USAC Midget Week Opener at Gas City to Hagen

From USAC,Bill Miller photo

Gas City, IN — (June 13, 2012) — Daren Hagen won opening night of USAC Indiana Midget Week at Gas City I-69 Speedway Wednesday night. Hagen was followed by Jerry Coons Jr., Kyle Larson, Tracy Hines and Steve Buckwalter.

 

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2012 – Gas City, IN – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.613; 2. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-12.796; 3. Daryn Pittman, 21P, Pittman-12.800; 4. Jerry Coons, Jr., 63, Dooling-12.848; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-12.870; 6. Davey Ray, 33, RayPro-12.931; 7. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz-12.932; 8. Michael Pickens, 1NZ, Buckley-12.952; 9. Trevor Kobylarz, 49, Kobylarz-13.000; 10. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.019; 11. Chris Windom, 11, Wilke-13.022; 12. Alex Bright, 77, Hemler-13.052; 13. Nathan Smee, 7AU, Cooper-13.078; 14. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-13.080; 15. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-13.091; 16. Levi Jones, 56, Hmiel-13.118; 17. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.169; 18. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-13.172; 19. Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-13.191; 20. Levi Roberts, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.

198; 21. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-13.204; 22. Thomas Meseraull, 16, Sandy-13.216; 23. Nick Wean, 78, Wean-13.221; 24. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-13.239; 25. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.253; 26. Shane Cottle, 5c, Cottle-13.27
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27. Brad Kuhn, 17, RW-13.286; 28. Mario Clouser, 27, RW-13.306; 29. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.316; 30. Kent Schmidt, 5K, Schmidt-13.430; 31. C.J. Leary, 24L, Hines-13.437; 32. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-13.504; 33. Chris Bell, 21B, Lowe-13.655; 34. Dillon Welch, 47, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.892; 35. Layne Himebaugh, 7, Malone-13.974; 36. Ryan Criswell, 11R, Criswell-13.984; 37. Michael Koontz, 17K, Koontz-13.991; 38. Austin Burke, 54, Burke-14.275; 39. Nate Lauderbaugh, 10, Moore-14.387; 40. Chase Barber, 191, Barber-17.233; 41. Matt Westfall, 14w, Bordner-NT.

FIRST HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Hines, 3. Clauson, 4. Buckwalter, 5. Kobylarz, 6. Bell, 7. Smee, 8. East, 9. Simpson, 10. Koontz. NT

SECOND HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Abreu, 3. Meseraull, 4. Welch, 5. Ferns, 6. Daum, 7. Cottle, 8. Schmidt, 9. D. Armstrong, 10. Burke. NT

THIRD HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Windom, 3. Wean, 4. Pittman, 5. Himebaugh, 6. Kuhn, 7. Hatton, 8. Leary, 9. Lauderbaugh, 10. Malpocker. NT

FOURTH HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Pickens, 2. Bright, 3. Coons, 4. Barber, 5. Clouser, 6. C. Armstrong, 7. Roberts, 8. Chapple, 9. Criswell, 10. Jones. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Smee, 2. Daum, 3. Roberts, 4. East, 5. Clouser, 6. Kobylarz, 7. Hatton, 8. Leary, 9. C. Armstrong, 10. D. Armstrong, 11. Koontz, 12. Lauderbaugh, 13. Burke, 14. Bell, 15. Simpson, 16. Ferns, 17. Kuhn, 18. Schmidt, 19. Himebaugh, 20. Criswell,  21. Jones.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. Kyle Larson, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Steve Buckwalter, 6. Davey Ray, 7. Trevor Kobylarz, 8. Alex Bright, 9. Chris Windom, 10. Rico Abreu, 11. Michael Pickens, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Brad Kuhn, 14. Caleb Armstrong, 15. Bobby East, 16. Levi Roberts, 17. Dillon Welch, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Nick Wean, 20. Thomas Meseraull, 21. Chase Barber, 22. Daryn Pittman, 23. Nathan Smee, 24. Zach Daum. NT
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**Kuhn flipped on Lap 16 of the Feature. Wean flipped on Lap 23 of the Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Ray, Laps 3-30 Hagen.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-397; 2-Larson-324; 3-East-301; 4-Hines-283; 5-C.Armstrong-278; 6-Clouser-253; 7-Clauson-252; 8-Jones-242; 9-Roberts-238; 10-Ray-217.
NEW INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Hagen-70; 2-Coons-66; 3-Larson-62; 4-Buckwalter-59; 5-Hines-58; 6-Ray-54; 7-Bright-46; 8-Abreu-45; 9-Windom/Kobylarz-43.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 14 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

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