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USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS:
Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, Nevada
February 25, 2009 - "Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic"

TIME TRIALS:
1. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-17.334; 2. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-17.436; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.542; 4. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-17.688; 5. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.692; 6. David Cardey, 4, Alexander-17.717; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.738; 8. Darren Hagen, 93H, Morgan-17.792; 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-17.805; 10. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-17.812; 11. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-17.873; 12. Jesse Hockett, 13, Hockett-17.957; 13. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-18.044; 14. Kevin Swindell, 10k, Rolfe-18.057; 15. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-18.105; 16. Johnny Herrera, 45x, Herrera-18.162; 17. Shane Hmiel, 1z, 2B Racing-18.167; 18. Seth Wilson, 17x, Wilson-18.233; 19. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.247; 20. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-18.264; 21. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-18.265; 22. Hunter Schuerenberg, 07, Wilson-18.277; 23. Garrett Hansen, 7, M-M-18.286; 24. Shane Cottle, 21A, Dorathy-18.310; 25. Casey Shuman, 32, Foster-18.317; 26. Dustin Morgan, 93x, Morgan-18.335; 27. Josh Wise, 37m, Mitchell-18.378; 28. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-18.413; 29. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-18.426; 30. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-18.469; 31. Ricky Ehrgott, 3F. Finkenbinder-18.48732. J.J. Yeley, 1x, Triple Crown-18.527; 33. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-18.530; 34. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-18.547; 35. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-18.556; 36. Tyler Walker, 24T, SC-18.559; 37. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-18.576; 38. Rickie Gaunt, 16, Gardner-18.651; 39. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-18.741; 40. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-18.746; 41. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-18.766; 42. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-18.881; 43. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-19.027; 44. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-19.160; 45. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-19.194; 46. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-19.220; 47. Brent Kronfuss, 9k, Kronfuss-19.278; 48. John Aden, 7A, Aden-19.401; 49. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawfor19.479; 50. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-19.481; 51. Ronnie Gardner, 39, Gardner-19.698; 52. Terry McCarl, 24, BGHA-24.073.

C MAIN #1: (6 laps)
1. Chris Windom, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Greg Bragg, 4. Rusty Carlile, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Jimmy Crawford, 8. Austin Mero, 9. Ronnie Gardner, 10. Brent Kronfuss. 2:01.96.

C MAIN #2: (6 laps)
1. Tyler Walker, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Tyler Brown, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Matt Rossi, 6. Terry McCarl, 7. John Aden, 8. Mathew Shedarowich, 9. Jim Richardson, 10. Nic Faas. NT.

HEAT RACE 1: (8 laps)
1. Casey Shuman, 2. Brett Burdette, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Shane Hmiel, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Chris Windom, 8. Tyler Walker, 9. Josh Ford, 10. Rodney Argo. 2:39.02.

HEAT RACE 2: (8 laps)
1. Kevin Swindell, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Dustin Morgan, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Henry Clarke, 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. Mike Spencer, 9. David Cardey, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg. NT.

HEAT RACE 3: (8 laps)
1. Josh Wise, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Greg Bragg, 5. Tyler Brown, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Ricky Ehrgott, 8. Danny Sheridan, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Damion Gardner. NT.

HEAT RACE 4: (8 laps)
1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Johnny Herrera, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Jesse Hockett, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Blake Miller, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Shane Cottle, 9. Rusty Carlile, 10. Matt Mitchell. NT.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Garrett Hansen, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Josh Ford, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Blake Miller, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. David Cardey, 10. Tyler Walker, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Tyler Brown, 15. Shane Cottle, 16. Danny Sheridan, 17. Shane Hmiel, 18. Seth Wilson, 19. Rickie Gaunt, 20. Ricky Ehrgott, 21. Rusty Carlile, 22. Rodney Argo, 23. Mike Spencer. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Cole Whitt, 2. Jesse Hockett, 3. Johnny Herrera, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Chad Boat, 10. J.J. Yeley, 11. Blake Miller, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. Levi Jones, 15. Kevin Swindell, 16. Brad Sweet, 17. Danny Sheridan, 18. Dustin Morgan, 19. Casey Shuman, 20. Greg Bragg, 21. Josh Ford, 22. Brett Burdette, 23. Garrett Hansen. NT.

*Nic Faas flipped during the second C Main.
**Damion Gardner flipped during the third heat.
***Brett Burdette flipped on lap 25 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-6 Damion Gardner, Laps 7-30 Cole Whitt.

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS:
1-Darland-127; 2-Whitt-125; 3-Hockett-116; 4-Stanbrough-109; 5-Hagen-108; 6-Swindell-98; 7-D.Gardner-95; 8-Sweet-73; 9-Yeley-71; 10-Jones-71.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS:
1-Darland-127; 2-Whitt-125; 3-Hockett-116; 4-Stanbrough-109; 5-Hagen-108; 6-Swindell-98; 7-D.Gardner-95; 8-Sweet-73; 9-Yeley-71; 10-Jones-71.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE:
February 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
February 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

I sure hope Brett Burdette is okay...he took one heck of a ride last night! Hopefully someone on here has some good news they can share...

I hadn't seen a chassis crumble like that since Bud Kaeding's flip in the same corner at the same track last time USAC/CRA was visiting. Before that was Tyler Brown's crash a few years ago. I counted at least 10 complete breaks in Brett's chassis, including the front "A" posts of the cage and the upper and lower frame rails. I think that one more good roll and the cage would have been taken completely off. Scary!

I guess current the philosophy in frame construction is to dissipate energy from the driver, but I cannot imagine that the cage has to give like that. Of course, it took some serious hits and ultimately did its job...you can't really build anything bullet-proof with tube steel and still be practical.

Doug Bushey

Passionate Fan / Announcer / Media & Public Relations 
Agent 

Hell of a run for my Alpine neighbor Cole Whitt! To come from the "B" to win the "A" Main.

Great job young man! See you at Perris!