GEHRKE BACKS UP FRIDAY WIN WITH SATURDAY’S “JACK HEWITT CLASSIC”

Waynesfield, OH……..Chett Gehrke of Broken Arrow, Okla. led the final 10 laps to win Saturday night’s 20-lap “Jack Hewitt Classic” USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget race at Waynesfield Raceway Park. Alex Watson, Aaron Leffel, Jon Steed and Jac Nickles completed the “top-five” at the finish.

USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2018 – Waynesfield, Ohio – Waynesfield Raceway Park – “Jack Hewitt Classic”

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Thomas Bigelow (#2B Bigelow), Taylor Cox (#7x Cox), Jody Paul (#5 Paul), Adam Schmenk (#6x Schmenk), Chris Bounds (#65 Bounds), Brandon Watson (#29 Watson), Tom Hessel (#7T Hessel), Don Bigelow (#48 Bigelow), Justin Kirk (#22k Kirk), Reed Salony (#22R Salony), Mike Hessel (#7m Hessel), and Bryce Dues (#3D Dues).

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Chett Gehrke (Gehrke #11c), 2. Alex Watson (Watson #3), 3. Aaron Leffel (Taylor #11L), 4. Jon Steed (#7s Steed), 5. Jac Nickles (#31 Nickles), 6. Brad Strunk (#23s Strunk), 7. Brad Racer (#22B Racer), 8. Cory Guingrich (Guingrich #11G), 9. Trey Osborne (Taylor #11T), 10. Stratton Briggs (Briggs #71), 11. Anthony Haas (Haas #81), 12. Ron Coleman (#44 Coleman), 13. Gunnar Lucius (#22L Lucius), 14. Nick Daugherty (#14 Daugherty), 15. Andrew Heitkamp (#4 Heitkamp), 16. Ryan Barr (#21B Barr), 17. Jon Watson (Watson #25), 18. Becca Stiefel (#32B Stiefel), 19. Tayte Williamson (#88 Williamson), 20. Matt Freedman #90 Freedman). NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Steed, Laps 4-5 Lucius, Laps 6-8 Gehrke, Laps 9-10 Lucius, Laps 11-20 Gehrke.

NEW USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER POINTS: 1-Leffel-521, 2-Gehrke-432, 3-A.Watson-367, 4-Briggs-461, 5-J.Watson-335, 6-Guingrich-331, 7-Steed-318, 8-Osborne-278, 9-John Heydenreich-268, 10-Kriegbaum-207.

NEXT USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER RACE: August 11 – Montpelier (IN) Motor Speedway