GEHRKE JETS TO VICTORY IN MIDWEST WINTER NATIONALS OPENER

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: February 26, 2021 – Southern Illinois Center – Du Quoin, Illinois – Midwest Winter Nationals

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Corson (#15 Corson), 2. Tyler Roth (#18 Roth), 3. Justin Davis (#4 Davis), 4. Andy Baugh (#6B Raymond), 5. Will Armitage (#51R Johnson), 6. Abby Hohlbein (#11H Hohlbein), 7. Jon Watson (#20x Watson), 8. Cody Beard (#7B Beard). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 2. Chett Gehrke (#93c Gehrke), 3. Zane Briggs (#10 Briggs), 4. Shane Morgan (#15m Morgan), 5. Tres Mehler (#7 Mehler), 6. John Heitzman (#00 Heitzman), 7. Brandon Smith (#11 Smith). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Chett Gehrke, 2. Stratton Briggs, 3. Andy Baugh, 4. Tres Mehler, 5. Will Armitage, 6. Shane Morgan, 7. Tyler Roth, 8. Cody Beard, 9. Zane Briggs, 10. John Heitzman, 11. Abby Hohlbein, 12. Scott Hoover (#5K Hoover), 13. Justin Davis, 14. R.J. Corson, 15. Jon Watson, 16. Brandon Smith. NT

**Brandon Smith flipped on lap 2 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Stratton Briggs, Laps 10-20 Chett Gehrke.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE: February 27, 2021 – Southern Illinois Center – Du Quoin, Illinois – Midwest Winter Nationals