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2016 USAC National Midget Series

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The 2016 USAC National Midget Championship is the 61st season of the USAC National Midget Championship. The series began with the Shamrock Classic at Southern Illinois Center on March 9, and ended with the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Perris Auto Speedway on November 24.[1] Tracy Hines entered the season as the defending champion.[2]

The season was marred with tragedy after Bryan Clauson died from injuries sustained in a crash during Saturday's portion of the Belleville Midget Nationals.[3] Tanner Thorson won the series championship driving for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports.[4]

Schedule

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No. Date Race title Track TV/Stream
1 March 9 Shamrock Classic Southern Illinois Center The Cushion
April 8 Kokomo Grand Prix Kokomo Speedway
April 9
2 May 31 Indiana Midget Week Montpelier Motor Speedway
3 June 1 Gas City I-69 Speedway
4 June 2 Lincoln Park Speedway
5 June 3 Bloomington Speedway
June 4 Lawrenceburg Speedway
6 June 5 Kokomo Speedway
7 June 17 Riverside International Speedway
8 June 18 40 for Shorty
9 August 2 Tuesday Night Thunder Jefferson County Speedway
10 August 3 Chad McDaniel Memorial Solomon Valley Speedway Speed Shift TV
11 August 5 Belleville Midget Nationals Belleville High Banks Speed Shift TV
12 August 6
August 14 Pennsylvania Midget Week Susquehanna Speedway
August 15 Path Valley Speedway Park
13 August 16 Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway
August 17 Lincoln Speedway Dirt Station
14 September 24 4-Crown Nationals Eldora Speedway
15 October 6 Gold Crown Midget Nationals Tri-City Speedway The Cushion
16 October 7
17 October 8
18 October 20 Jason Leffler Memorial Wayne County Speedway MavTV
19 November 24 Turkey Night Grand Prix Ventura Raceway Loudpedal.TV
* December 17 Junior Knepper 55 Southern Illinois Center MavTV

Speed Shift TV

Results and Standings

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Races

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No. Race / Track Winning driver Winning team Hard Charger Award winner B-Main / Semi / Qualifying Race winners
1 Shamrock Classic Shane Golobic Matt Wood Racing Thomas Meseruall (B-Main #1)

Travis Berryhill (B-Main #2)

2 Indiana Midget Week (Montpelier) Kyle Larson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Dave Darland Christopher Bell
3 Indiana Midget Week (Gas City) Spencer Bayston Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Shane Golobic Tyler Thomas
4 Indiana Midget Week (Putnamville) Tanner Thorson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Jerry Coons Jr. Spencer Bayston
5 Indiana Midget Week (Bloomington) Christopher Bell Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Tyler Thomas Christopher Bell
6 Indiana Midget Week (Kokomo) Rico Abreu Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Dayne Kingshott Holly Shelton
7 Riverside Tanner Thorson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Shane Golobic
8 40 For Shorty Bryan Clauson Dooling/Hayward Motorsports Bryan Clauson
9 Tuesday Night Thunder Chad Boat Tucker/Boat Motorsports Bryan Clauson Brady Bacon
10 Chad McDaniel Memorial Bryan Clauson Dooling/Hayward Motorsports Tanner Thorson Casey Shuman
11 Belleville Midget Nationals (night #1) Chad Boat Tucker/Boat Motorsports Travis Scott Bryan Clauson
12 Belleville Midget Nationals (night #2) Chad Boat Tucker/Boat Motorsports Curtis Spicer Ryan Greth
13 Pennsylvania Midget Week (Lanco) Tanner Thorson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Brenden Bright Holly Shelton
14 Four Crown Nationals Rico Abreu Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Carson Macedo
15 Gold Crown Midget Nationals (night #1) Tanner Thorson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Gage Walker Chad Boat (Qualifying Race #1)

Carson Macedo (Qualifying Race #2)

Tanner Thorson (Qualifying Race #3)

16 Gold Crown Midget Nationals (night #2) Tanner Thorson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Alex Bright Brady Bacon (Qualifying Race #1)

Tyler Thomas (Qualifying Race #2)

Kyle Jones (Qualifying Race #3)

17 Gold Crown Midget Nationals (night #3) Tanner Thorson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Jake Neuman Tanner Thorson (Qualifying Race #1)

Ryan Robinson (Qualifying Race #2)

Holly Shelton (Qualifying Race #3)

18 Jason Leffler Memorial Brady Bacon FMR Racing Alex Bright Justin Peck
19 Turkey Night Grand Prix Kyle Larson Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Jake Swanson Robby Josett
* Junior Knepper 55 Tyler Courtney Clauson/Marshall Racing Chad Wheeler (B-Main #1)

Riley Kreisel (B-Main #2)

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References

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  1. ^ "USAC National Midget Series 2016 Schedule". 10 December 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  2. ^ "Tracy Hines Wins 2015 Honda USAC Midget Series Title to Join Triple Crown Club". Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  3. ^ "BRYAN CLAUSON PASSES AWAY AFTER INJURIES SUSTAINED IN BELLEVILLE CRASH - USAC Racing".
  4. ^ "LARSON CARVES UP TURKEY NIGHT WIN #2; THORSON TASTES FIRST USAC NATIONAL MIDGET TITLE - USAC Racing".
  5. ^ "Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files".