Sweet Wins ‘Copper on Dirt’ at Manzanita
USAC PR, February 21, 2009 - Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. emerged the winner of Saturday night's Sands Chevrolet "Copper on Dirt" 25-lap USAC Mopar National & Western Midget race at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz.
Sweet was running second on lap 24 when leader Bryan Clauson encountered problems on the backstretch, then led the final two laps in his Kasey Kahne Racing Spike Speedway Mopar. Nathan High finished second ahead of Jerry Coons Jr., who started 27th as a "provisional" starter. Chad Boat and Darren Hagen rounded out the "top-five."
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: February 20-21, 2009 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway - Sands Chevrolet Presents “The Copper on Dirt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-19.954; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-20.265; 3. Josh Wise, 7C, C & A-20.314; 4. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.394; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-20.411; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-20.448; 7. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-20.452; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-20.489; 9. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-20.517; 10. J.J. Yeley, 75, Pedregon-20.539; 11. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-20.544; 12. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-20.567; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-20.594; 14. Nathan High, 12x, Allen-20.692; 15. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-20.722; 16. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-20.722; 17. Alex Schutte, 12k, Kruseman-20.754; 18. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-20.761; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-20.828; 20. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-20.855; 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-20.861; 22. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-20.865; 23. Caleb Armstrong, 7D, C & A-20.872; 24. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-20.926; 25. Shane Hmiel, 37, Felker-21.025; 26. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-21.048; 27. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-21.051; 28. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.170; 29. Casey Shuman, 37F, Felker-21.182; 30. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-21.197; 31. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-21.245; 32. Dustin Morgan, 93, Morgan-21.284; 33. Bryan Stanfill, 07, Mentgen-21.410; 34. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-21.466; 35. Danny Sheridan, 51, Pecon-21.554; 36. Stevie Sussex, 14, Price-21.779; 37. Ernie Bartley III, 74, Bartley-22.182; 38. Jerrod Ponder, 8J, Bullet-22.832; 39. Dennis Carrier, Jr., 2D, Carrier-NT; 40. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-NT.
FIRST HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Boat, 3. East, 4. Daum, 5. Howell, 6. D.Armstrong, 7. Swanson. NT
SECOND HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Swindell, 3. Morgan, 4. Pierovich, 5. Schutte, 6. Whitt. 3:04.00
THIRD HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Wise, 3. Kuhn, 4. Loyet, 5. Coons, 6. Stanfill, 7. Ponder, 8. C.Amstrong. NT
FOURTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. High, 2. Jones, 3. Hansen, 4. Mitchell, 5. Rossi, 6. Lowther, 7. Shuman. NT
FIFTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Ford, 3. Hines, 4. Yeley, 5. Hmiel, 6. Goodwin, 7. Sheridan, 8. Carrier. NT
COPPER BOWL SHOOTOUT (Feb. 20): (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Clauson, 3. Sweet, 4. Wise, 5. High, 6. Ford, 7. Swindell, 8. Boat, 9. Bacon, 10. Hagen. 3:41.02
FIRST “B” MAIN (Semi - Feb. 21): (12 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. Kuhn, 3. Hines, 4. East, 5. Ehrgott, 6. Shuman, 7. Howell, 8. Hmiel, 9. Rossi, 10. Sheridan, 11. Morgan, 12. Coons, 13. Schutte, 14. Ponder. NT
SECOND “B” MAIN (Semi - Feb. 21): (12 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Whitt, 3. Loyet, 4. Pierovich, 5. D.Armstrong, 6. Stanfill, 7. Carrier, 8. Goodwin, 9. C.Armstrong, 10. Mitchell, 11. Lowther, 12. Daum. NT
FEATURE (Feb. 21): (25 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Nathan High, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Chad Boat, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Kevin Swindell, 8. Garrett Hansen, 9. Bobby East, 10. J.J. Yeley, 11. Ricky Ehrgott, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Dakoda Armstrong, 14. Josh Ford, 15. Tracy Hines, 16. Cole Whitt, 17. Bryan Stanfill, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Terry Goodwin, 20. Dennis Howell, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Brad Loyet, 23. Josh Wise, 24. Brady Bacon, 25. Casey Shuman, 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 27. Scott Pierovich. NT
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**Hmiel flipped during qualifying. Mitchell flipped during the second B Main.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Clauson, Laps 2-6 Wise Laps 7-23 Clauson, Laps 24-25 Sweet.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-High-65; 3-Boat-64; 4-Hagen-58; 5-Coons-54; 6-Kuhn-51; 7-Swindell-49; 8-Hansen-45; 9-East-42; 10-Jones-39.
NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-High-65; 3-Boat-64; 4-Hagen-58; 5-Coons-54; 6-Kuhn-51; 7-Swindell-49; 8-Hansen-45; 9-East-42; 10-Jones-39.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 25 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track
USAC PR, February 21, 2009 - Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, Calif. emerged the winner of Saturday night's Sands Chevrolet "Copper on Dirt" 25-lap USAC Mopar National & Western Midget race at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz.
