WIGAL DOTS THE I’S AT CIRCLE CITY
Indianapolis, Indiana (September 15, 2023)………Zach Wigal raced to his series-leading sixth USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory of the season on Friday night at Indianapolis, Indiana’s Circle City Raceway.
Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) ran second to racelong leader Matt Lux (Manilla, Ind.) for the first 13 laps of the 20-lap event. On lap 14, Wigal made the winning move as he slipped by Lux for the lead and controlled the pace for the remaining seven laps to take the checkered flag.
Behind Wigal, Lux finished second with Cale Coons (Greencastle, Ind.) third, series point leader Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) fourth and Germany’s Marcel Berndt rounding out the top-five.
VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier Abby Hohlbein (Cloverdale, Ind.) finished sixth after starting 15th to earn Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger honors.
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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2023 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana
VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-13.406, 2. Tim Siner, 77, Holderfield-13.624, 3. Page Perrine, 55, Perrine-13.885, 4. Marcel Berndt, 2, Briggs-13.991, 5. Blake Adams, 44, 14.031, 6. Logan Prickett, 3, Prickett-14.186, 7. Tanner Tecco, 4, Tecco-15.044, 8. Travis Stickels, 87, Stickels-15.171, 9. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-15.171, 10. John Ralsten, 6m, Ralsten-NT.
VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Aaron Leffel, 11L, Taylor-13.343, 2. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-13.368, 3. Tate Martz, 34, GMB-13.375, 4. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-13.384, 5. Tyler Nelson, 10, Nelson-13.647, 6. Jimmie Guidry, 21G, Guidry-14.569, 7. Thomas Bigelow, 2B, Bigelow-14.981, 8. Alex Watson, 20x, Watson-18.037, 9. Josh Yenser, 16y, Yenser-18.037.
VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-13.117, 2. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-13.180, 3. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells-13.335, 4. Cale Coons, 11T, Taylor-13.386, 5. Stratton Briggs, 21, Fedorczyk-13.505, 6. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-13.522, 7. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-13.724, 8. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-13.939, 9. Luke Lemons, 33L, Lemons-14.238, 10. Jody Paul, 5J, Paul-15.343.
PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (4), 2. Marcel Berndt (1), 3. Tim Siner (3), 4. Logan Prickett (6), 5. Blake Adams (5), 6. Tanner Tecco (7), 7. Page Perrine (2), 8. John Ralsten (10). NT
U.S. LAWNS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (1), 2. Michael Magic (3), 3. Tyler Nelson (5), 4. Aaron Leffel (4), 5. Tate Martz (2), 6. Alex Watson (8), 7. Jimmie Guidry (6), 8. Tom Bigelow (7). NT
STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (1), 2. Matt Lux (2), 3. Kayla Roell (3), 4. Stratton Briggs (5), 5. Abby Hohlbein (4), 6. Cole Morgan (8), 7. Gunnar Lucius (7), 8. Luke Lemons (9), 9. Jody Paul (10), 10. Ian Creager (6). NT
SEMI: (12 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Alex Watson (2), 2. Gunnar Lucius (6), 3. Cole Morgan (3), 4. Luke Lemons (9), 5. Jimmie Guidry (5), 6. Page Perrine (4), 7. John Ralsten (7), 8. Jody Paul (12), 9. Josh Yenser (11), 10. Tanner Tecco (1). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (3), 2. Matt Lux (2), 3. Cale Coons (6), 4. Bryce Massingill (4), 5. Marcel Berndt (1), 6. Abby Hohlbein (15), 7. Kayla Roell (9), 8. Tate Martz (14), 9. Stratton Briggs (12), 10. Tyler Nelson (8), 11. Alex Watson (16), 12. Logan Prickett (10), 13. Luke Lemons (19), 14. Gunnar Lucius (17), 15. Michael Magic (5), 16. Blake Adams (13), 17. Cole Morgan (18), 18. Jimmie Guidry (20), 19. Aaron Leffel (11), 20. Tim Siner (7). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Matt Lux, Laps 14-20 Zach Wigal.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bryce Massingill-889, 2-Zach Wigal-877, 3-Stratton Briggs-822, 4-Matt Lux-781, 5-Ian Creager-810, 6-Gunnar Lucius-778, 7-Abby Hohlbein-669, 8-Jakeb Boxell-640, 9-Josh Yenser-581, 10-Alex Watson-487.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: September 16, 2023 – Montpelier Motor Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Abby Hohlbein
Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Zach Wigal
U.S. Lawns Second Heat Winner: Bryce Massingill
Stiefel’s Home & Auto Third Heat Winner: Cale Coons
Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Abby Hohlbein (15th to 6th)
Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Marcel Berndt
Impact Racing Lucky Racer: Tyler Nelson
HARF/DARF Hard Luck Award: Tim Siner
