SPEED2 MIDGETS SLING DIRT IN ILLINOIS AND VERMONT SATURDAY
Speedway, Indiana (September 3, 2019)………A pair of USAC Speed2 Midget series are in action this Saturday night, September 7, in the states of Illinois and Vermont.
The Engler IMRA series makes its 11th trip of the season to Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Ill. Saturday for the 3rd annual 24-lap Aaron Hull Memorial. Five of point leader Andy Baugh’s six season wins have come at Spoon River. Baugh (Mason City, Ill.) won the most recent series event Monday at Spoon River.
Baugh leads the standings in search of a second consecutive IMRA title, entering Saturday’s race with a commanding 110-point lead over Tyler Roth (Springfield, Ill.) with just four races remaining in the 2019 season.
The penultimate round of the USAC DMA Speed2 Midget season comes to Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vermont this Saturday in the series’ 10th visit of the year. Seth Carlson (Brimfield, Mass.) has captured three of his four DMA victories this season at Bear Ridge but stands third in the standings behind three-time Bear Ridge winner Will Hull (Plainfield, Vt.) and Joe Krawiec (Granby, Conn.), who remains on the hunt for his first triumph of the year. Hull leads the points by 48 markers heading in.
On Saturday at Spoon River, gates open at 3pm Central, grandstands at 5pm, hot laps at 6pm and racing at 7pm. Adult general admission is $25, kids 10 and under are $5 and pit passes are $40. MOWA Sprint Cars, POWRi National Midgets and DirtCar Modifieds are in action along with the IMRA Speed2 Midgets.
Saturday at Bear Ridge, pits open at 3pm Eastern, gates open at 3pm and racing at 6pm. Adult general admission tickets are $10, students 12-17 are $8, seniors 62+ are $8, kids 11 and under are $2 and pit passes are $25 apiece for members and $30 for non-members. Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes, C.A. Miller Limited Late Models and Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders join the DMA Speed2 Midgets.
USAC ENGLER IMRA SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Andy Baugh-846, 2-Tyler Roth-736, 3-Jake Sollenberger-720, 4-Mark McMahill-596, 5-Kevin Battefeld-578, 6-Brent Burrows-537, 7-Russell Johnston-511, 8-John Heitzman-483, 9-Jeff Sparks-483, 10-Patrick Ryan-481.
USAC DMA SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Will Hull-1056, 2-Joe Krawiec-1008, 3-Seth Carlson-963, 4-Justin Phillips-804, 5-Adam Whitney-774, 6-Manny Dias-751, 7-Jeff Horn-702, 8-Justin Sheridan-646, 9-Jeff Champagne-554, 10-Dan Douville-552.