BACON WINS “GROVE” USAC TRIPLE CROWN SHOWDOWN CLOSER

Mechanicsburg, PA……..Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. led all but the first lap to win riday night’s 20-lap USAC Eastern Regional Midget feature presented by ARDC at Williams Grove Speedway. He passed Tanner Carrick on lap two and led the rest of the way in his Brown & Miller Racing Solutions/Black Watch Farms Beast/Toyota. Carrick took second ahead of Tanner Thorson, Spencer Bayston and Ryan Robinson.

USAC EASTERN REGIONAL MIDGETS PRESENTED BY ARDC RACE RESULTS: June 16, 2017 – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – Williams Grove Speedway - “USAC Triple Crown Showdown”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Robinson (#71 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Ryan Greth (#4 Lesher), 3. Spencer Bayston (#97 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Alex Bright (#77 Bright), 5. Steve Buckwalter, (#25B Buckwalter), 6. Josh Heckman (#12 Heckman), 7. Shawn Jackson (#7J Jackson), 8. P.J. Gargiulo (#5 JHG), 9. Jason Rice (#57 Rice), 10. Jay Hartman (#24 Myers), 11. Rohan Beasley (#14B Beasley). 2:47.41

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Brady Bacon (#76m FMR), 2. Tanner Carrick (#71k Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Thomas Meseraull (#27 Heffner), 4. Tanner Thorson (#67 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 5. Adam Pierson (#76E Mancini), 6. Holly Shelton (#67k Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 7. Kenny Miller (#23M Miller), 8. Andrew Layser (#35 Lesher), 9. John Heydenreich (#21 Mausteller), 10. Steve Craig (#55 Craig). 2:49.50

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Tanner Carrick, 3. Tanner Thorson, 4. Spencer Bayston, 5. Ryan Robinson, 6. Holly Shelton, 7. Ryan Greth, 8. P.J. Gargiulo, 9. Shawn Jackson, 10. Kenny Miller, 11. Andrew Layser, 12. Jason Rice, 13. Steve Craig, 14. Alex Bright, 15. Jay Hartman, 16. Josh Heckman, 17. John Heydenreich, 18. Adam Pierson, 19. Rohan Beasley, 20. Steve Buckwalter, 21. Thomas Meseraull. NT

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**Meseraull flipped at the start of the finish.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Carrick, Laps 2-20 Bacon.

KRS GRAPHICS BRYAN CLAUSON BAD FAST AWARD PASSING POINT LEADER: Tanner Carrick

NEW USAC EASTERN REGIONAL MIDGET POINTS Presented by ARDC: 1-Greth-685, 2-A.Bright-671, 3-Jackson-559, 4-Miller-529, 5-Trevor Kobylarz-484, 6-B.Bright-462, 7-Pierson-461, 8-Tommu Kunsman Jr.-448, 9-Hartman-445, 10-Layser-433.

NEXT USAC EASTERN REGIONAL MIDGET RACE Presented by ARDC: June 30 – Jonestown, PA – Linda’s Speedway

BACON TAKES EARLY LEAD IN EASTERN STORM STANDINGS

Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma has taken the early lead in the Eastern Storm presented by DMI point standings.  Bacon led the final three laps to win Tuesday night’s series opener in the “Jesse Hockett Classic” at Grandview Speedway.

Eastern Storm continues with the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship on Wednesday, June 14 at Lincoln Speedway; Thursday, June 15 at Williams Grove Speedway; Saturday, June 17 at Port Royal Speedway and Sunday, June 18 at Susquehanna Speedway.

You can watch every race of Eastern Storm LIVE on http://www.SpeedShiftTV.com/.  Next-day, on-demand coverage is available at http://www.Loudpedal.TV/.

EASTERN STORM (Presented by DMI) POINT STANDINGS

(After Round 1 of 6)

1. (77) Brady Bacon

2. (73) C.J. Leary

3. (72) Chris Windom

4. (70) Kevin Thomas, Jr.

5. (64) Justin Grant

6. (62) Chase Stockon

7. (58) Robert Ballou

8. (54) Tyler Courtney

9. (50) Jerry Coons, Jr.

10. (49) Jarett Andretti

11. (48) Matt Westfall

12. (47) Aaron Farney

13. (42) Alex Bright

14. (40) Thomas Meseraull

15. (38) Dave Darland

16. (35) Chad Boespflug & Isaac Chapple

18. (34) Kyle Robbins

19. (30) Tony DiMattia & Chandler Leiby

21. (29) Joey Biasi

22. (28) Trevor Kobylarz

23. (13) Kyle Moody

24. (10) Carmen Perigo, Shane Golobic, Danny Dietrich, Dustin Smith, Austin Burke, Chad Wilson, Kyle Lick, Steve Wilbur, Trey Hivner, Harris Kohen & Stevie Sussex