Fremont, Ohio (June 28, 2025)………Bryce Massingill emerged from a late-race ruckus to win Saturday night’s USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget feature at Ohio’s Fremont Speedway.
The defending series champion from Troy, Ohio started fourth on the grid for the 25-lap feature as Zach Wigal led the opening 15 circuits from the pole.
On the lap 16 restart, fifth starting Luke Hall charged under Wigal to take over the top spot. With six laps remaining, Hall drifted sideways right in the middle of the racetrack in turns one and two. Massingill center punched Hall right on the left side nerf bar, which refired Hall, and all were able to continue on.
However, with five laps to go, Massingill used a powerful run down the back straight to swipe the lead from Hall. Moments later, Wigal followed suit into second as Hall’s car suddenly seemed to lose a little bit of power, dropping him to third.
On the final lap, Wigal made one last ditch effort for the win, sliding across the nose of Massingill for the lead in turns one and two. As the two made bumper-to-bumper contact, Wigal slid up the track and Massingill dipped under to retain the lead and race onward to victory.
Massingill was followed to the line by Wigal with Hall third, VMS Fast Qualifier Jakeb Boxell fourth and Tyler Nelson fifth.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 28, 2025 – Fremont Speedway – Fremont, Ohio
VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Chett Gehrke, 10, Moore-16.295; 2. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-16.465; 3. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-16.470; 4. Carl Peterson, 49, Peterson-16.620; 5. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-16.652; 6. Wes Pinkerton, 211, Pinkerton-16.710; 7. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-17.392.
VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-15.804; 2. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-16.258; 3. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-16.285; 4. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-16.405; 5. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-16.461; 6. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-16.655; 7. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-NT.
VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-16.001; 2. Tyler Nelson, 91, Nelson-16.394; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-16.534; 4. Drew Rader, 74H, Heitmeyer-17.104; 5. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-17.505; 6. Taten Long, 99, Long-17.619.
PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chett Gehrke (4), 2. Bryce Massingill (2), 3. Carl Peterson (1), 4. Cole Morgan (3), 5. Wes Pinkerton (6), 6. Buddy Hollmeyer (7), 7. Jim Jones (5). NT
STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall (2), 2. Matt Lux (1), 3. Jakeb Boxell (4), 4. Abby Hohlbein (3), 5. Ryan Moran (6), 6. Ian Creager (5), 7. Cody Dye (7). NT
HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (4), 2. Tyler Nelson (3), 3. Brayden Schwartz (5), 4. Stratton Briggs (2), 5. Taten Long (6). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (4), 2. Zach Wigal (1), 3. Luke Hall (5), 4. Jakeb Boxell (7), 5. Tyler Nelson (6), 6. Abby Hohlbein (11), 7. Cole Morgan (10), 8. Brayden Schwartz (9), 9. Wes Pinkerton (13), 10. Carl Peterson (2), 11. Ian Creager (17), 12. Cody Dye (19), 13. Taten Long (15), 14. Buddy Hollmeyer (16), 15. Jim Jones (18), 16. Chett Gehrke (3), 17. Matt Lux (8), 18. Stratton Briggs (12), 19. Ryan Moran (14). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Zach Wigal, Laps 16-20 Luke Hall, Laps 21-25 Bryce Massingill.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: July 12, 2025 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Jakeb Boxell (15.804)
Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Chett Gehrke
Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Luke Hall
Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Zach Wigal
Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Cody Dye (19th to 12th)
