Sweet Doubles Up at Vegas to Start USAC Mopar® Midget Season
Mopar®-powered Kasey Kahne Racing (KKR) driver Brad Sweet claimed his second straight win in the 2010 USAC Mopar Midget National Championship Series on Thursday night, Feb. 25, in the Las Vegas Super Sprint Classic event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Sweet, winner of the season-opening “Copper on Dirt” event in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 21, led the first six laps of the 30-lap Vegas feature in his KKR Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/Auto Value Spike/Mopar, and then trailed Chad Boat until the white-flag lap when he regained the top spot. The Grass Valley, Calif. native also notched a runner-up finish in Sunday night’s “Sokola Shootout” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. He continues to lead in the points standings heading into a two-night stand at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C. on March 24–25.
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