Bell Leads Wire to Wire on Second Night of Indiana Midget Week

Christopher Bell. - Bill Miller Photo
Christopher Bell.  - Bill Miller Photo
Christopher Bell. – Bill Miller Photo

Putnamville, IN — (June 13, 2013) — Christopher Bell led wire to wire to win the second night of Indiana Midget Week with the Honda USAC National Midget Car Series.  Kyle Larson, Brad Mosen, Tracy Hines, and Rico Abreu rounded out the top five.

Bryan Clauson won the sprint car feature over Kyle Larson and Brady Short.

HONDA USAC NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2013 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Larson, 71k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.336; 2. Andrew Felker, 11a, Felker-13.462; 3. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.626; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2, Steele-13.686; 5. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.688; 6. Brad Mosen, 7nz, Buckley-13.759; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.785; 8. Brady Bacon, 11, Wilke-Pak-13.800; 9. Rico Abreu, 67k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.817; 10. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.845; 11. Levi Jones, 56, 5IVE-6IX-13.939; 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 63, Dooling-13.950; 13. Ryan Criswell, 11R, R & C-13.972; 14. Blake Edwards, 17E, Koontz-13.978; 15. Dillon Welch, 98, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.023; 16. Brenden Bright, 92, Bright-14.027; 17. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.083; 18. Austin Brown, 7, Brown-14.121; 19. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.128; 20. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-14.130; 21. Dave Darland, 2x, Lein-14.145; 22. Brad Kuhn, 10, Cook-14.152; 23. Michael Pickens, 1nz,Buckley-14.196; 24. Tyler Thomas, 2s, Lein-14.198; 25. Bryan Clauson, 39, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.204; 26. Thomas Meseraull, 16, Sandy-14.230; 27. Dalton Armstrong, 7a, C & A-14.360; 28. Nick Lucas, 6, Isenhower-14.440; 29. Shane Cockrum, 14c, Cockrum-14.457; 30. Alex Bright, 17, RW/Curb-Agajanian-14.465; 31. Ross Rankine, 39R, RW/Curb-Agajanian-14.475; 32. Billy Lawhead, 35, Three 5 Racing-14.479; 33. Davey Ray, 33, Team RAYPRO-14.543; 34. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.553; 35. Matt Jackson, 97au, Jackson-14.612; 36. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-14.682; 37. Colten Cottle, 5c, Cottle-14.687; 38. Jaimie McKinley, 42ua, Fedrizzi-14.696; 39. Jimmy Light, 23, FTD Motorsports-14.745; 40. Michael Koontz, 17k, Koontz-14.806; 41. Cameron King, 55k, King-14.882; 42. Billy Wease, 10x, Moore-14.887; 43. Justin Dickerson, 21D, Dickerson-14.925; 44. Johnny Murdock, 0, Murdock-15.823; 45. Seth Motsinger, 2m, Brown-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE : (8 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Daum, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. C.Cottle, 5. Jackson, 6. Koontz, 7. King, 8. Wease, 9. Dickerson, 10. McKinley, 11. Motsinger, 12. Murdock, 13. Light. NT

FIRST HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Abreu, 3. Darland, 4. Ray, 5. East, 6. Clauson, 7. Criswell. 8. Ferns, 9. Cockrum. NT

SECOND HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Brown, 2. Bell, 3. Felker, 4. Kuhn, 5. Mosen, 6. Daum, 7. A.Bright, 8. Meseraull, 9. Edwards. NT

THIRD HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Pickens, 3. Thorson, 4. Jones, 5. Hines, 6. Welch, 7. C.Armstrong, 8. Rankine, 9. D.Armstrong. NT

FOURTH HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Coons, 3. T.Thomas, 4. K.Thomas, 5. Bacon, 6. B.Bright, 7. C.Cottle, 8. Lucas, 9. Lawhead. 2:36.39

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. East, 2. Hines, 3. Bacon, 4. Welch, 5. Clauson, 6. Mosen, 7. Edwards, 8. Meseraull, 9. Criswell, 10. A.Bright, 11. Daum. 12. B.Bright, 13. D.Armstrong, 14. Rankine, 15. Ferns, 16. C.Armstrong, 17. C.Cottle, 18. Lucas, 19. Lawhead. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Brad Mosen, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Rico Abreu, 6. Steve Buckwalter, 7. Andrew Felker, 8. Brad Kuhn, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Michael Pickens, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Caleb Armstrong, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Dillon Welch, 16. Bobby East, 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 18. Tyler Thomas, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Tanner Thorson, 22. Davey Ray, 23. Kevin Thomas Jr., 24. Austin Brown. NT
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**Cockrum flipped during the first heat. K.Thomas, East and Daum flipped on lap 11 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bell.

NEW HONDA NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bell-128, 2-Hines-122, 3-Felker-109, 4-Kuhn-87, 5-Clauson-84, 6-Abreu-75, 7-Coons-74, 8-Hagen-68, 9-Jones-66, 10-Bacon-62.
NEW “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Larson-142, 2-Bell-128, 3-Hines-122, 4-Buckwalter-110, 5-Felker-109, 6-Mosen-108, 7-Kuhn-87, 8-Clauson-84, 9-Abreu-75, 10-Pickens-74.

NEXT HONDA NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET RACE: June 14 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”