Dawson Wins Ignite Feature in Vegas

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Las Vegas, NV — (April 6, 2013) — Bryant Dawson won a wild United States Auto Club Ignite Midget Car Series feature on Saturday night at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  The feature had seven lead changes before Dawson took the lead for good on lap 28.  Jarid Blondel, Michael Fanelli, Christine Breckenridge, and Shawn Buckley rounded out the top five.

USAC WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 6, 2013 – Las Vegas Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-15.300; 2. Bryant Dawson, 99, Dawson-15.392; 3. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-15.602; 4. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15.630; 5. George Blacker, 9, Blacker-15.833; 6. Cody Jessop, 9, Jessop-15.877; 7. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-15.905; 8. Marina Turner, 98T, Turner-15.986; 9. Tom Tombarello, 98, Tombarello-16.353; 10. Ariel Biggs, 11E, Biggs-16.467.

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Dawson, 2. Blondel, 3. Breckenridge, 4. Fanelli, 5. Blacker. 2:40.53

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Buckley, 2. Jessop, 3. Turner, 4. Biggs, 5. Tombarello. 2:11.47

FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Bryant Dawson, 2. Jarid Blondel, 3. Michael Fanelli, 4. Christine Breckenridge, 5. Shawn Buckley, 6. Cody Jessop, 7. Ariel Biggs, 8. Marina Turner, 9. Tom Tombarello, 10. George Blacker. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Dawson, Laps 5-10 Blondel, Lap 11 Dawson, Laps 12-17 Blondel, Lap 18 Dawson, Laps 19-27 Blondel, Laps 28-30 Dawson.

NEW WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Dawson-147, 2-Fanelli-131; 3-Blondel-130, 4-Buckley-117, 5-Breckenridge-113, 6-Turner-92, 7-Blacker-89, 8-Jessop-53, 9-Biggs-47, 10-Tombarello-40.
NEW WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET POINTS: 1-Dawson-147, 2-Fanelli-131; 3-Blondel-130, 4-Buckley-117, 5-Breckenridge-113, 6-Turner-92, 7-Blacker-89, 8-Jessop-53, 9-Biggs-47, 10-Tombarello-40.

NEXT WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE: May 18 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring