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The Montpelier Motor Speedway will host Double Midget Features on August 18. The August 4th program began with 10 entries despite the discouraging forecast and radar for the area. Rains began to fall at the speedway prior to Hot Laps; however, track officials were able to get the speedway into lightning fast racing conditions. The speedway was able to complete all heat races before a second storm ended the night events.
Joe Liguori picked up his 3rd heat win of the season, and Pennsylvania’s Brandon Matus piloted the Don Moore entry to the other heat race win. Ligouri was the highest finishing motorcycle powered entry and Stratton Briggs was the highest finishing Focus powered entry. Matus and Liguori will make up the front row for the make up feature on August 18th. With all previous winners absent, there is guaranteed to be the fourth different winner in 5 events for the 2012 season for the August 4th race. Midgets will hot laps, complete the August 4th Make Up Feature, receive their cash payout, and begin a brand new program for August 18th for the rest of the evening.
The Montpelier Motor Speedway has only 3 midget races left for the 2012 season – August 18, September 1, and September 15. If you are a midget driver or owner of a legal car in the division, your support of these final races would be greatly appreciated and will help to shape the direction of the series for 2013 in terms of scheduling, payout structure, rules, etc….
On a side note, at this time, there is only one additional midget race scheduled in the entire state for the 2012 season. Nearly to over half of our entries the past two races have been from out of state (Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania)
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