By Dick Jordan
Dalton Armstrong of New Castle, Ind. will try to protect his point lead in both t he 2010 USAC Regional and USAC/WOMS Midgets series this Thursday when the Midgets compete at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. as part of the “Great Lakes 150” program at the 7/16-mile paved oval.
The Midgets share billing with the USAC Silver Crown Series, which will conduct a 150-lap race, the first-ever for USAC’s Silver Crown cars in the state of Michigan.
Bradley Galedrige of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 25 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC/WOMS Regional Midget feature at Springport (Mich.) Motor Speedway. Galedrige was trailed at the checkered flag by Armstrong, Dillon Welch, Nick Wagner and Chris Phillips.
Armstrong has a 52-point lead over Welch in the Regional standings and is 33 ahead of Welch in the WOMS points.
USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Dalton Armstrong-705, 2-Dillon Welch-653, 3-Chris Phillips-557, 4-Buddy Lowther-440, 5-Dave Fuhrman-410, 6-Kyle Hamilton-299, 7-Daniel Bedford-288, 8-Ali Jackson-235, 9-Shannon McIntosh-230, 10-Levi Roberts-194.
USAC/WOMS MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Dalton Armstrong-259, 2-Dillon Welch-226, 3-Daniel Bedford-203, 4-Chris Phillips-197, 5-Tom Fedorczyk-131, 6-Buddy Lowther-118, 7-Doug Dietsch-117, 8-Phil Rutledge-101, 9-Nick Wagner-101, 10-Dave Fuhrman-95.