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KOKOMO MIDGET “GRAND PRIX” APRIL 8-9; GOLOBIC NOTCHES 1ST USAC NATIONAL VICTORY AT Du QUOIN

The “Kokomo Grand Prix” is next up for the USAC Midget National Championship, scheduled for April 8-9 at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. The race annually features the top Midget drivers in the nation on one of America’s most spectacular short dirt tracks.

Darren Hagen won last year’s “Kokomo Midget Grand Prix,” but this year’s second National Midget race should be “wide open” as a number of title contenders have surfaced to seek the crown captured in 2015 by the recently-retired Tracy Hines.

Last Saturday night’s “Shamrock Classic” National series opener at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin produced a truly surprising result as Fremont, Calif. driver Shane Golobic earned his initial USAC National feature victory. Golobic stands atop the current point standings entering the April 8-9 two-night extravaganza after wheeling the Matt Wood Motorsports Elk Grove Ford/Competition Suspension, Inc. Spike/Esslinger to the 50-lap win.

Golobic snatched the lead away from Shane Cottle on lap 34 and led the rest of the way to beat Cottle, Thomas Meseraull, Brady Bacon and Tony Roney. Cottle had grabbed the lead on lap six after race organizer Bryan Clauson encountered mechanical problems with his mount after leading from the pole.

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UPCOMING USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

DATE: Friday, April 8-9, 2016

SERIES: USAC Midget National Championship

TRACK: Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, IN) - 1/4-Mile, High-Banked Dirt Oval

EVENT: “Kokomo Grand Prix” featuring the USAC Midget National Championship

TICKETS: General Admission: $20.00; Pit Pass (All Ages): $35.00.* Kids 10 & Under FREE with Paid Adult (General Admission Only)

TRACK ADDRESS: 2455 N. Davis Rd., Kokomo, IN, 46901

TRACK PHONE: (765) 459-3877

TRACK WEBSITE: http://kokomospeedway.net

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PAST “KOKOMO GRAND PRIX” WINNERS

4/11/2014: Rico Abreu

4/12/2014: Rico Abreu

4/11/2015: Darren Hagen

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2016 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10)





1.** (70) Shane Golobic (R)

2.** (61) Brady Bacon********************************************* *********************************

3.** (55) Spencer Bayston

4.** (52) Tanner Thorson

5.** (49) David Budres (R)

6.** (43) Zach Daum

7.** (41) Anton Hernandez (R)

8.** (37) Chad Boat

9.** (35) Tyler Thomas

10. (33) Holly Shelton (R)

**(R) represents a USAC Midget National Championship Rookie Driver

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2016 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OWNER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10)

1. **(70) Matt Wood Racing #17w

2. **(67) 5IVE-6IX, Inc. #56

3. **(61) FMR Racing #76m

4. **(58) Rich Roney #1T

5. **(55) Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian #97

6. **(52) Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian #67

7. **(49) Manic Racing #31

8. **(43) Dan Daum #5D

9. **(41) A.J. Felker #37

10. (37) Tucker-Boat Motorsports #84

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2016 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Mar 19: &&& DuQuoin, IL - Southern Illinois Center

*************** WINNER: Shane Golobic

Apr 8: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

Apr 9: Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

May 31: @@@ Montpelier, IN - Montpelier Motor Speedway

Jun 1: @@@ Gas City, IN - Gas City I-69 Speedway

Jun 2: @@@ Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway

Jun 3: @@@ Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Speedway

Jun 4: @@@ Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway

Jun 5: @@@ Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway

Jun 17: West Memphis, AR - Riverside International Speedway

Jun 18: West Memphis, AR - Riverside International Speedway

Aug 2: Fairbury, NE – Jefferson County Speedway

Aug 3: Beloit, KS - Solomon Valley Raceway

Aug 5: Belleville, KS - Belleville High Banks

Aug 6: Belleville, KS - Belleville High Banks

Aug 14: *** York Haven, PA - Susquehanna Speedway

Aug 15: *** Spring Run, PA - Path Valley Speedway Park

Aug 16: *** Newmanstown, PA - Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway

Aug 17: *** Abbottstown, PA - Lincoln Speedway

Sep 24: Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway

Oct 6: Granite City, IL - Tri-City Speedway

Oct 7: Granite City, IL - Tri-City Speedway****************************************** ***************

Oct 8: Granite City, IL - Tri-City Speedway

Oct 21: %%% Wayne City, IL - Wayne County Speedway

Nov 24: ### Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway

------------------------ KEY DEFINITIONS -------------------------

Races noted with &&& represent an indoor race.

