AMSA MINI SPRINTS

Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, Indiana
July 5, 2008
AMSA Mini Sprints
33 cars


HEAT 1 1- 47 Jack Sandall
2- 910 Kevin Wills
3- 34W Luke Wolff
4- 66W Mike Willis
5- 83 Kenny Burr
6- 7 TJ Garris
7- 0 Todd Wills
8- 29 Rusty Strausbaugh
9- 67 Nathan Mensendiek


HEAT 2 1- 28 Hud Horton
2- 5 Drew Pollock
3- 12 Dustin Hueston
4- 60J Justin Springer
5- 1W Herschel Wills
6- 22X Ryan Braughton
7- 55W James Willis
8- 17W Seth Wilkerson


HEAT 3
1- 29E Chris Eick, Jr.
2- 31 Greg Nicholas
3- 4R Kevin Roberts, Sr.
4- 22R Kevin Roberts, Jr.
5- 42 John Race
6- 52 Rod Sanders
7- 09 JR Douglas
DNS- 22 Jim Gardner


HEAT 4 1- 2 Herschel Wills
2- 27 Beau Stewart
3- 1 Nick Roberts
4- 3T Ricky Taylor
5- 71 Kevin Rice
6- 35 Merrill Calvert
7- 37W Boyd Wolff
8- 2B Jeff Barnhart


B MAIN 1
1- 83 Kenny Burr
2- 71 Kevin Rice
3- 09 JR Douglas
4- 1W Herschel Wills
5- 0 Todd Wills
6- 52 Rod Sanders
7- 7 TJ Garris
8- 67 Nathan Mensendiek
9- 35 Merrill Calvert
10- 29 Rust Strausbaugh
11- 42 John Race
12- 37W Boyd Wolff
13- 55W James Willis
DNS- 22X Ryan Braughton
DNS- 2B Jeff Barnhart


FEATURE
1- 12 Dustin Hueston
2- 26 Howard McCormick
3- 34W Luke Wolff
4- 910 Kevin Wills
5- 83 Kenny Burr
6- 09 JR Douglas
7- 47 Jack Sandall
8- 3T Ricky Taylor
9- 4R Kevin Roberts, Sr.
10- 31 Greg Nicholas
11- 22R Kevin Roberts, Jr.
12- 5 Drew Pollock
13- 1 Nick Roberts
14- 29E Chris Eick, Jr.
15- 28 Hud Horton
16- 0 Todd Wills
17- 60J Justin Springer
18- 71 Kevin Rice
19- 27 Beau Stewart
20- 66W Mike Willis


Lap Leaders:
1-3 28 Hud Horton
4-20 12 Dustin Hueston


Next Events:
July 9, 2008 - USAC “Indiana Sprint Week” presented by Watson’s Gravel (opening night) USAC Sprints, AMSA Mini Sprints

Waynesfield Motorsports Park

#47 Gary Loney and Horstman were fighting for the lead when something broke on Horstman's car sending him pitside. When the racing got back underway, #23 Devon Dobie was able to get around Loney into the lead with #18 Todd Keen coming towards the front from his 12th place starting position. Dobie got too high coming out of turn 4 and finished his night in the wall. On the final restart Keen was able to pull away to the win with #328 Becca Stiefel coming home 2nd and Loney dropping to 3rd. Mini-Sprint heat winners were Loney and Horstman.

MINI-SPRINTS...1)Todd Keen #18, 2)Becca Stiefel #328, 3)Gary Loney #47, 4)Tyler Hesson #7t, 5)Justin Havens #28, 6)Max Stambaugh #5, 7)Devon Dobie #23, 8)Trevor Helmeyer #8t, 9)Lee Underwood #24L, 10)Mike Dobie #06, 11)Jared Horstman #20, 12)Jarrod Delong #10j, 13)Shawn Lewis #32 heat winners...Loney, Horstman

The MMSA announces the "Mid Summer Special" for their Winged Warrior Tour at Montpelier on Sat. July 12th

(race date established in November with previous promoter) paying $1,000 to win, $150 to start, $100 to all cars that fail to qualify out of the "B" or crash or break during or after hotlaps, ( no USAC prestiege,just money) plus all the regular bonus additions,ie, $100 to first time winner, $50 to the hard charger, $100 to top 600 car and $50 to second 600 in the "A"The MMSA race is the" MAIN" event, not a fill in or support class.All upright mini sprints are welcome and urged to participate,this event could develop into something even "more special" in the future. See the MMSA website www.midwestminisprints.com for info. and rules.

American Mini Sprint Association Announces Two Nights of Racing with USAC's Stars During Indiana Sprint Week.

 

The American Mini Sprint Association (A.M.S.A.) will join the USAC sprints for two events during their prestigious Indiana Sprint Week early in July.  The first evening of racing will be at Lawrenceburg Speedway on Thursday evening July 9th.  A few short days later on Saturday, July 12th the A.M.S.A. will once again be back in action with USAC Indiana Sprint Week at Gas City.

"This is a tremendous opportunity for our organization.  It gives our drivers exposure to the big leagues of sprint car racing--which is a destination for many of our drivers.  It is also a wonderful opportunity to showcase mini sprint racing to potential competitors.  I received a few calls after our last trip to Lawrenceburg from fans that saw the cars and are now interested in getting involved.  Finally it gives our drivers one more chance to compete on another premier Midwest Indiana speed plant", commented A.M.S.A. front man Jerry Tague.

2008 will mark the start of something new that Tague hopes will grow into an annual event--Indiana 'Mini' Sprint Week.  This year cumulative points will be kept for the two events so that a King of Indiana 'Mini' Sprint Week can be crowned.  "We had the opportunity to add a third event to our calendar this year, however given gas prices and the economy, I am not confident that it would be a good idea.  If we are in a better position next year, we'll move to three races in our Indiana 'Mini' Sprint Week.  I am hoping this will be something that is fun for our membership.  I know that everyone enjoyed the Grassroots Racing Revival” , commented Tague.

Detro Trailers has been added as the title sponsor allowing the group to pay a bonus on the second night and to award a trophy to the King of Indiana Mini Sprint Week.

Stay tuned to the American Mini Sprint Association (A.M.S.A.) website, www.americanminisprints.com for more information on additional developments about this event.