City of Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals:

This Saturday, October 2nd:

This Saturday, the City of Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals will take place at Lawrenceburg Speedway!!! Featuring the MSCS Sprints, $10,000 to Win.

Also racing will be the Budweiser UMP Modifieds and the AMSA Mini Sprints.

 

Admission Prices:

Adult: $22

Kids Ages 7-12: $7

Under 6: FREE

Pit Pass: $30 (all ages)

 

Grandstands Open at 5:00pm 

Hot Laps begin at 6:00pm  

 

 

 

  

JON ELKINS JR CAPTURES INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDROME® ALL-STAR 200

Indianapolis Speedrome®
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 27, 2010

The Home of the World Figure 8® turned its focus to the Thirsty Turtle Tavern Hornets for their premier event of the season, the All-Star 200. The 4th annual long-distance classic is a showcase for the racers in the four-cylinder machines from the oval and Figure 8 divisions in one big race. The evening’s agenda also called for the Scooter’s Auto Sales Stock Figure 8 cars presented by Peters Auto Service and 1-800-Radiator & AC Roadrunners. The post regular season environment had fun and a quest for victory feel in the air on a beautiful Saturday night at the Indianapolis Speedrome®.

The 4th Annual All-Star 200 for the Thirsty Turtle Tavern Hornets had an event record number of cars on hand for this race which is ten times longer than the normal class feature. The 40-plus car field headed first to qualifications. The goal would be to set a time inside the top 20 which earned those drivers a locked in spot in the starting grid. Veteran Kyle Byrd was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 15.324 seconds. Just .004 seconds separated James Curry’s 20th best speed over Melanie Coil who would have to venture into a semi-feature contest. Most of the field fell inside of 1 second from the #55 of Byrd.

Former Hornet Figure 8 champion Robby Mink Jr won the trophy dash for the quickest 4 cars. The first semi-feature was won by reigning Mini Indy 125 champion Sean Barry. He bested Coil and Josh Casse for the victory. The second semi-feature saw Jeff Rapp pilot his truck to victory lane. The veteran finished ahead of Chris Dietzel and Eddie Small. The results of these events would determine how the racers would be added on to the massive lineup for the All-Star 200.

The green flag waved with the race going in the clockwise direction and Curry taking the initial lead. The large grouping of cars made it tough to be patient for the long race while still getting a strong early pace going to avoid falling behind. James would soon see his teammate and car owner Keith Graybill on his bumper. The race would see its first red flag on lap 9 for Leonard Mullins and David Coil. Neither would return. Curry did return to the lead, but Graybill stayed steady until making his move to first on lap 15. Division career victory leader Chad Sizemore rose to the runner-up spot after starting 19th. Driving Robert Eversole’s Chase for the Cup championship car, he snagged the top spot on circuit 24.

The red was out again on lap 31 for a tangle between Robert Amos Jr and Don VanValkenburg III. When the green returned, it was Keith going back to the front. He clicked off five quick orbits before inaugural event winner Jess Holliday was next to top the field. He was challenged a handful of circuits later by Mr. Byrd. Kyle quietly worked from his 20th starting spot to make the pass for first on lap 47. He had a nice pace going until the red flag returned for the car #94 driven by youngster Tylar Brown on lap 68. Holliday went back to first soon after. There were several new players joining the mix for victory during this stage.

Jess, piloting the 2010 feature wins leading car of Larry Hatfield, had recently crowned Figure 8 champion Brad Brooks and Stock rookie-of-the-year Nigel Peters ready to pounce. Brad led laps 87 and 88 before Nigel was first on the 89th circuit. Peters would pace the pack until the traditional race halftime break on lap 100. The teams received 5 minutes on the clock to freshen up the cars and drivers for a run to the checkered flag. When the racers returned to the track, the contest would resume in the classic left-hand-turn course configuration.

Brad Brooks returned to first place when the green flag was back in the air. He set off with some blazing speed which started to put many cars down laps over the next 50 orbits. Nigel was staying in striking distance. Also joining this party was former division champion Jon Elkins Jr in the defending race winning car owned by Don Klein. The final red flag would wave on lap 150 to make a swap in the running direction. Right-hand-turns would be the adventure on the run to destiny. The trio turned lap after lap winding through heavy traffic. This would come into play with the finish in sight. Elkins got around Brooks with 8 to go and powered to the victory. It was his first in the All-Star 200 race.

Peters slid to second late with Brooks having to settle for third after leading 91 of the final 100 circuits. These three were the only ones on the lead lap. Allen Hargraves continued his strong 2010 season finishing 4th just one lap behind. Cassidy Worden was an impressive fifth 2 circuits off the pace. Rounding out the top ten was Junior Lemasters, Robert Amos Jr, Melanie Coil, Brian Cooper, and James Curry. There were 8 different leaders with 10 lead changes in the very competitive event. Amos improved the most positions starting 30th before coming home 7th and surviving an early altercation.

The Scooter’s Auto Sales Stocks presented by Peters Auto Service were on hand for an all Figure 8 program. Nigel Peters was best in time trials with a lap of 19.301 seconds. Crossover specialist Mike Burgess and 3-time Kenny’s 100 winner Larry Hahn captured preliminary heats. Hahn would make it a perfect night adding the victory in the 25-lap feature. He came home ahead of Peters and third place finisher Speedy Teepe. In other action, it was Kevin Smith winning the main event for the 1-800-Radiator & AC Roadrunners. Kevin added this triumph to his season championship earned just last weekend. Gene Dibbern returned to driving duties after several years away. He drove his son Justin’s car to second place followed by rising division star Billy Pittman.

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