IT’S ALL ALLUM AT AUBURNDALE
Winter Haven, Florida (February 11, 2023)………Brady Allum lost the lead early on, but reloaded and surged back to the front by the midway point to score Saturday night’s USAC Eastern Focus Midget non-points special event feature at Florida’s Auburndale Speedway.
Allum (Taylorsville, N.C.) led the opening 14 laps before being overtaken for the lead by Northeastern Midget Association regular P.J. Stergios. Stergios (Candia, N.H.) commanded the field for 10 circuits between laps 15-24 until Allum carved his way back to P1 on lap 25 of the 50-lap winged event.
Stergios ultimately dropped out of the race with nine laps remaining to finish 12th.
It was all Allum in the end as he collected the victory by leading the final 26 trips around the 1/4-mile paved oval. Todd Bertrand (Suffield, Conn.) finished second with Chase Locke (Chester, N.H.) third, Friday night Auburndale winner Dakoda Armstrong (New Castle, Ind.) fourth and Jake Trainor (Medway, Mass.) fifth.
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USAC EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: February 11, 2023 – Auburndale Speedway – Winter Haven, Florida
QUALIFYING: 1. P.J. Stergios, 4, Seymour-12.968; 2. Jake Trainor, 29, Seymour-13.029; 3. Dylan Coutu, 53, Coutu-13.054; 4. Dakoda Armstrong, 1A, Radical-13.070; 5. Brady Allum, 87JR, Allum-13.076; 6. Jeremy Utley, 23, Utley-13.126; 7. Chase Locke, 1, Radical-13.189; 8. Mack Leopard, 14, Leopard-13.229; 9. Hunter Wise, 47, Wise-13.287; 10. Chris Lamb, 9, Radical-13.298; 11. J.T. Bierman, 5, Radical-13.377; 12. Todd Bertrand, 48, Bertrand-13.394; 13. Ryan McCartney, 24, McCartney-13.461; 14. Caleb Edington, 74x, Edington-13.668.
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Brady Allum, 2. Todd Bertrand, 3. Chase Locke, 4. Dakoda Armstrong, 5. Jake Trainor, 6. Mack Leopard, 7. Dylan Coutu, 8. Hunter Wise, 9. Ryan McCartney, 10. Caleb Edington, 11. Jeremy Utley, 12. P.J. Stergios, 13. J.T. Bierman, 14. Chris Lamb. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Brady Allum, Laps 15-24 P.J. Stergios, Laps 25-50 Brady Allum.
NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE: April 1, 2023 – Dillon Motor Speedway – Dillon, South Carolina