Walkapedia Weekly Midget / Non-Wing Sprints February 18th, 2018 The first of many “Walkapedia Weekly” newsletter this 1. Table of Contents year! With a trio of newsletters solely focused on micro 2. Sunshine Strikes Twice, Wins Back-to-Back in USAC sprints in one, midgets & non-wing sprints in another, 3. Courtney Claims First Win of 2018 at Bubba and winged sprints in their own, we will unleash a new 4. Stockon Scores USAC Opener in Florida media presence in the dirt track racing world in 2018. 5. Thomas Jr. Sweeps POWRi Midgets at Bubba With race recaps, the latest news, exclusive feature stories and more, the potential for “Walkapedia 6. KTJ Takes POWRi Opener with Petry Motorsports Weekly” looms large. Once race season hits stride 7. Outlaw Wings across the country, you can expect three newsletters 8. Feature Story - “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney every Monday/Tuesday recapping the weekend and 9. Feature Story - “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney covering the sport from top-to-bottom. 10. Feature Story - “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney For those interested in becoming advertising partners with Walkapedia across our booming social media 11. Hitch-It / AFD Graphix networks, growing newsletter views and soon-to-be 12. USAC Sprint Car / USAC Midgets Schedule new website, you can email us at 13. POWRi Midgets / WAR Sprint Cars Schedule [email protected] to discuss! Volume I, Issue I Page !1 Walkapedia Weekly Midget / Non-Wing Sprints February 18th, 2018 Sunshine Earns Back-to-Back “Winter Dirt Games” Victories with USAC Sprint Cars at Bubba Raceway Park! Ocala, FL — Picking up right where he left off on Friday night, checked out. Tyler Courtney continued his winning ways with the USAC Pulling away to a dominating 2.5 second advantage AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series as he earned his second- through lap traffic, Courtney worked the cushion to straight “Winter Dirt Games” victory at Bubba Raceway Park. perfection for 30 consecutive laps en route to his second- Leading from flag-to-flag, the 23-year old Indianapolis native straight triumph with the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars put on a dominating display to take his second triumph of at Bubba Raceway Park. Winning twice over the weekend at 2018 with the newly-established Clauson-Marshall-Newman “Winter Dirt Games,” Courtney increased his win total to Racing group. eight career victories, putting him in a tie for 51st on the all- Topping the 28-car field in qualifying, however, was Kevin time wins list. Thomas Jr. setting a time of 13.900 flat in the Hoffman Auto Although the annual trip to Florida in February serves as a Racing, Mean Green No. 69 entry. KTJ’s quicktime one-off series included the 45-race schedule, Courtney and performance was followed by heat race wins from “The Clauson-Marshall-Newman Racing proved that they’ll be a Madman” Robert Ballou, Kody Swanson, Tim Buckwalter, and consistent threat all season long with the Priority Aviation, Tyler Courtney. Spike Chassis No. 7BC. By virtue of his eighth-place qualifying effort and just the Rounding out the top five behind Courtney on Saturday right amount of luck in the invert, “Sunshine” wound up on night was Chris Windom in second, Chad Boespflug in third, the pole of the 30-lap main event with Chad Boespflug in his Kevin Thomas Jr. in fourth and Dave Darland in fifth. Howard Law, Maxim Chassis No. 98 alongside. Closing the top ten was CJ Leary in sixth, Robert Ballou in Jumping into the race lead from the drop of the green flag, seventh, Carson Short in eighth, Justin Grant in ninth and Courtney received an early challenge in the form of fifth- Brady Bacon in tenth. starting Chris Windom. The reigning USAC National Sprint With only a mere 3/45 races completed, Kevin Thomas Jr. Car champion, Windom wheeled the Baldwin Brothers No. 5 escapes Florida as the early point leader ahead of a top five from fifth-to-second on the opening lap and tested Courtney that includes Chris Windom (-8), Tyler Courtney (-18), Chad in the early running, but soon lost sight of “Sunshine” as he Boespflug (-45) and CJ Leary (-48). QuickTime: Kevin Thomas Jr. (13.900). Heat Winners: Robert Ballou, Kody Swanson, Tim Buckwalter, Tyler Courtney. A-Main Results (30 Laps): 1. Tyler Courtney (1), 2. Chris Windom (5), 3. Chad Boespflug (2), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 5. Dave Darland (3), 6. CJ Leary (4), 7. Robert Ballou (9), 8. Carson Short (11), 9. Justin Grant (8), 10. Brady Bacon (12), 11. Logan Seavey (7), 12. Chase Stockon (15), 13. Kyle Cummins (10), 14. Jarett Andretti (14), 15. Nick Bilbee (16), 16. Kody Swanson (17), 17. Tim Buckwalter (18), 18. Isaac Chapple (13), 