Plymouth Speedway 4-wide (Highlight Video from FloRacing.com)
7/19/19
Plymouth Speedway
Plymouth, IN
Indiana Sprintweek Night #2
USAC
38 cars
The cars were divided into two groups for qualifying. Dustin Ingle (3rd car out to time) set quick time in the first flight at 13.485 seconds on the 1/4-mile oval. Brady Bacon (13th car out) was second quick, followed by Chase Stockon (8th), Josh Hodges (4th) and Max Adams (17th). Tyler Courtney (8th car out) led the second flight at 13.358 seconds, ahead of Jason McDougal (6th), CJ Leary (19th), Chris Windom (12th) and Justin Grant (10th).
Heat one (started): 1. Matt Westfall 33m (1) 2. Brandon Mattox 28 (3) 3. Stockon 32 (5) 4. Ingle 2DI (6) / 5. Adams 5m (4) 6. Dustin Christie 75 (2) 7. Koby Barksdale 22 (7) 8. Matt Moore 9 (9) 9. Anthony D’Alessio 01 (8) 10. TJ Artz 57x (10)
10-lap heats took the top four to the main event. Westfall led wire to wire in this one with Mattox and Stockon in tow. A three-way battle for fourth went to Ingle on lap six, when he passed Christie.
Heat two (started): 1. Hodges 74x (5) 2. Bacon 69 (6) 3. Zane Hendricks 27 (1) 4. Terry Richards 18m (4) / 5. Shane Cottle 2E (7) 6. Isaac Chapple 52 (8) 7. Brandon Long 02 (2) 8. Matt Goodnight 39 (9) 9. Mitchell Davis 56 (3)
Hendricks led Long and Richards early. Lap two saw Hodges shoot from fourth to second. Bacon advanced to fourth on lap three and then took third from Richards on lap four. Hodges picked off Hendricks for the lead with three to go, and Bacon trailed in second on lap eight.
Heat three (started): 1. Thomas Meseraull 00 (2) 2. Carson Short 21 (1) 3. Grant 4 (4) 4. Courtney 7BC (6) / 5. Dakota Jackson 17 (3) 6. Leary 19AZ (5) 7. Clinton Boyles 57 (7) 8. Jarett Andretti 18 (9) 9. Cole Ketcham 41 (10) 10. Matt McCarthy 28m (8)
The second flight was definitely stacked and made for some competitive heats. Short led early in this one, with Meseraull getting by on lap three for the lead. Courtney battled from row three to grab the fourth and final transfer from Jackson on lap four.
Heat four (started): 1. Kyle Cummins 3R (3) 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. 19 (4) 3. Windom 5G (5) 4. McDougal 71P (6) / 5. Dave Darland 42 (1) 6. Brian VanMeveren 24 (9) 7. Dickie Gaines 44 (8) 8. Brody Roa 91 (7) 9. Chad Boespflug 98E (2)
Darland led Boespflug and Cummins early. Boespflug moved into the lead on lap two, while Thomas Jr. got by Cummins for third. Darland shot back to the point on lap three with Thomas in tow. Boespflug stopped on the backstretch three laps in. Darland led Thomas, Cummins and Windom back to green. Thomas jetted into the lead on the restart, and three laps later, Roa and Boespflug flipped in turn three. Gaines was also involved. Everyone was o.k. Thomas led Darland, Cummins and Windom back to green. Cummins found something on the cushion and took the point, while Windom took third from Darland. McDougal would capture the last transfer with two to go.
B main (started): 1. Leary (1) 2. Jackson (3) 3. Adams (2) 4. Andretti (13) 5. Davis (4) 6. Boyles (8) / 7. Darland (7) 8. Long (6) 9. Christie (5) 10. McCarthy (11) 11. Artz (17) 12. Gaines (19) 13. Ketcham (15) 14. Goodnight (18) 15. Chapple (14) 16. Moore (16) 17. Barksdale (9) 18. Cottle (10) 19. D’Alessio (12) DNS – VanMeveren, Roa, Boespflug
The 12-lap B took the top six to the A. Ketcham spun before a lap could be completed. Adams led Jackson and Davis on lap one, before a chain reaction saw Chapple and Cottle get collected. Adams led Jackson, Davis, Leary and Long back to green. Leary quickly took third, while Boyles moved into the sixth and final transfer. Leary took the point on lap four, while Andretti, who started in row seven, was up in a transfer by lap six. The battle for second went three-wide on lap eight before D’Alessio’s 360 spin slowed things one last time. The restart saw Jackson get by Davis for second. Adams and Andretti followed into three and four.
A main (started): 1. Courtney (6) 2. Leary (7) 3. Grant (9) 4. Bacon (3) 5. McDougal (4) 6. Windom (1) 7. Jackson (13) 8. Stockon (2) 9. Cummins (15) 10. Hodges (8) 11. Westfall (19) 12. Thomas Jr. (11) 13. Adams (10) 14. Short (18) 15. Davis (16) 16. Chapple (23, prov.) 17. Ingle (5) 18. Andretti (22) 19. Meseraull (17) 20. Hendricks (20) 21. Boyles (21) 22. Mattox (14) 23. Richards (12) 24. Christie (24, prov.)
Stockon led the 30-lapper early over Windom and Bacon. Windom jumped into the lead on lap two, and Bacon followed him into second. McDougal advanced to third by lap six, followed by Courtney. Courtney was riding the cushion to get around McDougal for third on lap nine. Meanwhile, Bacon was all over Windom, and passed him for the lead on lap 12. A lap later, Mattox flipped in turn one. He was uninjured. Bacon led Windom, Courtney, Grant and Leary back to green. Boyles exited with a flat right rear. On lap 15, Courtney ran high around Windom for second on lap 15, and did the same to Bacon on lap 17. Bacon slid back in front of Courtney to lead lap 18, however. Hendricks flipped on lap 18. He was ok. Bacon led Courtney, Windom, Grant and McDougal back to green. Courtney shot to the high side of three and four and diamonded the corner to shoot past Bacon and lead lap 19. Meseraull spun at that point with a flat right rear tire. Courtney would pull away at that point, but the battle for second was intense behind him. Grant would take the spot on lap 23, but Leary was closing late. He’d pass Windom, Grant and then Bacon to finish second. Westfall was the hard-charger.