2018 USAC P1 Insurance National Midget Championship

2018 USAC National Midget Series
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The 2018 USAC P1 Insurance National Midget Championship is the 63rd season of the Midget series sanctioned by USAC. P1 Insurance beomes the new title sponsor of the series for 2018. The season will begin with the Shamrock Classic at Southern Illinois Center on March 10, and will end with the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway on November 22. The series will also have a non points race with the Junior Knepper 55 at Southern Illinois Center on December 15. Spencer Bayston enters the season as the defending champion.[1]

Team & Driver Chart

No. Race Driver Car Owner / Entrant Chassis Engine Rounds
1BR Dave Darland SFH Racing Development 1*
1c Brandon Stevenson Jody Rosenboom 1*
1K Brayton Lynch Rusty Kunz Racing Spike Stanton SR-11 13*
1ST Shane Cottle Daryl Saucier 1*
1T Tony Roney Rich Roney Stealth Fontana 1
Tyler Shoemaker Jay Mounce 1*
2 Ryan Hall Mark Bush Spike Essligner 1
2B Brett Becker Becker Spike Stanton SR-11 4
2D Matt Sherrell Dan & Patricia Harris 1*
2ND Jeb Sessums Dan & Patricia Harris 1*
2s Travis Scott Scott 1
3 Rich Drangmeister Rich Drangmeister 1*
3c Tanner Thorson Tri-C Motorsports Spike Stanton SR-11 4
3N Jake Neuman Jim Neuman BOSS Stanton SR-11 4*
3ON Hudson O'Neal Jim Neuman Boss Stanton SR-11 1
4 Ryan Greth Wayne Lesher Spike Stanton SR-11 1
C.J. Leary TOPP Motorsports Beast TOPP Honda 1
Curtis Spicer Spicer Racecraft Stealth Fontana 4
4A Casey Shuman RAMS Racing 1*
4D Robert Dalby Ken Dalby 1*
5 Chris Windom Baldwin Brothers Racing Spike Claxton Ford 1
C.J. Leary 1*
5B Chase Briscoe Briscoe Racing 1*
5D Zach Daum Daum Motorsports 1*
5T Presley Truedson Daum Motorsports 1*
5v Jesse Vermillion Vermillion Racing 1*
5x Roy Caruthers Boyle Racing Headquarters 1*
7 Gage Walker Brian Walker Spike Esslinger 4*
Shawn Jackson Shawn Jackson Elite Esslinger 2
7B Austin Brown Factory BOSS Racing BOSS 1*
7BC Tyler Courtney Clauson-Marshall Racing Spike Stanton SR-11 13*
7CG Austin Langenstein Seven, LLC 1*
7CH Critter Malone Seven, LLC 1*
7F Andrew Felker BOSS Factory Racing BOSS Toyota 1
7K Zach Hampton K&R Racing Spike Irwin Mopar 2
Matt Lux 1*
7p Brian Peterson Brian Peterson 1*
8 Johnny Petrozelle Cornell Racing Stables Stealth Autocraft Volkswagen 1
Randi Pankratz Wally Pankratz 1*
8c Johnny Petrozelle Curt Cornell 1*
8JR Bear Wood Bear Wood Felker Hickernell Gaerte 1
8K Jonathan Beason Hard Eight Racing 1
9 Matt Moore Hergott Racing Development Bullet by Spike Mopar 2
0 Kevin Woody Jr. Steve Buckwalter Elite A1 Chevrolet 1
Steve Buckwalter
    0NJ Brett Conkling Brett Conkling Stealth Gaerte Chevrolet 1
    10 Lance Bennett Bennett Motorsports Spike Fontana Chevrolet 3*
    10b Blaze Bennett Bennett Motorsports Spike Fontana Chevrolet 2
    11 Brent Beauchamp B & B Motorsports Spike Esslinger 1
    Tracy Hines Leader Card Racers 1*
    11A C.J. Leary Gray Auto Spike Esslinger 1
    Anton Hernandez 1*
    11AG C.J. Leary Gray Auto Spike Esslinger 1
    11c Glenn Waterland Hayley Waterland Beast Gaerte Chevrolet 3
    11L Aaron Leffel Chuck Taylor 1*
    11T Trey Osborne 1*
    11Y Travis Young 1*
    12 Brett Ardnt Randy Heckman Elite Fontana Ford 1
    J.B. Gilbert J.B. Gilbert 1
    12w Billy Wease Amanda Wease 1*
    14 Holley Hollan Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb/Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 2
    14J Holley Hollan Factory BOSS Racing BOSS 1*
    14s McKenna Haase RAMS Racing 1*
    14x Jody Rosenboom Jody Rosenboom 1*
    15 Kevin Thomas Jr. Petry-Goff Motorsports Spike Speedway Toyota 2
    Jason McDougal 9*
    15c Carson Garrett Broc Garrett 1*
    17BC Justin Grant Clauson-Marshall Racing Spike Stanton SR-11 13*
    17D Dakota Jackson Koontz Racing 1*
    17K Michael Koontz Koontz Racing 1*
    17s Ricky Stenhouse Jr Clauson-Marshall Racing Spike Stanton SR-11 1*
    17w Shane Golobic Clauson-Marshal Racing / Matt Wood Spike Stanton SR-11 1*
    19m Ethan Mitchell John Mitchell BOSS BundyBuilt Honda 8*
    21 Rico Abreu Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 4
    Christopher Bell 2*
    Tommy Kunsman TK Racing Elite Hawk Chevrolet 1
    21D Justin Dickerson Justin Dickerson Spike Esslinger 3*
    21K Kyle Larson Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 1
    Karter Sarff Steve Reynolds 1*
    21T Tanner Thorson Steve Reynolds / Rip Jetson 1*
    21x Damian Lopez Brooke Shuman Motorsports Boss Chevrolet 2
    Landon Cassill 1*
    22 John Heydenreich John Heydenreich 1*
    23 David Budres David Budres 1*
    23m Kenny Miller Kenny Miller Spike Esslinger 2
    24 Landon Simon Landon Simon Racing Triple X Toyota 2*
    24x David Prickett Neverlift Motorsports 1*
    25 Jerry Coons Jr. Petry Motorsports Spike Speedway Toyota 11*
    25p Dylan Peterson Vance Peterson 1*
    25s Alex Schriever Jeff Davis 1*
    25x Giovanni Scelzi Tom Malloy 1*
    27 Tucker Klaasmeyer Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 9*
    27z Zane Hendricks Tucker-Boat Motorsports Spike Speedway Toyota 10*
    28 Kory Schudy Jon Sawyer Racing Boss Gaerte 1
    Ace McCarthy Two-Eight 1
    29 Timmy Buckwalter Seymour Racing Spike Stanton Mopar 1
    Ryan Wilson Clover Motorsports Elite Fontana Chevrolet 1
    Joey Moughan Tom Casson 1*
    29J Brian Karraker Tony Jarrett 1*
    31 Ray Seach David Budres 1*
    32 Trey Marcham Marcham 1
    Nick Hamilton Mike Hamilton 1*
    33 Chase Jones Team RayPro Spike RayPro Mopar 4
    Davey Ray 1*
    33c Chase Johes Team RayPro 1*
    35 Andrew Layser Alex Bright Racing Elite Stanton SR-11 3
    Matt Moore Petry-Goff Motorsports Spike Speedway Toyota 4
    Maria Cofer 4
    Chris Windom 1*
    35L Andrew Layser Alex Bright Racing 1*
    35x Chris Baue Chris Baue 1*
    37 Terry Babb A.J. Felker Racing FSC Felker Fontana - 2*
    Max Guilford Esslinger - 3
    37T Glen Saville A.J. Felker Racing FSC Felker Esslinger 1
    37x Colten Cottle A.J. Felker Racing FSC Felker Esslinger 1
    Payton Pierce 1*
    39 Kyle May Kyle May Elite Esslinger 3*
    39BC Zeb Wise Clauson-Marshall Racing Spike Stanton SR-11 9*
    Cole Bodine 4
    41 Howard Morre Chris Chappue Bullet Gaerte Chevrolet 1
    43 Logan Arnold Kevin Arnold 1*
    44 Wesley Smith Brian Smith Spike Gaerte Chevrolet 1
    45 Tony Lawrence Tony Lawrence DRC Esslinger 1
    46 Kenney Johnson Jeff Johnson Spike Autocraft Volkswagen 2*
    46x Robby Spino Robby Spino 1*
    49 Andy Bradley Andy Bradley Spike Esslinger 2*
    50 Daniel Adler Mike Adler Triple X Esslinger 1
    51 Russ Gamester G&R Racing 1*
    51B Joe B. Miller Jim Neuman Boss Stanton SR-11 1
    54 Matt Westfall Steve Bordner 1*
    54p Kyle Pfeifer Pfeifer Racing Eagle Esslinger 1
    55 Nick Drake Troy Cline 1*
    56x Mark Chisholm Fifty6x Racing Boss Stanton Toyota 2*
    57 Jason Rice Wayne Rice Stealth Gaerte Ford 2
    Spencer Bayston Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 1*
    57A Andrew Felker Bill Ecker 1*
    57B Chase McDermand Bill Ecker 1*
    57C Cole Bodine Clauson-Marshall Racing Spike Stanton SR-11 1*
    57D Daniel Robinson McCreery Motorsports Triple X Esslinger 2*
    57F Nate Foster Nate Foster 1*
    57K Kevin Studley Studley Motorsports Stealth J&D Ford 2*
    63 Thomas Meseraull Dooling/Hayward Motorsports with RCR Spike Stanton SR-11 2
    Kevin Thomas Jr. 11*
    63D J.J. Yeley Joe Dooling 1*
    67 Logan Seavey Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 13*
    67F Kyle O'Gara SFH Racing Development Beast Speedway Mopar 2*
    67K Harli White Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 1
    Holly Shelton 9*
    67R Ryan Smith SFH Racing Development 1*
    68 Dave Darland SFH Racing Development Beast Speedway Mopar 1
    71 Ryan Robinson Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 9*
    71H Chris Hettinger Hettinger Motorsports Spike Esslinger 4
    71K Tanner Carrick Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 13*
    71X Brian Drollinger Drollinger Racing 1*
    71 1/2 Robert Bell Robert Bell Motorsports Zero GM Ecotec 2*
    72 Sam Johnson Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 11*
    74m Adam Pierson Joe Mancini Spike Esslinger 2
    76E Kyle Craker FMR Racing Beast Toyota 8
    TBA 1*
    76m Brady Bacon FMR Racing Beast Toyota 13*
    77 Alex Bright Alex Bright Racing Elite Stanton SR-11 8*
    Payton Pierce Simmons 1
    Olivia Bennett Bennett Motorsports Spike Pontiac 2
    77u Chris Urish Tom Casson 1*
    77x Andrew Layser Alex Bright Racing Elite Stanton SR-11 4
    Olivia Bennett Bennett Motorsports 1*
    80 Josh Hawkins Josh Hawkins Spike Gaerte Chevrolet 1
    83 Karsyn Elledge Tucker/Boat Motorsports 1*
    84 Chad Boat Tucker-Boat Motorsports Spike Speedway Toyota 13*
    84s Shaun Shapel Shapel Racing Zero Honda 2
    85 Dave Darland Central Motor Sports Spike Stanton SR-11 4
    Kyle Craker Tucker/Boat Motorsports 1*
    88 Tyler Nelson Tyler Nelson Racing Spike Stanton SR-11 2*
    88T 1
    88w Dustin Weland Dustin Weland Racing Spike Fontana 2
    89 Braydan Willmington Team RayPro 1*
    89JR Todd McVay McVay 1
    91 Tyler Nelson Harris Racing Spike Fontana 1
    Shane Cockrum 1*
    91D Dave Darland Brian Thomas Spike Esslinger 1
    91T Tyler Thomas Brian Thomas Spike Esslinger 11*
    92 Brenden Bright Brenden Bright STS Esslinger 1
    93K Riley Kreisel DKR Motorsports 1*
    96 Chris Andrews Miller Racing Boss Esslinger 1
    John Anderika John Anderika Stealth Gaerte Chevrolet 1
    97 Spencer Bayston Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Bullet by Spike Speedway Toyota 12
    Maria Cofer 1*
    97A Austin O'Dell Pat O'Dell 1*
    99p Dillon Welch Kami Ronk 1*
    99w Korey Weyant Jay Mounce 1*
    TBA TBA Landon Simon Racing 1*


    Driver & Team Changes

    • - Dooling/Hayward Motorsports formed an alliance with Richard Childress Racing to team up for the 2018 season with entries in USAC's P1 Insurance National Midget Championship & AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship. Originally it was slated that Brady Bacon would race for the championship in both Midget & Sprint Car series for the team. [Tanner Thorson]] will also race for the team in select races.[2]. However, Bacon returned to the FMR Racing team for the 2018 Midget season. Thomas Meseurall raced for the team at DuQuoin and Kokomo. Kevin Thomas Jr. joined the team in May for select Midget & Sprint Car (winged & local non-wing) races.
    • - Petry-Goff Motorsports will run 2 full-time teams for the 2018 season. Jerry Coons Jr. will race full-time in the #25 car. Kevin Thomas Jr. & Jason McDougal so far have raced for the team in the #15 car. [3]

    Schedule

    The entire season will have on-demand video coverage by Loudpedal.TV. Select races will be broadcast live online by Speed Shift TV. The Cushion will broadcast the race at BAPS [7]. Eldora Speedway will broadcast the Four Crown Nationals on their website. NBCSN will broadcast a recap show of the BC39 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on a single-day delay [8].

    No. Date Race title Track TV/Stream
    1 March 10 Shamrock Classic Southern Illinois Center, DuQuoin, IL Speed Shift TV
    2 April 13 Kokomo Grand Prix Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo, IN Speed Shift TV
    ≠ April 14
    3 May 29 Indiana Midget Week Montpelier Motor Speedway, Montpelier, IN Speed Shift TV
    ≠ May 30 Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gas City, IN
    4 May 31 Lincoln Park Speedway, Putnamville, IN
    ≠ June 1 Bloomington Speedway, Bloomington, IN
    5 June 2 Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, IN Speed Shift TV
    6 June 3 Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo, IN Speed Shift TV
    7 July 10 Tuesday Night Thunder Red Dirt Raceway, Meeker, OK Speed Shift TV
    8 July 11 Chad McDaniel Memorial Solomon Valley Raceway, Beloit, KS Speed Shift TV
    ≠ July 13 Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship Jefferson County Speedway, Fairbury, NE
    9 July 14 Speed Shift TV
    10 July 15 John Hinck Championship Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, Sweet Springs, MO Speed Shift TV
    ≠ August 2 Pennsylvania Midget Week Path Valley Speedway Park, Spring Run, PA
    ≠ August 3 Linda's Speedway, Jonestown, PA
    11 August 4 Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, Newmanstown, PA Speed Shift TV
    12 August 5 BAPS Motor Speedway, York Haven, PA The Cushion
    * September 5 DrivenToSaveLives BC39 The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN Speed Shift TV (live)

    NBCSN (delayed)

    13 September 6
    14 September 22 Four Crown Nationals Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH EldoraSpeedway.com
    15 October 21 Jason Leffler Memorial Wayne County Speedway, Wayne City, Illinois
    16 November 17 Bakersfield Speedway, Oildale, CA Speed Shift TV
    17 November 22 Turkey Night Grand Prix Ventura Raceway, Ventura, CA Speed Shift TV
    * December 14 Junior Knepper 55 Southern Illinois Center, DuQuoin, IL Speed Shift TV
      combination race with USAC Western States Midgets
      combination race with USAC/ARDC Midgets
    • - * will state if the race is a non points event, or a preliminary night.
    • - ≠ will state if the race was postponed or canceled

    Schedule notes and changes

    • - Jason Leffler Memorial will return to Wayne County Speedway in Illinois on October 21. The return of the race was announced on July 15. [9]
    • - New venues on the schedule for 2018 include: Indianapolis (IMS Dirt Track), Red Dirt & Sweet Springs.
    • - Venues from the 2017 season that aren't returning to the schedule in 2018 include: Belleville, Lincoln (IL), Macon, Springfield & Tri-City
    • - Night #2 of the Kokomo Grand Prix at Kokomo Speedway (April 14) was canceled due to weather conditions. [10]
    • - Night #2 of Indiana Midget Week at Gas City I-69 Speedway (May 30) was rained out. The track & USAC are working on rescheduling the race. [11]
    • - Night #4 of Indiana Midget Week at Bloomington Speedway (June 1) was rained out. 12 of the 28 cars that were entered were able to make a qualifying attempt. The track & USAC are working on a possible reschedule date for this race. [12]
    • - USAC added a all new 2 night show at the all new Indianapolis Motor Speedway Dirt Track. The race will be called the BC39 (in honor of the late Bryan Clauson) and will feature the largest purse in Midget Car racing with $15,000 going to the race winner. The race will be held on the Wednesday & Thursday portions of the Brickyard 400 weekend. [13]
    • - Night #1 of Pennsylvania Midget Week at Path Valley Speedway Park (August 2) was canceled due to weather conditions. [14]
    • - Night #2 of Pennsylvania Midget Week at Linda's Speedway (August 3) was canceled due to weather conditions. [15]

    Results and Standings

    Races

    No. Race / Track Winning driver Winning team Hard Charger Award winner B-main / Semi winners
    1 Shamrock Classic Logan Seavey Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Terry Babb C.J. Leary

    Tony Roney

    2 Kokomo Grand Prix - Night #1 Tyler Courtney Clauson-Marshall Racing Thomas Meseraull Holly Shelton
    3 Indiana Midget Week (Montpelier) Kyle Larson Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Tyler Courtney Logan Seavey
    4 Indiana Midget Week (Putnamville) Chad Boat Tucker-Boat Motorsports Ryan Robinson Brady Bacon
    5 Indiana Midget Week (Lawrenceburg) Spencer Bayston Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Rico Abreu -
    6 Indiana Midget Week (Kokomo) Kevin Thomas Jr. Dooling-Hayward Motorsports with RCR Chad Boat Tanner Thorson
    7 Red Dirt Christopher Bell Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Tanner Carrick Spencer Bayston
    8 Chad McDaniel Memorial Kevin Thomas Jr. Dooling-Hayward Motorsports with RCR Tucker Klaasmeyer Tyler Courtney
    9 Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship Justin Grant Clauson-Marshall Racing Brady Bacon Maria Cofer
    10 John Hinck Championship Logan Seavey Keith Kunz Motorsports - Curb-Agajanian Spencer Bayston Logan Seavey
    11 Pennsylvania Midget Week (Lanco) Zeb Wise Clauson/Marshall Racing Andrew Layser -
    12 Pennsylvania Midget Week (Susquehanna) Chad Boat Tucker/Boat Motorsports Zeb Wise -

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ http://usacracing.com/news/midget/item/6887-bayston-follows-kenyon-as-lebanon-s-newest-usac-midget-champ
    2. ↑ http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/12/08/richard-childress-racing-forms-partnership-with-grassroots-dirt-track-team/
    3. ↑ http://usacracing.com/news/item/6909-thomas-jr-joins-petry-motorsports-for-2018-usac-midget-season
    4. ↑ https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/usac/news-multimedia/news/2018/07/03/usac-champ-hines-file-first-bc39-entry-2018
    5. ↑ http://www.usacracing.com/news/midget/item/7493-brickyard-vet-landon-cassill-lands-ride-for-bc39
    6. ↑ http://www.usacracing.com/news/midget/item/7413-usac-champ-windom-lands-bc39-ride-with-petry
    7. ↑ https://sprintcarunlimited.com/baps-motor-speedway-adds-to-its-portfolio-inks-12-race-deal-with-the-cushion-for-live-pay-per-view/
    8. ↑ http://www.usacracing.com/component/k2/item/7499-nbc-sports-to-broadcast-bc39-midget-race-from-ims
    9. ↑ http://usacracing.com/component/k2/item/7336-leffler-memorial-joins-usac-midget-schedule-oct-21-in-wayne-city
    10. ↑ http://usacracing.com/component/k2/item/7026-rain-claims-saturday-s-kokomo-grand-prix-night-two
    11. ↑ http://usacracing.com/component/k2/item/7171-gas-city-indiana-midget-week-race-rained-out
    12. ↑ http://usacracing.com/news/item/7178-bloomington-indiana-midget-week-race-falls-to-rain
    13. ↑ https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/news-multimedia/news/2018/06/26/ims-to-build-dirt-track-host-lucrative-usac-midget-event-during-brickyard-2018?startrow=15
    14. ↑ http://usacracing.com/news/item/7395-thursday-s-pa-midget-week-opener-at-path-valley-rained-out
    15. ↑ http://usacracing.com/news/item/7398-friday-s-pa-midget-week-race-at-linda-s-rained-out
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