{"id":28617,"date":"2016-07-07T16:44:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T23:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=28617"},"modified":"2016-07-08T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:05:11","slug":"indiana-sprint-week-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/indiana-sprint-week-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Sprint Week Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/indiana-sprint-week-kicks-off\/image00-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image00.png\" data-orig-size=\"577,737\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image00\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image00-235x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image00.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image00.png\" alt=\"Indiana Sprint week 2016\" width=\"577\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image00.png 577w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image00-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sound of USAC Sprint cars will be heard throughout the great state of Indiana starting Friday, July 8th. \u00a0The USAC racing series begins Indiana Sprint Week for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USAC-AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as drivers and crews set out on a nine night, seven-race stretch that concludes on Saturday, July 16th. \u00a0Racing begins at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gas City I-69 Speedway<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the 29th edition of the Indiana Sprint Week. \u00a0Friends, family, and fans alike will be parking their motorhomes and packing the stands to take in one of Indiana\u2019s top dirt track racing events. \u00a0So far this year, Brady Bacon leads the points race with 1491. \u00a0Thomas Meseraull <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1387)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Chase Stockon <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1343)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dice it up for second and third place with a mere forty-four points separating the two drivers. \u00a0The 2015 Rookie of the Year, Aaron Farney, is tenth in points <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(869)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and last year\u2019s Indiana Sprint Week winner, Robert Ballou, is currently sitting in fourth position <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1330)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0Don\u2019t count out Indiana Sprint Week two-time Champion <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2013-14),<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bryan Clauson, who\u2019s residing in a respectable eleventh place <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(774) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMSOIL National Sprint Points<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0If USAC racing fans happen to find themselves visiting the Hoosier State over the next week, then consider attending one of Indiana\u2019s dirt racing spectacles at one of the seven tracks listed below. \u00a0Competition between drivers and crews is sure to be ultra competitive as each team wants to leave their mark on history by winning the 29th Annual Indiana Sprint Week. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>29TH ANNUAL INDIANA SPRINT WEEK SCHEDULE:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, July 8th: Gas City I-69 Speedway \u2013 Gas City, IN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, July 9th: Kokomo Speedway \u2013 Kokomo, IN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, July 10th: Lawrenceburg Speedway \u2013 Lawrenceburg, IN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, July 13th: Terre Haute Action Track \u2013 Terre Haute, IN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, July 14th: Lincoln Park Speedway \u2013 Putnamville, IN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, July 15th: Bloomington Speedway \u2013 Bloomington, IN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, July 16th: Tri-State Speedway \u2013 Haubstadt, IN<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\u200b\u200bThe\u200b \u200bUSAC\u200b \u200bracing\u200b \u200bseries\u200b \u200bbegins\u200b \u200bIndiana\u200b \u200bSprint\u200b \u200bWeek on July 8\u200b \u200bfor\u200b \u200bthe\u200b 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