AND ANOTHER ONE: RADER BACKS IT UP WITH SECOND VICTORY IN A WEEK AT MONTPELIER

Montpelier, Indiana (July 30, 2022)………Exactly one week after collecting his first career USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory, Drew Rader returned to victory lane once more.

This time, it was across the border from his Buckeye state home as the Findlay, Ohio native led the final 18 laps of Saturday’s 20-lap feature at Indiana’s Montpelier Motor Speedway to score his second series victory in the span of a week.

Past USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year Isaac Chapple led the opening two circuits before being overtaken by Rader on lap three.

Rader was followed to the checkered flag by Zach Wigal (Belpre, Ohio), Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) and Chapple (Willow Branch, Ind.) while point leader Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio) rounded out the top-five, his 13th consecutive top-five result to begin the season.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGETS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2022 – Montpelier Motor Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Chett Gehrke, 36c,  Creager-15.270; 2. Alex Watson, 11T, Taylor-15.390; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-15.458; 4. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-15.518; 5. Bryce Dues, 23D, Dues-15.672; 6. Patrick Ryan, 23, Ryan-15.720; 7. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-16.539; 8. Jon Watson, 20x, Watson-NT.

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell-15.187; 2. Drew Rader, 74, Bassitt-15.245; 3. Isaac Chapple, 6, Hall-15.247; 4. Cory Guingrich, 62, Guingrich-15.311; 5. Carl Peterson, 49, Peterson-15.364; 6. Taylor Nibert, 11L, Taylor-15.835; 7. Travis Stickels, 87, Stickels-16.481; 8. Thomas Bigelow, 2B, Bigelow-16.536.

THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-14.705; 2. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-14.760; 3. Zach Wgal, 18, Wigal-14.785; 4. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-15.075; 5. Josh Yenser, 5y, Yenser-15.333, 6. Tommy Kouns, 98, Kouns-16.238; 7. Tyler Watkins, 5, Watkins-16.869.

K & M TOOL & DIE FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to feature) 1. Michael Magic, 2. Stratton Briggs, 3. Chett Gehrke, 4. Alex Watson, 5. Patrick Ryan, 6. Jim Jones, 7. Jon Watson, 8. Bryce Dues. NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to feature) 1. Drew Rader, 2. Isaac Chapple, 3. Jakeb Boxell, 4. Cory Guingrich, 5. Travis Stickels, 6. Taylor Nibert, 7. Thomas Bigelow, 8. Carl Peterson. NT

BREWHOUSE DRIVE-THRU THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to feature) 1. Ian Creager, 2. Zach Wigal, 3. Bryce Massingill, 4. Josh Yenser, 5. Abby Hohlbein, 6. Tommy Kouns, 7. Tyler Watkins, 8. Austin Wickman. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Drew Rader, 2. Zach Wigal, 3. Bryce Massingill, 4. Isaac Chapple, 5. Stratton Briggs, 6. Michael Magic, 7. Chett Gehrke, 8. Patrick Ryan, 9. Ian Creager, 10. Cory Guingrich, 11. Jakeb Boxell, 12. Travis Stickels, 13. Carl Peterson, 14. Abby Hohlbein, 15. Tommy Kouns, 16. Thomas Bigelow, 17. Taylor Nibert, 18. Jim Jones, 19. Alex Watson, 20. Tyler Watkins, 21. Josh Yenser, 22. Bryce Dues. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-2 Isaac Chapple, Laps 3-20 Drew Rader.

PPC PERFORMANCE POWDER COATING HARD CHARGER: Bryce Massingill (9th to 3rd)

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS POINTS: 1-Stratton Briggs-832, 2-Michael Magic-704, 3-Bryce Massingill-700, 4-Ian Creager-646, 5-Carl Peterson-637, 6-Josh Yenser-597, 7-Abby Hohlbein-554, 8-Zach Wigal-511, 9-Jakeb Boxell-491, 10-Jim Jones-420.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGETS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS RACE: August 7, 2022 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana