THRILLA FROM MANILLA WINS A THRILLER AT ELDORA

Rossburg, Ohio (May 20, 2023)………Veteran racer Matt Lux charged from sixth to first during the first six laps on Saturday night at Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway to earn a victory in the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget non-points special event.

Lux, the reigning All Star Circuit of Champions TQ Midget champion from Manilla, Ind., chased down leader Josh Yenser six laps into the 20-lap main event, which was the debut for the series at the half-mile dirt oval.

Defending series champion Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio) took second with Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) third, Josh Yenser (Plain City, Ohio) fourth and Zach Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) fifth.  Wigal remains the series point leader as the Eldora race was a non-points special event.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: May 20, 2023 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – Non-Points Special Event

VMS MOTORSPORTS QUALIFYING: 1. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-17.486; 2. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells-17.499; 3. Wes Pinkerton, 9p, Pinkerton-17.626; 4. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-17.682; 5. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-17.683; 6. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-17.702; 7. Josh Yenser, 16y, Yenser-17.759; 8. Chett Gehrke, 21, Fedorczyk-17.768; 9. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-17.834; 10. Chris Dickey, 12, Pinkerton-17.861; 11. Alex Watson, 3E, Watson-18.083; 12. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-18.341; 13. Carl Peterson, 49p, Peterson-18.427; 14. Marcel Berndt, 2, Briggs-18.431; 15. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-18.439; 16. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-18.472; 17. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell-18.547; 18. Tommy Kouns, 98, Kouns-18.612; 19. Tyler Kalb, 32, Kalb-18.743; 20. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-18.782; 21. Bryce Dues, 23D, Dues-18.836; 22. Dave Osborn, 4, Osborn-19.032; 23. Jon Watson, 20x, Watson-19.154; 24. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-19.168; 25. Jody Paul, 5J, Paul-19.226; 26. Taylor Nibert, 7m, Morgan-19.423; 27. Tyler Watkins, 5, Watkins-19.970; 28. Lucas Lemons, 33L, Lemons-NT.

STEIFEL AUTO & HOME FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stratton Briggs (4), 2. Bryce Massingill (3), 3. Ian Creager (2), 4. Jakeb Boxell (5), 5. Carl Peterson (1), 6. Bryce Dues (6), 7. Jody Paul (7). NT

U.S. LAWNS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Matt Lux (4), 2. Luke Hall (3), 3. Chris Dickey (2), 4. Marcel Berndt (1), 5. Tommy Kouns (5), 6. Dave Osborn (6), 7. Taylor Nibert (7). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Wes Pinkerton (4), 2. Josh Yenser (3), 3. Alex Watson (2), 4. Gunnar Lucius (1), 5. Tyler Kalb (5), 6. Jon Watson (6). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Abby Hohlbein (2), 2. Zach Wigal (4), 3. Chett Gehrke (3), 4. Michael Magic (1), 5. Lucas Lemons (7), 6. Brayden Schwartz (5), 7. Cody Dye (6). NT

SEMI: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Carl Peterson (1), 2. Tyler Kalb (3), 3. Tommy Kouns (2), 4. Brayden Schwartz (8), 5. Bryce Dues (5), 6. Jon Watson(7), 7. Cody Dye (11), 8. Dave Osborn (6), 9. Jody Paul (9), 10. Lucas Lemons (4), 11. Taylor Nibert (10). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Matt Lux (6), 2. Stratton Briggs (5), 3. Bryce Massingill (4), 4. Josh Yenser (1), 5. Zach Wigal (8), 6. Luke Hall (3), 7. Michael Magic (16), 8. Chett Gehrke (12), 9. Gunnar Lucius (15), 10. Ian Creager (9), 11. Alex Watson (11), 12. Marcel Berndt (14), 13. Tommy Kouns (19), 14. Abby Hohlbein (7), 15. Jakeb Boxell (13), 16. Chris Dickey (10), 17. Carl Peterson (17), 18. Tyler Kalb (18), 19. Wes Pinkerton (2), 20. Brayden Schwartz (20). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Josh Yenser, Laps 6-20 Matt Lux.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: May 25, 2023 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Michael Magic (16th To 7th)

Usac Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move Of The Race: Jakeb Boxell

Eldora Speedway Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move Of The Race: Abby Hohlbein

HARF/DARF Hard Luck Award: Tyler Watkins