COONS TAKES INDIANA MIDGET WEEK OPENER AT GAS CITY
Gas City, IN…….Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. won Wednesday night’s “Indiana Midget Week” opener for the USAC Mopar National Midgets at Gas City I-69 Speedway and also took over the series point lead as a result. Coons led all 30 laps in his Speedway Motors/Toyota Spike/Stanton Toyota to beat Brad Kuhn, Darren Hagen, Bryan Clauson and Ryan Kaplan. “Indiana Midget Week” continues Thursday night at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, Ind., where the USAC Midwest Ford Focus Midgets will also contest their historic 500th race. Steve Buckwalter was Wednesday night’s fastest qualifier.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 10, 2009 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.975; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-12.990; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.026; 4. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-13.037; 5. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-13.060; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-13.139; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.168; 8. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-13.189; 9. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-13.207; 10. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-13.220; 11. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-13.221; 12. Dene McAllan, 29, Berry-13.252; 13. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.261; 14. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.285; 15. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-13.289; 16. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-13.312; 17. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-13.331; 18. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-13.337; 19. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-13.348; 20. Shane Hmiel, 56, Hmiel-13.364; 21. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.394; 22. Andrew Deal, 15D, Deal-13.403; 23. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-13.426; 24. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-13.438; 25. Mark Brown, 1x, Rinkin-13.448; 26. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-13.453; 27. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-13.478; 28. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-13.520; 29. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-13.553; 30. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-13.583; 31. Matt Westfall, 14, Bordner-13.597; 32. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.660; 33. Wes Gutierrez, 07, Walker-13.665; 34. Miranda Throckmorton, 54, Burke-14.042; 35. Billy Wease, 92, Burrow-NT; 36. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Hines, 3. Buckwalter, 4. Wise, 5. Meseraull, 6. Daum, 7. Brown, 8. Gutierrez, 9. Hendrick. 1:46.93
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. High, 2. Coons, 3. Kuhn, 4. Sweet, 5. Jones, 6. Deal, 7. Clarke, 8. Swanson, 9. Throckmorton. 1:45.13
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Kaplan, 3. Clauson, 4. Hagen, 5. Boat, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Fike, 8. Westfall, 9. Wease. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Swindell, 3. McAllan, 4. Sherrell, 5. D.Armstrong, 6. Ehrgott, 7. East, 8. Barber, 9. Lowther. 1:43.93
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Ehrgott, 3. Daum, 4. East, 5. Jones, 6. Swanson, 7. Hendrick, 8. C.Armstrong, 9. Meseraull, 10. Fike, 11. Throckmorton, 12. Brown, 13. Clarke, 14. Lowther, 15. Barber, 16. D.Armstrong, 17. Westfall, 18. Deal, 19. Gutierrez. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Brad Kuhn, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Ryan Kaplan, 6. Brad Loyet, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Josh Wise, 9. Matt Sherrell, 10. Bobby East, 11. Shane Hmiel, 12. Chad Boat, 13. Nathan High, 14. Kevin Swindell, 15. Cole Whitt, 16. Zach Daum, 17. Ricky Ehrgott, 18. Dene McAllan, 19. Kody Swanson, 20. Caleb Armstrong, 21. Levi Jones, 22. Dakoda Armstrong, 23. Steve Buckwalter, 24. Brad Sweet. NT
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**Boat flipped on lap 28 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Coons.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Coons-478; 2-Hagen-476; 3-Kuhn-459; 4-East-435; 5-Hines-413; 6-Sweet-410; 7-Swindell-378; 8-Whitt-373; 9-Boat-355; 10-Jones-317.
NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Coons-68; 2-Kuhn-63; 3-Hagen-59; 4-Clauson-57; 5-Kaplan-55.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 11 – North Vernon, IN – Twin Cities Raceway Park - “Indiana Midget Week”
Susan St. Catherine