ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – After setting fast time among 52 TQ Midget contenders on Friday afternoon, Andy Jankowiak then raced to victory in the first of four 20-lap TQ Midget A-Main Qualifiers Friday night in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
Also winning TQ A-Main Qualifiers were Tim Buckwalter, Scott Kreutter and Bobby Holmes. Given that Buckwalter’s car was a house car fielded by race car builder Mark Lafler, all four qualifier winners were rooted in upstate New York.
Kyle Hutchinson, of East Aurora, NY won the first TQ race of the afternoon, capturing the 15-lap Dr. Lowe Non Qualifiers preliminary event. In so doing, he joined the other TQ heat race winners in the Saturday night feature field.
In Slingshot qualifying Friday action, Scott Neary was was fastest among 39 entries. Dylan Hoch, Matt Mertz and Alexendre Tardif won the three heat races
Tyler Brown topped the Friday Champ Kart time trial field, which consisted of 49 entries, one of the largest in Indoor Auto Racing Series history at Boardwalk Hall. Doug Stearly, Jeremy Tuttle, and Ron Midford Jr. were the Champ Kart heat winners.
In the first TQ Midget heat race, Joey Jarowicz cartwheeled through the third turn on the 12th lap caroming off the concrete wall. He was awake and alert as he was being assisted from the track by EMTs and was transported to an area hospital.