THE BUSIEST USAC MIDGET DRIVERS OF THE PAST DECADE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (February 5, 2020)………A new decade of USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget racing is upon us beginning this weekend, February 7-8, at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. Looking back on the past 10 years, we review some of the busiest drivers of the past decade of the 2010s with the series.
The driver with, far and away, the most USAC National Midget starts between 2010 and 2019 was Jerry Coons, Jr. with 170. The USAC Triple Crown champion and two-time Midget titlist enters 2020 with a full-time ride for Petry Motorsports in 2020 and aims to build onto his impressive resume that includes 19 career wins.
Zach Daum, a Hut 100 winner in 2011, notched 134 starts in the decade followed by Bryan Clauson in third, who racked up a pair of titles in 2010 and 2011 and was one of the most decorated drivers in the history of the series in his brief life and career through 2016.
Tracy Hines was fourth in USAC National Midget starts during the decade at 127, the most recent of which came at the conclusion of the 2015 season where he clinched his long-awaited series title, the third and final prong to his USAC Triple Crown.
Tanner Thorson, the 2016 series champion, collected 115 starts during the decade, which includes 13 victories and is an expected entrant for this weekend’s Winter Dirt Games XI.
See the full list below for the drivers who’ve made the most feature starts with the series from 2010-2019, 1-170 and A through Z.
The 21st century version of the Roaring 20s begins this Friday night, February 7, the drivers meeting begins at 6pm Eastern with cars getting on track at 6:30pm. The action gets underway an hour earlier on Saturday night, February 8, with the drivers meeting set for 5pm and cars on track at 5:30pm.
General admission tickets both nights for adults are $25 and $20 for kids age 11-15. Pit passes are $35 apiece. You can watch all the action live on www.FloRacing.com or listen to free audio of the broadcast on the USAC app or on your desktop or laptop at http://mixlr.com/usac-official/. You may also follow along with live timing from the event on the USAC app.
A practice night for the midgets opens the Winter Dirt Games XI festivities on Thursday, February 6, from 6-9pm at Bubba Raceway Park. Grandstand tickets are free while pit passes are $20 apiece. The Sunoco Southern Fuels Gladiators will also be on the event card with the midgets all three nights.
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET FEATURE STARTS 2010-2019:
1. (170) Jerry Coons Jr.
2. (134) Zach Daum
3. (133) Bryan Clauson
4. (127) Tracy Hines
5. (115) Tanner Thorson
6. (113) Dave Darland
7. (111) Brady Bacon
8. (108) Darren Hagen
9. (97) Rico Abreu
10. (95) Tyler Thomas
11. (92) Chad Boat
12. (85) Spencer Bayston
13. (84) Tyler Courtney
14. (83) Kevin Thomas Jr. & Chris Windom
16. (79) Caleb Armstrong
17. (78) Brad Kuhn
18. (70) Christopher Bell
