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by Dick Jordan INDIANAPOLIS – Jerry Coons Jr. and the Wilke-Pak Racers team from Milwaukee, Wisc. are $15,000 richer after Saturday night’s victory in the inaugural DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. Coons ranks eighth in the series standings going into the November 6 “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway. by Dick Jordan INDIANAPOLIS — The USAC Mopar National Midget Series heads for Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. this week for the richest Midget race of the year, the “Gold Crown Midget Nationals,” and Tracy Hines continues to lead the standings in search of USAC’s career “Triple Crown.” Hines owns championships in USAC’s Silver Crown and National Sprint Car series but would like to add the Midgets to become the fifth driver in history to own career titles in all three National series. The others are Tony Stewart, Pancho Carter, Dave Darland and J.J. Yeley. Jerry Coons Jr., who won the last two USAC National Midget crowns, also is seeking a career “Triple Crown” as he currently leads USAC’s K & N Silver Crown points and the USAC Continue reading Gold Crown Midget Nationals Next up at Tri-City by Dick Jordan INDIANAPOLIS — The richest Midget race of 2008 – the October 9-11 DuPont “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach (Granite City), Ill., has joined the USAC Mopar National Midget calendar. Saturday night’s (Oct. 11) feature event offers $15,000 to win and $1,000 to start, completing three nights of racing at the 3/8-mile dirt oval located just east of the Mississippi River, northeast of St. Louis, Mo. Co-sanctioned by USAC and POWRi, the event will showcase the finest Midget racing on the planet at a track with USAC history dating back to 1961. Preliminary events are scheduled Oct. 9-10, with features each night, building to Saturday’s climactic “shootout” for $15,000. Josh Wise won USAC’s last Midget race at Tri-City, in 2005, on his way Continue reading Richest Midget Race of 2008 Joins USAC National Midget Calendar |
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