Sweet was running second on lap 24 when leader Bryan Clauson encountered problems on the backstretch, then led the final two laps in his Kasey Kahne Racing Spike Speedway Mopar. Nathan High finished second ahead of Jerry Coons Jr., who started 27th as a "provisional" starter. Chad Boat and Darren Hagen rounded out the "top-five."
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: February 20-21, 2009 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway - Sands Chevrolet Presents “The Copper on Dirt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-19.954; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-20.265; 3. Josh Wise, 7C, C & A-20.314; 4. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.394; 5. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-20.411; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-20.448; 7. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-20.452; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-20.489; 9. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-20.517; 10. J.J. Yeley, 75, Pedregon-20.539; 11. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-20.544; 12. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-20.567; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-20.594; 14. Nathan High, 12x, Allen-20.692; 15. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-20.722; 16. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-20.722; 17. Alex Schutte, 12k, Kruseman-20.754; 18. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-20.761; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-20.828; 20. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-20.855; 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-20.861; 22. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-20.865; 23. Caleb Armstrong, 7D, C & A-20.872; 24. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-20.926; 25. Shane Hmiel, 37, Felker-21.025; 26. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-21.048; 27. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-21.051; 28. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-21.170; 29. Casey Shuman, 37F, Felker-21.182; 30. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-21.197; 31. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-21.245; 32. Dustin Morgan, 93, Morgan-21.284; 33. Bryan Stanfill, 07, Mentgen-21.410; 34. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-21.466; 35. Danny Sheridan, 51, Pecon-21.554; 36. Stevie Sussex, 14, Price-21.779; 37. Ernie Bartley III, 74, Bartley-22.182; 38. Jerrod Ponder, 8J, Bullet-22.832; 39. Dennis Carrier, Jr., 2D, Carrier-NT; 40. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-NT.
FIRST HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Boat, 3. East, 4. Daum, 5. Howell, 6. D.Armstrong, 7. Swanson. NT
SECOND HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Swindell, 3. Morgan, 4. Pierovich, 5. Schutte, 6. Whitt. 3:04.00
THIRD HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Wise, 3. Kuhn, 4. Loyet, 5. Coons, 6. Stanfill, 7. Ponder, 8. C.Amstrong. NT
FOURTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. High, 2. Jones, 3. Hansen, 4. Mitchell, 5. Rossi, 6. Lowther, 7. Shuman. NT
FIFTH HEAT (Feb. 20): (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Ford, 3. Hines, 4. Yeley, 5. Hmiel, 6. Goodwin, 7. Sheridan, 8. Carrier. NT
COPPER BOWL SHOOTOUT (Feb. 20): (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Clauson, 3. Sweet, 4. Wise, 5. High, 6. Ford, 7. Swindell, 8. Boat, 9. Bacon, 10. Hagen. 3:41.02
FIRST “B” MAIN (Semi - Feb. 21): (12 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. Kuhn, 3. Hines, 4. East, 5. Ehrgott, 6. Shuman, 7. Howell, 8. Hmiel, 9. Rossi, 10. Sheridan, 11. Morgan, 12. Coons, 13. Schutte, 14. Ponder. NT
SECOND “B” MAIN (Semi - Feb. 21): (12 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Whitt, 3. Loyet, 4. Pierovich, 5. D.Armstrong, 6. Stanfill, 7. Carrier, 8. Goodwin, 9. C.Armstrong, 10. Mitchell, 11. Lowther, 12. Daum. NT
FEATURE (Feb. 21): (25 laps) 1. Brad Sweet, 2. Nathan High, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Chad Boat, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Kevin Swindell, 8. Garrett Hansen, 9. Bobby East, 10. J.J. Yeley, 11. Ricky Ehrgott, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Dakoda Armstrong, 14. Josh Ford, 15. Tracy Hines, 16. Cole Whitt, 17. Bryan Stanfill, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Terry Goodwin, 20. Dennis Howell, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Brad Loyet, 23. Josh Wise, 24. Brady Bacon, 25. Casey Shuman, 26. Dennis Carrier Jr., 27. Scott Pierovich. NT
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**Hmiel flipped during qualifying. Mitchell flipped during the second B Main.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Clauson, Laps 2-6 Wise Laps 7-23 Clauson, Laps 24-25 Sweet.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-High-65; 3-Boat-64; 4-Hagen-58; 5-Coons-54; 6-Kuhn-51; 7-Swindell-49; 8-Hansen-45; 9-East-42; 10-Jones-39.
NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sweet-73; 2-High-65; 3-Boat-64; 4-Hagen-58; 5-Coons-54; 6-Kuhn-51; 7-Swindell-49; 8-Hansen-45; 9-East-42; 10-Jones-39.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET RACE: February 25 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track