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SWANSON LEADS ALL 30 AT ORP, GIVES WILKE RECORD 134TH USAC NATIONAL WIN!
SWANSON LEADS ALL 30 AT ORP, GIVES WILKE RECORD 134TH USAC NATIONAL WIN!
Indianapolis, IN……..Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. led all 30 laps of Thursday night’s USAC Mopar National Midget race at O’Reilly Raceway Park and in the process gave his car owners, the Wilke Racing Team of Milwaukee, Wisc., a historic all-time record 134th USAC National feature victory! The Wilkes were tied with Steve Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. for the all-time lead prior to Thursday’s race. Swanson started on the pole in the Toyota/Speedway Motors Spike/Toyota and beat Jason Leffler, Levi Roberts, Darren Hagen and Brad Sweet to the checlered flag. Fast qualifier Daniel Bedford finished sixth. The first Wilke USAC victory came with driver Rodger Ward in the 1959 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. The team owns USAC National victories in 16 different states and Canada at 61 different tracks and this was the team’s 82nd USAC National Midget win. Swanson was the 30th driver to pilot a Wilke entry to a USAC National victory.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 22, 2010 – Indianapolis, Indiana – O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Daniel Bedford, 11D, DMS-21.045; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-21.131; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 11x, Wilke-Pak-21.225; 4. Jason Leffler, 51, DMS-21.227; 5. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-21.228; 6. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-21.247; 7. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-21.281; 8. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-21.317; 9. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-21.325; 10. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.326; 11. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-21.348; 12. Chuck Gurney Jr., 41, DMS-21.361; 13. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-21.381; 14. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-21.386; 15. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-21.390; 16. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-21.414; 17. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.437; 18. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-21.439; 19. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-21.445; 20. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-21.474; 21. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-21.493; 22. Tate Martz, 7x, Steele/Alexander/Martz-21.577; 23. Ali Jackson, 44, Perona/Cunningham-21.594; 24. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-21.672; 25. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-21.702; 26. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-21.771; 27. Brandon Wagner, 93, Wagner-21.955; 28. Nick Wagner, 93w, Wagner-22.187; 29. Ryan Newman, 20, Stewart-22.889.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. Bedford, 3. Roberts, 4. Kuhn, 5. Hamilton, 6. Clouser, 7. Byrne, 8. Newman. 2:51.62
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Sweet, 3. K.Swanson, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Martz, 6. Simpson, 7. Scott. 2:50.94
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Coons, 3. Hines, 4. D.Armstrong, 5. Jackson, 6. B.Wagner, 7. Kramer. 2:54.68
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gurney, 2. Leffler, 3. Clarke, 4. Santos, 5. Darland, 6. Daum, 7. N.Wagner. 2:53.60
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Hamilton, 3. Kramer, 4. Byrne, 5. Martz, 6. B.Wagner, 7. N.Wagner, 8. Daum, 9. Simpson, 10. Jackson, 11. Clouser. 4:18.93
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Levi Roberts, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Daniel Bedford, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Caleb Armstrong, 11. Brad Kuhn, 12. Chuck Gurney Jr., 13. Dave Darland, 14. Tracy Hines, 15. Bobby East, 16. David Byrne, 17. Henry Clarke, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Adam Kramer, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Kyle Hamilton, 22. Tate Martz, 23. Bobby Santos III. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 K.Swanson.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Clauson-954; 2-Kuhn-908; 3-Hines-902; 4-Sweet-860; 5-Hagen-844; 6-Coons-842; 7-Darland-815; 8-East-635; 9-Daum-608; 10-Clarke-590.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 28-29 – Sun Prairie, Wisc. – Angell Park Speedway