From Dick Jordan
Pontoon Beach, IL — (October 4, 2012) — Tracy Hines wins Night 1 of the USAC Gold Crown Midget Nationals at Tri-City Speedway over Kyle Larson, Brad Sweet, Bryan Clauson and Bright. Hines led from green to checker.
Top five in the sprint car feature were Bryan Clauson, Brad Sweet, Dave Darland, Coleman Gulick and Thomas Meseraull.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 4, 2012 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – 4th DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Steve Buckwalter (25, Buckwalter), 3. Alex Bright (77, Hemler), 4. Dalton Armstrong (7A, C&A), 5. Andy Malpocker (22, Malpocker), 6. Nick Wean (78, Wean), 7. Robbie Ray (3R, Ray), 8. Tyler Robbins (35, Robbins), 9. Brad Kuhn (17, RW), 10. Michael Koontz (17K, Koontz). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kyle Larson (71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Jake Blackhurst (25B, Blackhurst), 3. Brad Sweet (56, Hmiel), 4. Darren Hagen (3, RFMS), 5. Chris Windom (11, Wilke), 6. Dave Darland (3F, RFMS), 7. Bobby East (4, Klatt), 8. Jimmy Glenn (07, JG), 9. Tyler Courtney (2A, Bush). 2:00.88
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines (24, Parker), 2. Caleb Armstrong (7c, C&A), 3. Rico Abreu (67K, Kunz), 4. Jerry Coons, Jr. (63, Dooling), 5. Thomas Meseraull (57, Ecker), 6. Hunter Schuerenberg (2, Bush), 7. Chase Barber (191, Barber), 8. Taylor Ferns (55, Ferns), 9. Ryan Criswell (11R, Criswell), 10. Austin Burke (54, Burke). 2:02.44
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Knepper (55x, Knepper), 2. Colten Cottle (5c, Cottle), 3. Tim Buckwalter (52, Buckwalter), 4. John Campbell (19, Campbell), 5. Justin Grosz (99x, Grosz), 6. Riley Emmel (12, RayPro), 7. Kent Schmidt (5K, Schmidt), 8. Gavin Galbraith (98G, Galbraith), 9. Payton Pierce (2x, Murdock). NT
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Zach Daum (5D, Daum), 2. Davey Ray (33, RayPro), 3. Brady Bacon (99, BBR), 4. Rich Camfield (87, Mathias), 5. Daron Clayton (10, Moore), 6. Korey Weyant (87R, Camfield), 7. Brenden Bright (88, Bright), 8. Danny Frye (5, Frye), 9. Isaac Chapple (52c, Chapple). 2:03.36
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Casey Shuman (57K, Ecker)
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Robbins, 2. Kuhn, 3. Ferns, 4. B. Bright, 5. Criswell, 6. Courtney, 7. Burke, 8. Schmidt, 9. Glenn, 10. Galbraith, 11. Frye, 12. Chapple, 13. Barber, 14. Pierce. 2:47.84
SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Cottle, 3. Darland, 4. C. Armstrong, 5. Windom, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Robbins, 8. R. Ray, 9. Wean, 10. Weyant, 11. Malpocker, 12. East, 13. Camfield, 14. Grosz, 15. Clayton, 16. Kuhn, 17. B. Bright, 18. Emmel, 19. Ferns, 20. D. Armstrong. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Alex Bright, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Rico Abreu, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Brady Bacon, 11. Zach Daum, 12. Jerry Coons, Jr., 13. Chris Windom, 14. Bobby East, 15. Jake Blackhurst, 16. Caleb Armstrong, 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 18. Tyler Robbins, 19. Davey Ray, 20. Colten Cottle, 21. John Campbell, 22. Robbie Ray, 23. Tim Buckwalter, 24. Steve Buckwalter, 25. Nick Knepper. NT
**Koontz flipped in Heat 1. B. Bright flipped in the Semi. Camfield flipped in the Semi and was transported for observation. Grosz flipped in the Semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Hines
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-1,139; 2-Hines-932; 3-Clauson-911; 4-C. Armstrong-818; 5-Larson-731; 6-East-707; 7-Kuhn-690; 8-Abreu-643; 9-Windom-628; 10-Mario Clouser-599.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Darreh-707, 2-Windom-628, 3-Clauson-588, 4-Kuhn-583, 5-Coons-579, 6-Hines-548, 7-Larson-495, 8-D.Ray-468, 9-C.Armstrong-410, 10-Abreu-406.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 5 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – 4th DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”