Bruns continues great early season with second place finish
HAUBSTADT, Ind. – The Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) made it first ever appearance at Tri-State Speedway, Saturday, and Shane Stewart picked up his first win with the series during a great night of racing action.
Stewart started 10th and ran the highline to the front, but had to find his way around early race leader A.J. Bruns to get the win. The pass came on lap 16, when Bruns was held up by a lapped car going into turn three.
Stewart took the lead as the pair finished lap 16 and held on for the remainder of the event. Bruns, who had finished no worse than fourth in the series’ previous five events, took his fifth podium finish, with a second place spot at Tri-State Speedway.
Greg Wilson finished in the third spot.
Paul Nienhiser won the dash and started on the pole of the feature event, but the youngster out of Chapin, Ill., looped it in the middle of turns one and two on the first lap. Everyone was able to miss the spinning leader, but Nienhiser was forced to go to the tale of the field. He did rebound to finish in the 12 spot.
Robert Ballou made his first career start with MOWA as well during the event, as he pulled double duty running both non-wing and winged sprinters during the night’s action. He started in the 13th spot, and made a late charge toward the front finishing 6th.
Defending series champion Jerrod Hull had his best finish of the season, ending the night in the fourth spot.
Heat Results
Heat 1: 1 – A.J. Bruns 44(1), 2 – Paul Nienhiser 9(4), 3 – Danny Smith 4s(5), 4 – Bill Rose 6(6), 5 – Robbie Standridge 22(8), 6 – Ryan Kempin 2K(2), 7 – Ben Wagoner 84(7), 8 – Jeremy Standridge 10s(3),
Heat 2: 1 – Jerrod Hull 12H(3), 2 – Greg Wilson 53(5), 3 – Robert Ballou 12x(2), 4 – Chris Urish 77u(6), 5 – Kody Kinser 4m(7), 6 – Alex Shanks 83(8), 7 – Logan Faucon 52F(4), 8 – Jamie Frederickson 58(1),
Heat 3: 1 – Jimmy Hurley 35(2), 2 – Chris Windom 21x(1), 3 – Jimmy Light 23(3), 4 – Shane Stewart 71(6), 5 – Cory Bruns 42(5), 6 – Jimmy Davies 99(4), 7 – Brett Samonds 47(7), 8 – Adam Schmidt 12s(8),
Dash Results
1 – Paul Nienhiser 9, 2 – A.J. Bruns 44, 3 – Greg Wilson 53, 4 – Chris Windom 21x, 5 – Danny Smith 4s, 6 – Bill Rose 6, 7 – Jerrod Hull 12H, 8 – Jimmy Hurley 35,
B-Main Results
B-Main 1: 1 – Cory Bruns 42 (1), 2 – Jimmy Davies 99 (2), 3 – Ben Wagoner 84 (4), 4 – Jamie Frederickson 58 (9), 5 – Jeremy Standridge 10s (8), 6 – Ryan Kempin 2K (3), 7 – Brett Samonds 47 (5), 8 – Adam Schmidt 12s (7), 9 – Logan Faucon 52F (6),
A-Main Results
1 – Shane Stewart 71 (10), 2 – A.J. Bruns 44 (2), 3 – Greg Wilson 53 (3), 4 – Jerrod Hull 12H (7), 5 – Jimmy Hurley 35 (8), 6 – Robert Ballou 12x (13), 7 – Chris Urish 77u (9), 8 – Chris Windom 21x (4), 9 – Kody Kinser 4m (14), 10 – Ben Wagoner 84 (17), 11 – Robbie Standridge 22 (11), 12 – Paul Nienhiser 9 (1), 13 – Bill Rose 6 (6), 14 – Jeremy Standridge 10s (19), 15 – Jimmy Davies 99 (16), 16 – Jamie Frederickson 58 (18), 17 – Alex Shanks 83 (15), 18 – Logan Faucon 52F (20), 19 – Danny Smith 4s (5), 20 – Jimmy Light 23 (12),