MASSINGILL STRIKES TO WIN MIKE STREICHER MEMORIAL AT LIMALAND

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Lima, Ohio (May 13, 2022)………Bryce Massingill powered to the lead just after halfway to pick up Friday night’s second running of the Mike Streicher Memorial for the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midgets at Ohio’s Limaland Motorsports Park.

Massingill (Troy, Ohio) started fifth in the 20-car field and reached the head of the field on the 13th lap of the 20-lap main event after three others shared the lead early, including Jacob Denney (lap 1), Ian Creager (2-6) and Stratton Briggs (7-12).

Past USAC .25 Midget champion Zach Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) zipped into contention by charging from his eighth starting spot to finish second in his series debut while Michael Magic (Winder, Ga.), Briggs (Anna, Ohio) and Creager (Covington, Ohio) rounded out the top-ten.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 13, 2022 – Limaland Motorsports Park – Lima, Ohio – Mike Streicher Memorial

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. 11T-Jacob Denney (3), 2. 36-Ian Creager (6), 3. 4K-Kayla Roell (5), 4. 2S-Brad Strunk (7), 5. 2-Kyle Dager (8), 6. 98-Tommy Kouns (1), 7. 33L-Lucas Lemons (2). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. 71-Stratton Briggs (5), 2. 5m-Michael Magic (2), 3. 18-Zach Wigal (9), 4. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell (6), 5. 74-Drew Rader (8), 6. 4T-Cody Dye (4), 7. 62-Chris Guingrich (1). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. 11H-Abby Hohlbein (3), 2. 35-Bryce Massingill (8), 3. 5-Josh Yenser (1), 4. 23D-Bryce Dues (2), 5. 11L-Taylor Nibert (6), 6. 49p-Carl Peterson (4), 7. 97-Jim Jones (5), 8. 01-Ryan Moran (7). NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: 3D-Cody Downard, 42-Cory Guingrich & 55-Page Perrine

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (5), 2. Zach Wigal (8), 3. Michael Magic (6), 4. Stratton Briggs (4), 5. Ian Creager (1), 6. Brad Strunk (10), 7. Jacob Denney (2), 8. Josh Yenser (9), 9. Carl Peterson (18), 10. Kayla Roell (7), 11. Abby Hohlbein (3), 12. Bryce Dues (12), 13. Taylor Nibert (15), 14. Cody Dye (17), 15. Lucas Lemons (19), 16. Tommy Kouns (16), 17. Chris Guingrich (20), 18. Jim Jones (21), 19. Kyle Dager (13), 20. 6K-Kyle Keaton (22). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Jacob Denney, Laps 2-6 Ian Creager, Laps 7-12 Stratton Briggs, Laps 13-20 Bryce Massingill.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bryce Massingill-134, 2-Stratton Briggs-131, 3-Ian Creager-116, 4-Michael Magic-110, 5-Bryce Dues-88, 6-Carl Peterson-87, 7-Abby Hohlbein-76, 8-Taylor Nibert-70, 9-Kyle Dager-68, 10-Chett Gehrke-67.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: May 15, 2022 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Brewhouse Drive Thru First Heat Winner: Jacob Denney

K & M Tool & Die Second Heat Winner: Stratton Briggs

Third Heat Winner: Abby Hohlbein

Rosewood Machine Precision Move of The Race: Zach Wigal

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Carl Peterson (18th to 9th)