Midgets, Love It Or Loyet
Defending Champ Sweeps POWRi Weekend
TWO LANES: Brad Loyet (o5) holds off Dereck King for the first of Loyet's two POWRi midget victories over the weekend at Macon (Ill.) Speedway. (Kevin Horcher Photo)
Friday
MACON, Ill. — Brad Loyet led the final 15 laps of the 30-lap Dana Godfrey Memorial at Macon Speedway for his fourth O’Reilly POWRi midget feature of the year.
Dereck King, who earlier won the 600 c.c. outlaw feature, started on the pole and paced the first 14 laps. On lap 15, Loyet moved past King from his third-row starting position to take the lead. Loyet would pace the field until a lap-27 yellow for Kody Swanson. On the restart, Loyet would continued to lead, but not without pressure from King. The two traded slide-jobs for the final three laps with Loyet making his move stick going into turn one of the final lap.
Following Loyet and King at the line were Brad Kuhn, Michael Pickens and Gary “Bubba” Altig.
The finish:
Brad Loyet, Dereck King, Brad Kuhn, Michael Pickens, Bubba Altig, Daniel Adler, Rich Camfield, Derrick Myers, Tim Siner, Tony Roney, Kody Swanson, Jason Holt, Tyler Robbins, Davey Ray, Brett Anderson, Austin Brown, Mike Hess, Joey Moughan, Zach Daum, Dave Camfield, Jr., Donnie Lehmann, Kellen Conover, Nick Knepper.
Saturday
BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Brad Loyet captured his third-straight POWRi midget feature victory Saturday night, winning the Finley Memorial feature at Belle-Clair Speedway.
Loyet led 28 of 30 laps en route to victory lane, giving way only to Brett Anderson for two laps midway through the race. From there, Loyet went unchallenged.
Anderson followed Loyet to the finish line in second ahead of Dereck King in third, Mike Hess in fourth and Nick Knepper in fifth.
Mike Gass was the winner of the Finley Memorial 600 c.c. outlaw micro-sprint race.
The finish:
Brad Loyet, Brett Anderson, Dereck King, Mike Hess, Nick Knepper, Steve Knepper, Brad Kuhn, Mike Riley, Chase Barber, Daniel Adler, Matt Sherrell, Tony Roney, Daniel Robinson, Ryan Criswell, Austin Brown, Jason Holt, Zach Daum, Kellen Conover, Garrett Hood, Rich Camfield, Tyler Robbins, Tim Siner.