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Lawrenceburg Fall Classic Begins with Jones the Victor on Friday
by Eldon Butcher

Lawrenceburg, IN.  (Sept. 29, 2006)  Levi Jones of Olney, IL, led one lap of the 30 lap main event Friday night but it was the last and all important one.  The Olney, Il, driver grabbed the victory in the newly built 12x car from leader Kyle Cummins using a last lap pass.  The opening night’s event for the Lawrenceburg Fall Classic Sprint Nationals drew 55 Hoosier Tire MSCS drivers and the feature paid $2,000.  But this evening wasn’t just about the money.  It was about track time, prep time, and by the feature, real race time.

     The feature had 5 lead changes among the 22 starters.  Kyle Cummins of Princeton, IN, was strong out of the box.  He led the first 12 laps as the lead cars stayed in tight formation.  During that span a yellow was needed when Kevin Briscoe’s car came to a stop on the track, again for a cone that ventured onto the track, and then for a spin by Troy Link.

     Scotty Weir then took the lead as Cummins got crossed up in a hole developing in turn one.  Overall though the track surface provided a wide avenue around the track.  Cummins found the throttle, some racing room, and still came around in fifth.  Weir led for the next 11 laps in the Benic Sprint before finding total misfortune in turn one. He flipped landing hard in turn one following a lap 24 restart.  That restart was necessitated after Matt Westfall brought out an original red flag with a flip on the backstretch.  Lap 23 was the multi problem lap of the night!

       The two consecutive reds put Daron Clayton at the front of the line-up.  Clayton led a lap before a yellow appeared when two cars got together.  Kyle Cummins then shot back to the front, reappearing to take the lead back.  Behind him the race went 3 wide with Levi Jones finding a way past Daron Clayton and Shane Hollingsworth on lap 29.  A yellow for a spin by Jared Fox closed the field for the last time.  The green and white were displayed and Jones found an opening at the bottom of the track to capture the win.

     It was Levi Jone’s first MSCS victory for the current season.  He was also the Mike’s Motors Hard Charger for the event by moving up 13 spots during the feature.  He was only the second driver to win the Hard Charger award on the way to winning the feature during this season. 

     Cummins would finish second and earn enough points to tie him for the 2006 MSCS points lead with Alex Shanks prior to Saturday’s upcoming race, the only one left on the MSCS schedule.  Daron Clayton, Shane Hollingsworth, and Dickie Gaines rounded out the top five.  Casey Shuman, Cole Whitt, Tony Beaber, AJ Anderson, and Troy Link followed with 13 cars completing the event.

     Under the MSCS format, six heats and 2 B-mains were held.  Dickie Gaines and Levi Jones won the two B-mains before again racing their way forward in the feature.  A.J. Anderson, Scotty Weir, Kent Christian, Matt Westfall, Chris Windom, and Kyle Cummins took victories in the qualifying heats.

     The most unusual occurrence during the feature was after Chris Windom spun.  The push truck that came to his aid ran up over his tire and the two vehicles were stuck.  As a result the shock was bent on the Windom sprinter.  MSCS officials ruled that if it could be replaced before the cars could resume the race, he could continue since it was not the driver’s fault.  The change was made and Windom finished twelfth just behind fellow young gun Chase Stockon.

COMPLETE SUMMARY: Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series
Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, IN. 9-29-06
Lawrenceburg Fall Classic’’Sprint’ Nationals, Night One

--55 Entries--

First Heat - A.J. Anderson, Ted Hines, Troy Link, Mitch Wissmiller, Rodney Stone,
Kerry Kinser, Kenny Biro, Kyle Wissmiller, Marc Arnold, Brett Burdette

Second Heat – Scotty Weir, Shane Hollingsworth, Dickie Gaines, Tony Beaber, Dale Christian, Chris Babcock, Sammy Imel, Mike Weber, Dustin Belisles

Third Heat – Kent Christian, Casey Shuman, Brandon Petty, Cole Whitt, Jason Knoke, 
Alex Shanks, Jeff Davis, Chris Nabor, Joss Moffatt

Fourth Heat – Matt Westfall, Derek Franks, Dakota Armstrong, Will Nedderman, Coleman Gulick, Josh Davis, Dwayne Spille, Jon Sciscoe, Danny Williams Jr.

Fifth Heat - Chris Windom, Daron Clayton, Levi Jones, Hunter Schuerenberg, Dave Darland, Rick Vaughn, Jerry Coons Jr., Jerry Ruble, Danny Holtsclaw

Sixth Heat - Kyle Cummins, Jared Fox, Kevin Briscoe, Bret Mellenberndt, Donny Brackett, Erik Folger, Bryan Ruble, Jon Stanbrough, Chase Stockon


B-Main 1 – Dickie Gaines, Cole Whitt, Mitch Wissmiller, Troy Link. Jason Knoke, Marc Arnold, Rodney Stone, Alex Shanks, Kerry Kinser, Dale Christian, Jeff Davis, Chris Babcock, Joss Moffatt, Kenny Biro, Chris Nabor, Brandon Petty, Chase Stockon, Sammy Imel,Mike Weber, Tony Beaber, Kyle Wissmiller,

B-Main 2 – Levi Jones, Kevin Briscoe, Hunter Schuerenberg, Bret Mellenberndt, Dave Darland, Josh Davis, Jon Sciscoe, Donnie Brackett, Danny Holtsclaw, Rick Vaughn, Jerry Ruble, Coleman Gulick, Brett Burdette, Erik Folger, Bryan Ruble, Dustin Belisles, Dwayne Spille, Jerry Coons Jr., Dakoda Armstrong, Will Nedderman

Feature (30 Laps) -
1) 12x Levi Jones 2) 3c Kyle Cummins 3) 92 Daron Clayton 4) 10 Shane Hollingsworth 5) Dickie Gaines 6) 75 Casey Shuman 7) 12B Cole Whitt 8) Tony Beaber 9) 34 A.J. Anderson 10) 31 Troy Link 11) 32 Chase Stockon 12) 17 Chris Windom 13) 1C Kent Christian 14) 97 Bret Mellenberndt 15) 56 Jared Fox 16) 7X Mitch Wissmiller 17) 2B Scotty Weir 18) 54 Matt Westfall 19) 12 Ted Hines 20) 12H Hunter Schuerenberg 21) 3X Derek Franks 22) 5 Kevin Briscoe 

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