Larson Wins Second Night of the Gold Crown Midget Car Nationals

Kyle Larson in the Keith Kunz midget car. - Jan Dunlap Photo

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 7, 2011 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#3nz JCJ), 2. Scott Hatton (#15 Huston), 3. Levi Jones (#56 56 Inc.), 4. Davey Ray (#71x Love), 5. Thomas Messeraull (#2T Bush), 6. Don Droud Jr. (#44 Smith), 7. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 8. Johnny Murdock (#0 Murdock). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 2. Trevor Kobylarz (#20 Two Dogs), 3. Bubba Altig (#37 Felker), 4. Ryan Smith (#33 Stewart), 5. Tyler Robbins (#35 Robbins), 6. Brett Anderson (#11B Anderson), 7. Dalton Armstrong (#71k Kunz), 8. Tony Roney (#1T Roney), 9. Casey Shuman (#10 Moore). 2:00.45
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Zach Daum (#5 Daum), 2. Bryan Clauson (#39 Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Brad Kuhn (#17B RW), 4. Kody Swanson (#11 Wilke-Pak), 5. A.J. Felker (#11a Felker), 6. Jake Blackhurst (#39x Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 7. Mike Hess (#51 Hess), 8. Taylor Ferns (#55F Ferns), 9. Tim Buckwalter (#52 Buckwalter). 1:58.38
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darren Hagen (#3 RFMS), 2. Levi Roberts (#9 Nine Racing), 3. Kyle Larson (#67 Kunz), 4. Tanner Swanson (#19 Team 6R/TK), 5. Matt Sherrell (#35s Sherrell), 6. Michael Koontz (#17k Koontz), 7. Gavin Galbraith (#98g Galbraith), 8. Christopher Bell (#21B Ruston), 9. Danny Frye III (#5s Frye). NT
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Caleb Armstrong (#71 C & A), 2. Dave Darland (#5w Wilke-Pak), 3. Robbie Ray (#3R Ray), 4. Mario Clouser (#06 MCM), 5. Shane Cottle (#1st Saucier), 6. Kent Schmidt (#5k SK), 7. Tyler Millwood (#2x Bush), 8. Chase Barber (#91 Barber), 9. Steve Stroud (#21x Stroud). 2:01.58
SIXTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Sweet (#49 Kahne), 2. Alex Bright (#77 Hemler), 3. Nick Wean (#78 Wean), 4. John Campbell (#19x Campbell), 5. Nick Knepper (#55 Knepper), 6. Ted Kirkpatrick (#40 Kirkpatrick), 7. Tracy Hines (#24 Parker), 8. Hunter Schuerenberg (#2 Ray), 9. Brady Bacon (#2d Dooling). NT

C-MAIN #1: (10 laps) 1. Anderson, 2. Bell, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. Ferns, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. T.Buckwalter, 7. Gehrke, 8. Millwood, 9. Droug, 10. Hess, 11. Daniel Adler (#401 Kirkpatrick). 2:37.43
C-MAIN #2: (10 laps) 1. Hines. 2. Shuman, 3. Roney, 4. Galbraith, 5. Barber, 6. Koontz, 7. Stroud, 8. David Budres (#31 Manic), 9. Frye, 10. Murdock, 11. Blackhurst. NT

SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Hines, 3. Meseraull, 4. Knepper, 5. Clouser, 6. Smith, 7. Felker, 8. Wean, 9. Altig, 10. Sherrell, 11. Bell, 12. Shuman, 13. T.Swanson, 14. Anderson, 15. R.Ray, 16. Ferns, 17. Campbell, 18. Roney, 19. D.Armstrong, 20. Schmidt, 21. Galbraith, 22. Kirkpatrick, 23. Robbins, 24. D.Ray. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Shane Cottle, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Scott Hatton, 14. A.J. Felker, 15. Bobby East, 16. Ryan Smith, 17. Nick Knepper, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Thomas Meseraull, 20. Alex Bright, 21. Caleb Armstrong, 22. Levi Roberts, 23. D.Armstrong, 24. Trevor Kobylarz, 25. Nick Wean. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Sweet, Laps 14-25 Larson.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,068; 2-Hagen-1,052; 3-Larson-1,017; 4-Hines-914; 5-East-804; 6-Daum-739; 7-Kuhn-709; 8-C.Armstrong-664; 9-T.Swanson-649; 10-Coons-644.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Clauson-818; 2-Hagen-688; 3-Larson-674; 4-Hines-656; 5-Kuhn-609.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 8 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”