LEFFEL THE “KING OF KOKOMO” IN MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGETS

Kokomo, IN……..Aaron Leffel of Springfield, Ohio captured Sunday night’s 20-lap “King of Kokomo” USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget feature at Kokomo Speedway. He passed Gunnar Lucius on lap 16 and led the final five laps to beat Nick Corea, Lucius, Tom Hessel and Chris Baue. Corea emerged as the new series point leader entering next Saturday’s race at Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway.

USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 7, 2017 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “King of Kokomo”

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1 Aaron Leffel (#11T Taylor), 2. Nick Corea (#38 Dori), 3. Gunnar Lucius (#22 Lucius), 4. Tom Hessel (#7T Hessel), 5. Chris Baue (#2 Baue), 6. Alex Watson (#3 Watson), 7. Corey Bedwell (#11 Bedwell), 8. Tommy Bigelow (#2b Bigelow), 9. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 10. Brett Johnson (#7J Johnson), 11. Mike Hessel (#7m Hessel), 12. Jon Watson (#25 Watson), 13. Jim Jones (#97 Jones), 14. Tayte Williamson (#88 Williamson). NT

----------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Baue, Laps 3-15 Lucius, Laps 16-20 Leffel.

NEW USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET POINTS: 1-Corea-134, 2-Leffel-131, 3-A.Watson-127, 4-Bedwell-116, 5-T.Hessel-104, 6-Bigelow-98, 7-Briggs-87, 8-J.Watson-85, 9-Lucius-64, 10-Korbyn Hayslett-58.

NEXT USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET RACE: May 13 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway