DRAKE, McGHEE TAKE SPEEDROME “ELITE 8” FOCUS MAINS

 


Indianapolis, IN……..Nick Drake of Mooresville, N.C. and Sam McGhee of Camby, Ind. posted feature victories in Wednesday night’s “Elite 8 Series” USAC Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns features at the Bryant Heating & Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome. Drake passed Jessica Bean on lap 11 and led the final 40 laps of the Ford Focus feature in the Haas Automation Beast, while McGhee led the first lap and the last three to take the Focus Young Guns race in his Stoops Freightliner/CPM Machine Spike. Trailing Drake were Ross Rankine, Austin Prock, Nick Hamilton and Jarett Andretti. Cooper Clouse took second behind McGhee, followed by Mikell McGee, Adam Thomason and Stevie Kuhn.


 


USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: June 22, 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Bryant Heating & Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome – “Elite 8 Series”


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. James Robertson (#1 Steele), 2. David Levine (#43 Fedrizzi), 3. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 4. Nick Hamilton (#33 Hamilton), 5. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). 2”03.14


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tyler Shullick (#61 Shullick), 2. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey), 3. Austin Prock (#96 Brown/Noffsinger), 4. Joey Greening (#17G Greening), 5. Ross Rankine (#9 Nine Racing), 6. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean). 2:03.18


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Nick Drake, 2. Ross Rankine, 3. Austin Prock, 4. Nick Hamilton, 5. Jarett Andretti (#25 Andretti), 6. Tyler Shullick, 7. David Levine, 8. James Robertson, 9. Toby Alfrey, 10. Joey Greening, 11. Kent Kriegbaum, 12. Jessica Bean. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Bean, Laps 11-50 Drake.


 


NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Robertson-184; 2-Rankine-166; 3-Andretti-144; 4-Alfrey-140; 5-Drake-128; 6-Prock-126; 7-N.Hamilton-119; 8-Bean-114; 9-Greening-113; 10-Shullick-98.


 


NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: June 24 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway


 


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USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS  RESULTS: June 22, 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Bryant Heating & Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome – “Elite 8 Series”


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stevie Kuhn (#74 Kuhn), 2. Cooper Clouse (#14 Clouse), 3. Michael Fanelli (#14x Rankine), 4. Mikell McGee (#22 McGee). 2:10.12


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sam McGhee (#11 McGhee), 2. Adam Thomason (#39 Rankine), 3. Emmy Gray (#7 Gray). NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Sam McGhee, 2. Cooper Clouse, 3. Mikell McGee, 4. Adam Thomason, 5. Stevie Kuhn, 6. Michael Fanelli. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 McGhee, Laps 2-3 Thomason, Laps 4-22 Clouse, Laps 23-25 McGhee.


 


NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-S.McGhee-203; 2-Kuhn-179; 3-Tyler Shullick-137; 4-Clouse-128; 5-M.McGee-113; 6-Justen Garmenn-105; 7-Ty Rose-58; 8-Thomason-58; 9-Gray-54; 10-Fanelli-51.


 


NEXT USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: June 25 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway