By Bryan Gapinski

Saturday

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Jerry Coons, Jr. found victory lane Saturday night at Angell Park Speedway by capturing the 30-lap National Midget Hall of Fame Classic.
The event was co-sanctioned by the USAC National and Badger Midget Car Series. The victory also extended Coons’s USAC point lead and was his fourth feature victory of the season at the track.
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. stalled on the opening lap of the feature and restarted in last position. On the restart, Dan Mecum flipped escaping injury.
Once underway, Dave Darland, running the cushion on an extremely fast multi-grove track, held a comfortable margin over the field. Coons made his move starting on lap nine when he took third. Two laps later, Coons assumed second and began erasing Darland’s 1.4-second lead. Darland began lapping slower cars on lap 13, with Coons closing to Darland’s bumper.
Coons drew even with Darland and was scored the leader as the pair crossed the start/finish line at the midway point. Stenhouse entered the top 10 on the same lap.
Brad Loyet escaped injury when he flipped on lap 18. On the restart, Coons drove away from Darland, finishing 1.94 seconds ahead at the checkered flag.
Stenhouse rallied to finish third, while Danny Stratton and Chuck Gurney, Jr. rounded out the top five.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 79, 14.548; 2. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 21, 14.580; 3. Brad Sweet, Kunz 67, 14.649; 4. Jerry Coons, Jr., Wilke-Pak 11, 14.696; 5. Matt Sherrell, Tel-Star 135, 14.715; 6. Chuck Gurney, Jr., Stewart 20, 14.727; 7. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 14.742; 8. Danny Stratton, Klatt 4, 14.748; 9. Dave Darland, Nine Racing 9, 14.811; 10. Brandon Wagner, Wagner 92, 14.827; 11. Brad Loyet, Loyet 05L, 14.878; 12. Mike Hess, Jerryatric 44, 14.878; 13. Gary Altig, Mecum 33, 14.889; 14. Cole Whitt, Kahne 99, 14.921; 15. Davey Ray, Nine Racing 91, 14.954; 16. Gary Taylor, Tel-Star 999, 15.001; 17. Chad DeSelle, DeSelle 81, 15.004; 18. Michael Pickens, Lein 2x, 15.012; 19. Donnie Ray Crawford, Tel-Star 299, 15.048; 20. Nick Lundgreen, Jones 41, 15.070; 21. Doug Schenck, Imhoff 19x, 15.078; 22. Darren Hagen, RFMS 32, 15.104; 23. Brandon Waelti, Waelti/Schulenburg 3, 15.105; 24. Scott Hatton, Huston 15, 15.110; 25. Dan Mecum, Mecum 8m, 15.111; 26. Brian Ramstack, Ramstack 02, 15.139; 27. Brad Kuhn, Quin 43, 15.144; 28. A J Fike, RFMS 69, 15.224; 29. Tim Noble, WOR 9x, 15.281; 30. Tom Hessert III, Hessert 5, 15.300; 31. Rob Keelan, Keelan 17x, 15.322; 32. Jim Fuerst, Fuerst 28x, 15.333; 33. Chase Barber, Barber 90, 15.357; 34. Scott Buckley, Buckley 25nz, 15.361; 35. Bryce Townsend, Buckley 3nz, 15.375; 36. Brad Mosen, Buckley 77, 15.383; 37. Ryan Durst, Auto Auction 191, 15.386; 38. Bobby East, Klatt 04, 15.395; 39. Bryon Walters, Billings/Walters 5w, 15.456; 40. Buddy Luebke, Bulldog 43x, 15.456; 41. Robbie Ray, Ray 3r, 15.482; 42. Joe Wipperfurth, Jerryatric 4x, 15.504; 43. Bob Shreffler, Shreffler 21xs, 15.534; 44. Kurt Mayhew, Mayhew 21k, 15.563; 45. Aaron Fiscus, WOR 7x, 15.567; 46. Jason Dull, Dull 56, 15.773; 47. Jon LeJeune, LeJeune 34, 16.028; 48. Kenny Love, Love 71x, 16.089; 49. Michael Gruenberg, Gruenberg 03, 19.056; 50. Cole Carter, Carter 7, no time; 51. Bob East, East 6, no time.
Qualifying Race (6 laps): Mosen, Buckley, East, Wipperfurth, Barber, Durst, Mayhew, Fiscus, Luebke, Dull, Shreffler, R. Ray, Townsend, Walters.
First Heat (8 laps): Mecum, Noble, DeSelle, Darland, Sherrell, Swindell, Altig, Schenck, Barber, Mosen.
Second Heat (8 laps): Ramstack, Stenhouse, Hessert, Hagen, Pickens, Whitt, Gurney, Wagner, Durst, Buckley.
Third Heat (8 laps): Kuhn, D. Ray, Waelti, Sweet, East, Windom, Crawford, Mayhew, Keelan, Loyet.
Fourth Heat (8 laps): Fike, Coons, Lundgreen, Hess, Wipperfurth, Stratton, Hatton, Fuerst, Fiscus, Taylor.
Semi (10 laps): Swindell, Windom, Stratton, Altig, Gurney, Loyet, Hatton, Mosen, Wagner. Whitt, Schenck, Wipperfurth, Buckley, East, Barber, Mayhew, Fuerst, Fiscus, Pickens, Taylor, Keelan, Sherrell.
Feature (30 laps): Coons, Darland, Stenhouse, Stratton, Gurney, Hagen, Hess, Waelti, Ray, Altig, DeSelle, Kuhn, Swindell, Hatton, Lundgreen, Hessert, Windom, Fike, Ramstack, Sweet, Loyet, Noble, Whitt, Mecum.

