7 Speed2 Midget Races on Tap this Week

By admin June 14, 2018 Bear Ridge, Gas City I-69 Speedway, Montpelier Motor Speedway, South Boston, Spoon River Speedway, Stockton 99, USAC Dirt Midget Association, USAC Speed2 Eastern Midget, USAC Speed2 IMRA Midgets, USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget Series, USAC Speed2 Western U.S. Midget, Wake County Speedway
Brownsburg, Indiana (June 14, 2018)……… Seven USAC Speed2 Midget events are on tap this week, involving the Midwest Thunder, Western, Engler IMRA, Laquerre Sports DMA and Eastern series.
Friday races are slated at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway (Midwest) and Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, N.C. (Eastern). The five Saturday races are at Stockton (Calif.) 99 Speedway (Western), Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway (Midwest Thunder), Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Ill. (IMRA), Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt. (DMA) and South Boston (Va.) Speedway (Eastern).
Series point leaders entering this week’s races are Jessica Bean (Eastern), Jason Goff (DMA), Andy Baugh (IMRA), Aaron Leffel (Midwest Thunder), and Adam Lemke (Western Overall and Pavement).

Gedd Ross of Havana, Ill. won Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Engler IMRA and Midwest Thunder Speed2 feature event at Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Ill. 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 Heydenreich.
Adam Lemke of Hollister, Calif. led all but one of the 30 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Western Speed2 Midget feature at Madera (Calif.) Speedway. Joey Iest finished second ahead of Cody Jessop (who led lap one), Blake Brannon and Johnny Nichols.
USAC SPEED2 EASTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jessica Bean-294, 2-Neal Allison-277, 3-Nolan Allison-217, 4-Dameron Taylor-245, 5-Sam Hatfield-214, 6-Jordan Empie-213, 7-Connor Gross-107, 8-Johnny Bridges-81, 9-Jake Garcia-74, 10-Jake Trainor-69.
USAC LAQUERRE SPORTS SPEED2 DMA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jason Goff-219, 2-Seth Carlson-218, 3-Joe Krawiec-201, 4-Mike Chaffee-191, 5-Will Hull-181, 6-David Moniz-166, 7-Justin Phillips-155, 8-Manny Dias-153, 9-Jeff Champagne-151, 10-Randy Higginson-131.
ENGLER USAC SPEED2 IMRA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Andy Baugh-444, 2-Robby McQuinn-348, 3-Gedd Ross-340, 4-Shane Morgan-276, 5-Blake Buchholz-247, 6-Kurt Mueller-239, 7-Daltyn England-220, 8-Jake Sollenberger-207, 9-Blake Haynes-172, 10-Bart Andrews-166.
USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET POINTS: 1-Aaron Leffel-136, 2-Gedd Ross-134, 3-Andy Baugh-110, 4-Alex Watson-106, 5-Robby McQuinn-103, 6-Adam Taylor-73, 7-Chett Gehrke-72, 8-Blake Buchholz-70, 9-John Heydenreich-63, 10-Shane Morgan-62.
USAC SPEED2 WESTERN OVERALL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Adam Lemke-486, 2-Blake Brannon-435, 3-Joey Iest-307, 4-Johnny Nichols-211, 5-Cody Jessop-151, 6-Ariel Biggs-82, 7-Ashley Heredia-72, 8-Toni Breidinger-72, 9-Keoni Texeira-65, 10-Tyler Slay-62.
USAC SPEED2 WESTERN PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Adam Lemke-410, 2-Blake Brannon-365, 3-Joey Iest-241, 4-Johnny Nichols-211, 5-Cody Jessop-151, 6-Toni Breidinger-72.

Sources: USAC PR
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