19. Mario Clouser (22), 20. Garrett Aitken (19), 21. Brandon Mattox (20), 22. Landon Simon (21). “Sunshine” celebrates his eighth-career USAC AMSOIL National Lap Leader(s): Courtney 1-30. Sprint Car Series win on Saturday. (Chris Seelman Photo) Hard Charger(s): Windom +3. Volume I, Issue I Page !2 Walkapedia Weekly Midget / Non-Wing Sprints February 18th, 2018 Tyler Courtney Wins First USAC Event of 2018 in Throwback No. 7BC for Clauson-Marshall-Newman Racing! Ocala, FL — Rebounding from a rough opening appearance on Thursday night at Bubba Raceway Park, Tyler Courtney and the Clauson-Marshall-Newman Racing team put their highly-touted team chemistry on display by dominating Friday’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series feature for their first-career victory as a unit. After a cut tire put a disheartening feel on their debut, “Sunshine” bounced back by storming into the lead on lap three and never looking back en route to his seventh-career triumph with the series. Starting from the outside of the second row, Courtney took the green flag alongside Kevin Thomas Jr. and behind the front row of Jarrett Andretti and CJ Leary. Taking command in the early running ahead of KTJ and Courtney, CJ Leary led the way across the opening two circuits. However, as the third lap chimed in, Courtney made his Tyler Courtney whips the No. 7BC around Bubba Raceway Park during qualifying action. (Rich Forman Photo) presence felt with a daring move. Powering around the outside of Thomas Jr. in turns one and two, “Sunshine” split the middle down the D-shaped backstretch and snuck to the QuickTime: Kyle Cummins (14.297). bottom of turn three as he slid his Priority Aviation, Spike Heat Winners: Nick Bilbee, Robert Ballou, Tyler Courtney, Kent Chassis No. 7BC past Leary for the race lead. Schmidt. After gaining control of the top spot, it was all smooth sailing from there for Courtney. Receiving no true challenges A-Main Results (30 Laps): 1. Tyler Courtney (4), 2. CJ Leary (2), 3. for the lead, his biggest task in maneuvering through lap Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 4. Chris Windom (9), 5. Kyle Cummins (6), 6. traffic in the late running which proved to be difficult at times Dave Darland (10), 7. Carson Short (5), 8. Chad Boespflug (12), 9. around the 3/8th mile Bubba Raceway Park. Brady Bacon (11), 10. Chase Stockon (7), 11. Justin Grant (13), 12. In the end, the Indianapolis 23-year old held on for the Mario Clouser (16), 13. Robert Ballou (20), 14. Tim Buckwalter (15), remaining 28 laps and guided the Clauson-Marshall- 15. Nick Bilbee (19), 16. Logan Seavey (8), 17. Kody Swanson (17), Newman Racing No. 7BC to victory lane for the first time in 18. Landon Simon (23), 19. Kent Schmidt (18), 20. Isaac Chapple 2018. Proving to be a special victory for the entire group, (21), 21. Brandon Mattox (22), 22. Jarett Andretti (1), 23. Garrett Courtney #ParkedIt with a little bit of extra flare, as the team Aitken (14). brought a special throwback design to Bryan Clauson’s Lap Leader(s): Leary 1-2, Courtney 3-30. popular No. 7 machine from several years ago. Hard Charger(s): Ballou +7. Trailing Tyler Courtney to the line was early race leader CJ Leary in second, Hoffman Auto Racing driver Kevin Thomas Jr. in third, Chris Windom in the Baldwin Brothers entry in Nick Bilbee, Robert Ballou, Tyler Courtney and Kent Schmidt. fourth, and Kyle Cummins rounding out the top five. Closing B-Main transfers included the likes of Logan Seavey, Chase out the top ten was Dave Darland (6th), Carson Short (7th), Stockon, Garrett Aitken, Mario Clouser, Brandon Mattox and Chad Boespflug (8th), Brady Bacon (9th) and Chase Stockon Tim Buckwalter. (10th). The victory was Courtney’s first of 2018, his first at Bubba Setting quicktime in qualifying action with a 14.297 was Raceway Park, and the seventh of his USAC National Sprint Princeton, Indiana native, Kyle Cummins, in his No. 3C entry. Car career. Picking up heat race wins on Friday night was a foursome of Volume I, Issue I Page !3 Walkapedia Weekly Midget / Non-Wing Sprints February 18th, 2018 Chase Stockon Takes USAC Season Opener in Florida, Holds Off Darland, Grant & Thomas for “Winter Dirt Games” Win! Ocala, FL - Proving ready for a test around every corner last with TOPP Motorsports in victory lane, Grant also nearly night, Fort Branch, Indiana’s Chase Stockon fended off a trio overtook Stockon, but still came up short. On the 23rd of mighty challenges from the likes of Dave Darland, Justin circuit, another new face in a new ride arose to throw his hat Grant and Kevin Thomas Jr. throughout the 30-lap “Winter into the mix, as Kevin Thomas Jr. guided the Hoffman Racing Dirt Games” opener to the USAC National Sprint Car Series No. 69 into second behind Stockon.