By Dick Jordan
The USAC Western Midgets take this week off while preparing for their next event, at the Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway April 17.
Jonathan Henry of Stockton, Calif. wheeled his Ken Graunstadt machine to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Midget race at the Ventura Raceway. He passed Matt Mitchell on lap seven and led the rest of the way to beat Mitchell, Josh Lakatos, Cory Kruseman and Robby Josett.
Kruseman, Mitchell and Josett won heats and Randi Pankratz won the semi.
Alex Schutte, who was 10th at Ventura Saturday, won the last USAC Western Midget outing at Bakersfield’s 1/3-mile dirt oval, last August.
USAC WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Brad Sweet-207; 2-Bobby East-169; 3-Brad Loyet-155; 4-Darren Hagen-155; 5-Tracy Hines-155; 6-Bryan Clauson-149; 7-Dave Darland-148; 8-Chad Boat-139; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-136; 10-Cory Kruseman-124.