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Haubstadt, IN. - February 1, 2010. Officials of the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series have released a schedule for the 2010 racing season. It will be the tenth season for the series which provides 410 non-wing sprint racing in an exciting format to tracks across the heart of the Midwest.

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This coming season the series will hold its opening event in Indiana on Saturday May 1st at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. The 2010 MSCS season will also conclude there with the 5th annual Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals. The finale which is slated for Saturday October 2nd will pay ten thousand dollars to win. The MSCS Championship trophy will be presented that night with the title and overall points dependant on the race results.

The second event on the schedule for 2010 will take the MSCS drivers to the famed half mile Action Track in Terre Haute, IN. The appearance is scheduled for Saturday evening May 15th with a rain date established for Sunday the 16th. Three grand is in the offering to the winner of this year’s Don Smith Classic.

Memorial Day weekend the Midwest Sprint Car Series will make the first of four holiday appearances at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN. Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend’s races will be held on Sunday nights (May 30 and Sept. 5) with a top prize of $3,000 going to the winners. The MSCS sprints will also appear at Tri-State Speedway on Father’s Day which is on Sunday June 20th and again Saturday July 3rd.

The annual KISS-MSCS match-up will be held at Tri-State Speedway on June 5th. That date is on a Saturday and one that the top drivers of both groups will want to keep.

MSCS will also be racing Saturday night June 19th. It should be an auspicious occasion. It will be the very first MSCS appearance at the Paragon Speedway south of Indianapolis, IN. The Speedway will be presenting the Chuck Amati Classic 68 that night. The Amati Classic will pay $3,000 to win and the 68 lap distance was chosen to commemorate Amati’s lifetime. This new event is destined to become one of the most challenging events on the sprint car circuit.

The highlight of the summer schedule will be the 40 lap Hoosier Sprint Nationals. The 2010 version is set to take the green on July 31st at Haubstadt’s Tri-State Speedway and pay $5,000 to win. The inaugural race Hoosier Sprint Nationals was held in 2005.

The biggest single MSCS racing weekend of the 2010 season will held be in Southern Indiana in September. Bloomington Speedway will pay $5,000 to win on Friday Sept. 17th. The MSCS drivers will then have an opportunity to race for $10,000 to win Saturday Sept. 18th at the Haubstadt Hustler Sprint 50 presented by Tri-State Speedway.

In 2010 the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series offers a concise schedule of appealing races, enticing purses, and reasonable travel time to all the tracks involved.

MSCS News Release - Information

Haubstadt, IN - January 8, 2010. With the 2009 season completed, Midwest Sprint Car Series records are undergoing an annual update. Racers race to win and on a given night there can only be one winner. In 9 seasons of MSCS competition there have been some great drives to the front. The names of those who have been the most frequent with successful attempts to gain and then hold the lead appear at the top of the MSCS All Time Winner’s List. Winning one race is tough enough. Repeating as a winner with so many other potential and past winners in each starting field is a mark of an outstanding driver.

As with any sport some of the active participants moved up the victory ladder last season while others failed to find that much success. That list changes from year to year. Driving careers peak, spiral, and sometimes falter. Opportunity is a factor and MSCS is both a challenge and an opportunity.

Heading the MSCS All Time Winners List which has now been updated to include 2009 results is veteran driver Jon Stanbrough of Brownsburg, IN. He won 4 features last year to move from second on the all time list after 2008 to his current position at the very top of the list. He has earned a total of 11 victories and is the first and only driver to reach double digits in the win column. He also notched back to back wins at the height of the season.

Daron Clayton and Kevin Briscoe rank second and third among the remainder of some 24 drivers who have won at least 2 MSCS main events. Clayton and Briscoe had been at the top of the list after each of the prior two seasons. Clayton raced just once with MSCS in 2009 while Briscoe turned the driving chores in the family sprint car over to his son Chase. Movers who were active and winning included Robert Ballou and Hud Cone who are now tied along with Mitch Wissmiller with 6 career wins. A season opening win by Levi Jones moved him up into the top ten on the all time winners list. Chris Windom and Brady Short added a victory each during the first half of the season to also move up in the list of repeat or multiple winners.

Twenty-six other drivers have sole victories. The complete list of some 50 drivers has been updated and can be found on the MSCS website. Just use the Standings Tab to locate and then click on Series Records. First time MSCS winners this past season included Casey Shuman, Scotty Weir, and Bryan Clauson. All three already own a multitude of sprint car victories at weekly race tracks or with other organizations. The 2010 MSCS schedule will offer up another set of opportunities. Purses with top prizes ranging from 2 grand to as much as 10 grand will reward the winners. Careers and reputations will be shaped in the process.

Provided as MSCS Publicity and Information, ERB

Haubstadt, IN - November 11, 2009. Kyle Cummins of Princeton, IN, captured his third consecutive Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series driving championship in 2009. He was among those sent point fund checks and other special awards during the annual MSCS Awards Week which ended November 7th. He received the largest check in the amount of $1,750 from those awarded to drivers who finished in the top ten positions in points. He and car owner Mark Cummins also received championship jackets from Hoosier Racing Tire.

Cummins moved into the MSCS points lead after the June 6th race at Jacksonville, IL. He finished second in the feature that evening. He finished in the top ten a total of 7 times. Three of those were third place finishes. Cummins kept the point lead for the rest of the season with consistent driving performances. The champ qualified for every feature except the one held during the final race at Lawrenceburg. Ironically that was the night he would receive the season championship trophy. That night he lost an engine during hot laps.

Ricky Williams of Clinton, OH, finished second in the standings and just 28 points behind Cummins. William’s share in the point fund was $1,000. The sixteen year old driver was third in points the year prior as the 2008 MSCS Rookie of the Year. Williams and the remainder of the top five drivers were awarded plaques from MSCS.

Blake Fitzpatrick of West Terre Haute, IN, finished third in the standings. He put together an impressive season, his best yet in MSCS competition. Veteran Hud Cone was fourth in the standings. The Oakland City, IN, driver picked up a feature win at Florence Speedway. Adam Nigg was fifth in the overall standings and the leading rookie driver. Nigg who is from Jasper, IN, received two checks. The second check was for being the Gross Enterprises MSCS Rookie of the Year for 2009.

The remainder of the top ten includes Robert Ballou, rookie Brandon Mattox, rookie Nic Faas, Jeff Bland Jr., and Jon Stanbrough. In total 133 drivers competed with MSCS in 2009. Jon Stanbrough’s 4 feature wins was the most this season for any driver racing in the series. Those wins propelled Stanbrough to the top of the list as the leading money winner for the season. Dave Darland was awarded a plaque as the MSCS Hard Charger of the Year. He earned the honor in being named the Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger of the Race two different times.

Other post season awards include the AFCO Racing Shocks Top Performer. Five hundred dollars in merchandise certificates were divided between three drivers. The AFCO top performers in 2009 were Kyle Cummins, Hud Cone, and Adam Nigg.

The winner of a complete set of bumpers and nerf bars provided by Race Bumpers.com was Jeff Bland Jr. A drawing was held with the names of all the drivers included who competed in 60% or more of the races held this season. “Tuff Brakes” product certificates from Wilwood Engineering were sent to drivers who had competed in at least 60% of the races but finished outside the top ten in points.

Any other awards or product merchandise offered will be presented or forwarded to the drivers as soon as possible after MSCS receives them from the sponsor. Thanks to one and all for the support and participation all season long.

Provided by Eldon Butcher, MSCS Information & Publicity

Lawrenceburg, IN. - Oct. 3, 2009. The Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals brought the 2009 Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series to a close. Victory in the 40 lap feature went to Jon Stanbrough of Brownsburg, IN. Stanbrough took the lead on lap 17 from Chris Windom. Stanbrough was driving the Fox Brothers’ sprinter. Windom stayed in contention shadowing Stanbrough’s every move looking for an opportunity to retake the lead. The two would finish one-two some three or four car lengths apart. The victory was worth $10,000 and second paid $5,000!

Damion Gardner spent the race putting together a bid to become a third player over the final dozen laps. He was flat moving through the field after starting seventeenth. He was a strong third at the finish. His performance was the best of some eight drivers who started in the back half of the 24 car feature field and advanced. Most moved up 7 or 8 spots but Gardner gained 14 spots to become the Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger of the race.

Shane Cottle finished fourth in the main. The Kokomo driver kept his car running in the top five all evening. Tracy Hines was fifth. The second five included Chad Boat, Brady Bacon, Brady Short, Short’s teammate Jeff Bland Jr., and Dave Darland. Robert Ballou was 11th and collected the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award for the race.

Brady Bacon was one of the drivers involved in a second lap crash during the feature. That brought about an immediate red flag. Scotty Weir’s car had turned over and it was one of three taken to the work area. Weir’s was ironically the first to be pushed back out onto the track to rejoin the race. Jess Hockett’s car was also pushed off but something broke on the car and it crashed on the backstretch with the field under caution getting set for a restart. That brought the red back out. The added time allowed Bacon the opportunity he needed to rejoin the field. He would turn it into a top ten finish.

The six heat races were won by Chris Windom, Ty Deckard, Jon Stanbrough, Shane Cottle, Jonathan Hendrick, and Blake Fitzpatrick. The two 12 lap B-Mains were won by Scotty Weir and Chad Boat. A C-Main planned for the program was cancelled after hot laps due to a change in the number of cars that would be available to continue to compete.

This year’s Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals drew 53 entries. It became Jon Stanbrough’s fourth MSCS victory of the season. The top two MSCS points leaders endured trying circumstances. MSCS points leader Kyle Cummins would loose an engine during hot laps and be forced to scratch for the program. However his lead in points over Ricky Williams was sufficient enough for him to lock up a third consecutive series title. Williams used a provisional to start the feature. He was third in the heat race and 5th in the B-Main. In both cases Williams missed a transfer spot by just one position.

MSCS Championship Driver and Owner trophies were presented to Kyle and Mark Cummins of Princeton, IN, in a special presentation after the feature. Adam Nigg of Jasper, IN, would likewise be presented with the Gross Enterprises Rookie of the Year Award. The 2009 MSCS racing season has come to a conclusion. Everyone is encouraged to keep up with news in the coming months of the off season by visiting www.mscssprints.com.

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Updated January 31, 2010