Thorson Rises Late
Tanner Thorson celebrates in victory lane Sunday night at Kokomo Speedway. (Dallas Breeze photo)

Thorson Rises Late, Tops Indiana Midget Week Finale

Tanner Thorson hoists the winner’s check at Kokomo Speedway Sunday night. (Gary Gasper photo)

RESULTS: NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midget Series; Kokomo Speedway; June 21, 2020

Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Kyle Larson, 86, Tucker/Boat-13.027; 2. Daison Pursley, 9, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.224; 3. Tyler Courtney, 7bc, Clauson/Marshall-13.226; 4. Cannon McIntosh, 71k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.232; 5. Cole Bodine, 39bc, Clauson/Marshall-13.238; 6. Clinton Boyles, 98, RMS-13.242; 7. Chris Windom, 89, Tucker/Boat-13.256; 8. Rico Abreu, 67k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.284; 9. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-13.338; 10. Tanner Carrick, 35, Petry-13.347; 11. Andrew Layser, 82, Tucker/Boat-13.355; 12. Shane Golobic, 17w, Wood-13.367; 13. Ethan Mitchell, 19, Bundy Built-13.395; 14. Kyle Cummins, 3g, Yeley-13.405; 15. Jason McDougal, 21ks, Reynolds-13.412; 16. Spencer Bayston, 19az, Reinbold/Underwood-13.421; 17. Tanner Thorson, 19, Hayward-13.423; 18. Kaylee Bryson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.437; 19. Carson Garrett, 15, Garrett-13.454; 20. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, RMS-13.465; 21. Matt Sherrell, 2d, Harris-13.482; 22. Hayden Reinbold, 19a, Reinbold/Underwood-13.485; 23. Justin Grant, 4a, RAMS-13.491; 24. Landon Simon, 2, Bush-13.503; 25. Jerry Coons Jr., 5, Petry-13.510; 26. Jake Neuman, 3n, Neuman-13.526; 27. Robert Dalby, 4, Dalby-13.571; 28. Buddy Kofoid, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.591; 29. Brady Bacon, 4b, Klatt-13.630; 30. Chase Johnson, 25, Malloy-13.631; 31. Tyler Nelson, 88, Nelson-13.636; 32. Brody Roa, 7m, Iron Dome/Moonshine-13.647; 33. Noah Gass, 5t, Dave Mac/Drive WFX-13.729; 34. Ace McCarthy, 28, Dave Mac-13.812; 35. Ronnie Gardner, 7r, Iron Dome/Moonshine-13.954; 36. Justin Dickerson, 21d, Dickerson-14.059; 37. Oliver Akard, 41, Akard-NT.

Heat #1 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. Tanner Thorson [2], 2. Kyle Larson [6], 3. Jerry Coons Jr. [7], 4. Ethan Mitchell [3] / 5. Matt Sherrell [1], 6. Brady Bacon [8], 7. Maria Cofer [4], 8. Cole Bodine [5], 9. Noah Gass [9].

Heat #2 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. Tanner Carrick [4], 2. Kaylee Bryson [2], 3. Kyle Cummins [3], 4. Clinton Boyles [5] / 5. Daison Pursley [6], 6. Chase Johnson [8], 7. Hayden Reinbold [1], 8. Jake Neuman [7], 9. Ace McCarthy [9].

Heat #3 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. Chris Windom [5], 2. Tyler Courtney [6], 3. Justin Grant [1], 4. Jason McDougal [3] / 5. Carson Garrett [2], 6. Andrew Layser [4], 7. Robert Dalby [7], 8. Ronnie Gardner [9], 9. Tyler Nelson [8].

Heat #4 (10 laps, top four transfer): 1. Thomas Meseraull [2], 2. Rico Abreu [5], 3. Cannon McIntosh [6], 4. Buddy Kofoid [7] / 5. Shane Golobic [4], 6. Landon Simon [1], 7. Brody Roa [8], 8. Justin Dickerson [9], 9. Spencer Bayston [3].

Semi-Feature (12 laps, top six transfer): 1. Cole Bodine, 2. Daison Pursley, 3. Shane Golobic, 4. Andrew Layser, 5. Spencer Bayston, 6. Jake Neuman, 7. Landon Simon, 8. Robert Dalby, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Chase Johnson, 11. Matt Sherrell, 12. Brody Roa, 13. Maria Cofer, 14. Tyler Nelson, 15. Carson Garrett, 16. Ace McCarthy, 17. Noah Gass, 18. Ronnie Gardner, 19. Hayden Reinbold, 20. Justin Dickerson.

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 laps): 1. Tanner Thorson [7], 2. Kyle Larson [5], 3. Chris Windom [2], 4. Clinton Boyles [3], 5. Kyle Cummins [15], 6. Rico Abreu [1], 7. Shane Golobic [13], 8. Jerry Coons Jr. [20], 9. Thomas Meseraull [9], 10. Buddy Kofoid [22], 11. Justin Grant [19], 12. Cannon McIntosh [8], 13. Spencer Bayston [17], 14. Jake Neuman [21], 15. Daison Pursley [10], 16. Andrew Layser [12], 17. Kaylee Bryson [18], 18. Cole Bodine [11], 19. Ethan Mitchell [14], 20. Jason McDougal [16], 21. Tyler Courtney [4], 22. Tanner Carrick [6].

Lap Leader(s): Tyler Courtney 1-18, Chris Windom 19-27, Tanner Thorson 28-30.

KSE/B&W Auto Mart Hard Charger: 5-Jerry Coons Jr. (+12)