WEEKLY REWIND
LEVI JONES – No. 20
TSR/CHEVROLET/MAXIM (USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES)
No. 20
TSR/CHEVROLET/BEAST (USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES AT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL
RACEWAY – NOV. 8
USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES AT
MANZANITA SPEEDWAY
– NOV. 9 –10
- Thus., Nov. 8 – Phoenix International Raceway -- (one-mile
pavement oval)
- Finished
32nd in the 25-lap feature. Mechanical issues ended Jones’
night prematurely.
- Qualified
23rd fastest of 47 cars.
- Fri., Nov. 9 – Manzanita
Speedway in Phoenix -- (half-mile dirt oval)
- Finished
fourth in the 25-lap preliminary feature.
- Qualified
sixth fastest of 59 cars.
- Finished
third in the first heat race.
- Clenched 2007 USAC National Sprint Car Series Driver and
Owner Championships.
- Bubby Jones was named as Mechanic of the Year.
- Sat., Nov. 10 – Manzanita Speedway
in Phoenix
-- (half-mile dirt oval)
- Finished
23rd in the 40-lap feature. Battled right rear tire issues
throughout event.
- Was
officially announced as the 2007 USAC Sprint Series Champion.
- To date:
- Jones
won five sprint feature events this season – (4) USAC and (1) open
event.
- Jones
has won one midget feature events this season (1) USAC/BMARA national
event.
- Jones won the 2007 USAC National Sprint Car Series
championship earning his second series title.
- Jones
is ranked seventh in the USAC National Midget Car Series championship
with 862 points.
FAST FORWARD…
- Mon., Nov. 12 – CarQuest Gasoline Alley TV/Radio/Internet Show
- Jones
will appear as a guest on the CarQuest
Gasoline Alley show on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. EST.
- The
show begins at 6 p.m. EST and can be heard on WALN Digital Cable Radio
at www.walncableradio.com
or Service Electronic Digital Cable TV, Channels 126 and 137.
- Race
fans and media can submit questions via email at walncable@cs.com or by calling the
toll-free hotline at 610-791-1818.
- Mon., Nov. 12 – Win It or Wear It
Show on RacinBoys.com
- Jones
will appear as a guest on the Win It or Wear It Show Monday night at
8:10 p.m. EST.
- The
show begins at 8 p.m. EST and can be heard online at www.racinboys.com.
- Mon., Nov. 12 – USAC Racing Show
on RaceFanRadio.com
- Jones
will appear as a guest on the USAC Racing Show with host Rob Klepper on Monday night at 9:45 p.m. EST.
- The
USAC Racing Show begins at 9 p.m. EST and can be heard online at www.RaceFanRadio.com.
- Race
fans and media can submit questions via email at usacracingshow@racefanradio.com
or by calling the toll-free hotline at 866-376-4720.
- The
USAC Racing Show airs each Monday night at 9 p.m. The show is replayed
on Tuesdays at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Thus., Nov. 22 – Irwindale (Calif.)
Speedway
– (half-mile pavement oval) – USAC Midget Series
- Jones
will compete in the 67th Turkey Night Grand Prix with the
USAC Midget Car Series.
- Practice
for the USAC Midget Series will take on Wed., Nov. 21, from 3 – 8:30
p.m. PST.
- Gates
will open to the public at 4 p.m. PST on Nov. 22.
- The
event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
- Jones
finished 13th in his last appearance at Irwindale
Speedway on Nov. 23, 2006. Billy Wease won
the feature event.
HE SAID IT…
LEVI JONES ON
CLENCHING THE 2007 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP:
“When I won my first Sprint Car title in 2005, it was a
huge milestone in my career. Winning
a second championship this weekend means just as much as the first title
did, maybe more. I am so glad we
were able to finish the season this way.
It’s really exciting to be able to present Chevrolet with its first
USAC championship. The TSR team
didn’t give up, and their hard work and dedication put me in a position to
win at every event this season.
