Bloomington, IN – Davey Ray of Davenport, Iowa led the final 26 laps of Friday night’s 30-lap “Indiana Midget Week” feature to win round two of the 2008 “Indiana Midget Week” championship. Ray passed Brad Sweet on lap five in his Liberty Village/McGladrey & Pullen Spike/Esslinger Ford and was trailed at the checkered flag by Sweet, Cole Whitt, Tracy Hines and Gary Altig. Ray leads the “Indiana Midget Week” points by four over Whitt entering round three Saturday night at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Sweet flipped during qualifying but was able to repair the car and continue in the program.
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-11.811; 2. Bryan Clauson, 47, Clauson-11.816; 3. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-11.874; 4. Adam Clarke, 13, Smith-11.914; 5. Davey Ray, 32, RFMS-11.918; 6. Ryan Kaplan, 39, Tucker-11.956; 7. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-11.961; 8. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-11.963; 9. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-11.988; 10. Dave Darland, 9, Nine Racing-11.989; 11. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 26, Galedrige-11.996; 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-12.026; 13. Jeff Bland Jr., 35, Gardner-12.027; 14. Gary Altig, 67m, Mecum-12.029; 15. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-12.033; 16. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-12.047; 17. Steve Buckwalter, 0, Buckwalter-12.072; 18. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-12.104; 19. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-12.108; 20. Dustin Morgan, 67, Kunz-12.108; 21. Chuck Gurney Jr., 151, Gurney-12.113; 22. Brad Kuhn, 07, B & T-12.117; 23. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-12.124; 24. Ryan Smith, 54, Burke-12.134; 25. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.141; 26. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-12.143; 27. Troy Jordan, 97k, Kunz-12.144; 28. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-12.146; 29. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-12.156; 30. Bradley Galedrige, 29, Galedrige-12.169; 31. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-12.187; 32. Mike Hess, 16, Sandy-12.214; 33. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-12.229; 34. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Rush-12.294; 35. Shane Cottle, 1st, Saucier-12.294; 36. Todd Wanless, 2B, Rush-12.301; 37. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-12.329; 38. Danny Stratton, 5F, Simmons-12.333; 39. Robert Ballou, 37, Felker-12.342; 40. A. J. FIke, 69, RFMS-12.420; 41. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-12.440; 42. Joe Liguori, 28, Owen-12.450; 43. Kellen Conover, 76, K & D-12.485; 44. Joe Boyles, 7B, Boyles-12.620; 45. Rex Norris III, 63, Norris-12.640; 46. Kent Schmidt, 5k, Schmidt-12.836; 47. Darren Hagen, 1H, Triple Crown-12.973; 48. James Sweeney, 4m, Meents-14.714.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Jones, 3. Altig, 4. Carter, 5. Boat, 6. Conover, 7. Ehrgott.
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stratton, 2. Whitt, 3. Clauson, 4. Morgan, 5. Barber, 6. Hansen, 7. Hess, 8. Boyles.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Hines, 3. Armstrong, 4. Gurney, 5. Windom, 6. Jordan, 7. Ballou, 8. Norris.
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Meseraull, 3. Kuhn, 4. Clarke, 5. Fike, 6. A. Galedrige, 7. Schmidt, 8. Swanson.
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Bacon, 3. Ray, 4. Coons, 5. East, 6. Ford, 7. Hendrick, 8. Hagen.
SIXTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wanless, 2. Bland, 3. B. Galedrige, 4. Smith, 5. Liguori, 6. Kaplan, 7. Sweeney, 8. Daum.
SEMI #1: (12 laps) 1. Morgan, 2. Boat, 3. Clarke, 4. Hansen, 5. Smith, 6. East, 7. Ballou, 8. Coons, 9. Jordan, 10. Hendrick, 11. Conover, 12. Norris. NT
SEMI #2: (12 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Windom, 3. Carter, 4. Gurney, 5. Swanson, 6. Fike, 7. Barber, 8. Ford, 9. Liguori, 0. Schmidt, 11. A. Galedrige, 12. Ehrgott. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Davey Ray, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Cole Whitt, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Gary Altig, 6. Brad Kuhn, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Thomas Meseraull, 12. Jeff Bland Jr., 13. Shane Cottle, 14. Steve Buckwalter, 15. Bobby East, 16. Bradley Galedrige, 17. Dakoda Armstrong, 18. Danny Stratton, 19. Brad Loyet, 20. Todd Wanless, 21. Josh Ford, 22. Chad Boat, 23. Bryan Clauson, 24. Dustin Morgan. NT
Sweet flipped during qualifying. Norris flipped during qualifying. Daum flipped during the sixth heat. Kaplan flipped during the sixth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Sweet, Laps 5-30 Ray.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-East-681; 2-Hines-679; 3-Whitt-636; 4-Sweet-608; 5-Bacon-568; 6-Jones-545; 7-Darland-512; 8-Hagen-489; 9-Coons-471; 10-Swanson-471.
NEW “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Ray-128; 2-Whitt-124; 3-Kuhn-118; 4-Hines-106; 5-Darland-98.