Midgets Return To Montpelier This Sat., July 27
 

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Midgets Return To Montpelier Motor Speedway Saturday Night, July 27

The Montpelier Motor Speedway Midget Series will make its return to MMS this Saturday Night, July 27. The Midget series, featuring full size and power midgets, have contested just three events so far this season due to rainouts. With three races in the book, the series has found three different winners in victory lane: Darren Hagen, Shane Hollingsworth, and Billy Wease. The series championship point’s title chase will also heat up this weekend, with any driver currently in the top 10 within striking distance of leaving the points leader. The current points leader is Kansas, Illinois' Colton Cottle.


Montpelier Motor Speedway Midget Championship Points Chase
1st – Colton Cottle – Kansas, Illinois – 162
2nd – Billy Wease – Noblesville, Indiana – 160
3rd – Justin Peck – Monrovia, Indiana – 152
4th – Ross Rankine – Indianapolis, Indiana – 142
5th – Chett Gehrke – Kokomo, Indiana – 134
6th – Blake Edwards – Claremore, Oklahoma – 130
7th – Michael Koontz – Bloomington, Indiana – 126
8th – Shane Hollingsworth – Lafayette, Indiana – 116
9th – Parker Price Miller – Kokomo, Indiana – 112
10th – Stratton Briggs – Anna, Ohio - 106

Rookie of the Year Standings
1st – Blake Edwards – Claremore, Oklahoma - 130
2nd – Stratton Briggs – Anna, Ohio - 106
3rd – Justin Dickerson – Pittsboro, Indiana - 81
4th - Jeff Zelinski – Joliet, Illinois - 78
5th – Aaron Schuck – Joliet, Illinois - 76

2013 Winners
April 5 – Darren Hagen – Riverside, California (26 Entries)
April 6 – Shane Hollingsworth – Lafayette, Indiana (28 Entries)
April 20 – Rain Out
May 4 – Billy Wease – Noblesville, Indiana (20 Entries)
May 18 - Rain Out
June 1 - Rain Out

Remaining 2013 Midget Schedule
July 27, Saturday (Rain Date - August 3)
August 17, Saturday
September 7, Saturday
September 14, Saturday
September 28, Saturday

Times
Gates Open - 3:00 PM
Hot Laps – 5:00 PM
Racing - 6:30 PM

Admission
General Admission - $12
Kids (12 and Under) – Free
Pit Pass - $25

Location
East Central Indiana
Montpelier Motor Speedway
700 South Jefferson
Montpelier, Indiana 47359
I69 Exit 264

Web & Media
Official Website: www.MontpelierMotorSpeedway.com
Facebook – “Home of the Montpelier Motor Speedway: www.facebook.com/MontpelierMotorSpeedway
Twitter - www.twitter.com/MontpelierTrack

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Can minis run this Brian?

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Mini sprints, focus and Ecotecs are welcomed

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Absolutely. For the minis, focus, and echotech, no engine rules, any fuel or fuel delivery, no minimum weight, and any right rear tire on a 12" rim. We've found it levels the playing field pretty quickly between the engines.

For full size production Midgets, minimum weight is 1,050, a maximum 10" right rear rim, and one right rear for heats and features.

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Is it 1 right rear only for the midgets or all cars?

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Yes, it is one right rear for all cars.
We have an open tire rule (brand and compound)

Also, we should have American Racer tires available at the track.

Thanks to Tony Rose and American Racer for being the presenting trophy sponsor of the Midget series.

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What time does this shin dig usually get done?

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I think it is just great that you guys are sticking with this interpretation of "midgets" and that you are averaging 24.67 cars per race. We did the same thing rules wise with a midget series here in Missouri for a few years but threw in the towel when only one lightning sprint would consistently show up to run with us. Even though we were on dryslick quarter miles 99% of the time, and even though a 1000cc chain drive car won half of our A features, the rest of the lightning sprint guys convinced themselves that they couldn't be competitive.

Hats off to Montpelier and hats off to the guys who are actually doing their part and showing up with racecars. Keep up the great work.

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Midgets compete first. Usually around 9:00-9:30. We try to run a fast program.

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Many times we have raced, loaded up, and after our 3 hour drive, been back home at 12:30-1:30. They run a pretty quick and clean show. Great folks at Montpelier.

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How's it looking up there..

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Expect to see the RT Racing, Becker Painting, Café Waldorf, Pioneer Pole Buildings #1 of Trevor Kobylarz out at Montpelier today. ARDC has a 6 week hiatus since Mercer rained out last Saturday, and Trevor has the itch to race. He is making the 10 hour trip out there. Just talked to him a little bit ago and he's 2 hours from the place.

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It's looking good in the East Central part of the state. Nice and sunny and only a little bit of overnight rain. We're ready to hopefully put on a SHOW tonight!

24 Midgets strong here at Montpelier tonight!

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Water truck needed after hot laps. Approximately 14 midgets and 10 mini sprints.

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Dry slick huggy pole heat races. Mini sprints are at a disadvantage.

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By my count only 7 minis others are probably Focus. Track Just the way minis like it! Atleast 3 minis (Dallas hunt, Alex Watson and Rob Winks) transfer directly to A. Good quality field, competitive heat races. Some strong full midgets in the B.

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This is just how mini sprints like it... Joe Liguori just about win heat 1 in a focus.... Heat 3 had Lynsey Liguori go from last to first on the top of 1 and 2 so def not a huggy pole race track.....

