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.
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. (319) Rollie Beale
13. (315) Chase Stockon
14. (308) Bruce Walkup
15. (300) Eric Gordon
16. (299) Larry Dickson
17. (281) Kevin Thomas, Jr.
18. (278) Joe Saldana
19. (273) Bill Rose
20. (266) Billy Cassella
21. (262) Damion Gardner
22. (261) Bryan Clauson
23. (258) C.J. Leary
24. (258) Gary Bettenhausen
25. (258) Sammy Sessions
26. (255) Justin Grant
27. (254) Jack Hewitt
28. (251) Shane Cottle
29. (246) Johnny Parsons
30. (245) Rich Vogler
31. (239) Bud Kaeding
32. (236) Brian Tyler
33. (236) Larry Rice
34. (229) Pancho Carter
35. (213) Jay Drake
36. (211) Hunter Schuerenberg
37. (209) Karl Busson
38. (205) Greg Leffler
39. (200) Chad Boespflug