From Dick Jordan
Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. took step one toward a $15,000 Gold Crown Midget Nationals payday with his 25-lap preliminary feature win Thursday night at Tri-City Speedway. Leading all 25 laps of the USAC Mopar National and POWRi Midget race in his Liberty Village/McGladrey & Pullen Spike/Esslinger Ford, Hagen took an early point lead in the three-night event, which offers $15,000 to Saturday night’s 50-lap feature winner. Bryan Clauson finished second ahead of Bobby East, Jerry Coons Jr. and Chris Windom. Another 25-lap feature caps Friday night’s prelim which will finalize the seedings for Saturday night’s program.
Chris Windom won the sprint car feature.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 30, 2010 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” – Co-sanctioned by the Powri Midget Series
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#39 Tucker/Kunz/BCI), 2. Levi Jones (#67 Kunz), 3. Tyler Robbins (#35T Robbins), 4. Danny Frye III (#5s Frye), 5. Thomas Meseraull (#2T Bush), 6. Levi Roberts (#2D Roberts), 7. Brett Anderson (#11B Anderson), 8. Nick Knepper (#55k Knepper), 9. Zach Daum (#5 Daum), 10. Caleb Armstrong (#7a C & A). 2:08.67
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darren Hagen (#3 RFMS), 2. Austin Brown (#7 Brown), 3. Steve Buckwalter (#25 Buckwalter), 4. Seth Motsinger (#37 Felker), 5. Bubby Altig (#37x Felker), 6. Shane Cockrum (#14c Cockrum), 7. Mario Clouser (#06 MCM), 8. Will Pierce (#10 Pierce), 9. Garrett Hood (#11H Two Hoods), 10. Doug Day (#2DD Day). 2:09.49
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chris Windom (#2 Triple Crown), 2. Tracy Hines (#24 Parker), 3. Brad Kuhn (#17B RW), 4. Dave Darland (#71 Kunz), 5. Daniel Adler (#401k Kirkpatrick), 6. Dereck King (#91 Harris), 7. Kody Swanson (#19R Team 6R/TK), 8. Kyle Neal (#38N Neal), 9. Matt Sherrell (#35 Sherrell), 10. Chase Barber (#90 Barber). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#11 Wilke-Pak), 2. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 3. Tim Buckwalter (#52 Buckwalter), 4. Brad Loyet (#05 Loyet), 5. Kent Schmidt (#5k Schmidt), 6. Darren Kingston (#94 Kingston), 7. Steve Stroud (#21x Stroud), 8. Derrick Myers (#25m Myers), 9. Adam Tischhauser (#4T Tischhauser). 2:14.07
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mike Hess (#4H Hardy), 2. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 3. Scott Hatton (#15H Huston), 4. Tim Siner (#77x Holderfield), 5. Daniel Robinson (#57 Eaker), 6. Casey Shuman (#92 Wallace), 7. Andrew Felker (#11a Felker), 8. Don Droud Jr. (#44 Smith), 9. Cameron Hagin (#33 Ray). 2:07.97
B-MAIN #1: (15 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Knepper, 3. Swanson, 4. Robinson, 5. Sherrell, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Felker, 8. Motsinger, 9. Barber, 10. Kingston, 11. Schmidt, 12. Hood, 13. Neal, 14. Anderson. 4:11.61
B-MAIN #2: (15 laps) 1. Cockrum, 2. Roberts, 3. Droud, 4. Altig, 5. Daum, 6. Shuman, 7. King, 8. Myers, 9. Pierce, 10. Hagin, 11. Day, 12. Stroud. 4:13.46
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Bobby East, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Chris Windom, 6. Brad Loyet, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Mike Hess, 9. Steve Buckwalter, 10. Levi Jones, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Thomas Meseraull, 13. Scott Hatton, 14. Daniel Adler, 15. Nick Knepper, 16. Tyler Robbins, 17. Levi Roberts, 18. Tim Buckwalter, 19. Chett Gehrke, 20. Austin Brown, 21. Caleb Armstrong, 22. Shane Cockrum, 23. Danny Frye III, 24. Dave Darland, 25. Tim Siner. NT
**Neal flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Hagen.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,325; 2-Hines-1,232; 3-Coons-1,220; 4-Kuhn-1,193; 5-Hagen-1,192; 6-Darland-1,082; 7-Brad Sweet-860; 8-East-785; 9-Henry Clarke-746; 10-Daum-720.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,021; 2-Coons-975; 3-Kuhn-968; 4-Hines-903; 5-Darland-831.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 1 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”