Audio with race winner Russ Gamester:
Audio with runner-up Nick Hamilton:
RESULTS: 19th annual Rumble in Fort Wayne; Opening Night; Dec. 30, 2016
National Midget Heat #1 (11 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Cory Setser, 2. Derek Bischak, 3. Tom Schnabel Jr., 4. Stratton Briggs, 5. Mike Fedorcak, 6. Rex Norris III, 7. Brad Greenup, 8. Taylor Fenske.
National Midget Heat #2 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Justin Grant, 2. Justin Peck, 3. Joe Ligouri, 4. Jim Anderson, 5. Austin Nemire, 6. Chris Neuenschwander, 7. Sean Murphy, 8. Sarah Fisher.
National Midget Heat #3 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Cap Henry, 2. Brandon Knupp, 3. Kyle O’Gara, 4. Chance Rice, 5. Chris Jagger Jr., 6. R.J. Corson, 7. Bryan Nuckles.
National Midget Heat #4 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Travis Welpott, 2. Russ Gamester, 3. Geoff Kaiser, 4. Billy Hulbert, 5. Brad Kraus, 6. Jared Rouch, 7. Dave Darland.
National Midget Heat #5 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Kyle Hamilton, 2. Nick Hamilton, 3. Billy Wease, 4. Matt Westfall, 5. Nick Landon, 6. Shawn Bonar, 7. Heath Roberts.
National Midget B-Main #1 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Chance Rice, 2. Joe Ligouri / 3. Matt Westfall, 4. Bryan Nuckles, 5. Sarah Fisher, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Heath Roberts, 8. Stratton Birggs, 9. Mike Fedorcak (DNS).
National Midget B-Main #2 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Rex Norris III, 2. Joe Ligouri / 3. Kyle O’Gara, 4. Geoff Kaiser, 5. Sean Murphy, 6. Tom Schnabel Jr., 7. Shawn Bonar, 8. R.J. Corson, 9. Brad Kraus (DNS).
National Midget B-Main #3 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Billy Wease, 2. Billy Hulbert / 3. Chris Neuenschwander, 4. Jim Anderson, 5. Nick Landon, 6. Chris Jagger Jr., 7. Jared Rouch, 8. Taylor Fenske, 9. Austin Nemire.
National Midget A-Main (50 laps): 1. 46-Russ Gamester, 2. 32-Nick Hamilton, 3. 78-Brandon Knupp, 4. 98-Justin Grant, 5. 99-Billy Wease, 6. 63-Rex Norris III, 7. 88-Billy Hulbert, 8. 36-Chance Rice, 9. 8up-Joe Ligouri, 10. 4-Brad Greenup, 11. 31-Derek Bischak, 12. 67-Cap Henry, 13. 18-Travis Welpott, 14. 24-Cory Setser, 15. 5x-Justin Peck, 16. 6-Kyle Hamilton. Lap Leaders: Gamester 1-50.
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