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Way to go Demon! Finally got that National win under your belt...maybe now they'll come easier...
With momentum and confidence on his side after the last National Sprint car race on dirt before the Oval Nationals, I'm excited to see if Damion can pull off another upset at his 'ol stompin' grounds.
It has to feel great to come back from an injury like his and get up to speed so quickly...it's like something lit a fire under him! (Okay, okay...that may have been very poor taste, but I couldn't resist...my apologies).
Congrats to DG and the team on a well-deserved and way-past-due win! 
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The following was copied from USACRacing.com:
GARDNER TAKES LAWRENCEBURG’S FALL NATIONALS $10,000!Lawrenceburg, IN…….Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. earned a paycheck for $10,000 Friday night at the Lawrenceburg Speedway, leading the final nine laps to win the 30-lap “Fall Nationals” USAC National Sprint race at the 3.8-mile dirt oval. Driving the Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver, Gardner ran down leader Chris Windom on lap 22 and led the rest of the way to beat Cole Whitt, Windom, fast qualifier Jon Stanbrough and Kyle Cummins. Cummins led the first two laps and Windom led the next 19 before yielding to Gardner. Series point leader Levi Jones finished sixth and Dave Darland was 11th, leaving Jones with a 30-point lead going into Sunday’s “Oldtimers Weekend” race at the Winchester (Ind.) Speedway.
USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 2, 2009 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – “Fall Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-14.242; 2. Brady Bacon, 99, Eubanks-14.247; 3. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.322; 4. John Memmer, 4m, Memmer-14.323; 5. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.331; 6. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-14.339; 7. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-14.347; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.382; 9. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-14.390; 10. Kent Christian, 4G, Cook-14.414; 11. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.447; 12. Scotty Weir, 1G, Gorby-14.475; 13. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-14.486; 14. Chris Gurley, 12G, Gurley-14.492; 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-14.523; 16. Shane Hmiel, 12B, RWB-14.535; 17. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F, Fitzpatrick-14.543; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11D, Walker-14.547; 19. Brady Short, 36, Short-14.551; 20. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-14.584; 21. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-14.655; 22. Jesse Hockett, 13, Buch/VKCC-14.682; 23. Ty Deckard, 38D, Bland-14.700; 24. Brad Kuhn, 37, Indiana Underground-14.707; 25. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-14.726; 26. Jeff Bland Jr., 36R, Short-14.735; 27. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.753; 28. Darren Hagen, 12, Bell-14.760; 29. Casey Riggs, 37R, Indiana Underground-14.763; 30. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.776; 31. Ted Hines, 12H, Hines-14.783; 32. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-14.796; 33. Joss Moffatt, 2c, Byram-14.828; 34. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.840; 35. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-14.874; 36. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.883; 37. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-14.912; 38. Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-15.004; 39. Chad Boespflug, 98x, Gatten-15.086; 40. Scott Hampton, 59, Powell-15.099; 41. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-15.123; 42. Adam Nigg, 25N, 25N Racing-15.206; 43. Hud Cone, 10, R & B-15.231; 44. Critter Malone, 71m, Spille-15.236; 45. Will Nedderman, 4u, Stapp-15.376; 46. Tim Creech, 31c, Powell-15.426; 47. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-15.534; 48. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-15.700; 49. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-15.840; 50. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-NT; 51. Casey Shuman, 2, Epperson-NT.
QUALIFYING RACE #1: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Studley, 3. Boespflug, 4. Hughes, 5. Shuman, 6. Nedderman, 7. Cone, 8. Mattox, 9. Barrow. 2:00.72
QUALIFYING RACE #2: (8 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Hendrick, 3. Gross, 4. Clayton, 5. Hampton, 6. Malone, 7. Nigg, 8. Creech, 9. Weber. 1:57.51
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. East, 2. Riggs, 3. Whitt, 4. Darland, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Fitzpatrick, 7. Clauson, 8. Boat, 9. Thomas. 2:26.63
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bland, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Stockon, 4. Windom, 5. Hockett, 6. Bacon, 7. Gurley, 8. Christian, 9. Hughes, 10. Studley. 2:26.29
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Short, 3. Jones, 4. Coons, 5. Deckard, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Clarke, 8. Cummins, 9. Ted Hines, 10. Gross. 2:24.43
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Weir, 3. Gardner, 4. Faas, 5. Clayton, 6. Kuhn, 7. Hmiel, 8. Hendrick, 9. Gullick, 10. Memmer. 2:26.57
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Bacon, 3. Memmer, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Clauson, 6. Cummins, 7. Hmiel, 8. Kuhn, 9. Christian, 10. Deckard, 11. Clarke, 12. Hendrick, 13. Hughes, 14. Gullick, 15. Ted Hines, 16. Boespflug, 17. Boat, 18. Studley, 19. Fitzpatrick, 20. Hockett, 21. Gurley. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Cole Whitt, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Scotty Weir, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Jeff Bland Jr., 13. Nic Faas, 14. Bobby East, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Casey Riggs, 17. Brady Short, 18. Bryan Clauson, 19. Jesse Hockett, 20. Brady Bacon, 21. John Memmer, 22. Chad Boat, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Chase Stockon. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Cummins, Laps 3-21 Windom, Laps 22-30 Gardner.
NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,489; 2-Darland-1,459; 3-Whitt-1,388; 4-Coons-1,297; 5-Hines-1,173; 6-Gardner-1,080; 7-Hagen-937; 8-Boat-862; 9-Brad Sweet-784; 10-Clauson-766.
NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 4 – Winchester (IN) Speedway – “Oldtimers Weekend”
Doug Bushey
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