Bragg Claims BCRA Midget Triumph in Marysville

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By Robert Haugh

After fighting off a few early race cautions, Visalia’s Greg Bragg cruised to the 30-lap Bay Cities Racing Association Midget feature in dominating fashion, wheeling Dave LaMott’s #0 HotHead Engine Heaters Stealth/Bob Wirth Honda at the 1/4-mile Marysville Raceway Park on Saturday, April 17.

After moving from his seventh-starting spot to second on Lap 1, Bragg moved pass Tom Doherty on Lap 2 and never looked back, leading the final 29 laps en route to a decisive two-second victory over the stellar Midget field.

Following Bragg to the checkers two seconds back was 11th starting Scott Nail of Visalia aboard his #16 Stealth/Riolo Chevy, with Ryan Kaplan aboard his #20 Spike/Mopar, 2008 BCRA Midget champion and current BCRA Midget points leader “Young Lion” Nick Foster, Jr. of San Jose in Jim Fowler’s Zero-Zero Motorsports’ #1 “Blue Bayoo” Windows Unlimited Beast/Esslinger and Pleasanton’s Pete Davis aboard his #00 HotHead Engine Heaters Stealth/Esslinger rounding out the top five, all fighting an intense battle for the Top five positions, dicing it up as though they were under a blanket. Kaplan and Foster passed Davis on Lap 29 for third and fourth.