2016 USAC National Midget Series
The 2016
The season was marred with tragedy after Bryan Clauson died from injuries sustained in a crash during Saturday's portion of the Belleville Midget Nationals.[3] Tanner Thorson won the series championship driving for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports.[4]
Schedule
No. | Date | Race title | Track | TV/Stream |
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1 | March 9 | Shamrock Classic | Southern Illinois Center | The Cushion |
≠ | April 8 | Kokomo Grand Prix | Kokomo Speedway | |
≠ | April 9 | |||
2 | May 31 | Indiana Midget Week | Montpelier Motor Speedway | |
3 | June 1 | Gas City I-69 Speedway | ||
4 | June 2 | Lincoln Park Speedway | ||
5 | June 3 | Bloomington Speedway | ||
≠ | June 4 | Lawrenceburg Speedway | ||
6 | June 5 | Kokomo Speedway | ||
7 | June 17 | Riverside International Speedway | ||
8 | June 18 | 40 for Shorty | ||
9 | August 2 | Tuesday Night Thunder | Jefferson County Speedway | |
10 | August 3 | Chad McDaniel Memorial | Solomon Valley Speedway | Speed Shift TV |
11 | August 5 | Belleville Midget Nationals | Belleville High Banks | Speed Shift TV |
12 | August 6 | |||
≠ | August 14 | Pennsylvania Midget Week | Susquehanna Speedway | |
≠ | August 15 | Path Valley Speedway Park | ||
13 | August 16 | Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway | ||
≠ | August 17 | Lincoln Speedway | Dirt Station | |
14 | September 24 | 4-Crown Nationals | Eldora Speedway | |
15 | October 6 | Gold Crown Midget Nationals | Tri-City Speedway | The Cushion |
16 | October 7 | |||
17 | October 8 | |||
18 | October 20 | Jason Leffler Memorial | Wayne County Speedway | MavTV
|
19 | November 24 | Turkey Night Grand Prix | Ventura Raceway | Loudpedal.TV |
* | December 17 | Junior Knepper 55 | Southern Illinois Center | MavTV
Speed Shift TV |
Results and Standings
Races
No. | Race / Track | Winning driver | Winning team | Hard Charger Award winner | B-Main / Semi / Qualifying Race winners |
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1 | Shamrock Classic | Shane Golobic | Matt Wood Racing | Thomas Meseruall (B-Main #1)
Travis Berryhill (B-Main #2) | |
2 | Indiana Midget Week (Montpelier) | Kyle Larson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Dave Darland | Christopher Bell |
3 | Indiana Midget Week (Gas City) | Spencer Bayston | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Shane Golobic | Tyler Thomas |
4 | Indiana Midget Week (Putnamville) | Tanner Thorson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Jerry Coons Jr. | Spencer Bayston |
5 | Indiana Midget Week (Bloomington) | Christopher Bell | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Tyler Thomas | Christopher Bell |
6 | Indiana Midget Week (Kokomo) | Rico Abreu | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Dayne Kingshott | Holly Shelton |
7 | Riverside | Tanner Thorson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Shane Golobic | |
8 | 40 For Shorty | Bryan Clauson | Dooling/Hayward Motorsports | Bryan Clauson | |
9 | Tuesday Night Thunder | Chad Boat | Tucker/Boat Motorsports | Bryan Clauson | Brady Bacon |
10 | Chad McDaniel Memorial | Bryan Clauson | Dooling/Hayward Motorsports | Tanner Thorson | Casey Shuman |
11 | Belleville Midget Nationals (night #1) | Chad Boat | Tucker/Boat Motorsports | Travis Scott | Bryan Clauson |
12 | Belleville Midget Nationals (night #2) | Chad Boat | Tucker/Boat Motorsports | Curtis Spicer | Ryan Greth |
13 | Pennsylvania Midget Week (Lanco) | Tanner Thorson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Brenden Bright | Holly Shelton |
14 | Four Crown Nationals | Rico Abreu | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Carson Macedo | |
15 | Gold Crown Midget Nationals (night #1) | Tanner Thorson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Gage Walker | Chad Boat (Qualifying Race #1)
Carson Macedo (Qualifying Race #2) Tanner Thorson (Qualifying Race #3) |
16 | Gold Crown Midget Nationals (night #2) | Tanner Thorson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Alex Bright | Brady Bacon (Qualifying Race #1)
Tyler Thomas (Qualifying Race #2) Kyle Jones (Qualifying Race #3) |
17 | Gold Crown Midget Nationals (night #3) | Tanner Thorson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Jake Neuman | Tanner Thorson (Qualifying Race #1)
Ryan Robinson (Qualifying Race #2) Holly Shelton (Qualifying Race #3) |
18 | Jason Leffler Memorial | Brady Bacon | FMR Racing | Alex Bright | Justin Peck |
19 | Turkey Night Grand Prix | Kyle Larson | Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports | Jake Swanson | Robby Josett |
* | Junior Knepper 55 | Tyler Courtney | Clauson/Marshall Racing | Chad Wheeler (B-Main #1)
Riley Kreisel (B-Main #2) | |
[5] |
References
- ^ "USAC National Midget Series 2016 Schedule". 10 December 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ^ "Tracy Hines Wins 2015 Honda USAC Midget Series Title to Join Triple Crown Club". Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ^ "BRYAN CLAUSON PASSES AWAY AFTER INJURIES SUSTAINED IN BELLEVILLE CRASH - USAC Racing".
- ^ "LARSON CARVES UP TURKEY NIGHT WIN #2; THORSON TASTES FIRST USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TITLE - USAC Racing".
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