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Trainer Gets 1st IRS "A" Main Win

The following story is from the Rockford Speedway website and written by Jordan Kuehne.

LOVES PARK, IL. (Saturday, July 31st, 2010) The 25-lap Illini Midgets headliner got off to a fast start as the red flag flew on lap two for a hard accident involving Doug Orseske and Patrick Bruns in turn four. Bruns went for a wild ride caroming off the wall and flipping over before coming to a rest at the bottom of the track. Eddie Sauer snatched the lead on the restart as Tyler Trainer closed in. Another caution flew two laps later for a solo spin by Kurt Mayhew on the frontstretch. Sauer immediately came under fire from Trainer on the restart, succumbing to the pressure before dropping to third. Fast qualifier Derrick Gough and dave Ohlendorf were battling for the bridesmaid's position when they made contact and Ohlendorf slapped the turn two wall bringing out another yellow with 14 laps remaining. Gough put the heat on Trainer right away as the action resumed taking several peeks on the inside entering the turns. Charlie Holt's spin in turn one halted the proceedings and set up a four-lap shootout between Trainer and Gough. Gough closed up fast as the green flew and dove to the inside of Trainer's car looking for the win, even putting his nose out front at one point but couldn't quite make it stick, settling for second as Trainer collected his first feature win of the season. "We've been trying all year to get a win and those last couple laps we had some issues," a relieved Trainer stated in victory lane. "I have to thank my team and my sponsors for helping me out. It was tough but we finally got it done." Gough claimed second as Lamont Critchett snagged third. Rookie Mike Gass had a great run finishing fourth while Sauer held on for a top five in fifth.

REGIONAL/WOMS MIDGETS JOIN SILVER CROWN THURSDAY AT BERLIN;

GALEDRIGE LEADS ALL THE WAY TO WIN AT SPRINGPORT

Dalton Armstrong of New Castle, Ind. will try to protect his point lead in both t he 2010 USAC Regional and USAC/WOMS Midgets series this Thursday when the Midgets compete at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. as part of the “Great Lakes 150” program at the 7/16-mile paved oval.

The Midgets share billing with the USAC Silver Crown Series, which will conduct a 150-lap race, the first-ever for USAC’s Silver Crown cars in the state of Michigan.

Bradley Galedrige of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 25 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC/WOMS Regional Midget feature at Springport (Mich.) Motor Speedway. Galedrige was trailed at the checkered flag by Armstrong, Dillon Welch, Nick Wagner and Chris Phillips.

Armstrong has a 52-point lead over Welch in the Regional standings and is 33 ahead of Welch in the WOMS points.

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dalton Armstrong-705, 2-Dillon Welch-653, 3-Chris Phillips-557, 4-Buddy Lowther-440, 5-Dave Fuhrman-410, 6-Kyle Hamilton-299, 7-Daniel Bedford-288, 8-Ali Jackson-235, 9-Shannon McIntosh-230, 10-Levi Roberts-194.

USAC/WOMS MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dalton Armstrong-259, 2-Dillon Welch-226, 3-Daniel Bedford-203, 4-Chris Phillips-197, 5-Tom Fedorczyk-131, 6-Buddy Lowther-118, 7-Doug Dietsch-117, 8-Phil Rutledge-101, 9-Nick Wagner-101, 10-Dave Fuhrman-95.

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