Findlay, Ohio (June 14, 2024)………Reigning USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget champion Zach Wigal stifled the field on Friday night at Findlay, Ohio’s Millstream Speedway.
Wigal (Belpre, Ohio), a regular on the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship tour in 2024, wheeled his family-owned No. 18 to the lead on lap one and never relented for the remaining 20-lap distance en route to a wire-to-wire victory, his second of the season.
Wigal was followed to the line by runner-up finisher and VMS Motorsports fast qualifier Jakeb Boxell (Zanesville, Ind.) who pulled even atop the season long championship standings alongside seventh place finisher Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio).
Tate Martz (Rushville, Ind.) equaled his best result of the season with a third while Matt Lux (Manilla, Ind.) corralled fourth. Kayla Roell (Dillsboro, Ind.) rounded out the top five.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 14, 2024 – Millstream Speedway – Findlay, Ohio
VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-15.752; 2. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-15.985; 3. Stratton Briggs, 10, Briggs-16.025; 4. Nolan Kiefer, 97, Kiefer-16.436; 5. Luke Lemons, 33, Lemons-16.479; 6. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-16.548; 7. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-16.785; 8. Bryce Dues, 0H, Sniper-NT.
VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-15.454; 2. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-15.551; 3. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-15.817; 4. Ryan Fleming, 11T, Taylor-16.129; 5. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-16.250; 6. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-16.495; 7. Carl Peterson, 49p, Peterson-16.718; 8. Larry Rice, 7R, Collett-18.635.
VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Kayla Roell, 21, Fedorczyk-15.724; 2. Tate Martz, 34, GMB-15.729; 3. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-16.153; 4. Page Perrine, 55, 16.553; 5. Jody Paul, 5J, Paul-17.767; 6. Andy Martin, X, Martin-18.417; 7. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-NT.
PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Luke Hall (4), 2. Bryce Massingill (3), 3. Stratton Briggs (2), 4. Nolan Kiefer (1), 5. Cole Morgan (6), 6. Luke Lemons (5), 7. Bryce Dues (8), 8. Brayden Schwartz (7). NT
STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jakeb Boxell (4), 2. Matt Lux (3), 3. Gunnar Lucius (2), 4. Ryan Fleming (1), 5. Ian Creager (5), 6. Ryan Moran(6), 7. Carl Peterson (7), 8. Larry Rice (8). NT
HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tate Martz (3), 2. Zach Wigal (7), 3. Kayla Roell (4), 4. Cale Coons (2), 5. Page Perrine (1), 6. Andy Martin (6), 7. Jody Paul (5). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Zach Wigal (2), 2. Jakeb Boxell (7), 3. Tate Martz (4), 4. Matt Lux (9), 5. Kayla Roell (6), 6. Cale Coons (12), 7. Bryce Massingill (3), 8. Stratton Briggs (8), 9. Ian Creager (14), 10. Cole Morgan (13), 11. Carl Peterson (20), 12. Brayden Schwartz (21), 13. Bryce Dues (19), 14. Page Perrine (15), 15. Andy Martin (18), 16. Luke Hall (5), 17. Luke Lemons (16), 18. Nolan Kiefer (10), 19. Gunnar Lucius (1), 20. Ryan Moran (17), 21. Ryan Fleming (11), 22. Larry Rice (22). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Zach Wigal.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bryce Massingill-311, 2-Jakeb Boxell-311, 3-Cale Coons-299, 4-Tate Martz-275, 5-Ian Creager-257, 6-Matt Lux-248, 7-Stratton Briggs-233, 8-Cole Morgan-210, 9-Ryan Fleming-204, 10-Brayden Schwartz-183.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 22, 2024 – Atomic Speedway – Chillicothe, 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: Tate Martz
Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Brayden Schwartz (22nd to 12th)
Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Jakeb Boxell
Lynn Cook Hard Luck Award: Ryan Fleming
Competition Suspension Inc. Gift Certificate: Matt Lux
Impact Gift Certificate: Bryce Massingill
