June 16, 2010 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway - Winner: Steve Buckwalter

BUCKWALTER GETS USAC VICTORY #1 IN INDIANA MIDGET WEEK OPENER

Gas City, IN……..Steve Buckwalter of Royersford, Pa., the current ARDC Midget Series point leader, won Wednesday night’s 2010 “Indiana Midget Week” opener at Gas City I-69 Speedway, officially leading all 30 laps in his Buckwalter’s Roofing/VRP Shocks Elite/Chevy. Brad Sweet finished second ahead of Brad Kuhn, Bobby East and fast qualifier Bryan Clauson. Buckwalter leads the Indiana Midget Week points into Thursday night’s race at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Ind. Thomas Meseraull had originally led laps 1-4 and finished second but his car failed to pass post-race technical inspection and was disqualified.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL - USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS SPECIAL EVENT MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 16, 2010 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-12.562; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-12.766; 3. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-12.790; 4. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-12.910; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-12.931; 6. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.969; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-12.988; 8. Shane Cottle, 1st, Saucier-12.992; 9. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-13.041; 10. Brent Beauchamp, 75B, Beauchamp-13.062; 11. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.079; 12. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.081; 13. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-13.093; 14. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-13.129; 15. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.138; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-13.143; 17. Billy Pauch Jr., 54P, Burke-13.145; 18. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-13.167; 19. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-13.198; 20. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt/Meents-13.412; 21. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.478; 22. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-13.486; 23. Matt Westfall, 14x, Bordner-13.491; 24. Robbie Ray, 3R, Ray-13.495; 25. Kellen Conover, 76, Conover-13.501; 26. Ryan Smith, 34, Steward-13.511; 27. Caleb Armstrong, 7A, C & A-13.519; 28. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-13.526; 29. Glenn Styres, 0, Styres-13.573; 30. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-13.600; 31. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.609; 32. Billy Wease, 92, Burrow-13.610; 33. Miranda Throckmorton, 54T, Burke-13.637; 34. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-13.778; 35. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-13.857; 36. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-14.240; 37. Davey Ray, 14, Fatt-Fro-NT; 38. #33, Ray-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Meseraull, 3. Clauson, 4. Bowman, 5. Hmiel, 6. Pauch, 7. Throckmorton, 8. Styres, 9. Conover. 1:49.36

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Jones, 3. Sweet, 4. Darland, 5. Clouser, 6. Smith, 7. Beauchamp, 8. Postle. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Westfall, 3. Hines, 4. K.Swanson, 5. Clarke, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Barber, 8. Dodenhoff, 9. Coons. 1:51.29

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Cottle, 3. Daum, 4. East, 5. R.Ray, 6. Wease, 7. Roberts, 8. Schmidt, 9. Lowther. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Clarke, 3. Hmiel, 4. Smith,.5. Beauchamp, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Clouser, 8. Styres, 9. Roberts, 10. Wease, 11. Barber, 12. R.Ray, 13. Dodenhoff, 14. Pauch, 15. Schmidt, 16. Postle, 17. Throckmorton, 18. Lowther, 19. Erickson, 20. D.Ray (#33 Ray). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Buckwalter, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Brad Kuhn. 4. Bobby East, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Zach Daum, 8. Caleb Armstrong, 9. Shane Hmiel, 10. Henry Clarke, 11. Alex Bowman, 12. Darren Hagen, 13. Ryan Smith, 14. Chad Boat, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Kody Swanson, 17. Levi Jones, 18. Matt Westfall, 19. Brent Beauchamp, 20. Shane Cottle, 21. Jerry Coons Jr. NT

(NOTE: Thomas Meseraull’s car was disqualified after finishing second due to failing to pass post-race technical inspection)
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**Schmidt flipped during qualifying. Conover flipped during the first heat. Cottle flipped on lap 2 of the feature. Swanson flipped on lap 21 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Buckwalter.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-531; 2-East-482; 3-Sweet-446; 4-Hines-437; 5-Hagen-436; 6-Kuhn-426; 7-Darland-415; 8-Coons-388; 9-Daum-322; 10-Clarke-303.

NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Buckwalter-69; 2-Sweet-68; 3-Kuhn-62; 4-Clauson-60; 5-Hines-51.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS (SE) MIDGET RACE: June 17 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”