Races noted with @@@ represent Indiana Midget Week.

Races noted with *** represent a Co-Sanctioned race with ARDC.

Races noted with %%% represent a co-sanctioned race with POWRi.

Races noted with ### represent a Co-Sanctioned race with the USAC Western Midget Championship.

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2016 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS

FEATURE WINS:

1. (1) Shane Golobic (Southern Illinois Center on March 19)

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FEATURE LAPS LED:

1. (28) Shane Cottle

2. (17) Shane Golobic

3. (5) Bryan Clauson

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TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES:

1. (1) Brady Bacon, Shane Cottle, Shane Golobic, Thomas Meseraull & Tony Roney

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TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES:

1. (1) Brady Bacon, Spencer Bayston, Travis Berryhill, David Budres, Shane Cottle, Zach Daum, Shane Golobic, Thomas Meseraull, Tony Roney & Tanner Thorson

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HEAT RACE WINS (Presented by Simpson Race Products, Competition Suspension (CSI), Benic Enterprises & Indy Race Parts):

1. (1) Chase Briscoe, Bryan Clauson, Shane Cottle, Zach Daum, Shane Golobic, Dereck King & Jake Neuman

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SEMI WINS:

1. (1) Travis Berryhill & Thomas Meseraull

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QUALIFYING RACE WINS:***************************

1. (1) Chad Boat, David Budres, Bryan Clauson & Shane Cottle

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C-MAIN WINS:

1. (1) Chris Andrews & Dave Darland

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FEATURE STARTS:

1. (1) Terry Babb, Brady Bacon, Spencer Bayston, Travis Berryhill, Chad Boat, David Budres, Bryan Clauson, Shane Cottle, Zach Daum, Michelle Decker, Andrew Felker, Shane Golobic, Anton Hernandez, Dereck King, Thomas Meseraull, Justin Peck, Daniel Robinson, Tony Roney, Holly Shelton, Tyler Thomas, Tanner Thorson and Gage Walker

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KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE

1. Mar 19–Southern Illinois Center: Tanner Thorson (12 positions)

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ALL-TIME USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FEATURE WINS

1. [111 wins] Mel Kenyon

2. [95 wins] Rich Vogler

3. [78 wins] Bob Wente

4. [63 wins] Bob Tattersall

5. [59 wins] Sleepy Tripp

6. [48 wins] Jimmy Davies

7. [36 wins] Bryan Clauson

8. [35 wins] Tracy Hines

9. [31 wins] Gene Hartley & Chuck Rodee

11. [30 wins] Dave Darland, Mike McGreevy & Johnny Parsons

14. [27 wins] Gary Bettenhausen & Tony Stewart

16. [25 wins] Darren Hagen, Parnelli Jones & Dave Strickland

19. [24 wins] Bill Engelhart

20. [23 wins] Tom Bigelow, Pancho Carter, Tommy Copp, Kevin Olson & Billy Vukovich

25. [22 wins] Bobby East & Shorty Templeman

27. [21 wins] Steve Cannon, Jimmy Caruthers, Rex Easton & Ken Schrader

31. [20 wins] A.J. Foyt

32. [19 wins] Jerry Coons Jr., Stan Fox & Jason Leffler

35. [18 wins] Dave Steele

36. [17 wins] Jay Drake & J.J. Yeley

38. [16 wins] George Amick, Christopher Bell, Billy Cantrell, Lee Kunzman, Bobby Olivero & Henry Pens

