American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 5 | Page 28

Photo | Neil Cavanah Brady Bacon, fresh from claiming the “Indiana Sprint Week” championship, has spurted to a comfortable lead in the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship standings. The Broken Arrow, OK. driver now holds a 170 point lead over defending series champ Robert Ballou. Bacon’s fourth-place finish in Sunday night’s “Don Smith Classic” at the Terre Haute Action Track assured his team – Dynamics, Inc. – of winning the famed $3,500 Bridgeport Rocker donated by long-time USAC supporters John and Terri Youngs of Vincennes, Ind. The team also earned the $5,000 championship share of the Indiana Sprint Week point fund. Chase Stockon of Fort Branch, Ind. captured Sunday’s Terre Haute finale, which was delayed from Wednesday by rain. He led all 30 laps in the Superior Tank & Trailer/Dewig Meats DRC/Fisher, beating Ballou, Tyler Courtney, Bacon and Aaron Farney. Stockon’s victory concluded a sevenrace series which featured seven different feature winners! That marked the first time since 2001 that ISW produced no repeat winners! Brady Short of Bedford, Ind. won Thursday’s race at