WATSON WINS GAS CITY FINALE; LEFFEL LOCKS UP 3RD MTM TITLE
Gas City, Indiana (October 5, 2019)………Alex Watson wired all 25 laps to snag Saturday’s USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget season finale at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway.
Watson (Columbus, Ohio) was dominant from start-to-finish in earning his second series victory of the year ahead of second-place finisher Cody Beard (Huntingburg, Ind.).
Meanwhile, by virtue of a 3rd place finish, Aaron Leffel (Springfield, Ohio) locked up his third consecutive series championship by 22 points over fourth-place finisher Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio) while Nate Foster (Greenwood, Ind.) rounded out the top-five.
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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 5, 2019 – Gas City I-69 Speedway – Gas City, Indiana
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Alex Watson (#3 Watson), 2. Cody Beard (#7B Beard), 3. Aaron Leffel (#11L Taylor), 4. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 5. Nate Foster (#57F Foster), 6. Cory Guingrich (#42 Guingrich), 7. Jon Watson (#25 Watson), 8. Gunnar Lucius (#22 Lucius), 9. Jacob Denney (#11T Taylor), 10. Kyle Dager (#2 Briggs), 11. Chris Bounds (#65 Bounds), 12. Zane Briggs (#10 Briggs), 13. Kyle Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 14. Mark Nieft, Jr. (#20N Nieft), 15. Zach Guingrich (#62 Guingrich), 16. Ryan Thomas (#17 Thomas), 17. Bryce Dues (#23D Dues), 18. Tommy Bigelow (#2B Bigelow), 19. Denny Smith (#66 Smith), 20. Don Bigelow (#4B Bigelow), 21. Tim Key (#6 Key), 22. Ian Creager (#36 Creager), 23. Jon Steed (#7 Steed). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Alex Watson.
FINAL USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Aaron Leffel-777, 2-Stratton Briggs-755, 3-Cory Guingrich-618, 4-Alex Watson-564, 5-Zane Briggs-528, 6-Gunnar Lucius-508, 7-Kyle Kriegbaum-477, 8-Ian Creager-460, 9-Tommy Bigelow-351, 10-Nate Foster-343.