ROMANO WINS FOCUS FEATURE AT MADERA

From Dick Jordan

MADERA, Ca. — Nik Romano won the USAC Ford Focus midget car series feature Saturday at Madera Speedway. Keegan Walmer, Zach Stout, Mindo McCord, and Cody Gehrhardt rounded out the top five.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 24, 2009 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.790; 2. Nik Romano, 42, Sutton-14.899; 3. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-14.947; 4. Keegan Walmer, 8, Sutton-15.024; 5. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-15.068; 6. Dylan Nobile, 25, Maier-15.074; 7. Mindy McCord, 3, Sutton-15.151; 8. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-15.300; 9. Connor Kassik 26, Kassik-15.623.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Walmer, 3. Stout, 4. Gerhardt (#60), 5. Romano, 6. Nobile, 7. Kassik, 8. Buckley. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Nik Romano, 2. Keegan Walmer, 3. Zach Stout, 4. Mindo McCord, 5. Cody Gerhardt (#60), 6. Shawn Buckley, 7. Connor Kassik, 8. Dylan Nobile. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 McCord, Laps 6-30 Romano.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-996; 2-Gerhardt-929; 3-Stout-716; 4-Jeff Oleen-541; 5-Lewis-508; 6-Eric Gunderson-481; 7-J.R. Williams-424; 8-Kassik-422; 9-Garrett Peterson-417; 10-Luis Ramos III-356.

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): November 26 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (CA)