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By Dolan Lannan September 4 The WMRA made their second stop of the year to the tricky Ephrata Raceway Park Saturday with the result being much like the first stop, with MAC Towing Series points leader Mark Atkinson running away with the feature event. In hot laps, Troy Globe in the #11 Globe Beast/Focus slipped in oil, hitting the front stretch wall, and ending his day before it began. Belmont, California’s Jimmy Screeton beat out Snake Livernash to set fast time in Glen Seidelman’s #4 Hawk/Gaerte, Seidelman’s first ever with the WMRA. At the start of the dash, Evan Margeson, in the Beal Beast/Pink Ford beat pole sitter Ben Petter to turn one and never looked back, increasing his lead every lap for the win. Petter remained second with Livernash and Screeton following. Kris McKenzie, from Abbotsford BC, in another Globe Beast/Focus led the field to the green flag in the heat race and remained in front until turn two of lap two when Atkinson and Margeson got by. At about the same time, Kevin Koepke, who had been battling brake problems all day in the Allen Dixon owned #44, slid up the track, collecting Petter and Screeton in the process. Petter and Koepke were out for the race but were able to return for the feature event while Screeton ended up well back due to the incident. Atkinson had a lead of about four car lengths over Margeson and maintained the gap to the end of the race. Livernash, in the family’s #13 Beast/Esslinger was third. Bobby Bird in his good looking Beast/Fontana earned the fourth position, running very strong in his first race in many years. In the feature, after one false start, Atkinson got a good start to beat Petter to turn one. On lap three Screeton was trying to get under Livernash in turn three. Contact was made, spinning Livernash. Both restarted the race at the rear of the field. At the green, Atkinson immediately opened about a five car length lead. Margeson got by Petter on the following lap but was not able to close the gap on Atkinson. On the seventh go-round, rookie Joel Burrier in Rod Churchill’s #79 spun in turn one, bringing out the final yellow flag of the event. Atkinson outpaced the field, gradually distancing his machine from Margeson, who had a comfortable lead over third running Petter. There were two tight battles at this point. Petter was being pushed hard by both Livernash and Screeton eventually getting passed by both of them. Right behind this battle McKenzie and Bird raced each other hard. Atkinson handled lapped traffic easily except at one point when he lost momentum while coming up on Burrier. Margeson tried hard to take advantage but Atkinson quickly got by Burrier and rebuilt his lead. On the last lap, Livernash spun in turn three, allowing Screeton to move to third. Atkinson went under the checkered about five car lengths ahead of Margeson, followed by Screeton, Petter, and Bird, who eventually won the battle over McKenzie. Qualifying: 1. Jimmy Screeton, Seidelman #4, 13.703; 2. Snake Livernash, Livernash #13, 13.775; 3. Evan Margeson, Beal #50, 13.877; 4. Ben Petter, Petter #22, 13.982; 5. Mark Atkinson, Atkinson #23, 14.009; 6. Bobby Bird, Bird #7, 14:765; 7. Kevin Koepke, Dixon #44, 14.819; 8. Kris McKenzie, Globe #41, 15,353; 9. Joel Burrier, Churchill #79, 16:261; 10. Troy Globe, Globe #11, NT Dash: Margeson, Petter, Livernash, Screeton Heat: Atkinson, Margeson, Livernash, Bird, McKenzie, Burrier, Screeton, Petter, Koepke Main event: 1. Atkinson, 2. Margeson, 3. Screeton, 4. Petter, 5. Bird, 6. McKenzie, 7. Livernash, 8. Koepke, 9. Burrier
By Dolan Lannan August 28
In 1947 your writer saw
WMRA driving ace Allen Heath win 17 of the 22 races he was able
to attend. We have a driver today who is just as dominant, as in
1947, whether he starts from the front, or the back, he is the
odds on favorite to win. None of this comes easily, it is the
preparation that goes in the days before that is a big factor in
these wins. Also, in 1947 Allen heath had a brand new Kurtis
Kraft midget and spare motors, equipment far better than any of
his competitors. Evan Margeson competes with cars easily the
equal of his, some better! As with the 1947 Champion, Margeson
has a car owner who is dedicated to midget racing and willingly
gives him the tools to work with.
