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Sunshine getting hotter in USAC Midgets

Tyler Courtney celebrates atop his car after winning a USAC Midget race. Photo Courtesy USAC // Michael Fry Photo

The collection of recent USAC Midget races have had to do with Tyler Courtney battling back in the points standings against fellow NOS Energy drink driver Chris Windom.

He got it out of the way early on Saturday and have got some extra help in the points standings after the results fell where they did.

Courtney earned his fourth victory in the past five races, further denting the large lead that Windom had built early on in the season.

Saturday, though, Courtney made quick work of Windom, driving by the No. 89 in the first five laps of the race before he would go to work on the lead car of Tanner Carrick.

Once up to Carrick, it took Sunshine a few laps, but he used a strong exit coming out of turn two to take the lead with 25 laps to go.

Courtney would hold place for the remainder of the race, but Windom got into the wall late.

With less than 10 to go, the points leader’s night would come to an end, and he’d have to park it from sixth place. That’s big in the fact that it dropped him all the way to 16th.

Windom’s points lead coming into the night was 74 and after the series leaves the state of Pennsylvania, it’s now a slim 31.

The series will race next at Lucas Oil Speedway in Indianapolis on August 22 in a non-points event.

USAC Midget Feature Results
1. Tyler Courtney
2. Buddy Kofoid
3. Cannon McIntosh
4. Tanner Carrick
5. Tanner Thorson
6. Daison Pursley
7. Justin Grant
8. Chase Johnson
9. Cole Bodine
10. Robert Dalby
11. Dillon Welch
2. Kyle Cummins
13. Ethan Mitchell
14. Emerson Axsom
15. Jeff Champagne
16. Chris Windom
17. Kevin Thomas Jr.
18. Steve Buckwalter
19. Andrew Layser
20. Jimmy Glenn
21. Kenney Johnson
22. Alex Bright

USAC Midget Points Standings
Position Driver Points Behind
1 Chris Windom 1119 -0
2 Tyler Courtney 1088 -31
3 Buddy Kofoid ® 1056 -63
4 Tanner Thorson 1047 -72
5 Cannon McIntosh 944 -175
6 Tanner Carrick 838 -281
7 Daison Pursley ® 783 -336
8 Cole Bodine 725 -394
9 Andrew Layser 663 -456
10 Justin Grant 619 -500
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