Larson Wins With Last Lap Pass to Kick Off Indiana Midget Week

Kyle Larson at Gas City I-69 Speedway during Indiana Midget Week. - Bill Miller Photo

Kyle Larson salutes the crowd after turning his car over doing celebratory doughnuts following his opening night feature win during the 2013 edition of Indiana Midget Week. - Bill Miller Photo — Kyle Larson salutes the crowd after turning his car over doing celebratory doughnuts following his opening night feature win during the 2013 edition of Indiana Midget Week. – Bill Miller Photo

From Dick Jordan and Barn Nichols

Gas City, IN — (June 12, 2013) — Kyle Larson won the opening leg of Indiana Midget Week Wednesday night by taking the lead on the final lap of the Honda USAC National Midget Car Series feature event at Gas City I-69 Speedway. Tracy Hines, Christopher Bell, Andrew Felker, and Steve Buckwalter rounded out the top five. Levi Jones won the sprint car feature.

HONDA USAC NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 12, 2013 – Gas City, IN – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 39, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.225; 2. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.241; 3. Brad Kuhn, 10, Cook-12.256; 4. Kyle Larson, 71k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.259; 5. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.262; 6. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-12.265; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-12.272; 8. Andrew Felker, 11a, Felker-12.279; 9. Dillon Welch, 98, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-12.292; 10. Levi Jones, 56, 5IVE-6IX-12.316; 11. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-12.332; 12. Rico Abreu, 67k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.333; 13. Michael Pickens, 1nz,Buckley-12.335; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 63, Dooling-12.352; 15. Brad Mosen, 7nz, Buckley-12.398; 16. Davey Ray, 33, Team RAYPRO-12.407; 17. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2T, Steele-12.423; 18. Brady Bacon, 11, Wilke-Pak-12.437; 19. Dave Darland, 2, Lein-12.443; 20. Jaimie McKinley, 42ua, Fedrizzi-12.457; 21. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-12.485; 22. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.510; 23. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-12.581; 24. Thomas Meseraull, 16,
Sandy-12.584; 25. Alex Bright, 17, RW/Curb-Agajanian-12.650; 26. Matt Jackson, 97au, Jackson-12.660; 27. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-12.708; 28. Billy Wease, 10x, Moore-12.848; 29. Brenden Bright, 92, Bright-12.904; 30. John Heydenreich, 22, Givens-12.949; 31. Dalton Armstrong, 7a, C & A-12.953; 32. Ross Rankine, 39R, RW/Curb-Agajanian-12.997; 33. Michael Koontz, 17x, Koontz-13.000; 34. Blake Edwards, 17E, Koontz-13.012; 35. Jimmy Light, 23, FTD Motorsports-13.047; 36. Johnny Murdock, 0, Murdock-14.111; 37. Aaron Pierce, 56p, 5IVE-6IX-NT; 38. Justin Dickerson, 21D, Dickerson-NT;

FIRST HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Pickens, 3. Clauson, 4. Bell, 5. East, 6. A.Bright, 7. Welch, 8. B.Bright, 9. Pierce, 10. Koontz. 2:06.16

SECOND HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Coons, 3. Hines, 4. Bacon, 5. Jones, 6. Buckwalter, 7. Jackson, 8. Heydenreich, 9. Edwards, 10. Dickerson. 2:07.86

THIRD HEAT : (10 laps) 1. C.Armstrong, 2. Mosen, 3. Hagen, 4. Daum, 5. Darland, 6. Kuhn, 7. D.Armstrong, 8. Ferns, 9. Light. 2:08.74

FOURTH HEAT : (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Abreu, 3. Meseraull, 4. Felker, 5. Ray, 6. McKinley, 7. Wease, 8. Rankine, 9. Murdock.

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Kuhn, 3. Ray, 4. Darland, 5. Jones, 6. Welch, 7. East, 8. A.Bright, 9. B.Bright, 10. Wease, 11. Pierce, 12. Edwards, 13. McKinley, 14. Light, 15. Jackson, 16. Rankine, 17. D.Armstrong, 18. Ferns, 19. Koontz, 20. Heydenreich, 21. Murdock,. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Christopher Bell, 4. Andrew Felker, 5. Steve Buckwalter, 6. Brad Mosen, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Brad Kuhn, 10. Zach Daum, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Levi Jones, 13. Michael Pickens, 14. Bobby East, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Alex Bright, 17. Brady Bacon, 18. Dillon Welch, 19. Caleb Armstrong, 20. Davey Ray, 21. Tanner Thorson, 22. Rico Abreu, 23. Kevin Thomas Jr., 24. Thomas Meseraull. NT
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**Koontz flipped during the first heat. Ferns and D.Armstrong flipped during the semi. Larson flipped after taking the checkered flag!FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1Felker, Laps 2-29 Hines, Lap 30 Larson.NEW HONDA NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hines-64, 2-Bell-61, 3-Clauson-54, 4-Hagen-45, 5-Kuhn-43, 6-Daum-38, 7-Coons-38, 8-Jones-30, 9-East-25, 10-Darland-24.
NEW “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Larson-71, 2-Hines-64, 3-Bell-61, 4-Buckwalter-57, 5-Felker-56, 6-Clauson-54, 7-Mosen-52, 8-Hagen-45, 9-Kuhn-43, 10-Daum-38.NEXT HONDA NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET RACE: June 13 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”