Clauson Wins "Copper on Dirt" Midget Opener

March 1, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 6th “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rico Abreu, 67, Kunz-14.097; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.178; 3. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.251; 4. Alex Sewell, 7, McQueen-14.308; 5. Casey Shuman, 12, Dunlap-14.337; 6. Tyler Thorson, 67w, Kunz-14.396; 7. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-14.400; 8. Dillon Welch, 39x, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.402; 9. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-14.406; 10. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.460; 11. Kody Swanson, 45, Neverlift-14.462; 12. Christopher Bell, 71k, Kunz-14.474; 13. Riley Emmel, 67k, Kunz-14.498; 14. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-14.559; 15. Ryan Bernal, 72, Ford-14.591; 16. Troy Rutherford, 11, Martens-14.608; 17. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-14.654; 18. Rick Shuman, 2, Baxter-14.656; 19. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.685; 20. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-14.722; 21. Terry Goodwin, 22a, Goodwin-15.095; 22. Stevie Sussex, 1az, Sussex-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Gardner, 3. Abreu, 4. Johnson, 5. Emmel, 6. Sewell, 7. Pierovich. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Prickett, 3. Welch, 4. Marcham, 5. C.Shuman, 6. K.Swanson, 7. J.Swanson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Larson, 3. Bell, 4. Thorson, 5. R.Shuman, 6. Goodwin, 7. Bernal. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Christopher Bell, 5. Rico Abreu, 6. Tyler Thomas, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Scott Pierovich, 9. Kody Swanson, 10. Jake Swanson, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Trey Marcham, 13. Dillon Welch, 14. Riley Emmel, 15. Tyler Thorson, 16. Rick Shuman, 17. Troy Rutherford, 18. Terry Goodwin, 19. David Prickett, 20. Stevie Sussex, 21. Alex Sewell.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Gardner, Laps 7-25 Clauson.

NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Clauson-73, 2-Gardner-61, 3-Abreu-60, 4-Bell-57, 5-C.Shuman-48, 6-Pierovich-41, 7-K.Swanson-39, 8-J.Swanson-35, 9-Marcham-34, 10-Welch-33.

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