RANKINE TAKES PLYMOUTH 100-LAPPER


Plymouth, IN.……Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio captured Friday night’s 100-lap USAC Midwest/Eastern Ignite Midget race at Plymouth Speedway, an event which drew a stellar 18-car field of entrants. He caught leader Chris Lamb on lap 97 and led the final four laps for the win. Lamb, who led the first 96 laps, finished second ahead of Cooper Clouse, Sam McGhee and Jared Irvan. The Midwest and Eastern series combine again for Saturday night’s race at Morris, Ill.


USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 10, 2012 – Plymouth, Indiana – Plymouth Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Krachun, 29, Krachun-13,550; 2. Tyler Shullick, 61, Shullick-13.649; 3. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Hamilton-13.706; 4. Jared Irvan, 28, Irvan-13.709; 5. Chris Lamb, 9L, Lamb-13.728; 6. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse-13.817; 7. Nick Hamilton, 1, Steele-13.858; 8. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-13.902; 9. Michael Fannelli,19, Fannelli-13.918; 10. Sam McGhee, 11, McGhee-13.928; 11. Ross Rankine, 39, Rankine-13.974; 12. Adam Thomason, 74, Thomason-14.109; 13. Jessica Bean, 3, Bean-14.150; 14. Natasha Cox, 19x, Cox-14.332; 15. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire-14.461; 16. Calvin Carroll, 24 , Carroll-14.477; 17. Justin Whittall, 67, Whittall-14.606; 18. Nic Davidson, 39x, Radical-NT.


FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. Chris Lamb, 3. Cooper Clouse, 4. Sam McGhee, 5. Jared Irvan, 6. Adam Thomason, 7. Ryan Krachun, 8. Natasha Cox, 9. Jessica Bean, 10. Michael Fanelli, 11. Nic Davidson, 12. Tyler Shullick, 13. Calvin Carroll, 14. Nick Hamilton, 15. Justin Whittall, 16. Davey Hamilton Jr., 17. Austin Nemire, 18. Gage Walker. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-96 Lamb, Laps 97-100 Rankine.


NEW USAC MIDWEST PAVEMENT IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Clouse-624, 2-Rankine-597, 3-Walker-595, 4-D.Hamilton-522, 5-Krachun-509, 6-McGhee-505, 7-Shullick-417, 8-Davidson-345, 9-Joey Greening-331, 10-Nemire-322.


NEW USAC EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irvan-575, 2-Lamb-511, 3-Davidson-441, 4-Krachun-414, 5-Tyler Corriher-411, 6-Fanelli-326, 7-Carroll-321, 8-Matthew Lundstrom-214, 9-Orry Hunte-209, 10-Scott Gordon-195.


NEXT USAC MIDWEST/EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE: August 11 – Morris, IL – Grundy County Speedway