SWANSON ENDS CLAUSONS GRAND SLAM BID IN NIGHT BEFORE THE
500
Indianapolis, IN
.Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. caught Bryan
Clauson on the 32nd lap of Saturday nights 65th NOS Energy Drink Night Before
the 500 USAC Mopar National Midget race at OReilly Raceway Park and led the
rest of the race in his F & F Mechanical Beast/Esslinger Ford. The victory ended
Clausons bid for an unprecedented back-to-back-to-back-to-back sweep of the four
major USAC Midget races with histories dating to pre-1980. Ironically, Tanner spun in turn
two after taking the checkered flag! Clauson, who had won the 2009 Belleville Midget
Nationals, 2009 Turkey Night Grand Prix and 2010 Hut Hundred, finished second after
leading 30 laps. Kody Swanson, Brad Kuhn and Brad Sweet rounded out the
"top-five" at the checkered flag. Daniel Bedford escaped injury when his car
vaulted over the backstretch wall on the third lap of the race.
USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 29, 2010 Indianapolis,
Indiana OReilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis NOS Energy Drink 65th
Night Before the 500
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Gurney Jr., 41, DMS-21.064; 2. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-21.079; 3.
Levi Roberts, 2D, Roberts-21.139; 4. Kody Swanson, 11w, Wilke-Pak-21.199; 5. Brad Kuhn,
17B, RW-21.230; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/Kunz/BCI-21.252; 7. Tanner Swanson, 51,
DMS-21.256; 8. Daniel Bedford, 11D, DMS-21.280; 9. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-21.306; 10.
Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-21.360; 11. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-21.377; 12. Shane Hmiel,
56, 56 Inc.-21.421; 13. Alex Bowman, 55, Cline-21.440; 14. Jerry Coons Jr., 11,
Wilke-Pak-21.483; 15. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-21.512; 16. Billy Wease, 19, Nine
Racing-21.530; 17. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-21.577; 18. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-21.625;
19. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-21.628; 20. Kevin Swindell, 9, Nine Racing-21.640; 21.
Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-21.653; 22. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-21.674; 23. Tate Martz, 7x,
Steele/Alexander/Martz-21.685; 24. Aaron Andruskevitch, 5a, Domark-21.720; 25. Mario
Marietta, 85, Marietta-21.729; 26. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-21.732; 27. David Byrne,
20D, Byrne-21.808; 28. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-21.831; 29. Brad Loyet, 05,
Loyet-21.858; 30. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Simpson-21.890; 31. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C &
A-22.011; 32. Jeff Wimmenauer, 15J, Wimmenauer-22.023; 33. Sean Murphy, 8x,
Polisczuk-22.156; 34. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-22.167; 35. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-22.193;
36. Mike Larrison, 6, East-22.251; 37. Al Jackson, 44, Perona/Cunningham-22.359; 38. Kevin
Studley, 57, Studley-22.662; 39. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-NT; 40. Bobby East, 4k,
Klatt-NT; 41. #91, Nine Racing-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Gurney, 3. Darland, 4. Kuhn, 5. Marietta, 6. Clarke, 7.
Loyet, 8. Jackson, 9. Murphy, 10. Bowman. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Santos, 2. Clauson, 3. Daum, 4. Coons, 5. C.Armstrong, 6.
Hamilton, 7. Conley, 8.; Studley, 9. East, 10. Simpson. 2:51.92
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hagen, 3. T.Swanson, 4. Roberts, 5. D.Armstrong, 6.
Martz, 7. Byrne, 8. Wagner, 9. Kramer, 2:50.83
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Swindell, 2. Andruskevitch, 3. K.Swanson, 4. Wease, 5. Bedford,
6. Clouser, 7. Larrison, 8. Wimmenauer, 9. Hmiel. 2:52.88
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bedford, 2. Kramer, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Clarke, 6.
Hmiel, 7. Hamilton, 8. Marietta, 9. Bobby East (#4k), 10. Clouser, 11. Martz, 12. Conley,
13. Wimmenauer, 14. Byrne, 15. Simpson, 16. Larrison, 17. Jackson, 18. Wagner, 19. Murphy,
20. Studley, 4:16.11
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tanner Swanson, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Kody Swanson, 4. Brad Kuhn, 5.
Brad Sweet, 6. Billy Wease, 7. Levi Roberts, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Darren Hagen, 10. Bobby
Santos III, 11. Adam Kramer, 12. Dakoda Armstrong, 13. Shane Hmiel, 14. Dave Darland, 15.
Mario Marietta, 16. Caleb Armstrong, 17. Zach Daum, 18. Aaron Andruskevitch, 19. Henry
Clarke, 20. Jerry Coons Jr., 21. Kevin Swindell, 22. Chuck Gurney Jr., 23. Daniel Bedford,
24. Kyle Hamilton. NT
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**Bedford flipped over the backstretch wall on lap 3 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 T.Swanson, Laps 2-31 Clauson, Laps 32-50 T.Swanson.
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