44. [15 wins] Don Branson & Larry Rice

46. [14 wins] Chuck Arnold, Jack Turner & Leroy Warriner

49. [13 wins] Rico Abreu, Steve Knepper, Don Meacham, Ryan Newman & Stevie Reeves

54. [12 wins] Danny Caruthers, Gene Force, Russ Gamester, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Grim, Kyle Larson & Ron Shuman

61. [11 wins] Kasey Kahne, Jimmy Knight, Bob McLean, Johnny Moorhouse, Bobby Santos & Brad Sweet

67. [10 wins] Allen Heath, Doug Kalitta, Brad Kuhn, Steve Lotshaw, Jerry McClung & Chuck Weyant

73. [9 wins] Billy Boat, Tony Elliott & Chuck Gurney

76. [8 wins] Merle Bettenhausen, Tony Bettenhausen, Hank Butcher, Kevin Doty, Dan Drinan, Ronnie Duman, Brian Gerster, Kenny Irwin Jr, Eddie Johnson, Michael Lewis, Andy Michner & Josh Wise

88. [7 wins] Tommy Astone, Jack Hewitt, Don Horvath, Page Jones, Kenneth Nichols, Larry Patton, Les Scott, Len Sutton & Johnnie Tolan

97. [6 wins] Donnie Beechler, George Benson, Dana Carter, Bob Cicconi, Robby Flock, Nick Fornoro Jr., Arnie Knepper, Ricky Shelton, Mike Streicher, Dave Strickland, Jr., & Roger West

108. [5 wins] Mike Bliss, Lonnie Caruthers, Larry Dickson, Mike Fedorcak, Burt Foland, Mack McClellan, Danny McKnight, Cliff Spalding, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., & Jerry Weeks

119. [4 wins] Caleb Armstrong, Teddy Beach, Johnny Boyd, Frank Burany, Russ Congdon, Ray Elliott, Aaron Fike, Danny Frye, Billy Garrett, Mike Gregg, Jim Hettinger, John Heydenreich, Bubby Jones, Levi Jones, Andy Linden, Bobby Marshman, Roger McCluskey, Billy Mehner, Ken Nichols, Jeff Nuckles, Jan Opperman, Gary Ponzini, Davey Ray, Eddie Sachs, Don Schilling, Sam Sessions, George Snider, Dale Swaim, Kevin Swindell, Tanner Thorson & Rodger Ward

149. [3 wins] John Batts, Gays Biro, Shane Cottle, Allen Crowe, Zach Daum, Bruce Field, A.J. Fike, Drew Fornoro, Gene Gennetten, Rick Goudy, Bob Hare, Bob Hauck, Jeff Heywood, Bill Homeier, Sam Isenhower, Jim Keeker, Jim McClean, Warren Mockler, Dave Moses, Earl Motter, Jerry Nuckles, Danny Oakes, Johnnie Parsons, Porky Rachwitz, Johnny Riva, Johnny Roberts, Lowell Sachs, Billy Shuman, Tom Steiner, Bobby Unser & Billy Wease

180. [2 wins] Al Alpern, Sonny Ates, Brady Bacon, Johnny Baldwin, Jim Beckley, Dean Billings, Alan Brown, Jack Calabrase, Johnny Cofer, Mel Cornett, Cotton Farmer, Terry Farrar, Joe Garson, Chuck Gurney, Jr., Kyle Hamilton, Bob Hogle, Rick Hood, P.J. Jones, Critter Malone, Jimmy McCune, Michael Pickens, Aaron Pollock, Barry Reed, Lloyd Ruby, Joe Saldana, Tom Sellberg, Tony Simon, Danny Stratton, Kody Swanson, Kevin Thomas, Jr., Steve Troxell, Don Vogler, Bruce Walkup, Terry Wente, Johnny White, Tommy White & Cole Whitt

