kentucky preview and midseason report

Lionheart celebrates April Fools Day by kicking off the 2nd half of the season at the 1.5 mile Kentucky Speedway. Many drivers have practiced hard this week as positioning in the points battle heats up as we make our way toward the final stretch of races. Let's look at the midway Championship Standings and statistics and see who has been fastest this week. 


Championship Standings-
1st- Jesse Vincent 384pts
2nd- Matt Kingsbury -72pts
3rd- Ray Kingsbury -84pts
4th- Joe Hassert -124pts
5th- Rick Music -142pts

Full Standings


None of the top contenders have been able to gain much ground since the double points season opener at Michigan. Matt has worked his way up the standings since the opening race, but the gap still remains to the defending champion. No lead is safe however, with 2 double points races remaining, and 3 drop weeks, anything can happen. 


Midseason League Leaders-
Wins-
Jesse Vincent- 4
Matt Kingsbury- 2
Ray Kingsbury, Joe Hassert, Rick Music- 1

Poles-
Matt Kingsbury- 4
Jesse Vincent- 3
Jack Bogan- 1
Rick Music- 1


Top-5
Matt Kingsbury- 7
Ray Kingsbury- 7
Jesse Vincent- 6
Joe Hassert, Trevor Malone, Austin Espitee- 3

Top-10
Jesse Vincent-7
Matt Kingsbury-7
Ray Kingsbury-7
Rick Music, Trevor Malone, Justin Laxton, Dan Geren- 6

Laps Led-
Matt Kingsbury- 144
Rick Music- 142
Jesse Vincent- 109
Joe Hassert- 91
Austin Espitee- 46

Incidents-
Ian Adams- 9.63/race
Krysta Nelson- 8.33/race
Korey Connor- 7.56/race
Matt Kingsbury- 7.00/race

Kentucky drivers to watch-

Joe Hassert- Joe has struggled to find speed in practice and qualifying but has shown the ability to drive through the field taking 2 practice wins while starting in the back. Can he find the special line and avoid having to start in the back?

Justin Laxton- Justin has a practice win as well and is looking to make his mark as he has been rising up the standings. Can Justin find Victory Lane for the first time this season and get himself into the Championship hunt?

Matt Kingsbury- Matt has posted the top solo Q time of 24.67. Will this time be fast enough to find the pole? Can he stay up front and get some points on points leader Jesse?

Dan Geren- 24.69 is the 2nd fastest time of the week, and Dan has been battling up front in the practice sessions this week, and like Justin, looks to find his way up the standings.

Can anyone catch the champ? Tune in at 940 CST on Global Sim Racing Channel to watch round 10 of the Lionheart Racing Series.