O’Gara and Krachun Wins at Grundy County

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Morris, IL — (August 11, 2012) — Kyle O’Gara won the USAC Mopar D1 / STARS Midget Car feature Saturday night at Grundy County Speedway. O’Gara took the lead from James Robertson on lap 14 and never relinquished it. Aaron Andruskevich, Robertson, Jimmy Anderson, and Austin Prock rounded out the top five.

Ryan Krachun won the USAC Ignite Midget Car Series feature over Sam McGhee, Ross Rankine, Tyler Shullick, and Jared Irvan.

USAC/STARS D1 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 11, 2012 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Aaron Andruskevich, 5, Domark-14.293; 2. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-14.394; 3. Jimmy Anderson, 36, Guess-14.472; 4. Austin Prock, 41, Prock-14.520; 5. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-14.531; 6. Grant Galloway, 16, Galloway-14.595; 7. Patrick Wilda Jr., 33, Wilda-14.631; 8. Billy Hulbert, 88, Hulbert-14.636; 9. James Robertson, 7k, Irwin-14.645; 10. Tyler Baran, 14, Baran-14.683; 11. Brandon Wagner, 93, Wagner-14.694; 12. Ryan Probst, 99, Probst-14.756; 13. Nick Baran, 98, Baran-14.811; 14. Nick Wagner, 93w, Wagner-14.818; 15. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles-14.860; 16. Terry Ahern, 6T6, Ahern-15.020; 17. Bret Sanderson, 66, Sanderson-15.555; 18. Tom Eyman, 2, Eyman-15.561; 19. Kyle O’Gara, 17B, RW-NT; 20. Chris Lamb, 9L, Lamb-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Anderson, 2. Nuckles, 3. Probst, 4. Galloway, 5. Robertson, 6. Eyman. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B.Wagner, 2. Hulbert, 3. N.Wagner, 4. Cottongim, 5. Trainor, 6. Sanderson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. O’Gara, 2. N.Baran, 3. Prock, 4. T.Baran, 5. Wilda, 6. Andruskevich, 7. Ahern. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle O’Gara, 2. Aaron Andruskevich, 3. James Robertson, 4. Jimmy Anderson, 5. Austin Prock, 6. Tyler Cottongim, 7. Billy Hulbert, 8. Nick Wagner, 9. Bryan Nuckles, 10. Brandon Wagner, 11. Tyler Trainor, 12. Ryan Probst, 13. Terry Ahern, 14. Tom Eyman, 15. Bret Sanderson, 16. Grant Galloway, 17. Nick Baran, 18. Patrick Wilda Jr., 19. Chris Lamb, 20. Tyler Baran. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Robertson, Laps 14-30 O’Gara.

NEW USAC/STARS D1 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Anderson-400, 2-Wilda-308, 3-O’Gara-282, 4-Cottongim-271, 5-Prock-267, 6-Brad Greenup-259, 7-Trainor-259, 8-Hulbert-248, 9-Andruskevich-215, 10-Probst-211.

NEXT USAC/STARS D1 MIDGET RACE: August 18 – Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway

USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 11, 2012 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-15.318; 2. Nic Davidson, 39x, Radical-15.376; 3. Ross Rankine, 39, Rankine-15.408; 4. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-15.420; 5. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-15.501; 6. Chris Lamb, 9L, Lamb-15.503; 7. Tyler Shullick, 61, Shullick-15.546; 8. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-15.595; 9. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire-15.664; 10. Sam McGhee, 11, McGhee-15.701; 11. Calvin Carroll, 24 , Carroll-15.914; 12. Adam Thomason, 74, Thomason-15.984; 13. Justin Whittall, 67, Whittall-16.515; 14. Natasha Cox, 19x, Cox-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shullick, 2. Rankine, 3. Clouse, 4. Irvan, 5. Nemire, 6. Carroll, 7. Whittall. NT

SECOND HEAT: ( 8 laps) 1. Krachun, 2. Hamilton, 3. McGhee, 4. Davidson, 5. Lamb, 6. Cox, 7. Thomason. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Krachun, 2. Sam McGhee, 3. Ross Rankine, 4. Tyler Shullick, 5. Jared Irvan, 6. Davey Hamilton Jr., 7. Chris Lamb, 8. Nic Davidson, 9. Natasha Cox, 10. Austin Nemire, 11. Adam Thomason, 12. Calvin Carroll, 13. Justin Whittall, 14. Cooper Clouse. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 McGhee, Laps 11-25 Krachun.

NEW USAC MIDWEST IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Rankine-662, 2-Clouse-657, 3-Gage Walker-595, 4-Krachun-580, 5-Hamilton-574, 6-McGhee-568, 7-Shullick-476, 8-Davidson-394, 9-Nemire-359, 10-Lamb-351.
NEW USAC EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irvan-634, 2-Lamb-558, 3-Davidson-490, 4-Krachun-485, 5-Tyler Corriher-411, 6-Carroll-353, 7-Michael Fanelli-326, 7-Rankine-233, 9-Matthew Lundstrom-214, 10-Orry Hunte-209.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST IGNITE MIDGET RACE: August 18 – Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway
NEXT USAC EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE: September 3 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway