June 18, 2010 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway - Winner: Shane Cottle

COTTLE TAKES 30-LAP BLOOMINGTON INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE

Bloomington, IN……..Shane Cottle of Kokomo, Ind. won Friday night's 30-lap USAC Mopar National Midget race at the Bloomington Speedway. His victory in the Lucas Oil Products/John Stewart Motorsports Beast/Chevy boosted him to fifth in the new five-race standings going into round four Saturday night at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Tracy Hines led the first four laps and finished second. Bryan Clauson finished third ahead of Indiana Midget Week point leader Brad Sweet and Steve Buckwalter. Six drivers flipped during the feature but there were no driver injuries.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL - USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS (SE) MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2010 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-11.920; 2. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-11.977; 3. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-11.995; 4. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.042; 5. Shane Cottle, 1st, Saucier-12.053; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-12.060; 7. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-12.088; 8. Davey Ray, 14, Fatt-Fro-12.101; 9. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-12.103; 10. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-12.139; 11. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-12.164; 12. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-12.164; 13. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-12.195; 14. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-12.215; 15. Brent Beauchamp, 75B, Beauchamp-12.225; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-12.242; 17. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-12.253; 18. Caleb Armstrong, 7A, C & A-12.253; 19. Billy Pauch Jr., 54P, Burke-12.280; 20. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-12.288; 21. Don Droud Jr., 44, Smith-12.296; 22. Shane Hmiel, 56, 56 Inc.-12.303; 23. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-12.325; 24. Billy Wease, 92, Burrow-12.342; 25. Robbie Ray, 3R, Ray-12.385; 26. Matt Smith, 1au, Smith-12.397; 27. Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-12.529; 28. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-12.593; 29. Matt Westfall, 14w, Bordner-12.688; 30. Murray Erickson, 8, Guardian-12.695; 31. Brian Postle, 22, Postle-12.737; 32. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-12.848; 33. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt/Meents-12.865; 34. Kellen Conover, 76, Conover-12.962; 35. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-13.235; 36. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-13.325.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Hines, 3. Droud, 4. Coons, 5. Cottle, 6. Bowman, 7. Westfall, 8. R.Ray, 9. Schmidt. 1:39.98

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Hagen, 3. Hmiel, 4. Smith, 5. Clauson, 6. Erickson, 7. C.Armstrong, 8. Meseraull. 1:36.17

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. Pauch, 3. Beauchamp, 4. Clarke, 5. Clouser, 6. Roberts, 7. Postle, 8. Boat, 9. Sweet. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. D.Ray, 3. Jones, 4. Buckwalter, 5. Barber, 6. Daum, 7. Wease, 8. Dodenhoff, 9. Lowther.

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Cottle, 3. Meseraull, 4. Clauson, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Westfall, 7. Wease, 8. Barber, 9. Roberts, 10. Conover, 11. Erickson, 12. Postle, 13. Schmidt, 14. Dodenhoff, 15. Lowther, 16. Boat, 17. Clouser, 18. Bowman, 19. R.Ray, 20. Daum. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Shane Cottle, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Steve Buckwalter, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Brent Beauchamp, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Brad Kuhn, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Brad Loyet, 13. Matt Smith, 14. Billy Pauch, Jr., 15. Shane Hmiel, 16. Don Droud Jr., 17. Henry Clarke, 18. Darren Hagen, 19. Matt Westfall, 20. Bobby East, 21. Davey Ray, 22. Caleb Armstrong. NT
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**Hagen & East flipped on lap 2 of the feature. D.Ray flipped on lap 3 of the feature. Pauch flipped on lap 26 of the feature. Clarke & Droud flipped on lap 30 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Hines, Laps 5-30 Cottle.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clauson-615; 2-Sweet-576; 3-East-555; 4-Hines-546; 5-Kuhn-526; 6-Hagen-521; 7-Darland-490; 8-Coons-479; 9-Clarke-353; 10-Daum-347.

NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Sweet-198; 2-Buckwalter-182; 3-Kuhn-162; 4-Hines-160; 5-Cottle-149.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/USAC/SMRS GREAT PLAINS MIDGET RACE: June 19 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”