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Hunter Schuerenberg (18), has the passion for speed
that has taken him to a higher level of competition in
2008. Hunter is taking another step towards his
dream as he joins sprint car owner Jeff Walker and
the team of Tim & Bryan Clauson in the pavement
Midget. As his schedule permits Hunter
Schuerenberg will run select local Indiana shows
with USAC, MSCS, Power i Midgets, ASCS tours &
Topless events. "It's an honor to run for Jeff Walker
and the Clauson team," Schuerenberg said. "My
ultimate goal is to get to the NASCAR Nextel Cup
series someday."
that has taken him to a higher level of competition in
2008. Hunter is taking another step towards his
dream as he joins sprint car owner Jeff Walker and
the team of Tim & Bryan Clauson in the pavement
Midget. As his schedule permits Hunter
Schuerenberg will run select local Indiana shows
with USAC, MSCS, Power i Midgets, ASCS tours &
Topless events. "It's an honor to run for Jeff Walker
and the Clauson team," Schuerenberg said. "My
ultimate goal is to get to the NASCAR Nextel Cup
series someday."
buckle up for 2008 with the experience from running places like Eldora Speedway and competing weekly at tough bullrings like Bloomington and
Lawrenceburg. Today at the age of 18 Hunter continues to peruse his passion for racing and has been very successful over the past 11 years. His
racing resume and dedication are unmatched by any other racer his age today. But his greatest asset continues to be his desire to achieve his goals in
racing. He maintains a 3.8 GPA in school and does 80 percent of all the weekly maintenance and repairs on his Sprint car. Hunter says that Jesus Christ
played a big role in his season this year. “ Without my savior, Jesus Christ, none of this would be possible.” The teen says prayer is the most important
way for him to start out each and every one of his races. Schuerenberg attributes his success to his belief in God. "God's blessed me with the
opportunity," he said. "He keeps showing where to go and what to do next. It's all up to Him."
Lawrenceburg. Today at the age of 18 Hunter continues to peruse his passion for racing and has been very successful over the past 11 years. His
racing resume and dedication are unmatched by any other racer his age today. But his greatest asset continues to be his desire to achieve his goals in
racing. He maintains a 3.8 GPA in school and does 80 percent of all the weekly maintenance and repairs on his Sprint car. Hunter says that Jesus Christ
played a big role in his season this year. “ Without my savior, Jesus Christ, none of this would be possible.” The teen says prayer is the most important
way for him to start out each and every one of his races. Schuerenberg attributes his success to his belief in God. "God's blessed me with the
opportunity," he said. "He keeps showing where to go and what to do next. It's all up to Him."
HEADLINES__________________________________________________________
Accustomed to blowout wins so far in 2008, Hunter Schuerenberg was pushed harder than ever before in netting the sprint car victory. Starting
fifth in the 21-car A feature field, Schuerenberg met his first obstacle of the evening in lap one's second turn. The Missouri transplant, fourth-place
starter Scotty Weir and a handful of other cars were caught up in a bottleneck that didn't bring out a caution, but negated precious momentum for
those involved for a few brief moments.
With that scrum sorted out by the third turn, the field settled in behind front row mates Sammy Imel and Corey Smith. By lap three the evening's
true players were on the move, as Shane Cottle and Casey Shuman slipped into second and third, respectively, ahead of Smith. As the top three
strung out the next time by, Schuerenberg was up to his usual tricks: Running dangerously close to the wall at the Speedway's north end and
carrying tremendous speed into the south end. The momentum gained in his high line carried him past Smith and to the rear bumper of Shuman by
the sixth lap.
Prepared to circle Shuman high in turn one on lap seven, Schuerenberg ran into his second bump in the road: The first turn concrete. Pounding the
wall with the right side of his machine after misjudging his entry, Schuerenberg again lost ground to the leaders, and also his right nerf bar, in the
process. The caution flew on the ensuing lap for the wayward bumper, allowing Schuerenberg to make up the ground lost and remain in fourth.
A lap after the restart, business picked up. Cottle shot low off the second turn to snag the lead from Imel, and by the time the leaders reached the
flagstand Shuman had taken second while Imel fell into the clutches of Schuerenberg. Before Schuerenberg could complete the pass for third, the
race was again halted for Coleman Gulick's turn two tumble. Under red flag conditions, one could observe that 2006 track champion Jon
Stanbrough had advanced to 14th after starting dead last.
