Hunter Perry of Columbus went two-for-two last weekend in picking up wins in the hornet division on Oct, 2 at Thunder Valley Raceway in Salem and Oct. 3 at the Brownstown Speedway. It was his first-ever win at Brownstown.
Perry took the Brownstown victory over Davey Waggoner, Bryce Burton, Jimmy Clark and Andrew Deavers. Perry’s car is sponsored by Perry Automotive, Willie’s Speed Shop, Cain’s Tree Service, Dan’s Parts and Service, A-Team Performance, Lucas Automotive Recycling, Garden City Iron and Metal and BAM Performance and Tuning.
Devin Gilpin of Columbus took his third Brownstown super late model win of the season, out-distancing Greg Johnson, Shelby Miles, Joe Godsey and Austin Burns for the triumph.
Trey Chastain of Bedford picked up his first career Brownstown win, as he was victorious in the super stock main event. Derek Clegg was second, followed by Matt Boknecht, Zach Sasser and Jamey Wilson.
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Steve Peeden of Martinsville won his first pro late model feature of 2020, taking first place money over Shelby Miles, Brad Barrow, Tyler Neal and Colton Sullivan.
Jordan Wever of Bloomington grabbed the open wheel modified feature over Jared Bailey, Tim Rivers, Zachary Stalker and Troy Clark.
Dusten Carr made it seven wins in a row in the pure stock division, winning the feature over Will McRoberts, Jerry Adams, Dustin Petro and Dalton Roark.
Brownstown will conclude its 2020 racing season this weekend with the Annual Fun Fest. For more information brownstownspeedway.com.
Bacon takes USAC sprint finale at Lawrenceburg
For Brady Bacon, it was an unconventional way to celebrate a victory, standing at his hauler with his crew, family and friends as the winner’s trophy was presented Oct. 3 at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Bacon was already cognizant of being crowned the 2020 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion by virtue of, what appeared to be, a second-place finish. Yet, after initial winner Tyler Courtney was found to be 15 pounds underweight during post-race tech inspection, Bacon was elevated to first place while Courtney was repositioned to 22nd and last in the results.
The win was worth $10,000, which he pocketed after emerging victorious in the Fall Nationals, all while becoming the 10th driver ever, and the first since Levi Jones in 2011, to win the final race of the USAC National Sprint Car season and the series championship in a single night. He did so aboard the Dynamics, Inc./Fatheadz Eyewear — DriveWFX.com/Triple X/Rider Chevy.
“I saw (Courtney) having some issues at the scales when we weighed, so I figured they were probably quite a ways off,” Bacon recalled. “It takes away a little bit of it, but it pays the same, so we’ll take it.
“Obviously, we’re very happy to win the championship, first and foremost, but winning the race is icing on the cake. I’ve only won one other USAC race here and it’s the home of the Hoffman’s, kind of a local track for them. So, it makes it even more special.”
Bacon, who previously won USAC Sprint titles with Hoffman Auto Racing/ Dynamics, Inc. in 2014 and 2016, brought home the Ohio-based team’s 12th USAC Sprint entrant title Saturday night.
But it was certainly not how Bacon could’ve drawn it up after a furious hard-fought battle down the stretch with Courtney which resulted in Bacon’s second career USAC Sprint win at Lawrenceburg (2015) and becoming just the seventh driver to win the series title at least three times in his career.
He joined Parnelli Jones (1960-61-62), Larry Dickson (1968-70-75), Sheldon Kinser (1977-81-82), Steve Butler (1986-87-88-90), Robbie Stanley (1991-92-93), Levi Jones (2005-07-09-10-11).
Completing the top five were Kevin Thomas Jr., Chris Windom, C.J. Leary and Robert Ballou.
Jennings County go-kart results
The Jennings County Outlaw Karting held a meet Oct. 2 at the Jennings County 4-H Fairgrounds in North Veron. The winners results in each division were Zach Roell (rookies), Jake Roell (junior 1), Ricky Bernard (junior 2), Connor Perry (youth champ), Ryker Williams (junior champ, Robby Young (340 clone), Evan Shatto (junior 3), Sam Alloway (limited open), Layden Burton (boxstock outlaw), Robert Doyle (senior champ), Chris Buchanan (380 clone), Derek Franks (rwyb), Kyle Thayer (400 clone), and Kevin Cunningham (flatheads).
The next event will be Oct. 16.
Columbus go-karts finale today
The Columbus Speedway Go-Kart Racing will hold its season finale today at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. All classes of karts will be running, There will be earlier start times with sign-in noon-2:15 p.m. The drivers meeting will be at 2:30 p.m. with practice to follow.
Florence racing tonight
The Florence Speedway in Union, Kentucky will be racing tonight with a $3,000 to-win super late model feature and a $400 to-win hornet division special. For further info florencespeedway.com.
This week in racing history
From 1970 at Kokomo Speedway: Bubby Jones won the sprint car feature over Ray Kenens Jr., Bob Kinser, Bob Silz and J.D. Lease.
Also, from 1970 at Whitewater Valley Speedway in Liberty: Floyd Gilbert won the late model feature over Gene Petro and George Morgan.
From 1980 at the Terre Haute Action Track: Ray Godsey won the late model feature over Ira Bastin, Terry Messenger, Larry Owens and Russ Petro. Charlie Sentman won the sportsman feature over Mike Swartz, John Moore, Steve Sutliff and Don Duncan.
From 1990 at Bloomington Speedway: Jack Hewitt won the sprint car feature over Ricky Hood, Greg Hodnett, Bobby Allen and Danny Smith.
Also, from 1990 at Haubstadt: Gary Trammell won the sprint car feature over Kevin Briscoe and Gary Hayhurst Jr. Doug McCammon won the late model feature over Kevin Claycomb and Jim Curry.