SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Jerry Coons, Jr. ended Brad Kuhn's four-race winning streak Sunday night, capturing the 30-lap Badger Midget Series feature at Angell Park Speedway. Kuhn was attempting to tie John Hartwig's 1973 record of winning the first five feature events to start a race season.
Aaron Fiscus jumped into the lead and paced the initial three laps before Kuhn took over the top position. A pair of restarts helped Coons move into second place and in position to challenge Kuhn.
After a lap-11 restart, Coons got a great run on Kuhn entering turn one and took the lead. Coons and Kuhn easily pulled away from the field, with Coons running a flawless race the remainder of the event.
Kuhn closed the margin in the final two laps and trailed Coons, who drove the Ralph Wilke-owned Spike/Mopar No. 5, at the finish by 0.66 second. For the second-straight event, Brandon Waelti captured third, followed by Scott Hatton and Brady Bacon. Kuhn holds a 151-point margin over Coons.
The finish:
Jerry Coons, Jr., Brad Kuhn, Brandon Waelti, Scott Hatton, Brady Bacon, Rob Keelan, Tim Noble, Danny Stratton, Chad DeSelle, Kevin Olson, Matt Smith, Brian Ramstack, Aaron Fiscus, Dan Mecum, Buddy Luebke, Mike Hess, Robbie Ray, Davey Ray, Doug Schenck, Nick Lundgreen, Kevin Eggert, Joe Wipperfurth.