Hines Takes Midget Portion of “Pacific Coast Nationals”

From Dick Jordan
Tacy Hines led all 30 laps and won the USAC National/Western Midget feature at Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway during the “31st “Pacific Coast Nationals”. Jerry Coons Jr.,Bryan Clauson, Alex Schutte and Brad Kuhn rounded out the top five.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 13, 2010 – Tulare, California – Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “31st “Pacific Coast Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-15.628; 2. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-15.656; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-15.711; 4. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-15.814; 5. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-15.992; 6. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-15.996; 7. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-16.012; 8. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-16.039; 9. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-16.052; 10. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.055; 11. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-16.092; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-16.152; 13. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-16.157; 14. Danny Faria Jr., 67x, Faria-16.219; 15. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-16.290 ;16. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-16.333; 17. Troy Rutherford, 87jr, Vermeer-16.337; 18. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.357;19 .Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-16.382; 20. Kody Swanson, 19k, TK-16.395; 21. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-16.447; 22. Cody Swanson, 71x, Swanson-16.468; 23. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-16.474; 24. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.476; 25. Travis Berryhill, 27B, Blackwell-16.480; 26. Randi Pankratz, 8,
Pankratz-16.495; 27. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-16.802; 28. Jake Swanson, 05x, Swanson-16.892; 29. Chris Ennis, 97, Martens-17.002; 30. Kenny Warren, 78, Warren-18.092; 31. Connor Kassik, 15x, Neverlift-18.164; 32. Nick Chivello, 27c, Blackwell-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Jones, 3. Hines, 4. Rutherford, 5. Ennis, 6. Prickett, 7. Pierovich, 8. Berryhill. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. C.Swanson, 3. East, 4. Daum, 5. Kuhn, 6. Pankratz, 7. Warren, 8. Faria. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McQueen, 2. Dodenhoff, 3. Margeson, 4. Coons, 5. Schutte, 6. Streeter, 7. Josett, 8. Kassik. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. Loyet, 3. Roberts, 4. Darland, 5. Kruseman, 6. J.Swanson, 7. Howell. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. Kuhn, 3. Pierovich, 4. Faria, 5. Josett, 6. R.Pankratz, 7. Ennis, 8. Streeter, 9. J.Swanson, 10. Howell, 11. Berryhill, 12. Warren, 13. Kassik, 14. Kruseman, 15. Prickett. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Alex Schutte, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Bobby East, 7. Zach Daum, 8. Henry Clarke, 9. Levi Roberts, 10. Cody Swanson, 11. Evan Margeson, 12. Matt Streeter, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Scott Pierovich, 15. Jake Swanson, 16. Brad Loyet, 17. Chris Ennis, 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. Levi Jones, 20. Robby Josett, 21. Sean Dodenhoff, 22. Troy Rutherford, 23. Danny Faria Jr., 24. Dave Darland, 25. Kody Swanson, 26. Shannon McQueen. NT
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**McQueen and Rutherford flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hines.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-1,508; 2-Coons-1,408; 3-Hines-1,385; 4-Kuhn-1,350; 5-Darren Hagen-1,318; 6-Darland-1,171; 7-East-921; 8-Brad Sweet-860; 9-Daum-819; 10-Loyet-795.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-1,204; 2-Coons-1,163; 3-Kuhn-1,125; 4-Hines-1,056; 5-Darland-920.
NEW USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Schutte-692; 2-Kruseman-661; 3-Josett-648; 4-Pankratz-398; 5-J.Swanson-387; 6-K.Swanson-354; 7-C.Swanson-348; 8-Pierovich-309; 9-Loyet-254; 10-Dodenhoff-250.

NEXT MOPAR USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET RACE: November 25 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (CA) – 70th “Turkey Night Grand Prix”