Manzanita Speedway Copper on Dirt Results

by Windy McDonald

USAC K & N SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: Sands Chevrolet Copper on Dirt at Manzanita Speedway February 20

Levi Jones of Brownsburg, IN, a former USAC Sprint Car Champion, Jesse Hockett of Warsaw, MO and Darren Hagen of Riverside, CA earned pole positions for Saturday night’s Sands Chevrolet Copper on Dirt feature races by winning their Copper Bowl Shootouts Friday night. Jones drove the Tony Stewart midget to the win in the USAC National Midget race on Manzanita Speedway’s half mile track. Jones was the fourth quickest in qualifying behind Chad Boat, Brad Sweet and Josh Wise. The top two drivers in each of the five heat races earned positions in the Shootout and the finish order set the field for the Saturday night 25 lap feature. Behind Jones were Bryon Clauson, Brad Sweet, Josh Wise, Nathan High, Josh Ford, Kevin Swindell, Boat, Brady Bacon and Hagen. The National Sprint Cars used the same format and Hagen, who won the fifth heat, held off a hard charging Kevin Swindell, the winner of the 2008 Western World Championships to nab the pole in the 40 lap feature Saturday night. Behind the front running duo were another former Western World winner Dave Darland , Cole Whitt, Casey Shuman, Nic Faas Jerry Coons, Jr., Brad Sweet and Charles Davis, Jr. The USAC K&N Filters Silver Crown shootout went to Jesse Hockett who beat Bud Kaeding, Tracy Hines, Jones, Coons, Shane Hmiel, Jon Stanbrough, A.J. Fike, Derek Hagar and Josh Wise.


QUALIFICATIONS (Feb. 20): 1. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-20.270; 2. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-20.342; 3. Bud Kaeding, 29,BK-20.389; 4. Jesse Hockett, 199, Edwards/RE-20.438; 5. Josh Wise, 4, Contos/Curb/Agajanian-20.662; 6. Derek Hagar, 6, Klatt-20.685; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-20.699; 8. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-20.829; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-20.869; 10. Rickie Gaunt, 96, Gardner-20.927; 11. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-20.950; 12. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-21.104; 13. Kody Swanson 19, Team Six-R-21.121; 14. Mike Spencer, 42, Pritchett/Price-21.380; 15. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-21.385; 16. Shane Cottle, 28, Pierson-21.392.

FIRST HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Jerry Coons, Jr. 3. Josh Wise, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Brian Tyler, 7. Kody Swanson, 8. Zach Daum. NT

SECOND HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Derek Hagar, 2. Jess Hockett, 3. Shane Hmiel, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Shane Cottle, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Rickie Gaunt. 3:09.03

COPPER BOWL SHOOTOUT (Feb. 20): (10 laps) 1. Hockett, 2. Kaeding, 3. Hines, 4. Jones, 5. Coons, 6. Hmiel, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Fike, 9. Hagar, 10. Wise. 3:43.01

USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: February 20-21, 2009 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway - Sands Chevrolet Presents "The Copper on Dirt"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-20.213; 2. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-20.240; 3. Josh Wise, 37m, Mitchell-20.254; 4. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-20.434; 5. Kevin Swindell, 10k, Rolfe-20.435; 6. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-20.474; 7. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-20.557; 8. Darren Hagen, 93H, M-M-20.559; 9. Seth Wilson, 17x, Wilson-20.566; 10. Jesse Hockett, 13, Hockett-20.568; 11. Garrett Hansen, 7, M-M-20.590; 12. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-20.592; 13. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-20.642; 14. Brady Bacon, 99, Tel-Star-20.642; 15. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.656; 16. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-20.667; 17. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-20.700; 18. J.J. Yeley, 1x, Triple Crown-20.762; 19. Charles Davis Jr., 50az, Massey-20.784; 20. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-20.842; 21. Dustin Morgan, 93x, M-M-20.870; 22. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-20.897; 23. David Cardey, 4, Alexander-20.899; 24. Brett Burdette, 17B, Burdette-20.922; 25. Rickie Gaunt, 16, Gardner-20.924; 26. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-20.930; 27.
Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-20.944; 28. Casey Shuman, 32, Foster-20.966; 29. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-20.975; 30. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-21.039; 31. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-21.118; 32. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-21.142; 33. Mathew Shedarowicz, 8z, Shedarowicz-21.184; 34. Johnny Herrera, 45x, Herrera-21.231; 35. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.236; 36. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-21.311; 37. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-21.340; 38. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-21.368; 39. Nathan High, 12x, Allen-21.391; 40. Thomas Ogle, 5A, DAR-21.493; 41. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-21.545; 42. Andrew Reinbold, 19x, Reinbold-21.560; 43. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-21.651; 44. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-21.660; 45. Robert King, 5k, King-21.731; 46. Shane Cottle, 21A, Dorathy-21.738; 47. Robert Ballou, 2A, Smiley-21.820; 48. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-21.909; 49. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-21.915; 50. Chris Bonneau, 78, Bonneau-22.333; 51. Hunter Schuerenberg, 07, Wilson-22;445. 52. Ronnie Gardner, 39, Gardner-22.669;
53. Shon Deskins, 0, Deskins-22.995; 54. Stevie Sussex, 4A, Sussex-NT; 55. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-NT.

FIRST HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. Coons, 3. Windom, 4. Morgan, 5. Crawford, 6. Hines, 7. Stanbrough, 8. R.Williams, 9. Cottle, 10. Schuerenberg, 11. Mero.
SECOND HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Faas, 3. Miller, 4. Mitchell, 5. Brown, 6. Johnson, 7. Kruseman, 8. Ballou, 9. Reinbold, 10. R.Gardner, 11. Ford. NT
THIRD HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Shuman, 3. Jones, 4. Spencer, 5. Cardey, 6. Wise, 7. Copeland, 8. Clarke, 9. Deskins, 10. Shedarowicz, 11. Yeley. NT
FOURTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Whitt, 3. Bacon, 4. Wilson, 5. Herrera, 6. Burdette, 7. High, 8. Rossi, 9. C.Williams, 10. Argo, 11. Sheridan. NT
FIFTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Swindell, 2. Sweet, 3. Hockett, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Ogle, 6. King, 7. A.Williams, 8. Bonneau, 9. Boat, 10. Gaunt.

COPPER BOWL SHOOTOUT (Feb. 20): (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Swindell, 3. Darland, 4. Whitt, 5. Shuman, 6. Faas, 7. Coons, 8. Sweet, 9. Davis. NT

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-19.954; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-20.265; 3. Josh Wise, 7C, C & A-20.314; 4. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.394; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-20.411; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-20.448; 7. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-20.452; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-20.489; 9. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-20.517; 10. J.J. Yeley, 75, Pedregon-20.539; 11. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-20.544; 12. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-20.567; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-20.594; 14. Nathan High, 12x, Allen-20.692; 15. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-20.722; 16. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-20.722; 17. Alex Schutte, 12k, Kruseman-20.754; 18. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-20.761; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-20.828; 20. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-20.855; 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-20.861; 22. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-20.865; 23. Caleb Armstrong, 7D, C & A-20.872; 24. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-20.926; 25. Shane Hmiel, 37, Felker-21.025; 26. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-21.048; 27. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-21.051;
28. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.170; 29. Casey Shuman, 37F, Felker-21.182; 30. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-21.197; 31. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-21.245; 32. Dustin Morgan, 93, Morgan-21.284; 33. Bryan Stanfill, 07, Mentgen-21.410; 34. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-21.466; 35. Danny Sheridan, 51, Pecon-21.554; 36. Stevie Sussex, 14, Price-21.779; 37. Ernie Bartley III, 74, Bartley-22.182; 38. Jerrod Ponder, 8J, Bullet-22.832; 39. Dennis Carrier, Jr., 2D, Carrier-NT; 40. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-NT.

FIRST HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Bryon Clauson, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Bobby East, 4. Zack Daum, 5. Dennis Howell, 6. D.Dakoda Armstrong, 7. Kody Swanson. NT
SECOND HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Kevin Swindell, 3. Dustin Morgan, 4. Scott Pierovich, 5. Alex Schutte, 6. Cole Whitt. 3:04.00
THIRD HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Josh Wise, 3. Brad Kuhn, 4. Brad Loyet, 5. Jerry Coons, Jr. 6. Bryan Stanfill, 7. Jerrod Ponder, 8. Caleb Amstrong. NT
FOURTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Nathan High, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Garrett Hansen, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Matthew Rossi, 6. Buddy Lowther, 7. Casey Shuman. NT
FIFTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Josh Ford, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. JJ Yeley, 5. Shane Hmiel, 6. Terry Goodwin, 7. Danny Sheridan, 8. Dennis Carrier, Jr. NT

COPPER BOWL SHOOTOUT (Feb. 20): (10 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bryon Clauson, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Josh Wise, 5. Nathan High, 6. Josh Ford, 7. Kevin Swindell, 8. Chad Boat, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Darren Hagen. 3:41.02
 

(February 21) The Sands Chevrolet Copper on Dirt dealt Manzanita Speedway a good poker hand as the Southwest Phoenix track had a full house for the finals Saturday night

The packed grandstands as well as the crowded pits were treated to 115 laps of main event action plus another 56 laps for the preliminary races for the USAC Sprint Cars and USAC Midgets.

Local driver Chad Boat won the "C" main for the Sprints and the "B" features were won by Chris Windom and Tracy Hines. Darren Hansen won the 1st "B" for the midgets and JJ Yeley took the second "B".

The Midgets then took to the half mile track for main event action with Levi Jones and Bryan Clauson sharing the front row and USAC driver of the year Jerry Coons, Jr. at the rear of the 27 car field.

The battle for the lead was overshadowed as the fans attention was on Coons, the local favorite. While Jones was holding off the field up front Coons was picking off cars using both the high groove and the bottom of the track and with the help of a couple of yellow flags he drove his way toward the front.

Jones had a spin and dropped to tenth. That gave the lead to Brad Sweet who was followed by Arizona drivers Nathan High, Coons and Chad Boat.

The USAC sprint car 40 lap feature had Darren Hagen, winner of the Friday night Copper Bowl Shoot-out, in the front row and they maintained the top two positions for the entire distance but handled the lead like a hot potato and there were numerous lead changes. At the checkered flag it was Hagen, who won the midget feature in 2008, claiming the victory. Swindell was greeted with a chorus of booing as the crowd felt the he had taken out Coons when they were battling for second. Dave Darland was a close third ahead of Cole Whitt and Jesse Hockett.

It was another battle between the front row starters in the K&N Silver Crown 50 lap feature. Hockett started on the pole with two time champion Bud Kaeding on the outside. Kaeding led the most laps but ran second to Hockett for part of the race before sealing the win. The Tony Stewart Motorsports cars driven by Levi Jones and Tracy Hines finished third and fourth. Coons ran third until the closing laps when he slowed and finished ninth.

USAC Midget Copper on Dirt Results

1st "B" MAIN (12 laps) 1. Garrett Hansen, 2. Brad Kuhn, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Bobby East, 5. Ricky Ehrgott, 6.Casey Shuman, 7. Dennis Howell, 8. Sjamde Hmiel, 9. Matt Rossi, 10. Danny Sheridan, 11. Dustin Morgan, 12. Jerry Coons, Jr. 13. Alex Schutte, 14. Jerry Ponder.

2nd "B" MAIN (12 laps) 1. JJ Yeley, 2. Cole Whitt, 3. Brad Loyet, 4. Scott Pierovich, 5. Dakoda Armstrong, 6. Bryan Stanfill, 7. Dennis Carrier, Jr. 8. Terry Goodwin, 9. CalebArmstrong, 10. Matt Mitchell, 11. Buddy Lowther, 12. Zach Daum.

