East Wins the ‘Lloyd Ruby Classic’ at Red River Speedway
USAC PR, March 14, 2009 - Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 60 laps in a dominating performance Saturday night, winning the "Allstate Texas Racefest" USAC Mopar National Midget race at Thunder Hill Raceway.
East and his Club Sport/Ford Racing Beast/Esslinger Ford were trailed by new series point leader Darren Hagen, Dakoda Armstrong, Kevin Swindell and Tracy Hines. Hines was the fastest qualifier, while heats went to Chad Boat, Levi Jones and Brad Sweet.
Rain forced cancellation of Friday’s scheduled “Lloyd Ruby Classic” at Red River Speedway in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The series now prepares for the April 4 "Jegs Crown" Midget Super Nationals at the Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway, where USAC Midget racing dates back to 1957. A total of 22 USAC Midget races have been held at the Columbus oval, with drivers like Rich Vogler, Mel Kenyon, Sleepy Tripp and most recently Bryan Clauson and Bobby Santos III scoring wins.
Hagen’s point lead stands at 20 over Brad Sweet entering the Columbus race.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: March 14, 2009 - Kyle, Texas - Thunder Hill Raceway - “Allstate Texas Racefest”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.896; 2. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-13.924; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-13.995; 4. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.039; 5. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.048; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.049; 7. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-14.141; 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.143; 9. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-14.148; 10. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-14.151; 11. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-14.171; 12. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.185; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.195; 14. A.J. FIke, 69, RFMS-14.214; 15. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.262; 16. Cale Conley, 97, Kunz-14.288; 17. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.309; 18. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-14.504; 19. Henry Clarke, 12k, Kruseman-14.610; 20. Slade Miller, 16, Miller-14.974; 21. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-16.491; 22. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Conley, 3. Whitt, 4. Hagen, 5. Hines, 6. Clouser, 7. Ehrgott, 8. Clarke. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Fike, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. Daum, 5. Santos, 6. Swindell, 7. Miller. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Kuhn, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. East, 5. Windom, 6. Coons, 7. Lowther. NT
FEATURE: (60 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Darren Hagen, 3. Dakoda Armstrong, 4. Kevin Swindell, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Cole Whitt, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Bobby Santos III, 10. Caleb Armstrong, 11. Chad Boat, 12. Brad Sweet, 13. Levi Jones, 14. A.J. FIke, 15. Ricky Ehrgott, 16. Cale Conley, 17. Henry Clarke, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Slade Miller, 21. Buddy Lowther, 22. Zach Daum. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-60 East.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hagen-232; 2-Sweet-212; 3-Kuhn-208; 4-East-203; 5-Hines-201; 6-Coons-199; 7-Boat-197; 8-Swindell-188; 9-Whitt-160; 10-Jones-154.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: - April 4 - Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway - “Jegs Crown Midget Super Nationals”
USAC PR, March 14, 2009 - Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 60 laps in a dominating performance Saturday night, winning the "Allstate Texas Racefest" USAC Mopar National Midget race at Thunder Hill Raceway.
East and his Club Sport/Ford Racing Beast/Esslinger Ford were trailed by new series point leader Darren Hagen, Dakoda Armstrong, Kevin Swindell and Tracy Hines. Hines was the fastest qualifier, while heats went to Chad Boat, Levi Jones and Brad Sweet.
Rain forced cancellation of Friday’s scheduled “Lloyd Ruby Classic” at Red River Speedway in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The series now prepares for the April 4 "Jegs Crown" Midget Super Nationals at the Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway, where USAC Midget racing dates back to 1957. A total of 22 USAC Midget races have been held at the Columbus oval, with drivers like Rich Vogler, Mel Kenyon, Sleepy Tripp and most recently Bryan Clauson and Bobby Santos III scoring wins.
Hagen’s point lead stands at 20 over Brad Sweet entering the Columbus race.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: March 14, 2009 - Kyle, Texas - Thunder Hill Raceway - “Allstate Texas Racefest”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.896; 2. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-13.924; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-13.995; 4. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.039; 5. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.048; 6. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.049; 7. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-14.141; 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.143; 9. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-14.148; 10. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-14.151; 11. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-14.171; 12. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.185; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.195; 14. A.J. FIke, 69, RFMS-14.214; 15. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.262; 16. Cale Conley, 97, Kunz-14.288; 17. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.309; 18. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-14.504; 19. Henry Clarke, 12k, Kruseman-14.610; 20. Slade Miller, 16, Miller-14.974; 21. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-16.491; 22. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Conley, 3. Whitt, 4. Hagen, 5. Hines, 6. Clouser, 7. Ehrgott, 8. Clarke. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Fike, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. Daum, 5. Santos, 6. Swindell, 7. Miller. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Kuhn, 3. C.Armstrong, 4. East, 5. Windom, 6. Coons, 7. Lowther. NT
FEATURE: (60 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Darren Hagen, 3. Dakoda Armstrong, 4. Kevin Swindell, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Cole Whitt, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Bobby Santos III, 10. Caleb Armstrong, 11. Chad Boat, 12. Brad Sweet, 13. Levi Jones, 14. A.J. FIke, 15. Ricky Ehrgott, 16. Cale Conley, 17. Henry Clarke, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Slade Miller, 21. Buddy Lowther, 22. Zach Daum. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-60 East.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hagen-232; 2-Sweet-212; 3-Kuhn-208; 4-East-203; 5-Hines-201; 6-Coons-199; 7-Boat-197; 8-Swindell-188; 9-Whitt-160; 10-Jones-154.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: - April 4 - Columbus (OH) Motor Speedway - “Jegs Crown Midget Super Nationals”