Larson Caps Indiana Midget Week By Sweeping Kokomo

Kyle Larson and Bryan Clauson battle for the lead during Indiana Midget Week at Kokomo Speedway. - TWC PhotoKyle Larson and Bryan Clauson battle for the lead during Indiana Midget Week at Kokomo Speedway. - TWC Photo

Kyle Larson. - Bill Miller Photo
From Kokomo Speedway

Kokomo, IN — (June 17, 2012) — Kyle Larson won the Mopar USAC National Midget Car feature to finish off “Indiana Midget Week” and the sprint car feature Sunday night at Kokomo Speedway. Bryan Clauson ran second in both features. Darren Hagen won the Indiana Midget Week title.

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 17, 2012 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.506; 2. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz-13.567; 3. Michael Pickens, 1NZ, Buckley-13.641; 4. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-13.643; 5. Brad Kuhn, 17, RW-13.694; 6. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-13.704; 7. Chris Windom, 11, Wilke-13.720; 8. Davey Ray, 33, RayPro-13.757; 9. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.803; 10. Mario Clouser, 27, RW-13.894; 11. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.900; 12. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-13.909; 13. Alex Bright, 77, Hemler-13.935; 14. Chris Bell, 21B, Lowe-13.953; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 16, Sandy-13.958; 16. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.964; 17. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-13.971; 18. Dillon Welch, 39, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.059; 19. Jerry Coons, Jr., 63, Dooling-14.132; 20. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-14.145; 21. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-14.186; 22. Nathan Smee, 7x, Cooper-14.204; 23. Michael Koontz, 17x, Koontz-14.212; 24. Trevor Kobylarz, 49, Kobylarz-14.242; 25. Dave Darland, 10, Moore-14.254; 26. Chase Barber, 191,
Barber-14.277; 27. Kevin Thomas Jr., 17k, Koontz-14.307; 28. Chris Gurley, 12, Gurley-14.396; 29. Nick Wean, 78, Wean-14.438; 30. Ryan Smith, 33x, Steward-14.471; 31. Levi Jones, 56, Hmiel-14.556; 32. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-14.699; 33. Austin Burke, 54, Burke-14.929. NOTE: Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-Time disallowed.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Hines, 3. Hagen, 4. Kuhn, 5. Malpocker, 6. Bright, 7. Burke, 8. Darland, 9. Wean. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. Larson, 3. Welch, 4. Smee, 5. Barber, 6. Bell, 7. Clouser, 8. Hatton, 9. Smith. 2:25.34

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Windom, 3. Pickens, 4. Meseraull, 5. Thomas, 6. Koontz, 7. Daum, 8. Jones. 2:22.52

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. D.Armstrong, 3. Ray, 4. Kobylarz, 5. Ferns, 6. Gurley, 7. C.Armstrong. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clouser, 2. Darland, 3. Jones, 4. Bright, 5. Hatton, 6. Barber, 7. Bell, 8. Malpocker, 9. Gurley, 10. Ferns, 11. Burke, 12. Koontz, 13. Thomas, 14. Daum, 15. Smith. 16. Wean. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Brad Kuhn, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8.Dave Darland, 9. Scott Hatton, 10. Rico Abreu, 11. Caleb Armstrong, 12. Dalton Armstrong, 13. Steve Buckwalter, 14. Davey Ray, 15. Trevor Kobylarz, 16. Nathan Smee, 17. Dillon Welch, 18. Michael Pickens, 19. Levi Jones, 20. Mario Clouser, 21. Thomas Meseraull, 22. Alex Bright, 23. Chase Barber, 24. Zach Daum. NT
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Burke flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Windom, Lap-2-17 Pickens, Laps 18-30 Larson.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-649, 2-Hines-503, 3-Larson-458, 4-Windom-442, 5-C.Armstrong-431, 6-Clauson-420, 7-Bobby East-397, 8-Kuhn-367, 9-Clouser-358, 10-Jones-357.
FINAL INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Hagen-322, 2-Hines-278, 3-Windom-277; 4-Coons-248, 5-Clauson-203, 6-Larson-196, 7-Buckwalter-184, 8-Bright-174, 9-Abreu-158, 10-Kuhn-157.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 22 – Newton, IA – Iowa Speedway – “Casey’s General Stores USAC Challenge”

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