PIERSON’S WIN AT BEAR RIDGE CLOSES POINT GAP

Bradford, VT……..Defending USAC DMA Midget Champion Adam Pierson of Bradford, Vt. now trails Josh Sunn by just four points in the standings after beating Sunn to the checkered flag Saturday night at Bear Ridge Speedway. Pierson passed Kevin Chaffee on lap 11 and led the final 10 laps to beat Sunn, Adam Whitney, Jeff Horn and Robert Tucker on “Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Night.”

USAC DMA MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 4, 2016 – Bradford, Vermont – Bear Ridge Speedway - “Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Night”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kevin Chaffee (#2 Matczak), 2. Ray Miller (#1w Miller), 3. Alex Rose (#11 Miller), 4. Manny Dias (#42 Dias), 5. Jeff Champagne (#15 Manafort), 6. Jeff Horn (#A1 Mossman), 7. Amanda Habel (#09 Habel). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dean Christensen (#69 Miller), 2. Josh Sunn (#67 Manafort), 3. Adam Pierson (#76 Manafort), 4. Robert Tucker (#17 Donnelly), 5. Adam Whitney (#12 Whitney), 6. Kenney Johnson (#46 Johnson), 7. Bob White (#3 White), 8. Mark Cole (#6x Cole). NT

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Pierson, 2. Miller, 3. Sunn, 4. Horn, 5. Cole, 6. Rose. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Adam Pierson, 2. Josh Sunn, 3. Adam Whitney, 4. Jeff Horn, 5. Robert Tucker, 6. Ray Miller, 7. Kenney Johnson, 8. Jeff Champagne, 9. Alex Rose, 10. Manny Dias, 11. Mark Cole, 12. Kevin Chaffee, 13. Amanda Habel, 14. Dean Christensen. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 K.Chaffee, Laps 11-20 Pierson.

NEW USAC DMA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sunn-303, 2-Pierson-299, 3-Whitney-277, 4-Christensen-250, 5-Horn-235, 6-Miller-233, 7-Champagne-231, 8-Dias-211, 9-Rose-200, 10-Cole-171.

NEXT USAC DMA MIDGET RACE: June 10 – Malta, N.Y. – Albany-Saratoga Speedway