Darren Hagen wins JEG'S Crown Midget Super Nationals

PHOTO BY JAMES MACDONALD
COLUMBUS, OH - Darren Hagen would lead all 40 laps to win in USAC's return to the Nuckles Family speedway. Jeg's was the title sponsor of the Jeg's Crown Midget Supernationals. 29 cars would qualify for the event with 23 taking the green flag for the A-main.

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QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.322; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-13.362; 3. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-13.366; 4. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-13.462; 5. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-13.470; 6. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.477; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.478; 8. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-13.499; 9. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.501; 10. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-13.504; 11. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.515; 12. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-13.521; 13. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-13.533; 14. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-13.544; 15. Kyle Jones, 15, Beach-13.555; 16. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-13.564; 17. Brian Olson, 77, Olson-13.567; 18. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.579; 19. Kyle Hamilton, 83, Hamilton-13.608; 20. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-13.619; 21. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-13.678; 22. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-13.716; 23. Cale Conley, 97, Kunz-13.725; 24. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-13.878; 25. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-13.950; 26. Joe Liguori, 28, Owen-14.058; 27. Brad Noffsinger, 96, Noffsinger-14.242; 28.
Chad Atkinson, 39, Atkinson-14.284; 29. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-14.469.
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FIRST HEAT:

(8 laps) 1. Kramer, 2. Santos, 3. East, 4. Boat, 5. Olson, 6. D.Armstrong, 7. Studley, 8. Lowther. NT
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SECOND HEAT:

(8 laps) 1. Fike, 2. Daum, 3. Swindell, 4. Sweet, 5. Coons, 6. L.Jones, 7. Liguori. NT
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THIRD HEAT

(8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Hagen, 3. Conley, 4. K.Jones, 5. Whitt, 6. Noffsinger, 7. Hamilton. NT
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FOURTH HEAT

(8 laps) 1. Ehrgott, 2. Marietta, 3. Clouser, 4. Windom, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Kuhn, 7. Atkinson. NT
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SEMI

(12 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Whitt, 3. D.Armstrong, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Kuhn, 6. Olson, 7. L.Jones, 8. Hamilton, 9. Studley, 10. Noffsinger, 11. Liguori, 12. Atkinson, 13. Lowther. NT
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FEATURE:

(40 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Caleb Armstrong, 3. Cole Whitt, 4. Dakoda Armstrong, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Bobby East, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Kevin Swindell, 9. Chad Boat, 10. Bobby Santos III, 11. Cale Conley, 12. Brad Sweet, 13. Brian Olson, 14. Kyle Jones, 15. Mario Clouser, 16. Levi Jones, 17. Mario Marietta, 18. Zach Daum, 19. A.J. Fike, 20. Ricky Ehrgott, 21. Chris Windom, 22. Tracy Hines, 23. Adam Kramer. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS:

Laps 1-40 Hagen.