Thorson Completes Gold Crown Sweep

Tanner Thorson. (Bill Miller Photo)

USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 8, 2016 – Granite City, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Robinson (#71 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Tanner Thorson (#67 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Jerry Coons, Jr. (#25 Petry/Goff), 4. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 5. Jake Neuman (#3N Neuman), 6. Holly Shelton (#67K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 7. Tyler Roth (#13 Zero), 8. Joey Rinne (#0 Zero). 2:02.83

COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Carson Macedo (#71K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Brady Bacon (#76m FMR), 3. Tyler Thomas (Thomas #91T), 4. Chad Boat (#84 Tucker/Boat), 5. Gage Walker (#7 Walker), 6. Davey Ray (#23 Two-Three), 7. Broc Hunnell (#73 Hunnell). 2:01.95

BENIC ENTERPRISES/INDY RACE PARTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer Bayston (#97 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Kyle Jones (#5B Daum), 3. Alex Bright (#77 Hemler), 4. Brayton Lynch (#1K RKR), 5. Dave Darland (#11AG Gray), 6. Ryan Greth (#4 Lesher), 7. Brad Loyet (#22 Malpocker). 2:03.41

FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Bacon, 3. Greth, 4. Jones, 5. Lynch, 6. Hunnell, 7. Roth. 2:34.51

SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Robinson, 2. Ray, 3. Walker, 4. Loyet, 5. Thomas, 6. Bright, 7. Neuman. 2:35.61

THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Shelton, 2. Boat, 3. Bayston, 4. Macedo, 5. Daum, 6. Darland. 2:37.03

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tanner Thorson, 2. Carson Macedo, 3. Spencer Bayston, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Ryan Robinson, 6. Holly Shelton, 7. Jake Neuman, 8. Alex Bright, 9. Chad Boat, 10. Tyler Thomas, 11. Gage Walker, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Brayton Lynch, 14. Davey Ray, 15. Joey Rinne, 16. Zach Daum, 17. Brad Loyet, 18. Broc Hunnell, 19. Kyle Jones, 20. Ryan Greth, 21. Tyler Roth, 22. Jerry Coons, Jr. NT
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**Bacon flipped on lap 9 of the feature. Loyet flipped on lap 33 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Thorson.

KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Jake Neuman (21st to 7th)

NEW USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Bayston-1136, 2-Thorson-1127, 3-Boat-1096, 4-Bacon-1059, 5-Macedo-994, 6-Robinson-843, 7-Shelton-787, 8-Bryan Clauson-720, 9-Thomas-704, 10-Greth-562.

NEXT USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 20 – Wayne City, IL – Wayne County Speedway – “Jason Leffler Memorial” (Co-Sanctioned by POWRi)