From Dick Jordan
Brad Sweet was not to be denied Thursday night at the “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic” during the USAC National Midget portion of the event as he led the initial six laps and the final two.
Chad Boat was the car on the move early as he took the top position on lap 7 after starting 8th and looked to be on a mission. However as the laps wound down Sweet and Brad Loyet were clawing their way back to the front.
A caution with two to go bunched up the field and Sweet took over the lead on the white flag circuit and he held on for the victory over Boat, Loyet, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines (from 15th).
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 25, 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track – “Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-20.547; 2. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-20.972; 3. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.014; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-21.139; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.162; 6. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-21.222; 7. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-21.240; 8. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-21.264; 9. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-21.399; 10. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-21.435; 11. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-21.571; 12. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-21.605; 13. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.645; 14. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-21.692; 15. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-21.858; 16. Tracy Hines, 8x, Guardian-21.933; 17. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-22.002; 18. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-22.096; 19. Jason Leffler, 6, Klatt-22.107; 10. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-22.162; 21. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-22.271; 22. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-22.273; 23. Austin Mero, 17k, Kruseman-22.444; 24. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-22.842; 25. Dennis Carrier Jr., 2D, Carrier-23.200; 26. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-23.248; 27. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Hines, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Kuhn .6. Boat, 7. Leffler, 8. Prickett, 9. Carrier. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Jones, 3. Sweet, 4. Kruseman, 5. Mero, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther, 8. Bowman, 9. Erickson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Loyet, 3. Clarke, 4. Hess, 5. McQueen, 6. Clouser, 7. Josett, 8. Schutte, 9. Postle. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Daum, 3. Leffler, 4. Clouser, 5. Prickett, 6. Schutte, 7. Carrier, 8. Postle, 9. Josett, 10. Lowther, 11. Erickson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Brad Loyet, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Mike Hess, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. Bobby East, 11. Jason Leffler, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Alex Schutte, 15. Shannon McQueen, 16. Henry Clarke, 17. David Prickett, 18. Austin Mero, 19. Brad Kuhn, 20. Dennis Carrier, 21. Zach Daum. NT
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Bowman flipped during the second heat and was transported to University Medical Center.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Sweet, Laps 7-28 Boat, Laps 29-30 Sweet.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77.
NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-139; 2-Hines-118; 3-Loyet-114; 4-Hagen-108; 5-Darland-106; 6-East-101; 7-Clauson-89; 8-Hess-83; 9-Coons-80; 10-Kuhn-77.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”
NEXT WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola Classic”