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Hatton Dominates CornFest Angell Park Event
By Bryan Gapinski
Sun Prairie, Wis, August 17---Scott Hatton dominated the action Sunday Night,
winning the Cornfest 50-lap Badger Midget Series feature at Angell Park
Speedway. The win was Hatton's second in Badger competition this season,and
first at the facility.
Aaron Fiscus paced nine of the first ten laps of the event,which was slowed by
three cautions for minor spins, and track debris. On the tenth lap restart
Fiscus lost the lead to Mike Hess. Current series point leader Davey Ray
passed Hess on the 13th lap for the lead. Ray began lapping the tail of the
field when several slower cars tangled, fourth place running Chad DeSelle also
was involved in the incident.
During the caution, while the track was being cleaned up, Ray stopped on the
track with a broken fuel nozzle, retiring from the event. Hatton
inherted the lead on the restart. Hatton began stretching his lead while a
great battle between Aaron Fike, Mike Hess, and Dan Boorse took place behind
Hatton. Hatton enjoyed a three second lead at the midway point. Hatton
continued to pull away from the field putting on a driving clincic through
lapped traffic.
Hatton driving the Dwight Huston owned Stealth-Mopar entry finished 9.14
seconds ahead of Fike. Hess, Fiscus, and Boorse were the only other drivers to
complete the full distance. Ray holds a 173 point lead over Boorse with three
events remaining. The series will visit the Raceway at PowerCom Park (Beaver
Dam, WI), on Saturday August 23, before returning August 24 to Angell Park for
a 25-lap event.
SUMMARY
50-lap Feature: 1. Scott Hatton; 2. Aaron Fike; 3. Mike Hess; 4. Aaron
Fiscus; 5.Dan Boorse; 6. Randy Fiscus; 7.John Jones; 8. Quinn McCabe; 9.
Kurt Mayhew; 10. Rick LaBrosse; 11. Kris Hoegsted; 12. Lance
Altman; 13. Mike Heiss; 14. Davey Ray; 15. Chad DeSelle; 16. David Gough; 17.
Ken Dull 18. Rich Giertz; 19. Brad Kuhn; 20. Rob Keelan; 21. Buddy Luebke; 22.
Patrick Jones
15-lap Semi-Feature Winner: McCabe
10-lap Heat Race Winners: P. Jones, A. Fiscus, Keelan, Hatton
6-lap Trophy Dash Winner: Ray
Fast time: Brandon Waelti, 14.831 seconds
CARS PRESENT: 32
PURSE: $14,500
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: A. Fiscus, 1-8, 10; Hess 9, 11-12; Ray 13-17; Hatton
18-50
NATIONAL MIDGET DRIVER OF THE YEAR
1 Aaron Fike 955
2 J.J. Yeley 896
3 Tracy Hines 869
4 Mike Hess 793
5 Bobby East 757
6 Dan Boorse 707
7 Jay Drake 674
8 Davey Ray 626
9 Scott Hatton 612
10 A.J. Fike 588
BADGER MIDGET SERIES
1 Davey Ray 1346
2 Dan Boorse 1173
3 Scott Hatton 1028
4 Chad DeSelle 1027
5 Aaron Fiscus 952
6 Aaron Fike 935
7 Boyd Calvert 774
8 Brandon Waelti 736
9 Brad Kuhn 714
10 Quinn McCabe 710
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