2011 Midget News
1ST ELDORA START PRODUCES “4-CROWN” VICTORY FOR LARSON
1ST ELDORA START PRODUCES “4-CROWN” VICTORY FOR LARSON
Rossburg, OH……..Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. had never raced at Eldora Speedway before Saturday night. That didn’t make any difference as he piloted the Toyota TRD Bullet Speedway Toyota to victory in the 25-lap “4-Crown Nationals” USAC Mopar National Midget race, leading all 25 laps! He was trailed at the finish by Bryan Clauson, Darren Hagen, Jerry Coons Jr. and Tracy Hines. Clauson was the fastest qualifier and continues to lead the standings.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2011– Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept 24) 1. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-16.423; 2. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-16.622; 3. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-16.666; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.727; 5. Levi Jones, 0, Styres-16.761; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 3nz, JCJ-16.800; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.851; 8. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-16.866; 9. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-16.984; 10. Tanner Swanson, 19, Team 6R/TK-17.021; 11. Caleb Armstrong, 71, C & A-17.176; 12. Matt Westfall, 14w, Bordner-17.257; 13. Chase Barber, 91, Barber-17.413; 14. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-17.611; 15. Brent Beauchamp, 16, Sandy-17.763; 16. Dalton Armstrong, 71k, Kunz-18.135; 17. Bob Schreffler, 21s, Schreffler-18.491; 18. Dave Darland, 5w, Wilke-Pak-NT; 19. Kody Swanson, 11, Wilke-Pak-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. T.Swanson, 2. Hagen, 3. Clauson, 4. East, 5. K.Swanson, 6. D.Armstrong, 7. Barber. 2:14.05
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Daum, 3. Kuhn. 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Jones, 6. Schreffler.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Larson, 3. Westfall, 4. Darland, 5. Beauchamp, 6. Clouser.
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Bobby East, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Tanner Swanson, 10. Dave Darland, 11. Zach Daum, 12. Mario Clouser, 13. Kody Swanson, 14. Chase Barber, 15. Dalton Armstrong, 16. Bob Schreffler, 17. Caleb Armstrong, 18. Brent Beauchamp, 19. Matt Westfall. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Larson.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-945; 2-Hagen-934; 3-Larson-929; 4-Hines-828; 5-East-753; 6-C.Armstrong-642; 7-Daum-616; 8-Kuhn-612; 9-T.Swanson-582; 10-Coons-564.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-695; 2-Larson-586; 3-Hines & Hagen-570; 5-East-558.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 6-8 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway – DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”