BRUNS, RANKINE, CLOUSE, McGHEE SHARE MONTPELIER STAGE
Montpelier, IN……..Patrick Bruns, Ross Rankine, Cooper Clouse and Mikell McGhee walked off with feature wins in Saturday’s USAC Midwest Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns racing program at Montpelier Motor Speedway. Bruns, of Champaign, Ill., passed Toby Alfrey on lap 15 and led the last six laps to win the first 20-lap Ford Focus race over John Heydenreich, Bradley Galedrige, Alfrey and Ross Rankine. In the 15-lap Ford Focus nightcap, Rankine, of Willard, Ohio, passed Dillon Welch on lap 11 and led the last five laps to win over Heydenreich, Bruns, Welch and Austin Prock. Clouse, of Ohio City, Ohio, led all 12 laps to beat Mikell McGhee, Sam McGee and Adam Thomason in the Focus Young Guns opener. Mikell McGhee of Spring Run, Pa. passed Sam McGee on lap four and led the final nine laps of the second 12-lapper to beat Clouse, McGee and Thomason.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: October 1, 2011 – Montpelier, Indiana - Montpelier Motor Speedway
FIRST FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Patrick Bruns (#83 Bruns), 2. John Heydenreich (#22x Givens), 3. Bradley Galedrige (#22 Givens), 4. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey), 5. Ross Rankine (#39 Rankine), 6. Austin Prock (#96 Noffsinger/Brown), 7. Dillon Welch (#41 Sexton), 8. Tyler Shullick (#61 Shullick), 8. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean), 10. Justen Garmenn (#14 Rankine), 11. Joey Greening (#17G Greening), 12. Scott Hunter (#14 Brown), 13. Jarett Andretti (#25 Andretti), 14. Bill Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). NT
SECOND FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. John Heydenreich, 3. Patrick Bruns, 4. Dillon Welch (#22 Givens), 5. Austin Prock, 6. Toby Alfrey, 7. Scott Hunter, 8. Alfred Galedrige (#41), 9. Joey Greening, 10. Tyler SHullick, 11. Justen Garmenn, 12. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 13. Jessica Bean. NT
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FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Alfrey, Laps 15-20 Bruns.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Welch, Laps 11-15 Rankine.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankine-771; 2-James Robertson-694; 3-Nick Drake-624; 4-Andretti-612; 5-Alfrey-609; 6-Nick Hamilton-573; 7-Bean-553; 8-Shullick-515; 9-Greening-476; 10-K.Kriegbaum-434.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Bruns-434; 2-Rankine-426; 3-Alfrey-362; 4-Heydenreich-355; 5-Byron Stowe-254; 6-Shullick-242; 7-Bean-231; 8-Greening-224; 9-Nick Drake-219; 10-Garmenn-202.
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USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: October 1, 2011 – Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway
FIRST FEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse), 2. Mikell McGhee (#22 McGhee), 3. Sam McGee (#11 McGee), 4. Adam Thomason (#91 Alfrey). NT
SECOND FEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Mikell McGhee, 2. Cooper Clouse, 3. Sam McGee, 4. Adam Thomason. NT
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FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Clouse.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 S.McGee, Laps 4-12 M.McGhee.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-S.McGee-551; 2-Clouse-513; 3-Stevie Kuhn-502; 4-M.McGhee-445; 5-Michael Fanelli-370; 6-Emmy Gray-333; 7-Thomason-216; 8-Cole Custer-168; 9-Cordy Horn-153; 10-Tyler Shullick-137.