KRACHUN WINS GRUNDY COUNTY IGNITE 25-LAPPER

Morris, IL……..Ryan Krachun of Neshanic Station, N.J. won Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Midwest/Eastern Ignite Midget race at Grundy County Speedway, leading the final 15 laps after passing Sam McGhee on lap 11. McGhee took second ahead of Midwest Pavement point leader Ross Rankine, Tyler Shullick and Eastern point leader and fast qualifier Jared Irvan.

USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 11, 2012 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-15.318; 2. Nic Davidson, 39x, Radical-15.376; 3. Ross Rankine, 39, Rankine-15.408; 4. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-15.420; 5. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-15.501; 6. Chris Lamb, 9L, Lamb-15.503; 7. Tyler Shullick, 61, Shullick-15.546; 8. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-15.595; 9. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire-15.664; 10. Sam McGhee, 11, McGhee-15.701; 11. Calvin Carroll, 24 , Carroll-15.914; 12. Adam Thomason, 74, Thomason-15.984; 13. Justin Whittall, 67, Whittall-16.515; 14. Natasha Cox, 19x, Cox-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shullick, 2. Rankine, 3. Clouse, 4. Irvan, 5. Nemire, 6. Carroll, 7. Whittall. NT

SECOND HEAT: ( 8 laps) 1. Krachun, 2. Hamilton, 3. McGhee, 4. Davidson, 5. Lamb, 6. Cox, 7. Thomason. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Krachun, 2. Sam McGhee, 3. Ross Rankine, 4. Tyler Shullick, 5. Jared Irvan, 6. Davey Hamilton Jr., 7. Chris Lamb, 8. Nic Davidson, 9. Natasha Cox, 10. Austin Nemire, 11. Adam Thomason, 12. Calvin Carroll, 13. Justin Whittall, 14. Cooper Clouse. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 McGhee, Laps 11-25 Krachun.

NEW USAC MIDWEST IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Rankine-662, 2-Clouse-657, 3-Gage Walker-595, 4-Krachun-580, 5-Hamilton-574, 6-McGhee-568, 7-Shullick-476, 8-Davidson-394, 9-Nemire-359, 10-Lamb-351.

NEW USAC EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irvan-634, 2-Lamb-558, 3-Davidson-490, 4-Krachun-485, 5-Tyler Corriher-411, 6-Carroll-353, 7-Michael Fanelli-326, 7-Rankine-233, 9-Matthew Lundstrom-214, 10-Orry Hunte-209.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST IGNITE MIDGET RACE: August 18 – Kalamazoo (MI) Speedway

NEXT USAC EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE: September 3 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway