From Dick Jordan
Bloomington, IN………Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. scored his first USAC feature victory in Friday night’s 30-lap “Indiana Midget Week” USAC Mopar National Midget race at the Bloomington Speedway. The victory in round three of the series puts Larson in a tie with Bryan Clauyson for the Indiana Midget Week point lead entering Saturday night’s race at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Larson trailed Chris Windom for 17 laps, then led lap 18 before yielding the lead back to Windom. On lap 27 Larson caught Windom in turn three and then led the final four laps in his Toyota TRD Bullet to beat Windom, Shane Cottle, Caleb Armstrong and Bobby East. NASCAR star Jason Leffler was unable to make the feature after fighting an ill-handling car. Jerry Coons Jr. was the fastest qualifier and IMW challengers Darren Hagen and Brad Kuhn were relegated to using provisional starting spots at the back of the feature but finished 11th and 13th respectively.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 10, 2011 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 3nz, JCJ-12.275; 2. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-12.283; 3. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.292; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-12.349; 5. Shane Cottle, 1st, Saucier- 12.376; 6. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-12.382; 7. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.383; 8. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-12.392; 9. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-12.411; 10. Caleb Armstrong, 71, Kunz-12.440; 11. Chris Windom, 11, Wilke-Pak-12.458; 12. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-12.512; 13. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.532; 14. Alex Bright, 77A, Hemler-12.541; 15. Billy Pauch Jr., 54, Burke-12.546; 16. Trevor Kobylarz, 49, Two Dogs Racing-12.563; 17. Nick Wean, 78, Wean-12.577; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Rock Steady-12.584; 19. Kellen Conover, 76, Conover-12.592; 20. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-12.597; 21. Dalton Armstrong, 71k, Kunz-12.616; 22. Tanner Swanson, 19, Team 6R/TK-12.627; 23. Matt Smith, 13, Smith-12.659; 24. Davey Ray, 2R, Ray-12.706; 25. Michael Pickens, 29, Berry-12.708; 26. Danny Stratton, 77, Hampton-12.717; 27. Seth Motsinger, 37, Felker-12.803; 28. Justin Grosz, 99, Grosz-12.880; 29. Jimmy Glenn, 07, Glenn-12.919; 30. Michael Koontz, 17k, Koontz-12.963; 31. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-12.963; 32. Jacob Wilson, 10, Moore-12.987; 33. Jason Leffler, 51, DMS-13.261.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Wean, 3. Cottle, 4. Pickens, 5. Coons, 6. Daum, 7. Glenn, 8. D.Armstrong. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. T.Swanson, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. Roberts, 5. Bright. 6. Stratton, 7. Koontz, 8. Hagen. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Conover, 3. Pauch, 4. Windom, 5. Jones, 6. Buckwalter, 7. Kuhn, 8. Motsinger. 1:39.76
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Larson, 3. Hines, 4. Kobylarz, 5. Clouser, 6. East, 7. Grosz, 8. Wilson. 1:41.14
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Coons, 3. Jones, 4. Bright. 5. East, 6. Daum, 7. Clouser, 8. Stratton, 9. Glenn, 10. Kuhn, 11. Wilson, 12. Motsinger, 13. Hagen, 14. Grosz, 15. Leffler, 16. D.Armstrong, 17. Koontz. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Shane Cottle, 4. Caleb Armstrong, 5. Bobby East, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Michael Pickens, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Steve Buckwalter, 11. Darren Hagen, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Brad Kuhn, 14. Nick Wean, 15. Davey Ray, 16. Trevor Kobylarz, 17. Tanner Swanson, 18. Matt Smith, 19. Kellen Conover, 20. Jerry Coons Jr., 21. Alex Bright, 22. Zach Daum, 23. Billy Pauch Jr., 24. Levi Roberts, NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Windom, Lap 18 Larson, Laps 19-26 Windom, Laps 27-30 Larson.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-East-407; 2-Clauson-390;East-407; 2-Clauson-390;-Hagen-385; 4-Larson-339; 5-Hines-332; 6-Daum-286; 7-Kuhn-275; 8-Coons-258; 9-C.Armstrong-238; 10-Roberts-229.
NEW USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Larson-181; 2-Clauson-181; 3-East-175; 4-Hines-159; 5-Cottle-153.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 11 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
Brady Short won the sprint car feature followed by Darland, Leary, Stanbrough and Stines.