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DARON CLAYTON COLLECTS $10,000  IN THE HOOSIER SPRINT NATIONALS
by Eldon Butcher

Haubstadt, IN. (July 29th, 2006)  Daron Clayton turned in an outstanding performance in what has been a brief 5 year sprint car driving career by winning the second annual MSCS Hoosier Sprint Nationals Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway.  The 22 year old  driver took $10,000 of Hoosier cash back to Sikeston, MO, after facing down 41 other competitors in one of dirt track racing’s biggest annual sprint car paydays.

     Clayton’s winning combination includes car owner Gene Clayton, crew chief Bubby Jones, and the Clayton Motorsports, Inc. team built around a DRC chassis and a Foxco engine!  And Indy Great Mel Kenyon served as Grand Marshall for the race!   

     The Victor stacked doughnuts one on top of another at the head of the straightaway before finally stopping for the special post race celebration.  No words spoken into a microphone could match that demonstration of sprint car mobility or driver elation.  Clayton had delivered to an enthusiastic crowd of non-wing sprint fans that had just minutes before voted to invert the first 10 cars in the feature lineup. 

     That poll by Barry Boone, MSCS Series Director, was taken to give the paying fans a voice in setting the field to insure that they would see outright competition for the duration of the upcoming fifty lap main event.  That put Clayton who had won the second heat in row 5 instead of row one.  The challenge, the dare, was on!    The race began!

     Jared Fox showed the field a fast car for 28 laps.  He had turned a 7th place draw in heat five into a runner-up finish behind Donny Brackett.  The inversion process then gave Fox the feature pole and a chance to outrun the 21car field.  He set a torrid pace as packs of racers developed throughout the field. 

     A yellow flag was needed on lap 22.  Brady Short and Shane Cottle closed in for the restart.  The next yellow was on lap 28 and unfortunately this one was for the leader Jared Fox.  Contact as he overtook cars running at the tail of the field spoiled his chances for victory.  Clayton had just won a spirited battle for second two laps before with an inside pass that carried him past Cottle and Brady Short.  Clayton suddenly had the lead. 

     Then just 3 more laps into the race the big one happened.  Only nine drivers made it back to Mo Will’s caution flag after a third-turn pileup collected 10 cars.  Most of the drivers were able to restart with minor damage. Another and last yellow flag period was needed to send Chris Windom back into action. 

     Shane Cottle could not find the resources to catch Daron Clayton during the final 16 laps and would finish second in his first MSCS run of the season.  Second place paid $5,000.   A. J. Anderson’s forward drive brought him a strong third place finish.  Brady Short and Brandon Petty completed the top five in the main.

     Brandon Petty made the show by winning the B-main in a strong 20 car field.  Kyle Cummins advanced to the A by winning the C-main and then transferring with a top five B main finish.

     In review, the five qualifying heat races were won by Hunter Schuerenberg, Clayton, A.J. Anderson, Cottle, and Donny Brackett.  Sixth through tenth spots in the feature went to Shane Hollingsworth, Mat Neely who started 21st using an MSCS provisional, Alex Shanks, Hunter Schuerenberg, and Kyle Cummins. 

     The Hoosier Tire MSCS Sprint Car Series is set to visit Western Kentucky Speedway on August 5th before returning to Tri-State Speedway on August 12th.  Both of these upcoming shows pay $1500 to win.                   

RACE SUMMARY MSCS HOOSIER SPRINT NATIONALS

Tri-State Speedway Haubstadt, IN. July 29th, 2006
Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series

First Heat – Hunter Schuerenberg, Brady Short, Jeff Flesher, Brandon Petty,
Erik Folger, Ty Deckard, Dave Scott, Tyler Shoemaker, Chris Gentry

Second Heat – Daron Clayton, Alex Shanks, Jerry Ruble, Chris Malone, 
Brad Sweet, Brent Beauchamp, Kyle Cummins, John Memmer, Mark Potter

Third Heat – A.J. Anderson, Jonathan Vennard, Shane Hollingsworth, Todd Chandler,
Dickie Gaines, Lee Stark, Dale Christian, Randy Bateman

Fourth Heat – Shane Cottle, Jon Stanbrough, Chris Windom, Scotty Weir, 
Hud Cone, Tim Spindler, Derek O’Dell, Patrick Bruns

Fifth Heat - Donny Brackett, Jared Fox, Kyle Wissmiller, Jeff Davis,
Kevin Briscoe, Tom Busch, Joey Moughan, Mat Neely

C-Main – Kyle Cummins, Mat Neely, Patrick Bruns, Dave Scott, 
Dale Christian, Mark Potter, Randy Bateman, Tyler Shoemaker 
Derek O’Dell, 
Scratched: Joey Moughan, John Memmer, Chris Gentry 

B-Main - Brandon Petty, Brad Sweet, Kyle Cummins, Hud Cone, Brent Beauchamp, 
Lee Stark, Tim Spindler, Mat Neely, Patrick Bruns, Jeff Davis, Tom Busch, Dale Christian, Ty Deckard, Dave Scott, Scotty Weir, Critter Malone, Dickie Gaines, Todd Chandler, Erik Folger, Kevin Briscoe


Feature(50 Laps) – Daron Clayton, Shane Cottle, A.J. Anderson, Brady Short, Brandon Petty,  Shane Hollingsworth, Mat Neely, Alex Shanks, Hunter Schuerenberg,  Kyle Cummins, Chris Windom, Donny Brackett, Jerry Ruble,  Brent Beauchamp, Lee Stark, Jared Fox, Brad Sweet, Jeff Flesher, Kyle Wissmiller, Jonathan Vennard, Hud Cone
Jon Stanbrough (DNS) 

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