BARBERTON FEATURE GOES TO WALKER – HIS FIRST!


Norton, OH……..Gage Walker of Indianapolis, Ind. scored his first USAC Midwest Ignite Midget feature win Friday night at Barberton Speedway. He passed Davey Hamilton Jr. on lap 13 and led the final 28 laps of the 40-lap race to beat fast qualifier Ross Rankine, Tyler Shullick, Cooper Clouse and Adam Wilsdon. The series continues Saturday night at Lake County Speedway in Painesville, OH.


USAC MIDWEST IGNITE MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2012 – Norton, Ohio– Barberton Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ross Rankine, 39R, Rankine-14.487, 2. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-14.642; 3. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-14.703; 4. Chris Lamb, 9, Lamb-14.708; 5. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-14.714; 6. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire-14.745; 7. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-14.752; 8. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-14.774; 9. Nic Davidson, 39x, Radical-14.867; 10. Tyler Shullick, 61, Shullick-14.875; 11. Sam McGhee, 11M, McGhee-14.902; 12. Adam Wilsdon, 9x, Wilsdon-14.960; 13. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-17.168.


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lamb, 2. Walker, 3. Greening, 4. Hamilton, 5. McGhee, 6. Carroll, 7. Davidson. NT


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rankine, 2. Clouse, 3. Krachun, 4. Wilsdon, 5. Shullick, 6. Nemire. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Gage Walker, 2. Ross Rankine, 3. Tyler Shullick, 4. Cooper Clouse, 5. Adam Wilsdon, 6. Sam McGhee, 7. Nic Davidson, 8. Austin Nemire, 9. Calvin Carroll, 10. Chris Lamb, 11. Joey Greening, 12. Ryan Krachun, 13. Davey Hamilton Jr. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Hamilton, Laps 13-40 Walker.


NEW USAC MIDWEST IGNITE DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clouse-519, 2-Walker-510, 3-Rankine-487, 4-Hamilton-437, 5-Krachun-426, 6-McGhee-399, 7-Greening-331, 8-Shullick-319, 9-Nemire-263, 10-Davidson-257.


NEXT USAC MIDWEST IGNITE MIDGET RACE: July 21 – Painesville, OH – Lake County Speedway