BY MARK McKEON
BRADFORD, VT – “The Fairlee Flier,” Kevin Chaffee of Fairlee, VT was the overall winner of the 45 lap USAC Dirt Midget Association feature at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday. Driving for car owner Skip Matczak, Chaffee won the initial 25 lap segment and finished third in the 20 lap second segment, which was won by Jim Mossman of Hollis, NH. No heat races were run. Drivers drew for position in the first segment and finishers in the first second were inverted in the second segment, followed by the non-finishers.
Chaffee then switched to his DIRTcar Sportsman Modified and won the 60 lap, two segment feature in that stock car class.
“What a great night this is for both of my crews and car owners,” Chaffee said. “I really appreciate the opportunity that Skip Matczak has given me with a full time ride in the Midget this year. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the coaching and mentoring from my teammates Joe Krawiec and Denny Zimmerman”.
Last year, Chafee ran a partial Midget schedule, but picked up two feature victories and finished third in points. He also finished third in points with the Sprint Cars of New England and had a DIRTcar feature win as well.
For outstanding accomplishments across a varied blend of cars, Chafee was named Vermont Motor Sports Magazine (vtmotormag.com) Driver of the Year.
A series record 20 cars took part in opening event of the sophomore season for the USAC DMA including rookies Chase Dowling of Roxbury, CT, Matt Covey of Corinth, VT, Dave Hotchkiss of East Granby, CT and Jeff Champagne of Westfield, MA.
In the first segment, Dowling flipped his Manafort Racing owned Midget, but he returned to finish fifth in the second segment. Prior to the start of the second segment, Scot Viets of Granby, CT flipped his Miller Racing owned Midget. He was awake and alert when he was transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, NH.
The USAC DMA Midgets return to “The Home of the Coupes” on May 19 and will appear every other week all season long, ending with the New England Dirt Track Championships on September 22.
Utilizing a 4 cyl General Motors Quad 4 or a Ford Focus engine in a conventional, wingless Midget Chassis, the USAC DMA Midgets are among the most cost effective forms of racing available to a weekend warrior. Due to their affiliation with USAC, DMA Midget car owners receive free ethanol racing fuel in 2012 through a partnership with IgniteRacingFuel.com.
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USAC DIRT MIDGET ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: May 5, 2012 – Bradford, Vermont –
Bear Ridge Speedway
FEATURE SEGEMNT 1 (25 laps) 1. Kevin Chaffee (#23 Matczak); 2. Scott Holcomb (#91 Holcomb); 3. Scott Viets (#2 Miller); 4. Tim Gallant (#33 Gallant); 5. Dean Christensen (#69 Miller); 6. Ray Miller (#1w Miller); 7. Rusty Tefft (#0 Tefft); 8. Adam Whitney (#12 Whitney); 9. Matt Covey (#26 Covey); 10. Dave Hotchkiss (#47 Miller); 11. (#71 Tefft); 12. Jeff Champagne (#77 Champagne); 13. Jim Mossman (#1 Mossman); 14. Denny Zimmerman (#3 Matczak); 15. Joe Krawiec (#4 Matczak); 16. David Rose, Jr. (#11 Rose); 17. Greg Olson (#6x Olson); 18. Dana Shaw (#7 Olson); 19. Jamie Spalding (#93 Tefft), 20. Chase Dowling (#76 Manafort). NT. Lap Leaders: 1-5 Denny Zimmerman, 6-25 Kevin Chaffee.
FEATURE SEGEMNT 2 (20 laps) 1. Jim Mossman; 2. Kevin Tefft; 3. Kevin Chaffee; 4. Ray Miller; 5. Chase Dowling; 6. Joe Krawiec; 7. Scott Holcomb; 8. Tim Gallant; 9. Dave Hotchkiss; 10. Dean Christensen; 11. Matt Covey; 12. Greg Olson; 13. Jeff Champagne; 14. Dana Shaw; 15 David Rose; 16. Denny Zimmerman; 17. Jamie Spalding ; 18. Rusty Tefft; 18. Scott Viets,19. Jamie Spalding. NT. Lap Leader: 1-20 Mossman.
OVERALL FEATURE: (45 laps) 1. Kevin Chaffee; 2. Scott Holcomb; 3. Ray Miller; 4. Tim Gallant; 5. Kevin Tefft, 6. David Rose; 7. Dave Hotchkiss; 8. Matt Covey; 9. Joe Krawiec; 10. Scott Viets; 11. Dean Christensen; 12. Chase Stockton; 13. Jeff Champagne; 14. Rusty Tefft; 15. Greg Olson; 16. Adam Whitney; 17. Denny Zimmerman; 18. Dana Shaw; 19. David Rose; 20. Jamie Spalding.
NEXT USAC DMA MIDGET RACE: May 19, 2012 – Bradford, Vermont – Bear Ridge Speedway
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