9.24.22 USAC Eastern Midgets Results
Meridian, Idaho (September 24, 2022)………Kyle Tellstrom doubled up with his second victory in as many nights on Saturday during the USAC Radical and USAC Eastern SpeeD2 Midget co-sanctioned Chaz Groat Memorial at Idaho’s Meridian Speedway.
Tellstrom (Boise, Idaho) drove his Mike Creevan-owned no. 89 to a dominating victory, leading all 30 laps in succession.
Ashlyn Powell (Salt Lake City, Utah) was runner-up once again after finishing second night the night before. Duane Swanson (Seattle, Wash.) grabbed the third spot while River Merrill (Salt Lake City, Utah) ran fourth and A.J. Luttmer (Salt Lake City, Utah) rounded out the top-five.
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USAC EASTERN SPEED2 / RADICAL FOCUS SPEED2 MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2022 – Meridian Speedway – Meridian, Idaho – Chaz Groat Memorial
QUALIFYING: 1. Casey Tillman, 99, Creevan-13.085; 2. Anthony Quintana, 77, Waters-13.262; 3. Tyler West, 77w, West-13.343; 4. Devin Westover, 13, Groat-13.350; 5. Ashlyn Powell, 25, Powell-13.360; 6. River Merrill, 9y, Merrill-13.393; 7. Kyle Tellstrom, 89, Creevan-13.403; 8. Monty Bergener, 12B, Groat-13.422; 9. Cheyenne Merrill, 8, Merrill-13.428; 10. Randy Schaaf, 23, Schaaf-13.432; 11. Jessica Bean, 14, Groat-13.434; 12. Duane Swanson, 6, Swanson-13.593; 13. Mike Anderson, 69, Anderson-13.708; 14. A.J. Luttmer, 31, Groat-13.836; 15. Drew Crenshaw, 0, Crenshaw-13.920; 16. Matt Elliott, 24, Waters-14.031; 17. Brian Hayes, 3B, Hayes-14.076, 18. Michael Smith, 57, Smith-14.332.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Duane Swanson, 2. River Merrill, 3. Tyler West, 4. Cheyenne Merrill, 5. Drew Crenshaw, 6. Michael Smith. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.J. Luttmer, 2. Jessica Bean, 3. Anthony Quintana, 4. Ashlyn Powell, 5. Monty Bergener, 6. Brian Hayes. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Randy Schaaf, 2. Devin Westover, 3. Kyle Tellstrom, 4. Matt Elliott, 5. Mike Anderson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Tellstrom, 2. Ashlyn Powell, 3. Duane Swanson, 4. River Merrill, 5. A.J. Luttmer, 6. Matt Elliott, 7. Tyler West, 8. Monty Bergener, 9. Jessica Bean, 10. Devin Westover, 11. Drew Crenshaw, 12. Brian Hayes, 13. Randy Schaaf, 14. Cheyenne Merrill, 15. Anthony Quintana, 16. Michael Smith. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kyle Tellstrom.
USAC RADICAL SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kyle Tellstrom-272, 2-River Merrill-233, 3-Cheyenne Merrill-171, 4-Hunter Wise-141, 5-Brady Allum-120, 6-Logan Sulyi-114, 7-Nathan Byrd-113, 8-Dillon Thomas-99, 9-Casey Tillman-89, 10-Chris Lamb-59.
NEXT USAC EASTERN SPEED2 RACE: October 1, 2022 – Goodyear All America Speedway – Jacksonville, North Carolina
NEXT USAC RADICAL SPEED2 MIDGET RACES: November 11-12, 2022 – Havasu 95 Speedway – Lake Havasu, Arizona