Justin Grant Takes Bob Darland Sprint Win at Kokomo; Dave Darland Wins Midgets

From Kokomo

Justin Grant won the sprint car portion of the Bob Darland Memorial at Kokomo Speedway Sunday evening. Dave Darland took the USAC D1 midget feature. More to follow.

USAC MOPAR D1 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 31, 2011 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brent Beauchamp (#16 Sandy), 2. Shane Hollingsworth (#85 Hollingsworth), 3. Matt Westfall (#14w Bordner), 4. Justin Grosz (#99 Grosz),5. Tyler Roahrig (#35 Gardner). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Taylor Ferns (#55F Ferns), 2. Dave Darland (#12g Gurley), 3. Tim Buckwalter (#52 Buckwalter), 4. Michael Koontz (#17 Koontz). NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Shane Cottle (#86 Elmore).

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Shane Hollingsworth, 3. Tim Buckwalter, 4. Taylor Ferns, 5. Tyler Roahrig, 6. Matt Westfall, 7. Brent Beauchamp, 8. Michael Koontz, 9. Justin Grosz. NT
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**Grosz flipped on lap 2 of the feature and was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Kokomo for observation.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Westfall, Laps 2-17 Ferns, Laps 18-22 Darland, Lap 23 Ferns, Laps 24-25 Darland.

NEW USAC MOPAR D1 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Ferns-505; 2-Jake Blackhurst-438; 3-Bryan Nuckles-394; 4-Kyle O’Gara-370; 5-Mario Marietta-352; 6-Ali Jackson-246; 7-Morgan Nelson-323; 8-Kyle Hamilton-304; 9-Davey Ray-255; 10-Dave Fuhrman-233.

NEXT USAC MOPAR D1 MIDGET RACE: August 5 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway