Mario
Marietta of Clinton, IN returned to racing for the second weekend in a row for
the crate late model series on Friday in Liberty, IN and then switching gears
to the USAC (United States Auto Club) National Midget Series at "The Fastest
High Banked Quarter Mile Oval," in Anderson, IN.
Liberty,
IN – Coming into tonight's race, Mario has only sixteen laps
under his feet. So, tonight is still a learning curve to the rest of his
career. Mario adapted to the track well with a third place finish in his heat
race. The start of the feature Mario made his way to third position when two
cars tangled in front of him and sent Mario into the wall with a flat right
front. Mario will be racing in one more race with the series, until making it a
full time deal in 2008 when his racing schedule allows.
"I
thought the night went real well considering my experience in the late model.
I'm very excited to get back in the seat and hopefully get a win soon."
Anderson,
IN – Mario started off sixth fastest in practice. His First
Financial Midget was on the move, but he had to qualify into the stellar field
of 42 cars, only taking 22 cars. Mario's qualifying time will make him start
outside front row in his heat race. Mario came through the field for the win
and finishing fourteenth in the feature.
"I
think this is a start of great things to come for this team, considering this
team was formed a month ago."
Mario's
upcoming race will be held at Berlin Speedway on September 29th in
Michigan. Mario anticipates full participation in the USAC National and
Regional Series for the rest of 2007 and in 2008. Also, some Indy Pro Series,
full details are in the works.
Mario
is seeking sponsorship support to compete the entire 2008 season. Please visit
his web site at www.mariomarietta.com
Thank-you
to all of his fans and sponsors for a great year so far and we can't wait to
start the 2008 series.
USAC NATIONAL
MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
September
15, 2007 - Anderson, Indiana - Anderson Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 4,
Klatt-11.648; 2. Travis Young, 11y, Young-11.849; 3. Kevin Swindell, 79,
Kahne-11.850; 4. Dave Darland, 9, Nine Racing-11.862; 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 11,
Wilke-Pak-11.879; 6. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz-11.884; 7. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C
& A-11.923; 8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21, Stewart-11.936; 9. Stephanie
Mockler, 6, East-11.947; 10. Brad Kuhn, 43, Quin-11.948; 11. Kody Swanson, 91,
Nine Racing-11.953; 12. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-11.972; 13. Chuck Gurney Jr.,
51, Gurney-11.974; 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 10, Ehrgott-11.989; 15. Brandon Wagner,
92, Wagner-12.009; 16. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.056; 17. Darren Hagen, 32,
RFMS-12.079; 18. James Robertson, 42, Robertson-12.080; 19. Marc Jessup, 71,
Kunz-12.090; 20. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-12.110; 21. Slade Miller, 16,
Miller-12.130; 22. Alex Pruett, 56x, Beast-12.150; 23. Cole Whitt, 71x,
Kunz-12.151; 24. Brett Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-12.155; 25. Jim Anderson, 36,
Guess-12.156; 26. Thomas Hennigan, 13, Hennigan-12.171; 27. Tom Schnabel, 20s,
Schnabel-12.181; 28. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-12.225; 29. Parker Klingerman,
133, Klingerman-12.229; 30. Joe Liguori, 28, Owen-12.266; 31. Zach Schiff, 6B,
East-12.271; 32. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-12.274; 33. Jason Leffler, 05L,
Loyet-12.315; 34. Adam Kramer, 321, Kramer-12.334; 35. Kevin Studley, 57,
Studley-12.539; 36. Adam Schuyler, 56s, Schuyler-12.658; 37. Ben Petter, 22,
Petter-12.829; 28. Brad Thompson, 6x, Batts-14.030; 29. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-NT;
40. Patrick Wilda, 33, Wilda-NT; 41. #04, Klatt-NT; 42. #132, RFMS-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Leffler, 2.
Kramer, 3. Schuyler, 4. Studley, 5. Thompson, 6. Petter. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mockler, 2.
East, 3. Klingerman, 4. Gurney, 5. Miller, 6. Coons, 7. Hagen, 8. Anderson, 9.
Leffler. 2:29.00
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Robertson,
2. Pruett, 3. Clauson, 4. Young, 5. Kuhn, 6. Hennigan, 7. Kramer, 8. Liguori,
9. Ehrgott. 3:13.00
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jessup, 2.
Whitt, 3. Schiff, 4. Armstrong, 5. Swanson, 6. Schuyler, 7. Wagner, 8.
Swindell, 9. Schnabel. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marietta,
2. Beauchamp, 3. Jones, 4. Darland, 5. Byrne, 6. Bacon, 7. Stenhouse, 8.
Windom, 9. Studley. 3:10.00
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Stenhouse, 3. Kuhn, 4.
Ehrgott, 5. Swanson, 6. Hagen, 7. Anderson, 8. Miller, 9. Wagner, 10. Schnabel,
11. Leffler, 12. Hennigan, 13. Byrne, 14. Windom, 15. Kramer,
16. Liguori, 17. Schuyler, 18. Studley, 19. Bacon. 2:37.00
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Dakoda Armstrong, 3. Bobby East, 4. Dave
Darland, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Travis Young, 7. Stephanie Mockler, 8. Ricky
Stenhouse Jr., 9. Ricky Ehrgott, 10. Alex Pruett, 11. Darren Hagen, 12. Marc
Jessup, 13. Chuck Gurney Jr., 14. Mario Marietta, 15. Jim Anderson, 16. Zach
Schiff, 17. Cole Whitt, 18. Brad Kuhn, 19. James Robertson, 20. Brent
Beauchamp, 21. Kody Swanson, 22. Levi Jones, 23. Parker Klingerman. NT
