09/19/2015
FMR Racing’s Adam Pierson Takes Win in USAC DMA Race
at Bear Ridge Speedway
Heat race one had
Heat race two began with the
18C of Mike Chaffee on the pole and the 11 of Alex Rose starting second. Jeff
Champagne in the 15 was to start second but mechanical issues kept him from
competing this night. On the start first and second rows went
three wide coming out of the back stretch and into turns three and four.
With fans now on their feet, the 18C of Chaffee took the lead followed by Tim
Gallant in his orange 33 holding down second. On the charge was the 64 of Kenney
Johnson who was determined to take the lead and by lap three he had succeeded
in doing so. With Johnson now on point, it was the 33 of Gallant in second
followed by M Chaffee in the 18C for third. Johnson in his 64 showed the way
lap after lap while the 33 of Gallant and 18C of M Chaffee continued following
in second and third respectively. With the race going green all eight laps, it would be Kenney Johnson from
The Midget Dash race started
with the 18C of Mike Chaffee on point and the 47 of Scott Holcomb in second.
The 64 of Kenney Johnson had earned a spot in this race but was not able to
compete due to mechanical issues. Before the first lap was done, the 67 of Josh
Sunn had taken the lead and never looked back for all
four laps. The finish looked just like the first heat race with Josh Sunn of White River Junction VT taking the win, Adam
Pierson in the 76M for second and in third was the 47 of Scott Holcomb.
Time
for the feature of the night and the 18C of Mike Chaffee had earned the pole position
with the 11 of Alex Rose taking the outside front row spot. Under green the
action heated up quickly with the 18C of Chaffee taking the lead for lap one
and then Tim Gallant in the 33 taking the lead on lap two and by lap three the
64 of “young gun” Kenney Johnson, who fought back from mechanical issues in the
Dash race, now had the lead and showed his racing skills lap after lap.
Meanwhile, the 33 of Gallant held second while the 47 of Scott Holcomb
maintained third. It was not long before the 76M of Adam Pierson had worked his
way into second by going wide in turn three and four as he got around the 33 of
Gallant. Following in Pierson’s tracks was the 5 of Derek Graham now in third.
The 64 of Johnson was still leading as the 76M of Pierson began to close the
gap between him and Johnson. By the half way point in the race, Johnson in the
64 still had the lead but Pierson in his 76M was now on Johnson’s bumper as the
two began lapping the tail end of the pack. Just when the fans thought the
action could not get any more exciting, the 33 of Gallant bounced off the back
stretch wall and kept on racing. With less than ten laps to go, it looked like
Johnson in the 64 could get the win but Pierson in the 76M had other ideas. On
lap seventeen and only eight to go, Pierson was finally able to get by Johnson
and take over the race lead. So the top two had now changed position with the
76M of Pierson holding the point and Johnson in his 64 now second. While the
top two had battled hard, the 67 of Josh Sunn had
moved his way into third moving the 5 of Derek Graham back to fourth. Just when
it looked like it might be a podium finish for two of FMR Racings teams and
with only two laps to go, the 67 of Sunn spun in turn
one which brought out the caution. Now it was back to action with a single file
restart and a green, white, checkered finish to be run, the 76M of Pierson kept
his lead followed by Johnson in the 64 and now in third was the 69 of Dean
Christensen. With the race finishing in overtime, it was Adam Pierson from
Bradford, VT for the win in his 76M followed by the 64 of Kenney Johnson for
second and rounding out the top three was the 69 of Dean Christensen.
The series will be back in
action on September 26th at Bear Ridge Speedway in
To learn more about the USAC
Dirt Midget Association, please visit the series website at www.usacdma.com or
on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DirtMidgetAssociation
For additional information
regarding this press release please contact Mark J. Hann,
USAC DMA Public Relations & Marketing, at (860) 256-5574 or
usacdma@usacdma.com
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Photo
L-R: Kenney Johnson 2nd, Adam Pierson 1st, Dean Christensen 3rd
Heats Race Results from 9/19/15
Feature Race Results from
9/19/15: 1)
76M Adam Pierson 2) 64 Kenney Johnson 3) 69 Dean Christensen 4) 5 Derek Graham 5) 47 Scott Holcomb 6) 4 Kevin Chaffee 7) 33 Tim Gallant 8) 1W Ray Miller 9) 12 Adam Pierson 10) 18C Mike Chaffee 11) 67 Josh Sunn 12) 1R Jeff Horn 13) 10 Rick Stone 14) David Moniz 15) 42 Manny Dias 16) 11 Alex Rose 15
of Jeff Champagne DNS 17 of Robert Tucker DNS Heat race 1 Lap leaders: lap
1 the 4 of Kevin Chaffee, lap 2 to 8 the 67 of Josh Sunn
Heat race 2 Lap leaders: lap
1 & 2 the 18C of Mike Chaffee, lap 3 to 8 the 64 of Kenney Johnson Dash Race Lap leaders: 1 to 4
the 67 of Josh Sunn Feature Lap leaders: lap 1
the 18C of Mike Chaffee, lap 2 the 33 of Tim Gallant, lap 3 to 16 the 64 of
Kenney Johnson, lap 17 to 25 76M of Adam Pierson |
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