From Marty Boyer
MILLSTADT, Ill. (Aug. 19, 2007) – Defending O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series champion Brad Kuhn (Avon, Ind.) inched closer to a second straight title Friday night at Macon (Ill.) Speedway, capturing the 30-lap co-sanctioned POWRi/USAC National Midget Series race and taking over the POWRi points lead.
Kuhn, now 145 points ahead of Mike Hess (Petersburg, Ill.), led Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, Mo.) around the track for all 30 tours in winning his POWRi race of 2007. Loyet, the series leader in victories, finished second, but didn’t go down without a fight.
Kuhn earned the pole and raced around fellow POWRi regular Dereck King (Vienna, Ill.) at the start, and utilized the outside to pull away. Loyet, who started third, also got by King quickly, and tagged Hess’s tail tank for several laps. The pair ran nose-to-tail, with Loyet and his No. 05 Loyet Motorsports Pink Ford/Spike looking for any avenue to press by Kuhn’s No. 43nz Quin Buildings Mopar/Stealth owned by Michael Quin.
After running the high side for 20 laps, the track began to take rubber, thus forcing most of the field to resort to run the bottom. Continuing his trend, however, Kuhn never made a mistake and kept Loyet at bay at the checkered flag.
Loyet remains third in the point standings but is now only 45 points in arrears of Hess for the second spot. Hess, who had led the standings since April, suffered a tough night, finishing 17th. Shane Hollingsworth (Noblesville, Ind.), King and Darren Hagen (Riverside, Calif.) rounded out the top five. The race marked the fourth and final POWRi/USAC co-sanctioned race of the season.
Results :
HEAT #1 : 1. Ricky Stenhouse,Jr 2. Brady Bacon 3. Davey Ray 4. Kevin Swindell 5. Bubba Altig 6. Brad Paris 7. Shaun Insley 8. Levi Jones 9. Mike Hess
HEAT #2 : 1. Justin Allgaier 2. Bryce Townsend 3. Derek King 4. Jon Stanbrough 5. Brent Beauchamp 6. Kenny Biro 7. Derek Myers 8. Aaron Andruskevitch 9. Zach Daum (DNS)
HEAT #3 : 1. Shane Hollingsworth 2. Brad Loyet 3. Jerry Coons,Jr 4. Brad Sweet 5. J.C. Bland 6. Brad Mosen 7. Scott Buckley 8. Ryan Durst 9. Thomas Chandler
HEAT #4 : 1. Dave Darland 2. Nick Knepper 3. Dave Camfield,Jr 4. Donnie Lehmann 5. Dakota Armstrong 6. Tom Hessert 7. Jason Dull 8. Bryon Walters 9. Rich Camfield
HEAT #5 : 1. Brad Kuhn 2. Chuck Gurney,Jr 3. Tim Siner 4. Darren Hagen 5. Danny Stratton 6. Joey Montgomery 7. Chris Windom 8. Cory Malone
SEMI #1 : 1. Brad Sweet 2. Kevin Swindell 3. Mike Hess 4. Brad Paris 5. Bubba Altig 6. Chris Windom 7. Scott Buckley 8. Dakota Armstrong 9. Bryon Walters 10. Jason Dull 11. Donnie Lehmann 12. Aaron Andruskevitch 13. Kenny Biro 14. Rich Camfield
SEMI #2 : 1. Jon Stanbrough 2. Danny Stratton 3. Tom Hessert 4. Brad Mosen 5. Levi Jones 6. J.C. Bland 7. Derek Myers 8. Joey Montgomery 9. Thomas Chandler 10. Cory Malone 11. Shaun Insley 12. Zach Daum 13. Brent Beauchamp 14. Ryan Durst
FEATURE : 1. Brad Kuhn 2. Brad Loyet 3. Shane Hollingsworth 4. Derek King 5. Darren Hagen 6. Jon Stanbrough 7. Chuck Gurney,Jr 8. Nick Knepper 9. Dave Darland 10. Justin Allgaier 11. Brad Sweet 12. Danny Stratton 13. Dave Camfield,Jr 14. Derek Myers 15. Brady Bacon 16. Kevin Swindell 17. Mike Hess 18. Jerry Coons,Jr 19. Brad Mosen 20. Davey Ray 21. Tim Siner 22. Ricky Stenhouse,Jr 23. Bryce Townsend 24. Tom Hessert
MILLSTADT, Ill. (Aug. 19, 2007) – Defending O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series champion Brad Kuhn (Avon, Ind.) inched closer to a second straight title Friday night at Macon (Ill.) Speedway, capturing the 30-lap co-sanctioned POWRi/USAC National Midget Series race and taking over the POWRi points lead.
