Marietta take 5th win of season and 3rd and 4th of USSA competition.

Mario Marietta Racks-up USSA Midget Wins 3 and 4 at Illiana Motor Speedway and Grundy County Speedway July 14 and July 17

July 19, 2010

(Lebanon, IN) Mario Marietta put an exclamation point on the United States Speed Association’s mid-season duel with UMARA by winning both the 30 lap feature at Illiana Motor Speedway on July 14 and the 25 lapper at Grundy County on July 17. Both nights Marietta had to come from starting positions deep in the field and battle with different protagonists to accomplish his sweep of the week.

Wednesday’s show at Illiana began with Marietta and Kyle Hamilton starting on the fourth row and the two drivers worked through traffic as a pair. Once Marietta passed early leader Jim Anderson on lap 7 and Hamilton followed him through on lap 9, they set off in a classic midget racing battle, nose to tail all the way to the 4th turn on the final lap. Hamilton stuck his nose under Marietta in his bid for the win and hooked his left front on the dirt and after trying to save his car spun out coming to rest just short of the start finish line.