Hagen Wins Night Before the 500

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From Dick Jordan

Indianapolis, IN — (May 28th, 2011) — Darren Hagen won the Night Before the 500 Saturday at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. Alex Bowman, Levi Roberts, Tracy Hines, and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 28, 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana – O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis – β€œA Tribute to Crocky Wright”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-20.875; 2. Kyle Hamilton, 9, Nine Racing-20.883; 3. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-20.912; 4. Levi Roberts, 91, Nine Racing-20.993; 5. Alex Bowman, 11D, DMS-21.038; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-21.060; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.060; 8. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-21.062; 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 51D, DMS-21.069; 10. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-21.149; 11. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-21.184; 12. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-21.201; 13. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-21.247; 14. Chase Scott, 25, Rodela-21.272; 15. Dillon Welch, 51, DMS-21.282; 16. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.298; 17. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-21.312; 18. Jim Anderson, 52, Chapple-21.433; 19. Dakoda Armstrong, 7, C & A-21.464; 20. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-21.495; 21. Jeremy Frankoski, 7N, Cantor-21.555; 22. Chad Nichols, 17, Nichols-21.624; 23. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-21.625; 24. Tanner Swanson, 3F, RFMS-21.628; 25. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C & A-21.667; 26. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-21.710; 27.
Chuck Gurney Jr., 01, West-21.796; 28. Kyle O’Gara, 6, East-21.851; 29. Travis Young, 11x, Young-21.891; 30. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Race Pro-22.184; 31. Chris Phillips, 64, Phillips-22.185; 32. Seth Motsinger, 37, Felker-23.908; 33. Joey Polisczuk, 8, Polisczuk-NT; 34. #19, Nine Racing-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Bowman, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. Coons, 5. Kramer, 6. Frankoski, 7. Dalton Armstrong ,8. Young. 2:48.93

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Kuhn, 3. Scott, 4. Nichols, 5. Hamilton, 6. Marietta, 7. Anderson, 8. Simpson. 2:49.14

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Welch, 3. Clouser, 4. Daum, 5. Gurney, 6. Dakoda Armstrong, 7. Wagner, 8. Phllips. 2:50.27

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. T.Swanson, 3. Hines, 4. Santos, 5. Roberts, 6. Byrne, 7. O’Gara, 8. Motsinger. 2:51.47

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Roberts, 2. Kramer, 3. Hamilton, 4. Byrne, 5. Dakoda Armstrong, 6. Gurney, 7. Dalton Armstrong, 8. Frankoski, 9. Anderson, 10. O’Gara, 11. Young, 12. Marietta, 13. Motsinger, 14. Wagner, 15. Simpson. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Alex Bowman, 3. Levi Roberts, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Kyle Larson, 6. Bobby East, 7. Tanner Swanson, 8. Kyle Hamilton, 9. Bobby Santos III, 10. Brad Kuhn, 11. Zach Daum, 12. Dakoda Armstrong, 13. Chase Scott, 14. Caleb Armstrong, 15. Dalton Armstrong, 16. Adam Kramer, 17. David Byrne, 18. Chad Nichols, 19. Mario Clouser, 20. Bryan Clauson, 21. Jeremy Frankoski, 22. Jerry Coons Jr., 23. Dillon Welch, 24. Chuck Gurney Jr. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Clauson, Laps 16-50 Hagen.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Hagen-235; 2-East-232; 3-Clauson-209; 4-Daum-174; 5-Hines-173; 6-Roberts-163; 7-Coons-161; 8-Larson-158; 9-Kuhn-146; 10-T.Swanson-138.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 8 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway – β€œIndiana Midget Week”