gardner picture credited to:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Ddamion%2Bgardner%26b%3D21%26ni%3D20%26ei%3Dutf-8%26y%3DSearch%26xargs%3D0%26pstart%3D1%26fr%3Dyfp-t-887&w=400&h=300&imgurl=www.fscpictorial.com%2Fu%2Fudl09%2FGardner%2C%2520Damion%2520kok09me.JPG&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fscpictorial.com%2Fu%2Fu0354.html&size=43k&name=Gardner+Damion+k...&p=damion+gardner&oid=cdc4a6c4e17a3a00&fr2=&no=32&tt=302&b=21&ni=20&sigr=118pb4alc&sigi=11spne78q&sigb=13osnjsit

Amsoil National Sprint Car results credited to:
http://www.usacracing.com/index.php?id=3426

Brad Sweet picture credited to:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dbrad%2Bsweet%2Bmopar%26rs%3D0%26b%3D19%26ni%3D18%26xargs%3D0%26pstart%3D1%26fr%3Dyfp-t-887&w=300&h=200&imgurl=www.moparmax.com%2Fnews%2F2009%2FImages%2FBradSweet-ChiliBowl.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moparmax.com%2Fnews%2F2009%2Fnews-iv_1-6.html&size=32k&name=BradSweet+ChiliB...&p=brad+sweet+mopar&oid=97e700042cb88dcc&fr2=&no=35&tt=49&b=19&ni=18&sigr=11imgni1m&sigi=11pevcbnr&sigb=13dug7jac

Mopar Midget Series results credited to:
http://www.usacracing.com/midget_index/news_m/3277.html







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