ADAM PIERSON'S USAC DMA MIDGET WIN STREAK REACHES 9 AT BEAR RIDGE!
Bradford, VT……..USAC DMA Midget point leader Adam Pierson of Bradford, Vt. is challenging the all-time record for consecutive feature victories in a single series. Saturday night at Bear Ridge Speedway, he stretched his DMA Midget streak to nine, leading the final 21 laps of the 25-lap race after passing Jeff Champagne on lap five. He now stands just two wins shy of Billy Boat’s all-time USAC record of 11 straight wins, established during the 1995 Western States Midget series season. Robert Tucker finished second Saturday ahead of Dean Christensen, Seth Carlson and Champagne. Josh Sunn escaped serious injury in a flip over the turn two concrete wall during a heat race. Pierson also won Friday night’s DMA feature at Legion Speedway in Rumney, N.H.
USAC DMA MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 27, 2016 – Bradford, Vermont – Bear Ridge Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robert Tucker (#17 Donnelly), 2. Andrew Barrows (#64 Barrows), 3. Adam Whitney (#12 Whitney), 4. Alex Rose (#11 Rose), 5. Jim Santa Maria (#5 Matczak), 6. Manny Dias (#42 Dias), 7. Jeff Champagne (#10
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Adam Pierson (#76 Manafort), 2. Dean Christensen (#69 Miller), 3. Ray Miller (#1w Miller), 4. Seth Carlson (#2 Matczak), 5. Jeff Horn (#1A Mossman), 6. Amanda Habel (#09 Habel), 7. Josh Sunn (#67 Manafort), 8. Kenney Johnson (#46 Johnson), 9. David Moniz (#9M Moniz). NT
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Christensen, 2. Whitney, 3. Tucker, 4. Miller, 5. Barrows. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Adam Pierson, 2. Robert Tucker, 3. Dean Christensen, 4. Seth Carlson, 5. Jeff Champagne, 6. Adam Whitney, 7. Andrew Barrows, 8. Jim Santa Maria, 9. Jeff Horn, 10. Ray Miller, 11. Manny Dias, 12. Alex Rose, 13. Amanda Habel, 14. Kenney Johnson. NT
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**Sunn flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Champagne, Laps 5-25 Pierson.
NEW USAC DMA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Pierson-985, 2-Sunn-884, 3-Christensen & Whitney-805, 5-Tucker-722, 6-Champagne-650, 7-Miller-605, 8-Dias-594, 9-Horn-531, 10-Mark Cole-505.
NEXT USAC DMA MIDGET RACE: September 17 – Bradford, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway