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Wednesday, 27 June 2018

BEAR RIDGE, SPOON RIVER HOST SATURDAY SPEED2s; EASTERN “SPECIAL EVENT” AT SEEKONK WEDNESDAY

BEAR RIDGE, SPOON RIVER HOST SATURDAY SPEED2s; EASTERN “SPECIAL EVENT” AT SEEKONK WEDNESDAY Joe Putnam Photo

BEAR RIDGE, SPOON RIVER HOST SATURDAY SPEED2s; EASTERN “SPECIAL EVENT” AT SEEKONK WEDNESDAY

USAC Speed2 Midget racing unfolds in Vermont, Massachusetts and Illinois this Saturday, with races at Bear Ridge Speedway (DMA) in Bradford, Vt. and Spoon River Speedway (IMRA) in Canton, Ill. and a “special” Eastern event at Seekonk, Mass. Wednesday.

Jason Goff (DMA) and Andy Baugh (IMRA) lead their respective standings entering this weekend’s races, while Jessica Bean is atop the Eastern points, although points will not be awarded at Seekonk ‘s “Open Wheel Wednesday.”

Goff. of Preston Hollow, N.Y., extended his lead in the USAC DMA Speed2 Midget standings with his victory in Friday night’s 25-lap feature at Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, N.Y. Seth Carlson took second ahead of Justin Phillips, Adam Whitney and Joe Krawiec. The race featured four different lap leaders. Manny Dias, Jeff Champagne and Seth Carlson all led before Goff took over on lap 21.

Rain and wet grounds forced cancellation of Saturday’s Midwest Thunder race at Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway. The series resumes July 6 in the “Bill Gardner Sprintacular” at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind.

USAC LAQUERRE SPORTS SPEED2 DMA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jason Goff-361, 2-Seth Carlson-339, 3-Joe Krawiec-339, 4-Mike Chaffee-299, 5-Will Hull-287, 6-Justin Phillips-279, 7-Jeff Champagne-268, 8-Derek O’Hearn-258, 9-Manny Dias-247, 10-Randy Higginson-229

ENGLER USAC SPEED2 IMRA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Andy Baugh-516, 2-Robby McQuinn-426, 3-Gedd Ross-385, 4-Blake Buchholz-322, 5-Shane Morgan-308, 6-Kurt Mueller-304, 7-Daltyn England-279, 8-Jake Sollenberger-254, 9-Brent Burrows-214, 10-Bart Andrews-204.

USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET POINTS: 1-Aaron Leffel-276, 2-Chett Gehrke-214, 3-John Heydenreich-193, 4-Stratton Briggs-187, 5-Alex Watson-185, 6-Cory Guingrich-167, 7-Jon Watson-153, 8-Gedd Ross-134, 9-Kyle Kriegbaum-115, 10-Andy Baugh-110.

USAC SPEED2 EASTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jessica Bean-436, 2-Neal Allison-395, 3-Nolan Allison-389, 4-Sam Hatfield-350, 5-Jordan Empie-324, 6-Dameron Taylor-245, 7-Chris Lamb-212, 8-Levi Riffle-111, 9-Connor Gross-107, 10-Johnny Bridges-81.