Clauson Sweeps the Midgets at Copper on Dirt

USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: March 2, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 6th “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Christopher Bell, 71k, Kunz-14.297; 2. Rico Abreu, 67, Kunz-14.376; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-14,422; 4. Kody Swanson, 45, Neverlift-14.454; 5. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.588; 6. Stevie Sussex, 1az, Sussex-14.650; 7. Johnathon Henry, 88, Graunstad-14.657; 8. Dillon Welch, 39c, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.664; 9. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.681;10. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-14.700; 11. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-14.704; 12. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-14.727; 13. Tanner Thorson, 67w, Kunz-14.818; 14. Riley Emmel, 67k, Kunz-14.848; 15. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.849; 16. Alex Sewell, 7, McQueen-14.934; 17. Troy Rutherford, 11, Martens-15.053; 18. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-15.142; 19. Rick Shuman, 22a, Baxter-15.214; 20. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-15.427; 21. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bell, 2. Thorson, 3. J.Swanson, 4. K/.Swanson, 5. Henry, 6. Sewell, 7. R.Shuman. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Emmel, 3. Abreu, 4. Welch, 5. Rutherford, 6. Thomas, 7. Goodwin. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Johnson, 3. Gardner, 4. Sussex, 5. Marcham, 6. Prickett. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Christopher Bell, 4. R.J. Johnson, 5. Kyle Larson, 6. Jake Swanson, 7. Scott Pierovich, 8. David Prickett, 9. Tanner Thorson, 10. Dillon Welch, 11. Stevie Sussex, 12. Johnathon Henry, 13. Troy Rutherford, 14. Riley Emmel, 15. Terry Goodwin, 16. Tyler Thomas, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Trey Marcham, 19. Rick Shuman, 20. Alex Sewell, 21. Ronnie Gardner. 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 K.Swanson, Laps 19-30 Clauson.

NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Clauson-143, 2-Abreu-128, 3-Bell-125, 4-Pierovich-91, 5-J.Swanson-86, 6-Gardner-84, 7-Welch-71, 8-K.Swanson-66, 9-Prickett-64, 10-Emmel-61.

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: March 30, 2013 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway