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Inside Line Promotions – JACKSON, Minn. (June 23, 2016) – Brady Bacon stood atop the podium after winning the first AMSOIL USAC Sprint Cars event at Jackson Motorplex in approximately 28 years on Thursday during the first night of an action-packed weekend tripleheader.

“It’s changed a lot since the last time I was here,” said Bacon, who last competed at the track in a winged sprint car in 2011. “The facility is super, super, super nice. It’s pretty spectacular now.”

Bacon took advantage of his front row starting position as he stalked polesitter Dave Darland for the first 14 laps of the first USAC show at Jackson Motorplex since 1988. Bacon capitalized in traffic to take the lead on Lap 15 and he held off a late rally from Robert Ballou, who took over second place with 10 laps remaining and cut Bacon’s lead from more than 1.5 seconds to less than four hundredths of a second with five laps to go.

“The track was really, really good for us,” Bacon said. “A lot of places don’t put enough water on it. We need a little bit more water to put on a good show. I hope we did. Me and Ballou were battling at the end pretty close.”

Bacon maneuvered through traffic efficiently to score his second AMSOIL USAC Sprint Cars victory of the season and extend his lead in the championship standings.

Ballou picked up a runner-up result with Chase Stockon, who opened the night by establishing a new track record and setting quick time during qualifying, rounding out the podium.

C.J. Leary ended fourth with Darland fifth.

Chris Windom, Aaron Farney and Ballou each earned a heat race win.

Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars

Kaleb Johnson took advantage of a late-race restart to garner his first Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars triumph this year.

Jesse Lindberg led the first 13 laps before Johnson took over the top spot with two laps remaining. Lindberg held on to a second-place result with Bruce Anderson placing third, Brady Forbrook fourth and Michael Stien fifth.

Colin Smith and Forbrook both captured a heat race victory.

Anderson and Lindberg are now tied atop the championship standings.

Bohl’s Small Engine & Marine IMCA Sport Modifieds

Matthew Looft won his second Bohl’s Small Engine & Marine IMCA Sport Modifieds feature of the season.

Jason Andrews, who charged from 12th to the runner-up result, finished less than six tenths of a second behind Looft. Dan Paplow was third, Justin Schuder fourth and Dustin Wiederhoeft fifth.

Justin Remus, Looft and Andrews were the heat race winners.

Thursday night was the first of a tripleheader at Jackson Motorplex, which hosts the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and Spirit Lake Silver & Gold NSL 410 Sprint Cars with the National Sprint League as well as the Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars on Friday.

Tickets for Friday are available at https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=122 or by calling 815-344-2023.

The pits are slated to open at 2 p.m. with the front gates opening at 4 p.m. Hot laps will begin around 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s program at Jackson Motorplex will include the Wilmont Oil IMCA a mods, Bohl’s Small Engine & Marine IMCA sport mods, Minnesota West – Jackson Campus IMCA hobby stocks, Boji Bay Water Park IMCA sport compacts and IMCA stock cars.

Tickets for Saturday are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors ages 65 and older, $6 for students ages 13 to 18 and free for children ages 12 and younger. Pit passes are $30.

The pits will open at 4 p.m. with the main gates opening at 5 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled for 7 p.m.

AMSOIL USAC Sprint Cars Race Report: Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on June 23, 2016 –

Qualifying: 1. 32-Chase Stockon 18.222; 2. 15f-Aaron Farney 18.441; 3. 1-Robert Ballou 18.462; 4. 17gp-C.J. Leary 18.491; 5. 69-Brady Bacon 18.601; 6. 11-Dave Darland 18.628; 7. 98e-Chad Boespflug 18.657; 8. 97-Bret Mellenberndt 18.693; 9. 24-Landon Simon 18.699; 10. 52-Isaac Chapple 18.735; 11. 66-Thomas Meseraull 18.820; 12. 17-Max McGhee 18.897; 13. 5-Chris Windom 18.966; 14. 78-Rob Caho Jr. 19.012; 15. 0-Brandon Stevenson 19.200; 16. 19-Joe Bares 19.647; 17. 0x-Alex Schriever 19.876; 18. 13mj-Brandon Halverson 20.023; 19. 7x-Clinton Bruns 20.518; 20. 71-Robert Bell No Time; 21. 24x-Kyle Simon No Time.

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Chris Windom (2); 2. 98e-Chad Boespflug (4); 3. 32-Chase Stockon (6); 4. 52-Isaac Chapple (3); 5. 17gp-C.J. Leary (5); 6. 19-Joe Bares (1); 7. 7x-Clinton Bruns (7).

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 15f-Aaron Farney (6); 2. 69-Brady Bacon (5); 3. 66-Thomas Meseraull (3); 4. 97-Bret Mellenberndt (4); 5. 0x-Alex Schriever (1); 6. 78-Rob Caho Jr. (2); 7. 71-Robert Bell (DNS).

Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Robert Ballou (6); 2. 24-Landon Simon (4); 3. 11-Dave Darland (5); 4. 17-Max McGhee (3); 5. 0-Brandon Stevenson (2); 6. 13mj-Brandon Halverson (1); 7. 24x-Kyle Simon (DNS).

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 69-Brady Bacon (2); 2. 1-Robert Ballou (4); 3. 32-Chase Stockon (6); 4. 17gp-C.J. Leary (3); 5. 11-Dave Darland (1); 6. 66-Thomas Meseraull (11); 7. 15f-Aaron Farney (5); 8. 5-Chris Windom (13); 9. 98e-Chad Boespflug (7); 10. 24-Landon Simon (9); 11. 52-Isaac Chapple (10); 12. 17-Max McGhee (12); 13. 19-Joe Bares (16); 14. 0-Brandon Stevenson (15); 15. 0x-Alex Schriever (17); 16. 13mj-Brandon Halverson (18); 17. 7x-Clinton Bruns (19); 18. 97-Bret Mellenberndt (8); 19. 78-Rob Caho Jr. (14); 20. 71-Robert Bell (20); 21. 24x-Kyle Simon (21). Laps led: Dave Darland 1-14; Brady Bacon 15-30.

Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars Race Report: Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on June 23, 2016 –

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Colin Smith (2); 2. 7l-Jesse Lindberg (3); 3. 10-Trevor Serbus (1); 4. 4s-Michael Stien (4); 5. 33s-Jeremy Schultz (5).

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Brady Forbrook (4); 2. 4sn-Nate Eakin (2); 3. 22-Kaleb Johnson (3); 4. 11a-Bruce Anderson (5); 5. Elliot Amdahl (1).

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 22-Kaleb Johnson (2); 2. 7l-Jesse Lindberg (3); 3. 11a-Bruce Anderson (1); 4. 5-Brady Forbrook (5); 5 4s-Michael Stien (6); 6. 10-Trevor Serbus (4); 7. 4sn-Nate Eakin (8); 8. 33s-Jeremy Schultz (9); 9. 05-Colin Smith (7); 10. 51a-Elliot Amdahl (DNS). Laps led: Jesse Lindberg 1-13; Kaleb Johnson 14-15.

Bohl’s Small Engine & Marine IMCA Sport Modifieds Race Report: Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on June 23, 2016 –

Heat Race #1 (6 Laps): 1. 0-Justin Remus (1); 2. 18-Kyle Steuber (4); 3. R6-Danny Myrvold (5); 4. 15-Dallas Nutt (3); 5. 82s-Sam VanLenning (2); 6. 9l-Randy Klein (6).

Heat Race #2 (6 Laps): 1. 9-Matthew Looft (2); 2. 8l-Lyle Sathoff (3); 3. 3-Dustin Widerhoeft (1); 4. 3w-Randy Winter (5); 5. 51-Eric Boler (4); 6. 22j-James Jenkins (6).

Heat Race #3 (6 Laps): 1. 03z-Jason Andrews (2); 2. 25-Dan Paplow (4); 3. 82-Sonny VanLenning (1); 4. 20-Justin Schuder (3); 5. 14b-Tom Brown (5).

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9-Matthew Looft (1); 2. 03z-Jason Andrews (12); 3. 25-Dan Paplow (8); 4. 20-Justin Schuder (3); 5. 3-Dustin Wiederhoeft (11); 6. 82-Sonny VanLenning (4); 7. 0-Justin Remus (2); 8. 18-Kyle Steuber (10); 9. 15-Dallas Nutt (17); 10. 14b-Tom Brown (14); 11. 3w-Randy Winter (5); 12. 51-Eric Boler (13): 13. 22j-James Jenkins (16); 14. R6-Danny Mryvold (7); 15. 9l-Randy Klein (15); 16. 82s-Sam VanLenning (6); 17. 8l-Lyle Sathoff (9).

UP NEXT –

FRIDAY: World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series featuring Spirit Lake Silver & Gold NSL 410 Sprint Cars and the National Sprint League and the Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars

Saturday: Wilmont Oil IMCA a mods, Bohl’s Small Engine & Marine IMCA sport mods, Minnesota West – Jackson Campus IMCA hobby stocks, Boji Bay Water Park IMCA sport compacts and IMCA stock cars

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com

Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/JacksonMotorplx

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JacksonSpeedway/?fref=ts

JACKSON MOTORPLEX –

Jackson Motorplex is a recently renovated half-mile dirt oval located in Jackson, Minn. It hosts weekly races on most Fridays and Saturdays from May through September with 410ci winged sprint cars, 360ci winged sprint cars, IMCA a mods, IMCA stock cars, IMCA sport mods, IMCA hobby stocks and IMCA sport compacts among the featured classes. For more information, visit http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com.

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