COTTONGIM WIRE-TO-WIRE IN GRUNDY COUNTY FOCUS FEATURE

Morris, IL…….Tyler Cottongim of Avon, Ind. led all 25 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Midwest/UMARA Ford Focus race at Grundy County Speedway, part of the track’s “Salute to Mel Kenyon.” Trailing Cottongim’s O’Kelly’s Restaurant Equipment/Detro Trailer Sales Stealth at the checkered flag were fast qualifier Joe Liguori, Jimmy Simpson, Tanner Whitten and Tyler Trainor.


 


USAC MIDWEST/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 6, 2009 – Morris, Illinois –Grundy County Speedway – “Salute to Mel Kenyon”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-15.323; 2. Jimmy Simpson, 38, Simpson-1215.466; 3. Tanner Whitten, 85, Whitten-15.567; 4. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-15.645; 5. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-16.314; 6. Bob Adams, 9, Adams-16.474; 7. Kent Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-17.710.


 


HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Liguori, 2. Whitten, 3. Cottongim, 4. Simpson, 5. Trainor, 6. Adams, 7. Kriegbaum. NT


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Tyler Cottongim, 2. Joe Liguori, 3. Jimmy Simpson, 4. Tanner Whitten, 5. Tyler Trainor, 6. Kent Kriegbaum, 7. Bob Adams. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Cottongim.


 


NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liguori-542; 2-Cottongim-523; 3-Simpson-488; 4-Michael May-306; 5-Kriegbaum-285; 6-Trainor-179; 7-Whitten-171; 8-Chris Lamb-160; 9-Coleman Gullick-119; 10-Scott Hunter-109.


NEW USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liguori-211; 2-Cottongim-202; 3-Simpson-194; 4-Whitten-171; 5-Trainor-145; 6-Kriegbaum-129; 7-Michael May-128; 8-Adams-88; 9-Sara Hyslop-40.


 


NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET RACE: June 10 – Plymouth (IN) Speedway


NEXT USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET RACE: June 13 – Morris, IL – Grundy County Speedway