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Hatton Nears Badger Title With Victory
By Bryan Gapinski
Sun Prairie, Wis., Aug. 14 - Scott Hatton took a major step towards his second
straight Badger Midget Auto Racing Association Championship, by capturing the
25-lap feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway.
Aaron Fiscus jumped into the lead at the start and paced the first two laps
before Nick Lundgreen escaped injury in a minor flip in turn one. On the
restart Hatton moved into second place with Jerry Coons, Jr. passing Hatton
for second place one lap later. The caution flag appeared for stalled cars on
laps five and ten, each time setting up passes for the lead on the restarts.
Coons passed Fiscus for the lead on lap seven and paced the next four laps
before Hatton took the took the top position on lap 11.
One lap later former series champion Kevin Doty flipped violently
entering turn four. The series of flips ended with Doty's cars bouncing
off the top of the wall and landing on the entrance road to the track outside
the turn four wall. Doty was transported to University Hospital for treatment
of undisclosed injuries.
On the restart Hatton pulled away from the field and spent the final five laps
of the event in heavy lapped traffic. Hatton driving the Huston Solution
Racing Stealth/Mopar#15 finished 1.43 seconds ahead of Coons, Brad Kuhn, Davey
Ray and Aaron Fiscus. Hatton's sixth feature win of the season coupled with
Danny Stratton's 20th place finish increases Hatton's series point lead to 208
points over Stratton with three races remaining.
SUMMARY
25-lap Feature: 1. Scott Hatton; 2. Jerry Coons, Jr.; 3. Brad Kuhn; 4. Davey
Ray; 5. Aaron Fiscus; 6. Dan Boorse; 7. Rick Mueller; 8. Harley Slotten;
9. Mike Stroehle; 10. Bryce Townsend; 11. Bryon Walters; 12. Darren Jenkins;
13. Jon LeJeune; 14. Brian Ramstack; 15. Bob Schreffler; 16. Mike heiss; 17.
Rick LaBrosse; 18. Jimi Quin; 19. Kevin Doty; 20. Danny stratton; 21. Chad
DeSelle; 22. Nick Lundgreen.
15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Coons.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Jenkins, Heiss, DeSelle, Doty.
6-lap Dash Winner: Coons.
Fast Time: Coons, 14.793 seconds.
National Midget Driver of the Year
1. Brad Kuhn 1095
2. Jerry Coons Jr 889
3. Davey Ray
794
4. Scott Hatton 697
5. Mike Hess 627
6. Danny stratton 626
7. Josh Wise 617
8. Brandon Waelti 557
9. Dave Darland 535
10.Thomas Meseruall 460
Badger Midget Series
1. Scott Hatton 1619
2. Danny Stratton 1411
3. Davey Ray 1325
4.. Brandon Waelti 1321
5.. Brad Kuhn
1287
6. Chad DeSelle 1019
7. Rick Mueller
886
8. Nick Lundgreen 726
9. Aaron Fiscus 709
10. Harley Slotten 589
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