RADER DETECTS FOURTH USAC MTM WIN IN FOUR STARTS AT MONTPELIER

Montpelier, Indiana (September 24, 2022)………Make it four races and four feature wins for Drew Rader on the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget trail.

The Findlay, Ohio racer continued his streak of success at the 1/4-mile dirt oval with his third consecutive Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway victory on Saturday afternoon after leading all 20 laps.  Rader captured each of the last two series visits to the track on July 30 and August 27 as well.

It’s his fourth victory overall on the season with the series, all of which have come in his four starts, also garnering a “W” at Ohio’s Fremont Speedway in July to start the streak.

Ian Creager (Troy, Ohio) ran second to Rader while Josh Yenser (Belpre, Ohio) grabbed third and Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) took fourth.  Carl Peterson (Waterford Township, Mich.) collected a fifth.

While Stratton Briggs’ impeccable 17-straight top-five finish streak came to an end on this night, he maintained a hefty 138-point lead in the championship standings by virtue of his sixth place result.

Briggs was one of three drivers to get upside down on Saturday.  Briggs flipped during the first heat while both Jakeb Boxell and Michael Magic took separate tumbles during the feature.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGETS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2022 – Montpelier Motor Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana

BREWHOUSE DRIVE-THRU FIRST HEAT WINNER: Jakeb Boxell (#44JB Boxell)

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS SECOND HEAT WINNER: Michael Magic (#4m Magic)

K & M TOOL & DIE THIRD HEAT WINNER: Bryce Massingill

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Drew Rader (#74 Bassitt), 2. Ian Creager (#36 Creager), 3. Josh Yenser (#5y Yenser), 4. Bryce Massingill (#35 Massingill), 5. Carl Peterson (#49p Peterson), 6. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 7. Alex Watson (#3E Watson), 8. Bryce Dues (#23D Dues), 9. Ryan Moran (#01 Moran), 10. Cory Guingrich (#62 Guingrich), 11. Aaron Sanders (#1s Sanders), 12. Jim Jones (#97 Jones), 13. Cody Beard (#7 Beard), 14. Don Bigelow (#4B Bigelow), 15. Jon Watson (#20x Watson), 16. Michael Magic, 17. Jakeb Boxell. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Drew Rader.

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Tyler Watkins (#5 Watkins), Brendon Cascadden (#0 Cascadden) & Gunnar Lucius (#22 Lucius)

**Stratton Briggs flipped during the first heat. Jakeb Boxell flipped during the feature. Michael Magic flipped during the feature.

PERFORMANCE POWDER COATING HARD CHARGER: Stratton Briggs (17th to 6th)

ROSEWOOD MACHINE & TOOL PRECISION MOVE OF THE RACE: Carl Peterson

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS POINTS: 1-Stratton Briggs-1131, 2-Bryce Massingill-993, 3-Michael Magic-950, 4-Ian Creager-893, 5-Carl Peterson-874, 6-Josh Yenser-833, 7-Zach Wigal-687, 8-Jakeb Boxell-649, 9-Jim Jones-595, 10-Abby Hohlbein-577.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGETS PRESENTED BY PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS RACE: October 8, 2022 – Montpelier Motor Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana