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Stanbrough Continues Hot Streak With KISS Win At Bloomington
June 15, 2007 –- Jon Stanbrough continued his old school domination of the King of Indiana Sprint Series with his fourth victory in as many races, this one on Bloomington’s wicked fast quarter mile. Stanbrough passed Mat Neely on the eighth lap, and lapped all but the first seven finishers on his road to the checkers. Neely finished second, followed by Larry Bland Jr., Chad Boat and Brady Short.
Drawing for a front row heat race starting slot, Stanbrough won that handily, then drew to start fourth in the 30-lap main. When pole sitter Chad Boat pushed high in the second turn, he opened the door for Mat Neely to drive into the lead on the opening lap, with Stanbrough on his tail. Neely built a half-straightaway lead until a pair of cautions bunched the field.
Stanbrough moved up to mid-track and outside Neely on the restart, pulling ahead as they exited turn two. But Neely battled back, nosing back in front as they exited turn four. But Stanbrough drove hard into the first turn and pulled cleanly ahead before they reached the backstretch on the next lap. He steadily built his advantage to a full straightaway by mid-race, and even though he spent the closing laps slicing through traffic, Stanbrough’s Fox Brothers DRC held a six-second lead at the finish. While many of the top finishers came from the front rows of the grid, Short hustled his Lucas Oil Products Maxim from the last row to fifth.
The victory was Stanbrough’s 16th of the year and eighth consecutive. He explained that the restart gave him the best opportunity to pass Neely. “I just rode there for awhile, watching what he was doing and seeing what I could do and he wasn’t making any mistakes on the bottom. I thought I needed to do something while I was close to him and not let him get out away from me again and have to try to run him down.”
“I knew that it was going to be hard to get by somebody where I passed him because there was a lot of moisture on the bottom. They were going to wear it out, but I just didn’t feel like I should wait until they wore it out. I thought on that restart it would be a good opportunity to make my move.”
Neely admitted that his car got loose as the race progressed and that the wheel he wanted to run on the right rear had been damaged in a flip the night before. Then he added, “I knew Jon would be back there, he comes on about lap 15 or 20. He’s so good, so smooth, I just fell short.”
Results, King of Indiana Sprint Series, Bloomington Speedway, June 15, 2007
Heat 1: Mat Neely 17N (3), Chris Babcock 35 (1), Bobby Stines 9 (2), Ty Deckard 48 (5), Matt Westfall 54 (4), Shane Hollingsworth 10 (6), John Paynter 23 (7), Bub Cummings 19 (8)
Heat 2: Chad Boat 30 (1), Jonathan Vennard 26G (3), A. J. Anderson 57 (2), Kent Christian 11P (4), Jesse Hockett 75 (6), Eric Smith 14 (7), Brady Short 2B (5)
Heat 3: Jon Stanbrough 53 (1), Ted Hines 12 (3), Jared Fox 56 (7), Danny Holtsclaw 3 (4), Jimmy Light 23L (5), Jon Sciscoe 7 (6), Kenny Niflis 01 (2)
Heat 4. Hunter Schuerenberg 10T (1), Cole Whitt 29 (3), Jeff Bland Jr. 21S (5), Jake Martens 48J (2), Dakoda Armstrong 7A (4), Matt Rossi 2 (6), Joe Gilbert 10G (7)
Semi: Hockett (2), Light (3), Sciscoe (7), Short (10), Cummings (13), Niflis (11), Paynter (9), Rossi (8), Westfall (1), Hollingsworth (5), Smith (6), Gilbert (12), Armstrong (4)
Feature: 1. Stanbrough (4), 2. Neely (3), 3. Bland (12), 4. Boat (1), 5. Short (19), 6. Schuerenberg (5), 7. Hockett (16), 8. Deckard (13), 9. Fox (11), 10. Sciscoe (18), 11. Holtsclaw (14), 12. Vennard (2), 13. Babcock (7), 14 Stines (9), 15. Hines (6), 16. Cummings (20), 17. Martens (15), 18. Anderson (10), 19. Whitt (8), 20. Light (17)
The win boosted his point lead to 55 over Brady Short going into this weekend’s Saturday and Sunday races. Current KISS standings are: 1. Stanbrough 540, 2. Short 485, 3. Hollingsworth 394, 4. Neely 375, 5. Schuerenberg 354, 6. Whitt 274, 7. Anderson 262, 8. Hines 254, 9. Martens 240, 10. Bland 237.
Saturday’s KISS program is at Lincoln Park Speedway, located in Putnamville, IN. The main gate will open at 4:30 and hot laps begin at 5:30, with the first races lining up at 7 pm. The schedule will include a School Bus Race, modifieds, super stocks and bombers. Kids 5 and under are free, and admission for 6 – 10 year olds is just $5. The Lincoln Park Speedway website is at http://lincolnparkspeedway.homestead.com/.
Sunday, June 17th, the KISS show is at Kokomo Speedway, where the front gate will open at 4 pm. Ages 6 and under are free, and admission for 7 – 10 year olds is just $5. The program will include UMP Thunder Car, UMP Street Stock and Pure Stock divisions. The front and pit gates open at 3 pm with racing at 6:15. The track website is at www.kokomospeedway.net.
Each KISS feature will pay $2,500 to win and $250 to start. B-Main starters who don’t transfer will take home $100. The KISS point fund is worth $1,400 to the 2007 King, with $1,000 for second, and pays eight places deep.
2007 King Of Indiana Sprint Series Schedule
Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday, May 11 Stanbrough
Twin Cities Raceway Park Saturday, May 12 Stanbrough
Lawrenceburg Speedway Saturday, May 26 Stanbrough
Bloomington Speedway Friday, June 15 Stanbrough
Lincoln Park Speedway Saturday, June 16
Kokomo Speedway Sunday, June 17
Paragon Speedway Saturday, June 23
Terre Haute Action Track Saturday, June 30
Tri-State Speedway Sunday, July 8
SPONSORS. Sponsorship from Indiana Stone Works has boosted the payoff at each event and B-Main starters are guaranteed $100. Elliottbrand Web Designs, in Westport, IN, created the KISS website, which provides a highly functional and effective tool that places the King Of Indiana Sprint Series within arms length of racing fans around town and around the world. Visit them at www.Elliottbrand.com. Sprint Car & Midget Magazine, Simpson Performance Products and RockStar Paint sponsor the unique KISS champion’s helmet. Kiva Networking in Bloomington is the host of the KISS website.
The King of Indiana Sprint Series is organized and conducted by the individual Indiana sprint car race track promoters to put the best racing in the state on a heavy metal old school racing tour. Information is now available on our website, www.kissracing.com.
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