ARMSTRONG IS TOPS AT ANDERSON
Anderson, Indiana (July 29, 2022)………Dakoda Armstrong returned to his roots to capture Friday night’s USAC Eastern & USAC Radical SpeeD2 Midget co-sanctioned feature at Indiana’s Anderson Speedway.
New Castle, Indiana’s Armstrong, a 2004 USAC Kenyon Midget champion and a past pole winner in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, took over the lead from Brady Allum three laps into the 50-lapper, leading the final 48 laps en route to victory in the Radical Racing No. 5.
Armstrong was followed to the stripe by Eastern series point leader Hunter Wise (Allentown, Pa.), Logan Sulyi (Raleigh, N.C.) and Toby Alfrey (Miamisburg, Ohio) while Dillon Thomas (Clover, S.C.) rounded out the top-five.
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USAC EASTERN SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 29, 2022 – Anderson Speedway – Anderson, Indiana – Grant Fritz/Greg Dietzen Memorial
QUALIFYING: 1. Casey Tillman, 99, Creevan-12.226; 2. Logan Sulyi, 19, Sulyi-12.908; 3. Dakoda Armstrong, 5, Radical-12.359; 4. Hunter Wise, 47, Wise-12.400; 5. Brady Allum, 87, Allum-12.501; 6. Toby Alfrey, 1, Radical-12.527; 7. Kyle Tellstrom, 89, Creevan-12.550; 8. Avery Stoehr, 20, Stoehr-12.595; 9. Nathan Byrd, 87B, Creevan-12.644; 10. Dillon Thomas, 4, Thomas-12.745; 11. Chad Allum, 87A, Allum-12.830; 12. River Merrill, 9y, Merrill-12.834; 13. Cheyenne Merrill, 8, Merrill-13.109; 14. Chris Lamb, 9, Radical-NT.
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dakoda Armstrong, 2. Hunter Wise, 3. Logan Sulyi, 4. Toby Alfrey, 5. Dillon Thomas, 6. Nathan Byrd, 7. Kyle Tellstrom, 8. River Merrill, 9. Brady Allum, 10. Casey Tillman, 11. Avery Stoehr, 12. Cheyenne Merrill, 13. Chad Allum.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Brady Allum, Laps 3-50 Dakoda Armstrong.
USAC EASTERN SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hunter Wise-478, 2-Brady Allum-431, 3-Logan Sulyi-399, 4-Dillon Thomas-359, 5-Chris Lamb-325, 6-Caleb Edington-160, 7-Chad Allum-118, 8-Nathan Byrd-111, 9-Kyle Tellstrom-52, 10-River Merrill-49.
USAC RADICAL SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hunter Wise-70, 2-Logan Sulyi-69, 3-Dillon Thomas-58, 4-Nathan Byrd-55, 5-Kyle Tellstrom-52, 6-River Merrill-49, 7-Casey Tillman-49, 8-Brady Allum-48, 9-Cheyenne Merrill-39, 10-Chris Lamb-10.
NEXT USAC EASTERN SPEED2 & USAC RADICAL SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: July 30, 2022 – Anderson Speedway – Anderson, Indiana