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Sunday, 23 July 2023

GEHRKE GETS IT DONE, WINS AT KOKOMO

Winner Chett Gehrke (Broken Arrow, Okla.) Winner Chett Gehrke (Broken Arrow, Okla.) Chris Pedersen Photo

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 22, 2023 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana

VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-14.284; 2. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-14.534; 3. Rylan Gray, 6m, Hall-14.604; 4. Chett Gehrke, 93c, Gehrke-14.901; 5. Hilton Rowett, 11x, Rowett-14.988; 6. Tyler Kalb, 32, Kalb-15.095; 7. Alex Watson, 3E, Watson-15.221; 8. Blake Adams, 44, Adams-15.236; 9. Bryan Brewer, 11J, Brewer-NT.

VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Wes Pinkerton, 9p, Pinkerton-14.141; 2. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells-14.173; 3. Tate Martz, 34, GMB-14.289; 4. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-14.375; 5. Cale Coons, 11T, Taylor-14.584; 6. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-14.898; 7. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-15.168; 8. Marcel Berndt, 2, Briggs-15.257.

VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-14.186; 2. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-14.265; 3. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-14.358; 4. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-14.386; 5. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell-14.410; 6. Luke Lemons, 33L, Lemons-14.991; 7. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-15.073; 8. Bryce Dues, 23D, Dues-15.108.

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chett Gehrke (1), 2. Ian Creager (4), 3. Abby Hohlbein (3), 4. Hilton Rowett (5), 5. Bryan Brewer (9), 6. Alex Watson (7), 7. Tyler Kalb (6), 8. Blake Adams (8), 9. Rylan Gray (2). NT

U.S. LAWNS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (1), 2. Wes Pinkerton (4), 3. Cale Coons (5), 4. Gunnar Lucius (6), 5. Marcel Berndt (8), 6. Cody Dye (7), 7. Matt Lux (3), 8. Tate Martz (2). NT

U.S. LAWNS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Michael Magic (2), 2. Stratton Briggs (1), 3. Jakeb Boxell (5), 4. Kayla Roell (3), 5. Bryce Massingill (4), 6. Cole Morgan (7), 7. Luke Lemons (6), 8. Bryce Dues (8). NT

SEMI: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Matt Lux (5), 2. Bryan Brewer (1), 3. Luke Lemons (6), 4. Cole Morgan (3), 5. Alex Watson (4), 6. Rylan Gray (11), 7. Blake Adams (10), 8. Bryce Dues (9), 9. Cody Dye (2), 10. Tyler Kalb (7). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chett Gehrke (1), 2. Wes Pinkerton (4), 3. Ian Creager (3), 4. Cale Coons (7), 5. Gunnar Lucius (10), 6. Matt Lux (15), 7. Alex Watson (18), 8. Michael Magic (5), 9. Hilton Rowett (9), 10. Bryce Massingill (14), 11. Luke Lemons (16), 12. Abby Hohlbein (6), 13. Rylan Gray (19), 14. Kayla Roell (11), 15. Jakeb Boxell (8), 16. Zach Wigal (#32) (23), 17. Cole Morgan (17), 18. Blake Adams (20), 19. Cody Dye (22), 20. Bryce Dues (21), 21. Marcel Berndt (13), 22. Bryan Brewer (12), 23. Stratton Briggs (2). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Chett Gehrke.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Zach Wigal-780, 2-Bryce Massingill-761, 3-Matt Lux-715, 4-Stratton Briggs-694, 5-Ian Creager-682, 6-Gunnar Lucius-665, 7-Abby Hohlbein-585, 8-Jakeb Boxell-530, 9-Josh Yenser-515, 10-Alex Watson-454.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: August 4, 2023 – Moler Raceway Park – Williamsburg, Ohio

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Wes Pinkerton

U.S. Lawns First Heat Winner: Chett Gehrke

Performance Electronics Second Heat Winner: Zach Wigal

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Third Heat: Michael Magic

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Alex Watson (18th to 7th)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Tyler Kalb

HARF/DARF Hard Luck Award: Zach Wigal