The Headline(s)
Defending USAC midget national champion Buddy Kofoid continued his title defense with a crown-jewel victory in the BC39 at Indianapolis.
How it Happened
2022 Driven2SaveLives BC39 (USAC National Midgets)
Where: Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Ind. (streamed on Flo Racing)
Winner’s Purse: $15,000
The closing laps at the Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway again proved to be the highlight of the 2022 midget racing season to date, with current USAC points leader Buddy Kofoid prevailing in a lengthy exchange of sliders with Cannon MacIntosh to score the BC39 win, a win the driver deemed the biggest win of his midget career in victory lane.
🏁 @MichaelKofoid rides the wall to the win at @IMS! #BC39 @USACNation
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— FloRacing (@FloRacing) August 5, 2022
The event, a crown jewel on the midget scene, saw initial race leader Mitchel Moles under heavy fire for the lead from MacIntosh from the drop of the green, with Macintosh taking the lead on lap 13 after two earlier charges got derailed by untimely cautions.
After Moles went tumbling down the backstretch with 10 laps to go, the ensuing restart saw Kofoid throw three consecutive and clean sliders at Macintosh, prevailing for the lead with eight circuits to go. Macintosh returned the favor and would even lead a few more laps, but Kofoid was driving away with four laps to go, then pulled away for good on a lap 37 restart.
NASCAR Regulars
Cup Series regular Chase Briscoe finished 10th in the B-main and had to take a promoter’s provisional to qualify for the A-main. Briscoe started at the rear and was never a factor, finishing 21st.
Xfinity Series regular Sheldon Creed finished eighth in the B-main and failed to qualify for the BC39.
Defending Cup champion (and BC39 champion) Kyle Larson qualified for the A-main and finished fifth, though Larson never challenged for the race lead.
Former Cup Series regular Ryan Newman couldn’t stay out of trouble in the first D-main, slapping the wall to avoid a lap 1 Big One, then spinning himself out on the ensuing restart and getting collected in Bill Rose’s spin the restart after that. Newman finished 10th and failed to transfer.
Cup Series regular Ricky Stenhouse Jr. put on a show Thursday night, transferring out of the C-main and then going on a 17th to sixth run in the B-main to earn a spot in the BC39 feature. Stenhouse finished 19th in the main event. You…
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