By Bryan Gapinski
Belleville, Kan., Aug. 2—Two-time and defending Champion Bryan Clauson is the latest entry for the 34th Annual RevHoney Belleville Midget Nationals on Aug. 5-6 at the Belleville High Banks. For the second straight year the event will be officiated by the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA) and The Belleville High Banks Race Committee.
Clauson will be trying to become the first driver to win the event three straight years, and become the events first three-time winner. Clauson has six midget feature victories this season with various sanctioning organizations. Clauson joins Dave Darland, Jerry Coons Jr., and Bobby East, as former Belleville Nationals winners that will compete in the two-day event which carries a purse of nearly $90,000.
Last year’s car count of thirty-six cars was the highest for the event since 2007. The pre-entry list of twenty-six is currently three less than last year’s pre-enteries total. Several other teams have contacted the race office and are scheduled to compete, despite not filing a pre-race entry.
BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS ENTRY LIST
CAR# DRIVER/HOMETOWN CAR OWNER/CHASSIS/ENGINE
2 Terry Goodwin/Laveen, AZ Misty Goodwin/Spike/Fontana
3 Darren Hagen/Riverside, CA RFMS Racing/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
3T Julee Jamison/Highlands Ranch, CO Bryan Jamison/Stealth/Ford-Esslinger
4 Bobby East/Brownsburg, IN Terry Klatt/Beast/Fontana
4x Chad Frewaldt/Kansas City, KS Chad Frewaldt/Bullet/Chevrolet
5d Zach Daum/Pocahontas, IL Dan Daum/Beast/Fontana
5w Bryon Walters/Beaver Dam, WI Walters Motorsports/Spike/Mopar
05 Brad Loyet/Sunset Hills, MO Loyet Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
06 Mario Clouser/Auburn, IL MCW Motorsports/Beast/Mopar
9 Levi Roberts/Bloomfield, CO Nine Racing/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
11 Dave Darland/Lincoln, IN Wilke-PAK/Spike/Toyota
11c Chett Gehrke/Broken Arrow, OK Skip Mattison/Stealth/Fontana
11h Garrett Hood/Concordia, KS Hood Racing/Stealth/Fontana
12jr Josh Pelkey/Peoria, AZ ABC Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
12s Danny Sheridan/Santa Maria, CA ABC Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
14 Tony Rossi/Brighton, CO Tony Rossi/Spike/Mopar
17 Brad Kuhn/Avon, IN RWB Motorsports/Beast/Fontana
19 Patrick Stasa/Kingman, KS Stasa Racing/SBR/Gaerte
39 Bryan Clauson/Noblesville, IN Tucker-BCI-Curb-Agajanian/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
44 Don Droud Jr./Lincoln, NE Skip Smith/Stealth/Ford-Esslinger
67 Kyle Larson/Elk Grove,CA Keith Kunz/Bullet/Toyota
71 Caleb Armstrong/New Castle, IN Keith Kunz/Bullet/Toyota
71k Dalton Armstrong/New Castle, IN Keith Kunz/Bullet/Toyota
91 Jeff Stasa/Kingman, KS Stasa Racing/Beast/Gaerte
96 Cody Brewer/Choctaw, OK Cody Brewer/F5 Twister/Ford-Esslinger
98 Todd Plemmons/Arvada, CO Mike Minarik/TCR/Chevy