WIRE-TO-WIRE FOR WIGAL AT PARAGON

Paragon, Indiana (July 15, 2023)………Zach Wigal showed no mercy in a dominant wire-to-wire performance with the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midgets on Saturday night at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway.

The championship point leader from Belpre, Ohio raced to the front from the outside of the front row, then led all 20 circuits en route to his fourth victory of the 2023 season.

In the process, Wigal was able to bump up his point lead over Bryce Massingill from six to 15 by virtue of his performance.

Matt Lux (Manilla, Ind.) finished as the runner-up with Gunnar Lucius (Delphos, Ohio) third, Massingill (Troy, Ohio) fourth and Luke Lemons (Dayton, Ohio) fifth.

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USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 15, 2023 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana

VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell; 2. Wes Pinkerton, 9p, Pinkerton; 3. Ian Creager, 36, Creager; 4. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius; 5. Luke Lemons, 33L, Lemons; 6. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan; 7. Dave Osborn, 4, Osborn; 8. Jimmie Guidry, 2, Briggs; 9. Casey Meyer, 9, Meyer.

VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs; 2. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal; 3. Matt Lux, 5KB, Wells; 4. Chett Gehrke, 93c, Gehrke; 5. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill; 6. Abby Hohlbein, 11H, Hohlbein; 7. Chris Dickey, 12, Pinkerton; 8. Steven Gresham, 27G, Gresham.

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gunnar Lucius (1), 2. Ian Creager (2), 3. Cole Morgan (6), 4. Kayla Roell (4), 5. Luke Lemons (5), 6. Dave Osborn (7), 7. Casey Meyer (9), 8. Wes Pinkerton (3), 9. Jimmie Guidry (8). NT

U.S. LAWNS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Matt Lux (2), 2. Stratton Briggs (4), 3. Zach Wigal (3), 4. Chett Gehrke (1), 5. Bryce Massingill (5), 6. Abby Hohlbein (6), 7. Steven Gresham (8), 8. Chris Dickey (7). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (2), 2. Matt Lux (4), 3. Gunnar Lucius (1), 4. Bryce Massingill (10), 5. Luke Lemons (9), 6. Ian Creager (5), 7. Chett Gehrke (8), 8. Kayla Roell (7), 9. Abby Hohlbein (12), 10. Chris Dickey (15), 11. Cole Morgan (3), 12. Dave Osborn (11), 13. Steven Gresham (14), 14. Stratton Briggs (6), 15. Casey Meyer (13), 16. Jimmie Guidry (16). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Zach Wigal.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Zach Wigal-710, 2-Bryce Massingill-695, 3-Stratton Briggs-613, 4-Matt Lux-608, 5-Ian Creager-575, 6-Gunnar Lucius-574, 7-Josh Yenser-505, 8-Abby Hohlbein-485, 9-Jakeb Boxell-430, 10-Alex Watson-365.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: July 21, 2023 – Gas City I-69 Speedway – Gas City, Indiana

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Kayla Roell

Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Gunnar Lucius

U.S. Lawns Second Heat Winner: Matt Lux

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Bryce Massingill (10th to 4th)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Gunnar Lucius

HARF/DARF Hard Luck Award: Stratton Briggs