8/15/2016
Badger Midget Auto Racing Association
“Ray scores third Badger Angell Park victory ”
Sun Prairie, Wis., August 14---Robbie Ray scored his third series feature victory of the season winning the 20-lap Mid-State Equipment/Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie Badger Midget Racing Series, Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway.
Brandon Waelti paced the initial lap, while Ray passed four cars during the lap to move into second place. Ray passed Waelti for the lead on the third lap. Aaron Schuck passed Waelti for second place on the Lap 6. Two laps later Ray began lapping the tail of the field. Ray held a two second advantage over Schuck at the midway point of the event.
Ray continued to increase his lead each lap and spent the remainder of the feature lapping cars. Ray driving the Mark Ray owned DRC/Honda No. 3 finished 5.33 seconds ahead of Schuck at the finish. Waelti, Kurt Mayhew, and Jeff Zelinski completed the top five. All eighteen-feature starters finished the event.
”To win three features this year is a great mark for our team, lapped traffic made the race challenging” commented Ray on the event which went non-stop.
SUMMARY
MIDGETS
20-lap Feature: 1. Robbie Ray; 2. Aaron Schuck; 3. Brandon Waelti; 4. Kurt Mayhew; 5. Jeff Zelinski; 6. Derek Childs; 7. Mike Stroik; 8. Sean Murphy; 9. Buddy Luebke; 10. Ken Hanson; 11. Kyle Koch; 12. Randy Reed; 13. Andrew Henning; 14. Scott Zane; 15. Jason Dull; 16. Denny Smith; 17. Don Bigelow; 18. Laura Smith.
8-lap Heat Race Winners: Waelti, Ray.
Cars Present: 19 Feature Lap Leaders: Waelti 1-2, Ray 3-20.
Article Credit: Bryan Gapinski