Toledo Speedway

Toledo, OH……..Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. extended his streak of Mopar USAC National Midget success in 2011 with Friday night’s 50-lap Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness “Jerry Nemire Appreciation Night” feature victory at the Toledo Speedway. He trailed Bobby East for five laps, then took the lead in his Liberty Village/McGladrey & Pullen Beast/Esslinger Ford and led the remaining 45 laps for the win over Kyle Larson, Bryan Clauson, Tanner Swanson and Mario Clouser. 

 

Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind., winner of USAC’s last two pavement Silver Crown races this year, won Friday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC Pavement Sprint race on Hemelgarn Racing/ Super Fitness Jerry Nemire Appreciation Night at Toledo Speedway. He beat fast qualifier Tanner Swanson by less than a tenth of a second in his Klatt Motorsports Classic Car Sales/East Enterprises Beast/Chevy, leading the final 19 laps after passing early leader Brian Gerster on the bottom of turn one. Chris Windom took third ahead of Bobby Santos III and Gerster. Santos, East and Swanson exited the race separated by two points in their battle for the Pavement Sprint title.

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 1, 2011 – Toledo, Ohio – Toledo Speedway – “Jerry Nemire Appreciation Night”QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 3F, RFMS-15.003; 2. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-15.039; 3. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-15.052; 4. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.092; 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-15.125; 6. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-15.129; 7. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-15.161; 8. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-15.213; 9. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-15.216; 10. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C & A-15.246; 11. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-15.258; 12. Kyle O’Gara, 6, East-15.370; 13. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-15.438; 14. Adam Wilsdon, 9x, Wilsdon-16.388; 15. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-NT; 16. Andy Nock, X, Nock-NT; 17. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-NT (time of 14.945 disallowed).       FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kramer, 2. D.Armstrong, 3. Clauson, 4. Larson, 5. T.Swanson. 2:03.    SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. East, 2. Hines, 3. Coons, 4. Daum, 5. Wilsdon. 2:02.5  THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Byrne, 2. O’Gara, 3. Hagen, 4. Clouser, 5. C.Armstrong. 2:04.19         FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Tanner Swanson, 5. Mario Clouser, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Zach Daum, 8. Adam Kramer, 9. David Byrne, 10. Caleb Armstrong, 11. Dalton Armstrong, 12. Kyle O’Gara, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Adam Wilsdon, 15. Bobby East, 16. Andy Nock, 17. Jimmy Simpson. NT--------------------------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 East, Laps 6-50 Hagen.  AMSOIL USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 1, 2011 – Toledo, Ohio – Toledo Speedway – “Jerry Nemire Appreciation Night”       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 17T, TK-14.758; 2. Brian Olson, 59, Powell-15.011; 3. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-15.025; 4. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.099; 5. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-15.165; 6. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-15.187; 7. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-15.197; 8. Russ Gamester, 35, Gamester-15.274; 9. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.275; 10. Billy Wease, 159, Powell-15.756; 11. Chad Atkinson, 39, Atkinson-16.388; 12. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-NT; 13. Kody Swanson, 07w, WBR/Team 6R-NT.       FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Santos, 3. Wilson, 4. T.Swanson, 5. indom, 6. Atkinson. 2:02.55  SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. East, 3. Wease, 4. Gerster, 5. Olson. 2:02.30      FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Tanner Swanson, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Bobby Santos III, 5. Brian Gerster, 6. Brian Olson, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Russ Gamester, 9. Jacob Wilson, 10. Chad Atkinson, 11. Billy Wease, 12. Kody Swanson (#07w). NT-------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-1-11 Gerster, Laps 12-30 East.