MASSINGILL MASTERS MOLER FOR USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SCORE

Williamsburg, Ohio (July 14, 2023)………Bryce Massingill scored his season-leading fourth USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget feature victory of the season on Friday night at Williamsburg, Ohio’s Moler Raceway Park.

Massingill (Troy, Ohio) became the fourth different leader of the 25-lap race, taking the lead with six laps remaining to earn his second victory of the season at Moler.

Starting fourth, Massingill initially worked his way to the front on lap 15 after Aaron Leffel (Springfield, Ohio) led the first four and Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio) led laps 5-14.  However, Massingill’s first lead was brief, lasting just a single lap before Briggs took over on lap 16.  Briggs headed the field until lap 20 when Massingill assumed the top spot for good.

Briggs crossed the line in second with Ian Creager (Covington, Ohio) in third, Josh Yenser (Plain City, Ohio) fourth and Gunner Lucius (Delphos, Ohio) rounding out the top-five.

Point leader Zach Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) made a furious charge from his 22nd starting spot to finish sixth, which earned him Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger honors.  It also kept Wigal afloat atop the standings by a slim six-point margin over Massingill.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2023 – Moler Raceway Park – Williamsburg, Ohio

VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells-14.213; 2. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-14.417; 3. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-14.497; 4. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-14.599; 5. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-14.830; 6. Alex Watson, 3E, Watson-14.897; 7. Jody Paul, 5J, Paul-15.311; 8. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-NT.

VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-14.564; 2. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-14.659; 3. Rylan Gray, 6m, Hall-14.779; 4. Josh Yenser, 16y, Yenser-14.793; 5. Tate Martz, 34, GMB-15.069; 6. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-15.119; 7. Steven Gresham, 27G, Gresham-15.308; 8. Isla Rowett, 11x, Rowett-16.420.

VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-14.646; 2. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-14.764; 3. Aaron Leffel, 11T, Leffel-15.166; 4. Kyle Keaton, 6K, Keaton-15.253; 5. Luke Lemons, 33L, Lemons-15.269; 6. Bryce Dues, 23D, Dues-15.310; 7. Jimmie Guidry, 2, Briggs-15.802.

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gunnar Lucius (1), 2. Matt Lux (4), 3. Ian Creager (3), 4. Abby Hohlbein (2), 5. Cole Morgan (5), 6. Jody Paul (7), 7. Alex Watson (6), 8. Zach Wigal (8). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1.  Bryce Massingill (4), 2. Josh Yenser (1), 3. Michael Magic (3), 4. Rylan Gray (2), 5. Cody Dye (6), 6. Tate Martz (5), 7. Isla Rowett (8), 8. Steven Gresham (7). NT

U.S. LAWNS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stratton Briggs (3), 2. Aaron Leffel (2), 3. Kyle Keaton (1), 4. Kayla Roell (7), 5. Jimmie Guidry (6), 6. Luke Lemons (4), 7. Bryce Dues (5). NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bryce Massingill (4), 2. Stratton Briggs (3), 3. Ian Creager (7), 4. Josh Yenser (2), 5. Gunner Lucius (5), 6. Zach Wigal (22), 7. Matt Lux (6), 8. Luke Lemons (18), 9. Aaron Leffel (1), 10. Abby Hohlbein (10), 11. Rylan Gray (11), 12. Alex Watson (19), 13. Kayla Roell (12), 14. Bryce Dues (21), 15. Jimmie Guidry (15), 16. Cole Morgan (13), 17. Isla Rowett (20), 18. Steven Gresham (23), 19. Jody Paul (16), 20. Michael Magic (8), 21. Tate Martz (17), 22. Kyle Keaton (9), 23. Cody Dye (14). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Aaron Leffel, Laps 5-14 Stratton Briggs, Lap 15 Bryce Massingill, Laps 16-19 Stratton Briggs, Laps 20-25 Bryce Massingill.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Zach Wigal-640, 2-Bryce Massingill-634, 3-Stratton Briggs-578, 4-Matt Lux-541, 5-Ian Creager-520, 6-Gunnar Lucius-510, 7-Josh Yenser-505, 8-Abby Hohlbein-439, 9-Jakeb Boxell-430, 10-Alex Watson-365.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: July 15, 2023 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Matt Lux (14.213)

Stiefel’s Home & Auto First Heat Winner: Gunnar Lucius

Performance Electronics Second Heat Winner: Bryce Massingill

U.S. Lawns Third Heat Winner: Stratton Briggs

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Zach Wigal (22nd to 6th)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Aaron Leffel