2011 Midget News
LARSON WINS NIGHT 2 FEATURE AT GOLD CROWN; SLICES NDC LEAD TO 2 POINTS!
LARSON WINS NIGHT 2 FEATURE AT GOLD CROWN; SLICES NDC LEAD TO 2 POINTS!
Pontoon Beach, IL……..Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. nearly took the lead in the 2011 USAC National Drivers Championship Friday night, wheeling the Keith Kunz Motorsports Toyota TRD Bullet to victory in the 25-lap “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” feature at Tri-City Speedway. Larson’s win moved him to within just two points of NDC point leader Bryan Clauson, who finished fourth Friday night. The 50-lap “Gold Crown” finale is scheduled for Saturday night at Tri-City. Trailing Larson at the checkered flag were Brad Sweet, Zach Daum, Clauson and Brad Kuhn. Sweet led the first 13 laps and Larson took over on lap 14 and led the rest of the way.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 7, 2011 – Pontoon Beach, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway – “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#3nz JCJ), 2. Scott Hatton (#15 Huston), 3. Levi Jones (#56 56 Inc.), 4. Davey Ray (#71x Love), 5. Thomas Messeraull (#2T Bush), 6. Don Droud Jr. (#44 Smith), 7. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 8. Johnny Murdock (#0 Murdock). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 2. Trevor Kobylarz (#20 Two Dogs), 3. Bubba Altig (#37 Felker), 4. Ryan Smith (#33 Stewart), 5. Tyler Robbins (#35 Robbins), 6. Brett Anderson (#11B Anderson), 7. Dalton Armstrong (#71k Kunz), 8. Tony Roney (#1T Roney), 9. Casey Shuman (#10 Moore). 2:00.45
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Zach Daum (#5 Daum), 2. Bryan Clauson (#39 Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Brad Kuhn (#17B RW), 4. Kody Swanson (#11 Wilke-Pak), 5. Andrew Felker (#11a Felker), 6. Jake Blackhurst (#39x Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 7. Mike Hess (#51 Hess), 8. Taylor Ferns (#55F Ferns), 9. Tim Buckwalter (#52 Buckwalter). 1:58.38
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darren Hagen (#3 RFMS), 2. Levi Roberts (#9 Nine Racing), 3. Kyle Larson (#67 Kunz), 4. Tanner Swanson (#19 Team 6R/TK), 5. Matt Sherrell (#35s Sherrell), 6. Michael Koontz (#17k Koontz), 7. Gavin Galbraith (#98g Galbraith), 8. Christopher Bell (#21B Ruston), 9. Danny Frye III (#5s Frye). NT
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Caleb Armstrong (#71 C & A), 2. Dave Darland (#5w Wilke-Pak), 3. Robbie Ray (#3R Ray), 4. Mario Clouser (#06 MCM), 5. Shane Cottle (#1st Saucier), 6. Kent Schmidt (#5k SK), 7. Tyler Millwood (#2x Bush), 8. Chase Barber (#91 Barber), 9. Steve Stroud (#21x Stroud). 2:01.58
SIXTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Sweet (#49 Kahne), 2. Alex Bright (#77 Hemler), 3. Nick Wean (#78 Wean), 4. John Campbell (#19x Campbell), 5. Nick Knepper (#55 Knepper), 6. Ted Kirkpatrick (#40 Kirkpatrick), 7. Tracy Hines (#24 Parker), 8. Hunter Schuerenberg (#2 Ray), 9. Brady Bacon (#2d Dooling). NT
C-MAIN #1: (10 laps) 1. Anderson, 2. Bell, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. Ferns, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. T.Buckwalter, 7. Gehrke, 8. Millwood, 9. Droud, 10. Hess, 11. Daniel Adler (#401 Kirkpatrick). 2:37.43
C-MAIN #2: (10 laps) 1. Hines. 2. Shuman, 3. Roney, 4. Galbraith, 5. Barber, 6. Koontz, 7. Stroud, 8. David Budres (#31 Manic), 9. Frye, 10. Murdock, 11. Blackhurst. NT
SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Hines, 3. Meseraull, 4. Knepper, 5. Clouser, 6. Smith, 7. Felker, 8. Wean, 9. Altig, 10. Sherrell, 11. Bell, 12. Shuman, 13. T.Swanson, 14. Anderson, 15. R.Ray, 16. Ferns, 17. Campbell, 18. Roney, 19. D.Armstrong, 20. Schmidt, 21. Galbraith, 22. Kirkpatrick, 23. Robbins, 24. D.Ray. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Shane Cottle, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Scott Hatton, 14. Andrew Felker, 15. Bobby East, 16. Ryan Smith, 17. Nick Knepper, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Thomas Meseraull, 20. Alex Bright, 21. Caleb Armstrong, 22. Levi Roberts, 23. Dalton Armstrong, 24. Trevor Kobylarz, 25. Nick Wean. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Sweet, Laps 14-25 Larson.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,068; 2-Hagen-1,052; 3-Larson-1,017; 4-Hines-914; 5-East-804; 6-Daum-739; 7-Kuhn-709; 8-C.Armstrong-664; 9-T.Swanson-649; 10-Coons-644.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Clauson-818; 2-Hagen-688; 3-Larson-674; 4-Hines-656; 5-Kuhn-609.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 8 – Pontoon Beach, IL – Tri-City Speedway - “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”