By Dolan Lannan August 14 The Washington Midget Racing Association returned to Yakima Speedway Saturday, for the first time since 2006. The 2006 race was the first WMRA feature win for Evan Margeson. Fast forward to Saturday night where Margeson picked up his 24th WMRA event, dominating the competition in the Harold Beal owned Beast/Pink Ford. On a hot afternoon, Pat Bliss in the Maples Beast/Esslinger had motor problems in hot laps, ending his day. Later, in qualifying, Snake Livernash set a blistering time of 18.504 in the Hi-Tech Collision sponsored #13 Beast/Esslinger to take fast time honors over 2008 WMRA Champion, Ben Petter in his own Beast/Esslinger. The B dash went about a half lap before Kevin Koepke, in the Allen Dixon owned #44, flew off into the dust after losing his left rear wheel. On the restart, Jimmy Screeton in Glen Seidelman’s Hawk/Gaerte, beat Mark Atkinson in the Atkinson Beast/Esslinger to turn one. Although pressured for the entire four laps, Screeton never relinquished the lead to earn his second trophy dash win in a row. Margeson paced the field with Dallas Melby in the Melby Blue Dot/Mopar on the outside. Melby looked strong in his first WMRA start since the 2008 season. Margeson took the lead and Petter was able to get by Melby for second. The race went to the checkered with Margeson winning, followed by Petter, Melby and Livernash. Koepke, his car repaired, had the pole for the heat with Screeton on the outside. But by the end of lap one Margeson had taken the lead with Screeton in second. On the second go round, Joel Burrier, in his first start ever in a midget, retired in the #79 Rod Churchill machine. At about the same time, Atkinson got by Screeton for the second spot and began to close the gap just slightly on Margeson. This continued until lap seven of the eight lap race when Atkinson pitted with ignition problems, moving Melby in to second and Petter into third where they remained to the end of the race. In the Mac Towing sponsored 30 lap feature event, Atkinson lined up on the pole with Margeson next to him. Both drove hard into turn one with Margeson exiting the turn in the top spot. Petter got outside of Atkinson and the two remained side by side for three laps until Petter won that battle. Atkinson fell in behind with Melby and Livernash in close pursuit. They were followed by Screeton, Koepke and Burrier, who dropped out on lap four. Margeson was dominant, increasing his lead every lap, while making it look easy. For the entire event Atkinson, who was driving with a broken foot, pressured Petter, trying the outside and getting up next to him a few times on the inside. With that battle going strong, Melby would occasionally get underneath Atkinson, with Livernash right behind. A suspected broken valve ended Screeton’s evening on lap 17. At the checkered flag, Margeson held a lead of over six seconds over the still battling foursome of Petter, Atkinson, Melby and Livernash. Koepke ended up in the sixth spot. Qualifying: 1. Snake Livernash, Livernash #13, 18.504; 2. Ben Petter, Petter #22, 18.631; 3. Dallas Melby, Melby #51, 18.660; 4. Even Margeson, Beal #50, 18.700; 5. Mark Atkinson, Atkinson #23, 18.995; 6. Jimmy Screeton, Seidelman #4, 19.443; 7. Kevin Koepke, Dixon #44, 19.481; 8. Joel Burrier, Churchill #79, no time; 9. Pat Bliss, Maples #98, no time "B" Dash: #4 Screeton, #23 Atkinson, #44 Koepke. "A" Dash: #50 Margeson, #22 Petter, #51 Melby, #13 Livernash. Heat race: 1. Margeson, 2. Melby, 3. Petter, 4. Livernash, 5. Screeton, 6. Koepke, 7. Atkinson, 8. Burrier Main Event: Evan Margeson, Ben Petter, Mark Atkinson, Dallas Melby, Snake Livernash, Kevin Koepke, Jimmy Screeton, Joel Burrier.
Convincing Win for Margeson at Wenatchee By Dolan Lannan July 24 Saturday was a super hot day at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval and Evan Margeson was equally hot, dominating the competition and easily winning the 35 lap feature. Margeson, in the Harold and Verda Beal owned Beast/Pink Ford, was one of the last cars to take to the track for qualifying and took fast time honors. Earlier, first time midget driver Joel Burrier in the Rod Churchill Challenger/Nissan had motor troubles. Kevin Koepke’s run of bad luck continued, breaking a shaft in the rear end during qualifying and ending his evening in the beautiful Allen Dixon #44 car. Jimmy Screeton flew in from California to pilot the Glen Seidelman Hawk/Gaerte and took the win in the first trophy dash of the night, starting on the pole and increasing his lead to the checkered, over Mitch Hoffses, Tony Seidelman and late arriving Bob Pratt in the Keith Davidson Ellis/Focus. The "A" dash saw Pat Bliss charge into the lead in the first turn while fourth starting Margeson got on his rear bumper almost immediately, but he could not find a way around. Bliss in the Tom Maples Beast/Pink Ford was strong and smooth all the way and garnered the win. Bliss and Margeson were followed by Snake Livernash in the Livernash Beast/Esslinger and Mark Atkinson in the #23 Beast/Esslinger. Tony Seidelman, in the Dick Voss #45, brought the field to the green in the heat race. Screeton took the lead from his outside front spot while Bliss moved quickly moved up four spots to second place. Margeson moved from eighth to third on lap three and got by Bliss on the fifth go round. Margeson got underneath Screeton on the next lap and the two were side by side for almost two laps until Margeson was able to gain the lead going into turn one. He went on for the win, followed by Bliss, who got by Screeton on the final lap of the ten lap event. They were followed by Hoffses, Livernash, Atkinson, Seidelman, Ben Petter and Pratt. At the start of the feature, Seidelman got a little sideways coming out of turn four. Hoffses, in the Karl Hoffses #5, could not avoid nudging him causing Seidelman to spin in front of the pack. Somehow, everyone missed him and things went much smoother on the complete restart. Screeton won the drag race to the first turn. By the end of the first lap Petter, in his #22 Beast Esslinger, had moved to second, followed by Hoffses and Bliss. Margeson, who started eighth, moved to second on the sixth lap and one lap later Screeton fell to the hard charging Margeson. Margeson rapidly drove away from the field while Petter worked on getting around Screeton, which he did on the tenth circuit. Bliss got by Screeton two laps later and was solidly in the third spot when he had a suspension failure on lap seventeen, bringing out the yellow flag and ending his race. Pratt also pulled into the pits during the caution. On the green, Margeson once again distanced himself from the field. Mark Atkinson, moved from seventh on lap fifteen to fourth on the restart after going outside both Livernash and Hoffses. He got by Screeton on lap 21 and gradually closed on the fast and smooth Petter. He was able to challenge for the spot but faded just a bit in the last couple of laps. At the finish, Margeson help a comfortable lead over Petter, Atkinson, Screeton. They were followed by Livernash and Hoffses, both who had severely blistered right rear tires. Qualifying: 1. Evan Margeson, Beal #50, 12:549; 2. Mark Atkinson, Atkinson #23, 12:651; 3. Pat Bliss, Maples #98, 12:664; 4. Scott Livernash, Livernash #13, 12:678; 5. Ben Petter, Petter #22 , 12:725; 6. Mitch Hoffses, Hoffses #5, 12:877; 7. Jimmy Screeton, Seidelman #4, 12:929; 8. Tony Seidelman, Voss #45, 13:215; 9. Kevin Koepke, Dixon #44, no time; 10. Bob Pratt, Davidson #60, no time; 11. Joel Burrier, Churchill #79, no time "B" Dash: Screeton, Hoffses, Seidelman, Pratt "A" Dash: Bliss, Margeson, Livernash, Atkinson Heat: Margeson, Bliss, Screeton, Hoffses, Livernash, Atkinson, Seidelman, Petter, Pratt Main: Margeson, Petter, Atkinson, Screeton, Livernash, Hoffses, Bliss, Pratt, Seidelman
By Dolan Lannan July 10
Perfect weather for
a race, as the local Chamber of Commerce could have told you it
would have been! Thirteen cars pulled into the pits at the
small, tough and exciting Port Angeles Speedway. On WMRA's
last race here in August of 2008 it looked like Mitch Hoffses
adapted really well to this little race track, he continued in
the same manner this evening notching his first ever WMRA Main
Event win!
Hot laps saw a few
of the cars experience troubles, Snake Livernash lost the fire
and the crew worked to try and correct the problem so they could
race and keep up their fight for the Championship, so important
in this, a double points race! Total brake failure in the
Maples number 98 eliminated that car for the evening, if it was
not for bad luck, Tom wouldn't have any at all, he and Dick Voss
are in a neck and neck race for hard luck owner of the year,
with the 45 car experiencing major motor problems on a Thursday
night practice at South Sound Speedway. Skeet Flake
hustling the 79 car around demonstrated it could be racy and
handle well at this tricky track, until something let go in the
motor! Keith Davidson never could get a pop out of the
motor, try as he might, but he promises that we'll see him go at
Wenatchee in two weeks!
Time trials never
saw the two year old track record, set by Mitch Hoffses of
14:398 threatened, but Mark Atkinson set quick time of the
evening with a 14:632 in a good looking qualifying attempt.
There was a special
Trophy Dash for the Canadian Drivers, which had been promised
if four or more Canadian Cars appeared. Troy Globe, in his
Dad's good looking number 11 car ran away with that.
Following which, he stayed in the car and ran the WMRA trophy
dash, which Ken Ferris won in convincing style.
A single Heat Race
was run and ten cars started, the Livernash #13 included, their
battle with the gremlins having been won for the evening.
On the initial start there were cars going every which way, when
pole sitter Jeremiah Franklin had the fire go out at the
starting line as the green flag waved! A complete restart,
minus the 77 car saw sixth place starter Mitch Hoffses forged
into the lead on lap four and was followed to the checkered flag
by fifth place starting Ken Ferris!
The same ten cars
started the forty lap main event, but this time with Kevin
Koepke on the pole as the line up followed the main event WMRA
rule of invert, requiring cars eight tenths of a second or more
off fast time, starting behind the balance of the field.
This put Mitch Hoffses in fourth place in the official
line up for the start. A clean and fast start saw Hoffses
come out of turn two in the lead, followed by Koepke, who lost
second spot to a hard charging Mark Atkinson going down the back
strait. they were followed by Ferris, Globe, Livernash,
McKenzie, Franklin, Hastie, and Roberts. On lap eight
third running Ferris started to slow, and dropped out on lap
eleven, which resulted in his last place finish for the event.
As all this was going on Livernash moved the green number
thirteen up to third place and he started closing on the two
front runners. For some laps Hoffses managed to keep a two
car length lead over Atkinson, but the 23 car eventually closed
in, as did the 13 car of Livernash. By this time lapping
began to be a factor for the front runners, but all of the
lapped cars gave racing room to the leaders. Lap 30 saw
contact between the second and third place cars with the number
23 spinning to a halt in turn four. Both cars were
restarted at the rear of the field. Just prior to this
both the 44 and 41 cars pulled to the pits, each thought he was
leaking oil, but each returned after learning it was not them
but each losing a lap or more. Another car, which turned out to
be the yellow and white number 77 of Franklin, blew, spun in his
oil and was out. A lengthy red flag for the spreading of
oil dry gave the drivers a bit of a respite until the green
reappeared on lap 31. This didn't last long as a third
place running Hastie in the orange 39 car spun directly in front
of Livernash who managed to miss him, as did everyone else.
So another restart saw the 5 car continuing in the lead, but
this time with the 11 of Troy Globe on his rear bumper.
Troy had won the "A" main at this track one week ago, racing
with another midget group, he was out to show that this was no
fluke and he pushed Hoffses every foot of the way until the
checkered flag . Hoffses couldn't open a gap, and Globe
couldn't pass, See finish below.
Qualifying:
1. Mark Atkinson #23-14:623 2. Troy
Globe #11-14:725 3. Mitch Hoffses
#4-14:824 4. Ken Ferris #50-14:899
5. Kris McKenzie #41-15:161 6.
Kevin Koepke #44-15:368 7. Nick Hastie
#39-15:518 8. 77 Jeremiah Franklin
#77-15:739 9. Derek Roberts #60-16:021.
The following cars did not qualify: Snake Livernash #13, Pat
Bliss #98, Keith Davidson #52, Skeet Flake #79.
Canadian Trophy
Dash: Globe, McKenzie, Hastie, Franklin.
WMRA Trophy Dash:
Ferris, Hoffses, Atkinson, Globe.
Heat: Hoffses,
Ferris, Koepke, Livernash, Globe, Atkinson, Hastie, Roberts,
McKenzie, and Franklin,
Main Event: 1.
Mitch Hoffses #5 2. Troy Globe #11
3. Mark Atkinson #23 4. Snake
Livernash #13 5. Nick Hastie #39
6. Kevin Koepke #44 7. Kris
McKenzie #41 8. Derek Roberts #60
9. Jeremiah Franklin #77 10. Ken
Ferris.
Margeson Wins Bob Gregg Memorial By Dolan Lannan June 26 Bob Gregg would have been proud. The Washington Midget racing Association feature had thirty laps of excitement, frustration, mayhem, and wild fan reaction as Evan Margeson battled to a win, due to his perseverance, skill, and a little bit of luck, as a full moon beamed brightly from above. This race was the revival of the Bob Gregg Memorial. Gregg was a legend in racing and especially in the WMRA, with 22 WMRA wins and four championships among his credits. Another impressive accomplishment was Gregg winning at least one race in five decades, the forties through the eighties. Thank you to John Gregg and Main Street Motors for making this race possible. Eleven cars signed in the pit gate at South Sound Speedway, as the not yet risen full moon started to make it's presence known. The red #98 Tom Maples Beast/Ed Pink Ford gave up the ghost right away, as the motor seized up after about a lap and a half of warm ups. Sadly for Maples, and driver Pat Bliss, this motor has spent far more time in the repair shop than on the track. Next to feel the sting was the Allen Dixon #44 Stealth/Gaerte with the rear end going out early. Driver Kevin Koepke and his buddy jumped in their truck and made a quick bee line to Tacoma where they removed the rear end from the garaged 43 car and took it back to the speedway and worked hard, fast, and furious to get the 44 car running. Mark Atkinson in his dad’s Beast/Esslinger was the man to beat in qualifying as he turned in a blistering 13:135, just about 1/10 of a second quicker than teammate Evan Margeson and about 1/10th slower than the track record. The single heat of the evening saw only eight cars take the green flag as the Voss #45 Ultramotive/Nissan, with Jeremiah Franklin behind the wheel, was unable to start due to throttle problems. Eighth starting Evan Margeson, in the Harold Beal Beast/Pink Ford, got everyone’s attention when he managed to come home the winner in this hard fought and exciting race, however he had a hard driving Jimmy Screeton in the beautiful Glen Seidelman Hawk/Gaerte to get around, and that was not easy. He finally accomplished the feat on the sixth lap of the eight lap event. Behind Screeton, Mitch Hoffses in the family’s Beast/Profab Chevy garnered the third place finish. On the sixth lap Snake Livernash gave everyone a start as he jumped the right rear wheel of the Hoffses car, flew through the air headed for the wall, and barely saved it. Skeeter Flake in Rod Churchill’s 79 car dropped out on lap two, the team’s evening ended by the same ignition sensor problem that plagued them at the previous race. Fans were pleased to see Kevin Koepke in the Allen Dixon 44 car being pushed off for the main event, but this was to be short lived, as this time it was fuel line troubles that sidelined him. At the drop of the green flag, Snake Livernash grabbed the lead from his outside front row starting position, beating pole sitter Hoffses to turn one. He was followed by Hoffses, Ben Petter, Chad Nichols, Atkinson, Margeson, and Franklin. On lap two, Hoffses had the misfortune to get caught in the high groove as four cars went by on the low side, moving Petter, in his red Beast/Esslinger into second. Livernash gradually built up a ten car length lead over Petter, who was followed by Atkinson, Margeson, Nichols, Hoffses, Screeton, and Franklin. The positions remained the same until lap fourteen when Atkinson was able to get by Petter and he began slightly eat into Livernash’s substantial lead. On the seventeenth go-round, Screeton came to a stop on the backstretch with a broken wheel, bringing out a caution flag and erasing the gap between Livernash and the rest of the field. Petter retired to the pits with a badly blistered right rear tire but was unable to return to action before racing resumed. After the restart, the top five cars were in a tight battle until, on lap 26, Margeson and Nichols came together with Margeson spinning. Both cars were sent to the back. At the green Livernash again got the lead going into turn one, very closely pursued by the 23 car of Atkinson, Nichols and Hoffses right there, followed by Franklin and Petter who could finally rejoin the race. Coming out of turn four there was contact between the 23 car of Atkinson, and leader Livernash, sending Livernash hard into the wall, causing heavy damage to his car. As the field was lining up for the restart Atkinson was given the black flag and signaled to go to the pits. This made the new leader Margeson, followed by Nichols, Hoffses, Franklin and Petter. They remained in this same position until the checkered flag was displayed three laps later. Qualifying: 1. #23 Mark Atkinson, Atkinson - 13:125 2. #50 Evan Margeson, Beal - 13:208 3. #17 Chad Nichols, Nichols - 13:320 4. #22 Ben Petter, Petter - 13:351 5. #13 Snake Livernash, Livernash - 13:412 6. #5 Mitch Hoffses, Hoffses - 13:482 7. #4 Jimmy Screeton, Seidelman - 13:688 8. #45 Jeremiah Franklin, Voss - 14:893 9. #79 Skeet Flake, Churchill - 15:710 10. #44 Kevin Koepke, no time. 11. #98 Pat Bliss - no time. Heat Race: Margeson, Screeton, Hoffses, Atkinson, Petter, Nichols, Livernash, Flake. Main Event: 1. Margeson, 2. Nichols, 3. Hoffses, 4. Livernash, 5. Atkinson, 6. Franklin, 7. Petter, 8. Screeton.
