CLAUSON CATCHES BUCKWALTER FOR LAWRENCEBURG “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” WIN
USAC PR, Lawrenceburg, IN. June 13, 2009 - Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. caught Steve Buckwalter on lap 25 and led the rest of the way to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Indiana Midget Week” feature at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. Clauson drove the All Star Performance/Bryan Clauson Racing Spike/Esslinger Ford to the win and emerged only four points behind Brad Kuhn in the “Indiana Midget Week” standings going into Sunday night’s finale at Kokomo Speedway. Brad Sweet finished second ahead of Buckwalter, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines. Chad Boat was the fastest Lawrenceburg qualifier to win the “Pro Source “Fast Qualifier” award.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2009 - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Lawrenceburg Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.432; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.482; 3. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.581; 4. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-14.656; 5. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-14.681; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-14.687; 7. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.774; 8. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.796; 9. Dave Darland, 69, RFMS-14.822; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.824; 11. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.836; 12. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-14.846; 13. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-14.849; 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-14.873; 15. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-14.896; 16. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.896; 17. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.907; 18. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-14.929; 19. Mark Brown, 1x, Rinkin-14.946; 20. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-14.967; 21. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.992; 22. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-15.008; 23. Dene McAllan, 29, Berry-15.017; 24. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-15.048; 25. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.146; 26. Jonathan Hendrick, 85, Hollingsworth-15.233; 27. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-15.287; 28. Shane Hmiel, 56, Hmiel-16.446.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Boat, 3. Coons, 4. Barber, 5. D.Armstrong, 6. Swanson, 7. Brown, 8. Sherrell, 9. Jones, 10. Hmiel. 1:59.66
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ehrgott, 2. C.Armstrong, 3. East, 4. Sweet, 5. Hines, 6. Buckwalter, 7. McAllan, 8. Wise, 9. Hendrick. 2:00.96
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Clarke, 3. Darland, 4. Hagen, 5. Clauson, 6. Kaplan, 7. Swindell, 8. High, 9. Daum. 1:59.38
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Daum, 3. Kaplan, 4. Wise, 5. Brown, 6. Swanson, 7. McAllan, 8. Swindell, 9. Sherrell, 10. Jones, 11. High, 12. Hendrick, 13. Hmiel. 2:59.60
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Steve Buckwalter, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Chad Boat, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Dave Darland, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Bobby East, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Caleb Armsrong, 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 15. Levi Jones, 16. Chase Barber, 17. Ryan Kaplan, 18. Dakoda Armstrong, 19. Dene McAllan, 20. Cole Whitt, 21. Kevin Swindell, 22. Mark Brown, 23. Josh Wise, 24. Zach Daum. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Buckwalter, Laps 25-30 Clauson.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Hagen-577; 2-Kuhn-577; 3-Coons-571; 4-Sweet-541; 5-Hines-519; 6-East-485; 7-Boat-467; 8-Whitt-429; 9-Swindell-422; 10-Clauson-382.
NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Kuhn-181; 2-Clauson-177; 3-Coons-161; 4-Hagen-160; 5-Hines-155.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 14 - Kokomo (IN) Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”
USAC PR, Lawrenceburg, IN. June 13, 2009 - Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. caught Steve Buckwalter on lap 25 and led the rest of the way to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Indiana Midget Week” feature at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. Clauson drove the All Star Performance/Bryan Clauson Racing Spike/Esslinger Ford to the win and emerged only four points behind Brad Kuhn in the “Indiana Midget Week” standings going into Sunday night’s finale at Kokomo Speedway. Brad Sweet finished second ahead of Buckwalter, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines. Chad Boat was the fastest Lawrenceburg qualifier to win the “Pro Source “Fast Qualifier” award.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2009 - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Lawrenceburg Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.432; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.482; 3. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.581; 4. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-14.656; 5. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-14.681; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-14.687; 7. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.774; 8. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.796; 9. Dave Darland, 69, RFMS-14.822; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.824; 11. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.836; 12. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-14.846; 13. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-14.849; 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-14.873; 15. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-14.896; 16. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.896; 17. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.907; 18. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-14.929; 19. Mark Brown, 1x, Rinkin-14.946; 20. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-14.967; 21. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.992; 22. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-15.008; 23. Dene McAllan, 29, Berry-15.017; 24. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-15.048; 25. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.146; 26. Jonathan Hendrick, 85, Hollingsworth-15.233; 27. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-15.287; 28. Shane Hmiel, 56, Hmiel-16.446.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Boat, 3. Coons, 4. Barber, 5. D.Armstrong, 6. Swanson, 7. Brown, 8. Sherrell, 9. Jones, 10. Hmiel. 1:59.66
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ehrgott, 2. C.Armstrong, 3. East, 4. Sweet, 5. Hines, 6. Buckwalter, 7. McAllan, 8. Wise, 9. Hendrick. 2:00.96
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Clarke, 3. Darland, 4. Hagen, 5. Clauson, 6. Kaplan, 7. Swindell, 8. High, 9. Daum. 1:59.38
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Daum, 3. Kaplan, 4. Wise, 5. Brown, 6. Swanson, 7. McAllan, 8. Swindell, 9. Sherrell, 10. Jones, 11. High, 12. Hendrick, 13. Hmiel. 2:59.60
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Steve Buckwalter, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Chad Boat, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Dave Darland, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Bobby East, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Caleb Armsrong, 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 15. Levi Jones, 16. Chase Barber, 17. Ryan Kaplan, 18. Dakoda Armstrong, 19. Dene McAllan, 20. Cole Whitt, 21. Kevin Swindell, 22. Mark Brown, 23. Josh Wise, 24. Zach Daum. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Buckwalter, Laps 25-30 Clauson.
NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Hagen-577; 2-Kuhn-577; 3-Coons-571; 4-Sweet-541; 5-Hines-519; 6-East-485; 7-Boat-467; 8-Whitt-429; 9-Swindell-422; 10-Clauson-382.
NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Kuhn-181; 2-Clauson-177; 3-Coons-161; 4-Hagen-160; 5-Hines-155.
NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 14 - Kokomo (IN) Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”