Imel did lose third to Schuerenberg after Gulick's spill was cleaned up, just as Shuman began applying heavy pressure to Cottle up front. Working
the low side to perfection, Shuman nearly claimed the lead on laps 10 and 11 by rocketing off the bottom of the fourth corner. Behind them Imel
was fading fast, losing fourth and fifth on successive laps to Thomas Meseraull and Weir. Just when it looked as though Shuman was posied to
corral Cottle back at the front, the second-generation driver slowed with a flat left rear tire and pulled pitside.
When the green flew again, Schuerenberg made good use of his newly-found second position and began hounding Cottle up high. Using a diamond
move off turn four on lap 13 Schuerenberg was second by just inches at the line, a feat that would be duplicated on the next circuit. Diving low into
turn three on lap 15, Schuerenberg exited high and took a narrow lead at the stripe with Cottle on the low side. Reversing roles on the subsequent
lap, Cottle dove deep into the third corner under Schuerenberg and looked to reclaim the lead, but bobbled on the cushion and saw Schuerenberg
shoot underneath and hold the point. Regaining his momentum and again leading into turn three on lap 17, Cottle still wasn't able to stifle
Schuerenberg as the 19-year old pilot again diamoned the fourth corner and led at the line.
While Cottle and Schuerenberg were playing slide-and-dive up front, Weir was on the wheel behind them. After moving by Meseraull and into
third on the 17th circuit, Weir used the still-moist low groove to pass Cottle for second on lap 19.
As Schuerenberg encountered lapped traffic at the front, Weir made huge gains on the leader and may have taken the lead at the conclusion of lap
22 had he not run into lapped traffic himself. Undaunted and very fast down low, Weir launched into turn three side by side with Schuerenberg on
the 23rd circuit, but was unable to overtake Schuerenberg, who was still on the high side. After losing some momentum with the turn three effort,
Weir watched Schuerenberg extend his lead to five car lengths as the white flag flew. On last low lunge by Weir out of the final corner made the
deficit two car lengths, but was too little too late.
"That was really fun," Schuerenberg said after his sixth Kokomo win of 2008. "I've got to thank Weir and Cottle for running me clean out there. I
didn't run Shane too clean on Friday night, and that just shows what kind of racer he is. I think I may have broken something in the rear end when I
hit the wall, we'll have to get it back to the shop and look at it. That was the most fun I've had in awhile."
fifth in the 21-car A feature field, Schuerenberg met his first obstacle of the evening in lap one's second turn. The Missouri transplant, fourth-place
starter Scotty Weir and a handful of other cars were caught up in a bottleneck that didn't bring out a caution, but negated precious momentum for
those involved for a few brief moments.
With that scrum sorted out by the third turn, the field settled in behind front row mates Sammy Imel and Corey Smith. By lap three the evening's
true players were on the move, as Shane Cottle and Casey Shuman slipped into second and third, respectively, ahead of Smith. As the top three
strung out the next time by, Schuerenberg was up to his usual tricks: Running dangerously close to the wall at the Speedway's north end and
carrying tremendous speed into the south end. The momentum gained in his high line carried him past Smith and to the rear bumper of Shuman by
the sixth lap.
Prepared to circle Shuman high in turn one on lap seven, Schuerenberg ran into his second bump in the road: The first turn concrete. Pounding the
wall with the right side of his machine after misjudging his entry, Schuerenberg again lost ground to the leaders, and also his right nerf bar, in the
process. The caution flew on the ensuing lap for the wayward bumper, allowing Schuerenberg to make up the ground lost and remain in fourth.
A lap after the restart, business picked up. Cottle shot low off the second turn to snag the lead from Imel, and by the time the leaders reached the
flagstand Shuman had taken second while Imel fell into the clutches of Schuerenberg. Before Schuerenberg could complete the pass for third, the
race was again halted for Coleman Gulick's turn two tumble. Under red flag conditions, one could observe that 2006 track champion Jon
Stanbrough had advanced to 14th after starting dead last.
Imel did lose third to Schuerenberg after Gulick's spill was cleaned up, just as Shuman began applying heavy pressure to Cottle up front. Working
the low side to perfection, Shuman nearly claimed the lead on laps 10 and 11 by rocketing off the bottom of the fourth corner. Behind them Imel
was fading fast, losing fourth and fifth on successive laps to Thomas Meseraull and Weir. Just when it looked as though Shuman was posied to
corral Cottle back at the front, the second-generation driver slowed with a flat left rear tire and pulled pitside.
