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USAC Sprint's 200 Starts Club

USAC Sprint's 200 Starts Club

There've been 39 drivers who've made at least 200 starts in their USAC National Sprint career entering this year's Winter Dirt Games.

Feb 3, 2020 by Richie Murray
USAC Sprint's 200 Starts Club

The accumulation of feature starts were at the forefront of discussion in the USAC AMOSIL Sprint Car National Championship one year ago with Chase Stockon’s ironman streak reaching unprecedented levels late in the year.

Stockon’s overall start record with the series has climbed to 315, and by the end of 2020, he could very well be on brink of reaching the top-10 all-time.

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Entering this season, Dave Darland has accrued 756 career starts with the series since 1986. He's far and away ahead of his closest competitor, Tracy Hines, a fellow USAC Triple Crown champ, who sits  at 484. Jon Stanbrough, who ranks 9th in all-time series wins ranks third with 448 starts, which is one more than Tom Bigelow in fourth.

Darland leads all active drivers, but in the final event of the 2019 season at Arizona Speedway, 2017 series champion Chris Windom reached the top-five all-time with his 400th career USAC National Sprint Car feature start.

Thirty-nine drivers have reached the 200 start mark with the series, including 14 drivers who made at least one series start a season ago. 

Those drivers are:

  • Dave Darland
  • Chris Windom
  • Robert Ballou
  • Brady Bacon
  • Chase Stockon
  • Kevin Thomas, Jr.
  • Bill Rose
  • Damion Gardner
  • C.J. Leary
  • Justin Grant
  • Shane Cottle
  • Bud Kaeding
  • Hunter Schuerenberg
  • Chad Boespflug

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Of drivers who made a start in last year’s series, Brady Short (178), Tyler Courtney (177) and Thomas Meseraull (169) are the only three who remain within earshot of crossing over the “200” border.

ALL-TIME USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR FEATURE STARTS: (200 or more)

**Drivers listed in bold made at least one USAC National Sprint Car start in 2019.

(1961-Present)

1. (756) Dave Darland

2. (484) Tracy Hines

3. (448) Jon Stanbrough

4. (447) Tom Bigelow

5. (400) Chris Windom

6. (391) Levi Jones

7. (365) Jerry Coons Jr.

8. (362) Tony Elliott

9. (341) Robert Ballou

10. (333) Sheldon Kinser

11. (331) Brady Bacon

12. (319Rollie Beale

13. (315) Chase Stockon

14. (308Bruce Walkup

15. (300Eric Gordon

16. (299Larry Dickson

17. (281) Kevin Thomas, Jr.

18. (278Joe Saldana

19. (273) Bill Rose

20. (266Billy Cassella

21. (262) Damion Gardner

22. (261Bryan Clauson

23. (258) C.J. Leary

24. (258Gary Bettenhausen

25. (258Sammy Sessions

26. (255) Justin Grant

27. (254Jack Hewitt

28. (251) Shane Cottle

29. (246Johnny Parsons

30. (245Rich Vogler

31. (239) Bud Kaeding

32. (236Brian Tyler

33. (236Larry Rice

34. (229Pancho Carter

35. (213Jay Drake

36. (211) Hunter Schuerenberg

37. (209Karl Busson

38. (205Greg Leffler

39. (200) Chad Boespflug