TAYLOR TAKES MIDWEST REGIONAL MIDGET RUN AT GAS CITY
By: Linda Mansfield
Gas City, Indiana (October 2, 2020)………The USAC regional midget feature was intense even though the winner, Adam Taylor, led all 25 laps from the pole.
Veteran Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz. started third and dipped under the driver who started second, Stratton Briggs of Anna, Ohio, for second in turn 3 working lap six.
From that point on, Coons threw everything he had at Taylor but couldn’t pass him, although he dogged him the whole way. He got especially close on lap 14, but then lapped traffic made it hard for all of them.
Briggs got second back from Coons on the white-flag lap to finish second behind Taylor. Coons was third, Jacob Denney of Galloway, Ohio placed fourth and Will Armitage of Athens, Ill. finished fifth.
Cory Guingrich of Celina, Ohio was the race’s hard charger, coming from 18th to ninth. He received bonus money from the Brookmyers.
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USAC MIDWEST REGIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 2, 2020 – Gas City I-69 Speedway – Gas City, Indiana
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Glenn Waterland (#11c Waterland), 2. Will Armitage (#40A McDermand), 3. Matt Lux (#43 Arnold), 4. Gunnar Lucius (#22 Lucius), 5. Tylar Rankin (#17s Rankin), 6. Greg Mitchell (#001 Mitchell), 7. Zack Gingerich (#2z Briggs), 8. Brandon Watson (#29 Watson), 9. Abby Hohlbein (#11H Hohlbein), 10. Thomas Bigelow (#2B Bigelow). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 2. Jacob Denney (#11T Taylor), 3. Stefan Sidur (#4 Dalby), 4. Kyle Dager (#2 Dager), 5. Ian Creager (#36 Creager), 6. Zane Briggs (#10 Briggs), 7. Jake Goeglein (#8 Goeglein), 8. Chase McDermand (#40 RMS), 9. Ryan Moran (#01 Moran). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Adam Taylor (#7T Taylor), 2. Billy Lawless (#17L Lawless), 3. Russ Gamester (#46 Gamester), 4. Bryce Dues (#23 Dues), 5. Kameron Gladish (#20 Nolen), 6. Jon Steed (#10s Steed), 7. Don Bigelow (#4B Bigelow), 8. Kyle Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 9. Denny Smith (#20 Smith). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#11L Taylor), 2. Shane Cottle (#86 Stamper), 3. Chett Gehrke (#10 Moore), 4. Jeff Beasley (#83 Beasley), 5. Cory Guingrich (#42 Guingrich), 6. Alex Watson (#20x Watson), 7. Tommy Kouns (#98 Kouns), 8. Kevin Blue (#DW7 Blue), 9. Brent Watson (#17K Watson). NT
FIRST SEMI: (10 laps, top-2 transfer to the feature) 1. Jon Steed, 2. Greg Mitchell, 3. Abby Hohlbein, 4. Tylar Rankin, 5. Brandon Watson, 6. Kyle Kriegbaum, 7. Thomas Bigelow, 8. Denny Smith, 9. Don Bigelow, 10. Zack Gingerich. NT
SECOND SEMI: (10 laps, top-2 transfer to the feature) 1. Cory Guingrich, 2. Ian Creager, 3. Alex Watson, 4. Zane Briggs, 5. Jake Goeglein, 6. Tommy Kouns, 7. Brent Watson, 8. Kevin Blue. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Adam Taylor (1), 2. Stratton Briggs (2), 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (3), 4. Jacob Denney (6), 5. Will Armitage (7), 6. Chett Gehrke (12), 7. Matt Lux (9), 8. Stefan Sidur (10), 9. Cory Guingrich (18), 10. Billy Lawless (8), 11. Russ Gamester (11), 12. Greg Mitchell (19), 13. Ian Creager (20), 14. Bryce Dues (15), 15. Kyle Dager (14), 16. Glenn Waterland (4), 17. Jeff Beasley (16), 18. Jon Steed (17), 19. Shane Cottle (5), 20. Gunnar Lucius (13).
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Adam Taylor.
USAC MIDWEST REGIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Chett Gehrke-247, 2-Emerson Axsom-231, 3-Adam Taylor-216, 4-Jacob Denney-208, 5-Hayden Reinbold-186, 6-Stratton Briggs-158, 7-Daison Pursley-149, 8-Kaylee Bryson-134, 9-Ian Creager-122, 10-Cory Guingrich-113.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 3, 2020 – Circus City Speedway – Peru, Indiana