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Santos Continues Hot Streak, Blazes To Toyota USAC Midget Classic 25 Win
Milwaukee, Wis. (July 22, 2006) Bobby Santos III out-dueled Billy Wease to
score the victory in the TOYOTA USAC Midget Classic 25 Saturday afternoon at
The Milwaukee Mile. It was his fourth victory in the ten USAC National
Midget Series this season.
New track record-holder Santos and Wease led the field to green, with Santos
edging past to lead lap one. A quick spin involving David Byrne in turn
two, quickly placed the field under the yellow flag.
Wease was quick on his marks for the restart and he dove to the inside, taking
command of the race from Santos, from Franklin, Mass., as racing resumed.
Behind the lead duo, Dave Darland, Brad Loyet, and David Steele staged a duel
of their own for third place while Jerry Coons Jr. and Cole Carter also sliced
their way forward.
The second and final caution flag of the event flew on lap six when Brad Kuhn
slowed to a halt on the backstretch.
Wease, of Noblesville, Ind., got a great jump on the ensuing restart,
streaking away to a sizeable advantage over Santos as racing resumed.
However, as the laps began to click away, Santos gradually reduced the
distance between himself and the leader, drawing to Wease’s rear bumper by
lap ten.
As Santos closed, Wease began to widen his line on the exit of the nine
degree-banked turns. Santos looked inside on several occasions, with
Wease holding the lead off the corners. looked the inside numerous times
before lining up the pass with a dart to the inside of Wease heading into turn
one on lap 11.
Once out front, Santos extended his lead, racing uncontested over the final
half to score the convincing win.
“I knew I had a good car,” Santos declared from victory lane. “25 laps
is a long race and I knew I had to be patient. I took my time and waited
until just the right time to pass before making my move.”
Wease settled for a second place finish while Darland turned back the
challenges of Loyet to finish third. Steele rallied late for a fifth
place finish ahead of Jerry Coons Jr and Cole Carter. Darren Hagen, Jay Drake,
and Tom Hessert III completed the top ten finishers.
Here’s how they finished in the TOYOTA USAC Midget Classic 25:
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps
1 1 4 Bobby Santos Klatt Enterprises 25
2 2 80 Billy Wease Western Speed Racing 25
3 4 9 Dave Darland Nine Racing 25
4 7 05 Brad Loyet Loyet Motorsports 25
5 5 19 Dave Steele Nine Racing 25
6 10 11 Jerry Coons Jr. Wilke-Pak Racers 25
7 6 7 Cole Carter Carter Racing 25
8 11 97 Darren Hagen Keith Kunz Motorsports 25
9 14 67 Jay Drake Keith Kunz Motorsports 25
10 8 5 Tom Hessert Tom Hessert Motorsports 25
11 12 21 Levi Jones Tony Stewart Racing 25
12 9 22 Ron Gregory Irvin Motorsports 25
13 13 82 David Gough A&G Motorsports 25
14 3 37x Michael Lewis J.W. Mitchell Motorsports 25
15 17 88 Scott Thoman Steve Thoman 25
16 19 191 Ryan Durst Kasey Kahne Racing 25
17 22 57 Kevin Studley Kevin Studley 24
18 25 48 Steve Thinnes Steve Thinnes 24
19 21 36 James Anderson Anderson Motorsports 24
20 18 20b David Byrne Byrne Racing 14
21 19 33 Davey Ray Dave & Debbie Ray 13
22 16 74 Brad Kuhn Fred James 6
23 24 4x Terry Ahern Terry Ahern 5
24 15 20 Josh Wise Tony Stewart Racing 4
25 23 41 Joshua Lane Lane Charno Motorsports 3
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