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8/8/22 3:19 PM WIGAL BRINGS THE THUNDER, WINS WITH USAC MTM AT CIRCLE CITY

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WIGAL BRINGS THE THUNDER, WINS WITH USAC MTM AT CIRCLE CITY

Indianapolis, Indiana (August 8, 2022)………Zach Wigal led all 20 laps to score his second USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget feature victory of the season on Sunday night at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind.

Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) started third on the grid, but found his way to the lead on the opening lap and proceeded to lead all 20, following up his June victory at Ohio’s Moler Raceway Park with another at Circle City.

Following Wigal to the stripe were 10th starting Michael Magic (Winder, Ga.) while point leader Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio) took third for his 14th top-five finish in 14 series starts this season.* Chris Dickey (Westfield, Ind.) scored a fourth in his first start of the year while Alex Watson (Columbus, Ohio) rounded out the top-five.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGETS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS RACE RESULTS: August 7, 2022 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-13.992; 2. Kayla Roell, 4K, Martin-14.210; 3. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-14.374; 4. Josh Yenser, 5y, Yenser-14.442; 5. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell-14.589; 6. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-14.850; 7. Jon Watson, 20x, Watson-14.984.

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Chris Dickey, 12, Pinkerton-13.938; 2. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-13.968; 3. Carl Peterson, 49p, Peterson-14.049; 4. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-14.526; 5. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-15.081; 6. Tyler Watkins, 5, Watkins-15.261.

THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Wes Pinkerton, 9p, Pinkerton-13.937; 2. Alex Watson, 11T, Taylor-14.002; 3. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-14.006; 4. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-14.240; 5. Taylor Nibert, 11L, Taylor-14.324; 6. Travis Stickels, 87, Stickels-15.070.

K & M TOOL & DIE FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (4), 2. Jakeb Boxell (5), 3. Josh Yenser (1), 4. Michael Magic (2), 5. Kayla Roell (3), 6. Jon Watson (7), 7. Cody Dye (6). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Carl Peterson (2), 2. Stratton Briggs (3), 3. Ryan Moran (1), 4. Chris Dickey (4), 5. Jim Jones (5), 6. Tyler Watkins (6). NT

BREWHOUSE DRIVE-THRU THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (2), 2. Wes Pinkerton (4), 3. Ian Creager (1), 4. Taylor Nibert (5), 5. Alex Watson (3), 6. Travis Stickels (6). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (3), 2. Michael Magic (10), 3. Stratton Briggs (6), 4. Chris Dickey (11), 5. Alex Watson (15), 6. Josh Yenser (7), 7. Ian Creager (9), 8. Jon Watson (16), 9. Cody Dye (19), 10. Kayla Roell (13), 11. Carl Peterson (4), 12. Travis Stickels (18), 13. Jim Jones (14), 14. Tyler Watkins (17), 15. Ryan Moran (8), 16. Bryce Massingill (1), 17. Wes Pinkerton (2), 18. Taylor Nibert (12), 19. Jakeb Boxell (5). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-20 Zach Wigal.

PPC PERFORMANCE POWDER COATING HARD CHARGER: Alex Watson (15th to 5th) & Cody Dye (19th to 9th)

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS POINTS: 1-Stratton Briggs-896, 2-Michael Magic-771, 3-Bryce Massingill-731, 4-Ian Creager-698, 5-Carl Peterson-678, 6-Josh Yenser-652, 7-Zach Wigal-581, 8-Abby Hohlbein-554, 9-Jakeb Boxell-516, 10-Jim Jones-447.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGETS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS RACE: August 12, 2022 – Gas City I-69 Speedway – Gas City, Indiana