SKYWALKER! LUKE HALL WINS AT FREMONT
Fremont, Ohio (June 16, 2023)………Luke Hall captured his first career USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget feature on Saturday night at Ohio’s Fremont Speedway.
Hall (Ludlow Falls, Ohio) trailed Matt Lux for the initial five laps before taking over on the sixth circuit. From there, Hall paced the field for the remaining 15 laps en route to victory.
Matt Lux (Manilla, Ind.) finished as the runner-up with Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) third, point leader Zach Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) fourth and reigning series champion Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio) fifth.
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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 17, 2023 – Fremont Speedway – Fremont, Ohio
VMS MOTORSPORTS QUALIFYING: 1. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-16.317; 2. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-16.429; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-16.458; 4. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-16.489; 5. Kayla Roell, 11J, Martin-16.504; 6. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-16.510; 7. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-16.626; 8. Alex Watson, 21, Fedorczyk-16.656; 9. Luke Hall, 74, Weitmeyer-16.684; 10. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells-16.693; 11. Josh Yenser, 16y, Yenser-16.822; 12. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-16.918; 13. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-17.049; 14. Kyle Ford, 11T, Taylor-17.235; 15. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-17.285; 16. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-17.325; 17. Marcel Berndt, 2, Briggs-17.342, 18. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-17.693; 19. Jody Paul, 5J, Paul-18.191; 20. Cody Downard, 3D, Downard-19.032; 21. Bryce Dues, 23D, Dues-NT.
STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Luke Hall, 2. Matt Lux, 3. Zach Wigal, 4. Ian Creager, 5. Cole Morgan, 6. Marcel Berndt, 7. Cody Dye. NT
PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jakeb Boxell, 2. Brayden Schwartz, 3. Stratton Briggs, 4. Jody Paul (#5J Paul), 5. Cody Downard (#3D Downard). NT
U.S. LAWNS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abby Hohlbein, 2. Bryce Massingill, 3. Josh Yenser, 4. Alex Watson, 5. Kyle Ford, 6. Jim Jones, 7. Gunnar Lucius. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall, 2. Matt Lux, 3. Bryce Massingill, 4. Zach Wigal, 5. Stratton Briggs, 6. Alex Watson, 7. Josh Yenser, 8. Ian Creager, 9. Marcel Berndt, 10. Abby Hohlbein, 11. Gunnar Lucius, 12. Kayla Roell, 13. Brayden Schwartz, 14. Cody Dye, 15. Jim Jones, 16. Jakeb Boxell, 17. Cole Morgan, 18. Kyle Ford. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Matt Lux, Laps 6-20 Luke Hall.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Zach Wigal-399, 2-Bryce Massingill-372, 3-Stratton Briggs-337, 4-Josh Yenser-324, 5-Matt Lux-312, 6-Ian Creager-306, 7-Gunnar Lucius-299, 8-Jakeb Boxell-265, 9-Alex Watson-250, 10-Abby Hohlbein-243.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 23, 2023 – Moler Raceway Park – Williamsburg, Ohio
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Zach Wigal
Stiefel’s Home & Auto First Heat Winner: Luke Hall
Performance Electronics Second Heat Winner: Jakeb Boxell
U.S. Lawns Third Heat Winner: Abby Hohlbein
Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Gunnar Lucius
Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Brayden Schwartz
HARF/DARF Hard Luck: Cole Morgan