KRACHUN, RANKINE SPLIT 25-LAP WINS AT KALAMAZOO


Kalamazoo, MI……..Ryan Krachun of Neshanic Station, N.J. and Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio grabbed 25-lap USAC Midwest Ignite Midget feature wins Saturday night at Kalamazoo Speedway. Krachun led all 25 laps of the opener to beat Sam McGhee, Cooper Coulse, Chris Lamb and Gage Walker. In the nightcap, Rankine trailed Walker for five laps, then led the last 20 to beat McGhee, 3. Clouase, Lamb and Walker. Clouse ended up with a one-point Midwest Pavement point lead over Rankiine going into an August 25 race at Morris, Ill.


USAC MIDWEST IGNITE MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 18, 2012 – Kalamazoo, Michigan– Kalamazoo Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-13.113; 2. Ross Rankine, 39, Rankine-13.114; 3. Sam McGhee, 11M, McGhee-13.131; 4. Chris Lamb, 9L, Lamb-13.223; 5. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-13.224; 6. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-13.229; 7. Tyler Shullick, 61, Shullick-13.242; 8. Adam Wilsdon, 9x, Wilsdon-13.302; 9. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-13.315; 10. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-13.394; 11. Justin Whittall, 67, Whittall-13.525; 12. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-13.551; 13. Adam Thomason, 74, Thomason-13.577; 14. Nic Davidson, 39x, Radical-13.732; 15. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire-13.748; 16. Emmy Gray, 77, Gray-14.540.


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Krachun, 2. Clouse, 3. McGhee, 4. Fanelli, 5. Shullick, 6. Carroll, 7. Nemire, 8. Whittall. NT


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rankine, 2. Walker, 3. Hamilton, 4. Lamb, 5. Davidson, 6. Thomason, 7. Wilsdon, 8. Gray. NT


FEATURE #1: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Krachun, 2. Sam McGhee, 3. Cooper Clouse, 4. Chris Lamb, 5. Gage Walker, 6. Tyler Shullick, 7. Ross Rankine, 8. Michael Fanelli, 9. Adam WIlsdon, 10. Nic Davidson, 11. Davey Hamilton Jr., 12. Adam Thomason, 13, Justin Whittall, 14. Austin Nemire, 15. Calvin Carroll, 16. Emmy Gray. NT


FEATURE #2: (25 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. Sam McGhee, 3. Cooper Clouse, 4. Chris Lamb, 5. Gage Walker, 6. Adam Wilsdon, 7. Michael Fanelli, 8. Nic Davidson, 9. Adam Thomason, 10. Davey Hamilton Jr., 11. Tyler Shullick, 12. Austin Nemire, 13. Calvin Carroll, 14. Emmy Gray, 15. Ryan Krachun, 16. Justin Whittall. NT


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FEATURE #1 LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Krachun.


FEATURE #2 LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Walker, Laps 6-25 Rankine.


NEW USAC MIDWEST IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clouse-778, 2-Rankine-777, 3-Walker-698, 4-McGhee-692, 5-Krachun-673, 6-Hamilton-645, 7-Shullick-556, 8-Davidson-470, 9-Lamb-461, 10-Nemire-413.


NEXT USAC MIDWEST IGNITE MIDGET RACE: August 25 – Morris, IL – Grundy County Speedway