FEATURE (Feb. 21):(25 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Nathan High, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Chad Boat, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Kevin Swindell, 8. Garrett Hansen, 9. Bobby East, 10. J.J. Yeley, 11. Ricky Ehrgott, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Dakoda Armstrong, 14. Josh Ford, 15. Tracy Hines, 16. Cole Whitt, 17. Bryan Stanfill, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Terry Goodwin, 20. Dennis Howell, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Brad Loyet, 23. Josh Wise, 24. Brady Bacon, 25. Casey Shuman, 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 27. Scott Pierovich. NT

USAC SPRINT CAR COPPER ON DIRT RESULTS

Main Event (40 laps) 1. Darren Hagen 2. Kevin Swindell 3. Dave Darland 4. Cole Whitt 5. Jesse Hockett 6. Jon Stanbrough 7. Damion Gardner 8. Brad Sweet 9. Mike Spencer 10. Levi Jones 11. Tracy Hines 12. JJ Yeley 13. Casey Shuman 14. Charles Davis, Jr. 15. Johnny Herrera 16. David Cardey 17. Garrett Hansen 18. Nic Faas 19. Josh Wise 20. Danny Sheridan 21. Chris Windom 22. Cory Kruesman 23. Brady Bacon 24. R.J. Johnson 25. Tyler Brown 26. Jerry Coons, Jr. 27 Seth Wilson 28. Dustin Morgan 29. Chad Boat 30. Blake Miller

"C" MAIN (Feb. 21): (8 laps) 1. Chad Boat, 2. JJ Yeley, 3. Josh Ford, 4. Rodney Argo, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Cocy Williams, 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. Shane Cottle, 10. Austin Mero, 11. Mathew Shedarowicz, 12. Ronnie Gardner, 13. Rickie Gaunt.

"C" Main (8 laps) 1. Chad Boat 2. JJ Yeley 3. Josh Ford 4. Rodney Argo 5. Danny Sheridan 6. Andy Reinbold 7. Cody Williams 8. Hunter Sheurenberg 9. Shane Cottle 10. Austin Mero 11. Mathew Shedarowicz 12. Ronnie Gardner 13. Rickie Gaunt.

1st "B" Main (12 laps) 1. Chris Windom 2. Blake Miller 3. Chad Boat 4. Jesse Hockett 5. Jon Stanbrough 6. David Cardey 7. Danny Sheridan 8 Johnny Herrera 9. Cory Kruseman 10. Levi Jones 11. Thomas Ogle 12. Johs Ford 13, Nathan High 14. Austin Williams 15. Brady Bacon 16. Colby Copeland 17. Tyler Brown 18. Jimmy Crawford

2nd "B" Main: (12 laps) 1. Tracy Hines 2. Josh Wise 3. R.J. Johnson 4. Seth Wilson 5. Dustin Morgan 6.Mike Spencer 7. Damion Gardner 8. JJ Yeley 9. Rip Williams 10. Brett Burdette 11. Robert Ballou 12. Matt Rossi 13. Henry Clarke 14. Andy Reinbold 15. Chris Bonneau 16. Robert King, Jr. 17. Rodney Argo

K&N USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS

Main Events: (50 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding 2. Jesse Hockett 3. Levi Jones 4. Tracy Hines 5. Derek Hager 6. Jon Stanbrough 7. A.J. Fike 8. Josh Wise 9. Jerry Coons, Jr. 10. Brian Tyler 11. Zach Daum 12. Kody Swanson 13. Mike Spencer.

Below are some more pics from Don Iverson, Terry Shaw, and Gaye Allen

Tracy Hines in the 21 Midget during practice Picture by Terry Shaw

Don Iverson gets a shot of Nathan High piloting the USAC Sprint in the B-Main

Brad Sweet took the Main Event on Saturday

Jon Staborough had his troubles when he and his car caught on fire during the Main Event while fueling on a red.

John got back in the car after the fire was put out, and finished the Main with a respectable 6th place.

Terry Goodwin catches Don Iverson's lens as he wards off the 73 car just under the flag stand

The true local favorite, Nathan High was a force to be reckoned with all weekend. Qualifying 14th among the Nation's finest, Nathan would go on to beat out Levi Jones to win his heat. Then starting in the Fifth spot, he would give the lead car of Brad Sweet's a run for his paycheck before settling for the Second spot. We didn't here much about Nathan after it was all said and done, but he deserves some credit for a great run.