From Dick Jordan
Altamahaw, NC — (March 31, 2012) — Darren Hagen won Saturday night’s MOPAR USAC National Midget Car Series salute to Shane Hmiel event at Ace Speedway. Mario Clouser, Caleb Armstrong, Dalton Armstrong, and Bobby East rounded out the top five.
Jared Irvan won the USAC Ford Focus Midget Car feature.
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 31, 2012 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway – “The Real Deal” Salute to Shane Hmiel
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.355; 2. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-14.374; 3. Nick Drake, 5x, East-14.398; 4. Mario Clouser, 27, RW-14.450; 5. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.474; 6. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-14.474; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.482; 8. Bobby Santos III, 17, RW-14.488; 9. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.529; 10. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-14.538; 11. Dillon Welch, 9, Nine Racing-14.540; 12. Levi Jones, 56, 5IVE-6IX, Inc.-14.543; 13. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.547; 14. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.555; 15. Levi Roberts, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.587; 16. Tanner Swanson, 3F, RFMS-14.623; 17. Jason Wolfe, 4J, East-14.631; 18. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.638; 19. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-14.708; 20. Davey Ray, 33, Ray-14.737; 21. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-15.057; 22. Mike Larrison, 501, Hamilton-16.727; 23. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. T.Swanson, 2. Hagen, 3. Clouser, 4. Simpson, 5. East, 6. Byrne, 7. Abreu. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Welch, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. Wolfe, 5. Santos, 6. K.Swanson, 7. Ray. 1:57.51
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Drake, 3. Roberts, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Chapple, 6. Ferns, 7. Jones. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Mario Clouser, 3. Caleb Armstrong, 4. Dalton Armstrong, 5. Bobby East, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Tanner Swanson, 8. Bobby Santos III, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Levi Roberts, 11. Dillon Welch, 12. David Byrne, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Jimmy Simpson, 15. Rico Abreu, 16. Jason Wolfe, 17. Levi Jones, 18. Isaac Chapple, 19. Davey Ray, 20. Nick Drake, 21. Zach Daum. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hagen.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clouser-129, 2-East-125; 3-Hagen-124; 4-C.Armstrong-110; 5-Santos-107, 6-T.Swanson-101, 7-K.Swanson-92, 8-Clauson-82, 9-D.Armstrong-77, 10-Welch-72.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACES: May 4-5 – Dodge City (KS) Raceway Park
SAC FOCUS MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 31, 2012 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway – “The Real Deal” Salute to Shane Hmiel
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Davidson, 39, Radical-15.603; 2. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-15.626; 3. Bradley Riethmeyer, 2, Trotter-15.639; 4. Ross Rankine, 9, Nine Racing-15.665; 5. Mike Ward, 80, Ward-15.749; 6. Chris Lamb, 911, Lamb-15.797; 7. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-15.806; 8. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-15.808; 9. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-15.875; 10. Tyler Corriher, 12, Noffsinger/Brown-15.878; 11. Sam McGhee, 11, McGhee-15.893; 12. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15.905; 13. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-15.947; 14. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-15.959; 15. Orry Hunte, 6, Brown/Noffsinger-15.981; 16. Mikell McGee, 22, McGee-16.207; 17. Austin Prock, 98, Noffsinger/Brown-NT (time of 15.965 disallowed); 18. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-NT (time of 16.114 disallowed).
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Corriher, 2. Hamilton, 3. Rankine, 4. Davidson, 5. Walker, 6. McGee. 2:08.02
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irvan, 2. Greening, 3. Ward, 4. McGhee, 5. Prock, 6. Clouse. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Riethmeyer, 2. Lamb, 3. Fanelli, 4. Hunte, 5. Krachun, 6. Carroll. 2:08.55
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jared Irvan, 2. Bradley Riethmeyer, 3. Mike Ward, 4. Ross Rankine, 5. Chris Lamb, 6. Tyler Corriher, 7. Nic Davidson, 8. Davey Hamilton Jr., 9. Austin Prock, 10. Gage Walker, 11. Ryan Krachun, 12. Sam McGhee, 13. Joey Greening, 14. Michael Fanelli, 15. Calvin Carroll, 16. Mikell McGee, 17. Orry Hunte, 18. Cooper Clouse. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Lamb, Laps 13-15 Ward, Laps 16-25 Irvan.
NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irvan-138, 2-Riethmeyer-135, 3-Davidson-121, 4-Rankine-108, 5-Corriher-100, 6-Prock-99, 7-Hamilton-90, 8-Lamb-87, 9-Walker-79, 10-Krachun-78.
NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irvan-138, 2-Riethmeyer-135, 3-Davidson-121, 4-Rankine-108, 5-Corriher-100, 6-Prock-99, 7-Hamilton-90, 8-Lamb-87, 9-Walker-79, 10-Krachun-78.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGET RACE: April 20 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway
NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE: May 17 – Concord (NC) Speedway