By Dick Jordan
Troy Rutherford won the USAC Western Midget feature as Cory Elliot took the Ignite main at Bakersfield Speedway Saturday.
USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.022; 2. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.073; 3. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.190; 4. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-13.266; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-13.286; 6. Alex Schutte, 10, Cook-13.294; 7. Troy Rutherford, 86, Martens-13.318; 8. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.385; 9. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-13.412; 10. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-13.418; 11. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-13.531; 12. Chris Ennis, 151, Neverlift-13.542; 13. Connor Kassik, 115, Neverlift-13.644; 14. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.670.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chivello, 2. Rutherford, 3. Gardner, 4. McQueen, 5. Edwards, 6. R.Pankratz, 7. Kassik. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dodenhof, 2. Swanson, 3. Josett, 4. Ennis, 5. Prickett, 6. Guerrini, 7. Schutte. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. David Prickett, 4. Cody Swanson, 5. Robby Josett, 6. Nick Chivello, 7. Frankie Guerrini, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Sean Dodenhof, 10. Randi Pankratz, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Kyle Edwards, 13. Connor Kassik, 14. Alex Schutte. NT
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**Schutte flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Rutherford.
NEW MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-McQueen-698, 2-Prickett-559, 3-Chivello-551, 4-Scott Pierovich-469, 5-Schutte-416, 6-Cole Carter-411, 7-Guerrini-411, 8-Kassik-359, 9-R.Pankratz-352, 10-Jake Swanson-344.
NEW MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Prickett-528, 2-McQueen-487, 3-Schutte-364, 4-Kassik-359, 5-R.Pankratz-352, 6-C.Swanson-329, 7-Chivello-295, 8-Cole Carter-283, 9-Jake Swanson-260, 10-Scott Pierovich-245.
NEXT MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: October 6 – Petaluma (CA) Speedway
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USAC WESTERN IGNITE FUELS MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2012 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Clayton Ruston (#55k Custer), 2. Cory Elliott (#11E Elliott), 3. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 4. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 5. Jet Davison (#59 Davison). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 2. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge), 3. Ashley Hazelton (#59x Hazelton), 4. Michael Steele (#92 Steele), 5. Chris Swanson (#88 Swanson). NT
FEATURE: (25 Laps) 1. Cory Elliott, 2. Parker Colston, 3. Christine Breckenridge, 4. Wally Pankratz, 5. Ashley Hazelton, 6. Clayton Ruston, 7. Jet Davison, 8. Michael Steele, 9. Chris Swanson. NT (NOTE: Daniel Williams car disqualified after finishing second).
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS; Lap 1 Steele, Laps 2-25 Elliott.
NEW WESTERN IGNITE DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Elliott-576, 2-Davison-543, 3-Colston-518, 4-Steele-334, 5-Hazelton-325, 6-Ruston-304, 7-Austin Blair-284, 8-Kaitlyn Leer-275, 9-Breckenridge-267, 10-W.Pankratz-149.
NEXT WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET RACE: Sepetmber 29 – Victorville, CA – Route 66 Motorplex