Stenhouse Jr Wins at KoKomo
KOKOMO, Ind. - Tony Stewart Racing picked up another win in the USAC National Midget Car Series race Sunday at Kokomo Speedway as Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. came home the victor.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shane Hollingsworth (#85 Hollingsworth), 2. Chris Windom (#17 Windom), 3. Brad Sweet (#67 Kunz), 4. A.J. Felker (#37 Felker), 5. Dave Darland (#9 Nine Racing), 6. Cole Carter (#7 Carter), 7. A.J. Fike (#69 RFMS), 8. Brent Beauchamp (#112 Beauchamp), 9. Dakoda Armstrong (#7a C & A). 1:53.25
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chuck Gurney Jr. (#51 Gurney), 2. Brad Loyet (#05L Loyet), 3. Brad Mosen (#71 Kunz), 4. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 5. Jon Stanbrough (#24 Parker), 6. Bobby East (#4 Klatt), 7. Lance Beale (#05nz Loyet), 8. Shawn Buckley (#25nz). 1:54.50
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#11 Wilke-Pak), 2. Gary Altig (#10 Moore), 3. Tony Elliott (#16 Sandy), 4. Darren Hagen (#32 RFMS), 5. Thomas Meseraull (#2m Bush), 6. Shaun Insley (#77nz Buckley), 7. Donnie Ray Crawford (#299 Tel-Star), 8. Kenny Biro (#22 Biro). 1:52.23
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davey Ray (#91 Nine Racing), 2. Brady Bacon (#99 Kahne), 3. Kevin Swindell (#79 Kahne), 4. Russ Harper (#09 Harper), 5. Danny Stratton (#75 Pedregon), 6. Bryce Townsend (#3nz Townsend), 7. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 8. Dene McAllan (#2 Bush). 1:52.26
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn (#43 Quin), 2. Cole Whitt (#229 CW), 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (#21 Stewart), 4. Shane Cottle (#1st Saucier), 5. Brandon Wagner (#92 Wagner), 6. Gary Taylor (#999 Tel-Star), 7. Matt Sherrell (#22J Tel-Star), 8. Lynsey Tilton (#18 Tilton). 1:53.28
SEMI #1: (10 laps) 1. Stratton, 2. Carter, 3. Elliott, 4. Meseraull, 5. Sherrell, 6. East, 7. Townsend, 8. Armstrong, 9. McAllan, 10. Crawford, 11. Beauchamp, 12. Harper, 13. Beale. NT
SEMI #2: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Cottle, 3. Darland, 4. Buckley, 5. Taylor, 6. Insley, 7. Fike, 8. Wagner, 9. Tilton, 10. Daum, 11. Stanbrough. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 2. Kevin Swindell, 3. Brad Loyet, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Shane Hollingsworth, 8. Chuck Gurney Jr., 9. Darren Hagen, 10. Levi Jones, 11. Brady Bacon, 12. Shane Cottle, 13. Cole Carter, 14. Gary Altig, 15. Brad Mosen, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Tony Elliott, 18. A.J. Felker, 19. Danny Stratton, 20. Brad Kuhn, 21. Cole Whitt, 22. Davey Ray, 23. Gary Taylor. NT
**Beauchamp flipped during the first semi. Fike flipped during the second semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Hollingsworth, Lap 3 Kuhn, Lap 4 Hollingsworth, Laps 5-7 Kuhn, Laps 8-15 Loyet, Lap 16 Stenhouse, Lap 17-22 Loyet, Laps 23-30 Stenhouse.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Coons-855; 2-Hagen-758; 3-Stenhouse-726; 4-Kuhn-685; 5-Swindell-651; 6-Darland-635; 7-Jones-611; 8-Bacon-588; 9-Windom-415; 10-Loyet-402.
FINAL “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” STANDINGS: 1-Coons-238; 2-Swindell-216; 3-Sweet-203; 4-Bacon-191; 5-Darland-173; 6-Stenhouse-170; 7-Hagen-155; 8-Cottle-152; 9-Taylor-146; 10-Kuhn-142.
NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 17 – Macon (IL) Speedway.
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