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We want to thank the Knuckles family for once again hosting the Ignite Midgets, and helping to get our entire program in, before the weather arrived!


LAMB STAYS HOT, TAKES COLUMBUS EAST/MIDWEST IGNITE

Columbus, OH……..Chris Lamb of Colfax, N.C. earned his sixth USAC Ignite Midget feature victory of the season Saturday night at Columbus Motor Speedway. He led all 30 laps to win the Eastern/Midwest race to beat Natasha Cox, Cooper Clouse, Ryan Krachun and Ricky Bowers. Joey Greening, who won the DRC Chassis “hard luck” award, flipped during the feature and was treated at a local hospital for a concussion.

USAC EASTERN/MIDWEST PAVEMENT IGNITE MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 11, 2013 – Columbus, Ohio – Columbus Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chris Lamb, 9, Lamb-14.076; 2. Billy Gaule, 22, Gaule-14.219; 3. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-14.237; 4. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire-14.260; 5. Tyler Corriher, 12, Corriher-14.261; 6. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-14.286; 7. Toby Alfrey, 39, Radical-14.343; 8. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-14.374; 9. Natasha Cox, 19, Cox-14.397; 10. Nick Hamilton, 1, Steele-14.405; 11. Ricky Bowers, 42, Bowers-14.416; 12. Wil Raber, 3, Hocevar-14.542; 13. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-14.684; 14. Adam Thomason, 74, Thomason-14,712; 15. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-14.849; 16. Nikki Carroll, 124, Carroll-15.232.

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Lamb, 2. Clouse, 3. Corriher, 4. Greening, 5. Bowers, 6. Alfrey, 7. C.Carroll, 8. Cox. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Walker, 2. Hamilton, 3. Gaule, 4. Krachun, 5. Nemire, 6. Raber, 7. Thomason, 8. N.Carroll. NT

FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Chris Lamb, 2. Natasha Cox, 3. Cooper Clouse, 4. Ryan Krachun, 5. Ricky Bowers, 6. Wil Raber, 7. Calvin Carroll, 8. Adam Thomason, 9. Nikki Carroll, 10. Toby Alfrey, 11. Joey Greening, 12. Tyler Corriher, 13. Austin Nemire, 14. Billy Gaule, 15. Nick Hamilton, 16. Gage Walker. NT

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Chris Lamb won a bonus $100 for doing the Double Up of quick time and A-Main win.

Gage Walker won both the Indy Race Parts Award, and the Free Entry Waiver to their next race.

**Greening flipped during the feature and was transported to a local hospital and treated for a concussion.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Lamb.

NEW EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Lamb-569, 2-Raber-424, 3-Corriher-402, 4-Nic Davidson-398, 5-C,Carroll-380, 6-Gaule-371, 7-N.Carroll-323, 8-Krachun-306, 9-Blaine Leydig-278, 10-Justin Whittall-237.

NEW MIDWEST IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Lamb-74, 2-Clouse-65, 3-Cox-58, 4-Krachun-57, 5-Bowers-52, 6-Raber-48, 7-C.Carroll-44, 8-Thomason-41, 9-N.Carroll-37, 10-Corriher-37.

NEXT EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE: May 24 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway

NEXT MIDWEST IGNITE DIRT MIDGET RACE: June 7- Gas City Speedway, Followed by June 8- Montpelier Speedway

NEXT MIDWEST IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET RACE: June 14 – Xenia, Ohio – Kil-Kare Speedway