Hagen continues 2011 success with Milwaukee victory

Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. claimed another major USAC Mopar National Midget feature victory Saturday at the Milwaukee Mile at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. Hagen trailed Caleb Armstrong for the first 21 laps, then took over and led the final four circuits in his Liberty Cillage/McGladrey & Pullen Spike/Esslinger Ford. Armstrong finished second ahead of Khyle Hamilton, Bobby Santos III and Adam Kramer. Series point leader Bryan Clauson finished 16th and pole starter Dillon Welch was sixth.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 17-18, 2011 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Milwaukee Mile

QUALIFICATIONS: (June 17) 1. Dillon Welch, 51, DMS-28.843; 2. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-28.919; 3. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-28.962; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-28.994; 5. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-29.009; 6. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-29.037; 7. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-29.050; 8. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-29.082; 9. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-29.089; 10. Kyle Hamilton, 9, Nine Racing-29.100; 11. Zach Daum, 5, Daum-29.144; 12. Levi Roberts, 91, Nine Racing-29.146; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-29.182; 14. Chad Nichols, 17, Nichols-29.344; 15. Tanner Swanson, 3F, RFMS-29.367; 16. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-29.378; 17. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-29.402; 18. Kyle O’Gara, 6, East-29.488; 19. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C & A-29.562; 20. Chase Scott, 11, Wilke-Pak-29.632; 21. Jimmy Simpson, 21, Race Pro-29.905; 22. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-30.065; 23. Brandon Wagner, 93w, Wagner-30.460.

FEATURE: (25 laps – June 18) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Caleb Armstrong, 3. Kyle Hamilton, 4. Bobby Santos III, 5. Adam Kramer, 6. Dillon Welch, 7. David Byrne, 8. Mario Clouser, 9. Tanner Swanson, 10. Kyle Larson, 11. Brad Kuhn, 12. Chad Nichols, 13. Dalton Armstrong, 14. Tracy Hines, 15. Jimmy Simpson, 16. Bryan Clauson, 17. Bobby East, 18. Chase Scott, 19. Levi Roberts, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Nick Wagner, 22. Brandon Wagner, 23. Kyle O’Gara. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 C.Armstrong, Laps 22-25 Hagen.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Clauson-542; 2-Hagen-534; 3-East-522; 4-Larson-493; 5-Hines-477; 6-Kunhn-403: 7-Daum-391; 8-C.Armstrong-330; 9-Roberts-318; 10-Jerry Coons Jr.-278.