(Lebanon, IN) On the strength of his May 18 win at US 24 Speedway Spencer Bayston has taken command of the USSA Mel Kenyon Midget Series point race heading into Anderson Speedway on Wednesday May 22. Bayston topped the second place Ford Focus car of Kent Kriegbaum by 0.708 when the checkered flag dropped on the 30-lap feature. Bayston has now won 3 of the four Mel Kenyon Midget Series events this year.
The win didn’t come in a walk for Bayston as Kriegbaum held the point for the first 10 markers. Five yellow flags allowed the field to close up on Bayston’s bumper forcing him to defend his position on the restarts..
Behind Bayston and Kriegbaum, last year’s top two drivers Travis Young and Dameron Taylor were slugging it out for the third spot. Taylor eventually topped the 2012 Champion Young for third, while Clayton Gaines earned the fifth spot
The USSA Mel Kenyon Midget Series will return to the paved high banks of Anderson Speedway on Wednesday May 22. Also on the Pay Less Little 50 week Wednesday card is the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprint Series. Racing kicks-off at 7 PM
Official Results Mel Kenyon Midget Series May 18, US 24 Speedway:
1 Spencer Bayston, 2 Kent Kriegbaum, 3 Dameron Taylor, 4 Travis Young,
5 Clayton Gaines, 6 Grant Simpson, 7 Cordy Horn, 8 Cole Fehr, 9 Amanda Davies, 10 Don Pettit, 11 Jessica Bean
Mel Kenyon Midget Series Point Standings: 1 Spencer Bayston 944,
2 Travis Young 821, 3 Cordy Horn 812, 4 Clayton Gaines 791, 5 Kent
Kriegbaum 791, 6 Jessica Bean 789, 7 Cole Fehr 721, 8 Amanda
Davies 658, 9 Dameron Taylor 641, 10 Grant Simpson 563, 11 Don
Pettit 505, 12 Billy Lewis 181