SALEM, Ind. — Brad Kuhn dominated the midget portion of the 48th annual Joe James/Pat O’Conner Classic at Salem Speedway Saturday evening.
Kuhn led all 30 laps in his Quin Buildings Beast/Stanton Mopar to beat Levi Jones, Marc Jessup, defending national champ Jerry Coons, Jr. and Kody Swanson.
Coons emerged with the point lead as Darren Hagen was involved in an accident early in the race.
Cameron Dodson’s bid for a first USAC National Sprint Car Series victory ended when rain stopped the 50-lap sprint-car portion of the event after just 15 tours of the half-mile oval.
The race was ruled a rainout.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Darren Hagen, RFMS 32, 16.448; 2. Kevin Swindell, Kahne 79, 16.464; 3. Brad Loyet, Loyet 05L, 16.507; 4. Dave Darland, Nine Racing 9, 16.544; 5. Kody Swanson, Nine Racing 91, 16.572; 6. Brad Kuhn, Quin 43, 16.603; 7. Levi Jones, Stewart 20, 16.612; 8. Chuck Gurney, Jr., Klatt 4, 16.652; 9. Cameron Dodson, Kunz 71, 16.655; 10. Chris Windom, Windom 17, 16.690; 11. Jerry Coons, Jr., Wilke-Pak 11, 16.719; 12. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 21, 16.730; 13. Marc Jessup, Kunz 67, 16.758; 14. Brady Bacon, Kahne 99, 16.867; 15. Ron Gregory, Irvin 22, 16.953; 16. Ben Petter, Petter 22x, 16.989; 17. Mike Murgoitio, Murgoitio 10, 17.321; 18. Joe Liguori, Owen 28, 17.827; 19. Slade Miller, Miller 16, 18.474; 20. Mark Overpeck, Overpeck 21x, 19.344.
First Heat (8 laps): Jessup, Jones, Petter, Hagen, Windom, Miller, Darland.
Second Heat (8 laps): Bacon, Swindell, Swanson, Coons, Gurney, Murgoitio, Overpeck.
Third Heat (8 laps): Stenhouse, Dodson, Kuhn, Loyet, Gregory, Liguori.
Semi (10 laps): Gurney, Windom, Gregory, Murgoitio, Liguori, Miller, Overpeck.
Feature (30 laps): Kuhn, Jones, Jessup, Coons, Swanson, Windom, Gregory, Bacon, Dodson, Murgoitio, Petter, Loyet, Gurney, Hagen, Miller, Liguori, Swindell, Stenhouse, Overpeck.