By Dolan Lannan
June 12
June 5 By Dolan Lannan
In a hard fought battle
with teammate Mark Atkinson, Evan Margeson took the lead two
laps before the checkered flag to score his second consecutive
victory in the young 2010 racing season. By Dolan Lannan May 22 Saturday, at South Sound Speedway, the Washington Midget Racing Association held the opening round of the 2010 MAC Towing racing series . Although there were a couple of unusual twists, the event ended the same way as the first race of 2009, with Evan Margeson in the winner’s circle. Nine cars lined up for qualifying , with rookie Rhett Hadman in one of two Alan Dixon entries unable to take the green flag due to driveline issues that sidelined him for the evening. Most qualifying times were slower than usual, after an afternoon rainstorm cancelled most of the scheduled hot laps. Chad Nichols, making the tow all the way from his Colma, California home, was the exception, setting fast time by almost a quarter of a second, with a 13.191 second lap, in the Nichols Beast,/ his first visit ever to the speedway. The trophy dashes were also scrapped due to rain. In the heat, Pat Bliss in the Maples Beast/Pink Ford started on the pole and jumped out to the lead over 2009 WMRA Champion, Ben Petter. At the end of the first lap they were followed by 2007 Champ Evan Margeson, 2008 Champ, Mark Atkinson and 2006 Rookie of the Year, Snake Livernash. With the exception of Bliss, who gained over a car length per lap on the rest of the field, the cars were nose to tail. The line up remained the same until lap seven of the eight lap event, when Petter, in his own Beast/Esslinger slipped up just a bit, allowing three cars of the tight pack to get by. Bliss won easily, followed by Margeson, in Harold Beal’s Beast/Pink Ford, Atkinson, Livernash, Nichols, California’s Jimmy Screeton in Glen Seidelman’s Hawk/Gaerte and rookie Kevin Koepke in the other Alan Dixon entry. In the feature, Bliss once again started from the pole, and once again he darted into the lead at the start. Atkinson, back from college in North Carolina and in his father’s Beast/Esslinger, tried to get under outside front row starter, Petter for second place going into turn one, but Petter was too quick and maintained the position. Again, Bliss was the class of the field and increased his lead on every lap. After one circuit he was followed by Petter, Atkinson, Margeson, Nichols, Livernash, in his dad’s Beast/Esslinger and Koepke. Screeton took the green but retired early with a broken throttle cable. Other than Bliss, the cars were extremely evenly matched with many passes attempted but there had been no position changes when the yellow flew on lap twelve for debris on the track. Two laps laps later another caution flag appeared, this time for Atkinson who spun while trying to sneak under Petter coming out of turn two. On each restart Bliss was able to immediate resume his comfortable lead. On the seventeenth lap, a small slip by Petter allowed both Margeson and Nichols to get by for the second and third spots. The racing remained furious with no other position changes until round twenty-two. On that lap Bliss pulled into the infield after experiencing a drop in oil pressure. On the same go round, Margeson went high allowing the hard charging Nichols to go from third to first in one lap. Petter, Livernash, Atkinson and Koepke followed. On the twenty-seventh round of the thirty lap race, Margeson went low into the first turn attempting to regain the lead. Nichols and Margeson touched, sending Nichols way up the banking and allowing the entire field to get under him. Margeson went on to win, followed across the line by Petter, Livernash, Atkinson, Koepke and Nichols. Qualifying: 1. Chad Nichols, Nichols #17, 13.191; 2. Snake Livernash, Livernash #13, 13.431; 3. Evan Margeson, Beal #50, 13.489; 4. Mark Atkinson, Atkinson #23, 13.489; 5. Ben Petter, Petter #22, 13.490; 6. Pat Bliss, Maples #98, 13.786; 7. Jimmy Screeton, Seidelman #4, 14.065; 8. Kevin Koepke, Dixon #44, 14.342; 9. Rhett Hadman, Dixon #43, NT Heat: 1. Bliss, 2. Margeson, 3. Atkinson, 4. Livernash, 5. Petter, 6. Nichols, 7. Screeton, 8. Koepke Feature 1. Margeson, 2. Petter, 3. Livernash, 4. Atkinson, 5. Koepke, 6. Nichols, 7. Bliss, 8. Screeton |