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Brad Sweet is King Doodlebug VI
By Bob Wilson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 20) Brad Sweet took a late race lead to become King Doodlebug VI during the 7th annual Knoxville Midget Nationals at Knoxville Raceway Friday night. The event was a USAC (United States Auto Club) sanctioned race.

All along it looked to be a race in the pocket of front row starter Cole Whitt. He took the initial lead and held it through three yellows and one red flag. In the early going he was chased by Levi Jones who eventually came to the pits after five miles after sliding backward with a right-rear tire problem.

Though Knoxville is a half-mile oval, on this night the drivers were using all of it which means they were closer to running a 5/8 at the fences. On a track shared with ASCS sprinters, the midgets were fastest on the cushion as most of the track became dry-slick from so much racing.

Sweet chased Whitt from lap six until he finally overtook him on a restart of the 16th lap. From then on, Whitt had to follow the Grass Valley, California driver to the checkereds. In the final going several of the top cars exited the race with blown tires or worse.

In the end it was Sweet over Whitt with Stenhouse trailing closely. Jerry Coons, Jr. took fourth and Bobby East was fifth after starting 19th. Interestingly, in the final stages of the race, East went to the bottom of the track while all others paraded on the top. Forming the top ten of this Classic were Micheal Pickens (from 23rd), Russ Harper (from 17th), Aaron Fiscus (from 26th), Tracy Hines and Levi Jones (who changed a tire and restarted on the tail at the half-way point of this event.


USAC Midgets RESULTS

Heat 1, 8 laps, No Time: 1. Cole Whitt, Alpine CA; 2. Darren Hagen, Riverside CA; 3. Tracy Hines, New Castle IN; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson AZ; 5. AJ Fike, Galesburg IL; 6. Zach Daum, Pocahontas IL; 7. Dustin Morgan, Owasso OK; 8. Chris Windom, Canton IL; 9. Daniel Robinson, Wayne City IL;

Heat 2, 8 laps, 2:39.4: 1. Levi Jones, Avon IN; 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Olive Branch MS; 3. Brad Kuhn, Avon IN; 4. Kody Swanson, Kingsburg CA; 5. Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills MO; 6. Tim Noble, Janesville WI; 7. Donnie Ray Crawford, Broken Arrow OK; 8. Chad McDaniel, Concordia KS; 9. Will Pierce, Lees Summit MO;

Heat 3, 8 laps, 2:38.8: 1. Brad Sweet, Grass Valley CA; 2. Chad Boat, Phoenix AZ; 3. Bubba Altig, Mechanicsburg IL; 4. Gary Taylor, Snohomish WA; 5. Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ ; 6. Brett Anderson, Belleville IL; 7. Alfred Galedrige Jr, Los Altos Ca; 8. Brent Beauchamp, Fairland IN; 9. Don OKeefe Jr., Pittsboro IN;

Heat 4, 8 laps, No Time: 1. Don Droud Jr., Lincoln NE; 2. Ryan Criswell, Mt. Vernon IL; 3. David Gough, Machesney Park IL; 4. Dave Darland, Lincoln IN; 5. Bobby East, Brownsburg IN; 6. Danny Stratton, Fontana CA; 7. Bradley Galedrige, Los Altos CA; 8. Matt Smith, Newcastle, NSW, Aust. ; 9. Jason Holt, Brownsburg IN;

Heat 5, 8 laps, 2:41.9: 1. Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow OK; 2. Scott Hatton, Roscoe IL; 3. Russ Harper, Watkins CO; 4. Mike Hess, Riverton IL; 5. Austin Brown, Millstadt IL; 6. Aaron Fiscus, Sun Prairie WI; 7. Robby Ross, St. Joseph MO; 8. Kevin Swindell, Germantown TN;

B Feature 1, 10 laps, No Time: 1. Bobby East, Brownsburg IN; 2. Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills MO; 3. Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ ; 4. Danny Stratton, Fontana CA; 5. Tim Noble, Janesville WI; 6. Matt Smith, Newcastle, NSW, Aust. ; 7. Aaron Fiscus, Sun Prairie WI; 8. Chad McDaniel, Concordia KS; 9. Daniel Robinson, Wayne City IL; 10. Austin Brown, Millstadt IL; 11. Robby Ross, St. Joseph MO; 12. Alfred Galedrige Jr, Los Altos Ca; 13. Don OKeefe Jr., Pittsboro IN;

B Feature 2, 10 laps, No Time: 1. Gary Taylor, Snohomish WA; 2. Mike Hess, Riverton IL; 3. Brett Anderson, Belleville IL; 4. AJ Fike, Galesburg IL; 5. Chris Windom, Canton IL; 6. Dustin Morgan, Owasso OK; 7. Brent Beauchamp, Fairland IN; 8. Bradley Galedrige, Los Altos CA; 9. Will Pierce, Lees Summit MO; 10. Jason Holt, Brownsburg IN; 11. Donnie Ray Crawford, Broken Arrow OK; 12. Zach Daum, Pocahontas IL;

A Feature King Doodlebug Classic, 20 laps, No Time: 1. Brad Sweet, Grass Valley CA; 2. Cole Whitt, Alpine CA; 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Olive Branch MS; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson AZ; 5. Bobby East, Brownsburg IN; 6. Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ ; 7. Russ Harper, Watkins CO; 8. Aaron Fiscus, Sun Prairie WI; 9. Tracy Hines, New Castle IN; 10. Levi Jones, Avon IN; 11. Mike Hess, Riverton IL; 12. Brad Kuhn, Avon IN; 13. Brett Anderson, Belleville IL; 14. Bubba Altig, Mechanicsburg IL; 15. David Gough, Machesney Park IL; 16. Gary Taylor, Snohomish WA; 17. Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills MO; 18. Scott Hatton, Roscoe IL; 19. Tim Noble, Janesville WI; 20. Don Droud Jr., Lincoln NE; 21. Chad Boat, Phoenix AZ; 22. Dave Darland, Lincoln IN; 23. Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow OK; 24. Bradley Galedrige, Los Altos CA; 25. Austin Brown, Millstadt IL; 26. Ryan Criswell, Mt. Vernon IL; 27. Kody Swanson, Kingsburg CA; 28. Darren Hagen, Riverside CA.

Lap Leaders: Whitt 1-16; Sweet 17-20