[Fred Zirzow]

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2010 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-14.181; 2. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.418; 3. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-14.509; 4. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.518; 5. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-14.524; 6. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.595; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.663; 8. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-14.688; 9. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-14.693; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.706; 11. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-14.728; 12. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-14.753; 13. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.766; 14. Daniel Bedford, 11D, DMS-14.782; 15. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.825; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.900; 17. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/DMS/BCI-14.905; 18. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-14.960; 19. J.J. Yeley, 7A, C & A-14.960; 20. Jason Leffler, 6, East-14.975; 21. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-15.009; 22. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-15.122; 23. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-15.227; 24. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-16.153.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Yeley, 3. Kramer, 4. East, 5. Hines, 6. Kuhn, 7. Hagen, 8. Coons. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Darland, 3. Bowman, 4. Leffler, 5. Clouser, 6. Simpson, 7. Conley. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roberts, 2. Santos, 3. Sweet, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Clarke, 6. Daum, 7. Lowther, 8. Scott. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Shane Hmiel, 2. Bobby East, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Cale Conley, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Alex Bowman, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Darren Hagen, 10. Levi Roberts, 11. Bobby Santos III, 12. Mario Clouser, 13. Daniel Bedford, 14. Caleb Armstorng, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Zach Daum, 17. J.J. Yeley, 18. Brad Kuhn, 19. Jimmy Simpson, 20. Buddy Lowther, 21. Henry Clarke, 22. Jason Leffler, 23. Adam Kramer. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Clarke, Laps 2-25 East, Laps 26-40 Hmiel.

NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-262; 2-East-231; 3-Hines-216; 4-Clauson-196; 5-Hagen-191; 6-Coons-178; 7-Darland-178; 8-Brad Loyet-155; 9-Chad Boat-139; 10-Kuhn-132.

NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: March 25 – Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway

[kylenap@yahoo.com]

That would be a clean sweep.

[AustinSprinter]

Originally Posted by kylenap@yahoo.com That would be a clean sweep.

Yep!!....sounds like a no contest deal!!....hmmmm'...no midget ride for Levi out there??.......
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[Seadog]

For a mid-week midget race that far from Indy, that's a pretty good turnout.

Big congrats to Shane for the win.

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Originally Posted by AustinSprinter Yep!!....sounds like a no contest deal!!....hmmmm'...no midget ride for Levi out there??....... ___________ Brucer'

18. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-14.960 Yea, I know, different Levi. JK.:2:

If they got 24 down there I wonder how many will get at Anderson April 11

[petey]

Wonder what some of those NASCAR folks thought about Shane sweeping the night like that?:2:

[NumberOneOutlaw]

(This is just my opinion only) Before I watched the interview that Shane did with Buckley on Jackslash.com I really didn't know what to think about him getting back into a racecar especially a sprint car or midget. After listening to that interview I came out of it with a new found respect for him and I'm really glad that he's had the success he's had. I hope he continues to turn his life around and I wish him the best of luck.

They better start early tonight, or there won't be any racing...

[racegal]

Originally Posted by Jim Benet They better start early tonight, or there won't be any racing...

Because of weather? Thanks!!

[AlkyMadness]

There's going to be a brief period of rain in about an hour. The weather service is saying the rain will end by 7pm and there will be a 4 hour window after that.

I'm hoping they are patient and wait out the first shower, dry the track and get the show in. That's what I'm banking on. Leaving the house now.

Last night's race was better than expected.

Congrats to Shane Hmiel for his first national midget win. Also, good run by Cale Conley.