From Dick Jordan
Pontoon Beach, IL — (October 7, 2011) — Darren Hagen won the opening night of the Gold Crown Midget Car Nationals Thursday night at Tri-City Spedway. Bryan Clauson, Zach Daum, Brad Sweet, and Tracy Hines rounded out the top five.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 6, 2011 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – 3rd “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#39 Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Zach Daum (#5 Daum), 3. Hunter Schuerenberg (#2 Ray), 4. Brett Anderson (#11B Anderson), 5. Brad Kuhn (#17B RW), 6. Daniel Adler (#401 Kirkpatrick), 7. Robbie Ray (#3R Ray), 8. Tyler Millwood (#2x Bush), 9. Jake Blackhurst (#39x Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Levi Roberts (#9 Nine Racing), 2. Kody Swanson (#11 Wilke-Pak), 3. Steve Buckwalter (#25 Buckwalter), 4. Dalton Armstrong (#71k Kunz), 5. Christopher Bell (#21B Ruston), 6. Tyler Robbins (#35 Robbins), 7. Tim Buckwalter (#52 Buckwalter), 8. Ryan Criswell (#11R R & C), 9. Levi Jones (#56 56 Inc.). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Sweet (#49 Kahne), 2. Bubba Altig (#37 Felker), 3. Thomas Messeraull (#2T Bush), 4. Shane Cottle (#1st Saucier), 5. Scott Hatton (#15 Huston), 6. Nick Knepper (#55 Knepper), 7. Tanner Swanson (#19 Team 6R/TK), 8. Steve Stroud (#21x Stroud), 9. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Taylor Ferns (#55F Ferns), 2. A.J. Felker (#11a Felker), 3. Alex Bright (#77 Hemler), 4. Trevor Kobylarz (#20 Two Dogs), 5. Gavin Galbraith (#98g Galbraith), 6. Danny Frye III (#5F Frye), 7. Nick Wean (#78 Wean), 8. Ted Kirkpatrick (#40 Kirkpatrick), 9. Michael Koontz (#17k Koontz). NT
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davey Ray (#71x Love), 2. Jerry Coons Jr. (#3nz JCJ), 3. Dave Darland (#5w Wilke-Pak), 4. Kyle Larson (#67 Kunz), 5. Tracy Hines (#24 Parker), 6. Caleb Armstrong (#71 C & A), 7. Ryan Smith (#33 Stewart), 8. Matt Sherrell (#35s Sherrell), 9. John Campbell (#19x Campbell). NT
SIXTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darren Hagen (#3 RFMS), 2. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 3. Casey Shuman (#10 Moore), 4. Kent Schmidt (#5k SK), 5. Mario Clouser (#06 MCM), 6. Shane Cockrum (#96 Wallace), 7. Chase Barber (#91 Barber), 8. Johnny Murdock (#0 Murdock), 9. Chris Windom (#2d Dooling). NT
C-MAIN #1: (10 laps) 1. Galbraith, 2. T.Swanson. 3. Robbins, 4. Sherrell, 5. R.Ray, 6. Koontz, 7. Gehrke, 8. Murdock, 9. Frye, 10. Millwood. NT
C-MAIN #2: (10 laps) 1. C.Armstrong, 2. Wean, 3. T.,Buckwalter, 4. Barber, 5. Blackhurst, 6. Campbell, 7. David Budres (#31 Manic). 8. Kirkpatrick, 9. Stroud, 10. Brady Bacon (#2d). NT
SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Coons, 3. Darland, 4. Shuman, 5. Kuhn, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Bell, 8. Clouser, 9. Cottle, 10. Hatton, 11. Smith, 12. Anderson, 13. T.Swanson, 14. Adler, 15. K.Swanson, 16. Sherrell, 17. Galbraith, 18. Wean, 19. C.Armstrong, 20. Knepper, 21. Barber, 22. Robbins, 23. Schmidt, 24. T.Buckwalter. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Christopher Bell, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Bubba Altig, 11. Casey Shuman, 12. A.J. Felker, 13. Davey Ray, 14. Thomas Meseraull, 15. Mario Clouser, 16. Taylor Ferns, 17. Levi Roberts, 18. Kyle Larson, 19. Tanner Swanson, 20. Bobby East, 21. Alex Bright, 22. Trevor Kobylarz, 23. Steve Buckwalter, 24. Dalton Armstrong, 25. Hunter Schuerenberg. NT
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**Barber flipped during the sixth heat. Clouser flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 East, Laps 6-23 Clauson, Laps 24-25 Hagen.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,010; 2-Hagen-1,002; 3-Larson-951; 4-Hines-880; 5-East-773; 6-Daum-677; 7-Kuhn-655; 8-C.Armstrong-643; 9-Coons-607; 10-T.Swanson-597.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Clauson-760; 2-Hagen-638; 3-Hines-622; 4-Larson-608; 5-East-578.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 7 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – 3rd “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”
Sprint Car Feature: 1. Levi Jones,2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. Mike Hess, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Tommy Worley, Jr., 6. Casey Shuman, 7. Kyle Wissmiller, 8. Coleman Gulick, 9. Matt Goodnight, 10. Korey Weyant, 11. Mitch Wissmiller, 12. Tom Dickerman, 13. Travis Berryhill, 14. Derrick Myers, 15. Wade Seiler, 16. Steve Thomas, 17. Shane Cottle, 18. Critter Malone, 19. J.C. Bland Springfield, 20. Hud Cone