Tyler Nelson charged from seventh to first in the first five laps to score the win during Saturday night’s USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget Presented by Performance Electronics feature at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.

Nelson (Olathe, Kansas) ran the high line on The Burg’s 3/8-mile dirt high banks, leading the final 16 laps to capture his second series victory of the season and the third of his career, tying Cale Coons and Michael Magic for 12th place on the all-time series win list.

Ian Creager established the early lead from his outside front row starting spot. However, following a yellow flag, on the lap three restart, sixth place starting Luke Hall cruised by Creager to lead laps three and four. By lap five, Nelson was in full control.

Nelson kept Hall at bay down the stretch to capture the win by a 1.164 second margin. Matt Lux got by Bryce Massingill for third with four laps remaining while Landen Francis rounded out the top-five.

Hall was the Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier with a time of 15.840 seconds.

Stratton Briggs, Matt Lux, Luke Hall, and Tyler Nelson won each of the four heat races presented by Jeff Hill Trailer Sales, Stiefel’s Home & Auto, Hoosier Auto Racing Fans, and Performance Electronics.

Briggs earned the Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake award after drawing the number eight pill in the feature redraw. Briggs won his heat race earlier in the night before going on to finish eighth in the feature.

Buddy Hollmeyer celebrated his birthday with a 10th place finish, which earned him the LynK Chassis bonus.

Rookie Taten Long received the Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger award, advancing 11 positions from 23rd to 12th in the feature.

Landen Francis picked up the Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race after posting the third best qualifying time of the night, then finished second in his heat race before grabbing a top five result in his Lawrenceburg debut.

Jonathon Decker and Dylan Trost walked away from a major tumble in the feature.

Rookie point leader Kole Kirkman experienced mechanical issues with his new midget throughout the night, finishing 21st in the feature. However, he did win the accompanying sprint car main event, leading every lap en route to his first career sprint car victory.

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

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-15.935; 2. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-16.296; 3. Jake Roell, 4, Roell-16.736; 4. Ashley Schloss, 11s, Schloss-16.998; 5. Troy Borsos, 21T, Borsos-17.052; 6. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-17.257; 7. Kole Kirkman, 7K, Kirkman-NT.

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Parker Perry, 7G, Gresham-16.135; 2. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-16.257; 3. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-16.307; 4. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-16.584; 5. Thomas Bigelow, 2B, Bigelow-17.285; 6. Ayden Perkins, 48, Perkins-17.778; 7. Jason Shaffer, 40J, Shaffer-18.158.

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-15.840; 2. Landen Francis, 85L, Francis-16.014; 3. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-16.400; 4. Bryan Klein, K9, Klein-16.776; 5. Taten Long, 99L, Long-16.874; 6. Parker Leek, 7x, Leek-16.959; 7. Tyler Watkins, 7T, Watkins-17.309.

VELOCITA BY BORSOS RACING FOURTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91N, Nelson-16.113; 2. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-16.877; 3. Jonathon Decker, 5D, Decker-16.964; 4. Nick Affholder, 36N, Affholder-17.862; 5. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-17.981; 6. Taylor Nibert, 11N, Nibert-18.567.

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stratton Briggs (4), 2. Jake Roell (2), 3. Buddy Hollmeyer (3), 4. Kole Kirkman (7), 5. Troy Borsos (5), 6. Ashley Schloss (1), 7. Cody Dye (6). NT

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Matt Lux (2), 2. Ian Creager (3), 3. Dylan Trost (1), 4. Thomas Bigelow (5), 5. Ayden Perkins (6), 6. Jason Shaffer (7), 7. Parker Perry (4). NT

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall (4), 2. Landen Francis (3), 3. Bryce Massingill (2), 4. Parker Leek (6), 5. Tyler Watkins (7), 6. Taten Long (5), 7. Bryan Klein (1). NT

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson (4), 2. Jonathon Decker (2), 3. Brayden Schwartz (3), 4. Jim Jones (5), 5. Nick Affholder (1), 6. Taylor Nibert (6). NT

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson (7), 2. Luke Hall (6), 3. Matt Lux (5), 4. Bryce Massingill (11), 5. Landen Francis (1), 6. Jake Roell (3), 7. Ian Creager (2), 8. Stratton Briggs (8), 9. Parker Leek (15), 10. Buddy Hollmeyer (9), 11. Brayden Schwartz (12), 12. Taten Long (23), 13. Ashley Schloss (21), 14. Tyler Watkins (19), 15. Cody Dye (25), 16. Bryan Klein (27), 17. Jim Jones (16), 18. Jason Shaffer (22), 19. Ayden Perkins (18), 20. Thomas Bigelow (14), 21. Kole Kirkman (13), 22. Jonathon Decker (4), 23. Dylan Trost (10), 24. Troy Borsos (17), 25. Parker Perry (26). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Ian Creager, Laps 3-4 Luke Hall, Laps 5-20 Tyler Nelson.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Ian Creager-561, 2-Tyler Nelson-558, 3-Bryce Massingill-552, 4-Matt Lux-531, 5-Kole Kirkman-471, 6-Stratton Briggs-444, 7-Parker Perry-387, 8-Buddy Hollmeyer-381, 9-Dylan Trost-371, 10-Brayden Schwartz-371.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: August 28, 2026 – Moler Raceway Park – Williamsburg, Ohio

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier: Luke Hall (15.840)

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales First Heat Winner: Stratton Briggs

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Matt Lux

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Luke Hall

Performance Electronics Fourth Heat Winner: Tyler Nelson

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Taten Long (23rd to 12th)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Landen Francis

LynK Chassis 10th Place Finisher: Buddy Hollmeyer

Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake Award: Stratton Briggs