[dmantx]

Cowtown Midget Weekend Concludes With One Final Twist

Kennedale TX (3/6/10) by DarinShort.com. After a thrilling battle between Danny Stratton and Brad Loyet on Friday night at the Cowtown Midget Championships, fans were treated to ‘Round 2’ as those same two drivers swapped positions in the $3,000 to win 35-lap championship feature.

When the checkered flag fell, Danny Stratton was able to hold off a wheelie-popping, high-riding Brad Loyet by less than a car length.

But after the dirt balls stopped flying, one final unforeseen twist was thrown into the mix.

A post-race inspection from the SMRS/USAC officials found that the Stratton entry exceeded the ‘width measurement’ relegating the talented driver to a 24th place finish.

This stunning conclusion to the weekend’s event moved the Loyet family-owned #05 to the point and was awarded the championship victory.

And in the hotly contested 50-lap companion Mod Fast 50 sanctioned by NCRA, Chanute Kansas veteran driver John Allen found himself taking the lead from Clyde Dunn Jr. early on in the race, only to lose it back to Dunn 10 laps later, then dropping back as far as 4th, then rallying back to the point and taking home an equally unpredictable win. This was the first time Allen had visited Cowtown Speedway since the 2000 season.

Complete event results, including the ASCS2 series opener, pictures, video clips and much more will be posted at www.CowtownSpeedway.com during the day on Sunday, as they become available.

Thank you to the fans and race teams that supported this event and coming next Saturday, March 13th will be the regular season point’s opener at Cowtown featuring the Sprint Series of Texas.

[dmantx]

Video & more now up at www.cowtownspeedway.com - enjoy - it was a great weekend of racing! Lots of action, side-by-side racing and plot twists and turns...no reported injuries throughout the weekend that I'm aware of, so we're thankful for that as well.

[MacTexas]

Great to see midget racing at Cowtown. I hope you have more in the future.

[Lucky161]

Originally Posted by MacTexas Great to see midget racing at Cowtown. I hope you have more in the future.

I agree. The midgets put on some good racing. I hated that Stratton was DQ'd since he was the only one that really had anything for Loyet.

[dmantx]

And Thriller Productions has their video recap of this weekend's action now available for viewing, at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzW-lrazeME

[oldfatcat]

Why were the cars not checked for rear end width before they went onto the track. When I have been with USAC they check before you go out. That being said I know that everone knew the rules.

[dmantx]

I don't know that much about the exact 'width' rule, other than the Series director has a template and checked the cars (including Stratton's) after the race on Friday night (and it was legal), but then on Saturday after the race that car exceeded that template's width.

[Lucky161]

Originally Posted by dmantx I don't know that much about the exact 'width' rule, other than the Series director has a template and checked the cars (including Stratton's) after the race on Friday night (and it was legal), but then on Saturday after the race that car exceeded that template's width.

I don't have much knowledge about that either, but it sounds like they may have used a wheel with a different amount of offset on Saturday night.

[RGardner]

That rull makes me laugh! I know its in place to stop builders from coming out with a radical car design that is super wide but its also can be a safty issue in my mind by moving the rr out further the car becomes safer to drive. I guess it could go both ways but I am not a fan of it.
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