Results from Dick Jordan, photo courtesy of Mudclodbob
Phoenix, AZ — Bobby Santos, III topped Bryan Clauson for the victory during a thrilling USAC MOPAR National Midget Car feature during the Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway. Santos and Clauson swapped the lead the last four laps before Clauson bounced his car off the fence in turns three and four. Santos drove to victory while Clauson coasted across the line 18th.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 12, 2009 – Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix International Raceway –34th “Copper World Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-26.310; 2. Bryan Clauson, 11D, DeBeaumont-26.444; 3. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-26.509; 4. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-26.528; 5. Kody Swanson, 40, Western Speed-26.539; 6. Alex Bowman, 55, Bowman-26.645; 7. Jason Leffler, 45, Western Speed-26.647; 8. Tanner Swanson, 51, DeBeaumont-26.690; 9. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-26.739; 10. Tracy Hines, 05, Loyet-26.757; 11. Shane Hmiel, 97, Kunz-26.827; 12. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-26.876; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-26.878; 14. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-26.892; 15. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-27.019; 16. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-27.066; 17. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-27.094; 18. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-27.108; 19. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-27.167; 20. Levi Roberts, 2D, DeBeaumont-27.215; 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-27.269; 22. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-27.401; 23. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-27.521; 24. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-27.552; 25. Brad Loyet, 05H, Loyet-27.571; 26. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-27.679; 27. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-28.088; 28. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-28.436; 29. Sean Murphy, 8x, Polisczuk-28.889; 30. #80, Western Speed-NT.
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Bobby East, 3. Alex Bowman, 4. Brad Kuhn, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Jason Leffler, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Zach Daum, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Shane Hmiel, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Adam Kramer, 14. Brad Sweet, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Jerome Rodela, 17. Chad Boat, 18. Bryan Clauson, 19. Dakoda Armstrong, 20. Levi Roberts, 21. Cale Conley, 22. Caleb Armstrong, 23. Davey Hamilton, 24. Garrett Hansen, 25. Sean Murphy, 26. Nick Wagner, 27. Cole Carter, 28. Tanner Swanson, 29. Brad Loyet. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 East, Laps 8-22 Clauson, Lap 23 Santos, Lap 24 Clauson, Lap 25 Santos.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kuhn-1,226; 2-Sweet-1,186; 3-Hagen-1,173; 4-Coons-1,103; 5-Whitt-1,003; 6-East-993; 7-Hines-945; 8-Clauson-840; 9-Boat-748; 10-Kevin Swindell-540.
NEW WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hansen-1,029; 2-Rodela-937; 3-Alex Schutte-927; 4-T.Swanson-719; 5-David Prickett-699; 6-Scott Pierovich-591; 7-Shannon McQueen-540; 8-Josh Ford-494; 9-Bowman-461; 10-Randi Pankratz-405.
NEXT WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: November 21 – Ventura (CA) Speedway – “J.W. Mitchell Classic”
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: November 26 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – Irwindale, CA – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”