LARSON EXTENDS IMW LEAD ENTERING LINCOLN PARK NIGHT #1
Speedway, Indiana (June 17, 2020)………By virtue of his second consecutive USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget victory in as many nights on Wednesday at Gas City I-69 Speedway, Kyle Larson extended his lead to 11 markers over Tanner Thorson in the latest 2020 Indiana Midget Week standings as the series heads to Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. Thursday night, June 18.
The Elk Grove, Calif. native took over the lead with 13 laps remaining Wednesday at Gas City after charging from the 14th starting position to the front in rapid fire succession to win the second round of the 16th annual Indiana Midget Week series.
Larson earlier won Tuesday night’s IMW opener, and has now won the feature in each of the last five USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget events he’s entered dating to the last three events of the 2019 season.
Thorson is second in the IMW standings (-11), with Buddy Kofoid (-26), Tyler Courtney (-26) and Tanner Carrick (-38) rounding out the top-five.
Thursday at Lincoln Park for round 3 of IMW, the pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands at 4:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm.
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2020 INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: (After Round 2 of 6)
155-Kyle Larson
144-Tanner Thorson
129-Buddy Kofoid
129-Tyler Courtney
117-Tanner Carrick
116-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
114-Logan Seavey
111-Justin Grant
105-Chris Windom
97-Jake Neuman
95-Gio Scelzi
92-Rico Abreu
90-Kevin Thomas Jr.
74-Zach Daum
73-Shane Golobic
71-Thomas Meseraull
59-Kaylee Bryson
59-Cannon McIntosh
57-Carson Macedo
54-Brady Bacon
46-Daison Pursley
42-Daryn Pittman
41-Noah Gass
40-Steve Buckwalter
39-Cole Bodine
35-Chase Johnson
20-Andrew Layser, Brody Roa, Clinton Boyles, Dave Darland, Dylan Ito, Ethan Mitchell, Hayden Reinbold, Jake Swanson, Jason McDougal, Jeff Wimmenauer, Justin Dickerson, Kyle Cummins, Maria Cofer, Max McLaughlin, Robert Dalby, Ronnie Gardner, Russ Gamester, Ryan Hall & Ace McCarthy
10-Jadon Rogers, Shane Cottle, Zeb Wise, Tyler Nelson, Kameron Gladish & Oliver Akard
2020 INDIANA MIDGET WEEK SCHEDULE
Tue., June 16: Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana
WINNER: Kyle Larson (Tucker-Boat Motorsports #86)
Wed., June 17: Gas City I-69 Speedway – Gas City, Indiana
WINNER: Kyle Larson (Tucker-Boat Motorsports #86)
Thu., June 18: Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana
Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands at 4:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm
Fri., June 19: Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana
Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands at 4:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm
Sat., June 20: Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands at 5pm and hot laps at 6pm
Sun., June 21: Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana
Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands at 5pm and hot laps at 6pm