Larson Wins USAC Midget Series Opener at New Smyrna

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usac United States Auto Club 2012 logoNew Smyrna, FL — (February 17. 2013) — Kyle Larson won the opening event of the 2013 season for the United States Auto Club National Midget Car Series Sunday night at New Smyrna Speedway.

Darren Hagen, Tracy Hines, Tanner Swanson, and Dalton Armstrong rounded out the top five.

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 17, 2013 – New Smyrna Beach, FL – New Smyrna Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Larson, 17B, RW-16.726; 2. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-16.797; 3. Bobby Santos, 17, RW-16.862; 4. Kyle Hamilton, 56, 5ive-6ix-17.201; 5. Kyle O;Gara, 27, RW-17.228; 6. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-17.251; 7. Tanner Swanson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-17.263; 8. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-17.333; 9. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-17.343; 10. Dalton Armstrong, 7a, C & A-17.373; 11. David Byrne, 20, Bryne-17.404; 12. Aaron Pierce, 6, Pierce-17.410; 13. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-17.444; 14. Dave Steele, 17R, RW-17.465; 15. Bryan Clauson, 4, Klatt-17.469; 16. Cole Carter, 5D, Bertrand-17.528; 17. Riley Emmel, 67k, Kunz-18.647; 18. Randy Cabral, 47, Bertrand-NT.

SCRAMBLE #1: (8 laps) 1. Santos, 2. Larson, 3. T,Swanson, 4. Hines, 5. Hagen 6. Byrne, 7. O’Gara, 8. Clauson. 3:26.51

SCRAMBLE #2: (8 laps) 1. C.Armstrong, 2. Hamilton, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. Bell, 5. Pierce, 6. Ferns, 7. Steele, 8. Carter, 9. Cabral. 3:24.98

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Darren Hagen, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Tanner Swanson, 5. Dalton Armstrong, 6. Caleb Armstrong, 7. Christopher Bell, 8. Kyle O;Gara, 9. Cole Carter, 10. Bobby Santos, 11. David Byrne, 12. Aaron Pierce, 13. Randy Cabral, 14. Dave Steele, 15. Kyle Hamilton, 16. Taylor Ferns, 17. Bryan Clauson, 18. Riley Emmel,.  NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Santos, Laps 6-14 C.Armstrong, Laps 15-30 Larson.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Larson-73, 2-Hagen-61, 3-Hines-59, 4-C,Arnstrong-58, 5-T.Swanson-57, 6-D.Armstrong-54, 7-Bell-48, 8-Santos-45, 9-O’Gara-43, 10-Carter-37.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: February 18 – New Smyrna Beach, FL – New Smyrna Speedway