Bell Wins Belleville Bash

Keith Kunz (l) and Christopher Bell (r) in victory lane on Saturday night at Belle-Clair Speedway. - Sam Martin Photo
Keith Kunz (l) and Christopher Bell (r) in victory lane on Saturday night at Belle-Clair Speedway. – Sam Martin Photo

From Dick Jordan

Belleville, IL — (May 10, 2014) — Christopher Bell won the “Belleville Bash” for the USAC / POWRi national Midget Car Series on Saturday night at the Belle-Clair Speedway.  Bryan Clauson, Rico Abreu, Tanner Thorson, and Daniel Robinson rounded out the top five.

 

 

HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 10, 2014 – Belleville, Illinois – Belle Clair Speedway – “Belleville Bash” – (Co-sanctioned by POWRi Racing)

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.098; 2. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.195; 3. Austin Brown, 7, KBR-11.201; 4. Spencer Bayston, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-11.254; 5. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9K, KBR-11.317; 6. Michael Pickens, 3F, RFMS-11.363; 7. Dereck King, 91, Harris-11.454; 8. Chris Windom, 3, RFMS-11.478; 9. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-11.490; 10. Bryan Clauson, 63, RKR/Curb-Agajanian-11.493; 11. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-11.502; 12. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-11.514; 13. Parker Price-Miller, 9P, Ronk-11.520; 14. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-11.539; 15. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.606; 16. Danny Stratton, 56A, Hmiel-11.623; 17. Andrew Felker, 11A, Felker-11.706; 18. Nick Knepper, 55, Knepper-11.706; 19. Ryan Criswell, 11R, R&C-11.728; 20. Colten Cottle, 5c, Cottle-11.734; 21. Seth Motsinger, 2, KBR-11.737; 22. Garrett Aitken, 32, Aitken-11.790; 23. Justin Peck, 5x, Peck-11.820; 24. Terry Babb, 88, Babb-11.861; 25. Jacob Patton, 79J, Patton-11.884; 26. Chett Gehrke, 11c, Matteson-11.890; 27. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-11.923; 28. Daniel Robinson, 57, McCreery-11.936; 29. Tyler Robbins, 35, Robbins-11.949; 30. Jeff Flesher, 6c, Camfield-12.058; 31. Derrick Myers, 25M, Myers-12.060; 32. Tim Siner, 15, S&C-12.071; 33. Dalton Camfield, 10c, Camfield-12.085; 34. Jake Neuman, 3N, Neuman-12.087; 35. Daniel Adler, 50, Adler-12.159; 36. Darren Kingston, 94, Kingston-12.171; 37. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-12.183; 38. Andy Baugh, 6B, Baugh-12.185; 39. Nathan Benson, 2B, Midwest-12.201; 40. Dave Camfield III, 16, Camfield-12.207; 41. Tom Seets, 28, Cairns-12.319; 42. Dave Camfield, Jr., 86c, Camfield-12.348; 43. Darren Hagen, 56, Hmiel-12.464; 44. Jay Mounce, 12J, Mounce-12.812; 45. Brian Rieck, 0, Murdock-12.814; 46. Danny Frye, 5, Frye-38.145; 47. Nathan Higgins, 0z, Murdock-NT.

 

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Felker, 2. Abreu, 3. K. Thomas, 4. Hines, 5. Price-Miller, 6. Patton, 7. Robbins, 8. Motsinger, 9. Chapple, 10. Dalton Camfield, 11. Rieck, 12. Seets. NT

 

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Daum, 3. Clauson, 4. Pickens, 5. Aitken, 6. Gehrke, 7. Flesher, 8. Baugh, 9. Camfield, Jr., 10. Neuman, 11. Frye, 12. Bell. NT

 

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. T. Thomas, 3. Brown, 4. King, 5. Hagen, 6. Myers, 7. Adler, 8. Criswell, 9. Malpocker, 10. Peck, 11. Benson, 12. Higgins. NT

 

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Babb, 2. Stratton, 3. Windom, 4. Robinson, 5. Cottle, 6. Bayston, 7. Siner, 8. Blackhurst, 9. Kingston, 10. Mounce, 11. Camfield III. NT

 

QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Adler, 2. Hagen, 3. Dalton Camfield, 4. Chapple, 5. Kingston, 6. Baugh, 7. Camfield, Jr., 8. Frye, 9. Benson, 10. Mounce, 11. Camfield III, 12. Neuman, 13. Rieck, 14. Higgins. NT

 

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bell, 2. Price-Miller, 3. Bayston, 4. Blackhurst, 5. Peck, 6. Cottle, 7. Aitken, 8. Hagen, 9. Malpocker, 10. Motsinger, 11. Myers, 12. Gehrke, 13. Flesher, 14. Patton, 15. Dalton Camfield, 16. Adler, 17. Siner, 18. Robbins, 19. Chapple. NT

 

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Rico Abreu, 4. Tanner Thorson, 5. Daniel Robinson, 6. Andrew Felker, 7. Austin Brown, 8. Jake Blackhurst, 9. Justin Peck, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Spencer Bayston, 12. Tyler Thomas, 13. Darren Hagen, 14. Danny Stratton, 15. Parker Price-Miller, 16. Zach Daum, 17. Terry Babb, 18. Nick Knepper, 19. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 20. Chris Windom, 21. Michael Pickens, 22. Colten Cottle, 23. Dereck King, 24. Seth Motsinger. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Windom, Laps 5-11 Thomas, Laps 12-21 Bell, Lap 22 Thomas, Laps 23-40 Bell.

 

NEW HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Abreu-206; 2-Bell-194; 3-Thorson-161; 4-Hines-152; 5-Clauson-143; 6-K.Thomas/Felker-125; 8-Daum-112; 9-T.Thomas-111; 10-Windom-108.

 

NEXT HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE (Pavement): May 24 – Brownsburg, IN – Lucas Oil Raceway @ Indianapolis – 69th Annual Visit Hendricks County “Night Before the 500”

NEXT HONDA USAC NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET RACE: June 11 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway -“Indiana Midget Week”