|
By Mark McKeon
 BRADFORD,
VT The Fairlee Flier, Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT ended his
USAC Dirt Midget Association championship season on a note so high
it could constitute his audition for La Scala. After a rain delay on
a cold damp night at Bear Ridge Speedway, Chaffee provided one of
the hottest battles of the year, emerging victorious after a four
way fight for the lead with Joe Krawiec, Josh Sunn and Jeff
Champagne. Close quarters racing by the quick quartet had the fans
cheering.
Starting fifth and surviving a melee at the start that eliminated
three cars, Chaffee worked the outside like a fighter pilot and the
inside like a submariner as he fought his way to the front. Each
driver had an individual incentive: Chaffee aspired to end the
season with panache, Krawiec wanted to assuage his first loss of a
championship in three years, Sunn sought a Midget victory to match
his three Modified wins this season and high school hot shoe
Champagne hoped to prove that his career first Midget win a few
weeks ago was far from a fluke. Collectively, they put on a show
that will give the fans something to talk about until races resume
next Spring.
USAC DIRT MIDGET ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: September 29, 2012
Bradford, Vermont
Bear Ridge Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tim Gallant, 33, Gallant- 14.304; 2. Josh Sunn,
76, Manafort- 14.323; 3. Jeff Champagne ,77, Champagne- 14.439; 4.
Joe Krawiec ,4, Matczak 14.450; 5. Kevin Chaffee ,23, Matczak-
14.484; 6. Scott Holcomb ,91, Holcomb-14.582; 7. Jamie Spalding ,93,
Tefft-14.595; 8. Ray Miller, 1, Miller- 14.752; 9. Matt Covey, 26,
Covey- 14.802; 10. Denny Zimmerman, 3, Matczak- 14.993; 11 Adam
Whitney, 12, Whitney- 15.085; 12. Dean Christensen, 69, Miller-
15.090; 13. Dave Hotchkiss, 47, Miller- 15.127; 14. Connor Leighton,
84, Leighton-17.058.
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kevin Chaffee, 2. Joe Krawiec, 3. Josh Sunn,
4. Jeff Champagne, 5. Jamie Spalding, 6. Scott Holcomb, 7. Matt
Covey, 8. Ray Miller, 9. Adam Whitney, 10. Dean Christensen, 11.
Dave Hotchkiss, 12. Tim Gallant, 13. Connor Leighton, 14. Denny
Zimmermann. NT.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Champagne, Laps 3-19 Krawiec, Laps
20-25 Chaffee
Final USAC DMA Race of the 2012 season. |
