BRIGGS BAGS MIDWEST THUNDER WIN AT GAS CITY
Gas City, Indiana (September 13, 2019)………Stratton Briggs chased down Aaron Leffel with seven laps remaining to capture the victory in Friday night’s 20-lap USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget feature event at Gas City I-69 Speedway.
Point leader Leffel (Springfield, Ohio), who won in May at Gas City, led the first 13 laps before Briggs (Anna, Ohio) took over control. Briggs’ third victory of the season allowed him to close the gap on two-time and defending series champion Leffel in the season standings with just 25 points separating the two and just a pair of races remaining.
Briggs and Leffel were followed to the line by Nate Foster (Greenwood, Ind.), Gunnar Lucius (Delphos, Ohio) and Chett Gehrke (Broken Arrow, Okla.).
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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 13, 2019 – Gas City I-69 Speedway – Gas City, Indiana
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 2. Aaron Leffel (#11L Taylor), 3. Nate Foster (#57F Foster), 4. Gunnar Lucius (#22 Lucius), 5. Chett Gehrke (#93c Gehrke), 6. Cory Guingrich (#42 Guingrich), 7. Zane Briggs (#10 Briggs), 8. Zach Guingrich (#62 Guingrich), 9. Kyle Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 10. Nick Bowers (#2 Briggs), 11. Corey Bedwell (#11 Bedwell), 12. Ian Creager (#36 Creager), 13. Bryce Massingill (#11T Taylor), 14. Josh Chess (#72 Chess), 15. Michael Magic (#5m Magic), 16. Mark Nieft, Jr. (#20N Nieft), 17. Don Bigelow (#4B Bigelow), 18. Tommy Bigelow (#2B Bigelow), 19. Leonard Foster (#57 Foster), 20. Bryce Dues (#23D Dues), 21. Mike Hessel (#7T Hessel), 22. Brandon Dailey (#5D Dailey), 23. Mike Magic (#4m Magic). NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Aaron Leffel, Laps 14-20 Stratton Briggs.
NEW USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Aaron Leffel-649, 2-Stratton Briggs-624, 3-Cory Guingrich-522, 4-Alex Watson-494, 5-Zane Briggs-458, 6-Gunnar Lucius-413, 7-Kyle Kriegbaum-413, 8-Ian Creager-408, 9-Tommy Bigelow-285, 10-Nate Foster-285.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: September 14, 2019 – Montpelier Motor Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana