BRUNS TAKES IMRA MIDGET OPENER AT CANTON
Canton, IL………Patrick Bruns of Champaign, Ill. captured the season opening race for the USAC/IMRA Midget Series Saturday night at Spoon River Speedway, leading the final two laps of a hotly-contested 20-lap feature. Bruns was the fifth race leader, taking the lead from Mitchel Davis with two laps to go and leading the final two laps for the win over Davis, Dave Anderson, Bart Andrews and Shane Morgan. Fast qualifier Jeff Mallonee, Gedd Ross, Bruns, Anderson and Davis all led during the 20-lapper.
USAC IMRA MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 16, 2016 – Canton, Illinois – Spoon River Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeff Mallonee, 31, Mallonee-14.929; 2. Mitchell Davis, 56, Davis-14.981; 3. Patrick Bruns, 10B, Full Throttle-14.984; 4. Chase McDermand, 40, McDermand-15.009; 5. Gedd Ross, 51R, Johnson-15.091; 6. Dave Anderson, 47, Anderson-15.099; 7. Hunter Lane, 0A, Zero-15.218; 8. Dillon Morley, 69x, Morley-15.231; 9. Mike Larson, 95, Larson-15.482; 10. Ken Hanson, 34, Hanson-15.618; 11. Bart Andrews, 69, Trone-15.723; 12. Johnny Murdock, 0, Zero-15.736; 13. Shane Morgan, 15, Morgan-15.739; 14. John Springer, 3, Springer-15.747; 15. Broc Hunnell, 73, Hunnell-15.825; 16. Travis Pence, 01, Pence-15.916; 17. Ryan Sharpshair, 13, Zero-16.991; 18. Derek Goble, 55, Goble-17.257.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bruns, 2. McDermand, 3. Morley, 4. Morgan, 5. Springer, 6. Larson, 7. Murdock, 8. Pence, 9. Sharpshair. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Mallonee, 3. Ross, 4. Lane, 5. Andrews, 6. Hunnell, 7. Hanson, 8. Goble, 9. Anderson. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Patrick Bruns, 2. Mitchell Davis, 3. Dave Anderson, 4. Bart Andrews, 5. Shane Morgan, 6. Broc Hunnell, 7. Hunter Lane, 8. Ken Hanson, 9. Mike Larson, 10. Chase McDermand, 11. Travis Pence, 12. Ryan Sharpshair, 13. Johnny Murdock, 14. John Springer, 15. Gedd Ross, 16. Jeff Mallonee, 17. Derek Goble, 18. Dillon Morley. NT
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**Murdock flipped on lap 18 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Mallonee, Laps 2-6 Ross, Laps 7-12 Bruns, Laps 13-16 Anderson, Laps 17-18 Davis, Laps 19-20 Bruns.
NEW USAC IMRA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bruns-82, 2-Davis-80, 3-Anderson-66, 4-Andrews-65, 5-Morgan-63, 6-Hunnell-58, 7-Lane-57, 8-McDermand-53, 9-Hanson-51, 10-Larson-49.
NEXT USAC IMRA MIDGET RACE: April 23 – Canton, IL – Spoon River Speedway