19. (69) Tanner Carrick & Bobby East
21. (63) Alex Bright & Justin Grant
23. (60) Kyle Larson
24. (56) Tucker Klaasmeyer & Davey Ray
26. (53) Holly Shelton
27. (51) Steve Buckwalter
28. (50) Mario Clouser, Shane Golobic & Ryan Robinson
31. (49) Dalton Armstrong & Logan Seavey
33. (47) Andrew Felker, Thomas Meseraull & Michael Pickens
36. (45) Levi Roberts & Zeb Wise
38. (42) Jason McDougal
39. (36) Levi Jones
40. (33) Brayton Lynch
41. (32) Andrew Layser
42. (31) Dillon Welch
43. (30) Ryan Greth
44. (29) Isaac Chapple & Gage Walker
46. (28) Tanner Swanson & Brad Sweet
48. (27) Ronnie Gardner
49. (26) Austin Brown, Henry Clarke & Kody Swanson
52. (25) Jake Neuman
53. (23) Jesse Colwell & Brad Loyet
55. (22) Shane Cottle
56. (21) Chett Gehrke & Carson Macedo
58. (20) David Byrne, Taylor Ferns & Parker Price-Miller
61. (19) Holley Hollan
62. (18) Daniel Robinson
63. (17) Cole Bodine, Karsyn Elledge, Scott Hatton, Sam Johnson, C.J. Leary & Bobby Santos
69. (16) Kyle Hamilton, Mike Hess, Trevor Kobylarz, Adam Kramer, Shannon McQueen & Jimmy Simpson
75. (15) Cody Brewer & Danny Stratton
77. (14) Jake Blackhurst, Brenden Bright, Timmy Buckwalter, Colten Cottle, Zane Hendricks, Justin Peck & Jeff Stasa
84. (13) Chase Barber, David Budres, Robert Dalby, Shane Hmiel, Trey Marcham, Ethan Mitchell & Tyler Nelson
91. (12) Ryan Bernal, C.J. Johnson & Cannon McIntosh
94. (11) Bubba Altig, Garett Hood, Nick Knepper, Adam Pierson, Robbie Ray, Nathan Smee & Jake Swanson
101. (10) Alex Bowman, Tony DiMattia, Alex Schutte & Mike Spencer
105. (9) Nick Drake, Steven Drevicki, Terry Goodwin, Seth Motsinger, Tyler Robbins, Gio Scelzi & Nick Wean
112. (8) Garrett Aitken, Terry Babb, Jonathan Beason, Matt Johnson, Brad Mosen, Johnny Murdock, Billy Pauch, Jr., Kyle Schuett, Casey Shuman, Matt Smith, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Brandon Waelti
124. (7) Dakoda Armstrong, Brent Beauchamp, Shane Cockrum, Kyle Craker, Ryan Criswell, Damion Gardner, Shane Hollingsworth, Shawn Jackson, Chase Jones, Kyle Jones, Robby Josett, Cory Kruseman, Jason Leffler, Andy Malpocker, Kyle O’Gara, Scott Pierovich & Jimi Quin
141. (6) Brett Arndt, Daniel Bedford, Robert Bell, Randy Boyer, Kellen Conover, Cory Elliott, R.J. Johnson, Dereck King, Kenny Miller, Jim Radney, Keith Rauch, Hunter Schuerenberg, Curtis Spicer, Chase Stockon & Cody Swanson
156. (5) Daniel Adler, Bill Balog, Travis Berryhill, Maria Cofer, Cale Conley, Courtney Crone, Michelle Decker, Don Droud Jr., Michael Faccinto, Chad Frewaldt, Bob Harr, Chase Johnson, Tommy Kunsman, Jr., Mike Larrison, Kurt Mayhew, Chad Nichols, Randi Pankratz, David Prickett, Kent Schmidt, Ryan Smith, Patrick Stasa, Billy Wease & Cody Weisensel
179. (4) Lance Bennett, Jarid Blondel, Bobby Butler, Colby Copeland, Kyle Cummins, Chris Deshon, Jason Dull, Noah Gass, Chuck Gurney Jr., Anton Hernandez, Eric Heydenreich, Kenney Johnson, Dayne Kingshott, Buddy Kofoid, Mario Marietta, Matt Moore, Daison Pursley, Aaron Reutzel, Tony Rossi, Matt Sherrell, Landon Simon, Matt Westfall & Hayden Williams
202. (3) Bruce Buckwalter, Jr., Nick Chivello, Sterling Cling, Brett Conkling, Steve Craig, Zach Curtis, Riley Emmel, Nick Foster, Jr., P.J. Gargiulo, Frankie Guerrini, Warren Johnson, Evan Margeson, Ace McCarthy, Joe B. Miller, Bryan Nuckles, Ryan Oerter, Payton Pierce, Daryn Pittman, Tony Roney, Tyler Roth, Karter Sarff, C.J. Sarna, Chase Scott, Bob Shreffler, Troy Simpson, Tim Siner, Gary Taylor, Jason Wolfe, Kevin Woody Jr., J.J. Yeley & Travis Young
233. (2) Brett Anderson, Jim Anderson & Aaron Andruskevitch, Paul Babich, Nick Bailey, Olivia Bennett, Clinton Boyles, Chase Briscoe, Dennis Carrier, John Campbell, Mark Chisholm, Conor Daly, Hank Davis, Phillip Davis, Sean Dodenhoff, Tyler Dolacki, Tyler Dunkle, Courtney Erfurth, Murray Erickson, Nic Faas, Gavin Galbraith, Gary Gipson, Dustin Golobic, Brad Greenup, Johnathon Henry, Ted Hines, Ali Jackson, Eric Johnson, John Klabunde, Riley Kreisel, Evan Lents, Austin Liggett, Buddy Lowther, Tate Martz, Brock Maskovich, Chase McDermand, Jaimie McKinlay, Austin Mero, Zach Middleton, Derrick Myers, Austin Nemire, Andy Nock, Ashley Oerter, Randy Oerter, Kevin Olson, Jacob Patton, Brian Postle, Domain Ramsay, Jason Rice, Collin Rinehart, Joey Rinne, Kyle Robbins, Troy Rutherford, Travis Scott, Ray Seach, Tyler Seavey, Stu Snyder, Kevin Swindell, A.J. Valim, Nick Wagner, Brett Wanner, Dustin Weland, Korey Weyant, Patrick Wilda, Ty Williams, Bear Wood, Joel Wyttenbach & Alex Yankowski
301. (1) Jeff Abold, Terry Ahern, Kody Aldrich, Justin Allgaier, Jarett Andretti, Chris Andrews, Ernie Bartley III, Andee Beierle, Blaze Bennett, Shelby Bosie, Joe Boyles, Stratton Briggs, Cole Carter, Grady Chandler, Hud Cone, Rich Corson, Connor De Phillippi, Mason Daniel, Doug Day, Andrew Deal, Troy DeCaire, Justin Dickerson, Danny Ebberts, Kyle Edwards, Tyler Edwards, Chris Ennis, Danny Faria, Jr., Cole Fehr, Aaron Fiscus, Blake Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Frankoski, Morgan Frewaldt, Danny Frye III, Grant Galloway, Russ Gamester, Chris Gansen, Carson Garrett, Jimmy Glenn, David Goodwill, Justin Grosz, Chris Gurley, Cameron Hagin, Mark Hamilton, Nick Hamilton, Garrett Hansen, Jac Haudenschild, Josh Hawkins, Ashley Hazelton, Craig Heathcote, Josh Heckman, Eric Hein, Jonathan Hendrick, Casey Hicks, Billy Hulbert, Broc Hunnell, Andy Huston, Logan Jarrett, Brian Karraker, Connor Kassik, Michael Koontz, Josh Lakatos, Cody Ledger, Katlynn Leer, Vance Lein, Critter Malone, Cole McDaniel, Marvin Mitchell, Matt Mitchell, Kameron Morral, Chance Morton, Josh Most, Evan Pardo, Robby Parish, Josh Pelkey, Ben Petter, Austin Prock, Ross Rankine, D.J. Raw, Nick Rowe, Kendall Ruble, Tom Schnabel, Aaron Schuck, Shaun Shapel, Ricky Shelton, Jamie Speers, Matt Streeter, Mike Stroehle, Brett Thomas, Presley Truedson, Matt Veatch, Richard Vander Weerd, Brandon Wagner, Kenny Warren, Glenn Waterland, Ryan Watt, David Wheeler, Cole Whitt, Kevin Wills, Todd Wills, Adam Wilsdon, Ryan Wilson, Chad Winfrey, Josh Wise, Billy Wood Jr. & Ben Worth