“It was also great to have Tony (Stewart, team owner)
with us for this weekend. I really
appreciate the opportunity he’s given me in being a part of his team, and
I’m glad I was able to win a championship for him and the guys. My family has also been behind me all
season long, and having them here in Phoenix
for this weekend was pretty special.
“I was really relieved that the championship didn’t go
down to Saturday night. I’m glad
we’re able to focus on going after the victory and the money in the
finale. When I won in 2005, it came
down to the final night at Manzanita. Knowing that we have it won heading into
tonight’s race is a real confidence booster. The boss (Stewart) told me Friday night
after we won to have fun and to go for the win, and that’s exactly how
we’ll approach this race.”
JONES REGARDING
THE No. 20 TEAM’S ROUGH DAY AT PHOENIX
INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY:
“Starting in the back of the field you always have a
greater risk of running into trouble, especially on the starts. We were
battling a fuel pump issue and I couldn’t get the car to take off the way I
needed it to. In the end, I had to pull in to save the car. We’ve got
another race left in the midget series this season and I wanted to have a
good car for that event. With Turkey Night coming up next week, we’ll go
back and work on our approach. It would be great to get another win in the
midget series for Chevrolet and Bass Pro Shops.’
RICKY STENHOUSE, JR. -- No. 21
TSR/CHEVROLET/MAXIM (USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES)
No. 21 TSR/CHEVROLET/BEAST (USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES AT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL
RACEWAY – NOV. 8
USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES AT
MANZANITA SPEEDWAY
– NOV. 9 –10
- Thus., Nov. 8 – Phoenix International Raceway -- (one-mile
pavement oval)
- Finished
13th in the 25-lap feature event after starting in 31st
position. Ran as high as eighth position.
- Qualified
31st fastest of 47 cars
- Fri., Nov. 9 – Manzanita
Speedway in Phoenix -- (half-mile dirt oval)
- Finished
fifth in the 25-lap preliminary feature.
- Qualified
fourth fastest of 59 cars.
- Finished
fourth in the fourth heat race.
- Sat., Nov. 10 – Manzanita Speedway
in Phoenix
-- (half-mile dirt oval)
- Finished
fourth in the 40-lap feature.
- To date:
- Stenhouse
has won two USAC Silver Crown Series event this season.
- He
has won one USAC National Sprint Car Series feature event and five
USAC National Midget Car Series features, making him the first driver
to win in all three USAC National Series in 2007.
- Stenhouse
is ranked third in the USAC Midget Series championship standings with
1,070 points.
- He
is ranked sixth in the USAC Sprint Series title chase with 1,023
points.
- Thus., Nov. 22 – Irwindale (Calif.)
Speedway
– (half-mile pavement oval) – USAC Midget Series
- Stenhouse
will compete in the 67th Turkey Night Grand Prix with the
USAC Midget Car Series.
- Practice
for the USAC Midget Series will take on Wed., Nov. 21, from 3 – 8:30
p.m. PST.
- Gates
will open to the public at 4 p.m. PST on November 22.
- The
event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
- The
event will mark Stenhouse’s first appearance
at the facility.
HE SAID IT…
STENHOUSE
REGARDING THE TEAM’S SUCCESSFUL RUN AT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY:
“We were really good on the longer runs. The yellows
hurt us a little bit. The car got tight in the first few laps but it got
better as the laps went by. I was able to get a really good run on people
getting into turn three and that’s where I pass quite a few cars. When I
moved into the top-ten, I did it on the outside. They all went to the
bottom getting into the corner and I drove around them on the outside. We
lost a few spots in the end but for my first time at the track it was a
decent finish. I was a little mad at myself after the race because we’d
been in the top-10 and
I think we could have gotten into the top-five. I’m glad I
was able to put Chevrolet near the front of the field.”
REGARDING THE
TEAMS TWO TOP-FIVE FINISHES AT MANZANITA SPEEDWAY:
“On Friday night, we had a pretty good car but we didn’t
move forward as much as I would have liked. We made some changes for
Saturday and the car was really good. It was a lot of fun battling Dave Darland for the lead. I tried to make the slide job
stick but I gave up some ground as we got back into the race and he got back
by me. I don’t know if anyone could catch Jerry (Coons, Jr., race winner) he was really fast. I think we had a right
rear shock break during the feature. I could feel it as we went through the
feature.
“It was great to have Tony (Stewart) with us all weekend.
It makes it pretty cool to have such a good weekend with him there. I’m
looking forward to heading to Irwindale Speedway
next week also. I’ve never run in the Turkey Night Grand Prix. It would be
a great way to end the season by getting another win for Chevrolet and Bass
Pro Shops in the last race.”
TRACY HINES -- No. 21 TSR/CHEVROLET/BEAST
(USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES)
- Thus., Nov. 8 – Phoenix International Raceway -- (one-mile
pavement oval)
- Finished
35th in the 25-lap feature. Mechanical issues ended Hines’
night prematurely.
- Qualified
29th fastest of 47 cars.
FAST FORWARD…
- Thus., Nov. 22 – Irwindale (Calif.)
Speedway
– (half-mile pavement oval) – USAC Midget Series
- Hines
will compete in the 67th Turkey Night Grand Prix with the
USAC Midget Car Series.
- Practice
for the USAC Midget Series will take on Wed., Nov. 21, from 3 – 8:30
p.m. PST.
- Gates
will open to the public at 4 p.m. PST on November 22.
- The
event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
- In
his last appearance at the facility on Nov. 23, 2006, Hines finished
sixth. Billy Wease won the event.
- Hines
continues to participate in daily out-patient therapy at St. Vincent’s
Sports Performance
Center in Indianapolis.
HE SAID IT…
TRACY HINES ON
MAKING HIS RETURN TO THE SEAT OF THE No. 21 TSR/CHEVROLET/BEAST USAC
MIDGET:
“It was great to get back in the seat of a race car
after being out for over six months. I can’t say enough about St. Vincent’s Sports Performance and its staff . To come back from the injuries that I had to
being able to return to the car says a lot about their dedication and rehabilitation
skills. My trainer, Ralph Reiff, came out with me
to Phoenix
and I was really glad to have him and the others there for my return. I
would have liked to have had a better day on the track but we’ll work on
moving forward and getting back on the track in California next week.
“I really want to thank everyone at St.
Vincent’s, Tony Stewart Racing, Chevrolet, Bass Pro Shops and
all of the others who’ve helped me get back into a race car. The support
has been unbelievable and Christa (Hines’s wife) and I really appreciate
it.”
PAUL MCMAHAN, No. 20 TSR/BASS PRO
SHOPS/EAGLE (World of Outlaws)
- To date:
- McMahan
finished eighth in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series championship
standings with 9,530 points.
- In
74 starts, he earned two victories, eight quick time awards, 14
top-five finishes and 38 top-10 finishes to date.
NUTS
AND BOLTS…
- Jones
and Stenhouse compete with a Maxim chassis in the USAC National Sprint
Car Series and the USAC Silver Crown Series. The Nos. 20 and 21 dirt
midget chassis are designed by Spike Chassis.
- Jones
and Stenhouse compete with BEAST pavement chassis in the USAC National
Sprint Car Series and the USAC National Midget Car Series.
- Paul
Kistler of Kistler
Engines builds the Chevrolet powerplants for
TSR’s USAC National Sprint Car and Silver
Crown Series entries. TSR’s Chevrolet Midget
engines are built by Steve Smith of Hawk Race Engines.
- McMahan
competes with an Eagle Chassis in the World of Outlaws Sprint Series.
- Kistler also builds the Chevrolet powerplants for TSR’s
World of Outlaws Sprint Series entry.
- The
Nos. 20 and 21 (USAC & WoO) team
sponsors are:
- Chevrolet,
Bass Pro Shops, J.D. Byrider, Coca-Cola, Old
Spice, Hoosier Tire and Simpson.
