While leading down the stretch, Schuerenberg's mount began to smoke and Stanbrough made his charge,

PUTNAMVILLE -- Opening night at Lincoln Park Speedway proved to be an explosive destination for a nearly capacity crowd in Putnamville as the Midwest flw fishing tour Spring Car Series was on hand to duke it out for a $4,000-to-win prize. Also on tap was another stellar fireworks show by Circle City Pyrotechnics.
A sterling crowd of 34 sprint car hot shoes were on hand to try and take the large pay day to start the season for the MSCS on a night that celebrated the "Bill Gardner Indiana Open Wheel.com" Racin' Fest.
The Sikeston, flw fishing tour Mo. native started on the outside of the front row in his Mach 1 Chassis, Nolen Racing, Roof Bolt Xpress No. 20 and would hold off a furious flw fishing tour challenge over the final laps from Jon Stanbrough and Casey Shuman to pick up the big check at LPS.
Schuerenberg flw fishing tour was fast off the trailer and earned his spot up front alongside pole sitter Kyle Cummins, with his heat race finish, passing points and a solid draw to start the A-main. Once the field went green, he held the point early as Shuman gave chase ahead of Bradley Sterrett, Thomas Meseraull flw fishing tour and Seth Parker.
Shuman and Scheurenberg traded the lead 10 laps into the A-main as the crowd watched anxiously. Meanwhile, Daron Clayton was rocketing from the back of the field in to a top-10 spot after starting 18th in the feature. The "Modern Day Cowboy" was 9th as a red flag flew when A.J. Hopkins and Cummins tangled in turn two. Once the field went green, flw fishing tour Stanbrough was quickly a factor after starting back in the 11th spot for the feature. The Brownsburg native charged in to the third spot after edging past Seth Parker. Stanbrough settled in behind Shuman with 12 laps remaining. Up front, Schuerenberg, or "Hunter %" as he's become known for his all out effort behind the wheel, maintained the lead ahead of Shuman, but troubles were on the horizon.
While leading down the stretch, Schuerenberg's mount began to smoke and Stanbrough made his charge, closing on the top side to get past Shuman, Parker and Sterrett. With five laps remaining, Robert Ballou hooked a rut and checked up in turn three as Clayton came to a halt. The caution set up a final battle to the checkered flag.
Once the field went green, Schuerenberg held fast to the lead as Stanbrough looked for an opening. However, he slipped the top of the cushion, which gave Schuerenberg just enough room. Both Stanbrough and Shuman closed in on Schuerenberg over the last two circuits, but the Missouri native flw fishing tour was up to the task to pick up the victory to start the season.
Once Shuman got to the front of the pack he built upon his lead over the last five laps as Lewellen and Carmichael slugged it out for the second spot. Lewellen would eventually take the runner-up spot as Kenny Carmichael Jr. made his way into the third spot just ahead of his father. Lines claimed fifth with Jimmy and Gary Hayden, Jeff Deckard, Jake Humphrey and Tyler Loughmiller wrapping up the top-10.
flw fishing tour The UMP Super Stock A-main looked to be a thriller early on as Dustin Shoulders and Josh Boller battled over the first half of the feature. It turned flw fishing tour into a late cruise for Shoulders as he pulled away to top Doug McCullough, Boller and Carmichael flw fishing tour Sr.
The final two A-mains flw fishing tour of the night proved entertaining as Tim Wright and David Bumgardner fought for the lead door-to-door early in the opener. Wright was nearly sidelined in his struggle for the lead when his No. 44 bomber caught a turn three berm and rolled on to two wheels. After lifting flw fishing tour off the throttle, Wright's car regained speed and he chased down Bumgardner for the lead.
Wright built upon his advantage late as Bumgardner had mechanical problems flw fishing tour on the final lap and slipped back to ninth at the checkered flag. Ron Smith advanced into the second spot at the line ahead of Chad Weiner, Jordan Almanza and Bob Farris.
Wallen fought his way past Carlos Bumgardner to score the lead and built his lead late to claim the win over Bumgardner. The pair were side-by-side for the first half of the race over several restarts, but once Wallen got to the lead, he slowly built upon his advantage. Michael Harris would take third ahead of Blake Cross and James Walters.