DENNEY DOMINATES FOR 5TH STRAIGHT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER WIN
Montpelier, Indiana (August 8, 2021)………No points, no problem for Jacob Denney as he ran his winning streak in USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget competition to five with Saturday night’s non-points special event feature victory at Indiana’s Montpelier Motor Speedway.
Denney (Galloway, Ohio), the defending series champion, started from the pole in his Team Taylor #11L and led every lap in succession to win over Chett Gehrke (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Aaron Leffel (Springfield, Ohio), Tom Hessel (Van Wert, Ohio) and hard charger Kyle Dager (Fort Wayne, Ind.), who started 11th.
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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: August 7, 2021 – Montpelier Motor Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana
BREWHOUSE DRIVE THRU FIRST HEAT WINNER: Chett Gehrke (#93c Gehrke)
PERFORMANCE POWDER COATING SECOND HEAT WINNER: Ian Creager (#36 Creager)
K & M TOOL & DIE THIRD HEAT: Aaron Leffel (#11L Taylor)
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jacob Denney (#11T Taylor), 2. Chett Gehrke, 3. Aaron Leffel, 4. Tom Hessel (#7T Hessel), 5. Kyle Dager (#2 Dager), 6. Josh Yenser (#12Y Yenser), 7. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 8. Ian Creager, 9. Alex Watson (#3E Watson), 10. Zack Gingerich (#8z Gingerich), 11. Abby Hohlbein (#11H Hohlbein), 12. Travis Stickles (#87 Stickles), 13. James Keaton (#6K Keaton), 14. Blake Adams (#44 Adams), 15. Kyle Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 16. Cody Dye (#4T Dye), 17. Jim Jones (#97 Jones), 18. Jody Paul (#5 Paul), 19. Bryce Dues (#23D Dues), 20. Jon Watson (#20x Watson), 21. Luke Lemmons (#33L Lemmons), 22. Ryan Moran (#01 Moran). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Jacob Denney.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: August 20, 2021 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana
Contingency Award Winners:
Hawk Hard Charger: Kyle Dager (11th to 5th)
Rosewood Precision Move of The Race: Jody Paul