THORSON RISES TO IMW PASSING MASTER LEAD ENTERING KOKOMO
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Kokomo, Indiana (June 12, 2021)………The race for the USAC Indiana Midget Week championship isn’t the only points battle on the line going into the Saturday, June 12, USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget event at Kokomo Speedway.
ProSource has announced a $500 Passing Master bonus going to the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget driver who advances the most total positions from his or her feature starting spot throughout the entirety of Indiana Midget Week June 3-12. Passing Master points are accumulated via heat races, last chance races and feature events each night of IMW.
Entering the event, Tanner Thorson (Minden, Nev.) leads all drivers with 42 positions advanced throughout the first seven races of IMW. The 2016 USAC National Midget champion padded his total with 17 more positions advanced in Friday night’s round at Gas City, passing five in the semi and 12 more in the feature after charging from 20th to 8th.
Thorson holds a three-point advantage over both Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) and Hayden Williams (Auckland, N.Z.) at 39 apiece. Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, Calif.) is fourth with 37 while Emerson Axsom (Franklin, Ind.) and Brian Carber (Lewisberry, Pa.) each have passed 36 cars.
Kyle Larson captured the inaugural ProSource Indiana Midget Week Passing Master Award in 2020.
Saturday’s Indiana Midget Week round at Kokomo Speedway will feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship and the Kokomo Sprint Cars.
You can save $5 with purchase of advance tickets at www.TracPass.com. Tickets and pit passes will also be sold at the gate where general admission tickets are $30, kids aged 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $35.
Pits open at 3pm EDT with grandstands opening at 3pm, drivers meeting at 6pm and hot laps at 6:30pm.
Every Indiana Midget Week event will be streamed LIVE on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3dgONXz.
PROSOURCE INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PASSING MASTER POINTS:
(After Round #7 of 8)
1. 42-Tanner Thorson
2. 39-Logan Seavey & Hayden Williams
4. 37-Thomas Meseraull
5. 36-Emerson Axsom & Brian Carber
7. 31-Daison Pursley
8. 30-Kevin Thomas Jr.
9. 25-Brenham Crouch & Kaylee Bryson
11. 24-Chance Crum & Cannon McIntosh
13. 22-Max Guilford
14. 21-Justin Grant
15. 20-Jason McDougal
16. 19-Corey Day & Bryant Wiedeman
18. 18-Chris Windom
19. 17-Kyle Cummins
20. 16-Cole Bodine & Buddy Kofoid
22. 13-Blake Brannon & Ethan Mitchell
24. 12-Brady Bacon & Hayden Reinbold
26. 10-Jerry Coons Jr.
27. 9-Chase Randall, Stephen Schnapf, Jonathan Shafer & Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
31. 8-Chett Gehrke
32. 7-Trey Gropp
33. 6-Austin Barnhill, Travis Buckley & Sam Johnson
36. 5-Oliver Akard
37. 3-Tyler Nelson & Ryan Timms
39. 2-Tommy Thompson
40. 1-Taylor Reimer & Glenn Waterland
42. 0-Jarett Andretti, Michael Clark, Aiden Purdue, Kendall Ruble & Bryan Stanfill
2021 INDIANA MIDGET WEEK SCHEDULE:
Jun 3: Paragon Speedway – Paragon, IN
WINNER: Thomas Meseraull (RMS Racing #7x)
Jun 4: Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, IN
WINNER: Buddy Kofoid (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
Jun 5: Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, IN
WINNER: Logan Seavey (Tom Malloy #25)
Jun 6: Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, IN
WINNER: Kyle Cummins (Glenn Styres Racing #3G)
Jun 9: Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, IN
WINNER: Corey Day (Clauson Marshall Racing #47BC)
Jun 10: Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, IN
WINNER: Tanner Thorson (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports #19T)
Jun 11: Gas City I-69 Speedway – Gas City, IN
WINNER: Buddy Kofoid (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)
Jun 12: Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, IN
