Guerrini Wins at Santa Maria

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usac United States Auto Club 2012From Dick Jordan

Santa Maria, CA — (August 4, 2012) — Frankie Guerrini won the USAC MOPAR USAC Western Midget Car Series event Saturday at Santa Maria Speedway. Ronnie Gardner, Randi Pankratz, Cole Carter, and Shannon McQueen rounded out the top five.

USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2012 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Don Roberts Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-15.007, 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-15.220; 3. Cole Carter, 10, Cook-15/322; 4. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-15.355; 5. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-15.425; 6. Bruce Douglas, 31, Douglas-15.440; 7. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-15.446; 8. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-15.466; 9. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.614; 10. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-15.782; 11. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-15.823; 12. Connor Kassik, 115, Neverlift-15.855; 13. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-17.433.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pankratz, 2. Carter, 3. Bock, 4. J.Swanson, 5. Prickett, 6. Edwards, 7. Gardner. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chivello, 2. Kassik, 3. Douglas, 4. Guerrini, 5. McQueen, 6. C.Swanson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Frankie Guerrini, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Randi Pankratz, 4. Cole Carter, 5. Shannon McQueen, 6. Britton Bock, 7. Cody Swanson, 8. Bruce Douglas, 9. David Prickett, 10. Jake Swanson, 11. Nick Chivello, 12. Connor Kassik, 13. Kyle Edwards. NT

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**C.Swanson flipped during the second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Guerrini.

NEW MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-McQueen-455, 2-Chivello-382, 3-Carter-362, 4-J.Swanson-344, 5-Prickett-343, 6-Scott Pierovich-322, 7-Guerrini-270, 8-Kassik-224, 9-C.Swanson-217, 10-Pankratz-192.

NEXT MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: August 19 – Victorville (CA) Raceway Park