Hines And Jones In For A Busy Labor Day Weekend Of USAC Racing
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Aug 28, 2008
Tony Stewart Racing
INDIANAPOLIS – While the Labor Day holiday means an extra day of rest for much of the country, Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) USAC teams will be back on the road for two days of racing action. TSR’s Tracy Hines and Levi Jones will head back to Wisconsin with the USAC National Midget Car Series for the Seventh Annual Mid-State Equipment Sue Thiel Memorial. On Sunday, they’ll follow the road to Southern Illinois for the USAC K&N Silver Crown Series Ted Horn 100.
Friday’s event at the Dodge County Fairground Speedway in Beaver Dam, Wis., takes Hines to the half-mile dirt facility for the first time in his career. After finishing second at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis., on Aug. 24, Hines will look to earn his first USAC Midget Series victory of the year this week. Hines leads the USAC Midget Series championship standings.
Jones, who earned a fourth-place finish at Dodge County in his last appearance at the track on Aug. 31, 2007, will ride the momentum of his first series victory of the year into Friday’s race. He is currently ranked fifth in the USAC Midget Car Series standings.
Sunday’s Ted Horn 100 takes the USAC Silver Crown Series to the DuQuoin (Ill. ) State Fairgrounds. Hines has found the winner’s circle at the one-mile dirt facility twice in his career, having won back-to-back event titles in 2005 and 2006. He has also earned six top-five finishes and seven top-10 finishes at the track in 11 starts. Hines is tied for third in the USAC Silver Crown Series standings with Brian Tyler.
Jones enters Sunday’s race ranked fifth in the USAC Silver Crown Series standings. He finished 10th in his last appearance at DuQuoin on Sept. 2, 2007. Both Hines and Jones will look to win their first USAC Silver Crown Series event of the season this weekend.
Competitors taking part in Friday’s USAC Midget Series event at Dodge County have a unique incentive as it is the fourth and final race of the Midget Maynia Tour mini-series and a $5,000 point fund will be distributed after the event. The event will be the only race of the mini-series to be held on a dirt track. The Midget car owner earning the most points in the four events will receive a $1,000 bonus. The remainder of the point fund will be distributed among those teams that compete in all four Midget Maynia Tour events, which began in May. Friday’s finale was postponed from its originally scheduled May 30 date due to rain.