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Hard to tell from stands if its a midget or focus. Obvious which are mini sprints. B main was a much better race.

Tractor endurance race ends after 40 minutes. But its better than being at home.

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Updates?

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Isaac chapple picked up the win over Lynsey Liguori... Not sure on 3rd

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Nick Spiedel finished 3rd

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Trevor Kobylarz finished 5th after starting 17th

Sounded like a great night for all. Awesome

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Spidel started mid pack and worked his way up..there was a lot of passing..Yes you could def tell who had a mini sprint and who had a midget..very good feature!

Tyler

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#52 Isaac Chapple won the midget event at the Montpelier Motor Speedway on Saturday night July 27, 2013.

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It wasn't to huggy pole. 3 of the top 6 cars in the A Main came from the B Main!

We will have full results, pictures, points update, news and notes, and a highlight video of the action posting on our website today.

Thanks for the tremendous support of the Midget drivers, car owners, and fans. A really nice crowd on hand and a good car count. We appreciate your support, and thank you for traveling to the family owned Montpelier Motor Speedway!

Feature was much better after the track was watered. Even then the fast way around at the end was on the bottom.

Hopefully Montpelier can keep this going and end up with a full field of midgets. They put on a great show.

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Thanks for having us minis Brian. We didn't finish like we hoped but had a great time.
Andy Bradley
#86

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Glad you guys came up Andy..Sure you probably didn't get the results but you proved you guys can hang with full midgets..Good job.

Tyler

Thanks for coming up and supporting the series. We appreciate it!

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One thing that has not been mentioned is that the 20 lap feature went green to checkered (after the double flip following the 'no start') and all the minis/Focus finished on the lead lap. Given that the mini's run the low groove and the full midgets have several lanes to run outside, everyone has plenty of racing room and nobody is holding up anyone else. Track prep before the feature gave the midgets more bite at the beginning, and as expected they were able to use their superior HP to get to the front. In our visits to Montpelier last year a slicker track evened out the cars as HP was less of an issue. Regardless, we had a great time Saturday, enjoying the big car count and crowd, and look forward to coming back in August.

Greg Watson

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Good Job Isaac, that's gotta feel good! Congrats, Davey Ray

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Results

1. 52 Isaac Chapple *R Wilkinson, Indiana
2. 6RR Lynsey Liguori Lebannon, Indiana
3. 21 Nick Speidel - *R Muncie, Indiana
4. 17 Blake Edwards -*R Claremore, Oklahoma
5. 1 Trevor Kobylarz Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
6. 3K Todd Lehr Geneo City, Wisconsin
7. 41 Joe Liguori Tampa, Florida
8. 91 Austin Nemire Toledo, Ohio
9. 16 Billy Wease Noblesville, Indiana
10. 10 Stratton Briggs - *R Anna, Ohio
11. 2 Tyler Ransbottom - *R Bellefountaine, Oh.
12. 17 Michael Koontz Bloomington, Indiana
13. 86 Andy Bradley Bloomington, Indiana
14. 55 Rob Winks Covington, Ohio
15. 6 Travis Berryhill Canyon, California
16. 21 Kurt Mayhew DeMotte, Indiana
17. 39 Damon Fortune Terra Haute, Indiana
18. 3E Alex Watson Columbus, Ohio
19. 8 Larry Woods New Madison, Ohio
20. 0K Don O'Keefe Pittsboro, Indiana
21 Justin Dickerson -*R Pittsboro, Indiana
63 Dallas Hunt Pleasant Hill, Ohio

Note: Dickerson & Hunt flipped on a recalled
restart. The field never took the green and alternates
Fortune and Woods were added to the tail of the feature.

B Main (Top 5 Transfer):
1. 17E Blake Edwards
2. 1 Trevor Kobylarz
3. 3K Todd Lehr
4. 86 Andy Bradley
5. 6 Travis Berryhill
6. 39 Damon Fortune Terra Haute, Indiana
7. 8 Larry Woods New Madison, Ohio
8. 9 Randy Reed Spring Grove, Illinois
9. 53 Aaron Schuck - *R Joliet, Illinois
10. 15 Jeff Zelinski - *R Joliet, Illinois


Notes:
- Congratulations to Isaac Chapple for picking up his first career midget win.

- After the completion of 4 races at Montpelier, there has been 4 different winners. Shane Hollingsworth is the only repeat winner in the history of the series.

- Billy Wease driving the Sandy #16 is the new series points leader with 4 races remaining. The Koontz #17 entries of Blake Edwards and Michael Koontz sit in the 2nd and 3rd position.

- Speidel 3rd (from 12th), Edwards 4th (from 16th), Kobylarz 5th (from 17th), Todd Lehr 6th (from 18th) joined 2012 Track Champion Lynsey Tilton (from 8th to first in heat) in the top 6. They put on a show!

- The race featured drivers from Indiana, Ohio, Illiniois, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Pennsylavania. Along with Indiana transplants from Florida and California.

Photos can found at:
http://mcevoyracingphotos.smugmug.co...9241&k=Dw28mtw

Video Highlights (does include Modified/Stock car racing) can be found on our website at:
www.MontpelierMotorSpeedway.com

Thanks you to the drivers, teams, and fans for their support of the series and the Montpelier Motor Speedway! We appreciate it!

The next Midget race at the Montpelier Motor Speedway will be Saturday Night, August 17th followed by 3 September events!