From USAC
Stockton, CA — (July 7, 2012) — Garrett Peterson of West Sacramento, Calif. has now won eight consecutive USAC Western Ignite Midget races at Stockton 99 Speedway in 2012 after sweeping Saturday’s pair of 30-lappers. He led all 30 laps of the opener, then passed Molly Helmuth on lap nine and led the final 22 laps of the nightcap. Tyler Edwards, Ricky Bowers, Sheldon Didinger and Collin Milroy completed the top-five in the opener, while Helmuth finished second ahead of Didinger, Edwards and Bowers in the second 30.
USAC WESTERN IGNITE FUELS MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 7, 2012 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-13.665; 2. Ricky Bowers, 42, Sutton-13.744; 3. Tyler Edwards, 24, Sutton-13.767; 4. Molly Helmuth, 9, Sutton-13.778; 5. Sheldon Didinger, 3, Sutton-13.883; 6. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.094; 7. Collin Milroy, 44, Sutton-14.097; 8. Cole Glasson, 11, Sutton-14.342.
DASH: (4 Laps) 1. Edwards, 2. Peterson, 3. Helmuth, 4. Bowers. NT
FEATURE #1: (30 Laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Tyler Edwards, 3. Ricky Bowers, 4. Sheldon Didinger, 5. Collin Milroy, 6. Shawn Buckley, 7. Cole Glasson, 8. Molly Helmuth. NT
FEATURE #2: (30 Laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Molly Helmuth, 3. Sheldon Didinger, 4. Tyler Edwards, 5. Ricky Bowers, 6. Collin Milroy, 7. Shawn Buckley, 8. Cole Glasson. NT
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FEATURE #1 LAP LEADERS; Laps 1-30 Peterson.
FEATURE #2 LAP LEADERS; Laps 1-8 Helmuth, Laps 9-30 Peterson.
NEW WESTERN IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Peterson-498, 2-Bowers-449, 3-Edwards-438, 4-Didinger-420, 5-Helmuth-406, 6-Bryant Dawson-369, 7-Winn Frazin-335, 8-Michael Fanelli-331, 9-Marina Turner-272, 10-George Blacker-268.
NEW WESTERN IGNITE NORTH MIDGET POINTS: 1-Peterson-498, 2-Bowers-449, 3-Edwards-438, 4-Didinger-420, 5-Helmuth-406, 6-Milroy-93, 7-Christine Breckenridge-90, 8-Buckley-88, 9-J.R. Williams-84, 10-Glasson-81.
NEXT WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE: August 3 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway