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HAGEN WINS MANZY’S “COPPER ON DIRT, GRABS EARLY MIDGET SERIES POINT LEAD

FEBRUARY 18, 2008 --- Darren Hagen of Riverside, Calif. is the early point leader in the 2008 USAC Mopar National and Western Midget Series following his win in Saturday night’s 25-lap “Copper on Dirt” feature presented by Sands Chevrolet at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz.

Hagen has a nine point lead over Cole Whitt in the new standings, with the Western series resuming action March 15 at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. and the National series idle until an April 6 race at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.

Hagen led the final 18 laps of the Phoenix race in his IWX/Advanced Racing Bullet/Esslinger Ford after passing Garret Hansen on lap eight. Hansen eventually retired from the race as Cole Whitt, defending National Champion Jerry Coons Jr., Tracy Hines and Brad Sweet rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.

Defending USAC Western Midget Champ Johnny Rodriguez finished 18th in the 25-lap race.

Josh Ford was the fastest qualifier in the 60-car field, while heats went to Aaron Fike, Brady Bacon, Scott Pierovich, Sweet and Coons. Nathan High won the C Main and semis went to High and Danny Stratton.

Former Western Midget Champ Jerome Rodela was treated and released from a Phoenix hospital after flipping during the second heat race.

Rains forced postponement of Friday’s scheduled Phoenix preliminaries, which were held Saturday afternoon.

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1 Darren Hagen 72
2 Cole Whitt 63
3 Jerry Coons Jr. 62
4 Tracy Hines 61
5 Brad Sweet 56
6 Jon Stanbrough 49
7 Chad Boat 48
8 Aaron Fike 45
9 Brady Bacon 39
10 Chris Windom 38

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1 Darren Hagen 72
2 Cole Whitt 63
3 Jerry Coons Jr. 62
4 Tracy Hines 61
5 Brad Sweet 56
6 Jon Stanbrough 49
7 Chad Boat 48
8 Aaron Fike 45
9 Brady Bacon 39
10 Chris Windom 38

MOPAR USAC NATIONAL & WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: February 16, 2007 – Phoenix, Arizona – Manzanita Speedway – Sands Chevrolet Presents “The Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-19.729; 2. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-19.735; 3. Bradley Galedrige, 29, Galedrige-19.809; 4. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-19.869; 5. Gary Taylor, 5x, Tel-Star-19.872; 6. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-19.972; 7. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-19.976; 8. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-19.979; 9. Brad Kuhn, 19x, Sala-20.040; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-20.055; 11. Steve Sussex, 21az, Burkhart-20.067; 12. Johnny Rodriguez, 87, Mitchell-20.077; 13. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-20.085; 14. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-20.128; 15. Dustin Morgan, 93, Morgan-20.148; 16. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-20.154; 17. Jon Stanbrough, 05s, Loyet-20.182; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.189; 19. Jesse Hockett, 29L, Eastwood-20.194; 20. Hunter Scheurenberg, 1H, Triple Crown20.194; -21. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-20.239; 22. Dave Darland, 9, Nine Racing-20.310; 23. Russ Harper, 09, Harper-20.314; 24. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-20.321; 25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 69, RFMS-20.333; 26. Bud Kaeding, 75, Pedregon-20.346; 27. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-20.366; 28. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C & A-20.441; 29. Chris Rahe, 3, Rahe-20.442; 30. Darren Stewart, 07x, Mentgen-20.475; 31. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-20.487; 32. Danny Stratton, 21a, Burkhart-20.492; 33. Shannon McQueen, 7x, McQueen-20.498; 34. Josh Pelkey, 45, Perry-20.518; 35. Shane Cottle, 47, Bondio-20.553; 36. Nic Faas, 40, Western Speed-20.554; 37. Bob East, 4, Klatt-20.559; 38. Michael Faccinto, 41, Scelzi-20.565; 39. Jonathan Hendrick, 85, Hollingsworth-20.581; 40. Casey Shuman, 37s, Felker-20.592; 41. Alan Ballard, 97x, Martens-20.659; 42. C.J. Sarna, 20x, Sarna-20.719; 43. Tanner Swanson, 35p, Pierovich-20.731; 44. Damion Gardner, 88, McKenney-20.735; 45. Robby Josett, 99x, Josett-20.742; 46. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.744; 47. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-20.814; 48. Paul Zimmerly, 60, Western Speed-20.828; 49. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-20.932; 50. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 26, Galedrige-20.987; 51. Justin Grant, 17x, Thurston-20.988; 52. Ryan Kaplan, 19w, Sala-21.077; 53. Billy Mentgen, 07, Mentgen-21.169; 54. Matt Streeter, 14J, Streeter-21.179; 55. Darrin Bolton, 00, Bolton-21.341; 56. Jordan Weaver, 37x, Felker-22.112; 57. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-22.644; 58. #21s, Stewart-NT; 59. #91, Nine Racing-NT; 60. #97, Kunz-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fike, 2. Jones, 3. Mitchell, 4. Ford, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Harper, 7. Armstrong, 8. Grant, 9. Sussex, 10. Faas, 11. Weaver, 12. Ballard. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Hagen, 3. Whitt, 4. Hockett, 5. East, 6. Rahe, 7. Boat, 8. Kaplan, 9. Sarna, 10. Beauchamp, 11. Loyet, 12. Rodela. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Morgan, 3. Hansen, 4. Stewart, 5. B.Galedrige, 6. Faccinto, 7. T.Swanson, 8. Mentgen, 9. Zimmerly. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Hines, 3. Kaeding, 4. Windom, 5. K.Swanson, 6. Streeter, 7. Pelkey, 8. Hendrick, 9. Kuhn, 10. Gardner. 2:53.51

FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Darland, 4. Cottle, 5. McQueen, 6. Shuman, 7. Josett, 8. Bolton, 9. A.Galedrige, 10. High, 11. Taylor. NT

C MAIN: (8 laps) 1. High, 2. Stratton, 3. Faas, 4. Stenhouse, 5. Sussex, 6. A.Galedrige, 7. Loyet, 8. Beauchamp, 9. Sarna, 10. Weaver, 11. Zimmerly, 12. Taylor, 13. Gardner. NT

FIRST “B” MAIN (Semi): (12 laps) 1. High, 2. Kuhn (#07 Mentgen), 3. Rodriguez, 4. B.Galedrige, 5. McQueen, 6. Josett, 7. Shuman, 8. Faas, 9. Faccinto, 10. Rahe, 11. Grant, 12. Harper, 13. Bolton, 14. K.Swanson. NT

SECOND “B” MAIN (Semi): (12 laps) 1. Stratton, 2. Boat, 3. A.Galedrige, 4. East, 5. Armstrong, 6. Streeter, 7. Loyet, 8. Hendrick, 9. Beauchamp, 10. T.Swanson, 11. Kaplan, 12. Sussex, 13. Pelkey, 14. Stenhouse. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Cole Whitt, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Chad Boat, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Josh Ford, 9. Aaron Fike, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Brady Bacon, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Darren Stewart, 14. Brad Kuhn (#07), 15. Scott Pierovich, 16. Danny Stratton, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Johnny Rodriguez, 19. Matt Mitchell, 20. Bobby East, 21. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 22. Brad Loyet, 23. Bud Kaeding, 24. Bradley Galedrige, 25. Nathan High, 26. Dustin Morgan, 27. Shane Cottle, 28. Garrett Hansen, 29. Jesse Hockett. NT

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**Ballard flipped during the first heat, Rodela flipped during the second heat. Taylor flipped during the fifth heat. Zimmerly flipped during the C Main.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hansen, Lap 2 Hines, Laps 3-7 Hansen, Laps 8-25 Hagen.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-72; 2-Whitt-63; 3-Coons-62; 4-Hines-61; 5-Sweet-56; 6-Ford-50; 7-Stanbrough-49; 8-Boat; 9-Fike-45; 10-Bacon-39.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hagen-72; 2-Whitt-63; 3-Coons-62; 4-Hines-61; 5-Sweet-56; 6-Ford-50; 7-Stanbrough-49; 8-Boat; 9-Fike-45; 10-Bacon-39.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: April 6 – Anderson (IN) Speedway

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: March 15 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway