By Dick Jordan
Haubstadt. IN……..Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Ill. posted his first-ever USAC Mopar National Midget feature victory Saturday night and he picked a great time to do it. He led the last 11 laps to win the “Hut Hundred” at Tri-State Speedway in his Daum Insurance/Weld Eagle/Fontana. Tracy Hines finished second ahead of Thomas Meseraull, pole starter Darren Hagen and Jerry Coons Jr. Hines led the first 62 laps, then Daum led 15 and Hagen 12 before Daum took over on lap 90. Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville, Ind. for treatment of undisclosed injuries after flipping during the feature event.
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 21, 2011 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway – “Hut 100”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.838; 2. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.846; 3. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-13.945; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.983; 5. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.002; 6. Caleb Armstrong, 71, C & A-14.058; 7. Tyler Robbins, 35, Robbins-14.095; 8. Bubba Altig, 37, Felker-14.156; 9. Levi Roberts, 2R, Roberts-14.165; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 3nz, JCJ-14.176; 11. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.186; 12. Thomas Meseraull, 2T, Bush-14.221; 13. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-14.240; 14. Brady Bacon, 11w, Wilke-Pak-14.245; 15. Kellen Conover, 76, Conover-14.261; 16. Kent Schmidt, 5k, SK-14.275; 17. Gavin Galbraith, 98g, Galbraith-14.283; 18. Tanner Swanson, 19, Team 6R/TK-14.307; 19. Travis Berryhill, 2A, Bush-14.366; 20. Chase Barber, 91, Barber-14.375; 21. Davey Ray, 2x, Ray-14.414; 22. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-14.429; 23. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.431; 24. Seth Motsinger, 37x, Felker-14.451; 25. Shane Cockrum, 14c, Cockrum-14.454; 26. Dalton Armstrong, 71k, Kunz-14.480; 27. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-14.494; 28. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.551; 29. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-14.711; 30. John Campbell, 19x, Campbell-14.809; 31. Kody Aldrich, 44, Meents-15.425; 32. Michael Koontz, 17k, Koontz-15.499; 33. Doug Day, 2D, Day-15.576; 34. Critter Malone, 7, Seven LLC-NT.
FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Coons, 3. Bacon, 4. Schmidt, 5. T.Swanson, 6. Simpson, 7. Motsinger,8. Campbell, 9. Hess, 10. Dalton Armstrong, 11. Koontz, 12. Barber. 2:20.38
SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. K.Swanson, 3. Galbraith, 4. Larson, 5. Berryhill, 6. Cockrum, 7. Clouser, 8. Ray, 9. Conover, 10. Aldrich, 11. Jones, 12. Day. 2:21.96
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Zach Daum, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Caleb Armstrong, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Davey Ray, 10. Bobby East, 11. Mario Clouser, 12. Kyle Larson, 13. Kellen Conover, 14. Travis Berryhill, 15. John Campbell, 16. Levi Roberts, 17. Bubba Altig, 18. Shane Cockrum, 19. Tanner Swanson, 20. Kody Aldrich, 21. Brady Bacon, 22. Kody Swanson, 23. Jimmy Simpson, 24. Seth Motsinger, 25. Kent Schmidt, 26. Chase Barber, 27. Michael Koontz, 28. Tyler Robbins, 29. Gavin Galbraith, 30. Mike Hess, 31. Brad Kuhn, 32. Doug Day, 33. Dalton Armstrong. NT
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**Dalton Armstrong flipped during practice. Schmidt flipped on lap 74 of the feature. Kuhn flipped on lap 75 of the feature. Kody Swanson flipped on lap 83 of the feature and was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville for treatment of undisclosed injuries. Tanner Swanson flipped on lap 90 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-62 Hines, Laps 63-77 Daum, Laps 78-89 Hagen, Laps 90-100 Daum.
NEW MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-187; 2-East-176; 3-Hagen-167; 4-Coons-143; 5-Daum-138; 6-Hines-116; 7-Kody Swanson-106; 8-Kuhn-106; 9-Roberts-102; 10-C.Armstrong-100.
NEXT MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: May 28 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Raceway – “Night Before the 500” – a Salute to Crocky Wright