Haugh Claims Second ASCS Midget Feature at Silver Dollar Speedway
By Robert Haugh

Continuing his stellar rookie season by winning his second American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Pacific region Midget race at the legendary ¼-mile Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA on Friday, August 20, Butte Valley’s Travis Haugh once again piloted his grandfather Rich’s #5h Maxim/Chevy to victory lane at the fabled race track.

Overtaking early race leader Tom Doherty on Lap 3, Haugh never looked back, finessing the dry, dusty, competitive track by running the low groove with a diamond pattern, rather than pushing the cushion in the high groove as Haugh has become known for.

Chasing Haugh to the checkers was young Sprint car ace Mason Moore, piloting Rick Young’s #12 RAM Racing Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec, usually manned by three-time ASCS Midget feature winner and ASCS Midgets Pacific region points leader Dillon Silverman of Chico, who did not attend the race, as he, along with car owner Young were enjoying the NASCAR race weekend in Bristol, Tennessee.

Following Haugh and Moore to the checkers was Cameron Park’s Lonny Alton in Lana Alton’s #5a Stealth/Ford, Carson City, Nevada’s J.R. Williams aboard his #74 Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec and Elk Grove’s Tom Doherty – who never rebounded from his Lap 4 spin in Turn 2 aboard the Walker Racing-Bay Muffler #10 Stealth/Ford.

Making just his sixth Midget start, 18-year-old Haugh is the eldest of 1987 Silver Dollar Speedway 410 Sprint Car track Champion Rick Haugh’s two sons. Haugh joins Chico’s Silverman as the only multiple-time ASCS-Pacific region Midget feature winners in 2010. Rick Young and Britton Bock have also found the winner’s circle this year. In addition to leading both the ASCS-Pacific region and ASCS Silver Dollar Speedway points, Silverman also sits second in the Bay Cities Racing Association  (BCRA) overall Midget points.

Moore claimed the Heat race over Haugh, Alton, Doherty and Williams.

Summary: Feature (start) 1. Haugh (4), 2. Moore (5), 3. Alton (2), 4. Williams (3), 5. Doherty (1)

Lap leaders: 1-2 Doherty, 3-12 Haugh

Heat: 1. Moore, 2. Haugh, 3.Alton, 4. Doherty, 5. Williams

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