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Morgan Shocks 'Prairie Field For Win
By Bryan Gapinski
Sun Prairie, Wis., June 4 - Oklahoma's Dustin Morgan scored a surprise upset
victory capturing the 25-lap co-sanctioned Badger/POWRi Midget Series Feature
Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway. The win came in Morgan's second ever
appearance at the track, making him the youngest midget feature winner in the
tracks 60-year history at the age of 17 years, 4 months and 25 days.
After a complete first lap restart, Morgan jumped into the lead followed by
Nick Lundgreen and Scott Hatton. Morgan set a blistering pace running the
cushion and held a near two-second lead when he began lapping the tail of the
field on the eighth lap.
Morgan struggled the next few laps in heavy lapped traffic allowing Lundgreen
and Hatton to close within a few car lengths. New Zealand's Stevie Walsh hit
the wall exiting turn two on the 11th lap and flipped violently down the
backstretch. Walsh was transported to a local hospital for a checkup before
being released.
On the restart Morgan took command of the event, and held a narrow margin over
Lundgreen and Hatton, with three car lengths separating the trio on the 18th
lap. One lap later Morgan again found himself in lapped traffic. At the same
time Hatton running third hit the frontstretch wall ending his day. Morgan set
the pace on the restart to perfection and ran a flawless final five
laps.
Morgan driving the Kuhn Motorsports Stealth/Gaerte finished 0.623 seconds
ahead of Lundgreen. Aaron Fiscus, Mike Hess and Jimi Quin completed the top
five. Brad Kuhn holds a 25 point lead over Danny Stratton heading into the
June 11 event at Angell Park Speedway.
SUMMARY
25-lap Feature: 1.Dustin Morgan, 2. Nick Lundgreen, 3. Aaron Fiscus, 4. Mike
Hess, 5. Jimi Quin, 6. Danny Stratton, 7. Brandon Waelti, 8.Dean Erfurth
9.Chad DeSelle, 10. Doug Schenck, 11. Jimmy Light, 12. Harley Slotten, 13. Bob
Schreffler, 14. Joe Wipperfurth, 15. Bryon Walters, 16. Kurt Mayhew, 17. Rob
Keelan, 18.Buddy Luebke, 19. Doug Jordan, 20. Scott Hatton, 21. Stevie Walsh,
22. Brian Ramstack.
15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Fiscus.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Erfurth, Stratton, Hess.
6-lap Dash Winner: Schenck.
Fast Time: Schenck, 15.176 seconds.
Weld Racing National Midget Driver of the Year
1.Brad Kuhn 640; 3. Jerry Coons Jr. 561; 3. Jay Drake 394; 4. Brady Bacon 333;
5. Michael Lewis 297; 6. Bobby Santos III 281; 7. Danny Stratton 275; 8. Dave
Darland 266; 9. Dave Steele 257; 10. Tyler Brown 246.
Badger Midget Series
1. Brad Kuhn 438; 2.Danny Stratton 413; 3. Brandon Waelti 404; 4. AaronFiscus
388; 5. Scott Hatton 358; 6. Nick Lundgreen 334; 7. Chad DeSelle 316; 8.
JimiQuin 269; 9.Davey Ray 267; 10. Dean Erfurth 257.
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