PICKENS’ IMW POINT LEAD SHRINKS, BUT STILL IN CONTROL WITH TWO TO GO

Michael Pickens and the Seamount Racing crew slipped to a ninth-place finish Friday night at Bloomington Speedway, their least successful result of the four Indiana Midget Week contests thus far after garnering a second and two wins in the first three races.

However, New Zealand’s Pickens retains his lead by 18 points as the USAC Midget National Championship heads into Saturday’s penultimate round at Lawrenceburg Speedway.  The series concludes Sunday at Kokomo Speedway.

USAC National Midget point leader Brady Bacon cut into Pickens’ lead with a sixth-place finish and remains in second.  The consistent Shane Golobic moves up to third, 35 points out of the lead.  Tyler Courtney climbed to fourth after winning his second feature in four nights at Bloomington.  His Clauson-Marshall Racing teammate Justin Grant rounds out the top-five.

2017 INDIANA MIDGET WEEK STANDINGS

(After Round 4 of 6)

1. (290) Michael Pickens

2. (272) Brady Bacon

3. (255) Shane Golobic

4. (253) Tyler Courtney

5. (239) Justin Grant

6. (233) Spencer Bayston

7. (232) Rico Abreu

8. (218) Chad Boat

9. (196) Alex Bright

10. (193) Tanner Thorson

11. (176) Jerry Coons, Jr.

12. (173) Tyler Thomas

13. (167) Tanner Carrick

14. (161) Ryan Robinson

15. (157) Zach Daum

16. (155) Ronnie Gardner & Holly Shelton

18. (116) Kyle Larson

19. (115) Dave Darland

20. (106) Gage Walker

21. (96) Brent Beauchamp

22. (76) Davey Ray

23. (62) Brenden Bright

24. (60) Brayton Lynch

25. (59) Ryan Greth

26. (58) Trey Marcham

27. (54) Chance Morton

28. (49) Courtney Crone

29. (48) Chris Windom

30. (46) Justin Peck

31. (40) Kyle Jones, Michael Koontz & Kade Morton

34. (34) Tyler Nelson

35. (30) Jake Neuman, Steve Buckwalter, Tony DiMattia & Ryan Secrest

39. (20) Chris Baue, Brad Kraus, Tylar Rankin, Jimi Quin, Andrew Felker, Justin Dickerson & Cole Fehr

46. (10) Noah Key, Paul Raynes, Dan Biner & Adam Pierson