PERSISTENT BOAT BRINGS HOME B AND W AUTO MART PERSEVERANCE AWARD
Chad Boat took home the B & W Auto Mart Perseverance Award honoring the late USAC .25 Midget Series Director Kyle McCain.
The Phoenix, Arizona driver earned 14 points during Sunday night’s feature at Kokomo Speedway to surpass Holly Shelton in the special standings that were calculated throughout Indiana Midget Week.
Shelton hung on for second just two points back, but ahead of 2017 Indiana Midget Week Shane Golobic who grabbed third in front of Tyler Courtney and Jerry Coons, Jr.
Points were awarded to the driver advancing the most positions during each night's feature from their original qualifying time. At the conclusion of the Indiana Midget Week finale, the points were tabulated and the driver with the most total points earned the reward.
Boat was the biggest mover in each of the last two rounds at Indiana Midget Week. At Lawrenceburg, he gained 15 points after qualifying 25th and finishing in the 10th position. Sunday night at Kokomo, 12 points were earned by the 2016 “Belleville Midget Nationals” champ, finishing 8th after qualifying 20th.
On the opening night at Montpelier Motor Speedway, Shane Golobic and Tanner Carrick each earned 11 points. Golobic qualified 17th and finished 6th while Carrick qualified 23rd and finished 12th.
Wednesday night saw Oklahoma’s Chance Morton score 15 points with his 24th place finish following a 39th place qualifying run. Morton was running as high as 12th in the feature when he flipped on the 19th lap of the 30-lap event.
At Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway on Friday, Courtney tallied 22 points by finishing third after a 25th place qualifying run. Bloomington saw Jerry Coons, Jr. and Gage Walker tally six points apiece.
B & W AUTO MART PERSEVERANCE AWARD STANDINGS
1. (42) Chad Boat
2. (40) Holly Shelton
3. (34) Shane Golobic
4. (32) Tyler Courtney
5. (27) Jerry Coons, Jr.
6. (20) Justin Grant
7. (18) Tanner Carrick & Spencer Bayston
9. (15) Chance Morton
10. (15) Ronnie Gardner
11. (12) Zach Daum
12. (11) Tanner Thorson, Rico Abreu, Adam Pierson
15. (10) Dave Darland
16. (9) Brayton Lynch & Justin Peck
18. (8) Davey Ray, Alex Bright & Michael Pickens
21. (7) Brenden Bright
22. (6) Gage Walker, Trey Marcham & Ryan Greth
25. (5) Courtney Crone & Jimi Quin
27. (4) Brady Bacon
28. (3) Chris Windom & Ryan Robinson
30. (1) Tyler Thomas
31. (0) Andrew Felker, Brad Kraus, Brent Beauchamp, Chris Baue, Cole Fehr, Dan Biner, Jake Neuman, Justin Dickerson, Kade Morton, Kyle Jones, Kyle Larson, Michael Koontz, Noah Key, Paul Raynes, Ryan Secrest, Steve Buckwalter, Tony DiMattia, Tylar Rankin, Tyler Nelson & Robert Bell