MONTPELIER, In. (July 8, 2023) — Matt Lux won the USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget Car Series feature Saturday night at Montpelier Speedway. Lux moved up from the seventh starting spot to take the lead on lap 16 from veteran driver Tate Martz for his third victory of the 2023 season. Martz held on for second with Bryce Massingill, Zach Wigal, and Ian Creager rounding out the top five.
USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget Car Series
Montpelier Motor Speedway
Montpelier, Indiana
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Qualifying Flight A
1. 5KB-Matt Lux, 14.913[5]
2. 18-Zach Wigal, 15.039[4]
3. 71-Stratton Briggs, 15.173[6]
4. 74-Luke Hall, 15.234[3]
5. 22-christian lucius, 15.262[1]
6. 97-Travis Walters, 15.693[2]
Qualifying Flight B
1. 35-Bryce Massingill, 14.866[5]
2. 5M-Michael Magic, 14.919[2]
3. 36-Ian Creager, 15.175[6]
4. 11H-Abby Hohlbein, 15.190[3]
5. 10-Chett Gehrke, 15.380[1]
DNS: 27G-steve Gresham
Qualifying Flight C
1. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell, 15.006[3]
2. 11T-Aaron Leffel, 15.429[4]
3. 34-Tate Martz, 15.555[5]
4. 33L-Lucus Lemons, 15.819[2]
5. 16Y-Josh Yenser, 15.899[1]
6. 27G-steve Gresham, 18.126
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 74-Luke Hall[3]
2. 18-Zach Wigal[4]
3. 5KB-Matt Lux[5]
4. 71-Stratton Briggs[6]
5. 22-christian lucius[1]
6. 97-Travis Walters[2]
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 36-Ian Creager[6]
2. 35-Bryce Massingill[5]
3. 11H-Abby Hohlbein[3]
4. 10-Chett Gehrke[1]
5. 5M-Michael Magic[2]
6. 27G-steve Gresham[4]
Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 34-Tate Martz[5]
2. 11T-Aaron Leffel[4]
3. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell[3]
4. 33L-Lucus Lemons[2]
5. 16Y-Josh Yenser[1]
A-Main (20 Laps)
1. 5KB-Matt Lux[7]
2. 34-Tate Martz[3]
3. 35-Bryce Massingill[5]
4. 18-Zach Wigal[4]
5. 36-Ian Creager[2]
6. 11H-Abby Hohlbein[8]
7. 71-Stratton Briggs[10]
8. 11T-Aaron Leffel[6]
9. 5M-Michael Magic[14]
10. 22-christian lucius[13]
11. 16Y-Josh Yenser[15]
12. 33L-Lucus Lemons[12]
13. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell[9]
14. 97-Travis Walters[16]
15. 74-Luke Hall[1]
16. 10-Chett Gehrke[11]
17. 27G-steve Gresham[17]