Williamsburg, Ohio (May 31, 2024)………Cale Coons came into Friday night’s USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget round as the leader and left Williamsburg, Ohio’s Moler Raceway Park in much the same manner.
Championship points leader Coons (Greencastle, Ind.) took over the lead with just eight laps remaining to record his second career victory with the series and his first of the season.
Coons started third in the 25-lap feature, but trailed leader Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) for the first 17 circuits of the event. On lap 18, Coons took over the top spot and led the balance of the distance, all while extending his point lead to nine ahead of Massingill.
Massingill took second in the final running order while Jakeb Boxell (Zanesville, Ind.) finished third. Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio), the 2022 series driving champion, crossed the line in fourth while Ryan Fleming (Troy, Ohio) rounded out the top five.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 31, 2024 – Moler Raceway Park – Williamsburg, Ohio
VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Zach Wigal, 18w, Wigal-13.896; 2. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-13.924; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-14.026; 4. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-14.131; 5. Chett Gehrke, 10, Moore-14.283; 6. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-14.447; 7. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-14.473; 8. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-14.526; 9. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-14.678.
VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 10N, Nelson-13.875; 2. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells-13.910; 3. Tate Martz, 34, GMB-14.111; 4. Josh Yenser, 16y, Yenser-14.213; 5. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.275; 6. Ryan Fleming, 11L, Taylor-14.400; 7. Tommy Bigelow, 2B, Bigelow-14.757; 8. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-NT.
PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (1), 2. Zach Wigal (4), 3. Stratton Briggs (2), 4. Jakeb Boxell (3), 5. Chett Gehrke (5), 6. Gunnar Lucius (7), 7. Cole Morgan (8), 8. Brayden Schwartz (9), 9. Cody Dye (6). NT
STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (5), 2. Tate Martz (2), 3. Tyler Nelson (4), 4. Ryan Fleming (6), 5. Ian Creager (8), 6. Matt Lux (3), 7. Josh Yenser (1), 8. Tommy Bigelow (7). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (3), 2. Bryce Massingill (2), 3. Jakeb Boxell (7), 4. Stratton Briggs (4), 5. Ryan Fleming (1), 6. Ian Creager (10), 7. Tate Martz (8), 8. Gunnar Lucius (11), 9. Zach Wigal (6), 10. Chett Gehrke (9), 11. Cole Morgan (13), 12. Brayden Schwartz (15). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Bryce Massingill, Laps 18-25 Cale Coons.
**Cody Dye flipped during the first heat.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-198, 2-Bryce Massingill-189, 3-Jakeb Boxell-186, 4-Tate Martz-147, 5-Ian Creager-144, 6-Ryan Fleming-140, 7-Cole Morgan-136, 8-Matt Lux-135, 9-Stratton Briggs-135, 10-Brayden Schwartz-109.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 9, 2024 – Waynesfield Raceway Park – Waynesfield, Ohio
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Tyler Nelson
Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Bryce Massingill
Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Cale Coons
Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Ian Creager (10th to 6th)
Lynn Cook Hard Luck Award: Cody Dye
Competition Suspension Inc. Gift Certificate: Tate Martz
Impact Gift Certificate: Tate Martz
10th Place Bonus: Chett Gehrke
