BELL GETS 1ST PAVEMENT WIN IN “BATTLE ON THE BORDER 1”
Schererville, IN……….Christopher Bell of Norman, Okla. scored his initial Honda USAC National Pavement Midget victory Friday night in the “Battle on the Border 1” feature at Illiana Motor Speedway. Bell led all 30 laps in the Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian Beast/Speedway Toyota to beat Darren Hagen, Kyle Hamilton, Dalton Armstrong and Kyle O’Gara. Hagen was the fastest qualifier. The race was co-sanctioned by STARS.
HONDA USAC NATIONAL MIDGET PAVEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 9, 2013 – Schererville, Indiana – Illiana Motor Speedway – “Battle of the Border 1” – Co-sanctioned by STARS
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-18.802; 2. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-18.885; 3. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-18.952; 4. Kyle O’Gara, 27, RW-18.955; 5. Bobby Santos, 17, RW-19.035; 6. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-19.082; 7. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-19.089; 8. Jim Anderson, 36, Guess-19.243; 9. David Gough, 9, Fox-19.247; 10. Grant Galloway, 16, Galloway-19.443; 11. Patrick Wilda, 33w, Wilda-19.506; 12. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-19.515; 13. Derek Bischak, 31, Bischak-19.616; 14. Billy Hulbert, 88, Hilbert/Rittof-19.729; 15. Ryan Probst, 99, Probst-19.802; 16. Nick Baran, 87, Baran-19.842; 17. Tyler Baran, 11, Baran-19.881; 18. Bret Sanderson, 66, Sanderson-20.133; 19. Terry Ahern, 6T6, Ahern-20.482; 20. Austin Prock, 41, Prock-NT.
SCRAMBLE HEAT #1: (12 laps) 1. D.Armstrong, 2. Hagen, 3. Hines, 4. Santos, 5. Wilda, 6. Gough, 7. Ahern, 8. T.Baran, 9. Probst, 10. Bischak. NT
SCRAMBLE HEAT #2: (12 laps) 1. Bell, 2. Hamilton, 3. Anderson, 4. O’Gara, 5. Galloway, 6. Trainor, 7. Prock, 8. Hulbert, 9. N.Baran, 10. Sanderson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Darren Hagen, 3. Kyle Hamilton, 4. Dalton Armstrong, 5. Kyle O’Gara, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Jim Anderson, 8. Bobby Santos, 9. Grant Galloway, 10. Tyler Trainor, 11. Patrick Wilda, 12. Austin Prock, 13. Nick Baran, 14. Derek Bischak, 15. Billy Hulbert, 16. Ryan Probst, 17. Bret Sanderson, 18. David Gough, 19. Tyler Baran, 20. Terry Ahern. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bell.
NEW HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET PAVEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Hagen-371, 2-Hines-362, 3-Santos-320, 4-O’Gara-316, 5-Caleb Armstrong-264, 6-Hamilton-254, 7-Bell-247, 8-D.Armstrong-242, 9-Tanner Swanson-220, 10-Taylor Ferns-184.
NEXT HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET PAVEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 10 – Morris, IL – Grundy County Speedway
