PICKENS’ IMW POINT LEAD SHRINKS, BUT STILL IN CONTROL WITH TWO TO GO
Michael Pickens and the Seamount Racing crew slipped to a ninth-place finish Friday night at Bloomington Speedway, their least successful result of the four Indiana Midget Week contests thus far after garnering a second and two wins in the first three races.
However, New Zealand’s Pickens retains his lead by 18 points as the USAC Midget National Championship heads into Saturday’s penultimate round at Lawrenceburg Speedway. The series concludes Sunday at Kokomo Speedway.
USAC National Midget point leader Brady Bacon cut into Pickens’ lead with a sixth-place finish and remains in second. The consistent Shane Golobic moves up to third, 35 points out of the lead. Tyler Courtney climbed to fourth after winning his second feature in four nights at Bloomington. His Clauson-Marshall Racing teammate Justin Grant rounds out the top-five.
2017 INDIANA MIDGET WEEK STANDINGS
(After Round 4 of 6)
1. (290) Michael Pickens
2. (272) Brady Bacon
3. (255) Shane Golobic
4. (253) Tyler Courtney
5. (239) Justin Grant
6. (233) Spencer Bayston
7. (232) Rico Abreu
8. (218) Chad Boat
9. (196) Alex Bright
10. (193) Tanner Thorson
11. (176) Jerry Coons, Jr.
12. (173) Tyler Thomas
13. (167) Tanner Carrick
14. (161) Ryan Robinson
15. (157) Zach Daum
16. (155) Ronnie Gardner & Holly Shelton
18. (116) Kyle Larson
19. (115) Dave Darland
20. (106) Gage Walker
21. (96) Brent Beauchamp
22. (76) Davey Ray
23. (62) Brenden Bright
24. (60) Brayton Lynch
25. (59) Ryan Greth
26. (58) Trey Marcham
27. (54) Chance Morton
28. (49) Courtney Crone
29. (48) Chris Windom
30. (46) Justin Peck
31. (40) Kyle Jones, Michael Koontz & Kade Morton
34. (34) Tyler Nelson
35. (30) Jake Neuman, Steve Buckwalter, Tony DiMattia & Ryan Secrest
39. (20) Chris Baue, Brad Kraus, Tylar Rankin, Jimi Quin, Andrew Felker, Justin Dickerson & Cole Fehr
46. (10) Noah Key, Paul Raynes, Dan Biner & Adam Pierson
