USAC Gold Crown Midget Nationals Final & Victory Lane Party with Jones & Hmiel!
video by Craig Jensen
JONES RAKES IN ANOTHER $10,000 FOR GOLD CROWN MIDGET NATIONAL VICTORY!
Pontoon Beach, IL | Oct. 8, 2011 - Levi Jones of Olney, Ill., who scored a $10,000 USAC Sprint win at Lawrenceburg, Ind. last week, raked in another $10,000 winner’s prize Saturday night at Tri-City Speedway as he won the 3rd “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” 50-lap USAC Mopar National Midget feature...
The win capped off a perfect night for Jones, who also won the track’s 30-lap non-winged Sprint race! Jones trailed pole starter Brad Sweet for 20 laps but worked the low groove to catch Sweet for the lead on lap 21. From there it was smooth sailing for Jones and his Three Wide Life/Rotondo Weirich Ellis/Esslinger Ford. Jerry Coons Jr. finished second ahead of Brad Kuhn, Sweet and Zach Daum. USAC National Drivers Championship leader Bryan Clauson finished seventh, while Kyle Larson, just two points nehind him in those standings, finished 22nd after flipping on lap 37. FULL RESULTS
NIGHT 3 FEATURE RESULTS: (50 laps)
1. Levi Jones, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Brad Kuhn, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Zach Daum, 6. Steve Buckwalter, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Bobby East, 10. Alex Bright, 11. Thomas Meseraull, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Mario Clouser, 15. Andrew Felker, 16. Ryan Smith, 17. Levi Roberts, 18. Scott Hatton, 19. Tanner Swanson, 20. Bubba Altig, 21. Kody Swanson, 22. Kyle Larson, 23. Caleb Armstrong, 24. Matt Sherrell, 25. Nick Knepper. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Sweet, Laps 21-50 Jones.
**Larson lost his brakes and flipped on lap 37 of the feature. C.Armstrong flipped on lap 39 of the feature.
USAC Gold Crown Midget Nationals Night 2
Night 2 video by Racin' Wild 1K
LARSON WINS NIGHT 2 FEATURE AT GOLD CROWN; SLICES NDC LEAD TO 2 POINTS!
Pontoon Beach, IL | Oct. 7, 2011 - Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. nearly took the lead in the 2011 USAC National Drivers Championship Friday night, wheeling the Keith Kunz Motorsports Toyota TRD Bullet to victory in the 25-lap “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” feature at Tri-City Speedway. Larson’s win moved him to within just two points of NDC point leader Bryan Clauson, who finished fourth Friday night. The 50-lap “Gold Crown” finale is scheduled for Saturday night at Tri-City. Trailing Larson at the checkered flag were Brad Sweet, Zach Daum, Clauson and Brad Kuhn. Sweet led the first 13 laps and Larson took over on lap 14 and led the rest of the way. FULL RESULTS
NIGHT 2 FEATURE RESULTS: (25 laps)
1. Kyle Larson, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Brad Kuhn, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Shane Cottle, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Scott Hatton, 14. Andrew Felker, 15. Bobby East, 16. Ryan Smith, 17. Nick Knepper, 18. Mario Clouser, 19. Thomas Meseraull, 20. Alex Bright, 21. Caleb Armstrong, 22. Levi Roberts, 23. Dalton Armstrong, 24. Trevor Kobylarz, 25. Nick Wean. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Sweet, Laps 14-25 Larson.
USAC Gold Crown Midget Nationals Night 1
Night 1 video by Racin' Wild 1K
THE “HAWK” STILL #1 AT TRI-CITY; HAGEN WINS GOLD CROWN OPENER
Pontoon Beach, IL | Oct. 6, 2011 - Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. continued his mastery of the Tri-City Speedway Thursday night as he won the opening night 25-lap feature event at the 3rd Annual Gold Crown Midget Nationals in his RFMS Racing Liberty Village/McGladrey & Pullen Spike/Esslinger Ford. Last year, Hagen swept all three nights of the USAC Mopar National Midget event at the three-eights mile dirt oval! Hagen was trailing Bryan Clauson late in the race and grabbed the lead on the white-flag lap to lead the final two laps. Clauson took second at the checkered flag ahead of Zach Daum, Brad Sweet and Tracy Hines. The top-four drivers from Thursday’s 25-lapper earned automatic starting berths in Saturday night’s $10,000-to-win 50-lap main event. A complete second night of prelims, capped by another 25-lap feature, is slated Friday. FULL RESULTS
NIGHT 1 FEATURE RESULTS: (25 laps)
1. Darren Hagen, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Christopher Bell, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Bubba Altig, 11. Casey Shuman, 12. Andrew Felker, 13. Davey Ray, 14. Thomas Meseraull, 15. Mario Clouser, 16. Taylor Ferns, 17. Levi Roberts, 18. Kyle Larson, 19. Tanner Swanson, 20. Bobby East, 21. Alex Bright, 22. Trevor Kobylarz, 23. Steve Buckwalter, 24. Dalton Armstrong, 25. Hunter Schuerenberg. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 East, Laps 6-23 Clauson, Laps 24-25 Hagen.
**Barber flipped during the sixth heat. Clouser flipped during the feature.
4th Annual Tim Siner Stache Clash - "A Gold Crown Tradition"
video by Ross Wece
BONUS VIDEO! Scooter Gets Grumpy after Bobby East Slide Job at Tri-City
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