Bakersfield, CA — (April 8, 2012) — Michelle Decker won the USAC Western Midget Car feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Robby Josett, Cole Carter, Connor Kassik, and David Prickett rounded out the top five. Jet Davidson won the USAC Western Ford Focus Midget Car Series feature.
USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 7, 2012 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-12.961; 2. Cory Kruseman, 17k, Kruseman-13.092; 3. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-13.225; 4. Cole Carter, 10, Cook-13.235; 5. Wink Schweitzer, 60, Schweitzer-13.309; 6. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.322; 7. Johnathon Henry, 88, Graunstadt-13.337; 8. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.355; 9. Troy Rutherford, 86, Martens-13.386; 10. Nic Faas, 68, Johnson-13.387; 11. Alex Schutte, 28, Martens-13.401; 12. Michelle Decker, 7x, McQueen-13.407; 13. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.426; 14. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.496; 15. Josh Lakatos, 25, Rodela-13.518; 16. Connor Kassik, 115, Neverlift-13.518; 17. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-13.661; 18. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-13.689; 19. Greg Edenholm, 73, Edenholm-13.734; 20. Frankie Guedinni, 63, Guedinnin-13.797; 21. Mike Gehringer, 27x, Gehringer-14.216; 22. Kenny Warren, 78, Warren-14.707; 23. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-NT; 24. Bruce Douglas, 31, Douglas-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. C.Swanson, 2. Pierovich, 3. Carter, 4. Edenholm, 5. Faas, 6. Henry, 7. Kassik, 8. Warren. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Pankratz, 3. McQueen, 4. Chivello, 5. Schutte, 6. J.Swanson, 7. Guedinni, 8. Schweitzer. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lakatos, 2. Prickett, 3. Decker, 4. Rutherford, 5. Dodenhoff, 6. Josett, 7. Gehringer. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michelle Decker, 2. Robby Josett, 3. Cole Carter, 4. Connor Kassik, 5. David Prickett, 6. Alex Schutte, 7. Johnathon Henry, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Wink Schweitzer, 10. Scott Pierovich, 11. Nick Chivello, 12. Cody Swanson, 13. Troy Rutherford, 14. Nic Faas, 15. Frankie Guedinni, 16. Shannon McQueen, 17. Josh Lakatos, 18. Sean Dodenhoff, 19. Jake Swanson, 20. Kenny Warren, 21. Randi Pankratz, 22. Greg Edenholm, 23. Mike Gehringer. NT
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**Douglas flipped during practice. Gehringer flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Decker.
NEW MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Carter-126, 2-Prickett-125; 3-Kassik-109, 4-Henry-92, 5-Schutte-86; 6-Pierovich-75, 7-J.Swanson-74, 8-McQueen-68, 9-Ryan Bernal-66, 10-Decker-66.
NEXT MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: May 5 – Madera (CA) Speedway
USAC WESTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 7, 2012 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 2. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 3. Kaitlyn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 4. Austin Blair (#4k Kruseman), 5. Gregg Steele (#92 Steele), 6. Ashley Hazelton (#59x Hazelton). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 2. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 3. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 4. Bradley Morris (#24k Kruseman), 5. Cody Elliott (#11 Elliott). NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jet Davison, 2. Parker Colston, 3. Gregg Steele, 4. Bradley Morris, 5. Cody Elliott, 6. Kaitlyn Leer, 7. Austin Blair, 8. Cole Custer, 9. Wally Pankratz, 10. Andrew Mulhearn, 11. Ashley Hazelton. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Custer, Laps 17-20 Davison.
NEW USAC WESTERN FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Davison-68, 2-Colston-63, 3-Steele-58, 4-Morris-56, 5-Elliott-52, 6-Leer-51, 7-Blair-47, 8-Custer-47, 9-Pankratz-43, 10-Mulhearn-40.
NEXT USAC WESTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE: April 14 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring