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KUHN TAKES KOKOMO FINALE, SHARES INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TITLE WITH HINES
KUHN TAKES KOKOMO FINALE, SHARES INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TITLE WITH HINES
Kokomo, IN……..Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. and Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. are the 2010 co-champions of USAC’s Indiana Midget Week. Kuhn won Sunday night’s 30-lap race at the Kokomo Speedway and tied Hines with 284 points to share the championship. Kuhn led all 30 laps in his Rotondo Weirich/Champion Brands Beast/Fontana to beat Brad Sweet, Bryan Clauson, Darren Hagen and Hines to the checkered flag. Clauson emerged with a 72-point lead in the Mopar National Midget Series standings over Hines going into the June 26 USAC Midget/Sprint “doubleheader” at 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL - USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS (SE) MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 20, 2010 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-13.149; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-13.310; 3. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-13.391; 4. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.442; 5. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-13.468; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.540; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-13.597; 8. Caleb Armstrong, 7a, C & A-13.605; 9. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.651; 10. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.658; 11. Matt Smith, 1au, Smith-13.663; 12. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-13.725; 13. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-13.752; 14. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-13.757; 15. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-13.780; 16. Shane Cottle, 1st, Saucier-13.781; 17. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-13.812; 18. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-13.813; 19. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-13.839; 20. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-13.890; 21. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-13.977; 22. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-13.987; 23. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-14.195; 24. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt/Meents-14.313; 25. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-14.366; 26. Troy DeCaire, 5m, Meyers-14.566; 27. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-15.001.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Hagen, 3. Boat, 4. Darland, 5. Coons, 6. Meseraull, 7. Clouser, 8. Barber, 9. Postle. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Daum, 3. Clauson, 4. Smith, 5. Kuhn, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Clarke, 8. Erickson, 9. DeCaire. 1:53.19
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Hines, 3. Loyet, 4. East, 5. Sweet, 6. Schmidt, 7. Hmiel, 8. Roberts, 9. Lowther. 1:51.62
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Hmiel, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. Clouser, 5. Barber, 6. Clarke, 7. Schmidt, 8. Postle, 9. Lowther, 10. DeCaire, 11. Roberts, 12. Erickson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Brad Loyet, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Chad Boat, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Shane Hmiel, 11. Matt Smith, 12. Zach Daum, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Chase Barber, 15. Mario Clouser, 16. Henry Clarke, 17. Bobby East, 18. Steve Buckwalter, 19. Kent Schmidt, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Caleb Armstrong, 22. Shane Cottle. NT
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**Cottle flipped on the first lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kuhn.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-742; 2-Hines-670; 3-Sweet-660; 4-Kuhn-648; 5-East-604; 6-Hagen-603; 7-Coons-587; 8-Darland-570; 9-Daum-431; 10-Loyet-411.
FINAL USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Hines & Kuhn-284 (tie), 3-Sweet-282; 4-Clauson-271; 5-Buckwalter-246; 6-Coons-216; 7-Hagen-205; 8-Darland-183; 9-East-178; 10-Loyet-177.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 26 – Burlington, IA – 34 Raceway
NEXT USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET RACE: August 1 – Osborn, MO – 36 Raceway