LEFFEL GOES BACK TO BACK AT SPEED2 MIDWEST WINTER NATIONALS
Du Quoin, Illinois (February 29, 2020)………For the second consecutive night, Aaron Lefflel of Springfield, Ohio dominated the USAC Midwest Thunder/Engler IMRA SpeeD2 Midwest Winter Nationals, leading all 20 laps of Saturday's feature event at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin.
Leffel, the three-time Midwest Thunder champion, started the feature from the pole position and led every lap en route to the victory. Leffel was followed to the line by Alex Watson, Brandon Smith, Jake Hesson and Will Armitage.
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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER & USAC ENGLER IMRA SPEED2 MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: February 29, 2020 – Southern Illinois Center – Du Quoin, Illinois – Midwest Winter Nationals
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Aaron Leffel (#11L Taylor), 2. Andy Baugh (#37 Baugh), 3. Brandon Smith (#11 Smith), 4. Sean Murphy (#5m Murphy). NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Jake Hesson (#81JH Hesson), 2. Alex Watson (#3 Watson), 3. Jason Allen (#28 Allen), 4. Ethan Rutherford (#8E8 Rutherford), 5. Kendall Ruble (#11R Martin), 6. Bryan Stanfill (#24 Hull), 7. Raymond Holden (#28 Holden), 8. James Picardi (#127 Picardi), 9. Matt Durbin (#12D Durbin). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Logan Anderson (#93 Anderson), 2. R.J. Corson (#15 Corson), 3. Anthony Haas (#81H Haas), 4. Shane Morgan (#15m Morgan), 5. Will Armitage (#51R Johnson), 6. John Heitzman (#43 Heitzman), 7. Jeff Schindler (#88H Schindler), 8. Jacob Carnel (#11c Martin), 9. Dean Parker (#99 Parker). NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Brett Waggoner (#89 Waggoner)
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Aaron Leffel, 2. Alex Watson, 3. Brandon Smith, 4. Jake Hesson, 5. Will Armitage, 6. Kendall Ruble, 7. Shane Morgan, 8. Ethan Rutherford, 9. R.J. Corson, 10. Logan Anderson, 11. Bryan Stanfill, 12. Dean Parker, 13. John Heitzman, 14. Jacob Carnel, 15. Jason Allen, 16. Sean Murphy, 17. Andy Baugh, 18. Anthony Haas, 19. James Picardi, 20. Jeff Schindler. NT
**Jeff Schindler flipped on lap 1 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Aaron Leffel.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: April 17, 2020 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana
NEXT USAC ENGLER IMRA SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: April 25, 2020 – Spoon River Speedway – Canton, Illinois
