HINES WINS "4-CROWN" SPRINT
 
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”
 
Rossburg, OH........Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night's AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car "4-Crown Nationals" feature at the Eldora Speedway in his MP Environmental services DRC/Stanton. Dave Darland finished second ahead of Chris Windom, Chase Stockon and Bryan Clauson. Jon Stanbrough was 13th, leaving him 44 points behind Darland in the new series standings. Kyle Larson, defending winner of the race, suffered a bruised knee and sore neck in a flip during the 30-lap feature but was treated at a local hospital and released.

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 5E, East-14.908; 2. Chris Windom, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-15.039; 3. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.164; 4. Scotty Weir, 51, Gnat-15.167; 5. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.306; 6. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.363; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.371; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.388; 9. Brady Bacon, 99, BBR-15.416; 10. Darren Hagen, 69, Dynamics-15.500; 11. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.561; 12. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-15.576; 13. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Leer-15.591; 14. Mike Brecht, 9x, SC-15.642; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-15.673; 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.705; 17. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.736; 18. A.J. Hopkins, 42G, R & M-15.737; 19. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-15.746; 20. Jerry Coons, 21, Pollock-15.780; 21. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.880; 22. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-15.915; 23. Steve Irwin, 1, Flying Zero-16.015; 24. Kevin Thomas, 9k, Black Jack-16.093; 25. Dallas Hewitt, 2m, Marshall-16.154; 26. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.172; 27. Wes McIntyre, 5, Baldwin-16.293; 28. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.535; 29. Chad Boesfplug, 98, Boespflug-16.537; 30. Landon Simon, 41, SST-16.748; 31. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-16.938; 32. Dickie Gaines, 8G, Wood-17.282; 33. Derek Hastings, 32m, Marshall-17.287; 34. Wesley Gordon, 23H, Horner-17.293; 35. Adam Cruea, 83, Cruea-17.422; 36. Lewie Christian, 8, Christian-17.433; 37. Thomas Meseraull, 18, Keen-NT.
 
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gulick, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Bacon, 4. Leary, 5. Darland, 6. East, 7. Boespflug, 8. Hewitt, 9. Hastings. 2:08.89
 
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Gardner, 3. Kyle Larson (#69), 4. Hopkins, 5. Brecht, 6. Kane, 7. Gordon, 8. Simon, 9. Miller. 2:06.52
 
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Clauson, 3. Kaeding, 4. Westfall, 5. Ballou, 6. McIntyre, 7. Irwin, 8. Mattox, 9. Cruea. 2:09.33
 
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Weir, 3. Coons, 4. Wissmiller, 5. Thomas, 6. Jarrett, 7. Gaines, 8. Christian, 9. Schuerenberg. NT
 
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ballou, 3. Brecht, 4. McIntyre, 5. Thomas, 6. Irwin, 7. Hewitt, 8. Kane, 9. Gordon, 10. Jarrett, 11. Mattox, 12. Gaines, 13. Cruea, 14. Christian, 15. Hastings, 16. East, 17. Boespflug, 18. Simon. 3:19.41
 
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Wes McIntyre, 10. Scotty Weir, 11. Matt Westfall, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Dallas Hewitt, 15. Steve Irwin, 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Coleman Gulick, 18. Damion Gardner, 19. A.J. Hopkins, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Todd Kane, 22. Kyle Larson (#69), 23. Mitch Wissmiller, 24. Mike Brecht. NT
 
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**Miller flipped during the second heat. Larson and Brecht flipped on lap 6 of the feature. Hopkins flipped on lap 24.
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hines.
 
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1,801, 2-Stanbrough-1,757, 3-Clauson-1,737, 4-Levi Jones-1,615, 5-Hines-1,583, 6-Gardner-1,523, 7-Stockon-1,459, 8-Ballou-1,448, 9-Schuerenberg-1,425, 10-Thomas-1,370.
 
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: September 29 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway