American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 5 | Page 33

USAC PR | RYAN SELLERS PHOTO

Carson Short continued the roll of
first-time USAC AMSOIL National
Sprint Car winners into victory lane
Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway, becoming the fourth different
driver to pick up his initial career
series victory in the first six races of
the 29th edition of Indiana Sprint
Week.
On this night, USAC celebrated its
10,000th sanctioned event since its
debut in January of 1956. Starting
from the pole position for the 30lap event on this momentous occasion was the 20-year-old Short, unrelated to Thursday night's winner
at Lincoln Park Speedway Brady
Short.
Short bolted to the lead in the first
turn at the start, sliding up in front
of fellow front row starter, Jarett
Andretti for the race lead on the
opening lap.

As Short began to distance himself
from second-running Andretti, TriState Speedway favorite Cummins
was able to sneak by Andretti for
the second spot with a move on the
inside of turn two.
Both Short and Cummins occupied
the middle groove on both ends of
the racetrack, setting a blistering
pace as both entered lapped traffic.
With ten laps remaining, Short
would have to weave his way
through a bevy of slower traffic
with the Haubstadt master, Kyle
Cummins hot on his trail as the laps
wound down.
With lapped cars running high, low
middle and everywhere in between, Short had to be nearly perfect as he worked his way through
the nooks and crannies in the back
of the field while simultaneously

being shadowed and hounded by
Cummins.
With just five to go, Short almost
saw the race slip through his fingers after getting extremely sideways at the exit of turn four. Short
momentarily sliced down on Cummins' inside line, forcing Cummins
to back off the throttle, which
slowed his momentum as Short regained control and maintained his
place atop the leaderboard.
During the final laps, Short hit all of
his marks correctly and was able to
maneuver around a handful of
lapped machines with relative ease
to collect not only his first career
series victory, but his first ever
sprint car win of any kind, in his
Indiana Sprint Week debut of 2016
over Cummins and Chase Stockon.