217. [1 win] John Andretti, Mario Andretti, Mike Appio, Dick Atkins, Paul Bates, Harry Beck, Bud Bogard, Tony Bonadies, Dan Boorse, Don Boorse, Dwight Brown, Steve Buckwalter, Barry Butterworth, Gary Byers, Larry Cannon, Tyce Carlson, Ed Carpenter, Dane Carter, Billy Cassella, Bill Chennault, Bill Clemons, Roy Cook, Jr., Ryan Durst, Edgar Elder, Todd Forbes, Joe Gaerte, Bradley Galedrige, Steve Gennetten, Elmer George, Potsy Goacher, Shane Golobic, David Gough, Ron Gregory, Norm Hall, Bob Harkey, Vern Harriman, Scott Hatton, Al Herman, Jordan Hermansader, Mike Hess, Jim Hines, Ted Hines, Shane Hmiel, Dean Holden, Blake Hollingsworth, Chuck Hulse, Buddy Irwin, Eddie Jackson, Van Johnson, Brent Kaeding, Bud Kaeding, Jimmy Kirk, Kevin Koch, Randy Koch, Bill Kollman, Cory Kruseman, Michael Lang, Greg Leffler, Larry McCloskey, Jim McElreath, Mel McGaughy, John Meyers, J.R. Miller, Travis Miniea, Russ Moynagh, Richard Myhre, Dick Northam, Hank Nykaza, Brian Olson, Danny O'Neill, Jim Packard, Wally Pankratz, Forrest Parker, Gene Pastor, Gary Patterson, Danny Pens, Jiggs Peters, Dick Pole, Richard Powell, Buddy Rackley, Keith Rauch, Dave Ray, Jimmy Reece, Bob Richards, Bruce Robey, Johnny Rodriguez, Gene Roehl, Jack Runyon, Sam Sauer, Dutch Schaefer, Ryan Scott, Frank Secrist, Jimmy Sills, Jigger Sirois, Lee Smith, Ron Smoker, Ned Spath, J.P. Standley, Graham Standring, Jerry Stone, Tanner Swanson, Buddy Taylor, Randy Tolsma, Leo Tucker, Bob Veith, Joe Walter, Eric Wilkins, Mauri Wilson, Doug Wolfgang & Billy Wood

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ALL-TIME USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONS

1956: Shorty Templeman

1957: Shorty Templeman

1958: Shorty Templeman

1959: Gene Hartley

1960: Jimmy Davies

1961: Jimmy Davies

1962: Jimmy Davies

1963: Bob Wente

1964: Mel Kenyon

1965: Mike McGreevy

1966: Mike McGreevy

1967: Mel Kenyon

1968: Mel Kenyon

1969: Bob Tattersall

1970: Jimmy Caruthers

1971: Danny Caruthers

1972: Pancho Carter

1973: Larry Rice

1974: Mel Kenyon

1975: Sleepy Tripp

1976: Sleepy Tripp

1977: Mel Kenyon

1978: Rich Vogler

1979: Steve Lotshaw

1980: Rich Vogler

1981: Mel Kenyon

1982: Kevin Olson

1983: Rich Vogler

1984: Tom Bigelow

1985: Mel Kenyon

1986: Rich Vogler

1987: Kevin Olson

1988: Rich Vogler

1989: Russ Gamester

1990: Jeff Gordon

1991: Mike Streicher

1992: Stevie Reeves

1993: Stevie Reeves

1994: Tony Stewart

1995: Tony Stewart

1996: Kenny Irwin Jr.

1997: Jason Leffler

1998: Jason Leffler

1999: Jason Leffler

2000: Kasey Kahne

2001: Dave Darland

2002: Dave Darland

2003: J.J. Yeley

2004: Bobby East

2005: Josh Wise

2006: Jerry Coons, Jr.

2007: Jerry Coons, Jr.

2008: Cole Whitt

2009: Brad Kuhn

2010: Bryan Clauson (Overall) & Darren Hagen (Pavement)

2011: Bryan Clauson (Overall) & Darren Hagen (Pavement)

2012: Darren Hagen (Overall), Darren Hagen (Pavement) & Darren Hagen (Dirt)

2013: Darren Hagen (Pavement) & Christopher Bell (Dirt)

2014: Rico Abreu

2015: Tracy Hines

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