| August
19, 2017 -Volume Three Issue Eighteen |
| Six Saturday Night
events scheduled |
Six Saturday Night nationwide midget events include: The
USAC Western States Midgets visiting Santa Maria Raceway. The event will
also feature: the Western RaceSaver Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, American
Stocks, Santa Maria Dwarf Cars, NMRA TQ Midgets, and QRC Karts.
Randy Cabral leads Avery Stoehr by
45-points heading into NEMA's Marvin Rifchin Memorial at Star
Speedway. The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League returns to
Macon Speedway for the Third Annual Rich Camfield Memorial. Zach Daum
leads the standings with a 460 point advantage over rookie Logan Seavey.
RMMRA returns to Ft.Morgan's I-76
Speedway for the third time this season. Keith Rauch holds a comfortable
points lead, with four events remaining. Chet Gehrke tries for his second
straight victory at Montpelier Motor Speedway. WMRA makes their
only appearance of the season at Washington's Wenatchee Valley Super
Oval. |
 Justin Grant (middle)
poses in victory lane with 2nd-place finisher Tanner Thorson (left) and
3rd place finisher Spencer Bayston (right) following Sunday night's
"Pennsylvania Midget Week" opener at Susquehanna Speedway.(Michael Fry photo) |
Pennsylvania Midget
Week Recap | Pennsylvania Midget Week Recap Aug. 13-17
Sunday: Susquehanna
Speedway, York Haven: Justin Grant passed two of Keith
Kunz's cars to win from third place on the final corner of the last
lap for the Clauson-Marshall Racing Team. Trailing Grant were: Tanner Thorson,
Spencer Bayston, Shane Golobic, and Tanner Carrick.Monday: PathValley Speedway Park, Spring
Run: Chad Boat scored a thrilling last lap victory. Boat using a
turn one slide job on Tyler Courtney coming to the white flag on a
late-race green-white-checkered situation to win the event. Courtney
finished second with ARDC/USAC Eastern points leader Ryan Gerth, Holly
Shelton and Brayton Lynch completing the top five.
Tuesday: Lanco's C.
Martin Mem. Speedway, Newmanstown: For the second
straight year Thorson captured the 40-lap event at the 1/8-mile
bullring.Leading the entire distance Thorson finished ahead of: Bacon,
Courtney, Bayston, and fast qualifier Golobic. Thursday: Linda's Speedway, Jonestown: Boat
scored a wire-to-wire victory for his second victory in four days. Boat
survived four restarts to win the event over Golobic, Bayston, Courtney
and Grant. Bayston holds a 60-point lead over Bacon heading into the next
USAC National Midget event on Sept. 23 at Eldora Speedway.
For Aug. 1-12 results click on results tab on right side of page. |
2017 Point Fund & Website Sponsors  |
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| NMDOTY Points 1. Bayston 1194 2. Thorson 1178
3. Courtney 841
4. Daum 836
5. Golobic 719
6. Grant 703
7. Bacon 680
8. Robinson 651
9. Shelton 541
10. Boat 501
Top 20, Owners pts, Manufacturers
wins |
| Upcoming Events 8/19--Santa Maria CA
8/19--Epping, NH 8/19--Ft. Morgan, CO 8/19--Macon, IL 8/19--Montpelier, IN 8/19--Wenatchee, WA Complete Schedule |
| Western MDOTY 1. C. Elliott 256
2. R. Gardner 191
3. Faccinto 176
4. Cofer 170
5. Crone 131 Current points |
2017 Feature Wins
7 wins:
Bell,6 wins: Courtney
5 wins:
Thorson
4 wins:
Pickens, Bayston. |
| 2017 Car Count outdoor events only under 12 cars: 16 12-19
cars: 29 20-32 cars: 28 33-49 cars: 17 50 plus
cars: 4 Average: 22.6 |
| Manufacture Wins Chassis 1. Spike 42
2. Bullet 17
3. Beast 10
4.
Boss
6
5.
Stealth
6 Engine 1. Esslinger 35
2. Toyota 33
3. Stanton SR11 12
4. Gaerte 8
5. Fontana 4
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