2b Dave
Darland (Lincoln, IN)
A TNT winner last year at I-80 Speedway, Darland tends to step up
his game in the money races, as evidenced by a $30,000 score on
Tuesday night. Dave has yet to vanquish Lakeside foes though.
5* Gary
Taylor (Snohomish, WA)
A nomadic sort now residing in Sapulpa, OK, after several years in
Colorado tries to add a TNT title to past championship hardware
earned in Sprint Cars (ASCS Rocky Mountain Region) and Midgets (RMMRA).
With three ASCS Sooner Region feature wins to his credit and ranked
fourth in points despite missing one race, "GT" added his initial
pair of ASCoT National wins during the recent Toyota Tundra ASCS
Speedweek.
10 Darren
Hagen (Riverside, CA)
Hagen is billed as the World's Fastest Sprint Car driver after a
lap of 146 mph at Iowa Speedway last year. Hagen moves into the
seat of the familiar Trucker's No. 10 for TNT.
10T Thomas
Meseraull (Fresno, CA)
The West Coast gasser teams with Hagen in the second Trucker's
car. The 2004 BCRA Midget champion is currently ranked second in
MSCS points.
11 Hunter
Schuerenberg (Sikeston, MO)
"Hundred Percent" has racked up six wins in the Hoosier State this
year including an Indiana Sprint Week triumph at Haubstadt's
Tri-State Speedway.
14 Coleman
Gulick (Binghamton, NY)
The 15-year-old New York native has relocated to Indiana to pursue
Wingless Sprint Car racing. He got a look at State Fair Speedway
and Creek County Speedway last year with a wing during ASCS
Speedweek.
15 R.J.
Johnson (Phoenix, AZ)
Currently fifth in ASCS Canyon Region points, R.J. picked of an
ASCS Canyon Region win at Manzanita on April 26.
17 Chris
Windom (Canton, IL)
The 17-year-old was a TNT winner at South Coffeyville, OK, last
year.
21 Cory
Kruseman (Ventura, CA)
The two-time Chili Bowl champion fields a three-car team for TNT
action. "The Kruser" has won ten or more features for nine
consecutive years.
21s Charles
Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ)
Currently second in ASCS Canyon Region points with five feature
wins, "Chargin'" Charles has competed in all three previous TNT
swings aboard Mark Swanson's distinctive No. 21s entry.
32 Casey
Shuman (Tempe, AZ)
Casey teams with Arizona car owner Rex Foster for TNT this time
around. "Lil' Shu" has won six features this year in four different
cars with three of the wins coming aboard Foster's entry including
two in ASCS Canyon Region action. Casey is the current point leader
at Indiana's Gas City I-69 Speedway
41k Henry
Clarke (Villa Park, CA)
The rookie shoe pilots a second Kruseman entry.
55 Tony
Everhart (El Cajon, CA)
Battle-tested
in Sprint Bandits action, Everhart makes the haul from the Left
Coast for more Tour 'N Topless action.
71 Damion
Gardner (Concord, CA)
The reigning Chili Bowl champion and 2005 USAC/CRA champ tries TNT
for the second year in a row. "The Demon" has picked off four wins
in local Indiana action this year.
71k Austin
Mero (Kingsburg, CA)
The 2007 Ventura Raceway Junior Ford Focus champion is now under
the topless tutelage of Cory Kruseman.
75 Jesse
Hockett (Warsaw, MO)
The 2006 TNT Midwest Swing champion and two-time Lakeside Wingless
Classic winner makes another run at TNT glory. "The Rocket" has
seven winged wins to his credit this season.
76 Mike
Leslie (Litchfield Park, AZ)
Currently ranked eighth in ASCS Canyon Region points, Leslie hits
the TNT trail for the second time.
81 Robert
Ballou (Rocklin, CA)
The reigning TNT co-champion, Ballou posted his first career
non-wing win in 2006 TNT action at I-80 Speedway and a year later
topped the final three legs of 2007 TNT, including the $10,000 to
win Ron Shuman Classic at Lakeside. Robert has posted three feature
wins thus far in 2008.
92 Daron
Clayton (Sikeston, MO)
Recently landing back in the seat of the family-owned No. 92
entry, "The Modern Day Cowboy" still has TNT festivities penciled in
on his schedule.
97 Bret
Mellenberndt (Sioux Falls, SD)
Ready for his third TNT tour, Bret has picked off three recent
wins at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, IA.
Brady Bacon
(Broken Arrow, OK)
The driver of the Kasey Kahne Racing Mopar entry in USAC Sprint
Car and Midget action takes the wheel of a second Tel-Star
Communications entry for the 2008 edition of Sprint Bandits TNT.
