RESULTS: 19th annual Rumble in Fort Wayne; Finale Night; Dec. 30, 2016
National Midget Time Trials (best of two laps): 1. 8-Chris Neuenschwander, 7.634; 2. 5x-Justin Peck, 7.726; 3. 32-Nick Hamilton, 7.775; 4. 36R-Chance Rice, 7.800; 5. 67F-Kyle O’Gara, 7.834; 6. 6-Kyle Hamilton, 7.869; 7. 8up-Joe Liguori, 7.902; 8. 88-Billy Hulbert, 7.936; 9. 36-Jim Anderson, 7.945; 10. 10-Geoff Kaiser, 8.002; 11. 31-Derek Bischak, 8.021; 12. 63-Rex Norris III, 8.030; 13. 21S-Tom Schnabel Jr., 8.039; 14. 46-Russ Gamester, 8.054; 15. 19-Austin Nemire, 8.056; 16. 24-Cory Setser, 8.061; 17. 67-Cap Henry, 8.064; 18. 99-Sarah Fisher, 8.081; 19. 98-Justin Grant, 8.135; 20. 4-Brad Greenup, 8.139; 21. 2-Stratton Briggs, 8.232; 22. 99-Billy Wease, 8.250; 23. 9-Matt Westfall, 8.349; 24. 97-Mike Fedorcak, 8.397; 25. 4B-Sean Murphy, 8.440; 26. 32J-Chris Jagger Jr., 8.474; 27. 25-Dave Darland, 8.487; 28. 59-Bryan Nuckles, 8.501; 29. 27-Nick Landon, 8.513; 30. 15-R.J. Corson, 8.595; 31. 11F-Taylor Fenske, 8.658; 32. 21H-Heath Roberts, 8.786; 33. 76-Shawn Bonar, 8.930; 34. 21R-Jared Rouch, 9.002; 35. 18-Travis Welpott, 9.135; 36. 49-Brad Kraus, NT; 37. Brandon Knupp, NT.
National Midget Heat #1 (11 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Derek Bischak, 2. Kyle Hamilton, 3. Stratton Briggs, 4. Cory Setser, 5. Taylor Fenske, 6. Chris Jagger Jr., 7. Chris Neuenschwander, 8. Brad Kraus (DNS)
National Midget Heat #2 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Rex Norris III, 2. Joe Liguori, 3. Justin Peck, 4. Billy Wease, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Cap Henry, 7. Heath Roberts, 8. Brandon Knupp (DNS).
National Midget Heat #3 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Billy Hulbert, 2. Matt Westfall, 3. Sarah Fisher, 4. Shawn Bonar, 5. Nick Hamilton, 6. Tom Schnabel Jr., 7. Bryan Nuckles (DNS)
National Midget Heat #4 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Jim Anderson, 2. Russ Gamester, 3. Chance Rice, 4. Mike Fedorcak, 5. Nick Landon, 6. Jared Rouch, 7. Justin Grant.
National Midget Heat #5 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Austin Nemire, 2. Geoff Kaiser, 3. Brad Greenup, 4. Sean Murphy, 5. Travis Welpott, 6. Kyle O’Gara, 7. R.J. Corson.
National Midget B-Main #1 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Chris Neuenschwander, 2. Cory Setser / 3. Billy Wease, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Chance Rice, 6. Nick Landon, 7. Travis Welpott, 8. Heath Roberts, 9. Chris Jagger Jr. (DNS)
National Midget B-Main #2 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Justin Peck, 2. Kyle O’Gara, 3. Mike Fedorcak, 4. Cap Henry, 5. R.J. Corson, 6. Shawn Bonar, 7. Brad Greenup, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Brad Kraus (DNS)
National Midget B-Main #3 (10 laps; top two to the A-Main): 1. Nick Hamilton, 2. Brandon Knupp / 3. Tom Schnabel Jr., 4. Sean Murphy, 5. Sarah Fisher, 6. Stratton Briggs, 7. Taylor Fenske, 8. Jared Rouch, 9. Bryan Nuckles (DNS).
National Midget A-Main (50 laps): 1. Kyle Hamilton (#6-Kenyon); 2. Derek Bischak; 3. Jim Anderson; 4. Rex Norris III; 5. Matt Westfall; 6. Nick Hamilton; 7. Geoff Kaiser; 8. Joe Liguori; 9. Austin Nemire; 10. Kyle O’Gara; 11. Cory Setser; 12. Billy Hulbert; 13. Brandon Knupp; 14. Chris Neuenschwander; 15. Justin Peck; 16. Russ Gamester. Lap Leaders: Liguori 1-6, K.Hamilton 7-50.
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