From Dick Jordan
Indianapolis, IN — (May 26, 2012) — Tracy Hines passed Kyle Larson on the last lap to win the Night Before the 500 midget car feature at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Larson, Darren Hagen, Dalton Armstrong, and Kody Swanson rounded out the top five.
MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 26, 2012 – Clermont, IN – Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis – 67th “Night Before the 500”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz-20.949; 2. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-21.074; 3. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-21.238; 4. Bobby Santos, 17, RW-21.318; 5. Mario Clouser, 27, RW-21.332; 6. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.336; 7. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-21.350; 8. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-21.426; 9. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-21.430; 10. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.457; 11. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-21.463; 12. Kyle Hamilton, 33x, Hamilton-21.477; 13. Levi Jones, 56, Hmiel-21.490; 14. Levi Roberts, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-21.574; 15. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-21.596; 16. Mike Larrison, 501, Hamilton-21.639; 17. Tanner Swanson, 3F, RFMS-21.668; 18. Nick Drake, 5, East-21.683; 19. Jason Leffler, 25, Rodela-21.685; 20. Davey Ray, 33, RAYPRO-21.729; 21. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-21.813; 22. David Byrne, 20, Byrne-21.859; 23. Jason Wolfe, 6, East-21.932; 24. Cole Carter, 39x, Bertrand-21.995; 25. James Robertson, 7K, Irwin-22.158; 26. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-22.203; 27. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles-22.233; 28. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-22.275; 29. Travis Young, 11y, Young-22.289; 30. Randy Cabral, 47, Bertrand-22.487; 31. Andy Nock, 51, Nock-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clouser, 2. Larson, 3. C. Armstrong, 4. Jones, 5. T. Swanson, 6. Simpson, 7. Robertson, 8. Young. 2:53.49
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Roberts, 3. Hines, 4. Drake, 5. East, 6. Daum, 7. Byrne, 8. Cabral.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. K. Swanson, 3. Abreu, 4. Kramer, 5. Wolfe, 6. Nuckles, 7. Leffler. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D. Armstrong, 2. Larrison, 3. Ray, 4. Hamilton, 5. Carter, 6. Wagner, 7. Santos. 2:54.85
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. T. Swanson, 2. Simpson, 3. East, 4. Leffler, 5. Daum, 6. Wolfe, 7. Byrne, 8. Carter, 9. Robertson, 10. Cabral, 11. Young, 12. Wagner. 4:29.08
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Dalton Armstrong, 5. Kody Swanson, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Adam Kramer, 8. Bobby Santos, 9. Levi Roberts, 10. Bobby East, 11. Caleb Armstrong, 12. Tanner Swanson, 13. Jimmy Simpson, 14. Nick Drake, 15. Levi Jones, 16. Rico Abreu, 17. Zach Daum, 18. Kyle Hamilton, 19. Davey Ray, 20. Jason Leffler, 21. Mario Clouser, 22. David Byrne, 23. Mike Larrison, 24. Jason Wolfe, 25. Cole Carter. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Hagen, Laps 16-49 Larson, Lap 50 Hines
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-286; 2-Larson-268; 3-East-254; 4-C.Armstrong-232; 5-Hines-217; 6-Clouser-212; 7-Jones-185; 8-Roberts-179; 9-Kuhn-176; 10-D.Armstrong-175.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 2 – Haubstadt, IN – Tri-State Speedway – 60th “Hut Hundred”