KYLE HAMILTON WINS TONY STEWART CLASSIC

Indianapolis, IN……..Kyle Hamilton of Danville, Ind. won Saturday night’s 100-lap “Tony Stewart Classic” USAC Midget race at the Lincoln Tech Indianapolis Speedrome. Driving the Curtis Motor Sales/Hamilton Racing Spike/Esslinger, Kyle led the final 87 laps after passing Billy Wease on lap 14. He built a half-lap lead before the 75-lap intermission, then declined the option of restarting last to aim for the $10,000 Shepherd Insurance Tailgunner Bonus. He claimed the $5,000 winner’s share to beat fast qualifier Grant Galloway, Kevin Studley, Ross Rankine and Indianapolis 500 veteran Gabby Chaves. Chaves accepted the Shepherd Insurance bonus and restarted last on the lap 75 resumption but was only able to get back to fifth place before the checkered flag flew.

USAC SPECIAL EVENT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 25, 2015 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Lincoln Tech Indianapolis Speedrome – “Tony Stewart Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Grant Galloway, 84, Galloway-11.851; 2. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles-11.880; 3. Jeff Abold, 4, Seymour-11.884; 4. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-11.959; 5. Jim Anderson, 199, Guess-11.974; 6. Teddy Beach, 15, Beach-12.009; 7. Billy Wease, 98, Burrow-12.028; 8. Kevin Studley, 57k, Studley-12.033; 9. Robby Parish, 7k, Irwin-12.048; 10. Derek Bischak, 31, Diversified Motorsports-12.052; 11. Gabby Chaves, 9c, USAC-12.056; 12. Nick Hamilton, 32, Hamilton-12.130; 13. Ross Rankine, 15R, USAC-12.136; 14. Jake Smith, 93, Smith-12.160; 15. Chase Jones, 27, SFH/RW-12.259; 16. Spencer Bayston, 9, 3-K-12.274; 17. Dave Baumgartner, 9B, Ryder-12.307; 18. Dameron Taylor, 8, Taylor-12.414; 19. Joey Burrow, 49, Burrow-12.416; 20. Jacob Taylor, 11, Taylor-12.581; 21. Kyle O’Gara, 27T, SFH-12.583; 22. Jon Laski, 01, Laski-(12.390 time disallowed); 23. Dameron Taylor, 61, Kenyon-(time disallowed due to driver change); 24. Austin Nemire, 19, O’Connell-NT; 25. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-NT; 26. Kyle O’Gara, 99, Guess-NT; 27. Andy Nock, 17k, Irwin-NT.

DASH: (6 laps) 1. K.Hamilton, 2. Anderson, 3. Nuckles, 4. Abold, 5. Galloway, 6. Beach. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Parish, 2. Anderson, 3. Rankine, 4. Galloway, 5. K.O’Gara, 6. Baumgartner. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Beach, 2. Nuckles, 3. Smith, 4. Bischak, 5. D.Taylor (#8). NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Burrow, 2. Baumgartner, 3. Wease, 4. Abold, 5. Jones, 6. Laski. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K.Hamilton, 2. N.Hamilton, 3. Bayston, 4. Studley, 5. J.Taylor. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. K.O’Gara, 3. D.Taylor, 4. Laski, 5. J.Taylor. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Kyle Hamilton, 2. Grant Galloway, 3. Kevin Studley, 4. Ross Rankine, 5. Gabby Chaves, 6. Jim Anderson, 7. Kyle O’Gara, 8. Spencer Bayston, 9. Joey Burrow, 10. Jake Smith, 11. Dameron Taylor, 12. Bryan Nuckles, 13, Jon Laski, 14, Jacob Taylor, 15. Teddy Beach, 16. Billy Wease, 17. Jeff Abold, 18, Robby Parish, 19. Chase Jones, 20. Dave Baumgartner, 21. Brad Armstrong (#61), 22. Derek Bischak, 23. Nick Hamilton, 24. Andy Nock, 25. Andy O’Gara (#99). NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Wease, Laps 14-100 K.Hamilton.