Jones Leads Tony Stewart Racing Sweep at Angell Park
Sun Prairie, WI - Levi Jones of Avon, Ind. led a 1-2 “sweep” for the Tony Stewart Racing Team in Sunday night’s 30-lap “Hall of Fame Classic” USAC Mopar National Midget feature at Angell Park Speedway. Teammate Tracy Hines finished second to solidify his series point lead. Jones trailed Dave Darland for 20 laps, then put his Chevy/Bass Pro Shops Spike/Chevy in the lead on lap 21 and led the final 10 laps for the win. Darland ended up third ahead of Cole Whitt and Darren Hagen. The race, presented by the Sun Prairie Tourism Commission and Miller Genuine Draft, was co-sanctioned by BMARA.
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 24, 2008 - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin - Angell Park Speedway - National Midget Auto Racing “Hall of Fame Classic” - Presented by the Sun Prairie Tourism Commission & Miller Genuine Draft (Co-Sanctioned by BMARA)
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Hess, 3. Wipperfurth, 4. Bacon, 5. Morgan, 6. Noble, 7. Hagen, 8. Gough, 9. Pickens.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Malone, 3. Loyet (#05x), 4. Kuhn, 5. Luebke, 6. Hatton, 7. Darland, 8. Armstrong, 9. Fiscus.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Jones, 3. Swanson, 4. Boat, 5. DeSelle, 6. Fike, 7. Ehrgott, 8. Altig, 9. Mayhew.
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. East, 2. D.Ray, 3. Whitt, 4. Waelti, 5. Criswell, 6. R.Ray, 7. Dull, 8. Barber,
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Hagen, 3. Hatton, 4. Barber. 5. Fike, 6. Morgan, 7. Criswell, 8. Armstrong, 9. Gough, 10. DeSelle, 11. Altig, 12. Noble, 13. Luebke, 14. Ehrgott, 15. LeJeune, 16. Mayhew, 17. Fiscus, 18. R.Ray.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Brad Sweet, 8. Davey Ray, 9. Scott Hatton, 10. Chad Boat, 11. A.J. Fike, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Bobby East, 14. Mike Hess, 15. Dustin Morgan, 16. Critter Malone, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Aaron Fiscus, 19. Brandon Waelti, 20. Joe WIpperfurth, 21. Brad Loyet (#05x), 22. Ryan Criswell, 23. Brad Kuhn. NT
**Pickens flipped during the first heat. Barber flipped during the fourth heat. Loyet flipped on lap 21 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Darland, Laps 21-30 Jones.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-917; 2-Whitt-842; 3-East-836; 4-Sweet-822; 5-Jones-774; 6-Bacon-740; 7-Hagen-676; 8-Darland-649; 9-Coons-638; 10-Kuhn-589.
NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 29 - Beaver Dam, Wisconsin - Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway - 7th Mid-State Equipment “Sue Thiel Memorial Classic”
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