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Darland Wins “Battle in the Bluffs”
West Salem, WI - May 16, 2008 - Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. won Friday night’s “Battle in the Bluffs” opener of the 2008 “Midget Maynia Tour” at Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway, leading all 30 laps in the Nine Racing Toyota/Oakley Beast/Pink Toyota. Fast qualifier Kody Swanson finished second and was followed by new USAC Mopar National Midget series point leader Tracy Hines, Shane Hmiel and Brad Sweet. Round two of the “Midget Maynia Tour” unfolds Saturday night at Slinger (Wisc.) Super Speedway with the 2nd Kubota “Stan Fox Classic.”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-18.177; 2. Shane Hmiel, 21d, DMS-18.190; 3. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-18.218; 4. Jerry Coons Jr, 11, Wilke-Pak-18.258; 5. Dave Darland, 9, Nine Racing-18.303; 6. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-18.328; 7. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-18.341; 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-18.369; 9. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-18.380; 10. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-18.404; 11. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-18.430; 12. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-18.439; 13. Stephanie Mockler, 6, East-18.458; 14. Mark Atkinson, 23, Atkinson, 18.481; 15. Ron Gregory, 32, RFMS-18.492; 16. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-18.492; 17. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-18.511; 18. Brad Kuhn, 07, Mentgen-18.515; 19. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, REV 1-18.571; 20. Zach Schiff, 5, East-18.635; 21. Brian Olson, 77, Olson-18.637; 22. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-18.664; 23. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-18.688; 24. Dallas Melby, 51, Melby-18.695; 25. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-18.733; 26. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-18.762; 27. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-18.827; 28. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-18.857; 29. Bradley Galedrige, 29, Galdrige-19.023; 30. Ben Petter, 22, Petter-19.127; 31. Slade Miller, 16, Miller-19.181; 32. David Byrne, 20d, Byrne-19.208; 33. Caitlin Shaw, 89, Shaw-19.241; 34. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-19.276 35. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marietta, 2. Galedrige, 3. Whitt, 4. Olson, 5. Bacon, 6. Swanson, 7. Darland, 8. Mockler, 9. Shaw. 3:04.27
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Kuhn, 3. Kramer, 4. Sweet, 5. Atkinson, 6. Petter, 7. Beauchamp, 8. Clouser, 9. Loyet. 3:06.81
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ehrgott, 2. Hagen, 3. Gregory, 4. East, 5. Jones, 6. Hines, 7. Barber, 8. Miller, 9. Murgoitio. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Melby, 2. Windom, 3. Boat, 4. Margeson, 5. Schiff, 6. Armstrong, 7. Coons, 8. Byrne. 3:06.81
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Coons, 5. Bacon, 6. Jones, 7. Armstrong, 8. Atkinson, 9. Petter, 10. Mockler, 11. Barber, 12. Schiff, 13. Loyet, 14. Shaw, 15. Clouser, 16. Miller, 17. Beauchamp. 3:49.50
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Shane Hmiel, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Bobby East, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Evan Margeson, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Cole Whitt, 13. Dallas Melby, 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 15. Brian Olson, 16. Brad Kuhn, 17. Mario Marietta, 18. Ron Gregory, 19. Chad Boat, 20. Levi Jones, 21. Adam Kramer, 22. Bradley Galedrige. 9:37.76
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-235; 2-Whitt-213; 3-Swanson-191; 4-East-189; 5-Sweet-185; 6-Hagen-179; 7-Darland-176; 8-Coons-159; 9-Kuhn-137; 10-Bacon-134.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: - May 17 - Slinger (WI) Speedway - “Midget Maynia Tour” - 2nd Kubota Stan Fox Classic”
West Salem, WI - May 16, 2008 - Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. won Friday night’s “Battle in the Bluffs” opener of the 2008 “Midget Maynia Tour” at Lacrosse Fairgrounds Speedway, leading all 30 laps in the Nine Racing Toyota/Oakley Beast/Pink Toyota. Fast qualifier Kody Swanson finished second and was followed by new USAC Mopar National Midget series point leader Tracy Hines, Shane Hmiel and Brad Sweet. Round two of the “Midget Maynia Tour” unfolds Saturday night at Slinger (Wisc.) Super Speedway with the 2nd Kubota “Stan Fox Classic.”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-18.177; 2. Shane Hmiel, 21d, DMS-18.190; 3. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-18.218; 4. Jerry Coons Jr, 11, Wilke-Pak-18.258; 5. Dave Darland, 9, Nine Racing-18.303; 6. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-18.328; 7. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-18.341; 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-18.369; 9. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-18.380; 10. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-18.404; 11. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-18.430; 12. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-18.439; 13. Stephanie Mockler, 6, East-18.458; 14. Mark Atkinson, 23, Atkinson, 18.481; 15. Ron Gregory, 32, RFMS-18.492; 16. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-18.492; 17. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-18.511; 18. Brad Kuhn, 07, Mentgen-18.515; 19. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, REV 1-18.571; 20. Zach Schiff, 5, East-18.635; 21. Brian Olson, 77, Olson-18.637; 22. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-18.664; 23. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-18.688; 24. Dallas Melby, 51, Melby-18.695; 25. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-18.733; 26. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-18.762; 27. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-18.827; 28. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-18.857; 29. Bradley Galedrige, 29, Galdrige-19.023; 30. Ben Petter, 22, Petter-19.127; 31. Slade Miller, 16, Miller-19.181; 32. David Byrne, 20d, Byrne-19.208; 33. Caitlin Shaw, 89, Shaw-19.241; 34. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-19.276 35. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marietta, 2. Galedrige, 3. Whitt, 4. Olson, 5. Bacon, 6. Swanson, 7. Darland, 8. Mockler, 9. Shaw. 3:04.27
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Kuhn, 3. Kramer, 4. Sweet, 5. Atkinson, 6. Petter, 7. Beauchamp, 8. Clouser, 9. Loyet. 3:06.81
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ehrgott, 2. Hagen, 3. Gregory, 4. East, 5. Jones, 6. Hines, 7. Barber, 8. Miller, 9. Murgoitio. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Melby, 2. Windom, 3. Boat, 4. Margeson, 5. Schiff, 6. Armstrong, 7. Coons, 8. Byrne. 3:06.81
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Coons, 5. Bacon, 6. Jones, 7. Armstrong, 8. Atkinson, 9. Petter, 10. Mockler, 11. Barber, 12. Schiff, 13. Loyet, 14. Shaw, 15. Clouser, 16. Miller, 17. Beauchamp. 3:49.50
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Shane Hmiel, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Bobby East, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Evan Margeson, 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Cole Whitt, 13. Dallas Melby, 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 15. Brian Olson, 16. Brad Kuhn, 17. Mario Marietta, 18. Ron Gregory, 19. Chad Boat, 20. Levi Jones, 21. Adam Kramer, 22. Bradley Galedrige. 9:37.76
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-235; 2-Whitt-213; 3-Swanson-191; 4-East-189; 5-Sweet-185; 6-Hagen-179; 7-Darland-176; 8-Coons-159; 9-Kuhn-137; 10-Bacon-134.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: - May 17 - Slinger (WI) Speedway - “Midget Maynia Tour” - 2nd Kubota Stan Fox Classic”