IGNITES IN INDIANA, NORTH CAROLINA & WASHINGTON

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By Dick Jordan
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Indiana, North Carolina and Washington all host Honda USAC Ignite Midget races this week. The Midwest Dirt series concludes Saturday at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway, while the Washington series concludes Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma. Eastern Ignite races are slated Friday at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. and Saturday at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Gage Walker leads Cooper Clouse by 81 points entering Saturday Midget finale at Gas City, while Chase Goetz’ Washington lead stands at 137 points over Garrett Thomas entering the Grays Harbor event. Chris Lamb has a healthy point lead in the Eastern series with just three races remaining.

Cory Elliott of Bakersfield, Calif. led all 20 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Honda Western Ignite Midget race at Bakersfield Speedway. The victory finalized Cory Elliott’s drive to the 2013 Honda USAC Western Dirt Ignite Midget championship! Jarid Blondel was second ahead of Parker Colston, Michael Steele and Christine Breckenridge.

2013 WESTERN HONDA IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jarid Blondel-1,018, 2-Christine Breckenridge-866, 3-Cory Elliott-596, 4-Bryant Dawson-570, 5-Shawn Buckley-452, 6-Michael Fanelli-440, 7-Parker Colston-385, 8-Marina Turner-345, 9-Cody Jessop-332, 10-Wally Pankratz-322.

2013 WESTERN HONDA IGNITE DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Cory Elliott-522, 2-Jarid Blondel-492, 3-Christine Breckenridge-409, 4-Parker Colston-385, 5-Wally Pankratz-322, 6-Clayton Ruston-222, 7-Brennan Rogers-164, 8-Michael Steele-160, 9-Randi Pankratz-114, 10-Ariel Biggs-112.

2013 WESTERN HONDA IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bryant Dawson-570, 2-Jarid Blondel-526, 3-Christine Breckenridge-457, 4-Shawn Buckley-452, 5-Michael Fanelli-440, 6-Marina Turner-345, 7-Cody Jessop-332, 8-Ron Hazelton-245, 9-George Blacker-197, 10-Annie Breidinger-116.

2013 MIDWEST HONDA DIRT IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gage Walker-743, 2-Cooper Clouse-662, 3-Austin Nemire-599, 4-Joey Greening-515, 5-Toby Alfrey-509, 6-Stratton Briggs-467, 7-John Heydenreich-426, 8-Katlynn Leer-361, 9-Adam Thomason-311, 10-Emmy Gray-240.

2013 EASTERN HONDA MIDGET POINTS: 1-Chris Lamb-1,180, 2-Wil Raber-950, 3-Tyler Corriher-937, 4-Blaine Leydig-760, 5-Calvin Carroll-756, 6-Ryan Krachun-724, 7-Nikki Carroll-686, 8-Justin Whittall-684, 9-Billy Gaule-600, 10-Matt Lundstrom-442,

2013 WASHINGTON HONDA IGNITE DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Chase Goetz-1,074, 2-Garrett Thomas-937, 3-Ariel Biggs-866, 4-Todd Hartman-569, 5-Jeremy Miller-514, 6-Dougie James-406, 7-Annika Johanson-364, 8-Madkison Hess-358, 9-Tristin Thomas-348, 10-Robby Vaughn-310.