From Dick Jordan
Pontoon Beach, IL………Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. took step #2 toward a $15,000 payday at Tri-City Speedway Friday night, coming from 14th starting position to win the 25-lap “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” preliminary feature. Hagen, who also won Thursday night’s 25-lapper, ended up as the top point scorer for Saturday night’s program, where the 50-lap feature winner receives $15,000! Hagen piloted the RFMS Racing Liberty Village/McGladrey & Pullen Spike/Esslinger Ford to the win over Jerry Coons Jr., who led the first 14 laps. Bryan Clauson took third ahead of Davey Ray and Steve Buckwalter.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 1, 2010 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” – Co-sanctioned by the Powri Midget Series
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davey Ray (#3F RFMS), 2. Bryan Clauson (#39 Tucker/Kunz/BCI), 3. Darren Hagen (#3 RFMS), 4. Tim Buckwalter (#52 Buckwalter), 5. Mario Clouser (#06 MCM), 6. Dereck King (#91 Harris), 7. Austin Brown (#7 Brown), 8. Daniel Robinson (#57 Eaker), 9. Doug Day (#2DD Day), 10. Cameron Hagin (#33 Ray). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Buckwalter (#25 Buckwalter), 2. Tracy Hines (#24 Parker), 3. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 4. Brett Anderson (#11B Anderson), 5. Kody Swanson (#19R Team 6R/TK), 6. Brad Loyet (#05 Loyet), 7. Chase Barber (#90 Barber), 8. Matt Sherrell (#35 Sherrell), 9. Kent Schmidt (#5k Schmidt), 10. Shane Cockrum (#14c Cockrum). 1:58.64
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#11 Wilke-Pak), 2. Thomas Meseraull (#2T Bush), 3. Tyler Robbins (#35T Robbins), 4. Andrew Felker (#11a Felker), 5. Kyle Neal (#38N Neal), 6. Chris Windom (#2 Triple Crown), 7. Mike Hess (#4H Hardy), 8. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 9. Tim Siner (#77x Holderfield), 10. Danny Frye III (#5s Frye). 2:00.78
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn (#17B RW), 2. Levi Roberts (#2D Roberts), 3. Levi Jones (#67 Kunz), 4. Dave Darland (#71 Kunz), 5. Nick Knepper (#55k Knepper), 6. Daniel Adler (#401k Kirkpatrick), 7. Seth Motsinger (#37 Felker), 8. Will Pierce (#10 Pierce), 9. Adam Tischhauser (#4T Tischhauser). 1:59.36
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Don Droud Jr. (#44 Smith), 2. Bubby Altig (#37x Felker), 3. Caleb Armstrong (#7a C & A), 4. Zach Daum (#5 Daum), 5. Scott Hatton (#15H Huston), 6. Casey Shuman (#92 Wallace), 7. Darren Kingston (#94 Kingston), 8. Derrick Myers (#25m Myers), 9. Garrett Hood (#11H Two Hoods). 2:01.99
B-MAIN #1: (15 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Windom, 3. Sherrell, 4. Hatton, 5. Gehrke, 6. Siner, 7. Brown, 8. King, 9. Day, 10. Clouser, 11. Myers, 12. Adler, 13. Hood. NT
B-MAIN #2: (15 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Hess, 3. Knepper, 4. Robinson, 5. Shuman, 6. Barber, 7. Frye, 8. Neal, 9. Schmidt, 10. Motsinger, 11. Hagin, 12. Pierce, 13. Tischhauser, 14. Kingston. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Davey Ray, 5. Steve Buckwalter, 6. Bubba Altig, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Brad Kuhn, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Brad Loyet, 11. Bobby East, 12. Chris Windom, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Don Droud Jr., 15. Brett Anderson, 16. Dave Darland, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Mike Hess, 19. Levi Roberts, 20. Tyler Robbins, 21. Tim Buckwalter, 22. Caleb Armstrong, 23. Zach Daum, 24. Andrew Felker.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Coons, Laps 15-25 Hagen.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,386; 2-Coons-1,291; 3-Hines-1,281; 4-Hagen-1,258; 5-Kuhn-1,241; 6-Darland-1,108; 7-Brad Sweet-860; 8-East-822; 9-Henry Clarke-746; 10-Daum-738.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,082; 2-Coons-1,046; 3-Kuhn-1,016; 4-Hines-952; 5-Hagen-858; 6-Darland-857; 7-Loyet-725; 8-Brad Sweet-629; 9-East-573; 10-Daum-550.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 2 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”