Bell Wins Midget Week Feature at Bloomington

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

From Dick Jordan and Bloomington Speedway

Bloomington, IN — (June 13, 2014) — Christopher Bell won the USAC Honda National Midget Car Series Indiana Midget Week event Friday night at Bloomington Speedway.  Bell took the lead from Damion Gardner on lap five and pulled away for the victory.  Rico Abreu, Bryan Clauson, Chris Windom, and Tanner Thorson rounded out the top five.

Brady Short topped Dave Darland in the sprint car portion of the program.

HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2014 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.810; 2. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.855; 3. Alex Bright, 77, Hemler-11.869; 4. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.925; 5. Chris Windom, 3, RFMS-11.975; 6. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-12.016; 7. Michael Pickens, 3F, RFMS-12.044; 8. Damion Gardner, 4, Klatt-12.046; 9. Bryan Clauson, 63, RKR/Curb-Agajanian-12.078; 10. Parker Price-Miller, 9P, Ronk-12.122; 11. Brady Bacon, 11, Wilke-12.169; 12. Nathan Smee, 3A, Cooper-12.174; 13. Davey Ray, 23, Light-12.250; 14. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-12.262; 15. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-12.265; 16. Trey Marcham, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.272; 17. Justin Grant, 35, Gardner-12.273; 18. Tyler Courtney, 35x, Hampton-12.304; 19. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-12.327; 20. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-12.334; 21. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-12.338; 22. Dave Darland, 17, RW/Curb-Agajanian-12.368; 23. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, KBR-12.371; 24. Brock Maskovich, 39B, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.398; 25. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-12.435; 26. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.491; 27. Andrew Felker, 11A, Felker-12.494; 28. James Edens, 5E, Daum-12.563; 29. Domain Ramsay, 20, Ramsay-12.574; 30. Brenden Bright, 92, Bright-12.625; 31. Seth Motsinger, 2, KBR-12.632; 32. Jaimie McKinlay, 42, Graham-12.634; 33. Leyton Kendall, 7L, KBR-12.675; 34. Ryan Criswell, 11R, R&C-12.685; 35. Jerry Coons, Jr., 37, Felker-12.693; 36. Tate Martz, 2x, Steele-12.806; 37. Tony Dimattia, 50, Dimattia-NT; 38. Danny Burke, 15, Johnson/Burke-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Daum, 2. Windom, 3. Clauson, 4. Thorson, 5. Ray, 6. Grant, 7. Ramsay, 8. Kendall, 9. Malpocker. 2:07.27

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Bell, 3. Buckwalter, 4. Price-Miller, 5. Criswell, 6. Courtney, 7. B.Bright, 8. Chapple, 9. Burke, 10. T.Thomas. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. K.Thomas, 3. Felker, 4. A.Bright, 5. R. Gardner, 6. Pickens, 7. Bacon, 8. Coons, 9. Motsinger. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. Smee, 3. Marcham, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Edens, 6. Maskovich, 7. Schutte, 8. McKinlay, 9. Martz. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Pickens, 2. Bacon, 3. Courtney, 4. Motsinger, 5. Grant, 6. Maskovich, 7. R.Gardner, 8. B.Bright, 9. T. Thomas, 10. Coons, 11. Schutte, 12. McKinlay, 13. Chapple, 14. Ramsay, 15. Edens, 16. Burke, 17. Martz, 18. Dimattia, 19. Kendall, 20. Ray, 21. Criswell. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Tanner Thorson, 6. Zach Daum, 7. Michael Pickens, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Parker Price-Miller, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 12. Nathan Smee, 13. Trey Marcham, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Tyler Thomas, 16. Steve Buckwalter, 17. Seth Motsinger, 18. Justin Grant, 19. Brock Maskovich, 20. Alex Bright, 21. Tyler Courtney, 22. Brady Bacon, 23. Andrew Felker. NT

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**McKinlay flipped in Heat 4. Kendall flipped in the Semi. Felker flipped on Lap 12 of the Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 D. Gardner, Laps 5-30 Bell.

NEW HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Abreu-343; 2-Bell-268; 3-Clauson-262; 4-Hines-260; 5-Thorson-240; 6-Windom-200; 7-Darland-197; 8-Felker-196; 9-Daum-186; 10-K.Thomas-176.

NEW INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Abreu-136; 2-Clauson-119; 3-Hines-108; 4-Darland-103; 5-Pickens-100; 6-Windom-92; 7-D.Gardner-87; 8-Thorson-79; 9-Buckwalter/Price-Miller-76.

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

Sprint Car Feature:
1. Brady Short
2. Dave Darland
3. Chase Briscoe
4. Shane Cottle
5. Jeff Bland
6. Jordan Kinser
7. Casey Shuman
8. Tyler Courtney
9. Jon Stanbrough
10. Bub Cummings
11. Aaron Farney
12. Carson Short
13. Chris Babcock
14. Logan Jarrett
15. Kent Christian
16. Ethan Barrow
17. Eric Edwards
18. Domain Ramsey
19. Seth Parker
20. Nick Bilbee