November 25, 2024 | By USAC Media

Kyle Larson captures USAC Midgets nightcap at Merced

MERCED, Calif. — USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: November 24, 2024 – Merced Speedway – Merced, California – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – Midget Madness

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Tanner Thorson (#25m Malloy), 2. Tyler Courtney (#23c Silva), 3. Corey Day (#4 Kahne), 4. Karter Sarff (#31 Beilman), 5. Zach Wigal (#89 CBI), 6. Jake Andreotti (#00 Davis), 7. Peter Paulson (#Q32 El Toro). 1:37.39

ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake (#97K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Hayden Reinbold (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood), 3. Ryan Timms (#67 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Carson Macedo (#99AU Dyson), 5. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus), 6. Drake Edwards (#3p Petty), 7. Barrie Valentino (#Q23 El Toro). 1:37.07

T.J. FORGED THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Caden Sarale (#32 Sarale), 2. Gavin Miller (#97 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Buddy Kofoid (#71 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 4. Daison Pursley (#86 CBI), 5. Jacob Denney (#25 Malloy), 6. Ronnie Gardner (#68 Six8), 7. Kyle Hawse (#20x Hawse). 1:36.74 (New Track Record)

CAR IQ FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Emerson Axsom (#67K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Zach Daum (#31B Beilman), 3. Justin Grant (#2 RMS), 4. Cannon McIntosh (#71K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 5. Kyle Larson (#1K Silva), 6. Travis DeGaton (#39T DeGaton), 7. Terry Nichols (#1p Nichols-Peckfelder). 1:37.38

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Drake Edwards, 2. Jake Andreotti, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Travis DeGaton, 5. Peter Paulson, 6. Barrie Valentino, 7. Kyle Hawse, 8. Terry Nichols. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Larson (3), 2. Buddy Kofoid (4), 3. Logan Seavey (1), 4. Tanner Thorson (7), 5. Carson Macedo (5), 6. Jacob Denney (11), 7. Daison Pursley (14), 8. Zach Wigal (16), 9. Cannon McIntosh (12), 10. Ryan Timms (13), 11. Emerson Axsom (10), 12. Justin Grant (18), 13. Kale Drake (8), 14. Caden Sarale (9), 15. Tyler Courtney (19), 16. Zach Daum (15), 17. Corey Day (6), 18. Gavin Miller (17), 19. Hayden Reinbold (22), 20. Drake Edwards (20), 21. Ronnie Gardner (23), 22. Jake Andreotti (21), 23. Travis DeGaton (24), 24. Karter Sarff (2). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Logan Seavey, Laps 14-30 Kyle Larson.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-1390, 2-Cannon McIntosh-1336, 3-Logan Seavey-1243, 4-Ryan Timms-1211, 5-Zach Daum-1157, 6-Jacob Denney-1157, 7-Justin Grant-1095, 8-Gavin Miller-1049, 9-Zach Wigal-997, 10-Kale Drake-966.

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-206, 2-Logan Seavey-196, 3-Justin Grant-154, 4-Robert Ballou-149, 5-Kyle Cummins-131, 6-C.J. Leary-131, 7-Chase Stockon-126, 8-Matt Westfall-121, 9-Brady Bacon-120, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-107.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: November 26, 2024 – Bakersfield Speedway – Bakersfield, California – 1/3-Mile Dirt Oval – 8th Annual November Classic

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CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Tanner Thorson
Rod End Supply Second Heat Winner: Kale Drake
T.J. Forged Third Heat Winner: Caden Sarale
Car IQ Fourth Heat Winner: Emerson Axsom
Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Drake Edwards
Hard Charger: Zach Wigal (16th to 8th)
Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Buddy Kofoid


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360 SPRINTS - WINGED

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 88N-DJ Netto[4]; 3. 57W-Tyler Courtney[3]; 4. 21W-Austin Wood[7]; 5. 21-Carson Macedo[2]; 6. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 7. 3-Cole Schroeder[5]; 8. 5R-Ryan Rocha[9]; 9. 1-Connor Grasty[11]; 10. X1-Chance Grasty[10]; 11. 88K-Koen Shaw[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 2. 88N-DJ Netto[1]; 3. 3-Cole Schroeder[2]; 4. 21W-Austin Wood[3]; 5. 5R-Ryan Rocha[5]; 6. 1-Connor Grasty[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57W-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 21-Carson Macedo[4]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]; 4. 88K-Koen Shaw[5]; 5. X1-Chance Grasty[2]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 21-Carson Macedo[10]; 3. 88N-DJ Netto[19]; 4. 57W-Tyler Courtney[2]; 5. 3-Cole Schroeder[17]; 6. X1-Chance Grasty[5]; 7. 21W-Austin Wood[15]; 8. 10-Dominic Gorden[18]; 9. 5R-Ryan Rocha[16]; 10. 88K-Koen Shaw[12]; 11. 1-Connor Grasty[11]; 12. (DNS) 8-Aydan Saunders; 13. (DNS) 73B-Braden Chiaramonte; 14. (DNS) 17J-Josh Young; 15. (DNS) 90-Darren Johnson; 16. (DNS) 3P-Nick Purdy; 17. (DNS) 5V-Justin Henry; 18. (DNS) 76-Jennifer Osborne; 19. (DNS) 34-Cody Spencer



LIGHTNING SPRINTS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 57-Connor Spier[1]; 2. 35JR-Dakota Albright[2]; 3. 18-Josef Ferolito[4]; 4. 91-Matt Land[5]; 5. 27-Tyler Gerdes[7]; 6. (DNF) 47-Greg Dennett[3]; 7. (DNF) 22-Jason Schostag[6]; 8. (DNF) 19-Kaleb Ferolito[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 35JR-Dakota Albright[4]; 2. 47-Greg Dennett[3]; 3. 91-Matt Land[2]; 4. 27-Tyler Gerdes[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 18-Josef Ferolito[2]; 2. 57-Connor Spier[3]; 3. 22-Jason Schostag[1]; 4. 19-Kaleb Ferolito[4]