By Dick Jordan
Lawrenceburg, IN……..Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. will lead the USAC Mopar National Midget Series to Sunday night’s Indiana Midget Week finale at the Kokomo Speedway after winning Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Clauson got by Steve Buckwalter on lap six and led the last 25 laps in his Parker Stone Spike/Esslinger Ford. Clauson, the fastest Lawrenceburg qualifier, has an 11-point lead on Kyle Larson going into the Kokomo race. Michael Pickens finished second at Lawrenceburg, ahead of Larson, Tracy Hines and Darren Hagen.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2011 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.340; 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Rock Steady-15.414; 3. Matt Smith, 13, Smith-15.499; 4. Chris Windom, 11, Wilke-Pak-15.580; 5. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-15.582; 6. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-15.613; 7. Tanner Swanson, 19, Team 6R/TK-15.726; 8. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-15.744; 9. Danny Stratton, 77, Hampton-15.781; 10. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-15.782; 11. Seth Motsinger, 37, Felker-15.814; 12. Michael Pickens, 29, Berry-15.829; 13. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-15.855; 14. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-15.855; 15. Trevor Kobylarz, 20x, Two Dogs Racing-15.906; 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 3nz, JCJ-15.916; 17. Caleb Armstrong, 71, Kunz-16.059; 18. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-16.125; 19. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-16.127; 20. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-16.167; 21. Billy Pauch Jr., 54, Burke-16.273; 22. Dalton Armstrong, 71k, Kunz-16.412; 23. Chase Barber, 91, Barber-16.578.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Roberts, 2. East, 3. Kuhn, 4. Clauson, 5. Hines, 6. C.Arsmtrong, 7. Motsinger, 8. Barber. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pickens, 2. Stratton, 3. Larson, 4. Buckwalter, 5. Smith, 6. Pauch, 7. Kobylarz. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clouser, 2. Coons, 3. Daum, 4. Windom, 5. Swanson, 6. Hagen, 7. D.Armstrong. 2:12.49
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Michael Pickens, 3. Kyle Larson, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Matt Smith, 7. Danny Stratton, 8. Bobby East, 9. Zach Daum, 10. Chase Barber, 11. Dalton Armstrong, 12. Brad Kuhn, 13. Levi Roberts, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Mario Clouser, 16. Billy Pauch Jr., 17. Steve Buckwalter, 18. Tanner Swanson, 19. Caleb Armstrong, 20. Jerry Coons Jr., 21. Trevor Kobylarz. NT
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**Kobylarz flipped on lap 11 of the feature. Buckwalter and Swanson flipped on lap 25 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Swanson, Laps 2-5 Buckwalter, Laps 6-30 Clauson.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Clauson-461; 2-East-455; 3-Hagen-433; 4-Larson-399; 5-Hines-387; 6-Daum-328; 7-Kuhn-310; 8-Coons-278; 9-Roberts-264; 10-C.Armstrong-253.
NEW USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Clauson-252; 2-Larson-241; 3-East-223; 4-Hines-214; 5-Hagen-168.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 12 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
Brady Short took the sprint car win.