When the green flew again, Schuerenberg made good use of his newly-found second position and began hounding Cottle up high. Using a diamond
move off turn four on lap 13 Schuerenberg was second by just inches at the line, a feat that would be duplicated on the next circuit. Diving low into
turn three on lap 15, Schuerenberg exited high and took a narrow lead at the stripe with Cottle on the low side. Reversing roles on the subsequent
lap, Cottle dove deep into the third corner under Schuerenberg and looked to reclaim the lead, but bobbled on the cushion and saw Schuerenberg
shoot underneath and hold the point. Regaining his momentum and again leading into turn three on lap 17, Cottle still wasn't able to stifle
Schuerenberg as the 19-year old pilot again diamoned the fourth corner and led at the line.
While Cottle and Schuerenberg were playing slide-and-dive up front, Weir was on the wheel behind them. After moving by Meseraull and into
third on the 17th circuit, Weir used the still-moist low groove to pass Cottle for second on lap 19.
As Schuerenberg encountered lapped traffic at the front, Weir made huge gains on the leader and may have taken the lead at the conclusion of lap
22 had he not run into lapped traffic himself. Undaunted and very fast down low, Weir launched into turn three side by side with Schuerenberg on
the 23rd circuit, but was unable to overtake Schuerenberg, who was still on the high side. After losing some momentum with the turn three effort,
Weir watched Schuerenberg extend his lead to five car lengths as the white flag flew. On last low lunge by Weir out of the final corner made the
deficit two car lengths, but was too little too late.
"That was really fun," Schuerenberg said after his sixth Kokomo win of 2008. "I've got to thank Weir and Cottle for running me clean out there. I
didn't run Shane too clean on Friday night, and that just shows what kind of racer he is. I think I may have broken something in the rear end when I
hit the wall, we'll have to get it back to the shop and look at it. That was the most fun I've had in awhile."
Hunter began racing go karts at the age of 6 at SEMO Raceway located just north of
his hometown of Sikeston Mo. Hunter knew at an early age that racing was what he
wanted to do in life. Each year he strives harder and reaches higher. After a
successful 2007 season that included a career win in the Hoosier Sprint
Nationals at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN. The 50 lap event paid
$10,000 to win. Schuerenberg added, "Its got to be the biggest win I've ever
had. It's going to be good to have that win on my resume in the future along with my
2006 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Rookie of the Year award." Hunter will
his hometown of Sikeston Mo. Hunter knew at an early age that racing was what he
wanted to do in life. Each year he strives harder and reaches higher. After a
successful 2007 season that included a career win in the Hoosier Sprint
Nationals at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN. The 50 lap event paid
$10,000 to win. Schuerenberg added, "Its got to be the biggest win I've ever
had. It's going to be good to have that win on my resume in the future along with my
2006 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Rookie of the Year award." Hunter will
Schuerenberg Still Sizzling
August 24, 2008
By Derek Fisher
For many years under the reign of the Lipkey family, Kokomo Speedway
hosted an annual race called the "Kokomo Klassic." Paying more to win
than the average weekly card, the event always attracted a few more big
names to the pit area and, more often than not, lived up to its namesake by
providing a classic main event.
These days at the Kokomo Speedway they may as well promote every
race as another Kokomo Klassic, because week in and week out the
action will leave you shaking your head and wanting more. This week was
no different: The sprint car A-main featured three different leaders in two
separate two-car battles, the street stock feature had a last-to-first winner
and the thunder car main event saw a driver win his eighth consecutive
race. It was just your typical Kokomo Sunday night.
August 24, 2008
By Derek Fisher
For many years under the reign of the Lipkey family, Kokomo Speedway
hosted an annual race called the "Kokomo Klassic." Paying more to win
than the average weekly card, the event always attracted a few more big
names to the pit area and, more often than not, lived up to its namesake by
providing a classic main event.
These days at the Kokomo Speedway they may as well promote every
race as another Kokomo Klassic, because week in and week out the
action will leave you shaking your head and wanting more. This week was
no different: The sprint car A-main featured three different leaders in two
separate two-car battles, the street stock feature had a last-to-first winner
and the thunder car main event saw a driver win his eighth consecutive
race. It was just your typical Kokomo Sunday night.
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