PICKENS EXTENDS POINT LEAD AT THE CROSSED FLAGS OF INDIANA MIDGET WEEK

A second-straight victory Thursday night at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. has extended Michael Pickens’ Indiana Midget Week lead to 31 over Brady Bacon at the halfway point of the series with three races down and three races remaining this weekend: Friday at Bloomington Speedway, Saturday at Lawrenceburg Speedway and Sunday at Kokomo Speedway.

In addition to his two victories at Gas City and Lincoln Park, the Auckland, New Zealand resident finished in the runner-up spot on opening night at Montpelier Motor Speedway, an impressive mark of consistency that no one else has replicated.

USAC National Midget point leader Brady Bacon remains in second, but drops to 31 behind Pickens.  Spencer Bayston’s heartbreaking defeat turned out to be a good night points-wise, at least, moving from fifth to third.  Shane Golobic and Rico Abreu are tied for the fourth spot.

2017 INDIANA MIDGET WEEK STANDINGS

After Round 3 of 6

1. (236) Michael Pickens

2. (205) Brady Bacon

3. (194) Spencer Bayston

4. (180) Shane Golobic & Rico Abreu

6. (178) Tyler Courtney

7. (167) Alex Bright

8. (162) Justin Grant

9. (155) Tanner Thorson

10. (147) Chad Boat

11. (134) Tanner Carrick

12. (127) Tyler Thomas

13. (120) Ryan Robinson

14. (117) Ronnie Gardner

15. (116) Kyle Larson

16. (112) Zach Daum

17. (107) Holly Shelton & Jerry Coons, Jr.

19. (86) Brent Beauchamp

20. (81) Dave Darland

21. (52) Brenden Bright

22. (50) Brayton Lynch

23. (49) Courtney Crone, Ryan Greth & Gage Walker

26. (48) Chris Windom & Davey Ray

28. (46) Justin Peck

29. (44) Chance Morton

30. (30) Jake Neuman, Trey Marcham, Steve Buckwalter, Tony DiMattia, Kyle Jones, Michael Koontz & Kade Morton

37. (20) Chris Baue, Brad Kraus, Ryan Secrest, Tylar Rankin, Jimi Quin & Andrew Felker

43. (10) Justin Dickerson, Tyler Nelson, Noah Key, Cole Fehr & Paul Raynes