CUMMINS LEADS SMACKDOWN IX POINTS ENTERING FRIDAY
Kokomo, Indiana (August 28, 2020)………By virtue of Kyle Cummins’ victory in Thursday night’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway, the Princeton, Ind. driver leads the Sprint Car Smackdown IX point standings entering the second of three consecutive nights of racing at the quarter-mile dirt oval on Friday night, August 28.
Cummins leads by six points over second place finisher Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.). Robert Ballou runs 3rd, 11 points out of the lead, while 5th place finisher Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, Calif.) reside 4th in the standings, 18 behind the leader. Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, Calif.), in his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car start, finished 4th which has him 5th (-19) in the Smackdown standings.
Points are accumulated throughout qualifying, the prelim events and the feature. Drivers who are in the top-8 of the standings following Friday’s second round of Smackdown IX will clinch an automatic starting spot in Saturday’s $11,000-to-win feature event.
Those same eight drivers will participate in the B & W Auto Mart “King of the Hill” on Saturday night at Kokomo, which pits eight total cars in a tournament, bracket style format. Two cars will face off against each other at a time for three laps, carving the field down to the final two drivers who’ll duke it out for a chance to win the pole position for Saturday’s A-Main and a check for $418.29 from B & W for their efforts.
The remaining seven cars will slot in the remaining seven starting positions in the first four rows of Saturday’s feature based on how far they advanced in “King of the Hill.”
On Friday night of Smackdown IX, front and pit gates open at 3pm ET, drivers meeting at 6pm and cars on track at 6:30pm. On Saturday night, front and pit gates open at 3pm ET, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and cars on track at 6pm. BOSS Sprint Cars join the event card for the Saturday night program.
Adult general admission tickets are $25, children age 12 and under free in general admission seats only. Pit passes are $35. 3-day advance reserved tickets are $85 and can be purchased at the ticket window on race night. Spectator tickets available at the gate. Pit passes available at www.usactickets.com.
You can watch all three nights of Smackdown IX LIVE on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6.
SMACKDOWN IX POINTS:
(After Race #1 of 3)
1. Kyle Cummins-348
2. Brady Bacon-342
3. Robert Ballou-337
4. Thomas Meseraull-330
5. Buddy Kofoid-329
6. Chase Stockon-320
7. Logan Seavey-317
8. Jake Swanson-303
9. C.J. Leary-301
10. Kevin Thomas Jr. -301
11. Clinton Boyles-293
12. Charles Davis Jr. -292
13. Tyler Courtney-292
14. Chris Windom-286
15. Shane Cottle-280
16. Justin Grant-277
17. Bill Balog-273
18. Damion Gardner-270
19. Brandon Mattox-262
20. Matt Westfall-262
21. Tyler Thomas-254
22. Stevie Sussex-243
23. Jadon Rogers-208
24. Carson Short-207
25. Colten Cottle-197
26. Cole Ketcham-194
27. Noah Gass-192
28. Max Adams-191
29. Tye Mihocko-186
30. Dave Darland-180
31. Austin Williams-177
32. Matt Goodnight-170
33. Cole Bodine-161
34. Cody Gardner-159
35. Sterling Cling-157
36. Chase Jones-148
37. Dustin Smith-148
38. Anthony D'Alessio-147
39. Kyle Shipley-144
40. Brayden Fox-138
41. Dustin Clark-133
42. Eddie Tafoya Jr. -128
43. Chris Phillips-123
44. Jack James-119
45. David Hair-98
46. Brian VanMeveren-72
47. Robert Bell-70
48. Max Guilford-63
49. Robert Brown Jr.-53
