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Kratzer at Hutch Nationals NCRA Later Model Winner!
Hutchinson, Kansas – July 15, 2017 - Two-time and defending series champion Chris Kratzer started on the outside front row, quickly took the lead and went on to claim his second straight Hutchinson Grand Nationals championship as the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products late model division competed atop the famed half-mile Kansas State Fairgrounds oval Saturday night in Hutchinson Kansas.
Daniel Smith started on the pole for the 61st annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Hutchinson Grand Nationals presented by Midwest Super Store but it was Kratzer who took the lead and never looked back.
Current series points leader Delbert Smith, who had won all three NCRA events held thus far this season, worked his way up from his seventh starting position to finish second. Dusty Leonard, Kip Hughes and Brandon Givens rounded out the top five.
NCRA Late Models
Kansas State Fairgrounds/Hutchinson, Kansas
July 15, 2017
14 Cars
A Feature: 1) 55-Chris Kratzer, [2]; 2) 92-Delbert Smith, [7]; 3) 7D-Dusty Leonard, [5]; 4) 60-Kip Hughes, [4]; 5) 199-Brandon Givens, [6]; 6) 7C-Jimmy Segraves, [13]; 7) L99-Loren Dauer, [8]; 8) 229-Damian Patocka, [9]; 9) 104-Adam Popp, [10]; 10) B1-Dustin Bolster, [14]; 11) 77-Jeremy Petty, [11]; 12) 03-Jeremy Bishop, [12]; 13) D6-Rob Day, [3]; 14) 92S-Daniel Smith, [1]
Friday Night’s Double Heat Race Results
1st Set Heat Races
1st Heat: 1) 92S-Daniel Smith, [1]; 2) 60-Kip Hughes, [2]; 3) D6-Rob Day, [4]; 4) L99-Loren Dauer, [3]; 5) 104-Adam Popp, [5]; 6) 7C-Jimmy Segraves, [7]; 7) 03-Jeremy Bishop, [6]
2nd Heat: 1) 7D-Dusty Leonard, [1]; 2) 55-Chris Kratzer, [4]; 3) 199-Brandon Givens, [3]; 4) 229-Damian Patocka, [2]; 5) 77-Jeremy Petty, [5]; 6) 92-Delbert Smith, [6]; 7) B1-Dustin Bolster, [7]
2nd Set Heat Races
1st Heat 1) Chris Kratzer, 2) Daniel Smith, 3) Brandon Givens, 4) Dusty Leonard, 5) Damian Patocka, 6) Jeremy Petty,
7) Dustin Bolster
2nd Heat: 1) Delbert Smith, 2) Rob Day, 3) Kip Hughes, 4) Loren Dauer, 5) Jeremy Bishop, 6) Adam Popp, 7) Jimmy Segraves
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