WATSON WINS MONTPELIER FINALE; MIDWEST TITLE TO LEFFEL

Montpelier, IN……..Alex Watson of Columbus, Ohio won Saturday night’s USAC Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget finale at Montpelier Motor Speedway. Aaron Leffel of Springfield, Ohio finished third and claimed the 2018 series championship. Cory Guingrich finished second Saturday ahead of Leffel, Jon Steed and Kevin Blue.

USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 29, 2018 – Montpelier, Indiana – Montpelier Motor Speedway

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Don Bigelow (#4 Bigelow) and Brent Watson (17K Watson)

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Alex Watson (#3 Watson), 2. Cory Guingrich (#11G Guingrich), 3. Aaron Leffel (#11L Taylor), 4. Jon Steed (#7s Steed), 5. Kevin Blue (#7DW Blue), 6. Blake Vermillion (#73 Vermillion), 7. Tom Hunt (#12 Hunt), 8. Thomas Bigelow (#2B Bigelow), 9. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs), 10. Jon Watson (#25 Watson), 11. Brandon Watson (#29 Watson), 12. Tyler Key (#5c Key), 13. Jacob Taylor (#11T Taylor), 14. Mark Nieft Jr. (#20N Nieft), 15. Bill Dunham (#84 Dunham), 16. Kyle Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 17. Jim Dues (#3D Dues). NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 A.Watson.

FINAL USAC SPEED2 MIDWEST THUNDER POINTS: 1-Leffel-786, 2-A.Watson-635, 3-Briggs-602, 4-Steed-565, 5-Guingrich-520, 6-J.Watson-482, 7-Chett Gehrke-432, 8-Kreigbaum-350, 9-Blue-322, 10-Trey Osborne-278.