Hamilton Wins at Grundy County

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From Dick Jordan

Morris, IL — (June 30, 2012) — Kyle Hamilton won the feature event Saturday night at Grundy County Speedway featuring the MOPAR USAC National, D1, and STARS Midget Car series. Bryan Clauson, Tanner Swanson, Kody Swanson, and Caleb Armstrong rounded out the top five.

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL/STARS D1 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 30, 2012 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway – “Freedom 50”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-14.265; 2. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-14.278; 3. Mario Clouser, 27, RW-14.315; 4. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.431; 5. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-14.431; 6. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.465; 7. Jim Anderson, 36, Guess-14.473; 8. Tanner Swanson, 71, Kunz-14.480; 9. Bobby Santos, 17, RW-14.482; 10. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.529; 11. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-14.572; 12. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.575; 13. Brad Greenup, 4x, Greenup-14.610; 14. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-14.625; 15. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.670; 16. Ray Seach, 6, A&G-14.706; 17. Travis Young, 11y, Young-14.720; 18. Austin Prock, 41, Prock-14.734; 19. Kyle O’Gara, 67x, Fisher/Hartman-14.749; 20. David Byrne, 20, Byrne-14.785; 21. Patrick Wilda, 33w, Wilda-14.789; 22. Grant Galloway, 16, Galloway-14.808; 23. Tom Schnabel, 20s, Schnabel-14.872; 24. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-14.901; 25. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-15.044; 26. Jimmy Simpson, 21, RacePro-15.136; 27. Terr
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Ahern, 66, Ahern-15.434; 28. Ryan Probst, 99, Probst-15.723; 29. Nick Drake, 5, East-NT; 30. Mike Larrison, 501, Hamilton-NT (time of 14.913 disallowed).

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wilda, 2. C. Armstrong, 3. Hamilton, 4. Greenup, 5. Young, 6. Santos, 7. Trainor, 8. Larrison. 1:55.44

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Prock, 2. K. Swanson, 3. Hagen, 4. East, 5. Galloway, 6. Simpson, 7. Abreu. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D. Armstrong, 2. Schnabel, 3. Clouser, 4. Anderson, 5. Hines, 6. O’Gara, 7. Ahern. 1:58.81

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Byrne, 2. Clauson, 3. T. Swanson, 4. Ferns, 5. Seach, 6. Probst, 7. Chapple. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Santos, 2. Hines, 3. Abreu, 4. Young, 5. Seach, 6. O’Gara, 7. Galloway, 8. Larrison, 9. Simpson, 10. Trainor, 11. Ahern, 12. Probst. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Kyle Hamilton, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Tanner Swanson, 4. Kody Swanson, 5. Caleb Armstrong, 6. Dalton Armstrong, 7. Bobby East, 8. Bobby Santos, 9. Darren Hagen, 10. Jim Anderson, 11. Austin Prock, 12. Taylor Ferns, 13. Rico Abreu, 14. Tracy Hines, 15. Brad Greenup, 16. Tom Schnabel, 17. Kyle O’Gara, 18. Travis Young, 19. David Byrne, 20. Mario Clouser, 21. Ray Seach, 22. Patrick Wilda. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Hagen, Laps 25-50 Hamilton.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-799; 2-Hines-608; 3-C.Armstrong-587; 4-Clauson-558; 5-East-545; 6-Larson-500; 7-Clouser-498; 8-Chris Windom-442; 9-Brad Kuhn-437; 10-Abreu-407.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 6 – Plymouth, IN – Plymouth Speedway (Paved) – “Plymouth Palooza”