FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 5, 2014
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ILLINOIS HOSTS “HUT HUNDRED” & “BELLEVILLE BASH”
A pair of Illinois events this weekend will impact the Honda USAC National Midget Series, with Friday’s “Hut Hundred” at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City and Saturday’s co-sanctioned POWRi “Belleville Bash” at the Belle Clair Speedway in Belleville.
Rico Abreu, who swept the recent “Kokomo Grand Prix,” leads teammate and defending Honda National Dirt Midget Champion Christopher Bell by 14 points entering the two races.
Friday’s “Hut Hundred” at Granite City begins a new tradition for the event which began in 1954 and has visited several venues through the years.
Brady Bacon, who just took over the point lead in the AMSOIL USAC National Sprit Car series this past weekend, is the most recent “Hut Hundred” winner, taking the 2012 race at Haubstadt, Ind. Last year’s Granite City debut for the race which sports a three-abreast 33-car field, was rained out.
Zach Daum, Bryan Clauson, Darren Hagen, Bobby East, Dave Darland and Tracy Hines, like Bacon, have all won the “Hut Hundred” in the past 15 years. Trey Marcham, who leads the 2014 Honda USAC Western Dirt Midget standings, is also expected to compete in Friday’s “Hut Hundred.”
Hagen and Clauson each scored victories at Belle Clair Speedway last year.
2014 Honda USAC National Midget Standings: 1-Rico Abreu-139; 2-Christopher Bell-125; 3-Tracy Hines-114; 4-Tanner Thorson & Kevin Thomas Jr.-102; 6-Dave Darland-94; 7-Chris Windom-89; 8-Zach Daum-84; 9-Bryan Clauson-80; 10-Tyler Thomas-75.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 5, 2014
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“TONY HULMAN CLASSIC” ON TAP MAY 21;
DARLAND GETS #49 AT EAGLE; SCHUERENBERG TOPS AT THE JUNCTION
Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. Is the new point leader in the AMSOIL USAC Sprint Car National Championship and will take a seven-point lead over defending champion Bryan Clauson into the May 21 “Tony Hulman Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.
Bacon was third in Friday’s “Rumble in the Bullring” at Eagle, Neb. and second in Saturday’s race at McCool Junction, Neb. as the series visited back-to-back Nebraska tracks last weekend.
Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. earned his 49th series victory Friday at Eagle Raceway, leading the final 17 laps of the 30-lap race in his Racers Advantage Store/Frank Daigh DRC/Foxco Chevy. The win was his 100th in USAC competition, counting regional and National events.
Justin Grant led nine laps before yielding to Darland, then finished second ahead of Bacon, Tracy Hines and Clauson, who led the first four laps.
Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Mo. passed C.J. Leary on lap five and led the final 26 laps at Junction Motor Speedway Saturday in his Moses Motor Company/Ron Gorby’s Howard Johnson Mach-1/Rider. Trailing runner-up Bacon were Hines, Darland and Clauson.
2014 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Standings: 1-Brady Bacon-459; 2-Bryan Clauson-452; 3-Dave Darland-431; 4-Tracy Hines-425; 5-Justin Grant-412; 6-Chase Stockon-410; 7-Jon Stanbrough-396; 8-Hunter Schuerenberg-367; 9-Chris Windom-314; 10-C.J. Leary-274.