Coons on hot streak in Badger action; Kuhn clinsches title
By Bryan Gapinski
Beaver Dam,Wis., Aug. 31---Jerry Coons Jr. continued his hotstreak, capturing the "6th annual Mid State Equipment Sue Thiel Memorial", Friday Night at the Dodge County Fairgrounds. The event was co-sanctioned by the USAC National and Badger Midget Car Series. Early race leader and runner-up Brad Kuhn and his car owner Michael Quin clinched the Badger Midget Championship with two events remaining.       

Coons and Kuhn shared the front row, with Kuhn getting the jump into the lead at the start. By the fifth lap Kuhn enjoyed a five car length lead, as the top six cars separated themselves from the field. Kuhn's lead was erased when Darren Hagen stalled at the midway point.

One additional lap was completed before a three car tangled occurred in turn three. Brad Sweet running second then spun on lap 17, bringing out another caution. On the restart, fast qualifier and heat race winner Ricky Stenhouse, looking for the clean sweep bonus hit the turn 1 and flipped escaping injury, while running in third place.

Coons, who slid back as far as fifth place during the early running,  now lined up on Kuhn's bumper for the restart. Coons made a perfect slide job work entering turn one on Kuhn for the lead. The pair were even exiting turn two, with Coons pulling ahead down the long backstretch of the half-mile track. Within two laps Coons enjoyed a 1.6 second lead over Davey Ray and Kuhn. Fourth place running Michael Pickens stalled on lap 21 bringing out the caution.

A spirited multi-car battle then took place over the remaining laps for second place, while Coons increased his advantage each lap. Coons driving the Wilke-PAK Motorsports Spike/Mopar#11 finished 3.16 seconds ahead of Kuhn, Darren Hagen who restarted from last position at the midway point, Levi Jones and Brady Bacon.
 
SUMMARY
30-lap Feature: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Brad Kuhn, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Brady Bacon, 6. Davey Ray, 7. Danny Stratton, 8. Brad Sweet, 9. Mike Hess, 10. Ryan Durst, 11. Tim Noble, 12. Doug Schenck, 13. Brandon Wagner, 14. Nick Lundgreen, 15. Michael Pickens, 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 17. Matt Sherrell, 18. Cole Whitt, 19. Brad Loyet, 20. Brad Mosen, 21. Kevin Swindell.
 
10-lap Semi Feature Winner: Ray.
8-lap Heat Race Winners: Stenhouse, Hagen, Jones, Swindell.
Fast Time: Stenhouse,  20. 633 seconds.
Cars Present: 37 Feature Lap Leaders: Kuhn 1-17, Coons 18-30.
**Scott Hatton flipped during practice. Stenhouse flipped on lap 17 of the feature.

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"Rain Moves Plymouth Date to September 7"
 
By Bryan Gapinski
Plymouth, Wis., Aug. 24---Wet grounds and continuing rain have forced the postponement of The Inaugural Stan Fox Memorial, USAC National/Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned event Friday Night at The Plymouth Dirt Track. The event has been rescheduled for Friday Night Sept. 7 at the 1/3-mile clay oval.
        Action for both series now moves to Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, Wis.) which will host Night One of The Hall of Fame Midget Classic on Saturday Aug. 25, with Night Two, the following evening.