MOHAVE VALLEY, Ariz. — Drake Edwards kept Saturday night’s Western Midget Racing hardware in his home Copper State by winning at Mohave Valley Raceway.
The win marked Edwards’ third straight Western Midget Racing victory and gives him the sweep of both Mohave Valley rounds this season. The penultimate round of the WMR championship also saw the standings close tremendously between Bryant Bell and Logan Mitchell.
Bell and Edwards won the heat races over the 16-car turnout on hand. Isaiah Vasquez and Joey Klemish were the front row starters for the 20-lap feature.
Edwards wasted little time taking the lead and led wire-to-wire his sixth points-paying win of the year. Mitchell overcame a 15th starting position to charge into second place at the finish. Lindley, New York’s Darin Horton finished a career-best third followed by Lodi’s Nate Wait and Bell.
The finish moves Mitchell within just two points, or one position on the race track, of Bell with the championship race looming large at Ventura Raceway on October 21.
Feature Finish (20 Laps)
1. 4-Drake Edwards[3]; 2. 96X-Logan Mitchell[15]; 3. 66-Darin Horton[8]; 4. 35W-Nate Wait[7]; 5. 3-Adam Teves[13]; 6. 09-Bryant Bell[4]; 7. 54-Anthony Bruno[5]; 8. 57-Blaine Craft[14]; 9. 31-Todd Hawse[12]; 10. 20-Kyle Hawse[6]; 11. 11-Isaiah Vasquez[1]; 12. 15-Adam Weisberg[11]; 13. 20AZ-Chase Farris[10]; 14. 7-Mason Keefer[9]; 15. 7A-Joey Klemish[2]; 16. 5S-Racin Silva[16]