Ross Wins Spoon River 25-Lapper
Canton, IL……..Gedd Ross of Havana, Ill. won Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Engler IMRA and Midwest Thunder Speed2 feature event at Spoon River Speedway. He led the first 16 laps, yielded for two laps to Robby McQuinn, then returned to lead the final seven laps for the win. Adam Taylor was second ahead Blake Buchholz, Aaron Leffel, and John Heydereich.
USAC ENGLER SPEED2 IMRA/MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 9, 2018 – Canton, Illinois – Spoon River Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gedd Ross (#51R Johnson), 2. Shane Morgan (#15 Moran), 3. Blake Buchholz (#37 Raymond), 4. Austin Archdale (#7X Mahan), 5. Jason Allen (#28 Allen), 6. Dave Baugh (#7B Baugh), 7. Josh Thomas (#43T Thomas), 8. Jon Watson (#25 Watson), 9. Lucas Easton (#23 Easton). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robby McQuinn (#09 McQuinn), 2. Adam Leffel (#11L Taylor), 3. Jeff Mallonee (#31 Mallonee), 4. Mark Billings (#60E Billings), 5. Barry Trone (#69 Trone), 6. Alex Watson (#3 Watson), 7. Daltyn England (#19E England), 8. Brandon Smith (#11 Smith). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andy Baugh (#6B Baugh), 2. Kurt Mueller (#83 Mueller), 3. Adam Taylor (#7T Taylor), 4. John Heydenreich (#22 Givens), 5. Sean Murphy (#5M Murphy), 6. Brent Burrows (#51 Terry), 7. Cody Beard (#7 Beard), 8. Kevin Battefeld (#42 Battefeld). NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Burrows, 2. A.Watson, 3. D.Baugh, 4. England, 5. Thomas, 6. Beard, 7. Smith, 8. J.Watson, 9. Easton, 10. Battefeld. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Gedd Ross, 2. Adam Taylor, 3. Blake Buchholz, 4. Aaron Leffel, 5. John Heydenreich, 6. Shane Morgan, 7. Brent Burrows, 8. Sean Murphy, 9. Robby McQuinn, 10. Kurt Mueller, 11. Jason Allen, 12. Alex Watson, 13. Daltyn England, 14. Dave Baugh, 15. Josh Thomas, 16. Barry Trone, 17. Jeff Mallonee, 18. Andy Baugh, 19. Austin Archdale, 20. Mark Billings. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Ross, Laps 17-18 McQuinn, Laps 19-25 Ross.
NEW USAC ENGLER SPEED2 IMRA POINTS: 1-A.Baugh-444, 2-McQuinn-348, 3-Ross-340, 4-Morgan-276, 5-Buchholz-247, 6-Mueller-239, 7-England-220, 8-Jake Sollenberger-207, 9-Blake Haynes-172, 10-Bart Andrews-166.
NEW USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER POINTS: 1-Leffel-136, 2-Ross-134, 3-A.Baugh-110, 4-A.Watson-106, 5-McQuinn-103, 6-Taylor-73, 7-Chett Gehrke-72, 8-Buchholz-70, 9-Heydenreich-63, 10-Morgan-62.
NEXT USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER RACE: June 15 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway – “Jack & Jiggs Classic”
NEXT USAC ENGLER SPEED2 IMRA RACE: June 16 – Canton, IL – Spoon River Speedway – 9th “Bill Anderson Memorial”
Sources: USAC PR