HALL HUSTLES FROM 3RD TO 1ST ON FINAL LAP TO WIN AT MONTPELIER

Winner #74 Luke Hall. (Chuck Reed Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Montpelier, Indiana (August 10, 2026)………Luke Hall went third to first on the final turn of the final lap to pull off a miraculous USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory on Saturday night at Indiana’s Montpelier Speedway.

Hall (Ludlow Falls, Ohio) ran third on the 25th lap when leader Zach Wigal’s car suddenly lost power entering turn three. Second running Bryce Massingill briefly got trapped behind the slowing car of Wigal on the bottom.

Meanwhile, that opened the door for Hall who used the topside momentum to charge past both drivers and beat Massingill to the line by a wheel, with a final victory margin of 0.108 seconds.

Massingill took second with Matt Lux finishing third. Point leader Ian Creager raced from 15th to finish fourth. Stratton Briggs rounded out the top-five. Wigal stopped just short of the finish line and was credited with a 21st place result.

The battle for the lead in the feature changed hands five different times with Hall leading laps 1-2 and lap 25. Massingill led twice for a total of two laps. Wigal also led two different stints for a total of 20 laps.

For Hall, it was his ninth career USAC Midwest Thunder points-paying victory, which ranks seventh place all-time.

Parker Leek advanced 15 positions from his 22nd starting spot to finish seventh and earn Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger honors.

Jalen Cox was the Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier with a time of 15.629 seconds.

Heat races presented by Jeff Hill Trailer Sales, Stiefel’s Home & Auto, Hoosier Auto Racing Fans, and Jeff Hill Trailer Sales were won by Stratton Briggs, Brayden Schwartz, Jonathon Decker, Parker Perry, and Bryce Massingill.

Michael Magic received the Rosewood Machine and Tool Company Precision Move of the Race for his semi-feature victory, then advanced six spots from his 21st starting spot to finish 15th in the feature.

Tyler Nelson grabbed the Lynk Chassis bonus for finishing in the 10th position in the feature.

Dylan Trost scored the Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake award for drawing the number 10 pill for the feature redraw. The top two from each of the five heat races were eligible for the redraw. Trost finished ninth in the feature.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 8, 2026 – Montpelier Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jalen Cox, 11x, Cox-15.629; 2. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-16.095; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-16.105; 4. Parker Leek, 7x, Leek-16.311; 5. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-16.458; 6. Thomas Bigelow, 2B, Bigelow-16.659; 7. Alex Watson, 3w, Watson-NT.

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-16.056; 2. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-16.103; 3. Tyler Watkins, 7T, Watkins-16.296; 4. Troy Borsos, 21T, Borsos-16.442; 5. Seth Crandall, 91, Crandall-16.734; 6. Taylor Nibert, 11N, Nibert-16.841; 7. Jason Shaffer, 40J, Shaffer-17.421.

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-15.745; 2. Kole Kirkman, 27D, Perry-15.961; 3. Bryce Dues, 0H, Sniper-15.990; 4. Jonathon Decker, 5D, Decker-16.052; 5. Luke Lemons, 33L, Lemons-16.229; 6. Derrick Noffsinger, 18N, Noffsinger-16.507; 7. Taten Long, 99L, Long-16.638.

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING FOURTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91N, Nelson-15.974; 2. Parker Perry, 7G, Gresham-16.111; 3. Chase Hodge, 7c, Hodge-16.114; 4. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-16.166; 5. Landen Francis, 85L, Francis-16.447; 6. Michael Magic, 5m, Magic-16.449; 7. Jon Watson, 2w, Watson-NT.

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING FIFTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-15.747; 2. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-15.862; 3. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-15.874; 4. Ashley Scholss, 11s, Schloss-16.684; 5. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-16.813; 6. Bryan Klein, K9, Klein-17.572.

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stratton Briggs (2), 2. Buddy Hollmeyer (3), 3. Jalen Cox (4), 4. Cole Morgan (5), 5. Parker Leek (1), 6. Thomas Bigelow (6). NT

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brayden Schwartz (3), 2. Matt Lux (4), 3. Seth Crandall (5), 4. Troy Borsos (1), 5. Tyler Watkins (2), 6. Taylor Nibert (6), 7. Jason Shaffer (7). NT

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jonathon Decker (1), 2. Zach Wigal (4), 3. Kole Kirkman (3), 4. Taten Long (7), 5. Derrick Noffsinger (6), 6. Bryce Dues (2), 7. Luke Lemons (5). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Parker Perry (3), 2. Dylan Trost (1), 3. Tyler Nelson (4), 4. Landen Francis (5), 5. Michael Magic (6), 6. Chase Hodge (2). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (4), 2. Luke Hall (2), 3. Ian Creager (3), 4. Ashley Schloss (1), 5. Jim Jones (5), 6. Bryan Klein (6). NT

SEMI: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Michael Magic (4), 2. Parker Leek (1), 3. Tyler Watkins (2), 4. Bryce Dues (7), 5. Derrick Noffsinger (3), 6. Jim Jones (5), 7. Jason Shaffer (9), 8. Taylor Nibert (6), 9. Bryan Klein (8). NT

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall (2), 2. Bryce Massingill (6), 3. Matt Lux (9), 4. Ian Creager (15), 5. Stratton Briggs (7), 6. Parker Perry (5), 7. Parker Leek (22), 8. Kole Kirkman (13), 9. Dylan Trost (10), 10. Tyler Nelson (14), 11. Brayden Schwartz (1), 12. Jonathon Decker (4), 13. Buddy Hollmeyer (8), 14. Cole Morgan (16), 15. Michael Magic (21), 16. Landen Francis (19), 17. Taten Long (18), 18. Tyler Watkins (23), 19. Seth Crandall (12), 20. Troy Borsos (17), 21. Zach Wigal (3), 22. Bryce Dues (24), 23. Ashley Schloss (20), 24. Jalen Cox (11). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Luke Hall, Lap 3 Bryce Massingill, Laps 4-8 Zach Wigal, Lap 9, Bryce Massingill, Laps 10-24 Zach Wigal, Lap 25 Luke Hall.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Ian Creager-501, 2-Bryce Massingill-485, 3-Tyler Nelson-477, 4-Matt Lux-459, 5-Kole Kirkman-443, 6-Stratton Briggs-382, 7-Parker Perry-360, 8-Dylan Trost-342, 9-Buddy Hollmeyer-332, 10-Brayden Schwartz-324.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: August 22, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier: Jalen Cox (15.629)

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales First Heat Winner: Stratton Briggs

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Brayden Schwartz

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Jonathon Decker

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales Fourth Heat Winner: Parker Perry

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales Fifth Heat Winner: Bryce Massingill

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Parker Leek (22nd to 7th)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Michael Magic

LynK Chassis 10th Place Finisher: Tyler Nelson

Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake Award: Dylan Trost