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The Lafond world of speed and color! Indiana Sprint Week - Kokomo

Man, Kokomo was a BARN BURNER!!! One for the ages...Dave Darland and Justin Grant went wheel to wheel at the end, with Darland picking up his 51st USAC National Sprint Car victory on an unbelievable track! 46 cars and another packed house...this one will be hard to beat...Darland also broke the one-lap track record with a stellar 12.405 lap! Won't soon forget this race!

First shot is of Darland with car owners Steve and Carla Phillips in victory lane. Third shot is Darland with his $100 bonus for the new track record. Fourth shot is of Darland racing with Kevin Thomas, Jr. early in the feature. Note the front end lift on both cars!

Dave Darland in winners circle

Dave Darland in action

Dave with $100

Dave Darland with Kevin Thomas Jr

Dave Darland (center); second place Justin Grant (left); third place Chris Windom (right). That's two-for-two in podium finishes for both Grant and Windom.

Justin Grant and Chris Windom

3 wide

3 wide down the front stretch

Jarrett Andretti

Jarrett Andretti and Shane Cockrum

Brady Bacon and Robert Ballou

Robert Ballou

Chad Boespflug

Chad Boespflug, Tyler Courtney and Thomas Meseraull

Chad Boespflug and C J Leary

Chad Boespflug, C J Leary and Justin Grant

Chase Briscoe

Bryan Clauson

Deron Clayton

Shane Cockrum

Jerry Coons Jr and Richard Vander Weerd

Shane Cottle and Brent Beauchamp

Tyler Courtney

Dave Darland getting a kiss from his wife Brenda

Dave Darland Cheering his win

Dave Darland getting interviewed

Dave Darland with another kiss from Brenda

Dave Darland

Dave Darland and Kevin Thomas Jr

Justin Grant

Ted Hines

Jace Vander Weerd

Kokoma track view

C J Leary

Thomas Meseraull

AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2014 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – 27th Annual “Indiana Sprint Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips-12.405; 2. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-12.589; 3. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-12.628; 4. Tyler Courtney, 21x, Pollock-12.725; 5. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-12.739; 6. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-12.777; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, KT-12.824; 8. Chad Boespflug, 57, Hazen-12.934; 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20N, Schuerenberg/Nolen-12.938; 10. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-12.943; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-12.959; 12. Thomas Meseraull, 41, SST-12.959; 13. Scotty Weir, 18x, Keen-12.977; 14. Robert Ballou, 12x, Ballou-12.999; 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.011; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 37RW, Dutcher-13.030; 17. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.061; 18. Brent Beauchamp, 34, Olson-13.072; 19. Daron Clayton, 3R, Byram-13.124; 20. Matt Westfall, 54, Best Performance-13.149; 21. Max McGhee, 17, McGhee-13.177; 22. Shane Cottle, 2E, Epperson-13.263; 23. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-13.280; 24. Brady Short, 11p, Pottorff-13.282; 25. Nathan Moore, 48, Moore-13.300; 26. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.312; 27. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-13.379; 28. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.397; 29. Casey Shuman, 21k, Krockenberger-13.460; 30. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-13.464; 31. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-13.483; 32. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-13.488; 33. Shane Cockrum, 66, Amati-13.528; 34. Mike Terry Jr., 85, Terry-13.535; 35. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-13.545; 36. Lee Dakus, 75, Dakus-13.647; 37. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.654; 38. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-13.705; 39. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt-13.753; 40. Jay Waugh, 99a, Waugh-13.909; 41. Mark Smith, 1M, Smith-13.937; 42. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-13.991; 43. Brody RoaM., 91, BR-14.013; 44. Gary Taylor, 4G, Cook-14.039; 45. Ethan Barrow, 15, Barrow-14.139; 46. Adam Byrkett, 78, Byrkett-14.654.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Darland, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Windom, 5. Weir, 6. McGhee, 7. Shuman, 8. Barrow, 9. Smith, 10. Moore, 11. Ted Hines, 12. Cockrum. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Beauchamp, 2. Cottle, 3. Ballou, 4. Bacon, 5. Grant, 6. Leary, 7. Simon, 8. Spencer, 9. Andretti, 10. Hery, 11. Terry, 12. Byrkett.* NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Stockon, 3. Clauson, 4. Thomas, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. Coons, 7. Gurley, 8. Farney, 9. Schmidt, 10. Roa, 11. J.Vander Weerd.

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Short, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Westfall, 4. Meseraull, 5. Boespflug, 6. Jarrett, 7. Courtney, 8. Taylor, 9. Briscoe, 10. Dakus, 11. Waugh.

QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Simon, 2. Dakus, 3. Roa, 4. Taylor, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Barrow, 7. Hery, 8. Schmidt, 9. Terry.

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Grant, 3. Courtney, 4. Leary, 5. Coons, 6. Weir, 7. Spencer, 8. Shuman, 9. R.Vander Weerd, 10. Andretti, 11. Farney, 12. Taylor, 13. Cockrum, 14. Jarrett, 15. Roa, 16. Dakus, 17. Gurley, 18. Briscoe, 19. McGhee, 20. Simon. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Thomas Meseraull,* 10. C.J. Leary, 11. Jon Stanbrough,12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Brady Short, 14. Chase Stockon,15. Tyler Courtney, 16. Tracy Hines, 17. Richard Vander Weerd, 18. Scotty Weir, 19. Chad Boespflug, 20. Shane Cockrum, 21. Jarett Andretti, 22. Daron Clayton, 23. Brent Beauchamp, 24. Matt Westfall, 25. Shane Cottle. NT

**Moore flipped during the first heat. Gurley flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Thomas, Laps 6-30 Darland.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bacon-1,100, 2-Darland-1,094, 3-Stanbrough-1,010, 4-Clauson-1,001, 5-Stockon-975, 6-Hines-938, 7-Grant-910, 8-Windom-867, 9-Schuerenberg-849, 10-Leary-742.

NEW INDIANA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Windom-126, 2-Darland-125, 3-Grant-124, 4-Stanbrough-103, 5-Bacon-102, 6-Clauson-99, 7-Hines-88, 8-Stockon-86, 9-Ballou & Schuerenberg-81.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 13 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - 27th "Indiana Sprint Week"