WIGAL WINS STREICHER MEMORIAL, MASSINGILL WINS AT LIMA TOO

Lima, Ohio (June 16, 2023)………Zach Wigal and Bryce Massingill run one-two in USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget series points, and on Friday night at Ohio’s Limaland Motorsports Park, each picked up a feature victory.

Opening the night was the rescheduled Mike Streicher Memorial, which had been rained out on May 12.  Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) led all 20 laps from the pole en route to the victory, his second of the season.

In the second end of the doubleheader, fourth starting Bryce Massingill (Troy, Ohio) chased down Matt Lux (Manilla, Ind.) for the lead with seven laps remaining to score his third victory in his last four series starts.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 16, 2023 – Limaland Motorsports Park – Lima, Ohio – Mike Streicher Memorial

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (#18 Wigal) (2), 2. Matt Lux (#5KB Wells) (3), 3. Jakeb Boxell (#44JB Boxell-Merkler) (4), 4. Josh Yenser (#16y Yenser) (1), 5. Brayden Schwartz (#55s Schwartz) (5), 6. Jim Jones (#97 Jones) (7), 7. Ryan Moran (#01 Moran) (6), 8. Cody Downard (#3D Downard) (8). NT

STEIFEL AUTO & HOMES SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (#35 Massingill) (3), 2. Alex Watson (#21 Fedorczyk) (2), 3. Tate Martz (#34 GMB) (4), 4. Thomas Bigelow (#2B Bigelow) (6), 5. Chett Gehrke (#10 Moore) (7), 6. Travis Walters (#97T Walters) (5). NT

U.S. LAWNS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gunnar Lucius (#22 Lucius) (1), 2. Abby Hohlbein (#11H Hohlbein) (4), 3. Stratton Briggs (#71 Briggs) (5), 4. Cody Dye (#4T Dye) (6), 5. Bryce Dues (#23D Dues) (7). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall (#74 Heitmeyer) (3), 2. Ian Creager (#36 Creager) (4), 3. Kyle Ford (#11T Taylor) (1), 4. Michael Magic (#5m Magic) (2), 5. Kayla Roell (#4K Roell) (7), 6. Luke Lemons (#33L Lemons) (5), 7. Cole Morgan (#7m Morgan) (6). NT

SEMI: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kayla Roell (4), 2. Ryan Moran (9), 3. Cole Morgan (12), 4. Bryce Dues (3), 5. Lucas Lemons (8), 6. Brayden Schwartz (1), 7. Jim Jones (5), 8. Chett Gehrke (2), 9. Travis Walters (6). NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK FOR THE FIRST FEATURE: Cale Coons (#3 Wells), Tyler Kalb (#32 Kalb) & Bryce Dues (#23D Dues)

ALSO AT THE TRACK FOR THE SECOND FEATURE: Page Perrine (#55 Perrine), Tyler Nelson (#10 Nelson), Logan Prickett (#3 Wells) & Cody Downard (#3D Downard).

FIRST FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (1), 2. Gunnar Lucius (4), 3. Luke Hall (7), 4. Josh Yenser (15), 5. Alex Watson (20), 6. Stratton Briggs (21), 7. Ian Creager (3), 8. Jakeb Boxell (12), 9. Michael Magic (11), 10. Cole Morgan (16), 11. Brayden Schwartz (18), 12. Page Perrine (19), 13. Chett Gehrke (20), 14. Kayla Roell (13), 15. Tyler Nelson (10), 16. Bryce Massingill (5), 17. Logan Prickett (17), 18. Matt Lux (2), 19. Abby Hohlbein (6), 20. Ryan Moran (9), 21. Bryce Dues (8). NT

SECOND FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (4), 2. Zach Wigal (3), 3. Matt Lux (1), 4. Luke Hall (2), 5. Abby Hohlbein (5), 6. Gunnar Lucius (8), 7. Jakeb Boxell (9), 8. Ian Creager (6), 9. Alex Watson (7), 10. Kayla Roell (17), 11. Stratton Briggs (11), 12. Tate Martz (10), 13. Josh Yenser (13), 14. Kyle Ford (12), 15. Bryce Dues (20), 16. Ryan Moran (18), 17. Cody Dye (15), 18. Cole Morgan (19), 19. Thomas Bigelow (14), 20. Michael Magic (16).

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Zach Wigal.

SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Matt Lux, Laps 15-20 Bryce Massingill.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Zach Wigal-338, 2-Bryce Massingill-308, 3-Stratton Briggs-279, 4-Josh Yenser-272, 5-Gunnar Lucius-258, 6-Ian Creager-257, 7-Matt Lux-245, 8-Jakeb Boxell-234, 9-Abby Hohlbein-200, 10-Alex Watson-195.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 17, 2023 – Fremont Speedway – Fremont, Ohio

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

First Feature Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Alex Watson & Stratton Briggs

First Feature Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Alex Watson & Stratton Briggs

First Feature HARF/DARF Hard Luck: Kayla Roell

Second Feature Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Kayla Roell & Bryce Dues

Second Feature HARF/DARF Hard Luck: Lucas Lemons