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Great show ! Too bad Wilson broke a RR shock or it would have been a real interesting finsh. Congrats to Cole Whitt, my pick for Driver of the year.

[D.O.]

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 12, 2009 – Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix International Raceway –34th “Copper World Classic”


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-26.310; 2. Bryan Clauson, 11D, DeBeaumont-26.444; 3. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-26.509; 4. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-26.528; 5. Kody Swanson, 40, Western Speed-26.539; 6. Alex Bowman, 55, Bowman-26.645; 7. Jason Leffler, 45, Western Speed-26.647; 8. Tanner Swanson, 51, DeBeaumont-26.690; 9. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-26.739; 10. Tracy Hines, 05, Loyet-26.757; 11. Shane Hmiel, 97, Kunz-26.827; 12. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-26.876; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-26.878; 14. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-26.892; 15. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-27.019; 16. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-27.066; 17. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-27.094; 18. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-27.108; 19. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-27.167; 20. Levi Roberts, 2D, DeBeaumont-27.215; 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-27.269; 22. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-27.401; 23. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-27.521; 24. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-27.552; 25. Brad Loyet, 05H, Loyet-27.571; 26. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-27.679; 27. Nick
Wagner, 93, Wagner-28.088; 28. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-28.436; 29. Sean Murphy, 8x, Polisczuk-28.889; 30. #80, Western Speed-NT.


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Bobby East, 3. Alex Bowman, 4. Brad Kuhn, 5. Cole Whitt, 6. Jason Leffler, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Zach Daum, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Shane Hmiel, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Adam Kramer, 14. Brad Sweet, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Jerome Rodela, 17. Chad Boat, 18. Bryan Clauson, 19. Dakoda Armstrong, 20. Levi Roberts, 21. Cale Conley, 22. Caleb Armstrong, 23. Davey Hamilton, 24. Garrett Hansen, 25. Sean Murphy, 26. Nick Wagner, 27. Cole Carter, 28. Tanner Swanson, 29. Brad Loyet. NT



FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 East, Laps 8-22 Clauson, Lap 23 Santos, Lap 24 Clauson, Lap 25 Santos.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kuhn-1,226; 2-Sweet-1,186; 3-Hagen-1,173; 4-Coons-1,103; 5-Whitt-1,003; 6-East-993; 7-Hines-945; 8-Clauson-840; 9-Boat-748; 10-Kevin Swindell-540.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hansen-1,029; 2-Rodela-937; 3-Alex Schutte-927; 4-T.Swanson-719; 5-David Prickett-699; 6-Scott Pierovich-591; 7-Shannon McQueen-540; 8-Josh Ford-494; 9-Bowman-461; 10-Randi Pankratz-405.

NEXT WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: November 21 – Ventura (CA) Speedway – “J.W. Mitchell Classic”
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: November 26 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – Irwindale, CA – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

K & N USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 12, 2009 – Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix International Raceway – 34th “Copper World Classic”


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jason Leffler, 3, East-25.538; 2. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-25.594; 3. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-25.635; 4. Josh Wise, 199, Edwards/RE-25.693; 5. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-25.755; 6. Cole Whitt, 30, Vance-25.762; 7. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-25.777; 8. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-25.783; 9. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-25.952; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-25.978; 11. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team Six-R-25.988; 12. Tyler Walker, 23, Vance-26.040; 13. Scott Pierovich, 28, Pierson-26.150; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-26.216; 15. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-26.289; 16. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-26.363; 17. Cameron Dodson, 991, Edwards/RE-26.379; 18. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-26.642; 19. Todd Wanless, 2au, RW-26.719; 20. Ryan Smith, 155, S & S-26.946; 21. Coleman Gullick, 114, Deuel-28.891; 22. Dakoda Armstrong, 9, East-NT; 23. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-NT.


FEATURE: (100 Laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. A.J. Fike, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Tyler Walker, 7. Bobby Santos III, 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Jason Leffler, 10. Coleman Gullick, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Shane Hmiel, 13. Todd Wanless, 14. Jacob Wilson, 15. Ryan Smith, 16. Bryan Clauson (#8), 17. Josh Wise, 18. Bobby East, 19. Cameron Dodson, 20. Brian Tyler, 21. Scott Pierovich. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Jones, Laps 2-17 Leffler, Laps 18-100 Whitt.

FINAL K & N SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Kaeding-402; 2-Fike-343; 3-Hines-338;4-Jones-331; 5-K.Swanson-307; 6-Wise-297; 7-Tyler-279; 8-Hmiel-273; 9-Coons-256; 10-Zach Daum-221.

[WRP]

Thank you for the live video. Say what you want, but getting to watch the show from PIR is pretty damn cool. Knowing I have to be up for work in 5 hours kinda sucks, but it sure beats the old days of waiting for a phone call to find out who won, or waiting to read about it next week.

Thanks again USAC!




Gerry Keysor

When Davey Hamilton crashed in the midget, was he injured? I would assume so since Clausen had to jump into the REV1 #8 to run the Silver Crown event for him. Just wondering??

[IndyBound]

Congrats Bobby on your midget win, it sure was exciting.

Patti

Originally Posted by Jim Benet So silver crown inverted top 6, but the midgets did not??

No, both races started straight up.

[SUPERDUKE]

Originally Posted by jim benet site overload...43 people were watching, lol

not true! There was 800 in the stands!

Wish I was there, looked like the long trip for Santos paid off, a win and 7th, good job Bobby

[Jerry Shaw]

As far as pavement races go, last night's show was about as good as it gets. The last several laps between Santos and Clauson was Instant Classic material. There you had probably the two best pavement drivers in the sport, throwing everything in their arsenal at one another, lap after lap. The only thing either cared about was getting the win. For Santos, the long trip paid off, with a big win. For Clauson, his sheer desire to win was costly, this time. Either way, it's what makes each driver what he is.

Then in the Silver Crown race, Cole Whitt displayed to the folks on the left coast, what we here in Indiana have known for a couple of years. This guy's the real deal. That's one thing I can agree with Duke on. And if it hadn't been for a lapped car being in the wrong place at the wrong time, who knows who would have won? Kody Swanson had the momentum and was making a serious dive for the tape, at the finish. There very well could have been a photo finish.

These races were perfect stages for these drivers to display some of the qualities that we admire the most about them. Namely, their fierce competitive natures and the fact that these guys seem to have little regard for their own personal safety, in achieving their goal. Lets face it, going that fast, in these type of cars is serious high stakes poker.

[ronmil]

Sounds like I missed a great race. I didn't have my computer on last night. Totally forgot that this race was happening.