Darren Hagen won Friday night.

Last night Zach Daum won a thriller with a last lap slide job over Daniel Robinson and Parker Price-Miller. 3wide coming to the checkers!

Congrats to Zach, Dan and the entire crew on the win!

Great show last night. Man did Robinson cry during his interview after the race.

Yea that wasn't very graceful . I understand his disappointment but he didn't help himself out with the crowd . Non wing feature was a snoozer but the other 2 made up for it . Is it just me or do the heats generally suck and the features are fantastic at Lucas oil speedwAy ? Been there twice and it's a been that way both times .

Grain Valley, MO. - Darren Hagen led all thirty laps of the main event, taking his first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series win of 2014. Hagen held off challenges from Chett Gehrke of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma from the drop of the green flag, Friday night at the semi-banked 1/3 mile Valley Speedway. The first of two nights, Valley Speedway hosts night one of the Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals and Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri hosts the second and final night.

Pole-sitter Darren Hagen took the lead on the start and held off an initial challenge from Chett Gehrke until California native, Cole Wood's flipping car brought out the red on lap two. Wood was alright, but unfortunately done for the night. When the race resumed, Hagen remained cool under the pressure applied by Gehrke and eventually started to pull away as a duel between Gehrke and Parker Price-Miller of Kokomo, Indiana ensued. Price-Miller, the 2013 POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Rookie of the Year, overtook Gehrke and looked to be gaining ground on Hagen until his car lost power, bringing out the yellow and bunching up the field again.

The restart would give Gehrke another shot at Hagen, but it would also give Colten Cottle of Kansas, Illinois a shot at Gehrke.Coming from 10th place, Cottle in his Esslinger-powered DRC would be able to capitalize on Gehrke's fading car with Jake Blackhurst in tow. "We managed to get up to the top-five pretty fast," explained Cottle. "We got a new DRC this year and are finally starting to get things figured out. Hopefully we can keep it up."

As the final laps in the feature began to wind down, Blackhurst would overtake Cottle as Hagen stretched his lead in the Great Clips-sponsored, Wilke-Pak Spike. "What an opportunity to drive for the Wilke family," explained an extremely enthusiastic Darren Hagen. "To be a part of a team that has so much history behind them and to be a part of the Great Clips family, as well is awesome. To be a part of those two organizations and pull off a win is pretty special."

Jake Blackhurst of Mapleton, Illinois brought home the second position in his Jake Blackhurst Racing, Esslinger-powered DRC. "If we could have found the bottom a little earlier, we might have had a shot at the lead," explained Blackhurst. "But running second to Darren Hagen isn't too bad." Coming in fourth from the eighth position would be Austin Brown of Millstadt, Illinois driving his Toyota-powered Boss Chassis and rounding out the top five was Chett Gehrke.

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series feature results (40 laps): 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Jake Blackhurst, 3. Colten Cottle, 4. Austin Brown, 5. Chett Gehrke, 6. Daniel Robinson, 7. Andrew Felker, 8. Corey Weyant, 9. Seth Motsinger, 10. Spencer Bayston, 11. Nathan Benson, 12. Michelle Decker, 13. Derek Holmwood, 14. Jake Neuman, 15. Jacob Patton, 16. Rick Forbes, 17. Todd McVay, 18. Mark Chisholm, 19. Zach Daum, 20. Andy Malpocker, 21. Parker Price-Miller, 22. Cole Wood

Tonight, Saturday May 3rd, the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets will arrive at Lucas Oil Speedway for the final night of the Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals. Pill draw opens at 4:30 PM with hot laps at 6:45 PM, racing following hot laps. Pits open at 4 PM.

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Sunday, May 4th 2014


Wheatland, MO. - Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Illinois took home his first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series win of 2014 with a last lap, last corner pass on runner-up finisher Daniel Robinson. Daum started in the second position in his Daum Motorsports-prepared, Toyota-powered Eagle staying within striking distance of the lead for the entire race on the 3/8 mile semi-banked oval. Pole-sitter and Friday night's feature event winner at Valley Speedway, Darren Hagen of Riverside, California held the lead for a majority of the race, enduring steady pressure from Kokomo, Indiana's Parker Price-Miller in the beginning half of the race.

Following a caution for the spun machine of Spencer Bayston, Price-Miller attempted to overtake Hagen, but the 2013 POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Rookie of the Year was unable to do so. While Hagen, Price-Miller and Zach Daum were all clinging to the bottom side of the race track, it would be Daniel Robinson of Eulling, Illinois who would begin the daring task of cleaning off the high-side. At first, the risk didn't appear to pay off as Robinson would lose a spot. But then a caution for the spun car of Michelle Decker would bunch the field back up, giving Robinson another chance. "It might have been a bad move, I might have ended up tenth," explained Robinson. "But I'm prepared to take those risks." It would pay off as Robinson began to pass cars one by one and eventually Hagen was forced to relinquish the lead to Robinson's McCreery Motorsports-sponsored, A.J. Felker-prepared, Esslinger-powered FSC.

Once Robinson took control of the lead, it was clear the top side had come in and drivers Zach Daum and Parker Price-Miller changed their lines and moved to the outside. "I never dreamed it would have moved off the bottom," explained Zach Daum. "But they showed us the top and we reeled them back in up there. We had fun."

Zach Daum, the defending POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Champion, would chase down Robinson laying the ground work for a battle to the very end. With only a few laps remaining, Zach Daum would show his hand and attempt to pass Robinson. But Robinson would deflect the pass, killing Daum's momentum. O n the last lap, heading into turn three, Daum would again be on Robinson's back bumper with Price-Miller in tow.

In classic, dirt track style, Daum would dive to the middle of the track, sliding in front of Robinson and the duo would come out of four with Daum in the lead at the checkers. "I thought we had it won," explained a clearly deflated and disappointed Daniel Robinson. "We hired A.J. (Felker) to crew chief for us this weekend and hopefully we can continue that."

After struggling at Valley Speedway, Parker Price-Miller was able to rebound to podium. "Overall it was a good night," explained third place finisher Price-Miller. "We blew up last night unfortunately, but we got it changed today and made it work for tonight."

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series feature results (30 Laps): 1. 5D - Zach Daum, 2. 57D - Daniel Robinson, 3. 9P - Parker Price-Miller, 4. 56 - Darren Hagen, 5. 11A - Andrew Felker, 6. 35 - Matt Sherrell, 7. 37 - Korey Weyant, 8. 25 - Jake Blackhurst, 9. 2 - Seth Motsinger, 10. 11C - Chett Gehrke, 11. 22 - Andy Malpocker, 12. 79J - Jacob Patton, 13. 39 - Spencer Bayston, 14. 4M - Michelle Decker, 15. 14E - Eric Fenton, 16. 7S - Kory Schudy, 17. 56X - Mark Chisholm, 18. 21H - Ty Hulsey, 19. 0Z - Johnny Murdock, 20. 7 - Austin Brown, 21. 7W - Kris Schudy, 22. 5C - Colten Cottle

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He won with an illegal engine and nothing was done about it.

You referring to Hagen or Daum?