MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. — Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. scored a hard-fought victory in the July 25 USAC National Midget Series event at Junction Motor Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the POWRi Midget Series.
Stenhouse, driving Tony Stewart’s Spike-Chevy, battled with Josh Wise and Jerry Coons, Jr. before taking the lead for good on lap 22 in the 30-lap event on the three-eighths-mile oval.
Coons, the defending USAC champion, point-leader Daren Hagen, Wise and Dave Darland rounded out the top five.
The summary:
First Heat (8 laps): Don Droud, Jr., Todd Plemons, Brad Kuhn, Bud Kaeding, Scott Pierovich, Robby Flock, Rick England, Joe Cleveland, Alfred Galedrige, Jr.
Second Heat (8 laps): Cody Brewer, Darren Hagen, Kevin Swindell, Nathan High, Jonathan Beason, Chase Barber, Mike Hess, Bradley Galedrige, Chad McDaniel.
Third Heat (8 laps): Brad Sweet, Jerry Coons, Jr., Gary Taylor, Davey Ray, Brad Loyet, Brady Bacon, Levi Jones, Donnie Ray Crawford.
Fourth Heat (8 laps): Dustin Morgan, Damion Gardner, Chris Windom, Johnny Rodriguez, Brad Mosen, C.J. Sarna, Billy Mentgen, Joe Liguori, Mike Manzanares.
Fifth Heat (8 laps): Kenny Biro, Ryan Durst, Dave Darland, Russ Harper, Will Pierce, Matt Johnson, Matt Sherrell, Lance Beale.
Dash (6 laps): Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Danny Stratton, Josh Wise, Scott Hatton.
First Semi (10 laps): High, Kuhn, Jones, Mosen, Harper, Rodriguez, B. Galedrige, Barber, Beason, Hess, Pierce, A. Galedrige, Liguori, Sherrell, Pierovich, Manzanares.
Second Semi (10 laps): Taylor, Flock, Sarna, Ray, Cleveland, Crawford, Mentgen, England, Swindell, Loyet, Bacon, Kaeding, Beale, Johnson.
Feature (30 laps): Stenhouse, Coons, Hagen, Wise, Darland, Gardner, Brewer, Sweet, Loyet, Flock, Droud, Ray, Taylor, Windom, High, Beason, Jones, Biro, Mosen, Sarna, Swindell, Stratton, Morgan, Hatton, Durst, Plemons, Kuhn.