Kuhn, now 145 points ahead of Mike Hess (Petersburg, Ill.), led Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, Mo.) around the track for all 30 tours in winning his POWRi race of 2007. Loyet, the series leader in victories, finished second, but didn’t go down without a fight.
Kuhn earned the pole and raced around fellow POWRi regular Dereck King (Vienna, Ill.) at the start, and utilized the outside to pull away. Loyet, who started third, also got by King quickly, and tagged Hess’s tail tank for several laps. The pair ran nose-to-tail, with Loyet and his No. 05 Loyet Motorsports Pink Ford/Spike looking for any avenue to press by Kuhn’s No. 43nz Quin Buildings Mopar/Stealth owned by Michael Quin.
After running the high side for 20 laps, the track began to take rubber, thus forcing most of the field to resort to run the bottom. Continuing his trend, however, Kuhn never made a mistake and kept Loyet at bay at the checkered flag.
Loyet remains third in the point standings but is now only 45 points in arrears of Hess for the second spot. Hess, who had led the standings since April, suffered a tough night, finishing 17th. Shane Hollingsworth (Noblesville, Ind.), King and Darren Hagen (Riverside, Calif.) rounded out the top five. The race marked the fourth and final POWRi/USAC co-sanctioned race of the season.
Results :
HEAT #1 : 1. Ricky Stenhouse,Jr 2. Brady Bacon 3. Davey Ray 4. Kevin Swindell 5. Bubba Altig 6. Brad Paris 7. Shaun Insley 8. Levi Jones 9. Mike Hess
HEAT #2 : 1. Justin Allgaier 2. Bryce Townsend 3. Derek King 4. Jon Stanbrough 5. Brent Beauchamp 6. Kenny Biro 7. Derek Myers 8. Aaron Andruskevitch 9. Zach Daum (DNS)
HEAT #3 : 1. Shane Hollingsworth 2. Brad Loyet 3. Jerry Coons,Jr 4. Brad Sweet 5. J.C. Bland 6. Brad Mosen 7. Scott Buckley 8. Ryan Durst 9. Thomas Chandler
HEAT #4 : 1. Dave Darland 2. Nick Knepper 3. Dave Camfield,Jr 4. Donnie Lehmann 5. Dakota Armstrong 6. Tom Hessert 7. Jason Dull 8. Bryon Walters 9. Rich Camfield
HEAT #5 : 1. Brad Kuhn 2. Chuck Gurney,Jr 3. Tim Siner 4. Darren Hagen 5. Danny Stratton 6. Joey Montgomery 7. Chris Windom 8. Cory Malone
SEMI #1 : 1. Brad Sweet 2. Kevin Swindell 3. Mike Hess 4. Brad Paris 5. Bubba Altig 6. Chris Windom 7. Scott Buckley 8. Dakota Armstrong 9. Bryon Walters 10. Jason Dull 11. Donnie Lehmann 12. Aaron Andruskevitch 13. Kenny Biro 14. Rich Camfield
SEMI #2 : 1. Jon Stanbrough 2. Danny Stratton 3. Tom Hessert 4. Brad Mosen 5. Levi Jones 6. J.C. Bland 7. Derek Myers 8. Joey Montgomery 9. Thomas Chandler 10. Cory Malone 11. Shaun Insley 12. Zach Daum 13. Brent Beauchamp 14. Ryan Durst
FEATURE : 1. Brad Kuhn 2. Brad Loyet 3. Shane Hollingsworth 4. Derek King 5. Darren Hagen 6. Jon Stanbrough 7. Chuck Gurney,Jr 8. Nick Knepper 9. Dave Darland 10. Justin Allgaier 11. Brad Sweet 12. Danny Stratton 13. Dave Camfield,Jr 14. Derek Myers 15. Brady Bacon 16. Kevin Swindell 17. Mike Hess 18. Jerry Coons,Jr 19. Brad Mosen 20. Davey Ray 21. Tim Siner 22. Ricky Stenhouse,Jr 23. Bryce Townsend 24. Tom Hessert
