Monday, June 4, 2018

USAC Speed2 Midgets Hit Madera, Back At Spoon River Saturday

USAC speed2 Western US Pavement Midget point leader Adam Lemke
Via USAC Media

Madera (Calif.) Speedway and Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Ill. host USAC Speed2 Midget races this Saturday. Adam Lemke leads the USAC Western Overall and Pavement points to Madera, while Andy Baugh sits atop the Engler IMRA standings entering Saturday's 2nd "Aaron Hull Memorial" at Canton and the Midwest Thunder series also shares billing at Canton.

Just like at this year's Indy 500, "Will" power prevailed Saturday night in the 25-lap USAC Laquerre Sports Speed2 DMA Midget race at Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vt. Will Hull of Plainfield, Vt. passed Manny Dias on lap 15 and led the final 11 circuits to take the win over Joe Krawiec, Dias, Seth Carlson and series point leader Jason Goff. The series resumes June 16 at Bear Ridge.

Rain forced a third consecutive cancellation in the Eastern Speed2 campaign Saturday at Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C. Jessica Bean is the series point leader going into a June 16 race at South Boston (Va.) Speedway.

Rains also interrupted Saturday's IMRA program at Canton after the heats had been conducted. Jake Sollenberger and Robby McQuinn won the heats.

USAC SPEED2 EASTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jessica Bean-294, 2-Neal Allison-277, 3-Nolan Allison-217, 4-Dameron Taylor-245, 5-Sam Hatfield-214, 6-Jordan Empie-213, 7-Connor Gross-107, 8-Johnny Bridges-81, 9-Jake Garcia-74, 10-Jake Trainor-69.

USAC LAQUERRE SPORTS SPEED2 DMA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jason Goff-219, 2-Seth Carlson-218, 3-Joe Krawiec-201, 4-Mike Chaffee-191, 5-Will Hull-181, 6-David Moniz-166, 7-Justin Phillips-155, 8-Manny Dias-153, 9-Jeff Champagne-151, 10-Randy Higginson-131.

ENGLER USAC SPEED2 IMRA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Andy Baugh-409, 2-Robby McQuinn-294, 3-Gedd Ross-262, 4-Shane Morgan-214, 5-Jake Sollenberger-207, 6-Kurt Mueller-189, 7-Daltyn England-182, 8-Blake Buchholz-177, 9-Blake Haynes-172, 10-Bart Andrews-166.

USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET POINTS: 1-Chase McDermand-77, 2-Andy Baugh-75, 3-Chett Gehrke-72, 4-Aaron Leffel-68, 5-Alex Watson-64, 6-Gedd Ross-56, 7-Stratton Briggs-55, 8-Trey Osborne-52, 9-Jon Steed-51, 10-Robby McQuinn-49.

USAC SPEED2 WESTERN OVERALL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Adam Lemke-403, 2- Blake Brannon-364, 3-Joey Iest-233, 4-Johnny Nichols-164, 5-Ariel Biggs-82, 6-Cody Jessop-74, 7-Toni Breidinger-72, 8-Ashley Heredia-72, 9-Keoni Texeira-65, 10-Tyler Slay-62.

USAC SPEED2 WESTERN PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Adam Lemke-327, 2-Blake Brannon-294, 3-Joey Iest-167, 4-Johnny Nichols-146, 5-Cody Jessop-74, 6-Toni Breidinger-72.