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Kuhn Increases Point Lead With Victory
By Bryan Gapinski
Sun Prairie, Wis., July 2 - Series points leader Brad Kuhn scored his fifth
Badger Midget Series feature victory of the season capturing the 25-lap
feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway.
Defending Series champion Scott Hatton jumped into the lead at the start,
while Kuhn passed five cars in the first two laps moving into fifth position.
The caution was displayed on lap two for a stalled car. Hatton again pulled
away from the field on the restart increasing his lead each lap.
On lap 12 Hatton enjoyed a three second-plus lead over Danny Stratton and Kuhn
as he began to lap slower cars. Kuhn moved into second on the 14th lap. The
caution was displayed for a stalled car on lap 16 erasing Hatton's lead. On
the restart Hatton had five cars between himself and Kuhn. Kuhn cleared the
lapped cars by lap 17,when another caution appeared one lap later.
On this restart Hatton had one lapped car between himself and Kuhn. Kuhn
chased down Hatton and the pair ran wheel to wheel for the lead. Entering turn
one on lap 22 using the high line Kuhn made the pass stick and pulled ahead of
Hatton. The final laps Kuhn driving the Kuhn Motorsports Stealth/Mopar
stretched his advantage and finished 2.17 seconds ahead of Hatton at the
finish. Stratton finished a solid third ahead of Brandon Waelti and Chad
DeSelle. Kuhn holds a 142-point advantage over Waelti heading into the July 9
event at the Angell Park Speedway.
SUMMARY
25-lap Feature: 1. Brad Kuhn; 2. Scott Hatton; 3. Danny Stratton; 4. Brandon
Waelti; 5. Chad DeSelle; 6. Ryan Durst; 7. Aaron Fiscus; 8. Davey Ray; 9. Dean
Erfurth; 10. Doug Schenck; 11. Jeff Flesher; 12. Rob Keelan; 13. Bryon
Walters; 14. Bob Schreffler; 15. Matthew Smith; 16. Buddy Luebke; 17. Tucker
Caven; 18. Jon LeJuene; 19. Nick Lundgreen; 20. Brian Ramstack; 21. Joe
Wipperfurth; 22. Jerry Coons Jr.
15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Wipperfurth.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Cody Weisensel, Coons, Stratton,Waelti.
6-lap Trophy Dash Winner: Kuhn.
Fast Time: Kuhn, 15.115 seconds.
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