IRVAN TAKES NIGHT 2 FOCUS MAIN AT ACE

Altamahaw, NC……..Jared Irvan of Midland, N.C. led the final 10 laps of Saturday night’s USAC Midwest/Eastern Focus feature at Ace Speedway and is the new leader in both series point standings as a result. Irvan and his Irvin Smith, Inc./QTM Brakes/RACE2SAFETY.com Beast passed Mike Ward on lap 16 and led the rest of the way for the win in the 25-lap race which was part of the track’s “The Real Deal” Salute to Shane Hmiel. Bradley Riethmeyer finished second ahead of Ward, Ross Rankine and Chris Lamb, who led the first 12 laps.


USAC FOCUS MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 31, 2012 – Altamahaw, NC – Ace Speedway - “The Real Deal” Salute to Shane Hmiel


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Davidson, 39, Radical-15.603; 2. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-15.626; 3. Bradley Riethmeyer, 2, Trotter-15.639; 4. Ross Rankine, 9, Nine Racing-15.665; 5. Mike Ward, 80, Ward-15.749; 6. Chris Lamb, 911, Lamb-15.797; 7. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-15.806; 8. Joey Greening, 17G, Greening-15.808; 9. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-15.875; 10. Tyler Corriher, 12, Noffsinger/Brown-15.878; 11. Sam McGhee, 11, McGhee-15.893; 12. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15.905; 13. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-15.947; 14. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-15.959; 15. Orry Hunte, 6, Brown/Noffsinger-15.981; 16. Mikell McGee, 22, McGee-16.207; 17. Austin Prock, 98, Noffsinger/Brown-NT (time of 15.965 disallowed); 18. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-NT (time of 16.114 disallowed).


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Corriher, 2. Hamilton, 3. Rankine, 4. Davidson, 5. Walker, 6. McGee. 2:08.02


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irvan, 2. Greening, 3. Ward, 4. McGhee, 5. Prock, 6. Clouse. NT


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Riethmeyer, 2. Lamb, 3. Fanelli, 4. Hunte, 5. Krachun, 6. Carroll. 2:08.55


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jared Irvan, 2. Bradley Riethmeyer, 3. Mike Ward, 4. Ross Rankine, 5. Chris Lamb, 6. Tyler Corriher, 7. Nic Davidson, 8. Davey Hamilton Jr., 9. Austin Prock, 10. Gage Walker, 11. Ryan Krachun, 12. Sam McGhee, 13. Joey Greening, 14. Michael Fanelli, 15. Calvin Carroll, 16. Mikell McGee, 17. Orry Hunte, 18. Cooper Clouse. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Lamb, Laps 13-15 Ward, Laps 16-25 Irvan.


NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irvan-138, 2-Riethmeyer-135, 3-Davidson-121, 4-Rankine-108, 5-Corriher-100, 6-Prock-99, 7-Hamilton-90, 8-Lamb-87, 9-Walker-79, 10-Krachun-78.


NEW USAC EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irvan-138, 2-Riethmeyer-135, 3-Davidson-121, 4-Rankine-108, 5-Corriher-100, 6-Prock-99, 7-Hamilton-90, 8-Lamb-87, 9-Walker-79, 10-Krachun-78.


NEXT USAC MIDWEST FOCUS MIDGET RACE: April 20 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway


NEXT USAC EASTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE: May 17 – Concord (NC) Speedway