Jerry Coons Jr. nearly won Saturday’s “Hut Hundred” at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., but mechanical woes beset his car two laps from the finish. That allowed Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. to post his first-ever victory in the event.
Ryan Bernal led the first 16 laps from his front-row starting spot. Pole starter Coons then took over and appeared headed for victory for the next 82 circuits.
Chris Windom finished second behind’s Bacon’s Wilke-Pak Racing – Speedway Motors #11w Spike/Stanton Toyota. Levi Jones, Bryan Clauson and Bernal rounded out the “top-five.”
Darren Hagen finished seventh and has a commanding 50-point series lead over Bobby East going into races at Gas City and Putnamville, Ind. June 13 and 14.
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., 17, RW-13.793; 2. Brady Bacon, 11w, Wilke-13.813; 3. Ryan Bernal, 71, Kunz-13.872; 4. Daniel Robinson, 57, McCreery-13.988; 5. Levi Jones, 56, Hmiel-14.025; 6. Bubba Altig, 37, Felker-14.118; 7. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-14.138; 8. Mario Clouser, 27, RW-14.155; 9. Chett Gehrke, 11c, Matteson-14.158; 10. Steve Buckwalter, 63, Dooling-14.177; 11. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-14.210; 12. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.260; 13. Andrew Felker, 11a, Felker-14.270; 14. Chris Windom, 11, Wilke-14.286; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-14.311; 16. C.J. Leary, 24L, Parker-14.340; 17. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-14.341; 18. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.342; 19. Davey Ray, 33, RayPro-14.347; 20. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.348; 21. Ryan Criswell, 11R, Criswell-14.385; 22. Brett Anderson, 11B, Anderson-14.389; 23. Austin Brown, 7, KBR-14.422; 24. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-14.465; 25. Cameron Hagin, 37x, Felker-14.479; 26. Garrett Aitken, 32, Aitken-14.523; 27. Lev
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Roberts, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.568; 28. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-14.569; 29. Tyler Robbins, 35, Robbins-14.575; 30. Colten Cottle, 5c, Cottle-14.607; 31. Ted Hines, 16, Sandy-14.624; 32. Chase Barber, 191, Barber-14.700; 33. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.734; 34. Jake Neuman, 3N, Neuman-14.828; 35. Kent Schmidt, 5K, Schmidt-14.998; 36. Michael Koontz, 17x, Koontz-15.003; 37. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-15.018; 38. Cameron King, 55K, King-15.239; 39. Mike Hess, 82, Johnson-15.461; 40. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-NT; 41. Nick Knepper, 55, Knepper-NT (time of 14.580 disallowed).
SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Brown, 2. Daum, 3. Roberts, 4. Anderson, 5. Cottle, 6. Hagin, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Simpson, 9. Thomas, 10. Robbins, 11. Malpocker, 12. Hess, 13. Barber, 14. Knepper, 15. Schmidt, 16. Neuman, 17. Koontz, 18. D. Armstrong, 19. King, 20. Aitken. NT
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Brett Anderson, 9. Levi Roberts, 10. Steve Buckwalter, 11. Andrew Felker, 12. Thomas Meseraull, 13. Davey Ray, 14. Mario Clouser, 15. Bobby East, 16. Caleb Armstrong, 17. Tyler Thomas, 18. Rico Abreu, 19. Cameron Hagin, 20. Dalton Armstrong, 21. Zach Daum, 22. Austin Brown, 23. Bubba Altig, 24. Chett Gehrke, 25. Colten Cottle, 26. Andy Malpocker, 27. Ryan Criswell, 28. Ted Hines, 29. Tyler Robbins, 30. Daniel Robinson, 31. Tracy Hines, 32. Mike Hess, 33. C.J. Leary, 34. Jimmy Simpson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Bernal, Laps 17-98 Coons, Laps 99-100 Bacon.
**D.Armstrong flipped in Qualifications. Aitken flipped in the Semi.
NEW MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-327; 2-East-277; 3-Larson-262; 4-C.Armstrong-253; 5-Jones-241; 6-Clouser-235; 7-Hines-225; 8-Clauson-217; 9-Roberts-215; 10-D.Armstrong-188.
NEXT MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 13 – Gas City, IN – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”
- Admin Account on Jun 04, 2012
- Article Date: 6/2/2012