- Crew Chiefs:
- Bubby Jones –No. 20 USAC
National Sprint & USAC National Midget, No. 10 USAC Silver Crown
Series entries driven by Jones.
- Bobby Barth
– No. 21 USAC National Sprint & USAC National Midget, No. 22 USAC
National Silver Crown Series driven by Stenhouse.
- Jimmy Carr – No. 20 World of
Outlaws Sprint Series, driven by McMahan.
LEVI JONES…AT A GLANCE
- Jones
won the 2007 USAC National Sprint Car Series Championship for Tony
Stewart Racing. The No. 20 team also clenched the owner’s championship
portion of the title.
- Jones
is the driver of the No. 20 USAC National Sprint Car & USAC
National Midget and the No. 10 USAC National Silver Crown Series
entries for Tony Stewart Racing.
- Jones
is in his second year with TSR. He was the USAC National Sprint Car
Series runner-up in 2006 in his first season with TSR. Jones also
earned a sixth-place finish in the USAC National Midget Car Series
championship in his first full season in the series.
- Jones
will enter his fourth year of USAC National Silver Crown Series
competition this year. The 2007 season will also mark Jones’ second full-time
efforts in the USAC Silver Crown Series and the USAC National Midget
Car Series.
- Jones
won the 2005 USAC National Sprint Car Series championship, his first
national title.
- Jones
won the inaugural O’Reilly Sprint Bandit Tour ’N Topless Series in
2005, sweeping four of five events en route to the title.
- Jones
was named as the 2005 “Driver of the Year” by the North American
Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll voting panel.
- Before
becoming a full-time USAC National Series competitor, Jones honed his
racing skills around the Midwest in
various sprint car classes.
STENHOUSE, JR.,…
AT A GLANCE
- Stenhouse
is the driver of the No. 21 USAC National Sprint Car & USAC
National Midget and No. 22 USAC National Silver Crown Series entries
for Tony Stewart Racing. He was named as the interim driver for TSR’s Tracy Hines, who is recovering from injuries
he sustained in an off-road motorcycle accident on April 30.
- Stenhouse
joins TSR after competing in several different winged and non-winged
open-wheel racing series over the past four years. His experience
includes events in several 360 winged sprint division,
the All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC,) the American Sprint Car
Series (ASCS,) and the United Sprint Car Series (USCS) winged sprint
car ranks.
- Stenhouse
made his first USAC National Sprint Car Series start at Memphis
Motorsports Park (MMP) in 2004. He finished seventh in the feature.
- Stenhouse
was named as the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) driver poll
“Wild Card” nominee in the 360 Winged Sprint and 410 Winged Sprint Car
Series divisions.
- Stenhouse
won three ASCoC Ohio Speedweek A-main
features in 2006.
- Stenhouse
won four USCS features in 2005.
- Before
moving into the professional ranks, Stenhouse recorded 47 A-main karting wins in various series. He also won the
1999 Tulsa Shootout A-main and the 1998 Indoor Thunder Nationals
Championship.
PAUL MCMAHAN…AT A GLANCE
- McMahan
is the driver of the No. 20 World of Outlaws sprint car for Tony
Stewart Racing.
- McMahan
is in his second year with TSR. He earned a sixth-place finish in the
2006 National Sprint Tour Series Championship.
- McMahan
posted one World of Outlaws Sprint Series victory in 2006, winning at USA Race
Park in Tucson, Ariz.,
in March, 2006.
- McMahan
has earned at least one World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-main victory since 2003.
- McMahan
won his first World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-main in 2001at the Sedalia (Mo.)
State Fair Speedway.
- McMahan
was named as the All Star Circuit Champions “Rookie of the Year” in
1999.
- Before
joining the World of Outlaws Sprint Series full-time in 2001, McMahan
competed in the Golden State Challenge Series in California, the World of Outlaws Gumout Racing Series and the All Star Circuit of
Champions.
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INFORMATION…
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