By Dick Jordan
The 2012 USAC DMA Midget Championship resumes September 8 at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vermont after last Saturday’s “sweep” of the first three feature positions by a single team!
Defending series champion Joe Krawiec of Bristol, Conn. led the 1-2-3 “Seals-It” sweep, leading the final 15 laps of the 25-lapper after passing 1971 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Denny Zimmerman on lap 11. Series point leader Kevin Chaffee finished second ahead of Zimmerman, who led seven laps. Adam Whitney and Dana Shaw rounded out the “top-five” at the finish. Dave Hotchkiss led the first three laps.
Chaffee emerged from the race with a 24 point lead over runner-up Scott Holcomb, who was sixth Saturday.
2012 USAC DMA MIDGET POINT STANDINGS
1-Kevin Chaffee-430, 2-Scott Holcomb-416, 3-Joe Krawiec-400, 4-Ray Miller-356, 5-Tim Gallant-303, 6-Dean Christensen-291, 7-Adam Whitney-289, 8-Denny Zimmerman-255, 9-Dana Shaw-252, 10-Jeff Champagne-251.