BY MARK McKEON
After a heat race in which he finished first by only leading the final 15 feet, defending USAC DMA champion “Flatfoot Joe” Krawiec of Bristol, CT turned in a dominating performance to win the 25 lap feature at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday night.
Starting sixth, Krawiec took the lead on lap six from David Rose, Jr. of Keene, NH, who had also won a heat, but suffered a mechanical failure in the feature.
Krawiec’s teammate and season opener winner Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT raced his way from 13th to finish second, but was unable to mount a serious assault for the lead. Young Tim Gallant of Wales, MA showed both speed and car control to come from eighth and finish third, while former Sprint Car chauffer Scott Holcomb of Granby, CT charged from 14th to earn the fourth place finish. In only his second start in a Midget, Chase Dowling of Roxbury finished an impressive fifth after starting 12th.
Five of the 6 New England states were represented in the 18 car field. The USAC DMA Midgets will continue their every other week schedule by returning to Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday June 2.
USAC DIRT MIDGET ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: May 19, 2012 – Bradford, Vermont –
Bear Ridge Speedway
FRIST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Joe Krawiec (#4 Matczak), 2. Dana Shaw (#7 Olson), 3. Ray Miller (#1w Miller), 4. Kevin Chaffee (#23 Matczak), 5. Kevin Tefft (#71 Tefft), 6. Adam Whitney (#12 Whitney), 7. Chase Dowling (#76 Manafort), 8. Dave Hotchkiss (#47 Miller), 9. Jamie Spalding (#93 Tefft). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. David Rose, Jr. (#11 Rose), 2. Tim Gallant (#33 Gallant), 3. Denny Zimmerman (#3 Matczak), 4. Jim Close (#7x Close), 5. Greg Olson (#6x Olson), 6. Jeff Champagne (#77 Champagne), 7. Scott Holcomb (#91 Holcomb), 8. Matt Covey (#26 Covey), 9. Dean Christensen (#69).
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Joe Krawiec, 2. Kevin Chaffee, 3. Tim Gallant, 4. Scott Holcomb, 5. Chase Dowling, 6. Ray Miller, 7. Denny Zimmerman, 8. Matt Covey, 9. Dean Christenson, 10. Adam Whitney, 11. Greg Olson, 12. Kevin Tefft, 13. Jamie Spalding, 14. Dave Hotchkiss, 15. Jeff Champagne, 16. David Rose, Jr., 17. Jim Close, 18. Dana Shaw.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Rose; 6-25 Krawiec.
NEXT USAC DMA MIDGET RACE: June 2 – Bradford, Vermont – Bear Ridge Speedway
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