Sunday

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — New Zealand’s Michael Pickens topped fellow countryman Brad Mosen to win Sunday night’s 30-lap National Midget Hall of Fame Classic at Angell Park Speedway.
The event was co-sanctioned by the USAC National and Badger Midget Car Series.
Pickens jumped into the lead from the pole, followed by Mosen and Danny Stratton. Pickens, running the cushion, began increasing his lead over a tightly bunched field of cars. By lap 10, Pickens held a 1.4-second lead over Mosen. At the midway point, Pickens led by more than three seconds.
Brady Bacon hit the frontstretch wall on lap 17, bringing out the caution flag. On the restart, Pickens took advantage of two lapped cars between himself and Mosen and built a quick lead. A multi-car tangle mid-pack on lap 19 resulted in Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Davey Ray and Chad DeSelle all flipping in turn three.
Pickens easily pulled away from Mosen on the restart, and the pair separated themselves from the rest of the field.
Positions three through seven changed several times over the remainder of the event. Pickens, driving the Hans Lein Spike/Ford Esslinger No. 2, finished 2.57 seconds ahead of Mosen.
USAC point-leader Jerry Coons, Jr., Badger point-leader Brad Kuhn and fast-qualifier Brad Loyet completed the top five.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Brad Loyet, Loyet 05L, 14.992; 2. Scott Hatton, Huston 15, 15.057; 3. Brad Kuhn, Quin 43, 15.076; 4. Danny Stratton, Klatt 4, 15.143; 5. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 15.165; 6. Brad Mosen, Kunz 71 15.175; 7. Doug Schenck, Imhoff 19x, 15.175; 8. Michael Pickens, Lein 2x, 15.192; 9. Jerry Coons, Jr., Wilke-Pak 11, 15.213; 10. Darren Hagen, RFMS 32, 15.224; 11. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 79, 15.256; 12. Nick Lundgreen, Jones 41, 15.280; 13. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 21, 15.288; 14. Davey Ray, Nine Racing 91, 15.298;15. Brad Sweet, Kunz 67, 15.364; 16. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 15.380; 17. Gary Taylor, Tel-Star 999, 15.395; 18. Chad DeSelle, DeSelle 81, 15.428; 19. Dave Darland, Nine Racing 9, 15.430; 20. Bobby East, Klatt 04, 15.452; 21. Ryan Durst, Auto Auction 191, 15.462; 22. Tom Hessert III, Hessert 5, 15.462; 23. Chase Barber, Barber 90, 15.509; 24. A.J. Fike, RFMS 69, 15.569; 25. Matt Sherrell, Tel-Star 135, 15.603; 26. Joe Wipperfurth, Jerryatric 4x, 15.612; 27. Gary Altig, Mecum 33, 15.623; 28. Brandon Waelti, Waelti/Schulenburg 3, 15.653; 29. Jason Dull, Eggert 98, 15.681; 30. Buddy Luebke, Bulldog 43x, 15.735; 31. Donnie Ray Crawford, Tel-Star 299, 15.783; 32. Mike Hess, Jerryatric 44, 15.815; 33. Chuck Gurney, Jr., Gurney 51, 15.818; 34. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 15.840; 35. Brian Ramstack, Ramstack 02, 15.841; 36. Robbie Ray, Ray 3r, 15.868; 37. Tim Noble, WOR 9x, 16.015; 38. Aaron Fiscus, WOR 7x, 16.064; 39. David Gough, WOR 6x, 16.088; 40. Chad Dreher, Dreher 69x, 16.098; 41. Kurt Mayhew, Mayhew 21k, 16.103; 42. Jim Fuerst, Fuerst 28x, 16.162; 43. Brandon Wagner, Wagner 92, 16.222; 44. Kris Hoegsted, Hoegsted 97, 16.277; 45. Joe Wyttenbach, Bong 38, 16.367; 46. Bob Shreffler, Shreffler 21x, 16.431; 47. Rob Keelan, Keelan 17x, 16.482; 48. Jon LeJuene, LeJuene 34, 16.615; 49. Leroy Waelti, Waelti 7w, 17.202; 50. Kurt Boers, Polewczynski 79x, 17.954.
Qualifying Race (6 laps): Windom, Noble, R. Ray, Fiscus, Gough, Wagner, Keelan, Mayhew, Hoegsted, LeJuene, L. Waelti, Boers, Ramstack, Dreher, Fuerst, Gurney.
First Heat (8 laps): Durst, Coons, Stenhouse, Loyet, Jones, Sherrell, Taylor, Windom, Gough, Dull.
Second Heat (8 laps): Wipperfurth, DeSelle, D. Ray, Hatton, Hagen, Mosen, Hessert, Luebke, Wagner, Noble.
Third Heat (8 laps): Altig, Swindell, Darland, Kuhn, Sweet, Schenck, Barber, Keelan, Crawford, R. Ray.
Fourth Heat  (8 laps): Hess, Pickens, Lundgreen, Bacon, B. Waelti, East, Stratton, Fike, Fiscus, Mayhew.
Semi (10 laps): Stratton, Jones, Mosen, Hagen, Sweet, Schenck, Taylor, B.Waelti, East, Hessert, Fike, Windom, Luebke, Barber, Noble, Fiscus, Wagner, Mayhew, Sherrell, Dull.
Feature (30 laps): Pickens, Mosen, Coons, Kuhn, Loyet, Stratton, Jones, Swindell, Hagen, Hatton, Sweet, Schenck, Darland, B. Waelti, Altig, Lundgreen, Hess, Wipperfurth, Bacon, Stenhouse, D. Ray, DeSelle, Durst.