Altamahaw, NC – (March 30, 2012) – Bobby East won Friday night’s “Real Deal Salute to Shane Hmiel” Friday night at Ace Speedway. Bobby Santos III, Mario Clouser, Darren Hagen, and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five. Nic Davidson won the USAC Ford Focus Midget Car feature.
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 30, 2012 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway – “The Real Deal” Salute to Shane Hmiel
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mario Clouser, 27, RW-14.190; 2. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz-14.237; 3. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-14.343; 4. Bobby Santos III, 17, RW-14.358; 5. Tanner Swanson, 3F, RFMS-14.381; 6. Levi Roberts, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.390; 7. Nick Drake, 5, East-14.399; 8. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.427; 9. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.431; 10. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.445; 11. Levi Jones, 56, 5IVE-6IX, Inc.-14.453; 12. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-14.455; 13. Dillon Welch, 9, Nine Racing-14.462; 14. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.539; 15. Jason Wolfe, 4J, East-14.558; 16. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.563; 17. Mike Larrison, 501, Hamilton-14.587; 18. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-14.617; 19. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.641; 20. David Byrne, 20, Byrne-14.645; 21. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.653; 22. Davey Ray, 33, Ray-14.780; 23. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.848; 24. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-16.548.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Simpson, 2. Welch, 3. Hines, 4. Clauson, 5. Santos, 6. Clouser, 7. Ray, 8. Drake. 1:55.59
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larrison, 2. East, 3. Larson, 4. D. Armstrong, 5. T. Swanson, 6. Jones, 7. Byrne, 8. Ferns. 1:55.71
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. C. Armstrong, 2. Abreu, 3. Hagen, 4. Roberts, 5. K. Swanson, 6. Daum, 7. Wolfe, 8. Chapple. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Bobby Santos III, 3. Mario Clouser, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Kyle Larson, 6. Tanner Swanson, 7. Caleb Armstrong, 8. Nick Drake, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Kody Swanson, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Dillon Welch, 14. Zach Daum, 15. David Byrne, 16. Jason Wolfe, 17. Davey Ray, 18. Jimmy Simpson, 19. Taylor Ferns, 20. Dalton Armstrong, 21. Isaac Chapple, 22. Levi Roberts, 23. Mike Larrison, 24. Rico Abreu. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 East.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-East-67; 2-Santos-64; 3-Clouser-63; 4-Larson-59; 5-Hagen-57; 6-T.Swanson-51; 7-C.Armstrong-50; 8-Drake-39; 9-Jones-39; 10-K.Swanson-39.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: March 31 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway
USAC FOCUS MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 30, 2012 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway – “The Real Deal” Salute to Shane Hmiel
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chris Lamb, 911, Lamb-15.672; 2. Bradley Riethmeyer, 2, Trotter-15.675; 3. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-15.682; 4. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-15.685; 5. Nic Davidson, 39, Radical-15.705; 6. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15.732; 7. Ross Rankine, 9, Nine Racing-15.761; 8. Austin Prock, 98, Noffsinger/Brown-15.820; 9. Tyler Corriher, 12, Noffsinger/Brown-15.847; 10. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-15.874; 11. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-15.875; 12. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-15.886; 13. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-15.892; 14. Sam McGhee, 11, McGhee-15.989; 15. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-16.387; 16. Mikell McGee, 22, McGee-16.496; 17. Orry Hunte, 6, Brown/Noffsinger-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Prock, 2. Clouse, 3. Davidson, 4. Lamb, 5. Irvan, 6. Walker, 7. Hunte. 2:06.08
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Riethmeyer, 3. Greening, 4. Corriher, 5. McGhee, 6. Rankine. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fanelli, 2. Krachun, 3. McGee, 4. Carroll. 2:07.26
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Nic Davidson, 2. Jared Irvan, 3. Bradley Riethmeyer, 4. Austin Prock, 5. Cooper Clouse, 6. Ross Rankine, 7. Tyler Corriher, 8. Gage Walker, 9. Ryan Krachun, 10. Davey Hamilton Jr., 11. Mikel McGee, 12. Calvin Carroll, 13. Chris Lamb, 14. Sam McGhee, 15. Joey Greening, 16. Orry Hunte, 17. Michael Fanelli. NT
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**McGhee flipped in Heat 2.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Prock, Laps 6-25 Davidson.
NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Davidson-68, 2-Riethmeyer-66, 3-Irvan-65, 4-Prock-59, 5-Clouse-55, 6-Rankine-48, 7-Corriher-47, 8-Hamilton-44, 9-Krachun-43, 10-Walker-42.
NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Davidson-68, 2-Riethmeyer-66, 3-Irvan-65, 4-Prock-59, 5-Clouse-55, 6-Rankine-48, 7-Corriher-47, 8-Hamilton-44, 9-Krachun-43, 10-Walker-42.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE: March 31 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway