2009 Midget News

CLAUSON CAPS GREAT SEASON WITH “TURKEY NIGHT” VICTORY; KUHN, HANSEN TAKE TITLES

CLAUSON CAPS GREAT SEASON WITH “TURKEY NIGHT” VICTORY; KUHN, HANSEN TAKE TITLES

Irwindale, CA…….Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. capped a great 2009 USAC season with a victory in Thursday night’s 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix” Mopar National/Midget race at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Clauson caught early leader Josh Wise on lap 42 and led the rest of the way in his F & F Mechanical/Esslinger Beast/Esslinger Ford. Teammate Levi Roberts finished second to garner the Don Basile “Rookie of the Race” award. Pole winner Josh Wise led the first 41 laps and finished third, ahead of Jerome Rodela and Tanner Swanson. Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. emerged as the 2009 USAC Mopar National Midget Champion by eight points over Brad Sweet, who finished sixth in Thursday’s race. Kuhn was involved in a lap 12 incident and was unable to finish the 98-lap race. Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. is the 2009 USAC Western Midget Champion and finished seventh Thursday.

 

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Wise, 11, Wilke-Pak-16.705; 2. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-16.728; 3. Levi Roberts, 2D, DeBeaumont-16.738; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.742; 5. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-16.749; 6. Ryan Kaplan, 20k, Kaplan/Gennuso-16.775; 7. Bryan Clauson, 11D, DeBeaumont-16.790; 8. Jason Leffler, 45, Western Speed-16.809; 9. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-16.844; 10. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.853; 11. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-16.857; 12. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-16.881; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-16.898; 14. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-16.901; 15. Kody Swanson, 40, Western Speed-16.911; 16. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-16.940; 17. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-16.989; 18. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.004; 19. Tanner Swanson, 51, DeBeaumont-17.012; 20. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-17.014; 21. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-17.017; 22. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-17.019; 23. Thomas Meseraull, 38, McGerigle-17.027; 24. Alex Bowman, 55, Specialty Racing-17.075; 25. Tracy Hines, 05H, Loyet-17.091; 26. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio-17.098; 27. Dave Darland, 12k, Kruseman-17.101; 28. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-17.103; 29. Shane Hmiel, 97, Kunz-17.115; 30. Cole Carter, 15, Neverlift-17.120; 31. Tony Hunt, 4x, Rosen-17.133; 32. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.180; 33. Alex Schutte, 21D, DeBeaumont-17.233; 34. Bobby Grewohl, 10c, Eskesen-17.271; 35. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.276; 36. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-17.475; 37. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-17.528; 38. Cody Swanson, 5, VanDyne-17.532; 39. Austin Mero, 14k, Kruseman-17.766; 40. Nick Chivello, 27B, Chivello-17.798; 41. #80, Western Speed-NT.

 

FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. Hines, 3. T.Swanson, 4. Darland, 5. Pierovich, 6. Schutte, 7. Hmiel, 8. C.Armstrong, 9. Meseraull, 10. Clarke, 11. Conley, 12. Hunt, 13. Mero. NT

 

SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Santos, 3. Hamilton, 4. Kramer, 5. Margeson, 6. Carter, 7. Bowman, 8. Murgoitio, 9. Loyet, 10. Grewohl, 11. C.Swanson, 12. Wagner, 13. Chivello. 3:26.03

 

FEATURE: (98 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Levi Roberts, 3. Josh Wise, 4.Jerome Rodela, 5. Tanner Swanson, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Garrett Hansen, 8. Alex Bowman, 9. Davey Hamilton, 10. Dakoda Armstrong, 11. Kody Swanson, 12. Caleb Armstrong, 13. Bobby East, 14. Zach Daum, 15. Henry Clarke, 16. Dave Darland, 17. Cole Whitt, 18. Chad Boat, 19. Adam Kramer, 20. Alex Schutte, 21. Evan Margeson, 22. Cole Carter, 23. Ryan Kaplan, 24. Bobby Santos III, 25. Shane Hmiel, 26. Tracy Hines, 27. Mike Murgoitio, 28. Brad Kuhn, 29. Scott Pierovich, 30. Brad Loyet, 31. Jason Leffler, 32. Darren Hagen. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-41 Wise, Laps 42-98 Clauson.

 

FINAL MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Kuhn-1,239; 2-Sweet-1,231; 3-Hagen-1,186; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,103; 5-East-1,023; 6-Whitt-1,022; 7-Hines-958; 8-Clauson-900; 9-Boat-765; 10-Daum-544.

 

FINAL WESTERN MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Hansen-1,123; 2-Rodela-1,000; 3-Schutte-973; 4-T.Swanson-767; 5-David Prickett-699; 6-Pierovich-640; 7-Shannon McQueen-583; 8-Josh Ford-501; 9-Bowman-501; 10-Roberts-424.