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WEEKLY REWIND
LEVI JONES – No. 20
TSR/CHEVROLET/BEAST (USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES)
USAC
NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY – NOV. 22
- Thus.,
Nov. 22 – Irwindale (Calif.)
Speedway
-- (half-mile pavement oval)
- Finished 27th in the 98-lap
feature. Jones slid in oil in turn two and was struck by another car
ending his night prematurely.
- Qualified 19th of 66 cars.
- 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 finished the season ranked seventh in
the USAC National Midget Car Series championship with 875 points.
RICKY STENHOUSE,
JR. -- No. 121 TSR/CHEVROLET/BEAST (USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES)
USAC
NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY – NOV. 22
- Thus.,
Nov. 22 – Irwindale (Calif.)
Speedway
-- (half-mile pavement oval)
- Finished 29th in the 98-lap
feature event. Stenhouse slid (along with Jones) in oil and was struck
by another car ending his night early.
- Qualified 30th of 66 cars.
- 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.
- Stenhouse finished the season ranked third in
the USAC Midget Series championship standings with 1,083 points.
- He finished the season ranked sixth in the
USAC Sprint Series title chase with 1,023 points.
TRACY HINES -- No.
21 TSR/CHEVROLET/BEAST (USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES)
- Thus.,
Nov. 22 – Irwindale (Calif.)
Speedway
-- (half-mile pavement oval)
- Finished 23rd in the 98-lap
feature. Mechanical issues forced Hines to park the car before the end
of the race.
- Qualified 36th fastest of 66 cars.
- Will continued therapy at St. Vincent’s
Sports Medicine in Indianapolis
during the off-season.
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 & Hines.
- 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.
TRACY
HINES…AT A GLANCE
- Driver, No. 21 USAC National Sprint Car &
USAC National Midget, No. 22 USAC National Silver Crown Series entries
for Tony Stewart Racing.
- Hines is in his first year with TSR. He
returns to open-wheel racing after three years of competing in the
NASCAR Busch Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
- Hines ran a limited USAC schedule in 2006
earning two USAC Silver Crown Series victories, as well as two
victories in the USAC National Sprint Car Series.
- Hines also won in the USAC National Midget
Car Series, making him one of three drivers to win in all three USAC
National divisions in 2006.
- Hines won the 2000 USAS Silver Crown Series
championship. He went on to win the 2002 USAC National Sprint Car
Series title in 2002.
- Hines earned the 2000 USAC “Super License”
award for his stellar performances in all three USAC National
divisions.
- Hines made his USAC National Midget Car
Series debut in 1993.
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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