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July 2, 2012

SPORTS IN BRIEF: July 3, 2012

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>>AUTO RACING

Will Kimmel records top-five in New Jersey

Sellersburg resident Will Kimmel displayed his road-course skills by finishing fifth in the ARCA Racing Series’ All-American 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J. It was the Kimmel Racing driver’s second top-five finish and his third top-10 of the season.

Kimmel’s uncle, nine-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel, wound up seventh. The top-10 finish moved the Clarksville native up to third in the ARCA point standings.

“We did everything we could to make the car better,” Kimmel said. “The guys worked so hard on it all weekend. It seemed like we made it better in the race, and the more laps we ran, the better we got. We probably would have come out with a top five, but we got run off the course near the end and lost a ton of track position. It was a hot day and we made up as much as we could and came home with another solid finish.”

Andrew Ranger passed Chase Elliott, the son of former NASCAR champion Bill Elliott, on the last lap to win the All-American 150 for the second year in a row. Elliott ended up second, followed by Chris Buescher and Brandon Davis. Henryville resident Darrell Basham placed 23rd.

ARCA’s next race will be Friday, July 13 at Iowa Speedway.

— Staff writer Kevin Harris

 

>>GOLF

Henryville Tornado Relief Scramble

The Henryville Tornado Relief Golf Scramble will be Tuesday, July 31 at Champions Pointe Golf Club. There will be a shotgun start at 9 a.m.

Costs are $600 per team and $150 per person. The costs include golf, lunch gifts and prizes. There also are sponsorship opportunities. Proceeds will benefit Henryville High School athletics.

The scramble is open to the first 25 teams. For more information, contact Chris Hall at Chall46251@aol.com or 812-670-0129, Robin Embry at robinembry@mailshack.com or 812-294-1789 or Champions Pointe head golf pro Scott Ivey at Scott@championspointe.com or 812-294-1800.

 

>>SOFTBALL

Clarksville Parks forming late summer leagues

The Clarksville Parks Department is now accepting applications for its 2012 late summer softball leagues. 

The leagues will consist of men’s E League on Mondays, church co-ed on Tuesdays, men’s D+ league on Wednesdays and co-ed on Thursdays. 

The cost is $315 per team, which is due in full by July 13, and includes eight regular-season games and a single-elimination tournament. 

League play will begin the week of July 30. Games take place at the Clarksville Softball Complex, located along Potters Lane in Clarksville. 

Applications are available at clarksvilleparks.com. For more information, contact the Parks office at 812-283-5313 or e-mail softball@clarksvilleparks.com. 

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