Toledo, OH……..Kyle Hamilton of Danville, Ind. led the final 20 laps to win Saturday’s 25-lap "Alex Pruett Memorial"  USAC Mopar D1 Midget finale at the Toledo Speedway. Taylor Ferns of Shelby Township, Mich., with her fifth-place finish, secured the seasonal driver title, the second ever claimed by a female under USAC sanction. Kyle Larson finished second behind Hamilton’s Hamilton Painting/Esslinger Engineering Spike/Esslinger Ford. Dillon Welch took third ahead of Nuckles and Ferns.

USAC MOPAR D1 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 15, 2011 – Toledo, Ohio – Toledo Speedway - "Alex Pruett Memorial"

Photo credit- John Mahoney

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Spike-15.235; 2. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-15.492; 3. Dillon Welch, 9, Nine Racing-15.494; 4. Taylor Ferns, 55F, Ferns-15.612; 5. Travis Young, 11Y, Young-15.655; 6. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles-15.674; 7. Jason Wolfe, 4, East-15.726; 8. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-15.737; 9. Chris Phillips, 64, Phillips-16.122; 10. Tom Fedorczyk, 21F, Fedorczyk-16.506; 11. Tate Martz, 7, Steele/Alexander-NT.

Photo credit- John Mahoney

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Young, 3. Martz, 4. Welch, 5. Wolfe, 6. Phillips. 2:05.18

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nuckles, 2. Larson, 3. Ferns, 4. Chapple, 5. Fedorczyk. 2:05.91

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Hamilton, 2. Kyle Larson, 3. Dillon Welch, 4. Bryan Nuckles, 5. Taylor Ferns, 6. Jason Wolfe, 7. Tate Martz, 8. Isaac Chapple, 9. Travis Young, 10. Chris Phillips, 11. Tom Fedorczyk.

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Nuckles, Laps 6-25 Hamilton.

FINAL MOPAR D1 MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Ferns-775; 2-Hamilton-649; 3-Nuckles-536; 4-Kyle O’Gara-499; 5-Jake Blackhurst-467; 6-Mario Marietta-415; 7-Morgan Nelson-386; 8-Ali Jackson-346; 9-Dalton Armstrong-278; 10-Chapple-269.