Hagen Wins Night Before the 500

From Dick Jordan

Indianapolis, IN — (May 25, 2013) — Darren Hagen won the Night Before the 500 Saturday for the Honda USAC National Midget Car Series.  Bobby Santos, Tracy Hines, Kyle O’Gara, and Caleb Armstrong rounded out the top five.

HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET PAVEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 25, 2013 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis – 68th View Hendricks County “Night Before the 500”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-20.755; 2. Dillon Welch, 7, C&A-20.827; 3. Bobby Santos, 17, RW-20.881; 4. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-20.927; 5. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz-20.981; 6. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-20.992; 7. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-21.099; 8. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.120; 9. Tanner Swanson, 67, Kunz-21.122; 10. Kyle O’Gara, 27, RW-21.186; 11. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-21.201; 12. Austin Prock, 41, Prock-21.449; 13. Jim Anderson, 36, Guess-21.522; 14. Derek Bischak, 31, Bischak-21.638; 15. David Byrne, 20, Byrne-21.669; 16. Mike Larrison, 50, Hamilton-22.034; 17. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-22.051; 18. Nick Wagner, 32, Wagner-22.140; 19. Bret Sanderson, 66, Sanderson-22.254; 20. Todd Bertrand, 39, Bertrand-22.333; 21. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles-NT; 22. Cole Carter, 5, Bertrand-NT.

FIRST SCRAMBLE HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Santos, 3. Hines, 4. D.Armstrong, 5. Bell, 6. Byrne, 7. Ferns, 8. Sanderson, 9. Anderson, 10. T.Swanson. 4:14.23

SECOND SCRAMBLE HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. O’Gara, 3. K.Swanson, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Prock, 6. Larrison, 7. Wagner, 8. Bertrand, 9. Welch. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Bobby Santos, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Kyle O’Gara, 5. Caleb Armstrong, 6. Kyle Hamilton, 7. Tanner Swanson, 8. Dalton Armstrong, 9. Christopher Bell, 10. David Byrne, 11. Austin Prock, 12. Mike Larrison, 13. Taylor Ferns, 14. Todd Bertrand, 15. Kody Swanson, 16. Nick Wagner, 17. Jim Anderson, 18. Bret Sanderson. 10:46.47
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