MASSINGILL GOES BACK-TO-BACK AT ATOMIC
Chillicothe, Ohio (June 3, 2023)………One night after scoring his first victory of the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget season, Bryce Massingill doubled-up by capturing his second consecutive series win on Saturday night at Chillicothe, Ohio’s Atomic Speedway.
Fifth-starting Massingill (Troy, Ohio) trailed Tyler Nelson (Olathe, Kan.) for the first 14 circuits before Nelson was befallen by trouble as he went to the sidelines and a disappointing 18th place result.
From that point forward, it was all Massingill who led the final six laps to earn his ninth career series checkered flag while also extending his series point lead to six markers over Zach Wigal.
Josh Yenser (Plain City, Ohio) crossed the line in second with Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) third, Jakeb Boxell (Zanesville, Ind.) fourth and Stratton Briggs (Anna, Ohio) fifth.
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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 3, 2023 – Atomic Speedway – Chillicothe, Ohio
VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-15.198; 2. Kayla Roell, 4K, 15.414; 3. Alex Watson, 97, Jones-16.125; 4. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein-16.487; 5. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-16.487; 6. Jody Paul, 5J, Paul-16.487; 7. Tyler Kalb, 32, Kalb-16.487.
VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 10, Nelson-15.242; 2. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-15.457; 3. Bryce Dues, 23D, Dues-15.706; 4. Cale Coons, 11T, Taylor-15.891; 5. Luke Lemons, 33L, Lemons-15.949; 6. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-15.972; 7. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-16.568.
VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells-15.348; 2. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-15.417; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-15.517; 4. Josh Yenser, 16, Yenser-15.637; 5. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-15.659; 6. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-16.694.
PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal. (Remainder of results are incomplete.)
STEIFEL AUTO & HOMES SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jakeb Boxell (3), 2. Tyler Nelson (4), 3. Bryce Dues (2), 4. Cale Coons (1), 5. Luke Lemons (5), 6. Cole Morgan (6), 7. Cody Dye (7). NT
U.S. LAWNS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Josh Yenser (1), 2. Bryce Massingill (3), 3. Stratton Briggs (2), 4. Matt Lux (4), 5. Ian Creager (5), 6. Brayden Schwartz (6). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (5), 2. Josh Yenser (2), 3. Zach Wigal (6), 4. Jakeb Boxell (4), 5. Stratton Briggs (9), 6. Bryce Dues (8), 7. Gunnar Lucius (7), 8. Luke Lemons (14), 9. Ian Creager (15), 10. Kayla Roell (16), 11. Abby Hohlbein (3), 12. Cole Morgan (17), 13. Alex Watson (10), 14. Matt Lux (12), 15. Cody Dye (20), 16. Brayden Schwartz (18), 17. Tyler Kalb (13), 18. Tyler Nelson (1), 19. Cale Coons (11). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Tyler Nelson, Laps 15-20 Bryce Massingill.
USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bryce Massingill-217, 2-Zach Wigal-211, 3-Stratton Briggs-193, 4-Josh Yenser-184, 5-Ian Creager-166, 6-Matt Lux-164, 7-Gunnar Lucius-146, 8-Jakeb Boxell-143, 9-Tyler Nelson-135, 10-Abby Hohlbein-127.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 16, 2023 – Limaland Motorsports Park – Lima, Ohio
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Zach Wigal
Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Luke Lemons, Ian Creager & Kayla Roell (+6)
HARF/DARF Hard Luck: Tyler Nelson
Rosewood Machine Precision Move of the Race: Luke Lemons, Ian Creager & Kayla Roell