JONES, WISE LEAD SPRINTS TO TRI-CITY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                  JULY 31, 2006

Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER                                                                                                       06-204

 

 

JONES, WISE LEAD SPRINTS TO TRI-CITY SUNDAY

 

 

            Tony Stewart Racing teammates Levi Jones and Josh Wise will lead the USAC National Sprint Car Series to Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach (Granite City), Ill. Sunday night as they continue their battle for the 2006 series championship.

 

            Jones, of Olney, Ill., is the defending champion and holds a 33-point lead over Wise, of Riverside, Calif., USAC's 2005 National Midget Series titlist.

 

            Ironically, despite numerous podium finishes so far this season, neither Jones nor Wise has won a National Sprint feature yet! Jones' lone USAC Sprint win came in a CRA race at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. in March, a race which Wise led until he crashed.

 

            A 30-lap feature is on tap at the 1/2-mile track where Jay Drake won last year. Drake ranks ninth in the latest USAC National Sprint Car standings.

 

 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

 

      1.
     Levi Jones
     1,069
      
     6.
     Darren Hagen
     881
     
      2.
     Josh Wise
     1,036
      
     7.
     Jerry Coons Jr.
     723
     
      3.
     Bryan Clauson
     986
      
     8.
     Jon Stanbrough
     644
     
      4.
     Dave Darland
     973
      
     9.
     Jay Drake
     606
     
      5.
     Mat Neely
     945
      
     10.
     Brady Short
     576