IMRA TITLE TO MALLONEE, GEHRKE TAKES CANTON FINALE
Canton, IL……..Chett Gehrke won the nettle but Jeff Mallonee won the war Saturday night as the USAC IMRA Midget Series concluded at Spoon River Speedway. Mallonee, of Davenport, Iowa, emerged as the series champion, while Gehrke, of Broken Arrow, Okla., won Saturday night’s 30-lap main event in his Matteson Racing Spike/Fontana. Gehrke passed Dillon Morley on lap 19 and led the rest of the way to beat Gedd Ross, Brent Burrows, Dillon Morley and Shane Morgan. Mallonee finished 22nd Saturday but outpointed Morley for the championship by 171 points.
USAC IMRA MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2016 – Canton, Illinois – Spoon River Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hull (#24 Hull), 2. Gedd Ross (#51R Johnson), 3. Dillon Morley (#69x Morley), 4. Dave Baugh (#7B Baugh), 5. Brent Burrows (#51 Terry), 6. Jake Sollenberger (#5 Utsinger), 7. Nick Corea (#38 Dori), 8. Robert Leffel (#11L Leffel), 9. Ryan Mangold (#47 Mangold). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chett Gehrke (#11c Matteson), 2. Tyler Baran (#11 Baran), 3. Shane Morgan (#15M Morgan), 4. Alex Watson (#11w Watson), 5. Hunter Lane (#0A Zero), 6. Todd Baker (#48 Baker), 7. Alfred Galedrige (#41 Watson), 8. Andy Baugh (#6B Baugh). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Probst (#99 Probst), 2. Broc Hunnell (#73 Hunnell), 3. Tyler Roth (#0B Zero), 4. Johnny Murdock (#0 Zero), 5. Beau Burnett (#13 Zero), 6. Mitchell Davis (#56 Davis), 7. Chase McDermand (#40 MWR), 8. Jeff Mallonee (#31 Mallonee). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chett Gehrke, 2. Gedd Ross, 3. Brent Burrows. 4. Dillon Morley, 5. Shane Morgan, 6. Jake Sollenberger, 7. Broc Hunnell, 8. Tracy Hull, 9. Hunter Lane, 10. Dave Baugh, 11. Todd Baker, 12. Mitchell Davis, 13. Alex Watson, 14. Tyler Baran, 15. Ryan Mangold, 16. Ryan Probst, 17. Johnny Murdock, 18. Beau Burnett, 19. Tyler Roth, 20. Robert Leffel, 21. Chase McDermand, 22. Jeff Mallonee, 23. Alfred Galedrige, 24. Nick Corea, 25. Andy Baugh. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Probst, Laps 9-17 Morley, Laps 18-30 Gehrke.
FINAL USAC IMRA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Mallonee-1,304, 2-Morley-1,133, 3-Burrows-1,000, 4-Sollenberger-991, 5-Davis-881, 6-Hunnell-812, 7-A.Baugh-781, 8-Lane-775, 9-McDermand-659, 10-Travis Pence-640.