Brad Kuhn Takes Ventura Midget Win

From Dick Jordan

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 21, 2009 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “J.W. Mitchell Classic”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brad Loyet (#05L Loyet), 2. Jerome Rodela (#25 Rodela), 3. Matt Mitchell (#37 Mitchell), 4. Henry Clarke (#67 Kunz), 5. Brad Kuhn (#17B RW), 6. Matt Streeter (#14J Streeter), 7. Blake Miller (#7R Priestley), 8. Rick Hendrix (#12 Hendrix), 9. Cody Kershaw (#21z Camarillo), 10. Brent Camarillo (#51 Camarillo). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman (#12x Kruseman), 2. Joey Fabozzi (#48 Fabozzi), 3. Chris Gansen (#04 Gansen), 4. Brian Camarillo (#22 Camarillo), 5. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 6. Mike Gehringer (#27 Gehringer), 7. Zach Daum (#5D Daum), 8. Johnny Rodriguez (#37m Mitchell), 9. Alex Schutte (#12k Kruseman). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bobby East (#4x Klatt), 2. Shannon McQueen (#7 McQueen), 3. Chad Boat (#30 Boat), 4. Garrett Hansen (#47 Bondio), 5. Justin Grant (#17 Thurston), 6. Kody Swanson (#19k Team 6R/TK), 7. Wally Pankratz (#25x Rodela), 8. Victor Davis (#31 Davis), 9. Evan Margeson (#50 Margeson). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines (#10 Walker), 2. Josh Ford (#73 Ford), 3. Ryan Kaplan (#20 Kaplan), 4. Josh Lakatos (#4 Lakatos), 5. Josh Wise (#11 Wilke-Pak), 6. Jake Swanson (#05 Swanson), 7. Caleb Armstrong (#6 Denome), 8. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 9. David Prickett (#15 Neverlift). NT
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#39 Tucker), 2. Scott Pierovich (#35 Pierovich), 3. Michelle Decker (#75 McQueen), 4. Wink Schweitzer (#60 Schweitzer), 5. Bobby Boone (#97 Martens), 6. Austin Smith (#33 Smith), 7. Sean Dodenhoff (#9D Dodenhoff), 8. Alex Bowman (#55 Bowman). NT

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (8 laps) 1. Fabozzi, 2. McQueen, 3. East, 4. K.Swanson, 5. C.Kershaw, 6. J.Swanson, 7. Schweitzer, 8. Clarke, 9. Hendrix. NT
QUALIFYING RACE #2: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Smith, 3. Kaplan, 4. Kruseman, 5. Margeson, 6. Dodenhoff, 7. Brian Camarillo, 8. Gansen, 9. Rodriguez. NT
QUALIFYING RACE #3: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Howell, 3. Clauson, 4. Davis, 5. Daum, 6. Wise, 7. Ford, 8. Gehringer, 9. Prickett. NT
QUALIFYING RACE #4: (8 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Streeter, 3. Hansen, 4. Loyet, 5. Pierovich, 6. R. Pankratz, 7. Brent Camarillo, 8. Decker, 9. W.Pankratz. NT
QUALIFYING RACE #5: (8 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Lakatos, 3. Mitchell, 4. Boone, 5. Hines, 6. Rodela, 7. C.Armstrong, 8. Bowman, 9. Schutte. NT

SEMI #1: (12 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. C.Armstrong, 3. Davis, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Schutte, 6. Schweitzer, 7. Margeson, 8. Hendrix, 9. Gansen, 10. Daum, 11. Bowman. NT
SEMI #2: (12 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. Brian Camarillo, 3. Brent Camarillo, 4. C.Kershaw, 5. Wise, 6. R.Pankratz, 7. W.Pankratz, 8. Cole Carter (#15), 9. Clarke, 10. Rodela, 11. Decker, 12. J.Swanson. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Ryan Kaplan, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Brad Loyet, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Kody Swanson, 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Shannon McQueen, 10. Alex Schutte, 11. Matt Streeter, 12. Scott Pierovich, 13. Brian Camarillo, 14. Caleb Armstrong, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Austin Smith, 17. Dennis Howell, 18. Justin Grant, 19. Bobby East, 20. Cole Carter (#15), 21. Josh Lakatos, 22. Joey Fabozzi, 23. Matt Mitchell, 24. Tracy Hines. NT
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**Rodriguez flipped during the second qualifying race, Prickett flipped during the third qualifying race. Lakatos flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Kruseman, Laps 11-13 Streeter, Laps 14-22 Clauson, Laps 23-40 Kuhn.

NEW WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hansen-1,079; 2-Schutte-960; 3-Rodela-944; 4-Tanner Swanson-719; 5-Prickett-699; 6-Pierovich-627; 7-McQueen-583; 8-Ford-501; 9-Bowman-462; 10-R.Pankratz-406.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET RACE: November 26 – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (CA) – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”