KOKOMO, WAYNESFIELD, BEAR RIDGE AND 34 HOST SPEED2 MIDGET ACTION THIS WEEK
Four venues host USAC Speed2 Midget races this week, three with points implications. Midwest Thunder Midgets are at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway Friday night as the undercard for the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions while Saturday night’s MTM race at Waynesfield (Ohio) Raceway Park is a “special event” and will not offer series points.
Saturday’s IMRA Midget race at 34 Raceway in Burlington, Iowa and Saturday’s DMA Midget race at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt. are full points races. Adam Taylor leads the IMRA standings entering the race in Burlington and Dean Christensen sits atop the DMA points entering the race in Bradford.
Jessica Bean of Farmland, Ind. led all 35 laps to win last Saturday night's USAC Speed2 Eastern Midget race at Huntsville (Ala.) Speedway. The victory vaulted her into the series point lead in a tie with George Kurtz, who was second Saturday. Nolan Allison, Jagger Parker and Sam Hatfield rounded out the “top-five” in the feature event.
Tom Paterson of San Martin, Calif. led all 25 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Speed2 Western US Midget race at Merced (Calif.) Speedway. Fast qualifier Adam Lemke finished second ahead of Jesse Love IV, Annie Breidinger and Blake Brannon.
Korbyn Hayslett of Troy, Ohio won Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget race at Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway. He was trailed by Stratton Briggs, Aaron Leffel, Cory Guingrich and Corey Bedwell. Bedwell led the first two laps and Briggs the next two before Hayslett led the remaining 16 circuits.
Andy Baugh of Mason City, Ill. led all the way to win Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Speed2 IMRA Midget race at Spoon River Speedway. Mitchell Davis took second ahead of Dillon Morley, Gedd Ross and Aaron Schuck.
2017 USAC Speed2 IMRA Midget Series Standings: 1-Adam Taylor-200, 2-Dillon Morley-190, 3-Tyson Hart-178, 4-Chase McDermand-175, 5-Mitchell Davis-170, 6-Jeremy Hull-168, 7-Brent Burrows-150, 8-Broc Hunnell-149, 9-Jacob Sollenberger-149, 10-Jeff Mallonee-143.
2017 USAC Speed2 Eastern Midget Series Standings: 1-Jessica Bean and George Kurtz-420, 3-Nolan Allison-378, 4-Jagger Parker-306, 5-Jake Trainor-274, 6-Neal Allison-237, 7-Chris Lamb-235, 8-Jake Garcia-190, 9-Neal Allison-188, 10-Eric Lewis-182.
2017 USAC Speed2 Western US Overall Midget Series Standings: 1-Jesse Love IV-456, 2-Annie Breidinger-424, 3-Tom Paterson-415, 4-Adam Lemke-398, 5-Blake Brannon-367, 6-Toni Breidinger-237, 7-Antonia Boscacci-233, 8-Cody Jessop-122, 9-Joey Iest-119, 10-Johnny Nichols-119.
2017 USAC Speed2 Western US Pavement Dirt Series Standings: 1-Tom Paterson-230, 2-Adam Lemke-226, 3-Jesse Love IV-217, 4-Annie Breidinger-209, 5-Blake Brannon-193, 6-Antonia Boscacci-82, 7-Joel Rayborne-67, 8-Cody Jessop-60, 9-Jeremy Speck-58, 10-Ashley Hazelton-19.
2017 USAC Speed2 Midwest Thunder Midget Series Standings: 1-Aaron Leffel-195, 2-Nick Corea-177, 3-Corey Bedwell-174, 4-Stratton Briggs-154, 5-Tommy Bigelow-150, 6-Korbyn Hayslett-128, 7-Alex Watson-125, 8-Tom Hessel-104, 9-Jon Watson-85, 10-Jim Jones-83.