Waynesfield, Ohio (July 3, 2024)………The names “Coons” and “Hewitt” are among the most recognizable in the USAC history books.
On Wednesday night at Ohio’s Waynesfield Raceway Park, Cale Coons delivered his second USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory of the season at the 15th edition of the Jack Hewitt Classic.
Coons (Greencastle, Ind.), the son of USAC Triple Crown champion Jerry Coons Jr., became the third different frontrunner of the 20-lap feature on lap 14 after taking over the top spot from Luke Hall, then led the final seven circuits en route to the victory.
Hall (Findlay, Ohio) led laps 8-13 and went on to finish as the runner-up behind Coons. Reigning series champion Zach Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) took third. Tate Martz (Rushville, Ind.) led the opening seven laps before going on to finish fourth. VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier Jakeb Boxell (Zanesville, Ind.) rounded out the top five.
With the victory, Coons surged into the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget championship point lead. He now leads by 15 over ninth place finishing Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio).
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 3, 2024 – Waynesfield Raceway Park – Waynesfield, Ohio – Jack Hewitt Classic
FIRST VMS MOTORSPORTS QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 10, Nelson-13.789; 2. Kayla Roell, 21, Fedorczyk-13.915; 3. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-13.988; 4. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-14.020; 5. Stratton Briggs, 10B, Briggs-14.038; 6. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-14.163; 7. Carl Peterson, 49p, Peterson-14.654; 8. Jason Shaffer, 40, Shaffer-NT.
SECOND VMS MOTORSPORTS QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-13.658; 2. Tate Martz, 34, GMB-13.687; 3. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-13.971; 4. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-14.060; 5. Page Perrine, 55, Perrine-14.535; 6. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-15.124; 7. Bryce Dues, 0H, Sniper-NT; 8. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-NT.
THIRD VMS MOTORSPORTS QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-13.840; 2. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-14.137; 3. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-14.158; 4. Alex Watson, 3, Watson-14.167; 5. Ryan Fleming, 11T, Taylor-14.453; 6. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-14.460; 7. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-14.955; 8. Keith Ousley, 14, Ousley-15.236.
PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Luke Hall, 2. Cale Coons, 3. Kayla Roell, 4. Stratton Briggs, 5. Tyler Nelson, 6. Carl Peterson, 7. Ian Creager. NT
STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryce Massingill, 2. Tate Martz, 3. Michael Magic, 4. Bryce Dues, 5. Page Perrine, 6. Jakeb Boxell, 7. Jim Jones. NT
HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Zach Wigal, 2. Matt Lux, 3. Alex Watson, 4. Ryan Fleming, 5. Brayden Schwartz, 6. Keith Ousley, 7. Ryan Moran, 8. Gunnar Lucius. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Cale Coons, 2. Luke Hall, 3. Zach Wigal, 4. Tate Martz, 5. Jakeb Boxell, 6. Kayla Roell, 7. Stratton Briggs, 8. Tyler Nelson, 9. Bryce Massingill, 10. Matt Lux, 11. Michael Magic, 12. Bryce Dues, 13. Ryan Fleming, 14. Page Perrine, 15. Ian Creager, 16. Carl Peterson, 17. Brayden Schwartz, 18. Jim Jones, 19. Keith Ousley, 20. Jason Shaffer, 21. Alex Watson, 22. Gunnar Lucius, 23. Cole Morgan. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Tate Martz, Laps 8-13 Luke Hall, Laps 14-20 Cale Coons.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-494, 2-Bryce Massingill-479, 3-Jakeb Boxell-476, 4-Tate Martz-426, 5-Matt Lux-404, 6-Ian Creager-382, 7-Zach Wigal-373, 8-Stratton Briggs-351, 9-Ryan Fleming-332, 10-Brayden Schwartz-289.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: July 12, 2024 – Moler Raceway Park – Williamsburg, Ohio
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Jakeb Boxell
Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Luke Hall
Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Jakeb Boxell
Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Zach Wigal
Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Tyler Nelson (13th to 8th)
Lynn Cook – A Racer’s Friend Hard Luck Award: Ryan Moran
Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Gunnar & Randy Lucius
Competition Suspension Inc. Gift Certificate: Bryce Massingill
Saldana Racing Products Gift Certificate: Page Perrine
Impact Racing Gift Certificate: Stratton Briggs
