Red Rookie - Feature #A-1
1. Justin Bozell
2. Blake Hybels
3. Cole Christy
4. Tyler Wolfersberger
5. Alexander Sexton
Red Rookie - Feature #A-2
1. Sam Johnson
2. Matt Hollon, Jr.
3. Tanner Drake
4. Michael Brooks
5. Collin Martell
Blue Rookie - Feature #A-1
1. Jackson Rumery
2. Dre Santora
3. Jason Montes
4. Kalsee Davis
5. Bailey Spring
Blue Rookie - Feature #A-2
1. Cody Mcgahn
2. Cameron Jennings
3. Noah Wilfong
4. Gage Christy
5. Madilyn Blanch
Jr. Honda – A Main
1. Logan Heath
2. Neal Allison
3. Gage Painter
4. Caden Hoyt
5. Zack Cullen
6. Isaak Solochek
7. Connor Goss
8. Dylan Laduke
9. Ashton Vansparrentak
10. Makenna Long (Dnf)
Jr. Honda – B Main
1. Logan Heath
2. Connor Gross
3. Caden Hoyt
4. Zack Cullen
5. Zeek Torgeson
6. Garrett Wagoner
7. Connor Shaughnessy
8. Ethan Parker
9. Taylor Imus
10. Grant Valkner (Dnf)
Jr. Honda – C Main
1. Zack Cullen
2. Logan Heath
3. Garrett Wagoner
4. Caden Hoyt
5. Casey Smith
6. Connor Dutting-Morrell
7. Wyatt Heckman
8. Paul Owens
9. Trey Chimelewsky
10. Blake Gower
Jr. Honda – D Main
1. Zack Cullen
2. Casey Smith
3. Wyatt Heckman
4. Blake Gower
5. Troy Hokanson
6. Natalie Johnson
7. Matt Elsey, Jr.
8. Johnny Toth (Dnf)
Sr Honda - A Main
1. Carson Hocevar
2. Zeb Wise
3. Addison Lushin
4. Sam Hatfield
5. Aaron Bollinger
6. Ayrton Olsen
7. Colin Listerman
8. Cole Listerman
9. Corey Smith
10. Bennett Lushin
Sr Honda - B Main
1. Bennett Lushin
2. Cole Listerman
3. Corey Smith
4. Colin Listerman
5. Cameron Morga
6. Jerry Osterhouse (Dnf)
7. Ryan Huggler (Dnf)
8. Christian Brink (Dnf)
9. Cale Grimes (Dnf)
10. Hunter Heckman (Dnf)
Sr Honda - C Main
1. Christian Bink
2. Colin Listerman
3. Jerry Osterhouse
4. Cameron Morga
5. Donovan Haskins
6. Brandon Davis
7. Nash Brown
8. Trey Osborne
9. Regan Powell (Dnf)
Hvy. Honda - A Main
1. Wil Raber
2. Kyle Martell
3. Chaz Hook
4. Hayden Dickerson
5. Todd Gilliland
6. Mandy Chick
7. Renton Joling
8. Heather Jones
9. Matt Taylor
10. Bud Mccune
Hvy. Honda - B Main
1. Mandy Chick
2. Heather Jones
3. Renton Joling
4. Matt Taylor
5. Logan Huggler
6. Sam Kravitsky
7. Aryn Wilson
8. Lexi Pohlman (Dnf)
9. Aaron Leffel (Dnf)
Lt. 160 – A Main
1. Harrison Burton
2. Zeb Wise
3. Addison Lushin
4. Tyler Ankrum
5. Caden Hoyt
6. Nathaniel Brinker
7. Carson Hocevar
8. Kyle Craker
9. Danny Sams Iii
10. Cameron Morga (Dnf)
Lt. 160 – B Main
1. Nathaniel Brinker
2. Danny Sams Iii
3. Kyle Craker
4. Cameron Morga
5. Logan Heath
6. Bennett Lushin
7. Aaron Bollinger
8. Isaak Solochek
9. Jensen Walker
10. Tyler Garner (Dnf)
Lt. 160 – C Main
1. Tyler Garner
2. Logan Heath
3. Isaak Solochek
4. Jenson Walker
5. Zack Culler
6. Cale Grimes
7. Jacob Miner
8. Christian Brink
9. Zeek Torgesen
10. Connor Shaughnessy
11. Ayrton Olsen (Dnf)
12. Colin Listerman (Dnf)
Hvy. 160 – A Main
1. Wil Raber
2. Kyle Lee
3. Mark Miller
4. Kyle Martell
5. Cason Konzer
6. Nolan Allison
7. Sam Hatfield
8. Amber Matich
9. Renton Joling (Dnf)
10. Frankie Nervo (Dnf)
Hvy. 160 – B Main
1. Kyle Martell
2. Frankie Nervo
3. Sam Hatfield
4. Amber Matich
5. Blaine Leydig
6. Hayden Dickerson
7. Lucas Jones
8. Mandy Chick
9. Aaron Leffel
10. Todd Gilliland (Dnf)
Hvy. 160 – C Main
1. Frankie Nervo
2. Blaine Leydig
3. Mandy Chick
4. Aaron Leffel
5. Alex Benovich
6. Logan Huggler
7. Jared Leffel
8. Sam Kravitsky
9. Austin Kendall
10. Scott Mcnett, Jr. (Dnf)
Hvy. 160 – D Main
1. Frankie Nervo
2. Blaine Leydig
3. Alex Benovich
4. Sam Kravitsky
5. Aryn Wilson
6. Matt Taylor (Dna)
7. Jacob Stickle (Dna)
Jr. Animal - A Main
1. Connor Gross
2. Conner Dutting-Morrell
3. Zeek Torgesen
4. Neal Allison
5. Zack Cullen
6. Grant Valkner
7. Isaak Solochek (Dnf)
8. Logan Heath (Dnf)
9. Gage Painter (Dnf)
10. Garrett Wagoner (Dnf)
Sr. Animal - A Main
1. Carson Hocevar
2. Berklee Jimenez
3. Harrison Burton
4. Cameron Morga
5. Zeb Wise
6. Ryan Huggler
7. Aaron Bollinger
8. Sam Hatfield
9. Bennett Lushin
10. Sam Kravitsky
Sr. Animal - B Main
1. Bennett Lushin
2. Ryan Huggler
3. Sam Kravitsky
4. Aaron Bollinger
5. Kyle Craker
6. Danny Sams Iii
7. Griffin Brown
8. Jenson Walker
9. Addison Lushin
10. Lexi Pohlman (Dnf)
Sr. Animal - C Main
1. Addison Lushin
2. Danny Sams Iii
3. Sam Kravitsky
4. Lexi Pohlman
5. Trey Osborne
6. Justin Adams (Dnf)
7. Jacob Miner (Dnf)
Ur. Animal - A Main
1. Wil Raber
2. Hayden Dickerson
3. Blaine Leydig
4. Aaron Leffel
5. Kyle Martell
6. Austin Kendall
7. Mandy Chick
8. Bud Mccune (Dnf)
Lt. World Formula - A Main
1. Harrison Burton
2. Camara Owens
3. Danny Sams Iii
4. Berklee Jimenez
5. Griffin Brown
6. Carson Hocevar
7. Tyler Ankrum
8. Ayrton Olsen
9. Hayden Sprague (Dnf)
10. Tyler Garner (Dnf)
11. Cameron Morga (Dna)
Lt. World Formula - B Main
1. Tyler Ankrum
2. Cameron Morga
3. Hayden Sprague
4. Danny Sams Iii
5. Griffin Brown
6. Nathaniel Brinker
7. Bennett Lushin
8. Jenson Walker (Dnf)
9. Aaron Bollinger (Dnf)
10. Zeb Wise (Dnf)
Lt. World Formula - C Main
1. Hayden Sprague
2. Zeb Wise
3. Jenson Walker
4. Danny Sams Iii
5. Kyle Craker
6. Sam Kravitsky
7. Renton Joling
Hvy. World Formula - A Main
1. Frankie Nervo
2. Logan Mcpherson
3. Nolan Allison
4. Wil Raber
5. Mark Miller
6. Matthew Swanson
7. Daniel Mcpherson
8. Kyle Lee
9. Jacob Stickle
10. Kyle Martell (Dnf)
Hvy. World Formula - B Main
1. Kyle Martell
2. Daniel Mcpherson
3. Nolan Allison
4. Kyle Lee
5. Cason Konzer
6. Hayden Dickerson
7. Blaine Leydig
8. Gunner Lucius
9. Mandy Chick
10. Lucas Jones
11. Austin Kendall
12. Amber Matich (Dnf)
Lt. Mod - A Main
1. Tyler Ankrum
2. Connor Gross
3. Berklee Jimenez
4. Caden Hoyt
5. Zack Cullen
6. Nikki Carroll
7. Calvin Carroll (Dnf)
Lt. AA - A Main
1. Nathaniel Brinker
2. Carson Hocevar
3. Ayrton Olsen
4. Zeb Wise (Dnf)
5. Tyler Garner (Dnf)
6. Griffin Brown (Dnf)
7. Hayden Sprague (Dnf)
Hvy. AA - A Main
1. Frankie Nervo
2. Kyle Lee
3. Gage Walker
4. Logan Mcpherson
5. Jacob Stickle
6. Wil Raber
7. Camara Owens
8. Daniel Mcpherson
9. Brooke Coggin (Dnf)
10. Matthew Swanson (Dnf)
11. Amber Matich (Dna)
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USAC MOPAR .25 Midget "Generation Next"
Round 13 - Little Kalamazoo Speedway
MOPAR MEGA WEEKEND
USAC – “MOPAR MEGA WEEKEND” – Round 13 of the 2012 Gen Nex Weekend
Saturday winners
from left - Logan Heath (AZ) Jr Honda, Harrison Burton (NC) Lt 160, Wil Raber (MI) Hvy 160 & Hvy Honda, Carson Hocevar (MI) Sr Honda
USAC - "MOPAR MEGA WEEKEND" - Round 13 of the 2012 Gen Next Weekend
Sunday winners
back row - Tyler Ankrum (CA) Lt Mod, Wil Raber (MI) Un-restricted Animal, Frankie Nervo (OH) Briggs Hvy World Formula and Hvy 'AA, Nate Brinker (PA) Lt 'AA
front row - Carson Hocevar (MI) Briggs Sr Animal, Connor Gross (Mass) Briggs Jr Animal, Harrison Burton (NC) Briggs Lt World Formula
Largest Rookie Class EVER at a USAC Mopar "Generation Next" event. GREAT JOB Little Kalamazoo! You are indeed building the sport of Quarter Midget Racing.... 20 Rookie's at the race!
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MOPAR MEGA WEEKEND MEGA AWESOME!
The USAC Mopar .25 Midget “MOPAR MEGA WEEKEND” was an awesome series of events at Kalamazoo. Most stories start out something like…. ‘it all began on Friday night, but that isn’t necessarily true. The Kalamazoo story began over a year ago when the Hocevar Family wanted to build a premier facility where they could host a large USAC event. Even though this is the 2nd USAC National event, so much more has been added to the Little Kalamazoo complex and their visions are realized more and more!
Early planning takes place before every “Gen Next” race event and all week was devoted to putting the wheels in motion. You know it’s time when darkness falls and the lights are turned on at Little Kalamazoo Speedway.
Trailers had arrived all week leading up to the event, but Friday morning is really the biggest rush. Sign-ins began around 2 and practice ran from 5 – 8 pm. By 6 pm everyone was asking about car count. Just over 225 was the answer and that number became 227 by 7 pm. “We are very happy with that number,” said Kyle McCain, .25 Director. “It’s getting later in the season and we’ve done a lot of big races. School starts this week for many of the kids, and we’re glad they made the trip to Kalamazoo.”
This National event was held in conjunction with the Mid-West Thunder Series splitting the race program to 2 days. All 5 Honda Classes ran practice, heats, lower mains and A-Mains on Saturday in addition to Victory Lane Awards. Drivers Isaak Solochek, Carson Hocevar and Wil Raber were on the Boomer and the Bear Radio Show 92.5 in the morning to promote FREE Admission as well as invite listeners out for MOPAR MEGA Weekend at both Kalamazoo Tracks. WWMT Channel 3, the local CBS affliate interviewed Berklee Jimenez and Harrison Burton as well as shooting some great footage of the competitive racing at Little K-zoo. Some time constraints were in place so that the younger drivers could see some of their friends and former quarter-midget drivers compete on the big track. Fans in MOPAR MEGA WEEKEND blue shirts filled the front stretch for the pre-race autograph session. Kyle O’Gara of Indiana scored his second consecutive USAC/Stars D1 Midget victory. Jimmy Anderson was 2nd, Derek Bischak 3rd, Patrick Wilda Jr and Bryan Nuckles 5th. O’Gara, Bischak and Nuckles are Quarter-Midget Alumni. The Ignite Fuels Midgets ran a double-header for the fans, seeing all top 5 drivers from both features with connections to quarter-midgets. Ryan Krachun took top honors, with Sam McGhee, Cooper Clouse, Chris Lamb and Gage Walker rounding out the top 5. The second feature saw Ross Rankine at the top followed by McGhee, Cooper Clouse, Lamb and Walker as the top 5.
Sunday was Briggs/Deco Day and fans weren’t disappointed. “There is so much competition here,” said Track President Amy Hocevar. “We’ve got a great car count and it’s good to see so many families come after we’ve gone to their tracks. We built this club so we could have competitive racing on these high banks and we are very pleased!” Sunday took a bit longer than most with 8 classes competing.
Both drivers and parents welcomed the MOPAR MEGA WEEKEND Awards – MOPAR Backpacks and Lunch Bags, provided by the Kalamazoo Club. As Michelle Allison helped in Mopar Victory Lane, she said, “I think these are great awards.” “My kids always talk about their racing at school and the MOPAR backpacks and lunch pails certainly are a testament to the sponsorship that MOPAR has given our kids,” said Dale Gross.
The top 3 drivers in each class were also presented USAC Medals; Gold for 1st place, Silver for 2nd and Bronze for 3rd. Hoosier neckbands are also part of the podium finish ceremony.
Families hastily loaded trailers to head for home. Everyone is safe and sound and getting ready for Labor Day weekend at Toledo, including Aaron the flagmen and the Stickle Family.
Next up...................................
“The Labor Day Spectacular – USAC “Generation Next” Round 14 / Mid West Thunder is heating up to be a great event,” said President Dean Dickerson. “The weekend before, we will be having a 2 day club race for those that want to test and tune for the big holiday. We are located at 2901 Key Street, in Maumee, OH 43537. “ If you have any questions, please feel free to call – (419) 351-0088.
Families are asked to bring a way of disposing rubber shavings to the North West Ohio track over the holiday. “Our track sits on the Lucas Co Property,” said Dickerson. “Our landlord is asking that we not litter the complex with the rubber shavings from the tires.”
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