Shane Hmiel Motors to Hickory Midget Victory

From Dick Jordan

Shane Hmiel set quick time, won his heat race and the 40 lap feature in Mopar USAC National Midget action at Hickory Motor Speedway Wednesday night. Following Hmiel was Bobby East, Tracy Hines, Cale Conley and Brad Sweet.

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-14.181; 2. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.418; 3. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-14.509; 4. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.518; 5. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-14.524; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.595; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.663; 8. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-14.688; 9. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.693; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.706; 11. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-14.728; 12. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-14.753; 13. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.766; 14. Daniel Bedford, 11D, DMS-14.782; 15. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.825; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.900; 17. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/DMS/BCI-14.905; 18. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-14.960; 19. J.J. Yeley, 7A, C & A-14.960; 20. Jason Leffler, 6, East-14.975; 21. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-15.009; 22. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-15.122; 23. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-15.227; 24. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-16.153.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Yeley, 3. Kramer, 4. East, 5. Hines, 6. Kuhn, 7. Hagen, 8. Coons. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Darland, 3. Bowman, 4. Leffler, 5. Clouser, 6. Simpson, 7. Conley. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roberts, 2. Santos, 3. Sweet, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Clarke, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther, 8. Scott. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Shane Hmiel, 2. Bobby East, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Cale Conley, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Alex Bowman, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Darren Hagen, 10. Levi Roberts, 11. Bobby Santos III, 12. Mario Clouser, 13. Daniel Bedford, 14. Caleb Armstorng, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Zach Daum, 17. J.J. Yeley, 18. Brad Kuhn, 19. Jimmy Simpson, 20. Buddy Lowther, 21. Henry Clarke, 22. Jason Leffler, 23. Adam Kramer. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Clarke, Laps 2-25 East, Laps 26-40 Hmiel.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-262; 2-East-231; 3-Hines-216; 4-Clauson-196; 5-Hagen-191; 6-Coons-178; 7-Darland-178; 8-Brad Loyet-155; 9-Chad Boat-139; 10-Kuhn-132.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: March 25 – Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway