Darland Wins Midget Week Feature at Putnamville

Dave Darland. - Bill Miller Photo
Dave Darland. - Bill Miller Photo
Dave Darland. – Bill Miller Photo

From Dick Jordan

Dave Darland won the opening night of USAC Honda National Midget Car Series Indiana Midget Week Thursday night at Lincoln Park Speedway.  Darland led all 30 laps on route to the victory.

Chad Boespflug won the non-wing sprint car event.

HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 12, 2014 – Putnamville, Indiana – Lincoln Park Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.863; 2. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.009; 3. Dave Darland, 17, RW/Curb-Agajanian-13.052; 4. Andrew Felker, 11a, Felker-13.071; 5. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.119; 6. Damion Gardner, 4, Klatt-13.158; 7. Brady Bacon, 11, Wilke-Pak-13.169; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Brown-13.179; 9. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.192; 10. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-13.195; 11. Colten Cottle, 5c, Cottle-13.217; 12. Alex Bright, 77, Hemler-13.223; 13. Garrett Aitken, 32, Aitken-13.269; 14. Michael Pickens, 3F, RFMS-13.271; 15. Justin Grant, 35, Gardner-13.273; 16. Parker Price-Miller, 9p, Ronk-13.304; 17. Seth Motsinger, 2, KBR-13.347; 18. Ryan Criswell, 11R, R & C-13.354; 19. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six-Eight-13.367; 20. Tyler Courtney, 35x, Hampton-13.390; 21. Domain Ramsay, 20, Ramsay-13.394; 22. Bryan Clauson, 63, RKR/Curb-Agajanian-13.406; 23. Jaimie McKinlay, 42, Graham-13.420; 24. Nathan Smee, 3x, Cooper-13.437; 25. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.460; 26. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-13.467; 27. Brenden Bright, 92, Bright-13.475; 28. Chris Windom, 3, RFMS-13.487; 29. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-13.493; 30. Austin Brown, 7, Brown-13.496; 31. Leyton Kendall, 7L, Kendall-13.511; 32. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-13.604; 33. Thomas Meseraull, 16, Sandy-13.605; 34. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-13.686; 35. Tony DiMattia, 50, Brandywine Auto-13.740; 36. Jimmy Light, 23, Light-13.771; 37. Brock Maskovich, 39c, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.862; 38. James Edens, 5E, Daum-14.014; 39. Gage Walker, 7G, Walker-14.145; 40. Gary Gipson, 5, Byers-14.234; 41. Trey Marcham, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.259; 42. Robby Parish, 7k, Irwin-14.363; 43. Justin Dickerson, 21D, Dickerson-14.425; 44. Justin Peck, 5x, Peck-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. Thorson, 3. Ramsay, 4. Meseraull, 5. Aitken, 6. Marcham, 7. Motsinger, 8. Schutte, 9. Daum, 10. Maskovich, 11. Bell. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Buckwalter, 3. Pickens, 4. Hines, 5. Criswell, 6. T.Thomas, 7. Chapple, 8. Brown, 9. D.Gardner, 10. Edens. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Bacon, 3. Darland, 4. B.Bright, 5. McKinlay, 6. R.Gardner, 7. Kendall, 8. Dickerson, 9. DiMattia, 10. Walker, 11. Grant. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Bright, 2. Courtney, 3. Price-Miller, 4. Windom, 5. Felker, 6. Snee, 7. K.Thomas, 8. Malpocker, 9. Light, 10. Gipson. N

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Felker, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Aitken, 4. Grant, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Smee, 7. Daum. 8. Motsinger, 9. Marcham, 10. DiMattia, 11. Schutte, 12. Edens, 13. Maskovich, 14. Chapple, 15. Dickerson, 16. Kendall, 17. T.Thomas, 18. K.Thomas, 19. Criswell, 20. McKinlay, 21. Brown, 22. Malpocker, 23. Walker. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Rico Abreu, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Michael Pickens, 6. Andrew Felker, 7. Steve Buckwalter, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Colton Cottle, 10. Garrett Aitken, 11. Nathan Smee, 12. Parker Price-Miller, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Thomas Meseraull, 15. Brady Bacon, 16. Zach Daum, 17. Tyler Courtney, 18. Ronnie Gardner, 19. Domain Ramsay, 20. Tanner Thorson, 21. Alex Bright, 22. Justin Grant, 23. Brenden Bright, 24. Kevin Thomas Jr. 10:55.15

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**Peck flipped during practice and was taken to a local hospital for obervation. Maskovich flipped during the first heat. Bell flipped during the first heat. Edens flipped during the second heat. Brown flipped during the semi. McKinlay flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland.

NEW HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Abreu-274, 2-Hines-219, 3-Clauson-202, 4-Bell-196, 5-Thorson-181, 6-Felker-177, 7-Darland-164, 8-Windom-140, 9-K.Thomas-138, 10-Daum-133.

NEW INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Darland-70, 2-Abreu-68, 3-Hines-67, 4-Clauson-59, 5-Pickens-54, 6-Felker-52, 7-Buckwalter-49, 8-Cottle-44, 9-D.Gardner-43, 10-Aitken-35.

NEXT HONDA USAC NATIONAL DIRT MIDGET RACE: June 13 – Bloomington (IN) Speedway -“Indiana Midget Week”